A woman from the United Arab Emirates has regained consciousness after spending 27 years in a vegetative state (植物人状态). Munira Abdulla was aged 32 when she suffered a brain injury after the car she was riding in was hit by a bus in 1991. Her son Omar revealed her fantastic recovery in an interview with The National.
He described how the accident occurred when he was four years old and needed to be brought home from kindergarten. Ms Abdulla's brother-in-law drove her to school to collect Omar and the family were driving home, with mother and child in the back seat, when they were hit by the bus. As the bus hit, Ms Abdulla threw herself around her son to protect him from the impact. While she suffered a severe head injury, he escaped with just a bruise. Omar described how his mother was left untreated for hours because the family were unable to call for help and there was little traffic, before she was transferred to a clinic in London.
There, doctors diagnosed a vegetative state, meaning she was completely unresponsive but able to feel pain. She was transferred back to the UAE and put on a breathing machine and a feeding tube to keep her alive, spending the next few decades hooked up to machines. But in April 2017, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, heard of her case and gave her family a fund for treatment. Ms Abdula was flown to Germany where she underwent surgeries to repair her muscles while being given medication to improve her sleep patterns.
Around a year later she began making strange sounds, and within three days she called out to Omar using his name, "It was her! She was calling my name, I was flying with joy;for years I have dreamed of this moment, and my name was the first word she said," he said.
1.How old was Ms Abdulla when she came to life?
A.27. B.28
C.32. D.59.
2.What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A.People there lacked skills of first aid.
B.Omar’s uncle suffered a slight injury.
C.The traffic accident happened at a quiet place.
D.Ms Abdulla forgot the emergency phone number.
3.Why was Ms Abdulla sent to Germany?
A.To receive free treatment.
B.To recognize her son's voice.
C.To meet Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.
D.To have operations and improve her condition.
4.What's the text mainly about?
A.Every mother's child is an angel.
B.Children are what the mothers are.
C.A mother wakes up from unconsciousness.
D.An accident makes a mother in a vegetative state speak.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
A woman from the United Arab Emirates has regained consciousness after spending 27 years in a vegetative state (植物人状态). Munira Abdulla was aged 32 when she suffered a brain injury after the car she was riding in was hit by a bus in 1991. Her son Omar revealed her fantastic recovery in an interview with The National.
He described how the accident occurred when he was four years old and needed to be brought home from kindergarten. Ms Abdulla's brother-in-law drove her to school to collect Omar and the family were driving home, with mother and child in the back seat, when they were hit by the bus. As the bus hit, Ms Abdulla threw herself around her son to protect him from the impact. While she suffered a severe head injury, he escaped with just a bruise. Omar described how his mother was left untreated for hours because the family were unable to call for help and there was little traffic, before she was transferred to a clinic in London.
There, doctors diagnosed a vegetative state, meaning she was completely unresponsive but able to feel pain. She was transferred back to the UAE and put on a breathing machine and a feeding tube to keep her alive, spending the next few decades hooked up to machines. But in April 2017, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, heard of her case and gave her family a fund for treatment. Ms Abdula was flown to Germany where she underwent surgeries to repair her muscles while being given medication to improve her sleep patterns.
Around a year later she began making strange sounds, and within three days she called out to Omar using his name, "It was her! She was calling my name, I was flying with joy;for years I have dreamed of this moment, and my name was the first word she said," he said.
1.How old was Ms Abdulla when she came to life?
A.27. B.28
C.32. D.59.
2.What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A.People there lacked skills of first aid.
B.Omar’s uncle suffered a slight injury.
C.The traffic accident happened at a quiet place.
D.Ms Abdulla forgot the emergency phone number.
3.Why was Ms Abdulla sent to Germany?
A.To receive free treatment.
B.To recognize her son's voice.
C.To meet Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.
D.To have operations and improve her condition.
4.What's the text mainly about?
A.Every mother's child is an angel.
B.Children are what the mothers are.
C.A mother wakes up from unconsciousness.
