Years ago, I was so confident, and so naive(幼...

Years ago, I was so confident, and so naive(幼稚的). I was so sure that I was right and everyone else was wrong.

Unfortunately I was lucky and got successful, so that kept me blind to my weak points. I sold my company, felt ready to do something new, and started to learn. But the more I learned, the more I realized how little I knew and how lucky I had been.

I’d start to make things, but then saw how stupid I was, so I stpped. I lost all confidence. I spent a few years completely stuck.

Finally, some new ideas helped:

Learning without doing is wasted. If I don’t use what I learn, then it is pointless! How terrible to waste hundreds of hours spent learning, and not turn them into action. Like throwing good food in the trash: it’s wrong.

This isn’t about me. How I feel in this moment doesn’t matter－it will pass. Nobody is judging me, because nobody is thinking of me. They are just looking for things to improve their own life. The public me is not the real me anyway, so if they judge my public personality, that’s fine.

The work is the point, and my work is special. If I can do something that people find useful, then I should. It doesn’t matter if it’s a masterpiece or not, as long as I enjoy it.

So I’m glad my old confidence is gone. Now I aim(以……为目标)to make my work my little contribution to the world－just special and useful.

1.I lost all my confidence when______

A.I got successful in my career.

B.I Learned more than before.

C.I sold my company.

D.I realized I knew little.

2.According to the passage, the author prefer______

A.learning by using.

B.learning is wasting time.

C.learning by spending hours.

D.learning is pointless.

3.Why does the author think his work is special?

A.Because he is a unique person in his company.

B.Because he can gain confidence by helping others.

C.Because his aim is to be special in the world.

D.Because his old confidence is gone.

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience. It happened about three years ago and it has had a____effect on me. I would like to show respect here for the two men I do not know ____ but whose actions gave a new ___ to the words—kind and generous.

I was walking down a busy street on a cold，windy day in early ____.A homeless man，probably about 60 and without wearing any shoes，was ____ for change on a street corner.

A BMW car ___ on the other side of the street and an executive(主管)who was perfectly dressed stepped out of the car. He was probably about ____ years old. He was wearing a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie. He walked____ across the street and over to the homeless man. Without saying anything，he first gave him a lot of ____ and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves(手套)，beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks. Then he ____ them to the homeless man. The homeless man took them and stared with a/an ____ mouth.

As he drove off，I couldn't ____ thinking that it was probably the first time he had ____ the pedal(踏板)of that top­brand BMW car with a ____ foot！I stood there and the looks of ____ appeared on my face and the homeless man's.

Two men of about the same age ____ very different lives had met and the one who was ____ in materials had offered ___ than his shoes. He had left this BMW car and ____ down from his high position. He lifted up the other man when he offered respect，____and real generosity.

1.A. light　　　　　　　　 B．bad　　　 　 　　　　 C．strong　　　　　　 D．slow

2.A.officially　　　 　 B．personally　　　 　 C．similarly　　　　 D．generally

3.A.benefit　　　　　　 B．attitude　　　　 　 C．meaning　　　　 D．award

4.A.spring　　　　　　 B．summer　　　　　 　 C．autumn　　　　 　 D．winter

5.A.searching　　　　 B．making　　　　　　 C．blaming　　　　 D．begging

6.A.called up　　　　 　 B．broke up　　　　　　 C．pulled up　　 　 D．sped up

7.A.40　　　　　　　　　　 B．50　　　　　　　　 C．60　　　　　　　　 D．70

8.A.directly　　 　　 　 B．usually　　　　　　 C．unwillingly　　 D．fluently

9.A.money　　　　　　　　 B．water　　　　　　 C．sand　　　　　　 D．oil

10.A.posted　　　　　　 B．handed　　　　 　　 C．kicked　　　　　　 D．threw

11.A.closed　　　　　　 B．full　　　　　　 　 C．open　　　　　　　 D．empty

12.A.stand　　　　　　 B．delay　　　　　　　　 C．forget　　　　 　 D．help

13.A.bended　　　　　　 B．cut　　　　　　　　　 C．repaired　　　 　 D．pressed

14.A.relaxed　　　　　　 B．large　　　　　　　　 C．bare　　　　　　　 D．single

15.A.excitement　　　　 B．astonishment　　 C．sadness　　　　 D．pride

16.A.but　　　 　　　　　　 B．or　　　　 　　　　　　 C．and　　 　　　　 D．before

17.A.successful　　　　 B．careful　　　　　 C．useful　　　　　　 D．helpful

18.A.rather　　　　　　　 B．more　　　 　　　　 　 C．other　　　　　　 D．better

19.A.broken　　　　　　 B．fell　　　　　 　　 C．stepped　　　　 D．rolled

20.A.surprise　　　　　 B．disappointment　　 C．anxiety　　　　　 D．kindness

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The moment happened 30 years ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had ______ up most of the night before laughing and talking with my friends. Now just before my first ______ of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a ______. A few minutes nap (小睡) time before class couldn’t ______, I thought.

BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my ______ beating wildly trying to find the cause of the ______. My young professor was looking at me with a boyish (男孩子气的) smile on his face. He had ______ dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said still ______. “I am glad to see everyone is ______. Now let’s get started.”

