This clock needs ______, for it is five minut...

This clock needs ______, for it is five minutes ______.

A.to be repairing; slow B.be repaired; slower

C.repairing; slow D.being repaired; slowest

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— What a fine day! Shall we go shopping?

— ________．But we need to be home before five o’clock for the football match．

A．That’s great                                    B．You’re right                                             C．Pardon me                       D．Have a nice time

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A new reading tool was put on the market this week for the two-to five-year-old set. It is sold for at least $389, an expensive purchase for a kid – and that doesn’t even include a $99 annual subscription (订阅) fee for games, e-books, and age-appropriate software.

That might be fine for parents willing and able to pay thousands for private nursery schools, but will the tool actually help kids learn language and reading skills more effectively than traditional books?

Probably not, said Dr. Michael Rich, director of the Center for Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston. “There is a sensory components (感官因素) to books that isn’t there with e-books,” he explained. “You can smell it, turn the pages, and taste it, as young kids are likely to do.”

That might help little ones become more familiar with the books, helping them learn from them, but far more important is whether a person is actually sitting with them while they’re looking at the pages.

Researchers have shown time and again that kids learn better when they’re having interaction (互动) with real people, rather than electronic voices reading to them from a computer or speaking to them from the TV.

A Georgetown University study found that kids who learned to put on gloves from watching a video took six times as long to learn the process as those who watched it shown by an adult standing in front of them.

“I’m a big believer in teaching kids to live in the digital society and use what the rest of the family uses, but they do need to be supervised,” said Dr. Gwenn O’Keeffe, a Boston-based children’s doctor and spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “We don’t recommend that young kids use any type of technology for very long since they have the attention span (注意力持续时间) of a butterfly.”

1.According to the text, the new tool ________.

2.Why is Dr. Michael Rich against the new tool?

3.The study mentioned in Paragraph 6 aims to ________.

4.The underlined word “supervised” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “________”.

5.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

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_____is no need for me to say anything about his action_____it speaks for itself.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

_______is no need for you to come if you don’t want to.

A. It B. There

C. That D. This

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________is no need for you to come if you don’t want to.

A. It           B. There          C. That           D. This

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

When it's five o'clock,people leave their office.The length of the workday,for many workers,is defined by time. They leave when the clock tells them they're done.

These days,the time is everywhere: not just on clocks or watches,but on cell-phones and computers.That may be a bad thing,particularly at work.New research shows on that clock-based work schedules hinder morale and creativity.

Clock-timers organize their day by blocks of minutes and hours.For example: a meeting from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., research from 10 a.m.to noon,etc.On the other hand,task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish.They work down the list,each task starts when the previous task is completed.It is said that all of us employ a mix of both these types of planning.

What,then,are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier,they had participints organize different activities-from project planning,holiday shopping,to yoga-by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under "clock time" vs "task time".They found clock timers to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control over their lives.Task timers are happier and more creative,but less productive. They tend to enjoy the moment when something good is happening,and seize opportunities that come up.

The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supported in the business culture.Smart companies,they believe,will try to bake more task-based planning into their strategies.

This might be a small change to the way we view work and the office,but the researchers argue that it challenges a widespread characteristic of the economy: work organized by clock time.While most people will still probably need,and be,to some extent,clock-timers,task-based timing should be used when performing a job that requires more creativity.It'll make those tasks easier,and the task-doers will be happier.

1.What does the author think of time displayed everywhere?

A.It makes everybody aware of time.

B.It is a convenience for work and life.

C.It may have a negative effect on creative work.

D.It clearly indicates the fast pace of modern life.

2.What did Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier find in their experiments about clock-timers ?

A.They seize opportunities as they come up.

B.They always get their work done in time.

C.They have more control over their lives.

D.They tend to be more productive.

3.What do the researchers say about today's business culture?

A.It does not support the strategies adopted by smart companies.

B.It does not attach enough importance to task-based practice.

C.It places more emphasis on work efficiency than on workers’ lives.

D.It aims to bring employees' potential and creativity into full play.

4.What do the researchers suggest?

A.Task-based timing is preferred for doing creative work.

B.It is important to keep a balance between work and life.

C.Performing creative jobs tends to make workers happier.

D.A scientific standard should be adopted in job evaluation.

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I should know. I have been doing this for 20 years. Why is it that I need a sign to remind me?

Every other week in my neighborhood we place either recycled bottles or paper out with our garbage. There is a ____ alongside the road that says“This is bin week”or “This is paper week”．The schedule is simply changed every other week. But I can never ____ which week is which. Every week，I make a(n) ____ to look for the sign.

There was a period a few months ago when no one changed the sign.

I had ____ emotions. I was confused，angry and concerned. Confused because I didn’t know what to do. ____ because someone should have changed it！Concerned because，after ____ that“someone”for almost twenty years，I ____ that perhaps something had happened to that“someone”．

Then，yesterday I finally saw the man who ____ the sign. I slowed down and wanted to tell him how much I ____ what he did. I didn’t stop in time ____ I found that the traffic sign said“The Next Exit Is 2km”. So I drove as the traffic sign　 ____ .

By the time I got back，the man was gone. I felt so　 ____. I should have stopped alongside the road and just said “thank you”．I pulled over in front of the sign and thought about how many times in my life I ____ a sign to tell me what to do. I was ____　 that all too often I missed an ____ because I was looking for a sign. Today I wanted to tell“someone”how ____ I think their efforts are but missed the opportunity.

So，I wrote a ____ and placed it next to the sign.

If you have been ____ to move forward towards a dream，say ____ to someone who lends you a hand. This may be the sign you’ve been looking for.

The note ____，“This is do it now week.”

1.A.ban B.remark C.graph D.sign

2.A.glance B.remember C.analyse D.consider

3.A.purpose B.decision C.ambition D.effort

4.A.strong B.strange C.mixed D.simple

5.A.Annoyed B.Surprised C.Puzzled D.Excited

6.A.searching for B.checking in C.relying on D.figuring out

7.A.understood B.complained C.wondered D.worried

8.A.made B.replaced C.covered D.removed

9.A.praised B.awarded C.appreciated D.refused

10.A.but B.because C.so D.if

11.A.indicated B.stood C.followed D.transformed

12.A.cheerful B.meaningful C.regretful D.worthwhile

13.A.looked for B.came across C.looked through D.put up

14.A.reminded B.warned C.requested D.persuaded

15.A.appointment B.opportunity C.approval D.exchange

16.A.unacceptable B.unbearable C.inspirable D.valuable

17.A.note B.schedule C.composition D.text

18.A.struggling B.seeking C.desiring D.hesitating

19.A.greetings B.thanks C.sympathy D.respect

20.A.writes B.tells C.says D.teaches

高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

–Excuse me, Madame. Is this plane __________ take off soon?

–Oh, yes. In five minutes.

A. about to　　　　　　 B. starting to　　　　 C. beginning to　　　　　 D. to

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Our new house is very _________ for me as I can get to the office in five minutes.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析