D.An accident makes a mother in a vegetative state speak.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The Scottish education system has always been different from the rest of the United Kingdom, with a characteristic emphasis on a broad education. Scotland's schools operate a Curriculum(课程) for Excellence which provides knowledge and skills to all nursery, primary and secondary schooling between the ages of 3 - 18. All 3- and 4-year-old children in Scotland have access to a free nursery place. Formal primary education begins at approximately 5 years old and lasts for 7 years. During their secondary education, children in Scotland study Standard Grades, or Intermediate(中级的) qualifications between the ages of 13 and 16 . The school leaving age is 16, after which students may choose to remain at school for one or two years to study for Higher Grade or Advanced Higher qualifications. Then they can have further education by attending colleges or universities.
There are fifteen Scottish universities, some of which are among the oldest in the world. These include the University of St Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh—many of which are ranked among the best in the UK. Proportionally, Scotland had more universities in QS' World University Rankings' top 100 in 2012 than any other nation. Also, the country produced 1% of the world's published research with less than 0.1% of the world's population. Scotland’s University Courts are the only bodies in Scotland authorized to award degrees.
Besides Scotland's universities, Further and Higher Education is provided by 43 colleges as well. Colleges offer National Certificates, Higher National Certificates, and Higher National Diplomas. These Group Awards, alongside Scottish Vocational(职业的) Qualifications, aim to ensure Scotland's population has the appropriate skills and knowledge to meet workplace needs. In 2014, research reported by the Office for National Statistics found that Scotland was the most highly educated country in Europe and among the most well-educated in the world in terms of higher education attainment.
1.What do we know about Scottish education?
A. Students can go to university directly after finishing Standard Grades.
B. Students of all ages receive free education.
C. A university student is at least 17 years old.
D. Only knowledge is taught at schools.
2.The underlined word “proportionally” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A. Considering Scotland’s population B. regardless of Scotland’s history
C. in terms of the number of universities D. despite its education system
3.Scottish college awards and vocational qualifications serve to ________.
A. improve the employment B. award the students with degrees
C. prepare the workforce with proper skills D. compete with universities home and abroad
4.The purpose of the text is to ________.
A. compare B. introduce
C. advertise D. persuade
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The United States has all sorts of geography, from deserts to beaches, mountains to flatlands. These conditions help create all sorts of weather: hot, wet, dry, mild and so on. Sometimes all in one day!
1. But others have dry air, so the heat does not feel so bad. In winter, parts of the country get cold and snowy while others stay warm and sunny. This is the difference between, for example, New York City on the East Coast and Los Angeles on the West Coast. Yet even the East Coast has its warm places in winter, like Florida.
2. The Pacific coast has smaller temperature changes, and calmer conditions, than along the Atlantic. Weather in the central and northeastern parts of the country is affected by cold air from Canada and warm air from the Caribbean. 3. The hurricane season is, officially, from June to November. The weather service says the United States gets more severe weather than any other country.
You know, we do not mean to scare you with all this talk about bad weather. The country also has lots of really nice weather. If you ever plan a trip to the United States, just be sure to read the local weather reports. 4.
A. Conditions can change quickly in a short period of time.
B. That way you can get prepared for whatever the weather may bring.
C. To know about the local weather conditions.
D. Hurricanes are ocean storms that strike mainly in the Southeast.
E. The oceans affect weather along the coasts.
F. In summer, some areas get very hot and the air is very wet.
G. The winter is warm in Florida.
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A mystery woman said today she has won£1.5 million from the UK National Lottery—but has never told her husband.
For the past three years, the woman, a mother-of-two who gave her name as Jane, had hidden her fortune from colleagues, friends and family, she said.
“Jane” has remained in her job and, if she ever splashed out on treats for the family, tells her husband she has had a pay rise or bonus.
The woman told her extraordinary story on BBC Radio Five Live this morning.
Presenter Victoria Derbyshire was hosting a phone-in which asked the question: “Is money guaranteed to make you happy?”
“Jane” called in and began, “I won quite a bit of money”, just under£1.5 million, and I’ve never, ever told anybody. Not even my husband.”
Derbyshire said, “You’re kidding me. Why not?”
“Jane” replied, “Fear that it would change our lives too dramatically. My husband had, many years ago, a small drug problem—around 15years ago. And I’m scared with the money and perhaps the high life… he would go back there.”
