Lost & FoundThat night, when I arrived at the...

Lost & Found

That night, when I arrived at the door of my building, I noticed a man walking behind me. I thought he was a neighbor I hadn’t met. I did a _______ neighborly thing and held the door for him. But when I turned, he took away everything I had and ran away. I was _______. From then on, I looked over my _______, never fully at ease. It cost me my sense of trust in my _______.

A year passed, I got home one night and found an envelope under my door. Inside was a _______ weather-beaten driver’s license. I could _______ make it out because the address was nearly worn away. But the face on that _______ was mine. And the note in it said; Sarah Sweeney, if you still live here, call us at this _______.

Feeling _______, I walked up and down in my living room trying to think of ________ someone would contact (联系) me like this. If there’s a Mugger Playbook (抢劫犯剧本) this was the final long game! Now he’s checking my ________ to get more money?

But I called the number.

Then a(n) ________ voice of a little girl got on, “Hello! Are you Sarah Sweeney? My sister and I found your purse in the woods!”

I could ________ she was jumping up and down as she spoke. She and her younger sister carefully ________ bits of paper, pieced together the clues to find me and ________ my wallet and everything inside. I was completely ________. They were giving me a sense of relief.

I asked her, “How can I ________ you?”

“Hang on!” She pulled the phone away and ________ with her sister; then I heard “ICE CREAM!"

Twenty minutes later, I was at their door. I ________ a box of ice cream. And these two little girls gave my wallet and a renewed sense of ________.

1.A. meaningful　　 B. smart　　 C. polite　　 D. necessary

2.A. robbed　　 B. cheated　　 C. suspected　　 D. caught

3.A. head　　 B. shoulder　　 C. door　　 D. neck

4.A. colleagues　　 B. friends　　 C. neighbors　　 D. family

5.A. rotted　　 B. new　　 C. useful　　 D. cheap

6.A. easily　　 B. merely　　 C. probably　　 D. hardly

7.A. envelope　　 B. license　　 C. wallet　　 D. note

8.A. point　　 B. time　　 C. number　　 D. place

9.A. worried　　 B. sad　　 C. satisfied　　 D. disappointed

10.A. why　　 B. whether　　 C. how　　 D. when

11.A. room　　 B. wallet　　 C. address　　 D. account

12.A. angry　　 B. sweet　　 C. rough　　 D. cold

13.A. see　　 B. notice　　 C. understand　　 D. tell

14.A. replaced　　 B. unfolded　　 C. counted　　 D. selected

15.A. return　　 B. check　　 C. repair　　 D. clean

16.A. confused　　 B. lost　　 C. discouraged　　 D. moved

17.A. treat　　 B. find　　 C. reward　　 D. inform

18.A. discussed　　 B. agreed　　 C. argued　　 D. competed

19.A. contributed to　　 B. handed over　　 C. paid for　　 D. packed up

20.A. loss　　 B. duty　　 C. trust　　 D. direction

高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析

Without warning, my father would knock on the door in the middle of night, drunken and begging my mother to open it. Later on, they lived their ______ lives and my mother was ____my family independently.

My father was always claiming he had been planning to do something for us, but he had no　 ______. The man who was ______ to love us, in fact, lacked the ______ of what it truly meant to love a child.

Maybe it was his complicated relationship to his father that made him ______. Maybe it was the pain ______ with a life of misfortune. Who knows? Whatever it was, it stole him from us, and ______ from me. Not understanding me, he simply ______ me—not just emotionally, but ______ as well. Never once did he hug me.

My best memories of him were from his ______ at participation. Once every month or two, he would ______ and drive us to Trucker’s Paradise. To me, the games were fun but easily forgotten. It was the ______ of my father that was most treasured.

It wasn’t until I was much older that I would find evidence of my father’s love.

When my favorite personal computer came onto the market, I convinced myself that I had to have it even though its price was far ______ my mother’s reach. I mowed （割草）every yard I could find that summer, ______ it still wasn’t enough. Then my dad agreed to help me ____the rest of the money by selling watermelons. This was the first time that I had ever spent time alone with him. He laughed and repeatedly ______ me as “my boy”, a phrase he relayed with a sense of ______.

