They say there are three ways to experience t...

They say there are three ways to experience the Grand Canyon; on foot, on mules(骡子) or by air. We chose the first. Up early, my husband and I and our three children couldn't wait to get started. We decided to walk along a lovely path named Bright Angel Trail.

As we set out, I was shocked at how narrow the path was. And I couldn't help noticing that the other tourists weren't like us. They had heavy backpacks, water bottles, and hats. But as usual we were dressed. As the sun rose higher, Arizona's famous heat seemed to roast us. There was no shade and our legs were aching. We decided to go back, with the girl on my back and the boys far behind. By the time we finally got back, our legs were like jelly.

The next day, after we'd had a long rest and a good breakfast, we were ready for another view of the Canyon—by air. After our last walk, this would be the easiest thing in the world.

We called to each other excitedly as the plane took off and circled around the Canyon. But the smiles on our faces disappeared as the pilot tossed(翻转) the plane around, pretending he was going to hit the ground. I shouted, "STOP, TAKE US BACK!" When we finally arrived back on land, once again our legs were like jelly. We hardly spoke as we drove back.

As I said, there are three ways to view the Grand Canyon. We never tried the mules, but personally I'd suggest a fourth: buy yourself a good magazine like National Geographic. That way, you can see the Canyon, without fear or tiredness.

1.Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?

A.They made a careful preparation before the trip.

B.The children were more joyful than their parents.

C.Bright Angel Trail was not as lovely as they expected.

D.The summer heat prevented them from enjoying the view.

2.The underlined expression "Our legs were like jelly" probably means ______.

A.we were weak B.we were unhappy

C.we were dissatisfied D.we were disappointed

3.Which of the following best describes their Canyon trip by air?

A.It proved to be frightening. B.It was more comfortable.

C.It turned out to be exciting. D.It made each of them tired.

4.We can infer from the passage that ____.

A.experiencing the Canyon on mules would be the best way

B.one needs to dress less when visiting the Grand Canyon

C.the writer was not serious when she made the suggestion

D.the whole family narrowly escaped from the air accident

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Experience the newly opened Grand Canyon (大峡谷) West Skywalk in Colorado. Departing (离开) from Grand Canyon’s South Rim by Airplane to Grand Canyon’s West Rim, you will land and take a ground tour to the Skywalk! Walk on air for 70 feet over the edge of Grand Canyon West.

This Skywalk has been open since March 28, 2007. Daily visitor-ship to the Skywalk has been over 4,000 people. Please be patient to enjoy your moment on the Skywalk.

After you have experienced the one and only Grand Canyon Skywalk Glass Bridge, you will return to the Grand Canyon West Airport and take your Airplane for a flight back to the South Rim of the Canyon. This is a tour never to be forgotten as you will have walked on air over the Grand Canyon.

Tour Itinerary (行程)

1.This advertisement is for __________.

A. Grand Canyon West      B. Grand Canyon South

C. Grand Canyon                                                        D. the Skywalk

2.The package fee does NOT cover the cost of _______.

3.The Grand Canyon Skywalk Bridge is made of glass because ______.

A. it looks stranger                                                    B. it is cheaper to build

C. it looks more beautiful D. it gives you a better view

4.According to the Tour Itinerary, the route is ______.

A. South Rim→Guano Point→West Airport→Eagle Point→West Airport→South Rim

B. South Rim→West Airport→Guano Point→Eagle Point→West Airport→South Rim

C. South Rim→West Airport→Eagle Point→Guano Point→West Airport→South Rim

D. South Rim→West Airport→Eagle Point→West Airport→Guano Point→South Rim

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Experts say there are several ways to deal with stress. They include deep breathing and a method of guided thought called meditation. They also include exercise，eating healthy foods，getting enough rest and balancing the time 1.（spend）working and playing. Exercise is one of 2. most effective stressreduction measures. Running, walking or playing sports causes physical changes 3. make you feel better. Exercise also improves the body's defense system 4. disease. And studies have found that 5. helps protect against a decrease in mental ability.

Doctors say deep，slow breathing is also helpful. Many 6.（medicine）studies have shown that clearing the mind through quiet meditation 7.（help）you become calm. This causes lower blood pressure，reduces muscle tension 8. decreases heart rate.

