It was New Year’s Night. An aged man was standing at a window. He had already sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse.
The days of his appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads.—one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, sweet songs ; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless.
He looked towards the sky and cried , “ Oh, my youth, return! Oh ,my , place me once more at the entrance to life, and I ’ll the better way!” But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away.
The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his early love for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way. His darkened eyes were full of , and with a despairing effort , he burst out a cry, “Come back, my early days! Come back!”
And his youth did return, for all this was only a which he had on New Year’s Night.
Those who still linger on the of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years pass away and your stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain, “Oh , my youth, return! Oh , give me back my early days! ”
1. A. brought B. passed C. paid D. took
2.A. youth B. age C. work D. future
3.A .happy B. serious C. dangerous D. terrible
4.A. placed B. smiled C. covered D. put
5.A. painfully B. carefully C. faithfully D. terribly
6.A. mother B. father C. sister D. brother
7.A.talk B. write C. advise D. choose
8.A.sisters’ B. parents’ C.teachers’ D. brothers’
9.A. jobs B. talks C. tears D. clothes
10.A. story B. dream C. chance D. joke
11.A. entrance B. building C. street D. way
12.A. teeth B. hands C. heads D.feet
高二英语完形填空中等难度题
It was New Year’s Night. An aged man was standing at a window. He had already sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and remorse.
The days of his appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads.—one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, with flowers, fruits and resounding with soft, sweet songs ; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless.
He looked towards the sky and cried , “ Oh, my youth, return! Oh ,my , place me once more at the entrance to life, and I ’ll the better way!” But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away.
The clock in the high church tower struck and the sound made him remember his early love for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his good. But he chose the wrong way. His darkened eyes were full of , and with a despairing effort , he burst out a cry, “Come back, my early days! Come back!”
And his youth did return, for all this was only a which he had on New Year’s Night.
Those who still linger on the of life, hesitating to choose the bright road, remember that when years pass away and your stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry bitterly, but in vain, “Oh , my youth, return! Oh , give me back my early days! ”
1. A. brought B. passed C. paid D. took
2.A. youth B. age C. work D. future
3.A .happy B. serious C. dangerous D. terrible
4.A. placed B. smiled C. covered D. put
5.A. painfully B. carefully C. faithfully D. terribly
6.A. mother B. father C. sister D. brother
7.A.talk B. write C. advise D. choose
8.A.sisters’ B. parents’ C.teachers’ D. brothers’
9.A. jobs B. talks C. tears D. clothes
10.A. story B. dream C. chance D. joke
11.A. entrance B. building C. street D. way
12.A. teeth B. hands C. heads D.feet
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
My name’s James and I’m an 18-year “Cancer Survivor”. When I was 15 years of age, I was at my house one day with my ________ and when I tried to run up the steps, I blacked out, and ________ the stairs very hard. When I ________ myself, I remembered my sisters saying “Are you all right?” and I replied “I think so, yeah.” But little did my sisters and I ________ that was the beginning of a(n) ________. When I began to try to climb the stairs, my whole right leg hurt seriously. I couldn’t move it ________ the assistance of my hands. The pain was horrible. I finally ________ my way upstairs and I hardly ________ I couldn’t move my leg. As time went on, it got ________, so a month later I ________ went to hospital. I was asked to go to the rooms ________ they treated me to the X-rays. One week later, I got my ________, but wasn’t clear on what was happening. They ________ us back home. Three days later, they ________ an expert from another continent or someplace and he looked at my rays one time and said “OH MY GOD, this young man has bone cancer.”
Once all of that got cleared up, they ________ my chemotherapy(化疗) treatments. I was told that I couldn’t ________ like a normal person any more, so ________ was impossible. Basically my ________ was over before it even got started.
I want to share this story with you guys because today I’m 84 kg with 2% body fat. I don’t smoke or drink. I can walk and even run. I’m so ________ to be here and forever to grace life with my presence each day. My dream is to become the “________” to everybody who ever thought about giving up on life because it’s so hard, or just simply not worth living.
