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A small supermarket is decorated with a lot of red lanterns. There are piles of red envelopes on sale, for filling with cash and handing out as gifts. Such festive trappings can be seen everywhere in China in the build-up to the Lunar New Year. But this is Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, where Han Chinese are a mere 2.5% of the country's population. They are a sign that Chinese New Year is becoming a global holiday.
Several countries in Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year in their own way. But dragon and lion dances in Chinatowns over the world have helped make China's the most famous. In Tokyo, window cleaners dress up as the animals of the Chinese zodiac （生肖）.America, Canada and New Zealand have issued commemorative stamps for the Year of the Rooster. Last year New York City made the Lunar New Year a school holiday for the first time.
The spread of the Spring Festival, as China calls it, is partly due to recent emigration（移民）from China: 9.5 million Chinese people have moved abroad since 1978, many of whom are far richer than earlier waves of migrants. It also reflects the wealth and ambitions of China's new middle class: festivities in other countries are partly aimed at the 6 million Chinese who are expected to spend their week long holiday abroad this year.
It's hoped that the festival will promote Chin's cultural "soft power" abroad. So related events are welcomed, such as a display this year of martial arts in Cyprus and a traditional Chinese temple-fair in Harare, Zimbabwe. More and more Chinese are glad to see foreigners enjoy such festivities. Though there is a growing enthusiasm among Chinese for Western celebrations such as Christmas, Chinese New Year is a welcome chance to reverse（逆转）the cultural flow.
1.The scene in a supermarket shown in the first paragraph is to________ .
A.stress the importance of the Spring Festival
B.explain why the Lunar New Year is popular
C.present the popularity of Chinese New Year
D.show how other countries celebrate the Spring Festival
2.What are the best-known celebration activities for the Lunar New Year in Chinatowns?
A.Dragon and lion dances.
B.Eating dumplings and singing and dancing.
C.Dressing up as animals and dancing.
D.playing cards and letting off fireworks.
3.Some countries celebrate the Spring Festival in order to .
A.reflect on their own cultures
B.show respect to the Chinese traditions
C.promote the values of Chinese customs
D.attract Chinese to spend the holiday there
4.What's the best title for the text?
A.Celebrating Chinese Festivals Becomes a Trend.
B.Welcoming China's Cultural "Soft Power*',
C.China's Biggest Festival Is Going Global.
D.Foreigners' Love of China's Festivals.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Hongbao, a red envelope with small amounts of money in, is a gift that is guaranteed to be 1. (warm) received, not just because of the cash, but also because of its 2. (tradition) symbolism and best wishes for the future. This is true throughout China, especially in the south 3. people view receiving hongbao 4. an auspicious (吉祥的) beginning of the New Year.
Legend in the south goes that a devil (恶魔) used to appear lo harm children and the elderly 5. loud noise would frighten the devil away, as did 6. color red.
Fireworks took care of the noise and during the Spring Festival couplets (对联) also helped keep the devil away. But fireworks couldn’t go off all day so children and the elderly alsogot hongbao, red envelopes 7. (contain) money. The tradition 8. (survive) for thousands of years and giving hongbao to children and the elderly remains popular among Chinese people all over the world. It has also made its way into workplace where bosses often give 9. (employ) hongbao and most recently, companies have adopted online marketing strategies where haongbao are distributed, hoping 10. companies and staff members have a good start.
Giving hongbao at the beginning of the Lunar New Year indicates best wishes for the future.
高二英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people．luckily there're small ways of helping them and you needn't have a lot of _1__.One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__2___doing this one day, I got to_3__a young homeless man．He was often__4__the magazine at the train station．He was a poor farmer from another country．After a while, I discovered that his___5_was close to mine．It_6__that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year__7__after his birthday, and after congratulating him,without__8__,I asked if he had had a good day.He__9_and said that he hadn't really celebrated. I felt so___10_．I just couldn't bear the thought of this nice ,young man being__11__on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn（亚麻） basket.__12_for me, I had enough yarn__13__.I set to work and knitted（编织） a_14__for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty_15__I didn't knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf（围巾） would be__16__when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had_17___to meet him so I had__18_the scarf and a piece of my own birthday_19__around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The __20__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me.