It just goes to show that however distant the father and however broken the ______, there is still a need for even the smallest bit of ______ of a father’s love. Although he had never told me that he loved me, I would regard that day as the greatest evidence of that fact.

1.A. brief　　 B. separate　　 C. severe　　 D. unbearable

2.A. wishing for　　 B. looking for　　 C. applying for　　 D. providing for

3.A. intention　　 B. permission　　 C. possession　　 D. attention

4.A. advised　　 B. required　　 C. supposed　　 D. instructed

5.A. allocation　　 B. affection　　 C. guarantee　　 D. comprehension

6.A. cautious　　 B. distant　　 C. greedy　　 D. selfish

7.A. connected　　 B. related　　 C. faced　　 D. decorated

8.A. directly　　 B. officially　　 C. temporarily　　 D. particularly

9.A. supported　　 B. ignored　　 C. appreciated　　 D. blamed

10.A. physically　　 B. mentally　　 C. spiritually　　 D. psychologically

11.A. comments　　 B. responses　　 C. attempts　　 D. focuses

12.A. light us up　　 B. bring us up　　 C. put us up　　 D. pick us up

13.A. absence　　 B. reference　　 C. presence　　 D. preference

14.A. beyond　　 B. within　　 C. below　　 D. over

15.A. otherwise　　 B. yet　　 C. so　　 D. or

16.A. raise　　 B. rise　　 C. arise　　 D. arouse

17.A. recognized　　 B. regarded　　 C. introduced　　 D. treated

18.A. shame　　 B. pride　　 C. achievement　　 D. guilt

19.A. surroundings　　 B. feeling　　 C. gesture　　 D. bond

20.A. warning　　 B. signal　　 C. evidence　　 D. mark

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I watched my Dad close the door. It was a really cold night in dead silence and I was all alone at home. My parents left because they had been running fever for several days and they were showing other symptoms of COVID-19. It was the 9th day of Wuhan lockdown starting on January 23.

The virus we now know as COVID-19 is somehow fearsome partly because it does not discriminate (区别对待) in choosing who it infects. But that is only partly true. All the evidence suggest that it can be merciless to older people, so I was wondering whether my parents would make it and whether we would ever take family photos, which my parents and I had talked about during the Spring Festival holiday..

On their second day away my parents called and asked me how I was. We talked using FaceTime, and the moment I saw mom lying there with an oxygen mask and my dad could not talk without breathing heavily, I realized that I had to live on my own.

But two weeks later, I came across a fever and had to go into quarantine (隔离) and be put under medical observations for 14 days. Fortunately, my illness turned out to be due to a bacterial infections but not COVID-19.

Everything there was hectic, there seemed to be a shortage of medical staff and materials were in short supply. Even though the doctors and nurses were covered from head to toe, I could see how tired they were when I looked into their bloodshot eyes.

They would work a whole day preparing for new patients and seemed incredibly apologetic for not having everything that was needed. Most of the patients were really understanding, but of course there were those who were not, and complained loudly, but all the doctors and nurses tried their best to deal with it in a calming way. And they are all from other cities like Shanghai and Guangzhou, and some of them are just three or four years older than me.

When the quarantine was over, every patient effusively thanked the workers for what they had done, but the answer they received was exactly the same: “That’s what we’re here for.”

1.When did the author’s parents leave her for the hospital?

A.January 23. B.January 30.

C.January 31. D.February 1.

2.What does the underlined phrase “make it” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Succeed. B.Join in.

C.Arrive. D.Survive.

3.What can we learn according to the passage?

A.Both the author and her parents got infected with COVID-19.

B.The majority of the patients understood the doctors and nurses.

C.The patients apologized to the doctors and nurses because they were too tired.

D.The author didn’t get infected with COVID-19 because the virus can only infect the older.

4.What may the author think of the medical workers according to the passage?

A.Admirable. B.Outgoing.

C.Impatient. D.Thankful.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

My husband David was waiting at the door when our daughter Laura and I pulled in the driveway. It wasn’t like him to be home so early. The disbelief on his face told me that something was up.

