Everywhere we look, we are surrounded by technology. We heavily rely on technology for our day-to-day lives. There are the social media apps, such as Facebook, Twitter, where we are able to see into the lives of everyone around us. There are other more useful apps like Google Maps where you can use a GPS to get from one place to another. It is no wonder that we are constantly looking down at our phones and other devices. And, that is a problem.
Pretty soon, I fear that people will no longer be able to communicate face to face. I personally love being able to sit down and have a conversation with someone sans cell phones and distractions. It shows that you care about who you are talking to and want to involve and listen to them. The cell phone can wait until later.
What I really dislike is that younger and younger children are using technology. Instead of playing outside with friends, they are playing on iPads, iPods, or video games. Instead of having little games or books, children now have electronic devices to use to distract them even if waiting at doctors’ appointments etc. They want cell phones at young ages. They have texting. I overheard sixth graders one day talking about texting, and I was a little sad. At that age, I had to call my friends on the phone in order to talk to them.
We are a society based on technology. And, that isn’t a completely bad thing, given its use in areas such as medicine. But we shouldn’t be addicted to so many of these devices that we forget to look around and see what is happening in the world around us.
1.What can be concluded from the first paragraph?
A.Some tech products leave us unable to focus.
B.Social media apps make people more visible.
C.Many people usually misuse social media apps.
D.Technology provides us with a convenient life.
2.Which can best replace the underlined word “sans”?
A.is need of B.without
C.is spite of D.with
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards using technology in medicine?
A.Indifferent. B.Opposed.
C.Concerned. D.Supportive.
4.What does the author really want to show in the passage?
A.We should take a step back from constantly using technology.
B.The electronic devices are closely connected with our life.
C.Society should no longer be based on technology.
D.We should say goodbye to electronic devices.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Everywhere we look, we are surrounded by technology. We heavily rely on technology for our day-to-day lives. There are the social media apps, such as Facebook, Twitter, where we are able to see into the lives of everyone around us. There are other more useful apps like Google Maps where you can use a GPS to get from one place to another. It is no wonder that we are constantly looking down at our phones and other devices. And, that is a problem.
Pretty soon, I fear that people will no longer be able to communicate face to face. I personally love being able to sit down and have a conversation with someone sans cell phones and distractions. It shows that you care about who you are talking to and want to involve and listen to them. The cell phone can wait until later.
What I really dislike is that younger and younger children are using technology. Instead of playing outside with friends, they are playing on iPads, iPods, or video games. Instead of having little games or books, children now have electronic devices to use to distract them even if waiting at doctors’ appointments etc. They want cell phones at young ages. They have texting. I overheard sixth graders one day talking about texting, and I was a little sad. At that age, I had to call my friends on the phone in order to talk to them.
We are a society based on technology. And, that isn’t a completely bad thing, given its use in areas such as medicine. But we shouldn’t be addicted to so many of these devices that we forget to look around and see what is happening in the world around us.
1.What can be concluded from the first paragraph?
A.Some tech products leave us unable to focus.
B.Social media apps make people more visible.
C.Many people usually misuse social media apps.
D.Technology provides us with a convenient life.
2.Which can best replace the underlined word “sans”?
A.is need of B.without
C.is spite of D.with
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards using technology in medicine?
A.Indifferent. B.Opposed.
C.Concerned. D.Supportive.
4.What does the author really want to show in the passage?
A.We should take a step back from constantly using technology.
B.The electronic devices are closely connected with our life.
C.Society should no longer be based on technology.
D.We should say goodbye to electronic devices.
高二英语阅读理解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（每空一词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
In today’s world we 1. (surround) by technology. It’s true to say that technology makes our lives easier. However, increasing scientists are saying that we need to give ourselves a break—otherwise we put ourselves at the risk of 2.(develop) hundreds of health problems. Over the summer the days are longer, sunnier and free from school. With all this free time, why not put it 3.good use and do something 4. doesn’t involve technology?
To start with, you could learn a new skill. There are hundreds of 5. (possible): crafts, cooking, learning a musical instrument 6.a new sport. If you just fancy relaxing, why not head to a beach? Take along your favorite book and relax on 7. sands, or go for a stroll along the coastline. If you don’t live near a beach, you could go to your local park.
