I never thought I would meet her again at a p...

I never thought I would meet her again at a party ______ after so many years.

A.by no chance B.by the accident C.by accident D.in any chance

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Marjorie grew up with a sense of worthlessness. Again and again her father said she would never accomplish anything in life. He told her she was a loser and that anything she did was sure to end in failure. With these words constantly ringing in her ears she grew up looking for someone who would love her and see her as a person of worth. This led her into relationships that disappointed her, ending in pain yet, which was another proof that she was worthless and unlovable. Where does our sense of self-worth come from?

It is true that the foundation for a person’s self-worth is laid in the home. Words that we hear in our home can build or tear down our worth. Encouraging words are words of life to us while words of criticism are words of death. Other people like teachers, friends and employers add to the collection of life-giving death words in a person’s heart. Over time a person begins to see themselves in the light of these words. In this situation can one develop a sense of worth?

Feeling worthless is possibly the most obvious symptom of low self-esteem（自尊心）. But it’s easy to overcome. However tough your childhood is, you can still choose to enrich the world every day simply by the way you interact with others and make caring decisions. Whether we contribute anything or not is a choice. Feeling worthless means that you’re not doing as well in the areas that matter to you and therefore you need to try to increase your self-esteem. To feel worthwhile, you’ll have to really work at it and never give up on yourself.

All human beings are capable of adding value to society, including you. Thus there are no excuses for saying things like “I’m worthless, stupid, useless” because you have the choice not to be any of these things.

1.From Paragraph 1, we can know that ________.

A. Marjorie was a very confident woman

B. fathers decide children’s future development

C. family education affects children’s growth

D. children shouldn’t follow their parents’ advice

2.The third paragraph mainly shows us ________.

A. what is self-esteem

B. why we feel worthless

C. when we should make a choice

D. how we should change ourselves

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. all of us can contribute to society

B. our self-esteem is only built at home

C. people should treat children strictly like their parents

D. people should accomplish anything that matters to us

4.Which of the following is the best title of this text?

A. The reasons for worthlessness

B. Take action to become worthwhile

C. The importance of fathers’ education

D. Study to get self-esteem

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her apprenticeship (学徒期) as a union painter and dry waller. On Friday morning，she was thanking God she had it.

On Thursday night，while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter，nephew and two nieces in her sister’s apartment，she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire. When her 4­year­old granddaughter Ilean Garcia began saying，“We’re going to die，”she knew she had to act.Pina,39，first sealed the door，and then told all four children to get on the floor. After calling 911，she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety. “I said，‘OK，we’re going to lie down and we’re all going to play a game，’” Pina said. “We all started singing our ABCs and 123s.I was just trying to make it fun.” Pina patiently waited，and a few minutes later，Riverside County sheriff’s deputies (治安官的助手) arrived. Pina，Ilean,8­year­old Gabriel Parga,5­year­old Aubreyana Parga and 4­year­old Meriyah Parga were all trapped on the second floor as flames filled the first story.　 Pina did the only thing she could. She opened the window and dropped the children，one­by­one，into the arms of the sheriff’s deputies about 15 to 20 feet below. “I just needed to keep the kids calm so they wouldn’t be afraid，”Pina said.“I was deathly afraid inside，but I couldn’t let them know that.”[Not long after dropping the children out of the window，firefighters arrived with a ladder and rescued her. Ten people were treated at the scene for suffering smoke，but nobody was seriously injured.

1.The text is mainly about________.

A. a big fire without serious injury

B. an urgent call 911

C. a brave babysitter

D. a babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire

2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to________.

A. a union painter

B. a dry waller

C. the fire safety training

D. the apprenticeship

3.Before Lisa Pina called 911，in order to prevent the fire，she________.

A. let children get on the floor

B. opened the windows of the second floor

C. closed the door hard

D. had children start singing

4.According to the text，we know that________.

A. Lisa Pina was the last one to be rescued

B. the fire didn’t cause any injury

C. the children were sent to hospital after the fire

D. during the fire Lisa Pina wasn’t afraid at all

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Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her apprenticeship (学徒期) as a union painter and dry waller. On Friday morning，she was thanking God she had it.

