Dale Schroeder was a simple, modest man from ...

Dale Schroeder was a simple, modest man from Iowa, the USA. He ended up ______the lives of 33 people forever. Schroeder worked as a carpenter（木匠）at the same________for 67 years. He grew up poor and had never______in his life.

When he died in 2005, no one could have guessed how_____Schroeder really was. “This is because he lived a________life and worked really hard,” his friend Steve Nielsen said.

Schroeder had______a fortune over the years. He had no wife or children, so before he died, he went to his lawyer with a_____for his money. “ He said, ‘I never got the_______to go to college. So I’d like to______kids go to college,’” Nielsen said, “When I found out that he had US$3 million, I nearly______out of my chair.”

Schroeder’s friend was____ by his secret fortune. So were the strangers who_______pieces of it.

Kira Conard was one of them. In high school, she had the______to attend college, but not the money. “It made me feel______. Like, I want to do this. I have this goal,_______ I can’t get there just because we can’t pay for school.”

That’s when her phone rang. “ I ____ in tears immediately,” Conard said. The man on the other end of the phone told her about Schroeder.

Schroeder left special _____for his money: send small town kids in Iowa to college.

“ He wanted to help kids that were like him, that _____would not have an opportunity to go to college without his______,” Nielsen explained.

Schroeder ended up paying 33 strangers’ college tuition fees（学费）. They got together earlier this month to______the man who changed their lives. They’re now doctors, teachers—and friends.

1.A.saving B.destroying C.changing D.protecting

2.A.restaurant B.bank C.school D.company

3.A.married B.failed C.succeeded D.missed

4.A.special B.rich C.poor D.smart

5.A.regular B.simple C.happy D.comfortable

6.A.set up B.made up C.saved up D.cut up

7.A.skill B.rule C.plan D.method

8.A.effort B.opportunity C.idea D.attempt

9.A.take B.welcome C.help D.ask

10.A.jumped B.kept C.ran D.fell

11.A.shocked B.pleased C.excited D.interested

12.A.refused B.returned C.received D.borrowed

13.A.grades B.habits C.experiences D.manners

14.A.helpless B.lucky C.nervous D.thankful

15.A.because B.but C.so D.until

16.A.thought about B.gave up C.worked out D.broke down

17.A.reasons B.opinions C.choices D.instructions

18.A.luckily B.eventually C.rarely D.probably

19.A.lesson B.gift C.exercise D.advice

20.A.honor B.encourage C.serve D.respect

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

A man came to the USA from other country. After 1. (settle) down at an island, he went into a cafeteria to get something 2.　 (eat). He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order, but nobody did. 3.(final), a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and informed him4.the cafeteria worked.

“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At5.other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

“I soon 6.　 (learn) how everything worked in the USA,” the man told his friend. “Life’s a cafeteria there. You can get anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the price. You can even get success, 7.　 you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it8..”

You can’t change the inevitable. The only thing you can do　 9.　 (be)to control your attitude. Once you reach that point in life, happiness and　 10.　 (satisfy) can’t be too far away.

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

A man came to the USA from another country. After__1.___(settle) down at an island , he went into a cafeteria to get something ___2.____(eat). He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order, but nobody did. ___3.__(final), a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and told him____4.__ the cafeteria worked.

“Start out at that end ,” she said .”Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At_____5.____ other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

“ I was ___6.____(surprise) how everything worked in the USA,” the man told his friend.” Life’s a cafeteria there. You can get anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the price. You can even get success,_____ 7.____ you will never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it _8.___(you).”

You can’t change the inevitable. The only thing you can do___9.____(be) to control your attitude. Once you reach that point in life, happiness and ___10.____(satisfy) can ‘t be too far away.

高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts. He always had an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he planned a game which he called ‘Lexico’. However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its name from ‘Lexico’ to ‘Alph’ and then to ‘Criss Cross’. He wanted to make some money from his new game but he didn't have any real commercial success.

In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game. The two men worked together on developing the game and in 1948 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name — ‘Scrabble’.

At first, it didn't sell very well. In the first year it sold just 2,250 sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8,500 sets a year.

Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy's department store in New York, Jack Strauss, happened to play ‘Scrabble’ while he was on holiday. He thought it was a wonderful game and, when he went back to work after his holiday, he insisted that Macy's should stock（储备）the game and make an effort to call the public's attention to it.

As a result, ‘scrabble’ became a big success in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries.

1.The text is mainly about________.