1.A. sisters B. brothers C. parents D. cousins
2.A. beat B. climbed C. hit D. tapped
3.A. came over B. came out C. came back D. came to
4.A. recognize B. realize C. recover D. react
5.A. dream B. terror C. illness D. memory
6.A. without B. from C. with D. for
7.A. made B. felt C. found D. nosed
8.A. guessed B. noticed C. believed D. understood
9.A. better B. worse C. stranger D. clearer
10.A. absolutely B. abruptly C. fortunately D. eventually
11.A. that B. when C. where D. what
12.A. treatment B. needs C. recovery D. results
13.A. carried B. followed C. sent D. directed
14.A. flew B. promised C. allowed D. served
15.A. continued B. started C. postponed D. canceled
16.A. work B. walk C. think D. feel
17.A. playing B. stepping C. running D. learning
18.A. plan B. hope C. career D. life
19.A. nervous B. relieved C. curious D. grateful
20.A. inspiration B. instruction C. introduction D. information
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
It was a rainy night in New Orleans. At a bus station in the town, I watched a young girl__1.__(cry) as her baggage was taken down. It seemed that she had lost her ticket. She cried and __2.__(beg) them not to leave her there.
The bus driver had a face of stone__3._no sign of wanting to help, and his heart was__4.__(sure) the same. “Losing your ticket is like losing your money,” he said, leaving the girl in the rain. Then an old Indian stood__5._and blocked the driver's way, and would not let him pass__6.__he said what he had to say. “How can you leave that girl out there? You can't leave her alone. You will meet your schedule,__7.__she might meet her end.” The driver still didn't care about the young girl's problem. Then the old gentleman bought__8._a ticket and helped her put away the baggage. “How can I repay for_9.__ kindness?” the girl said. “We are strangers and we won't meet again. A mere ‘thank you’ doesn't seem enough.” He replied, “What goes around comes around.”
This is what I've learned—Whatever you give, you will get it back. Always be_10.__(help) and kind to others, and we'll be helped in the future.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
It was already dark when an old man arrived at a small town. He found an inn and wanted to stay there for the night. After he had entered his room, the owner said to his wife, “Look at his luggage, dear. It’s heavy and the old man is so careful about it that he takes it wherever he goes. I’m sure there are lots of valuable things in it. I want to steal some when he is asleep.”
“No, no,” said the woman. “He must search for what was gone tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you before the judge.” They thought and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman, “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his luggage away.” “How clever you are! My dear.” said the owner, “Don’t forget it when you prepare supper for him.”
The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up and hurried to the room that the old man lived in, he found the door was open and the old man had left with his bags. He woke his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all.” “No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. The forgetful grass does always work. He must have forgot something.” “Oh, I’ve remembered!” The owner cried out suddenly, “He forgot…”
1.The owner and his wife put the forgetful grass into the food because _______.
A.the old man always forgot something
B.they wanted to make the food better
C.they hoped the old man would leave the bags in the inn
D.they wanted to know if the grass was useful
2.According to the passage the old man forgot _______.
A.to take his bags away
B.to tell the owner when he left
C.to close the door when he went to sleep
D.to pay them the inn money
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Both the owner and his wife were clever.
B.The owner of the inn got nothing from the old man.
C.The old man left the inn without his bags.
D.The woman forgot to put the grass into the food.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
One day, it was cloudy. An old man together with his grandson were waiting for the bus at the bus stop. Beside them stood a school boy with a umbrella in their hands. Before long, it started raining and then it began raining hardly.The old man and his grandson began to run because the sudden rain. Seeing that, the school boy hurried to help them, shouted to them, “Don't run, Grandpa, and you will fall down. Let's shared the umbrella together.”With these words, he held the umbrella over the old man and the little boy. It was not long since the bus came and they get on the bus together.