"Do you still have a job?"

"No. Redundant," he answered, looking away from me.

"OK. We’ll figure it out," I replied calmly.

I actually had no idea how we were going to figure it out. I immediately started to think of how we’d cut costs and who we should start to get in touch with. That night, after David had fallen asleep, I cried myself to sleep, and frequently sobbed in the shower in the days that followed.

I knew the loss of David’s income would have great effect on us. He had worked for the same insurance company for twenty-one years and was our main income. I work at home caring for Laura, and my freelance(自由职业者的)income is uncertain. We have debts, and job hunting takes time.

Still, I was more concerned about my husband’s emotional state than our financial situation. David’s sense of identity was tied to his job. He called his parents to tell them about losing his job, but didn’t say a word to anyone else for weeks. He told me that he felt like "a failure".

It was tough for me to watch David struggle with unemployment. One night a couple of weeks after he lost his job, David woke me just before midnight, sweating, pacing the bedroom floor and saying he felt funny. We spent the night in the emergency room waiting to see if he had a heart attack. Thankfully, it was just a serious anxiety attack. It was then that I knew I needed to do more to understand what my husband was going through. Here is what I learned from my own experience—and from talking to experts—on how to support your spouse through a job loss.

1.Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word "Redundant" in Paragraph 3?

A. A piece of cake.　　 B. Out of question.

C. My treat.　　 D. Out of employment.

2.What did the writer do about her husband’s situation at first?

A. She always remained calm and gave him advice.

B. She appeared calm when in fact she was worried.

C. She began to write about her husband’s situation to the newspapers.

D. She went to consult some doctors.

3.What can we know about David?

A. He was fired by the company he had worked for twenty-one years.

B. He never thought himself "a failure" even when jobless.

C. He was aware of the family’s financial situation.

D. Upon leaving the job, he suffered a heart attack and had to consult the doctor.

4.What will be talked about in the next part of the passage?

A. What the writer did to help get some income.

B. How David suffered from the heart attack and the treatment.

C. How the writer supported David to get through the jobless period.

D. Why the insurance company fired David.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

My husband David was waiting at the door when our daughter Laura and I came back． It wasn't like him to be home so early． The disbelief on his face told me that something was up．

"Do you still have a job？"

"No． Redundant，" he answered， looking away from me．

"OK． We'll figure it out，" I replied calmly． I actually had no idea how we were going to figure it out． I immediately started to think of how we'd cut costs and who we should start to get in touch with． That night， after David had fallen asleep， I cried myself to sleep， and frequently sobbed（抽泣） in the shower in the days that followed．

I knew the loss of David's income would have great effect on us． He had worked for the same　 company for twenty﹣one years and was our main income． I work at home caring for Laura， and my income is uncertain． We have debts， and job hunting takes time．

Still， I was more concerned about my husband's emotional state than our financial situation． David's sense of identity was tied to his job． He called his parents to tell them about losing his job， but didn't say a word to anyone else for weeks． He told me that he felt like "a failure"．

It was tough for me to watch David struggle with unemployment． One night several weeks after he lost his job， David woke me just before midnight， sweating， pacing the bedroom floor and saying he didn't feel well． We spent the night in the emergency room waiting to see if he had a heart attack． Thankfully， it was just a serious anxiety attack． It was then that I knew I needed to do more to understand what my husband was going through． Here is what I learned from my own experience﹣ and from talking to experts﹣ on how to support your loved ones through a job loss．

1.The underlined word in Paragraph 3 probably means　　　 ．

A. A piece of cake

B. Out of question

C. It's a secret

D. Out of employment

2.What did the writer do about her husband's situation at first？

A. She always remained calm and gave him advice．

B. She appeared calm when in fact she was worried．

C. She began to write about his situation to the newspapers．

D. She talked to some experts to ask for advice．

3.What can we know about David？

A. He talked much to others to reduce his anxiety．

B. He never thought himself "a failure" even when jobless．

C. He was fired by the company for which he had worked for twenty﹣one years．

D. Once leaving the job， he suffered a heart attack and had to consult the doctor．

4.What will be talked about in the following part of the passage？

A. Why the company fired David．

B. How David suffered from the heart attack and the treatment．

C. How the writer supported David to get through the jobless period．

D. What the writer did to help get some income．

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I was reading attentively in my own room ________ suddenly he knocked at the door.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

At the age of nine, I was taking swimming lessons at a pool. The day had arrived when I was to be tested to see if I could   _____ to a higher level class.