She continued, “I do feel if I had said, yes, I’ve won this money, that he would have wanted holiday, he perhaps would have wanted to give up work, which would destroy our little family unit we’ve got now.”
The presenter told her, “I’m very surprised, I can barely believe it but it’s clearly true. Do you feel it’s made you happier?”
“Jane”, who said her won was “about three years ago”, said, “It’s nice because I know I haven’t got to worry about bills.”
Derbyshire told her, “I’m full of admiration for you, but is it not a betrayal of your relationship?”
The woman admitted, “I feel terribly guilty in one way, but in another way, we’ve got two young children and I think, well, if their lives change dramatically then it’s not fair on them. So I just want to keep things as they are.”
1.The woman let out her secret ______________.
A.fifteen years later B.in a radio program
C.to a woman named Jane D.after a pay rise
2.Why did the woman keep her fortune hidden from her husband?
A.Because she wanted the fortune in her control.
B.Because her husband was in poor health.
C.Because she didn’t have to worry about bills any more.
D.Because she feared that her husband would take drugs again.
3.The underlined expression “splash out” in paragraph3 most probably means ___________.
A.to spend money wastefully B.to let out a secret accidentally
C.to go abroad for a holiday D.to stay outside for sightseeing
4.The best title for the passage would be __________.
A.Woman hiding lotter win from husband
B.A mystery but guilty woman in UK
C.1.5 million pounds won by a woman
D.A way to keep things as they are.
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It might sound like a terrible dream,but a new design from Dubai-based airline Emirates plans to remove windows from airplanes. Instead of real-life views of clouds and sky, first-class passengers will look out of “virtual(虚拟的)windows,” enjoying projected views of the world passing by. Emirates’ “windows” use real time high-tech camera technology to provide virtual views of the outside world.
Saj Ahmad,Chief analyst at Strategic Aero Research says,”Windowless airplanes sound great-however, in reality, it won’t happen for a number of reasons. For starters,in the event of an emergency,people in the plane often need to look out for reference points. Having visual awareness is important and in a windowless jet, they don’t exist-especially if there is an electrical fault which then means that the ‘electric’ windows do not work and you can’t see outside.” Ahmad was also concerned about passenger comfort. “Passengers simply do love the natural view outside,” he says. “There are also other problems---the change involved would certainly require new tests.”
Other futuristic airplane designs are going the opposite way. Boeing’s Dreamliner ---its most modern design---features large windows. Airbus has also designed a plane with transparent(透明的) walls that is presented at the 2011 Paris Air Show. Embraer has planned the Kyoto cabin, designed for its Lineage 1000E aircraft, which features large windows running along the majority of the walls of the cabin.
There could also be a move towards pilotless planes in the future---but Ahmad applies his doubts about windowless planes to drone-flown(无人驾驶的) planes too. “The idea of windowless planes is possible---that doesn’t mean it will happen,” says Ahmad. “The same applies to drone technology---but that doesn’t mean that tomorrow we’re suddenly going to see all airplanes being flown without pilots.”
1.What will Emirates’ new planes be like?
A.They will be pilotless.
B.They will have open windows.
C.They will present outside views on virtual windows.
D.They will provide all passengers with windowless experiences.
2.What does Saj Ahmad think of the virtual windows?
A.Useful. B.Expensive. C.Impractical. D.Comfortable.
3.How is the third paragraph developed?
A.By giving examples. B.By making comparisons.
C.By following space order. D.By explaining cause and effect.
4.What is the future of drone technology according to Saj Ahmad?
A.It needs more skilled engineers. B.It will take time to develop.
C.It will be widely applied. D.It is promising.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Nowadays, there’s a lot of debate about single sex education since it has begun to regain its popularity recently. According to long term studies of children from around the world, students achieve more and learn better in single sex schools.
An Australian study of 270,000 students found that both boys and girls performed much higher on standardized(标准化) tests when they attended separate schools. During an experiment in Virginia in 1995, 100 eighth graders were separated just for math and science courses. Almost immediately, the girls began to achieve more, become more confident and take part more often in class activities.