1.A．work B．energy C．money D．experience
2.A．in B．on C．cesides D．by
3.A．realize B．ignore C．know D．recognize
4.A．selling B．reading C．covering D．buying
5.A．birthday B．house C．height D．hobby
6.A．said B．found C．guessed D．meant
7.A．long B．shortly C．ever D．even
8.A．shopping B．helping C．praising D．thinking
9.looked up B．turned up C．looked down D．got down
10.A．foolish B．excited C．clever D．worried
11.A．cake B．happy C．alone D．hungry
12.A．suddenly B．luckily C．badly D．however
13.A．used B．done C．left D．produced
14.A．scarf B．cap C．sock D．glove
15.A．when B．because C．so D．and
16.A．different B．dry C．wet D．clean
17.A．liked B．hoped C．promised D．agreed
18.A．made B．thrown C．received D．carried
19.A．cake B．present C．song D．party
20.A．light B．pain C．sight D．tear
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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A small insect is gettinga lot of attention in the United States. The rusty patched bumblebee (大黄蜂) is the first of its species to be declared endangered in the lower 48 states—meaning every state except Alaska and Hawaii. The rusty patched bumblebee is named for a rust-colored line on its back.
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this month it was adding the bee to its endangered species list. The insects are "on the brink of extinction, " according to the service. It said the bees were once found in 28 states. But there now are only small populations remaining in 13 states. The government agency will make a plan to help the dying bees recover. The agency said that such a plan might help other insects,like butterflies.
U.S. officials think land owners can take small steps to help the rusty patched bumblebee. They say land owners can be friendlier towards bees by using native plants in their gardens. The insects directly fertilize many kinds of fruit and vegetable crops. And they fertilize grain crops used to feed cattle and milk cows. It costs billions of dollars to duplicate the job the bees do for free. Land owners are also being urged to cut back on their use of pesticide products. The officials also suggest that gardeners leave their plants alone at the end of the summer instead of cutting them. That way, the bees will have a place to live over the winter.
The Fish and Wildlife Service says the rusty patched bumblebee was added to the endangered species list partly because of habitat loss. Other reasons were disease, pesticides and climate change. Officials are worried that other bees will suffer, too. Another species of bees in Hawaii is also endangered.
1.How many states declared the rusty patched bumblebee endangered?
A. 13. B. 28. C. 48. D. 50.
2.Which one is harmful to the rusty patched bumblebee?
A. Planting native plants. B. Reducing the use of pesticide products.
C. Leaving plants alone. D. Cutting out plants regularly.
3.What can we know about the rusty patched bumblebee according to the text?
A. All the states declared it as endangered species.
B. It is named for a rust-colored line on its belly.
C. It is beneficial to land owners.
D. It is endangered mainly because of habitat loss.
4.What's the best title for the passage?
A. Bumblebee added to U. S. endangered species list
B. Why is bumblebee on the brink of extinction
C. Take steps to help bumblebee
D. The benefits of protecting bumblebee
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
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It is hard to imagine that such a small country, the size of Indiana with the population of Alaska, tucked in the Himalaya Mountains, accessible only by two airplanes, is the “Happiest Country’’ in the world and has one of the fastest growing GDP’S in the world. This country is Bhutan, “Land of the Thunder Dragon”, which is located in South Asia and is encompassed by India, China, and Nepal.
Bhutan is the last standing Buddhist Kingdom in the World and, until recently, has preserved much of their culture since the l7th century by avoiding globalization and staying isolated from the world. Internet, television, and western dress were banned from the country up until ten years ago. Over the past ten years globalization has begun to change in Bhutan, but things remain perfectly balanced.
Bhutan is the only country in the world that has a ‘GNH’, which refers to “Gross National Happiness.’’The process of measuring GNH began when Bhutan opened up to globalization. It measures people’s quality of life, and makes sure that “material and spiritual development happen together.”Bhutan has done an amazing job of finding this balance. Bhutan has continually been ranked as the happiest country in all of Asia, and the eighth Happiest Country in the world according to Business Week. In 2007, Bhutan had the second fastest growing GDP in the world, at the same time as maintaining their environment and cultural identity.
