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Eleven years ago, it seemed as if the world came to an end. My husband of 19 years, the father of my two sons, was diagnosed with terminal cancer (癌症晚期). Over the______of seven months, Bill went from______me easily at tennis to needing my help to go to the bathroom.

It was the best seven months of my life. Maybe I don't actually______that. But it was certainly the time when I felt most______. During those seven months, I came to______that whatever else I did in my life, nothing would_______more than taking care of my husband. I discovered that the minor complaint of an annoying coworker, or a flat tire pales (失色) in______with the beauty of sincere laughter, or the______of a bakery. There were moments of______, laughter, and tenderness in every day. I found I could train myself to see beauty______bother.

In the days after Bill's diagnosis and brain surgery, being his caregiver also meant being fully ______as much as possible. During his last weekend, we had dinner together. Later, a relative visited. I______that she’d changed her appearance, and not in a good way. It was the kind of______I’d usually keep to______. Just then, Bill voiced______what I’d been thinking, in that truthful way he had, and I found myself______out loud. I thought I could look after this man forever, but he ______in four days.

Eleven years later, I haven’t made much achievements.______every day, I try to be the person I became during those seven months. I try to be a little less judgmental, a little more generous, a little more______for the small moments in life.

I am a better person for having been Bill's caregiver. It was his last, best______to me.

1.A.routine B.event C.course D.basis

2.A.beating B.hitting C.striking D.winning

3.A.believe B.decide C.think D.mean

4.A.alive B.awake C.ashamed D.embarrassed

5.A.hope B.understand C.admit D.accept

6.A.differ B.matter C.strengthen D.help

7.A.conflict B.conversation C.comparison D.touch

8.A.reputation B.feeling C.sense D.smell

9.A.joy B.fear C.panic D.sadness

10.A.other than B.rather than C.more than D.less than

11.A.comfortable B.present C.absent D.flexible

12.A.noticed B.watched C.felt D.informed

13.A.concept B.suggestion C.thought D.view

14.A.ourselves B.himself C.herself D.myself

15.A.completely B.exactly C.partly D.accurately

16.A.crying B.shouting C.screaming D.laughing

17.A.passed away B.died away C.went away D.got away

18.A.And B.But C.Or D.While

19.A.thoughtful B.powerful C.careful D.grateful

20.A.moment B.experience C.gift D.subject

高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析

　　　　 , you need to be failing more if you are expected to succeed in the end.

A. Strange as might it seem　　 B. As it might seem strange

C. As strange it might seem　　 D. Strange as it might seem

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

It was not until 1945, ___ the Second World War came to an end, ____ people began to realize the eventual coming of peace.

A. when; which

B. when; that

C. that; which

D. that; that

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It wasn’t until 1970 　　　　 the war finally came to an end after seven years of hard fighting.

A. that            B. before            C. when            D. since

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Just 50 years ago Manx seemed to be on the point of disappearing. "If you spoke Manx in a pub on the island in the 1960s, it was considered provocative(挑衅的) and you were likely to find yourself in a fight," recalls Brian Stowell, a 76-year-old islander who has written a Manx-language novel, The Vampire Murders, and presents a radio show on Manx Radio spreading the language every Sunday.

The language itself is similar to the Gaelic tongues spoken in the island's neighbours, Ireland and Scotland. A century ago, "Moghrey mie" would have been commonly heard instead of good morning on the island.

"In the 1860s there were thousands of Manx people who couldn't speak English," says Stowell. "But only a century later it was considered to be so backwards to speak the language that there were stories of Manx speakers getting stones thrown at them in the towns. "I learnt it myself from one of the last surviving native speakers back in the 1950s."

Recession(经济衰退 ) in the mid 19th Century forced many Manx residents to leave the island to seek work in England. And parents were not willing to pass the language down through the generations, with many believing that to have Manx as a first language would affect job opportunities overseas.

There was a fall in the language. By the early 1960s there were perhaps as few as 200 who spoke the tongue. The last native speaker, Ned Maddrell, died in 1974. Unesco(联合国教科文组织) pronounced the language died out in the 1990s.

Now there is even a Manx language primary school in which all subjects are taught in the language, with more than 60 pupils attending. Manx is also taught in other schools across the island.

1.What does “Moghrey mie” mean according to the passage?

A. All the best.　　 B. Congratulations.

C. Never mind.　　　 D. Good morning.

2.Many Manx people went to England to ________.

A. learn Manx　　 　　 B. teach English

C. look for jobs　　　 D. attend college

3.What is the passage mainly about?

A. The Manx language.　　　　 B. The life of Manx people

C. The Manx island.　　　　　　 D. The Manx language school

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。

Emily White came to the world 17 years ago, with so many birth problems in her body. Some of her organs, bones and muscles were out of shape. No one expected her to survive long. She did make it but with her strange body figure, everyone could recognize her, even from a distance.

In her hometown, a yearly outdoor performance was held in the school auditorium(礼堂). It had been performed for so many years and actually had become one of the most important events of the Christmas season for many of the town's people.

Many people tried out each year for it, but so many were turned away. It can only include the most excellent people in the field.

