My 20-year-old daughter, Allison, living in Philadelphia, sent me a text the other day："I need socks and shampoo.”She was actually asking me to______those items for her, but I ______she was playing a cell phone game. I decide not to be a helicopter(直升机)______,because experience as a mother and professor has taught me how______that can result.
__, I prefer a more hands-off approach. From the time Allison turned 18, I no longer had any____ to know her work and life schedule.
But that's not what I ___ at Drexel University where I teach. Most of my students talk to their __ three times a day or more. One student's mother called because she didn't ____ from him for a few days. He was in the library so he______"hello". She doubted that he was drinking, and insisted on asking him to______a picture of himself. Holding a newspaper with that day's ____，he took a picture and sent it to his mother in order to ___ that he wasn't telling a lie.
I've always treated my students as independent beings. I tell them on the first day that I will not follow up with them on missing____or assignments. I am getting them to become independent thinkers, and take responsibility for their ____.
But their parents don't______them like me. I know a mother. She supervises(监督)her son too much. She hopes he will walk by the______，so that she can know what he is doing. Another mother checks her son's credit card daily. However, I never do that. My daughters only come to me with____things that need my decision, and I think that's because I give them space.
Many parents try to find if their kids are______from them. But we have to learn to respect boundaries(界限)，even when technology is so ____. So I am going to do my best not to be a helicopter parent.
1.A.donate B.check C.prepare D.receive
2.A.thought B.managed C.decided D.remembered
3.A.customer B.mother C.trainer D.boss
4.A.normally B.badly C.simply D.amazingly
5.A.Instead B.Besides C.Otherwise D.Still
6.A.way B.courage C.power D.desire
7.A.do B.achieve C.see D.predict
8.A.professors B.friends C.parents D.classmates
9.A.learn B.hear C.escape D.judge
10.A.waved B.meant C.added D.whispered
11.A.gain B.gather C.draw D.take
12.A.date B.picture C.name D.plan
13.A.apologize B.comment C.prove D.preserve
14.A.themes B.nutrition C.mineral D.classes
15.A.secrets B.choices C.skills D.humour
16.A.treat B.protect C.change D.employ
17.A.school B.door C.camera D.road
18.A.impressive B.ordinary C.obvious D.important
19.A.hiding B.suffering C.developing D.benefiting
20.A.valuable B.powerful C.harmful D.limited
高二英语完形填空中等难度题
My 20-year-old daughter, Allison, living in Philadelphia, sent me a text the other day："I need socks and shampoo.”She was actually asking me to______those items for her, but I ______she was playing a cell phone game. I decide not to be a helicopter(直升机)______,because experience as a mother and professor has taught me how______that can result.
__, I prefer a more hands-off approach. From the time Allison turned 18, I no longer had any____ to know her work and life schedule.
But that's not what I ___ at Drexel University where I teach. Most of my students talk to their __ three times a day or more. One student's mother called because she didn't ____ from him for a few days. He was in the library so he______"hello". She doubted that he was drinking, and insisted on asking him to______a picture of himself. Holding a newspaper with that day's ____，he took a picture and sent it to his mother in order to ___ that he wasn't telling a lie.
I've always treated my students as independent beings. I tell them on the first day that I will not follow up with them on missing____or assignments. I am getting them to become independent thinkers, and take responsibility for their ____.
But their parents don't______them like me. I know a mother. She supervises(监督)her son too much. She hopes he will walk by the______，so that she can know what he is doing. Another mother checks her son's credit card daily. However, I never do that. My daughters only come to me with____things that need my decision, and I think that's because I give them space.
Many parents try to find if their kids are______from them. But we have to learn to respect boundaries(界限)，even when technology is so ____. So I am going to do my best not to be a helicopter parent.
1.A.donate B.check C.prepare D.receive
2.A.thought B.managed C.decided D.remembered
3.A.customer B.mother C.trainer D.boss
4.A.normally B.badly C.simply D.amazingly
5.A.Instead B.Besides C.Otherwise D.Still
6.A.way B.courage C.power D.desire
7.A.do B.achieve C.see D.predict
8.A.professors B.friends C.parents D.classmates
9.A.learn B.hear C.escape D.judge
10.A.waved B.meant C.added D.whispered
11.A.gain B.gather C.draw D.take
12.A.date B.picture C.name D.plan
13.A.apologize B.comment C.prove D.preserve
14.A.themes B.nutrition C.mineral D.classes
15.A.secrets B.choices C.skills D.humour
16.A.treat B.protect C.change D.employ
17.A.school B.door C.camera D.road
18.A.impressive B.ordinary C.obvious D.important
19.A.hiding B.suffering C.developing D.benefiting
20.A.valuable B.powerful C.harmful D.limited
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My 6-year-old daughter went to the dentist’s nervously, but the smiling doctor put her __ in no time.