On Thursday night，while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter，nephew and two nieces in her sister’s apartment，she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire. When her 4­year­old granddaughter Ilean Garcia began saying，“We’re going to die，”she knew she had to act.Pina,39，first sealed the door，and then told all four children to get on the floor. After calling 911，she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety. “I said，‘OK，we’re going to lie down and we’re all going to play a game，’” Pina said. “We all started singing our ABCs and 123s.I was just trying to make it fun.” Pina patiently waited，and a few minutes later，Riverside County sheriff’s deputies (治安官的助手) arrived. Pina，Ilean,8­year­old Gabriel Parga,5­year­old Aubreyana Parga and 4­year­old Meriyah Parga were all trapped on the second floor as flames filled the first story.　 Pina did the only thing she could. She opened the window and dropped the children，one­by­one，into the arms of the sheriff’s deputies about 15 to 20 feet below. “I just needed to keep the kids calm so they wouldn’t be afraid，”Pina said. “I was deathly afraid inside，but I couldn’t let them know that.”[Not long after dropping the children out of the window，firefighters arrived with a ladder and rescued her. Ten people were treated at the scene for suffering smoke，but nobody was seriously injured.

1.The text is mainly about________.

A.a big fire without serious injury

B.an urgent call 911

C.a brave babysitter

D.a babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire

2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to________.

A.a union painter

B.a dry waller

C.the fire safety training

D.the apprenticeship

3..Before Lisa Pina called 911，in order to prevent the fire，she________.

A. let children get on the floor

B.opened the windows of the second floor

C.closed the door hard

D.had children start singing

4.According to the text，we know that________.

A.Lisa Pina was the last one to be rescued

B.the fire didn’t cause any injury

C.the children were sent to hospital after the fire

D.during the fire Lisa Pina wasn’t afraid at all

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Lisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her apprenticeship(学徒期)as a union painter and dry waller(筑墙工). On Friday morning, she was thanking God she had it.

On Thursday night, while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter, nephew and two nieces in her sister’s apartment, she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire. When her 4-year-old granddaughter Ilean Garcia began saying, “We’re going to die, ”she knew she had to act.Pina,39, first sealed the door, and then told all four children to get on the floor. After calling 911, she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety. “I said, ‘OK, we’re going to lie down and we’re all going to play a game,’” Pina said. “We all started singing our ABCs and 123s.I was just trying to make it fun.” Pina patiently waited, and a few minutes later, Riverside County sheriff’s deputies (治安官的助手) arrived. Pina, Ilean,8yearold Gabriel Parga,5-year-old Aubreyana Parga and 4-year-old Meriyah Parga were all trapped on the second floor as flames filled the first story.  Pina did the only thing she could. She opened the window and dropped the children, one-by-one, into the arms of the sheriff’s deputies about 15 to 20 feet below. “I just needed to keep the kids calm so they wouldn’t be afraid，”Pina said.“I was deathly afraid inside，but I couldn’t let them know that.”[Not long after dropping the children out of the window, firefighters arrived with a ladder and rescued her. Ten people were treated at the scene for suffering smoke, but nobody was seriously injured.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. A big fire without serious injury

B. A babysitter rescuing kids from a big fire

C. A brave babysitter

D. How to save children in a fire

2.What did Lisa Pina do before she called 911, in order to prevent the fire?

A. He sealed the door

B. She opened the window of the second floor

C. She had children start singing

D. She let children get on the floor

3.What do we know according to the passage?

A. The fire didn’t cause any injury

B. Lisa Pina was not the last one to be rescued

C. The children were sent to hospital after the fire

D. During the fire Lisa Pina pretended not to be afraid at all

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I never thought I would have a life-changing experience at Wal-Mart.

Although my thoughts were only on speed, the checkout line I was standing in wasn't moving as quickly as I wanted, and I glanced toward the cashier. There stood a man in his seventies, wearing glasses and a nice smile. I thought, well, he's an old guy! For the next few minutes I watched him. He greeted every customer before scanning the items. Sure, his words were the usual, “How's it going？” But he did something different—he actually listened to people. Then he would respond to what they had said and engage them in a brief conversation.

I thought it was odd. I had grown accustomed to people asking me how I was doing simply out of robotic conversational habit. After a while, you don't give any thought to the question and just mumble something back. I could say, “I just found out I have six months to live，” and someone would reply, “Have a great day！” But that wasn't the end.

He gave them the change, walked around the counter, and extended his right hand in an act of friendship. He looked the customers in the eyes. “I surely want to thank you for shopping here today，” he told them. “You have a great day. Bye-bye.”

The looks on the faces of the customers were priceless. There were smiles and some sheepish grins. All had been touched by his simple gesture—and in a place they never expected. They would gather their things and walk out, smiling.

Of course, he did the same to me and I got to know his name, Marty.

Who was that guy? It was as if Sam Walton had come back from the dead and invaded this old guy's body. I had never walked away from that shop feeling like that.