In 2001, a British study concluded that nearly every girl regardless of (不论) her ability or socio-economic status performed better in single sex classrooms than co-ed ones. The study of 2,954 high schools and 979 primary schools showed that while boys at the lowest levels in study improved the most in single sex schools, single sex education was particularly beneficial (有益的) to girls. Every one of the top 50 private elementary schools and top 20 private high schools in Britain are single sex schools.
Girls became more confident in themselves as students and earned higher scores on their College Board and Advanced Placement examinations. A quarter of the female members of the US Congress and one-third of all female members of Fortune 100 boards graduated from all-women’s colleges.
While the statistics are not as dramatic for boys, however, boys tend to soften their competitive edge and become more cooperative in a single sex setting. They can just be boys and not worry about what the girls might think.
Single sex education has a pleasant way of encouraging children to be fearless, to be curious, to be enthusiastic --- in short, to just be themselves. Children are subjected (屈从于) to pressures from every quarter to become adults before they are ready to do so. They grow up too quickly. Why not let them be children for a few more years? Single sex education with its gentler, more controlled social atmosphere is just the right answer for many children.
1.With the experiment in Virginia in 1995, the writer wants to show that________.
A.single sex education has become popular in recent years
B.the effect of single sex education on girls is immediate
C.students at separate schools are better prepared for standardized tests
D.both boy and girl students achieve more and learn better in single sex schools
2.According to the article, which of the following statements about single sex education is TRUE?
A.Girls’ performances in single sex classrooms are determined by their ability and socioeconomic status.
B.In all-boys schools boys with the worst academic performances improved the most.
C.Single sex education was particularly helpful for boys.
D.There are more single sex schools than co-ed schools in Britain.
3. In the article, the underlined phrase “soften their competitive edge” probably means ________ .
A.act in a kindly manner B.become less competitive
C.lose interest in something D.take advantage of something
4. What is the main point of the article?
A.Ways to reduce pressure and help children grow.
B.The reason why girls perform better than boys at school.
C.The advantage of single sex education.
D.The development of single sex education in different countries.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
The private automobile(私家车)has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it has become a necessary and important part of the American way of life. In 1986, sixty-nine percent of American families owned at least one car, and thirty-eight percent had more than one. By giving workers rapid transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems.
For farm families the automobile is very helpful. It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools.
Family life has been affected(影响)in various ways, The car helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics, outings, and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents can't keep an eye on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs, or showing off by speeding or breaking down traffic laws. Mothers of victims(受害者)of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD(Mothers Against Drunk Driving. These women want to prevent further tragedies(悲剧). They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest drinking age, Students have formed a similar organization, SADD(Students Against Drunk Driving)and are spreading the same message among their friends.
For many Americans the automobile is a necessity. But for some, it is also a mark of social position and for young people, a sign of becoming an adult. Altogether, cars mean very much to Americans.
1..
. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?
A. Cars have encouraged the growth of the cities.
B. Cars can bring families together when they go for picnics.
C. Cars have enabled people to live far from their place of work.
D. Cars help city families to transport their children to faraway schools.
2... What has been done to deal with the problem of drunk driving?
A. Patents have paid more attention to their children.
B. Some organizations have been set up against drunk driving.
C. Mothers have tried to persuade their children not to drink alcohol.
D. University students have asked the government to solve the problem.
3.. We can infer from the text that ____________ in America.
A. it will be more difficult for people to get new cars
B. parents will not allow their children to have their own cars
C. the government will encourage people to use public transportation
D. cars will still be popular though they have caused many problems
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
The Beagle Brigade
When returning to the United States from a trip abroad, passengers will have their baggage inspected at U.S. airports by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Beagle Brigade, a team of beagles and their human partners. Working with their human partners, the beagles search for agricultural products carrying diseases and pests which are likely to infect American agriculture.
An orange or apple, for example, might harbor a Mediterranean fruit fly. Ham could carry a disease such as cholera. These and other pests could do harm to farmers’ crops. “Once we introduce something that is not part of the environment, there may not be any controls for it in the environment,” notes USDA’s Lisa Davis at the National Dog Detector Training Center in Orlando, Florida. “The best thing for us to do is to prevent it from coming across the border and spreading.”