In 2008,in Bhutan’s first democratic election,28-year-old Jigme KhesarNamgyel Wang Chuck was elected president of Bhutan. He promises to “maintain a stance (立场)of protection against the worst aspects of globalization, maintaining the ‘Gross National Happiness’.”But Jigme himself is no stranger to globalization. He attended high school at Phillips Academy and university at Wheaton College and then graduated from Oxford.
1.The underlined word “encompassed’’ in the first paragraph most probably means __________ .
A. covered B. surrounded
C. separated D. guarded
2.Why is Bhutan regarded as “the happiest country”?
A. Because it changes its policy and begins to open up.
B. Because it uses “GNH” to measure its achievement.
C. Because it stresses both material and spiritual development.
D. Because it has the second fastest growing GDP in the world.
3.What Can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The election in Bhutan is far from satisfactory.
B. Globalization has influenced Bhutan’s religion.
C. Jigme’s educational background will cause distrust.
D. People in Bhutan will continue living a happy life.
4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
A.
B. 
C.
D. 
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Macao, 1. lies to the south of Guangdong, is a small city with Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Hong Kong as its neighbors. It has 2. population of 550,000, 96% of which 3. (be) Chinese. It is a clean and 4. (beauty) city with trees, flowers, and green grass everywhere. There are lots of cars 5. (run) in the narrow streets. 6. all people obey the traffic rules. Macao is also famous 7. its gambling, and several million 8. (visit) come to tour every year.
Macao, which used to belong to China but 9. (take) away by the Portuguese in 1887 from the Qing Dynasty, returned to our motherland 10. December 20th, 1999.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Every small child knows the panic of losing sight of its mother in the supermarket, and as these delightful pictures show, small whales obviously feel the same way.
Taken by a British diver who was following the sperm whale(抹香鲸) calf, they show the minute the baby - who had lost track of its mum - found her again in the sea off the Azores.
Soaring 30ft across the waves, the newborn slammed（猛力推）its body onto the water with joy after becoming separated from its family group in the chilly（寒冷的）waters.
But the whale calf was doing more than just jumping for joy.
British biologist and dive guide Justin Hart, 44, who took the pictures, says that young whales communicate with older ones in the ocean by creating a slamming sound which travels through the water to the ears of the adults deep below.
By leaping out of the water and slamming its 12ft long body onto the surface of the sea up to 30 times, the baby whale is telling its relatives where it is so they can regroup.
He said: “We had been following the sperm whale calf for most of the day. Sperm whales, of all the whales and dolphins, are the species that dive the deepest and for the longest time.”
“The calves have to follow what’s going on below them from the surface as best they can probably listening to the echo location（回声定位）clicks of the adults.”
“However, sometimes the adults re-surface far out of sight of the calf, and in this situation the whales often leap out of the water causing a large bang as their bodies hit the surface. In this way, the whale family could regroup.”
He added: “When I took the photo, two adults’ females had just resurfaced and the calf quite literally began jumping for joy.”
Mr. Hart captured the rare image four miles from the port of Lajes do Pico while he was working as a crewman on an underwater documentary with special license to film sperm whales in the area.
Sperm whales live in nearly all the world’s oceans in groups of about 15 to 20 animals and they practice communal(集体的) childcare. The calves do not have to follow their mother too closely as sperm whales can take milk from any milk-producing female in its social group.
1.The underlined word “they” in paragraph 2 probably refers to _____.
A. the whales B. the divers
C. the photos D. the mothers
2.According to Justin Hart, the young sperm whale ____.
A. found its family with his help
B. suffered a lot in the cold waters
C. lost contact with its family for days
D. slammed as a means of communication
3.What do we know about sperm whales?
A. The young are independent.
B. They are highly social animals.
C. They tend to live in warm sea waters.
D. Females take turns to care for babies.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A. Baby whales perform slamming with joy
B. Sperm whales ---fairly intelligent animals
C. Lost sperm whale baby reunited with its family
D. Slamming--- a way of communication among whales
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Most of the developing countries are faced with lots of troubles , _____the financial problem is not the worst .