Fifteen of us were to  ______swimming from one side of the pool to the other and back. I watched as my   ___ , one by one, tried and failed. Then it was my turn to  ____ , I mean, my turn to attempt to pass the test. I was about halfway when I got ____ . I immediately stopped and _____ the side of the pool, ending my test. Our instructor, a college student, was standing   ___ me. “Why did you stop?” he yelled, in a less-than   ______voice. “I got water in my nose,” I   _____ . That’s when this college student   _____ me one of life’s great lessons,   ____  he probably never realized that. Bending down, he shouted, “So?”　 “So?” The  _____ shocked me. It had just seemed  _____ to me that the answer to pain was to remove the thing causing the ____. My nine-year-old brain had not understood the fact that a valuable_____is worth achieving, however difficult to get there. Recognizing that, I was _____ nothing would keep me from completing the test. In fact, I did it rather   ______on my next attempt. Seeing me  _____ the test, almost all the others did so as well.

Life is a journal, and the road won’t  _____ be easy. We have to focus on the final destination, not the  ______ along the road.

1.A. skip　　 B. refer　　 C. advance　　 D. add

2.A. take turns　　 B. insist on　　 C. take risks　　 D. put off

3.A. competitors　　 B. classmates　　 C. students　　 D. instructors

4.A. show　　 B. leave　　 C. fail　　 D. observe

5.A. injured　　 B. blamed　　 C. trapped　　 D. choked

6.A. pushed　　 B. pressed　　 C. grabbed　　 D. controlled

7.A. above　　 B. below　　 C. beside　　 D. beyond

8.A. surprised　　 B. sympathetic　　 C. annoyed　　 D. cold

9.A. explained　　 B. reacted　　 C. declined　　 D. urged

10.A. delivered　　 B. owed　　 C. taught　　 D. promised

11.A. so that　　 B. as if　　 C. in case　　 D. even if

12.A. problem　　 B. excuse　　 C. question　　 D. voice

13.A. logical　　 B. illegal　　 C. ridiculous　　 D. impossible

14.A. disaster　　 B. discomfort　　 C. damage　　 D. fear

15.A. result　　 B. advantage　　 C. goal　　 D. task

16.A. concerned　　 B. sensitive　　 C. embarrassed　　 D. sure

17.A. slowly　　 B. easily　　 C. clumsily　　 D. eagerly

18.A. attend　　 B. take　　 C. give　　 D. pass

19.A. always　　 B. sometimes　　 C. ever　　 D. seldom

20.A. sights　　 B. barriers　　 C. surprises　　 D. harvests

高二英语完形填空简单题查看答案及解析

I sit outside of my daughter’s nursery school classroom, patiently waiting for her. When the door opens, my daughter runs out with a broad smile. She _______the excitement of school.

＂How was your _______?＂ I ask casually, while _______wanting to hear every single detail. ＂It was so good, Mommy!＂ my daughter replies. That’s it. That’s all I _______.

On the car ride home, I ask her a lot of questions. She answers me with a few words, but never goes into much _______. Usually she tells me that she wants to _______something else.

It has only been a few weeks, but I still find it so _______that my daughter has a whole morning in school without me. I _______ask the teachers for details and I am often provided with the same _______answers that my daughter gives.

Now, three mornings a week, I close her classroom door behind me and she has her own ________. I am given some ________of her days like apples glued onto paper trees and paint dirt under her fingernails.

I know she ________this privacy and the time to ________a new environment and meet different kids. ________, I can’t help but want to know about the details of her days. The ride home is the ________time that she will provide me with some ________about her morning.

When we pull into the driveway, I change the ________to something else. I am sure that my constant questions annoy her, so I try to ________them to the car ride after school.