For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the ______ of my professor’s textbook. It was instead from the ______ discussion he led. With knowledge and good ______ he made the material come ______. His insight was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he ______ with were contagious (有感染力的). I ______ the classroom not only wide awake, but a little ______ and a little better as well.

I learned something far more important than not ______ in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with ______. What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk (梦游) your way through ______ then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too ______ not to live it well.

1.A. took　　 B. divided　　 C. stayed　　 D. put

2.A. class　　 B. test　　 C. task　　 D. lecture

3.A. platform　　 B. pillow　　 C. carpet　　 D. wall

4.A. benefit　　 B. help　　 C. last　　 D. hurt

5.A. heart　　 B. mind　　 C. thought　　 D. head

6.A. trouble　　 B. noise　　 C. failure　　 D. incident

7.A. by accident　　 B. at all　　 C. on purpose　　 D. in turn

8.A. smiling　　 B. talking　　 C. complaining　　 D. shouting

9.A. active　　 B. curious　　 C. present　　 D. awake

10.A. sound　　 B. shock　　 C. interruption　　 D. blow

11.A. fascinating　　 B. convincing　　 C. puzzling　　 D. encouraging

12.A. gesture　　 B. sense　　 C. humor　　 D. design

13.A. strange　　 B. natural　　 C. handy　　 D. alive

14.A. taught　　 B. spread　　 C. combined　　 D. started

15.A. decorated　　 B. filled　　 C. left　　 D. entered

16.A. clearer　　 B. smarter　　 C. quieter　　 D. stronger

17.A. discussing　　 B. speaking　　 C. cheating　　 D. sleeping

18.A. joy　　 B. speed　　 C. aim　　 D. determination

19.A. work　　 B. life　　 C. journey　　 D. college

20.A. hard　　 B. complex　　 C. short　　 D. simple

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The moment happened 20 years ago but it was still fresh in my memory. I was a college freshman and had 　 up most of the night before, laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first 　 of the day my eyelids（眼皮）were feeling heavier and heavier and my 　　 was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a pillow. A few minutes’ nap（小睡）time before class wouldn’t 　　 , I thought.

BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my 　 beating wildly trying to find the cause of the 　 . My young professor was looking at me with a boyish smile on his face. He had 　 dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!”, he said still 　 . “I am glad to see everyone is . Now let’s get started. ”

For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the 　 of my professor’s textbook alarm clock either. It was 　 　　　 from the fascinating discussion he led. With knowledge and good 　 he made the material come 　 . His insight was full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he 　　 with were contagious（有感染力的）. I 　　 the classroom not only wide awake, but a little 　　 and a little better as well.

　　　 I learned something far more important than not 　　　 in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life，do it well，do it with 　　 　　　　 . What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don’t sleepwalk your way through 　 then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too 　 not to live it well.

1.A. stayed　 B. took　　 C. spent　　 D. picked

2.A. stage　 B. image 　　 C. test　　 D. class

3.A. head　 B. hand　　 C. cheek　 　　 D. throat

4.A. inspect B. hurt　　 C. disturb　　　　　 D. bend

5.A. wrist　 B. mind　　 C. heart　 　　 D. forehead

6.A. voice　 B. incident 　　 C. noise　　 D. trouble

7.A. purposely B. frankly　　 C. Constantly　　　 D. appropriately

8.A. panicking B. sighing　　 C. complaining D. smiling

9.A. loose　 B. awake　　　　　　　　 C. curious　　　 　 D. committed

10.A. defence B. shock　　　　 C. interruption　 D. comfort

11.A. instead B. beneath　　　 C. thus　 　　 D. otherwise

12.A. design　　 B. humor 　　 C. assumption 　　 D. comprehension

13.A. strange　 B. natural　　 C. positive　 D. alive

14.A. spread　 B. associated　　　　 C. instructed 　　 D. reflected

15.A. grasped　 B. enclosed　　 C. left　　 D. escaped

16.A. securer　 B. clearer　　 C. stronger　 D. smarter

17.A. bothering 　　 B. obeying　　 C. judging 　　 D. sleeping

18.A. joy　 　 B. religion　　　　 C. Strength　　　　 D. determination

19.A. journey　 B. college 　　 C. life　　 D. work

20.A. hard　 B. short　　　　　　 C. casual　 　　 D. Independent

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver，I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台)，I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city，and when I got out of the car，the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank­you note for helping me. Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later，I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day，and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford？” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment，so when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you，and it meant a lot，he said.

“Thank you” — two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1.

The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City________.

A．to visit a friend           B．to see his parents

C．to pay at the cash register  D．to have more gas for his car

2.

The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”．

A．turned off  B．moved off  C．put up  D．set up

3.

What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A．He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B．The couple sent him a business card.

C．The couple offered to help him.

D．He called his friend for help.

4.

The battery of the author’s car was dead because________.

A．something went wrong with the lights

B．the meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights

D．he drove too long a distance

5.

By telling his own experiences，the author tries to show ________.

A．how to write a thank­you letter

B．how to deal with car problems

C．the kind­heartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend's. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership — a shop selling cars — was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

"Thank you" — two powerful words. They're easy to say and mean so much.