高二英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析
On my way back from work every evening, there was a homeless man standing at the exit of the freeway. He always________ at every car, smiling, and sometimes almost dancing. It seemed that he was quite ________ with his life.
Every day I would remember to gather some spare ________, and put it aside to give to him ________ I saw him. Every time I rolled down my window and gave him the coins, a feeling of ________ would come over me, too. ________ the red light would be on for a minute and we would ask each other about our day. His ________ would always be the same, “I’m blessed(幸福的)!” It amazed me that he was so ________ even in the situation of being homeless, and it ________ me of how blessed I was.
Then one day I was called into my boss’s office and was told that I was ________. For the rest of that day all I could ________ was “How am I going to provide for my kids, and what am I going to do?” On my way home, I was so ________ that I didn’t remember to look for my coins and get them ________ as I usually did. Yet there he was as usual. He set his ________ on me while still smiling and waving at others.
While I was ________ for the red light to turn, he walked over to my car. He looked at me with a concerned expression and said, “Today I will ________ you a dollar.” He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a dollar bill. I was ________ and burst into tears.
That he taught me a valuable ________. No matter what material things are taken away from you, no one can take away your choice to be ________. Every time I’m faced with ________ in life, I will think of him and remember that I’m blessed.
1.A. looked B. waved C. pointed D. laughed
2.A. happy B. curious C. careful D. anxious
3.A. food B. time C. clothes D. change
4.A. though B. if C. unless D. because
5.A. joy B. fear C. trust D. anger
6.A. Sadly B. Occasionally C. Strangely D. Interestingly
7.A. answer B. hope C. explanation D. advice
8.A. confident B. helpful C. positive D. lucky
9.A. warned B. proved C. reminded D. informed
10.A. fired B. invited C. praised D. elected
11.A. make up B. look for C. take back D. think of
12.A. excited B. proud C. tired D. sad
13.A. ready B. clean C. open D. alone
14.A. mind B. face C. eyes D. hands
15.A. calling B. waiting C. leaving D. searching
16.A. give B. lend C. send D. pay
17.A. touched B. worried C. amused D. shocked
18.A. story B. tool C. suggestion D. lesson
19.A. cheerful B. thoughtful C. practical D. honest
20.A. chances B. choices C. business D. challenges
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Ben, at the age of 23 ,was the youngest man to ski solo to the North Pole. He dragged a 180-kilogramme sledge (雪橇) over 1,420 miles through the worst Arctic conditions. This year, Ben plans to ski solo from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole and back in the autumn, carrying all his supplies on his sledge.
Ben Saunders was fired after persuading the firm to support his disorganized first adventure. “Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. We didn’t get to the Pole, so we had no media interest. No one heard about it.”
“People said it was impossible for me to get to the Pole. I said, “No, I can get there,” and I did. Self-belief, I see it as being a bit like a muscle — it's my belief that the more you stretch yourself the stronger it gets. If you never do anything that's uncomfortable or risky then your self-belief gets weaker. So that's one of the lessons I’ve figured out along the way.
“My Antarctic adventure is just practicable and that's what is exciting to me. If I knew I could do it without too much bother, I wouldn’t be interested." Why? “Personally I'm attracted by the human performance element to it. Not that long ago, running a marathon was seen as the top point of human attempt, and now I wouldn’t be that surprised if my mum said she was going to run one."
People’s horizons are changing. “I'm not particularly gifted. I’ve just chosen this one goal to achieve and I’ve been working hard to realize it. And that’s the thing that attracts me: with enough training and enough determination, enough focus and preparation, how far can we go? And I don,t think I've found out yet.”
1.What do we know about Ben Saunders’ first adventure?
A. It was ruined by his company.
B. There was no press coverage.
C. It was well planned and organized.
D. He actually reached the North Pole.
2.According to Ben Saunders, if you want to stretch your self-belief, you should______ .
A. often test your confidence
B. try something adventurous
C. aim to reach the North Pole
D. always stretch your muscles
3.Ben Saunders was excited about his Antarctic adventure because_______ .