A. with ease B. in ease C. at ease D. for ease
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My 9-year-old daughter is reading in her room before bed. Every now and then I hear her ______ at a funny line. Sometimes she calls out to ask _____ she can read us something. It’s _____ and she should be asleep by now, but we say yes.
“Listen!” she reads us the ______. “Isn’t that wonderful?”
My husband and I ______. It is wonderful. I can’t help feeling a little ______, too.
Not that long ago, we’d read to her nightly before she went to sleep. We did so even as she ______ reading on her own. As a result, we were often ______ by what was going on in her books, ______ we’d miss chapters as she sped ahead. No matter. Bedtime was ___________ reading aloud as a family, and we ______ it.
After almost ten years of reading together, she’s ready to step away from that ______. It’s tough for my husband and me to ______ the tradition, even as we delight in the to-be-read pile growing next to her bed.
But we still talk to her about ______. She’s aware that reading isn’t everyone’s favorite thing, and that some find it harder to get into a ______ than she does. It was frustrating for her once too, though she doesn’t remember that ______. These days, she keeps a blog of her ______, and begins to talk to others about what she loves to read. She’s outgrown(因年龄增长而失去) our ______ rituals(习惯；规矩) because she’s falling in love with books on her own. I ______ this makes me happiest of all.
We all used to read together, but my 9-year-old daughter has taken it to a new level. What a ______ from one bedtime reading tradition towards another!
1.A. whisper B. jump C. laugh D. shout
2.A. if B. though C. when D. until
3.A. pleasing B. late C. noisy D. enough
4.A. exercise B. blog C. requirement D. passage
5.A. pretend B. hope C. shake D. agree
6.A. easy B. safe C. sad D. patient
7.A. imagined B. finished C. began D. minded
8.A. confused B. disturbed C. excited D. controlled
9.A. before B. unless C. since D. because
10.A. with B. for C. against D. beyond
11.A. understood B. treasured C. escaped D. managed
12.A. occasionally B. unwillingly C. entirely D. regretfully
13.A. figure out B. give up C. carry on D. begin with
14.A. changes B. lessons C. books D. morals
15.A. story B. college C. career D. debate
16.A. again B. either C. now D. before
17.A. reading B. saying C. studying D. collecting
18.A. new B. old C. secret D. special
19.A. doubt B. admit C. accept D. argue
20.A. shift B. surprise C. pity D. chance
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When Sally Millsopp, 53, with her 17-year-old daughter, Eleanor, participated in Race for Life in 2019. She had no idea if she would get to see her mother Jennifer Earnshaw again, who was desperately ill with a form of lung cancer, but she encouraged the pair to take part in the event as she knew the fundraising would help others.
They managed to make it back to her bedside just in time to show her the photographs. Jennifer, who was a former head teacher, passed away the following day, aged 76.
Ms Millsopp and her daughter are once again participating in the Race for Life on May 13 this year to the memory of Jennifer, and will be speaking on stage to inspire others.
“Mum was a selfless person. I knew she really wanted us to do Race for Life but it was hard not knowing if I would be there with her at the end. When we reached the finish line, Eleanor and I both felt elated that we’d done something so positive at such a sad time. We had a big hug and knew it was something Mum would be proud of,” said Ms Millsopp.
One in two people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer, but the good news is more people are surviving the disease now than ever before. Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring women--only series of 5k, 10k, Pretty Muddy and Hiking events which raise millions of pounds every year to help beat cancer sooner by funding vital research.
Gemma Turpin, Cancer Research UK’s Norwich event manager, said, “We are very grateful to Sally and Eleanor for their story that highlights how special Race for Life is to people. By following them, women in Norfolk can make a real difference in the fight against cancer. Money raised through Race for Life is helping beat over 200 different types of cancer ——that’s why every step, every person and every penny raised counts.
1.What do we know about Jennifer Earnshaw?
A.She used to take part in Race For Life.