1.The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.

A. to visit a friend

B. to see his parents

C. to pay at the cash register

D. to have more gas for his car

2.The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”.

A. turned off            B. moved off            C. put up            D. set up

3.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B. The couple sent him a business card.

C. The couple offered to help him.

D. He called his friend for help.

4.The battery of the author’s car was dead because ________.

A. something went wrong with the lights

B. the meeting lasted a whole day

C. he forgot to turn off the lights

D. he drove too long a distance

5.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show ________.

A. how to write a thank-you letter

B. how to deal with car problems

C. the kind-heartedness of older people

D. the importance of expressing thanks

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver，I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站)about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台)，I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city，and when I got out of the car，the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank you note for helping me. Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later，I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day，and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars —was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford？”I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment，so when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you，and it meant a lot，he said.

“Thank you”－two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1.The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.

A．to visit a friend　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．to see his parents

C．to pay at the cash register　　　　　　　　 D．to have more gas for his car

2.The underlined words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”．

A．turned off　     B．moved off　　　　　 C．put up　     D．set up

3.The battery of the author’s car was dead because ________.

A．something went wrong with the lights　　　

B．the meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights　　　　　　　　

D．he drove too long a distance

4.By telling his own experiences，the author tries to show ________.

A．how to write a thank you letter　　　　　　

B．how to deal with car problems

C．the kind heartedness of older people　　　

D．the importance of expressing thanks

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas．I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend．While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas．

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car．I stopped and wondered what I should do．A car pulled up behind me．It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station．They said they would take me to my friend's．We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card．

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me．Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them．Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful．

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning．In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池)was dead．Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership - a shop selling cars - was right next door．I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom．

"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble．They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it．They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks．I received a letter back from one of the salesmen．No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said．

"Thank you" - two powerful words．They're easy to say and mean so much．

[写作内容]

(1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

(2) 然后以120个词就“向别人道谢的重要性”这个主题发表你的看法, 并包括如下要点：

a) 叙述你向别人道谢的一次真实或虚构的经历；

b) 你是如何认识到向别人道谢的重要性的；

c) 向别人道谢对你和对方都带来了什么影响。

[写作要求] 可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点, 也可以参照阅读材料的内容, 但不得直接引用原文中的句子

高二英语书面表达简单题查看答案及解析

My first visit to London was one and half years ago. It Was1. wonderful trip. I stayed in the city for three weeks, and I had many2. (impress). I visited all the famous places.

When I dreamed of3. (see) London in the past, I always wanted to see Tower Bridge and the famous Big Ben clock tower. I visited these4. (place), and I went on a tourist boat on the River Thames.

First, I went to the Tower of London, and I want to say that it is a very interesting5. (history) place. I found out that a long time ago, it was a prison.6. (late) it became a castle for the royal family. Or maybe it is the reverse, I’m not sure, but they7. (leave) this place and went to live in Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace.

In London, you can also enjoy nature. There are many parks that are wonderful green, quite places8. you can relax and escape the noise of the city.

Trafalgar Square is a popular place for students and other young people. You can find lots of pigeons there. If you have time, you can feed9. (they) and they will be very happy. You can buy special food for them, but be careful! Tons of birds will surround you10. you feed them.

高二英语短文填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The novelist, Harriet Beecher Stowe, born 200 years ago, was a poor housewife with six children, and she suffered from various illnesses. Driven by the hatred of slavery, she found time to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which became the most influential novel in American history and caused great change, both at home and abroad.

Today, however, the book has a different reputation, owing to the popular image of its character, Uncle Tom, whose name has become a saying for a cowardly（懦弱的）black man who betrays his race.

But this view is wrong: the original Uncle Tom was physically and morally strong, an inspiration for black people and other oppressed（被压迫的）people worldwide. Indeed, that was why, in the mid-19th century, Southerners attacked Uncle Tom’s Cabin as a dangerously destructive book, while Northern reformers—especially black people—often praised it.

The book was influential overseas too. In Russia it inspired Vladimir Lenin, who recalled it as his favorite book in childhood. It was the first American novel to be translated and published in China, and it fueled anti-slavery movements in Cuba and Brazil.

The book’s progressive appeal was the character of Uncle Tom himself: a strong man who is notable because he does not betray his race; one reason he gives up escaping from his plantation（种植园）is that he doesn’t want to put his fellow slaves in danger. And he is finally killed because he refuses to tell his master where two runaway slaves are hiding.

Unfortunately, these themes were lost in many of the stage versions of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

The play, seen by more people than those who read the book, remained popular up to the 1950s and still appears occasionally. But in the play, Stowe’s revolutionary themes were drowned.

But it doesn’t have to be that way; indeed; during the civil rights era it was those who most closely resembled Uncle Tom—Stowe’s Uncle Tom, not the embarrassed one of popular myth—that proved most effective in promoting progress. Both Stowe and Uncle Tom deserve our reconsideration and our respect.

1.Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin because she ________ .

2. Which of the following is TRUE about the influence of the book?

3.What can we learn about Uncle Tom in the book?

4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析