A. he liked running a marathon
B. he wanted to exercise his body
C. he knew it might be achievable
D. he was sure he could do it easily
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. We have to change our views about adventure.
B. We can never know our possibilities and energies.
C. We should have a reason for going on an adventure.
D. We have to be especially talented to have an adventure.
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences. Due to his old age, he was going bald, which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool. Therefore, biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.
Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of fat to keep them warm, penguins depend on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water.
"He was cold; he would shake," said Pam Schaller, a senior biologist. Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm. Then she got another idea: if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific, why not make one for Pierre?
Schaller designed the suit, which covered Pierre’s body and had small openings for his flippers.
“I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps, and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable,” she said.
One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit, but in fact, they accepted his new look. He swam freely and got along with others well, although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.
Schaller couldn’t say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers, but “certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable”.
Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.
1.Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of _____.
A. not having a layer of blubber
B. having few feathers due to old age
C. having no wetsuit
D. others penguins rejecting him
2.The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came from _____.
A. total invention
B. waterproof feathers
C. the use of wetsuit on humans
D. the use of heat lamp
3.Schaller followed Pierre in order to see _____.
A. whether other penguins would reject him
B. if anywhere of wetsuit needed to be cut and refit
C. if the wetsuit kept warm
D. whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering
4.The best title of the passage is _____.
A. Wetsuit for An Old Penguin
B. Old Penguin Getting Bald
C. Unwilling to Swim
D. Strange Look of PierreB
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences. Due to his old age, he was going bald, which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool. Therefore, biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.
Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of fat to keep them warm, penguins depend on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water.
"He was cold; he would shake," said Pam Schaller, a senior biologist. Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm. Then she got another idea: if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific, why not make one for Pierre?
Schaller designed the suit, which covered Pierre’s body and had small openings for his flippers.
“I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps, and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable,” she said.
One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit, but in fact, they accepted his new look. He swam freely and got along with others well, although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.
Schaller couldn’t say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers, but “certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable”.
Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.
1.Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of _____.
A. not having a layer of blubber B. having few feathers due to old age
C. having no wetsuit D. others penguins rejecting him
2.The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came from _____.
A. total invention B. waterproof feathers
C. the use of wetsuit on humans D. the use of heat lamp
3.Schaller followed Pierre in order to see _____.
A. whether other penguins would reject him
B. if anywhere of wetsuit needed to be cut and refit
C. if the wetsuit kept warm
D. whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering
4. The best title of the passage is _____.
A. Wetsuit for An Old Penguin B. Old Penguin Getting Bald
C. Unwilling to Swim D. Strange Look of Pierre
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Pierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences.Due to his old age,he was going bald,which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool.Therefore,biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.
Unlike marine(海生的) mammals,which have a layer of blubber(鲸脂) to keep them warm,penguins depend on their waterproof feathers.Without them,Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water.
“He was cold:he would shake,”said Pam Schaller,a senior biologist.Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm.Then she got another idea:if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific,why not make one for Pierre?
Schaller designed the suit,which covered Pierre’s body and had small openings for his flippers.
“I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps.and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable.”she said.
One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit,but in fact,they accepted his new look.He swam freely and got along with others well,although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.
Schaller couldn’t say for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers,but” certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable”.
Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.
1.Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of____.
A.not having a layer of blubber
B.having few feathers due to old age
C.having no wetsuit
D.others penguins rejecting him
2.The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came from__________.
A.total invention B.the use of wetsuit on humans
C.the use of heat lamp D.waterproof feathers .
3.Schaller followed Pierre in order to see____________________.
A.whether other penguins would reject him
B.if anywhere of wetsuit needed to be cut and refit
C.if the wetsuit kept warm
D.whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering
4.The best title of the passage is____.
A.Wetsuit for An old Penguin B.Old Penguin Getting Bald
C.Unwilling to Swim D.Strange Look of Pierre
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析