B.She had a sense of social responsibility.
C.She died without seeing Sally and Eleanor.
D.She worried about her cancer’s influence on Sally.
2.What does the underlined word elated in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.Really interested. B.Desperately tired.
C.Extremely excited. D.Deeply embarrassed.
3.What is the purpose of Paragraph 5?
A.To add some background information. B.To summarize the previous paragraphs.
C.To report news about cancer treatment. D.To introduce a new topic for discussion.
4.What's the best title for the text?
A.Running in memory of mother. B.Living life with a selfless heart.
C.Joining the race to keep healthy. D.Struggling to survive from cancer.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
______ the new life in Paris, I live happily with my daughter’s family.
| A．Be used to | B．Accustomed to |
| C．Accustoming to | D．Having used to |
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
My name is Tabitha,a 36-year-old mother living with my three1.(kid) in West Tennessee.I2.(lose) my job a couple of weeks ago and I am still searching for work now.The town3.I live is quite small and finding a job here has proven to be a major task.
Since leaving my last job,I have found that it's4.(difficult) to make myself employed again than I expected.I have become a full-time homemaker,5.(take) care of my motherly duties as well as housework.Apart from caring for my children and taking care of the house,I am still busy looking for part-time and full-time6.(employ) to help my family financially.I7.(frequent) visit our local career center and search online if I have very little free time.
To be frank,I admit that being unemployed is stressful.I usually find myself lying awake at night and wondering 8.I'm going to support my family if I cannot find9.job.In my inner heart,I never think about giving up.Having devoted much effort to my job-hunting,I believe it will pay off one day.Therefore,I will continue to search until I find one that allows me10.(provide) an income for my family.
高二英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
A single mother and her daughter living in my community are two of the most unfriendly people I have ever come across in my life. They are totally , mixing with nobody. As they drive past neighbors they keep their eyes looking away and make no sign of other people. The only fame they have is making a nuisance (讨厌的人) of themselves to the local police station by music played too loud, dogs barking more than once a day and any other little .
Upon moving into this neighborhood, I was of these two but decided I would make up my own mind. This proved quite a to me as more than once either the mother or the daughter would knock on my door and blast (猛烈抨击 ) me with some or other. I answered politely and made sure I as they went past my place and also made the effort now and then to make a kind about their garden or pets.
Time passed and in October, as part of the Kindness Rock Give, Maureen and I decided to place a kindness rock in their garden. Their remained unchanged, however, and I continued to be as friendly as possible. During the Easter give, we decided once again to these two unhappy ladies to our list and a packet of cookies on their gate. Imagine my when two days later they at my gate and jokingly said they were hanging their Christmas stocking on their gate, and they brought me a bunch of（一束）flowers!
So, my fellow gifters, do not give up on your random（随机的）gifts of kindness. You may never just what this to others, nor how many broken or hearted people you may just change a simple act of kindness.
1.A. protected B. depressed C. separated D. worried
2.A. helping B. greeting C. hating D. blaming
3.A. accepting B. requesting C. reporting D. refusing
4.A. events B. mistakes C. accidents D. affairs
5.A. informed B. warned C. reminded D. told
6.A. challenge B. success C. failure D. chance
7.A. quarrels B. opinions C. explanations D. complaints
8.A. seldom B. never C. always D. sometimes
9.A. waved B. stared C. noticed D. laughed
10.A. change B. smile C. gesture D. remark
11.A. smile B. attitude C. decision D. anger
12.A. add B. lead C. refuse D. include
13.A. shared B. saved C. left D. threw
14.A. fear B. anxiety C. surprise D. doubt
15.A. whispered B. stopped C. shouted D. lay
16.A. imagining B. watching C. considering D. recalling
17.A. admit B. regret C. know D. doubt
18.A. refers B. means C. relates D. donates
19.A. kind B. willing C. hard D. weak
20.A. to B. for C. by D. with
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Last night I was lonely at home because my husband took 1.______
Ann, my daughter, for New York to see his parents. At 8:00 2.______
I decided to watch a TV programme. I turned the set and 3.______
started to watch a TV play. I am not usually interested in 4.______
TV plays but I was complete delighted with this one. I was 5.______
enjoying it very well when something was happened to the 6.______
picture. I tried hard to adjust(调) the set because I want to 7.______
see who turned off to be the murderer, but the set was out of 8.______
order and the picture was so bad that I finally had to give in, 9.______
turn off the set and go to bed at nine, much early than usual. 10.______
高二英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析
A couple of weeks ago, my 12-year-old daughter, Ella threatened(威胁) to take my phone and break it. “At night you’ll always have your phone out and break you’ll just type,” Ella says. “I’m ready to go to bed, and try to get you to read stories for me and you’re just standing there reading your texts and texting other people,” she adds. I came to realize that I was ignoring her as a father.