I am ________that my daughter doesn’t quite know our driving route yet; she can’t tell that I sometimes take the long way home, ________we have those few extra minutes together.

1.A.learns B.adds C.misses D.enjoys

2.A.morning B.afternoon C.evening D.night

3.A.tiredly B.carelessly C.secretly D.suddenly

4.A.get B.need C.plan D.understand

5.A.study B.detail C.advice D.work

6.A.wait for B.prepare for C.worry about D.talk about

7.A.strange B.simple C.common D.practical

8.A.always B.just C.even D.never

9.A.satisfying B.funny C.short D.confusing

10.A.direction B.imagination C.influence D.experience

11.A.kindness B.excuses C.evidence D.challenges

12.A.promises B.achieves C.deserves D.ignores

13.A.remember B.explore C.choose D.consider

14.A.Then B.Again C.Also D.Still

15.A.only B.other C.second D.last

16.A.permission B.information C.devotion D.intention

17.A.interest B.rule C.conversation D.routine

18.A.take B.guide C.show D.limit

19.A.proud B.disappointed C.anxious D.grateful

20.A.although B.because C.so D.or

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Jolly Joe always arrived at my neighborhood at exactly half past noon. The clang (叮当声) of the bell on his red and black truck was then the sweetest sound in the world. Brightly colored stickers advertising his amazing kinds of treats could be found on all sides of his truck. The whole neighborhood would magically come to life.

Holding a nickel (五分镍币), I’d run to the back of the vehicle, where children were already gathering. Jolly Joe would jump out of his truck, the sun shining on his hair. He was an older man, short and round, with a pleasant face and a welcoming smile.

I don’t know how, but he knew us all by name, as well as which treats we preferred. My favorite was the Buried Treasure. By eating all the ice cream, you’d discover the treasure inside: a lion, a dog or even a funny clown — printed onto a plastic stick.

When it was finally my turn, he’d put his arm deep inside one of the boxes, and pause (停顿) for a moment, a puzzled look crossing his face. Then, suddenly, he’d pull it out: the Buried Treasure! I couldn’t wait to enjoy the cool, sweet ice cream.

As quickly as he arrived, it was time for Jolly Joe to go, leaving behind laughing, excited children with sticky hands and faces. Soon the sound of his clanging bell would slowly disappear in the distance.

I always hated to see Jolly Joe go, because I knew the rest of the day would be as hot and boring as before. But I took some comfort in knowing that the next day he’d come round the corner at half past noon and once again spread his magic.

1.Jolly Joe was liked mostly by _____.

A. children            B. passengers            C. advertisers            D. drivers

2.Why did the author like the Buried Treasure best?

A. It gave great pleasure to his pet.

B. It was the cheapest of all the treats.

C. It contained something very interesting.

D. It was the most delicious of all the treats.

3.Which of the following can best describe Jolly Joe?

A. Dishonest and tricky.

B. Wealthy and kind.

C. Brave and hard-working.

D. Happy and humorous.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Lost treasure found at last

B. A clanging bell in the distance

C. Ice cream man spreads frozen magic

D. My friendship with an ice cream man

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I arrived at my mother’s home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is this?” I asked.

“Oh?” Mom said, “That’s Mama’s quilt.”

I spread the quilt. It looked as if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.

“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This certainly didn’t look like any of the quilts she had made.

“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “I’m still working on it. See, this is what I’ve done so far.”

I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of the quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words:  “My mother made many quilts. She didn’t get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.”

“Ooh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said.

It occurred to me that by completing my grandmother’s quilt, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.

72. Why did the author go to mother’s home?

A. To see her mother’s quilts.           B. To help prepare for a show.

C. To get together for the family dinner.   D. To discuss her grandmother’s life.

73. The author was surprised because __________________.

A. the quilt looked very strange.         B. her grandmother liked the quilt.

C. the quilt was the best she had seen.    D. her mother had made some changes

74. The underlined word “crooked” in the passage most probably means __________ .

A. unfinished      B. broken      C. bent    D. unusual

75. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Quilt Show     B. Mother’s Home  C. A Monday Dinner   D. Grandmother’s Quilt

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析