If your life were a book and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? That’s the question that changed my life forever.
At the age of 19, I became a massage therapist(治疗师). For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent and completely in control of my life. That is, until my life took a detour. I was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis . Over the course of two months, I lost my spleen(脾) , my kidneys , and both of my legs below the knees.
One day, I went home. I crawled into bed and this is what my life looked like for the next few months: me passed out, escaping from reality, with my legs resting by my side. I was completely physically and emotionally broken. But I knew that in order to move forward, I had to let go of the old Amy and learn to embrace the new Amy. And that is when I began to realize that I didn’t have to be small any more. I could be as tall as I wanted or as short as I wanted depending on whom I was dating. And if I snowboard again, my feet aren’t going to get cold. And the best of all, I thought, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes that are on the sales shelf. And I did!
I started snowboarding. Then I went back to work. And then I co-founded a non-profit organization for physical disabilities so that they could get involved in action sports. And just this past February, I won two World Cup gold medals, making me the highest-ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world.
Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs, I had no idea what to expect. But if you ask me today, if I would ever want to change my situation, I would have to say no, because my legs haven’t disabled me. They’ve forced me to rely on my imagination and to believe in possibilities, and that’s why I believe that our imaginations can be used as tools for breaking through borders, because in our minds, we can do anything and we can be anything. It’s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.
1.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph3?
A.The author no longer wanted to make friends with Amy.
B.The author realized she had to learn to accept a new “herself” gladly.
C.The author wanted a new friend in her new life eagerly.
D.The author felt hard to choose between the old Amy and the new Amy.
2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A.The author didn’t like her job as a massage therapist.
B.The author is still very sensitive to her disabilities.
C.The author has learnt to see her disabilities as blessings.
D.The author hopes to return to her old life.
3.What message does the author want to convey with her speech?
A.Roman is not built in one day.
B.Failure is the mother of success
C.Imagination is more important than knowledge.
D.It is not what happens to you but how you respond that counts.
4.The tone of the passage is best described as ________.
A.proud but stubborn B.interesting but regretful
C.optimistic and inspiring D.pessimistic and doubtful
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
If your life were a book and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? That’s the question that changed my life forever.
At the age of 19, I became a massage therapist(治疗师). For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent and completely in control of my life. That is, until my life took a detour. I was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis . Over the course of two months, I lost my spleen(脾) , my kidneys , and both of my legs below the knees.
One day, I went home. I crawled into bed and this is what my life looked like for the next few months: me passed out, escaping from reality, with my legs resting by my side. I was completely physically and emotionally broken. But I knew that in order to move forward, I had to let go of the old Amy and learn to embrace the new Amy. And that is when I began to realize that I didn’t have to be small any more. I could be as tall as I wanted or as short as I wanted depending on whom I was dating. And if I snowboard again, my feet aren’t going to get cold. And the best of all, I thought, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes that are on the sales shelf. And I did!
I started snowboarding. Then I went back to work. And then I co-founded a non-profit organization for physical disabilities so that they could get involved in action sports. And just this past February, I won two World Cup gold medals, making me the highest-ranked adaptive female snowboarder in the world.
Eleven years ago, when I lost my legs, I had no idea what to expect. But if you ask me today, if I would ever want to change my situation, I would have to say no, because my legs haven’t disabled me. They’ve forced me to rely on my imagination and to believe in possibilities, and that’s why I believe that our imaginations can be used as tools for breaking through borders, because in our minds, we can do anything and we can be anything. It’s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.
1.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph3?
A.The author no longer wanted to make friends with Amy.
B.The author realized she had to learn to accept a new “herself” gladly.
C.The author wanted a new friend in her new life eagerly.
D.The author felt hard to choose between the old Amy and the new Amy.
2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A.The author didn’t like her job as a massage therapist.
B.The author is still very sensitive to her disabilities.
C.The author has learnt to see her disabilities as blessings.
D.The author hopes to return to her old life.
3.What message does the author want to convey with her speech?
A.Roman is not built in one day.
B.Failure is the mother of success
C.Imagination is more important than knowledge.
D.It is not what happens to you but how you respond that counts.
4.The tone of the passage is best described as ________.
A.proud but stubborn B.interesting but regretful
C.optimistic and inspiring D.pessimistic and doubtful
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If life were a book and you were the author, how would you like the story to go? That is the question that _________ my life forever.
One day I went home from the training of snowboarding with what I thought was the flu, and less than 24 hours later, I was in a __________ on life support with less than twenty percent __________ of living. It wasn’t until days later that the doctors diagnosed me with a ___________ blood infection. Over the __________ of 2.5 months, I lost the hearing in my left ear and both my legs below the knees. When my parents ___________ me out of the hospital, I __________ that I had been put together like a patchwork （拼接物）doll and I had to live with ___________ legs. I was absolutely physically and emotionally broken, ________ streaming down.