Ella isn’t the only kid who feels this way about her parent’s relationship with devices. Catherine Steiner-Adair, a psychologist at Harvard, wrote The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age. For her book, Steiner-Adair interviewed more than 1,000 kids from the ages of 4 to 18. She talked to hundreds of teachers and parents.
One of the many things that knocked my socks off, ” she says, “was the consistency(一致性) with which children — whether they were 4 or 8 or 18 or 24— talked about feeling exhausted and frustrated or mad trying to get their parents’ attention, competing with computer screens or iPhone screens or any kind of technology.”
A couple of years ago, my daughter got a laptop for school. And because she was becoming more independent, we got her a phone. We set up rules for when she could use the device and when she’d need to put it away. We created a charging(充电) station, outside her bedroom, where she had to plug in these devices every night. Basically — except for homework— she has to put it all away when she comes home.
Steiner-Adair says most adults don’t set up similar limits in their own lives. “We’ve lost the boundaries that protect work and family life,’’ she says. “So it is very hard to manage yourself and be present in the moments your children need you.’’
After my daughter’s little intervention(介入),I made myself a promise to create my own charging station. To plug my phone in— somewhere faraway — when I am done working for the day. I’ve been trying to leave it there untouched for most of the weekend
1.Why did Ella threaten to break her father’s phone?
A. Her father spent a lot of money on his phone.
B. Her father did not do any housework or read to her.
C. Her father made a lot of noise by talking on the phone.
D. Her father gave his attention to his phone instead of her.
2. By saying “knocked my socks off ’’ , Steiner-Adair means “___’’.
A. made fun of her
B. surprised her a lot
C. took her socks off
D. made her exhausted
3.What does the author mainly talk about in paragraph 4?
A. How he protected his daughter from devices.
B. Why his daughter was dissatisfied with him.
C. How to create a charging station at home.
D. Why children need a laptop or a phone.
4. We can infer from the text the author___.
A. will not use his phone form now on
B. plans to create more charging stations at home
C. is a man who learns from his mistakes
D. doesn’t think a laptop is helpful to his daughter
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, Ramanda, so that my wife could go out with a friend. I was getting some work while Ramanda appeared to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got a little too quiet and I yelled out, “What are you doing? Ramanda” No response. I repeated my question and heard her say, “Oh, nothing?” Nothing? What does “nothing” mean?
I got up from my desk and ran out into the living room, and then I saw her take off down the hall. I chased her up the stairs and watched her a little behind made a hard left into the bedroom. I was gaining on her! She took off for the bathroom. Bad move. I had her cornered. I told her to turn around. She refused. I pulled out my big, mean, authoritative(命令式的)Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”
Slowly, she turned toward me. In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick. And every square inch of her face was covered with right red (expect her lips of course)!
As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, lips trembling, I heard every voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you… you should know better than that… How many times have you been told…What a bad thing to do…”It was just a matter of my picking out which old message I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But before I could let loose, looked down at the sweatshirt my wife had put on her only an hour before. In big letters it said “I’M A PERFECT ANGEL!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and instead to seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a child of God …a perfect little angel full of worth, value and a wonderful spontaneity(自发行为)that I had come dangerously close t shaming out of her.
“Sweetheart, you look beautiful! Let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how special you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t miss the opportunity to reaffirm(再肯定)what a perfect little angel he had given me.
1.When the author found the house was abnormally quite, ______.
A. he went on with his work
B. he went to check on his daughter
C. he called his daughter to come over
D. he knew his daughter must be behaving well
2.When he saw his daughter’s face, the author _______.
A. thought she was so beautiful and lovely a girl
B. no longer saw her as an angel
C. flew into an uncomfortable disappointment
D. remembered the words he was scolded with
3.What does the underlined sentence “I had her cornered” mean?
A. She had been in the corner of the room
B. She had screamed out of fear
C. I had forced her into a position from which she couldn’t escape
D. She had escaped from one corner to another
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