1.According to the writer, when common people ask you “How's it going？”, ________.

A．they don't really care what you may answer

B．they are just practicing their conversation ability

C．they are inquiring about your private information

D．they don't expect to hear any negative answers

2.What was most customers' reaction to Marty's behaviors?

A．They thought it priceless.　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．They were in some way moved.

C．They thought it awful and odd.　　　　　　　　 D．They felt somewhat offended.

3.What can we infer about Sam Walton?

A．He might be Marty's father or grandfather.

B．He might be friendly and devoted to Wal-Mart.

C．He might have died while working in the market.

D．He might have come back from the dead once before.

4.What does the writer intend to express through the text?

A．Our everyday life is always full of surprises.

B．Most customers enjoy being treated this way.

C．Being different is a good way of doing business.

D．A little positive action can make a big difference.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

If she________ that Mary would come to see her, she would never have gone to the party.

A．had known        B．knew             C．knows            D．would know

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Rachel looked through troubled eyes at her sister and said, “I wouldn’t have thought Eric would be a thief.”　 Her sister Sarah replied, “Whoa, that's a _______________accusation to make against your best friend!”

Rachel remembered two days ago when she had brought out her coin collection for Eric to _______________. At the end of that day, Rachel’s mother asked her to do her a favor, so she asked her friend, “Is it okay if I leave you for a few minutes?” Eric said, “Go ahead. I’ll clean up here, _______________at the piles of coins on the floor.

When Rachel returned, it never occurred to her to _______________her coins until two days later that she realized some quarters were_______________.

Sarah said, “Why don’t you just ask him?”

“Ask him what? Hey, best friend, did you _______________ my coin collection?” Rachel thought for a moment, _______________ if that would be a good idea. The theft of her collection left her with a feeling of _______________. “How could I have misjudged my friend’s _______________?”

The next day Rachel went to Eric' s house. Eric was acting funny sort of nervous, like he couldn’t be ________________. In fact, Rachel thought Eric acted like someone with a secret. Anger blossomed as Rachel watched Eric pretend to be kind, ________________ Eric had obviously stolen from her. Rachel finally could not stand it any more and stood up. Suddenly, Eric ________________, “I can’t stand it anymore!” Rachel was astonished at hearing her own ________________ burst forth from her friend! Instead of sounding ________________, Eric sounded excited. He pulled something from underneath the chair.

“Go to open it! I was going to wait until your birthday, but I can't wait. ” Slowly, Rachel lifted the top of the ________________. Laid out in front of her were all of the quarters from her coin collection.

Each quarter was in its own ________________ in a new collection case. Each quarter shone like it was new.

Rachel felt ________________rush over her neck and ears. She said ________________, "Thank you! This means. . . a great deal to me. ” She was grateful that Eric had cut her ________________before she said something she would ________________ Eric was exactly the type of person she wanted as a friend!

1.A. initial　　 B. tentative　　 C. authentic　　 D. serious

2.A. classify　　 B. excavate　　 C. distribute　　 D. see

3.A. remarking　　 B. gesturing　　 C. playing　　 D. glaring

4.A. seek　　 B. select　　 C. check　　 D. collect

5.A. destroyed　　 B. messed　　 C. missing　　 D. decreasing

6.A. replace　　 B. steal　　 C. pick　　 D. remove

7.A. deciding　　 B. knowing　　 C. asking　　 D. minding

8.A. stupidity　　 B. abandon　　 C. sympathy　　 D. betrayal

9.A. favour　　 B. character　　 C. appearance　　 D. method

10.A. still　　 B. confident　　 C. generous　　 D. silent

11.A. when　　 B. so　　 C. after　　 D. if

12.A. expressed　　 B. condemned　　 C. yelled　　 D. argued

13.A. purpose　　 B. choices　　 C. desire　　 D. thoughts

14.A. shocked　　 B. curious　　 C. guilty　　 D. cruel

15.A. jar　　 B. box　　 C. can　　 D. bag

16.A. spot　　 B. form　　 C. condition　　 D. style

17.A. air　　 B. heat　　 C. wind　　 D. sweat

18.A. awesomely　　 B. abruptly　　 C. weakly　　 D. acutely

19.A. off　　 B. down　　 C. out　　 D. up

20.A. illustrate　　 B. compromise　　 C. tolerate　　 D. regret

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

It will not be ________ we can meet again.

A. long before        B. before long     C. soon after     D. shortly after

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Lily would rather I _______ her at the airport yesterday, but I was then busy with a meeting.

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