But I knew in order to move forward, I had to let go of the Old Amy and ____________ the New Amy. It was at this moment that I asked myself that significant ______________ . And that is when it __________ me that I didn’t have to be five-foot-five anymore, __________ I could be as tall as I wanted. And ________ of all, I can make my feet the size of all the shoes. So there were _________ here.
Four months later, I was back upon a __________. And this February, I won two Board World Cup gold medals, _________ me the highest ranked snowboarder in the world.
So, instead of looking at our ____________ and limitations as something ____________ or bad, we can begin looking at them as a wonderful ____________ that can be used to help us to further than we ever know we could go.
1.A. ruined B. changed C. saved D. risked
2.A. field B. stadium C. hospital D. club
3.A. chance B. decision C. thought D. degree
4.A. potential B. slight C. mild D. severe
5.A. course B. schedule C. journey D. break
6.A. pulled B. delivered C. wheeled D. dragged
7.A. worked out B. put forward C. made sure D. felt like
8.A. shapely B. false C. muscled D. heavy
9.A. tears B. water C. blood D. sweat
10.A. fix B. introduce C. hug D. recognize
11.A. information B. favor C. plan D. question
12.A. depended on B. looked into C. dawned on D. knocked into
13.A. while B. but C. although D. so
14.A. best B. luckiest C. first D. strangest
15.A. rewards B. conflicts C. struggles D. benefits
16.A. track B. playground C. stage D. snowboard
17.A. calling B. making C. allowing D. giving
18.A. devotions B. hesitations C. challenges D. achievements
19.A. negative B. terminal C. active D. amazing
20.A. tool B. gift C. ability D. skill
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How would you like if you were watching your favorite TV program and someone came into the room and just shut it off without asking you?
A. that B. one
C. him D. it
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Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less. Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with your eyes closed. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips.
With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world's 42 million, blind should not have to suffer. Unfortunately, rich countries possess most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not.
ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world's only flying teaching eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide. Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there. Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation among countries.
ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs. ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 3,000 doctors and nurses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year. ORBIS has conducted 17 plan programs in China so far. For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them. At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province. ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.
For just US$38, you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your money can open their eyes to the world. Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.
1.The first paragraph is intended to ________.
A.direct the public's attention to the blind
B.advise the public to lead a simple life
C.introduce a new way of reading
D.encourage the public to use imagination
2.What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?
A.They are adequate.
B.They have not been updated.
C.They are not equally distributed.
D.They have benefited most of the blind.
3.ORBIS aims to help the blind by _______.
A.teaching medical students
B.training doctors and nurses
C.running flying hospitals globally
D.setting up non-profit organization
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A.ORBIS Flying Hospital B.Fighting Blindness
C.ORBIS in China D.Sight-seeing Techniques
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less. Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with you eyes closed. Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips.
With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world’s 42 million blind should not have to suffer. Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not.
ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world’s only flying teaching eye hospital. ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide. Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom. Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there. Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation(合作) among countries.
ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs. ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year. ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs in China so far. For the seven to ten million blind in China, ORBIS is planning to do more for them. At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province. ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness.
For just US$38,you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again. Your money can open their eyes to the world. Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves.
1.The first paragraph is intended to ______.
A.introduce a new way of reading
B. advise the public to lead a simple life
C. direct the public’s attention to the blind
D. encourage the public to use imagination
2.What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?
A.They are adequate
B. They are not equally distributed
C. They have not been updated.
D. They have benefited most of the blind
3.ORRIS aims to help the blind by ______.
A.teaching medical students
B. training doctors and nurses
C. running flying hospitals globally
D. setting up non-profit organization
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A. ORRIS in China B. Fighting Blindness
C. Sight-seeing Techniques D. ORRIS Flying Hospital
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If 41, you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews 42.
In his book, Matthews 43 us how to have a happy life and answers the 44 of teenagers.
There are many 45such as parents and friends, and the book 46we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us of useful skills 47how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to 48 your memory better.
Many teenagers think 49happiness comes from a good exam result 50praise from other people. But you can 51be happy when there are no such “good” things.
Success comes from a(n) 52 attitude. If you 53 from problems, you will have success in the future.
Some school students have 54such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that 55 comes from thinking about things in a positive 56. If you are57, people notice you and you can get a 58 view at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes 59less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important60 : you choose to be happy!
1. A．so B．not C．it D．do
2. A．wise B．smart C．useful D．simple
3. A．orders B．tells C．asks D．argues
4. A．problems B．questions C．ideas D．comments
5. A．roles B．classes C．courses D．subjects
6. A．says B．writes C．reads D．thinks
7. A．for example B．such as C．so as D．so that
8. A．make B．turn C．let D．change
9. A．what B．how C．that D．whether
10. A．and B．but C．so D．or
11. A．yet B．already C．still D．forever
12. A．bad B．good C．independent D．nomal
13. A．learn B．rescue C．struggle D．separate
14. A．experiences B．difficulties C．fears D．problems
15. A．success B．happiness C．failure D．height
16. A．way B．means C．manners D．spirit
17. A．short B．small C．tall D．fat
18. A．lower B．higher C．worse D．better
19. A．take B．spend C．cover D．cost
20. A．work B．lesson C．teaching D．study
高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析
If you your teacher’s advice, you would not have failed the exams last week.