Emily had a beautiful singing voice. Last year she went to Mrs. Owens- her music teacher to ask to join in the performance. Without letting her sing, Mrs. Owens took a glance at Amy's body and said, "Child, you are just not suitable. Everyone would stare at you and that would make you uncomfortable. It would make them uncomfortable, too.”

Without singing a single note, Emily was sent back through the door of the choral room. Hurt and upset, she decided never to try out again. But Mrs. Owens then retired.

This year, there came a new music teacher, Mr. Butler. He heard about Emily and suggested that she have a try.

Emily didn't want to be rejected again, so she hesitated about it. As Emily struggled, the door was pushed open and Mr. Butler called, “Emily, you're next." Kind of nervous as she was, Emily did as Mr. Butler told her to. Mr. Butler sat by the piano to keep Emily company. When Emily finished her testing performance, she thanked Mr. Butler and knew the result would be posted on the door of the choral room the next day.

Emily couldn't sleep that night. She tossed and turned in bed one thousand times. She was suffering from the feelings that she didn't fit and the great need to be accepted. By the next morning, her stomach was even in pain due to stress.

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 1：

Emily hurried to the choral room and anxiously glanced at the list on the door.

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Paragraph 2：

Finally, the day of performance came.

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高二英语读后续写简单题查看答案及解析

The world’s African elephants are in serious danger. 1. And if we do nothing to put an end to the illegal ivory trade, elephants will be extinct from the wild within the next 20 years.

Many believe that an illegal hunter could get ivory without killing the elephant-this is not true. 2. And the rest lies beneath the surface like an iceberg（冰山）in water. The tusk is not just bone but rather it is alive, filled with nerves and blood vessels（血管）and when broken off, the tusks would likely become infected and lead to a slow and　 painful death.

However, there is a new form of hope rising from nature itself. African elephants are being born without the tusks that illegal hunters have targeted for decades. But why is the largest land mammal on earth now being born tuskless?3.

Is such change beneficial to elephants’ survival in the long term? As we know, elephant tusks ate not just glorious-looking. 4. Therefore scientists are just benspecies.to track the newly tuskless among them, to see how this unfortunate adaptation affects the species.

Ivory hunters are not the only danger faced by elephants today. And more support is needed than ever to create a safe world where elephants can live together with humans happily, tusks and all.5..

A. Action should be taken to protect animals in the world.

B. They also have important uses such as self- defense and digging.

C. Only two-thirds of an elephant’s tusks（象牙）stick out of their mouth.

D. It is estimated that one is killed every 15 minutes for their ivory tusks.

E. That’s because elephants without tusks have a better chance of surviving.

F. After centuries of being hunted by humans, many African elephants are tuskless.

G. And it’s in our power to make this happen by cutting demand and raising awareness.

高二英语七选五困难题查看答案及解析

Twelve years ago, Rachel Miller was lost when it came to her son John. The 7-year-old was seriously disabled because of his autism(自闭症).　 Unable to speak, he withdrew from people at school and, worse, from his family.

In March 2003, Miller was introduced to Jeff Hancock, a one-on-one therapist(治疗师) for people with autism. Hancock was hired to be John's companion. The two would go people-watching at the mall on the weekend. Hancock chatted throughout their trips, even though John couldn't talk back.

Their relationship developed when Hancock introduced John to the Special Olympics. Whenever John was running or being active, he was smiling.

When John turned 12, Hancock introduced him to track at the Special Olympics. For the first three years, the pair just observed the sport by watching practices and events. Hancock worked daily with John, showing him everything, including where to sit, stand and walk, so he would understand the flow of the events.

Eventually, the lessons clicked, and John was off doing 50-meter sprints. But as John got older, he got stronger and faster. At 16, he was jumping hurdles and doing 800-meter races. Miller started seeing her son as a serious athlete.

In May 2014, John's training brought him to the Special Olympics State Summer Games in Orlando. The 18-year-old was competing in the 800 meters and the 110-meter hurdles.

As the 800 was setting up, Miller remembered, she pressed her face against the fence, anxiously waiting for John to compete. But as soon as the race started, all Miller saw was an athlete, her athlete.

"I just wanted to see the best performance. It seemed much more significant than whether he would ever speak or respond to me," she said.

John ended up winning the gold medal for the 800. Sports completely changed John, and Miller said that is because of Hancock."A person with a disability can feel hopeless and isolated, and I think that can happen to parents, too. "

1. The first paragraph mainly tells us

A. how Rachel Miller felt 12 years ago

B. how serious John's autism was

C. John wasn't good at communication

D. when John became seriously disabled

2. Miller considered John to be a serious athlete　 .

A. in 2011　 B. in 2012　 C. in 2013　 D. in 2014

3.When Miller saw John's performance in the 800, she felt .

A. curious　 B. amazed　 C. delighted　 D. upset

4.The passage is mainly carried out.

A. by giving examples

B. in a sad tone

C. in space order

D. in time order

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The fashion show came to ______ end at 5:00 pm, and it was ________ great success.

A．the ; a            B．an ; a             C．an ; the           D．the; /

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The party was ____ success. We sang and danced until it came to ____ end at midnight.

A. a; an                 B. a; the                C. the; an                   D. /; an

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析