A．which
B．with which
C．that
D．of which
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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What kind of person becomes an addict? Someone 21 , with a lot of friends; or someone who is 22 from the rest, with only a few friends, or none at all? The 23 I am trying to make is that anyone can become an addict.
The only way that I 24 this out was by becoming an addict myself. I used to be a guy who was 25 in the popular crowd. Right before high school began, I started being 26 by most of my friends. I had never lived with the 27 that I had no friends, so I did almost anything to 28 the two good friends I still had. One of the things I did was 29 drugs for the first time. This was a big 30 from the way I lived when I was younger. I was a(n) 31 , and the last thing I thought I would get into was drugs. Drugs 32 me from being the best sports player I could be.
I 33 to smoke drugs after I entered high school because that was what my new "cool" friends were 34 . The next three years were filled with many 35 , I was arrested twice, and lost my license for two years. This made me sad and 36 .
I realized I could not live this way; I must stop the 37 of using drugs.
Since then, my 38 and actions have changed and so has my direction in life. I do see a future in water skiing. 39, I haven't killed my chance in 40 . I know that I must keep a clear head first. Keep Coming Back. It works if you work it.
1.A．interesting B．anxious C．popular D．eager
2.A．free B．safe C．absent D．different
3.A．point B．sense C．subject D．promise
4.A．brought B．figured C．held D．kept
5.A．always B．seldom C．almost D．already
6.A．known B．attracted C．preferred D．rejected
7.A．doubt B．hope C．fear D．danger
8.A．meet B．keep C．leave D．move
9.A．collect B．buy C．try D．check
10.A．chance B．change C．decision D．advance
11.A．doctor B．teenager C．amateur D．athlete
12.A．prevented B．protected C．discouraged D．sheltered
13.A．decided B．intended C．continued D．pretended
14.A．at B．into C．on D from
15.A．highs and lows B．pros and cons
C．causes and effects D．days and nights
16.A．lonely B．afraid C．confused D．depressed
17.A．manner B．habit C．spread D．approach
18.A．position B．heart C．attitude D．speech
19.A．Virtually B．Hopefully C．Similarly D．Luckily
20.A. athletics B．acting C．academics D．promotion
高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
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In our backyard there is a big pond with lots of trees and bushes. Both my grandparents were fond of our so-called garden.
One morning our new neighbor, an aggressively ambitious businessman, saw my grandfather _______two rare deodar tree saplings on both sides of our gate._______he said he had planted the same tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather gave his plants _______ adequate amount of water and didn't give them full _______, while our neighbor interested in better _______looked after them too well. His plants were much_______and greener.
Normally in summer, we have fierce thunderstorms. _______ the extreme damage, these storms also bring a welcome sudden_______ from the terribly hot climate. After a thunderstorm, we came out to _______ the damage to our garden and saw the neighbor in his garden, too, but looked__________as his plants had been uprooted. Ours were standing__________ on the ground. Surprised to see this, he came up to us and said with embarrassment," My trees __________ from the roots while yours didn't. Why?”
My grandfather said, "You gave your plants more attention, water and manure(肥料），__________ they didn't need to work for anything. I gave mine just an adequate amount, letting their roots do the__________; thus their roots went deeper and became stronger. "Our neighbor nodded in__________ Hearing the words, I realized that anything easily given can be taken away much more easily and we will not understand the hard work it takes to earn those things.
1.A.moving B.purchasing C.delivering D.planting
2.A.By the way B.By coincidence C.On the contrary D.In contrast
3.A.extremely B.instantly C.barely D.negatively
4.A.force B.amount C.review D.attention
5.A.requirements B.returns C.education D.access
6.A.drier B.rarer C.fuller D.wilder
7.A.Instead of B.Regardless of C.But for D.Apart from
8.A.addition B.relief C.protection D.awareness
9.A.infer B.control C.prevent D.inspect
10.A.tired B.upset C.bored D.ashamed
11.A.firmly B.widely C.fairly D.flexibly
12.A.came off B.put off C.took off D.showed off
13.A.So B.if C.though D.unless
14.A.majority B.opposite C.sort D.rest
15.A.total B.detail C.approval D.turn
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