A. take B. were taking C. took D. had taken
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
If you your teacher’s advice, you would not have failed the exams last week.
A. take B. were taking C. took D. had taken
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
If your home were on fire, what would you try to save? Our area was just a few miles from the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history. On getting the call to evacuate(疏散), we had to consider what we couldn’t live without, ________ whatever we could save and leaving immediately.
We ________ suitcases with necessary clothes. We took the ________ financial records ---- who wants to _______ himself with the government over _______ documents? Now, what else? We seized the valuable family ________ from the walls, which couldn’t be replaced.
Then we took a hard look at all that ________. A lamp that ________ my great grandmother. A ________ my wife learned to play as a kid. A large tent we spent months ________ money for camping. Bedroom furniture we wanted to pass down to our ________ some day. The gifts that decorated our house from our treasured friends. These things ________ our love as a family and friends. It was ________ to move everything from our home. ________ at all that we might lose, I found it difficult to say goodbye. But ________, I felt warm.
We were ________ with memories as we ________ at these items. Each had stories to tell just like the photos. They told about where we’d been, where we ________ were and where we were going. They were ________ of those people we had loved and who loved us. Now I didn’t think my “things” meant that much to me. Indeed, the spirit of them was all that truly ________.
1.A. covering B. removing C. collecting D. spotting
2.A. carried B. piled C. supplied D. packed
3.A. cars B. computers C. books D. food
4.A. enjoy B. entertain C. bother D. force
5.A. extra B. regular C. useless D. missing
6.A. pictures B. televisions C. decorations D. chargers
7.A. abandoned B. remained C. burned D. kept
8.A. belonged to B. adapted to C. related to D. appealed to
9.A. doll B. ball C. sport D. piano
10.A. borrowing B. saving C. paying D. lending
11.A. children B. friends C. colleagues D. relatives
12.A. inspired B. measured C. represented D. expressed
13.A. unbelievable B. impractical C. inconvenient D. unnecessary
14.A. Looking up B. Looking around C. Looking forward D. Looking out
15.A. roughly B. casually C. strangely D. curiously
16.A. flooded B. impressed C. surrounded D. satisfied
17.A. wondered B. glanced C. glared D. stared
18.A. normally B. frequently C. suddenly D. presently
19.A. signals B. signs C. symbols D. lessons
20.A. mattered B. proved C. lasted D. changed
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How much do you laugh and smile during the day? Do you take your life and your illness or injury so ______ that there is no room for joy to fill you? Want a totally free, simple way to lift your ______ and improve your health with no medicine needed? Then laughing and smiling is ______ to you.
So laugh your way to happiness.______ it takes to put a smile on your face is what you should be doing. Research shows that laughing can increase the immune system,______ the body to stay disease free and fight colds and the flu.
If you are facing an illness, having a positive life opinion and a ______ of humor will keep your body open to healing. If you are healthy, laughing will help to make sure you stay that way, and can ______ enjoyment to your work and home life and ______ your daily stress.
Certainly, it can be ______ to keep a positive opinion of life all the time. Simply taking the time to ______ on the positive and treat for the good things ______ in your life can help ______, but if you are struggling with negative emotions that you just can’t seem to ______, there are tools that can help.
There are so many things out there to smile about and ______ you have to do is find ______. Practice looking for the bright ______ of every situation. Avoid the negative: don’t ______ yourself with your own problems—or ______ others for their “shortcomings”. And don’t pay no attention to the joy in everyday things. Create your own “Laugh for Health”______ - anything to add to your collection and to give you fresh materials that ______ to you.
1.A. proudly B. seriously C. carefully D. freely
2.A. burdens B. spirits C. loads D. values
3.A. beneficial B. changeable C. suitable D. harmful
4.A. However B. Whenever C. Whatever D. Whichever
5.A. helping B. making C. letting D. causing
6.A. taste B. sense C. knowledge D. joy
7.A. adjust B. adapt C. apply D. add
8.A. improve B. arise C. cancel D. reduce
9.A. hard B. awful C. energetic D. helpful
10.A. absorb B. put C. focus D. interview
11.A. carefully B. thankfully C. particularly D. differently
12.A. remarkably B. accidentally C. frequently D. purposefully
13.A. seek B. stress C. accept D. overcome
14.A. all B. that C. how D. why
15.A. it B. that C. how D. why
16.A. side B. plan C. aspect D. future
17.A. depend B. abandon C. load D. ban
18.A. praise B. miss C. approve D. blame
19.A. ambition B. summary C. message D. collection
20.A. appeal B. apply C. center D. assume
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析