Experts also say keeping stress to yourself can make problems 9.（bad）. Researchers have linked the 10. (fail) to identify and express emotions to many health conditions. These include eating disorders，fear disorders and high blood pressure.

高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Maybe you know the saying, “When you point one finger, there are three fingers pointing back to you.” One wise man had a version of this 　　 when he said, “Don't focus on the dust in your brother's eye while 　　 the dirt in your own eye.” Why do we do this? Because criticisms are always 　　　 ourselves. When we criticize others, we do not expose them, but expose ourselves. We　　　 our own weakness and smallness.

A story in the old tales 　　 the difference in wisdom between the good and the bad. Once a king 　　　 both Nelson and Dick. The king asks Nelson to go out into the kingdom and 　　 after finding someone less qualified than himself. Then he asks Dick to go out into the kingdom and return after finding someone 　　 than himself.

When Fool Dick returns, he tells the king that he couldn't find anyone better than himself.　　 Wise Nelson says that he was 　　 to find anyone less qualified than himself on his return.

Moral of the story is something about human 　　 . Good people always look at their own 　　 and faults and consider themselves less qualified than others. Whereas bad people always look at the shortcomings and faults of others and 　　 themselves more qualified than others.

1.A. problem　　　　 B. wisdom　　 C. idea　　 D. action

2.A. dropping　　　　 B. holding　　 C. ignoring　　 D. neglecting

3.A. centered on　　　　 B. put up with　　　　 C. dealt with　　 D. moved out

4.A. forget　　 B. kill　　 C. broadcast　　 D. express

5.A. cancels　　　　 B. explains　　 C. doubts　　　　 D. illustrates

6.A. meets with　　　　 B. questions about　　　 C. worries about　 D. looks after

7.A. leave　　 B. return　　　　 C. wait　　 D. stay

8.A. better　　 B. faster　　 C. higher　　　　 D. shorter

9.A. But　　　　　 B. Although　　 C. Moreover　　 D. Therefore

10.A. happy　　　　 B. quick　　 C. disabled　　 D. unable

11.A. side　　 B. life　　 C. thought　　 D. psychology

12.A. shortcomings　　　　 B. excuses　　 C. worries　　 D. advantages

13.A. consider　　　　 B. take　　 C. have　　 D. keep

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Trees are useful to man in three important ways: They provide him with wood and other products; they provide him shade;. and they help to prevent droughts（早灾）and floods.

Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important．In his eagerness to make money from trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And besides, he is usually too careless to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.

This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil allowing the rain to sink in and also bind（固定）the soil, thus preventing it from being washed away easily；but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-soil. When the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.

Two thousand years ago，a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire(帝国）．It set up the empire, but, without its trees, its soil became poor and grew weak. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced by floods and starvation（饥荒）．

1.The most important service of trees to man is that___________．

A. they give them wood and other products      B. they give them shade

C. they help him prevent droughts and floods    D. they help him made money

2.In many parts of the world, forests slowly disappear because___________．

A. many trees have been cut down by man    B. man has not paid enough attention to planting trees

C. new trees are not looked after properly     D. all the above

3.Land becomes desert after all trees are cut down because____________．

A. roots of trees break up the soil              B. there are too many rainfalls

C. there are no larger trees to keep rain and protect the top-soil   D. strong winds bring a lot of sand

4.The country mentioned in the passage suffered from floods and starvation  because________.

A. it set up an empire             B. the empire fell to pieces

C. it built too many warships       D. it lost its trees

5.Which title best fits the passage?

A. Trees and Man               B. How Trees Prevent Droughts and Floods

C. How an Empire Fell          D. A Story about Trees.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

About ten years ago, my wife and I took a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. I didn't like to carry all my keys in my pocket during a hike, so I took away the key to the car and left the rest in the car. When we came back, I put the key somewhere in the car without reattaching it to the key ring. Then we made a fire, cooked some food, and went to sleep in the back of the SUV.

The next morning, we were cleaning up our campsite when I saw a bird inside my car. I walked over, and it flew away. When we got in the car to go home, I couldn't find the key. We searched and searched even emptying out the car completely, but it was gone.