A. ‘Lexico’     B. three men     C. a word game  D. Alfred Butts

2.Alfred Butts invented the game ‘Lexico’________.

A. to make himself famous

B. to make spelling simpler

C. when he was out of work and looking for a job

D. when he was playing word games to pass the time

3. Who made ‘Scrabble’ popular?

A. Alfred Butts.                        B. Jack Strauss.

C. Alfred Butts and Jim Brunot.         D. Jack Strauss and Jim Brunot.

4.When did Alfred Butts first put his game on the market?

A. In 1939.                     B. In 1948.

C. Before 1939.                 D. Between 1939 and 1948.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes（蚊子） in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

　Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

　But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

1.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

2.The waiters felt sorry because _____.

3.All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

4.From the story we know _____.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humor. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes(蚊子) in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

1.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

A. to see one of his friends

B. because he wanted to do something there for his writing

C. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

D. to see one of his relatives

2.The waiters felt sorry because _____.

A. they did something wrong to Mark Twain

B. their hotel was too small

C. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room

D. the room was not very clean

3.All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

A. Mark Twain made a joke

B. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

C. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

D. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room

4.From the story we know _____.

A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

B. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

C. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night

D. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humour. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes　 in the town and told him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain waved (摇动) his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.

Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.

But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

1.That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.

A. to see one of his friends

B. because he wanted to do something there for his writing

C. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there

D. to see one of his relatives

2.The waiters felt sorry because _____.

A. they did something wrong to Mark Twain

B. their hotel was too small

C. the room was not very clean

D. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room

3.All the people present laughed heartily because _____.

A. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room

B. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number

C. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents

D. Mark Twain made a joke

4.From the story we know _____.

A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night

B. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night

C. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night

D. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Michael was a farmer in Texas．His parents moved to the USA from Ireland in the 1940’s， and they became very rich．Michael decided to go back to Ireland to meet his old grandfather， who was still living on the same farm．

Michael booked his ticket，flew to Shannon airport，hired a car and drove to the small village where his parents had been born．He asked for directions to the Ohagan farm，and in the end he drove up a bumpy path．He was shocked by what he saw：a small field，and in the middle of it was an old house，which looked as if it was falling down．Animals were wandering in and out of the front door，and on the porch an old man was smoking a pipe.

“Are you Mr. Ohagan?”asked Michael。

“Yes，”replied the old mall．

“I'm your grandson，Michael，”said Michael．

“A--ha，”replied the old man．

“Is this your farm?”asked Michael．

“Yes，all the way to the wall over there，”said the old man．

Michael was astonished．“Grandfather,”he said，“I have a farm in Texas．I can get into my car and drive all day and I still haven’t reached the end of the farm．”

“Yes，”said his grandfather．“I used to have a car like that．”

1.Michael’s parents _______．

2.Which of the following shocked Michael?

3.The old man _______．

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

5.From“I used to have a car like that”，we can see that________．

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When Ronald Reagan, who was President of the USA from 1982 to 1989, died in 2004, many people remembered his good sense of humor. Reagan enjoyed a good joke and often made fun of himself. He was very old, almost 70 years of age, when he became President of the USA. Because of this, people often joked about his age. Once, during a meeting, President Reagan was complaining about some reporters who said that he could not hear very well. He wanted to prove that he was healthy and could hear well, so he took out his hearing aid, and said to the people at the meeting, “Say something.” One man pretended to speak. He moved his mouth and made movements with his hands. Everyone thought Reagan would be angry, but he laughed and listened for a very long time.

President Reagan not only enjoyed a good joke when he was relaxing, but he also liked to joke during serious situations. In 1981, he had a shot accident. At the hospital, he joked to the doctors that he hoped they supported him in the government and would let him alive. He was able to keep his sense of humor even when he was hurt.

1.Ronald Reagan was ______in the year 1985.

A. a reporter　　 B. an actor

C. a doctor　　 D. a president

2.The reason why people joked about Reagan's age was that______．

A. he became President of the USA at the age of almost 70

B. he was not old enough to be President of the USA

C. he could not live a normal life at his age

D. he lacked a sense of humor at his age

3.During a meeting, Reagan took out his hearing aid to prove ______．

A. there was something wrong with his ears

B. he was able to make a good speech

C. he was healthy enough to hear well

D. he had a good sense of humor

4.What sent Ronald Reagan to hospital in 1981?

A. His poor hearing.　　 B. His accident.

C. His overwork.　　 D. His illness.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man missed the meeting completely.

B. The man was late for the meeting.

C. The man attended the meeting on time.

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