When a beagle smells food smells, it signals its partner by sitting there. The human partners then investigate. When the dog is right--which happens 90 percent of the time—it gets something to eat.
“The dog is not out there working,” explains Davis. “It’s out there playing. It’s a game to the dog.” The partners give the beagles plenty of food and loving. They make sure they get first-class medical attention, too. When the dogs finally retire after 9 to 11 years, the USDA finds caring homes for them. It’s a dog’s life indeed!
Their people partners work and study somewhat harder. As specialized quarantine(检疫) officers, most hold degrees in the biological sciences or related sciences.
How well does the Beagle Brigade do its job? “On the average,” notes Davis, “each year our 54 teams prevent around 75,000, restricted(限制的) items.” Since even one infected item could cause widespread destruction, that’s a great result for America’s agricultural environment.
1.The beagles at the airport in the USA are used to __________.
A. conduct the check on foreign passengers’ baggage
B. stop the local products from being taken abroad
C. help inspect the baggage brought from abroad
D. keep their people partners safe
2.What will the beagle do when it finds a possible food product?
A. Signal by sitting next to it.
B. Bark and run around it.
C. Draw it to its partner.
D. Play a game.
3.How is the last paragraph mainly developed?
A. By listing the restricted food.
B. By analyzing the result.
C. By providing the facts.
D. By using examples.
4.What is the author’s attitude towards the use of beagles?
A. Curious. B. Uninterested.
C. Doubtful. D. Positive.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
About ten percent of spending on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. 1. States have been required to show progress through yearly testing.
But states say testing tells only part of the story about efforts by schools and students to improve. So the Obama administration has eased the limits in states in measuring performance.
2.. This new measurement tool is called the Colorado Growth Model. The ideas is to show academic growth, not just achievement on tests. It combines test scores, family income levels, school size, the ethnicity of the student and many other factors.
3.. The graph shows a school’s average score on standardized tests as well as its academic growth.
On average, students enter sixth grade at WEST Denver Prep performing below grade level. 4.
The new assessment(评价) method shows that, each year, the average West Denver Prep student learns more math than ninety-four percent of all the students in Colorado. 5.
Josh Smith says perhaps the most important thing they should learn is to believe in themselves.
A. The results from schools across the state are shown online on a graph.
B. Reading and writing scores also show growth.
C. For ten years now, federal law has tied this spending to student performance.
D. Therefore, the government feels it a great pressure.
E. But three years later, most are outperforming other students across the state.
F. However, the limits don’t work at all.
G. The western state of Colorado, for example, has a new assessment method.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Harvard University in the United States has been ranked as the university with the best "reputation" in the world.
The Times Higher Education magazine has listed 200 top universities all over the world based on how they are regarded by a group of international college teachers. That is to say the list measures how universities are regarded, rather than how they actually performed.
A subjective, word-of-mouth(口碑的)quality such as "reputation" has genuine economic value for universities, said Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
"Reputation is not just an impression, though it might be not as reliable as performance by objective indicators(客观指标)," said Prof Marginson.
Based on the views of 13,000 college teachers around the world, it confirms the power of the big US universities, which dominate this list. Seven of the top 10 are US universities, headed by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Furthermore, 14 of the top 20 are from the US. Cambridge is the highest ranking UK university in the list, in third place, with Oxford ranked as sixth.
For students applying to university, reputation might be hard to quantify, but was an important part of the attractiveness, said the president of Cambridge University's students' union, Rahul Mansigani.
"Reputation makes a huge difference. If there is an idea that somewhere is great, it will get lots of good people applying whether it's true or not. Factors such as a sense of history and the presence of outstanding college teachers were part of the reputation of Cambridge," he said.
1.The underlined word “dominate” in Paragraph 5 probably means __________.
A. affect B. decide C. control D. improve
2.What can be inferred from the text?
A. No Asian universities are among the Top 10.
B. At least five UK universities are among Top 20.
C. The Times Higher Education magazine is from the US.
D. Reputation affects students’ decisions when choosing universities.
3.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. Turning ideas into reputation
B. World’s best universities ranked in order of reputation
C. The top 200 universities in the USA
D. Reputable Universities attractive to more students
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