Then it hit me that the bird must have taken it. After all, those birds are known for stealing shiny things and decorating their nests with them. Keys are shiny. The bird was the thief! It made perfect sense to me. So I decided to find its nest.

But there is a problem: As everyone knows, the Grand Canyon is a little large in area, so I didn't like my chances of actually finding a certain nest belonging to a certain bird in a certain tree in all that space. But what other choice did I have?

My wife was not encouraging me. She said, “Are you crazy? You'll never find it! The Grand Canyon is the biggest hole on Earth!” I didn't answer and walked steadily forward until her laughter died away.

I struggled to keep hope as I searched dozens of trees and tracked every singing bird. It was like searching a needle in the sea. But, oh, how great my victory would be when I held the missing key from the bird's nest.

注意:

1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语:

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph l:

After two hours of searching, I finally gave up and returned to the car.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paragraph2:

The next day, we stopped at a service centre for lunch.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

高二英语读后续写困难题查看答案及解析

We　 can’t deny that trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with wood and other products, they give him shade, and they help to prevent drought and floods.

Unfortunately, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.

Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.

Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food, and he can earn money by making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.

This does not only mean that the villagers’ sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees ,their roots break the soil up, allowing the rain to sink in and also bind the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so well. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.

1.It’s a great pity that ________.

A. man is only interested in building empires

B. man is eager to profit from trees

C. man hasn’t realized the importance of trees to him

D. man hasn’t found out that he has lost all trees

2.Sooner or later the forests will disappear______

A. unless people are taught the importance of planting trees

B. unless people stop cutting down their trees

C. unless a county has a plenty supply of trees

D. unless the government punishes those who cut trees instead of planting trees

3.The word “bind” in Paragraph 5 means”_________”

A. to make stay together　　　　　 　 B.　 to make wet

C. to wash away　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.　 to improve

4.When there is a heavy rain ,trees can help to prevent floods, as they can ___________

A. keep rain from falling down to soft ground

B. cause the soil to allow rainwater to sink in

C. prevent the soil from being washed away

D. make the topsoil stick together

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There are many ways of defining success. It is accurate to say that each of us has our own ideas of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.

For some people，simply being able to live their life with the least misery and sufferings is considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his simple life with his family in the beauty of nature, and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of him and accepted by his family and his society. On the other hand, it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success. Because not all ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one's goals at too low a level of achievement.

A wise man once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration (挫折）with his own professional success, “You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park or riding the subway downtown,” The man added, "You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like，and to which you have given your best effort. ”

1.According to the first paragraph, what is implied as basic in achieving success?

A. Ability and goals. 　　 　　　 B. Goals and determination.

C. Ability and environment. 　 D. Goals and environment.

2.Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because ______.

A. they haven't reached their own standards

B. their life is busy and miserable

C. they set their goals at too low a level

D. they are not rich in material possessions

3. From the last paragraph we can tell that ______.

A. success means achieving great goals

B. success comes from great goal setting

C. success has nothing to do with the distance of your travel

D. success means efforts and favorites pay off

4.The purpose of the passage is ______.

A. to talk about how to achieve success

B. to give us a clear definition of what success is

C. to state what our life goal is

D. to discuss the importance of goals

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

There are many ways of defining success. It is accurate to say that each of us has our own ideas of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.

For some people，simply being able to live their life with the least misery and sufferings is considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his simple life with his family in the beauty of nature, and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of him and accepted by his family and his society. On the other hand, it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success. Because not all ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one's goals at too low a level of achievement.

A wise man once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration (挫折）with his own professional success, “You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park or riding the subway downtown,” The man added, "You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like，and to which you have given your best effort. ”

1.Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because ______.

A. their life is busy and miserable

B. they haven't reached their own standards

C. they set their goals at too low a level

D. they are not rich in material possessions

2.From the last paragraph we can tell that ______.

A. success means efforts and favorites pay off

B. success comes from great goal setting

C. success means achieving great goals

D. success has nothing to do with the distance of your travel

3.The purpose of the passage is ______.

A. to give us a clear definition of what success is

B. to talk about how to achieve success

C. to state what our life goal is

D. to discuss the importance of goals

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The three teams _____ different ways to solve the problem and they all succeeded at last．

A．adopted　　 B．admired

C．adapted　　 D．Addicted

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析