8. you choose to do with your summer, try something new! You might surprise yourself and find a 9.(hide) talent within you; you might make new friends along the way. Next time you find yourself 10.(aim) changing channels, have a think about what else you can do to spend your time.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
We are surrounded by mixed messages about mistakes: we're told we earn by making them,
but we work hard to avoid them. So the result is that most of us know that we are going to make
mistakes, but deep down, we feel we shouldn't.
Experiments with schoolchildren who did well on a given test show that those who were
praised for being smart and then offered a more challenging or less challenging task afterward
usually chose the easier one. On the other hand, children praised for trying hard-rather than
being smart-far more often selected the more difficult task.
If we try hard to avoid mistakes, we aren't open to getting the information we need in
order to do better. In a writing study, experiments showed that those who are so scared to
make mistakes perform worse in writing tasks than those who aren't as worried about being
perfect. They fear receiving any kind of negative feedback, so they don't learn where they went
wrong and how to get better.
We don't just learn more when we're open to mistakes, we learn deeper. Research tells us
that if we're only concerned about getting the right answer, we don't always learn the
underlying concepts that help us truly understand whatever we're trying to figure out. Mistakes
need to be seen not as a failure to learn, but as a guide to what still needs to be learned. As
Thomas Edison said, “I am not discouraged, because every abandoned wrong attempt is
another step forward. "
Furthermore, we often make mistakes because we try new things-we wander away from
accepted paths. Teflon, penicillin-these are examples of great discoveries made by mistake.
Take a page from Albert Einstein, who said, "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never
tried anything new. "
1.What will happen to students praised for being smart in face of choosing tasks compared to students praised for working hard?
A. He will choose a less challenging task.
B. He will hide his mistakes from his teachers.
C. He will work harder to avoid mistakes.
D. He will ask his teachers for advice.
2.Which of the following statements is NOT acceptable according to the passage?
A. The more mistakes we make, the more we learn.
B. Mistakes can be used as a positive factor for success.
C. Being open to mistakes help you understand the truth.
D. A step forward may come from mistakes you've made.
3.What does the last paragraph want to tell us?
A. One must follow a correct path to avoid mistakes.
B. To become an Einstein, you should make mistakes.
C. You can't make mistakes unless you try new things.
D. Making mistakes is not a disadvantage in a way.
4. What's the main idea of the passage?
A. We can never avoid making mistakes when we work.
B. Success can't be achieved without making mistakes.
C. Mistakes should be treated with a correct attitude.
D. Try every means to avoid mistakes in our daily life.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Diet pills ,diet Coke, diet Pepsi, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.
Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale ( 秤 ) instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.
1.From Paragraph 1, we can learn that .
A. people are fed up with diet products
B. diet products are misleading people
C. diet products fail to bring out people’s potential
D. people have difficulty in choosing diet products
2.One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to .
A. try out a variety of diet foods
B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
C. watch their weight rather than their diet
D. pay attention to their own eating habits
3.In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means______
A. diet products bring no harm
B. diet products have no calorie
C. it costs little to stay healthy
D. losing weight needs no efforts
4.Diet products indirectly affect people physically because such products__
A. lack basic nutrients
B. are over-consumed
C. are short of chemicals
D. provide too much energy
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
We’ve all been there: in a lift, in line at the bank or on an airplane, surrounded by people who are, like us, deeply focused on their smartphones or, worse, struggling with the uncomfortable silence.
What’s the problem? It’s possible that we all have compromised conversational intelligence. It’s more likely that none of us start a conversation because it’s awkward and challenging, or we think it’s annoying and unnecessary. But the next time you find yourself among strangers, consider that small talk is worth the trouble. Experts say it’s an invaluable social practice that results in big benefits.
Dismissing small talk as unimportant is easy, but we can’t forget that deep relationships wouldn’t even exist if it weren’t for casual conversation. Small talk is the grease(润滑剂) for social communication, says Bernardo Carducci, director of the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University Southeast. “Almost every great love story and each big business deal begins with small talk,”he explains. “The key to successful small talk is learning how to connect with others, not just communicate with them.”
In a 2014 study, Elizabeth Dunn, associate professor of psychology at UBC, invited people on their way into a coffee shop. One group was asked to seek out an interaction(互动) with its waiter; the other, to speak only when necessary. The results showed that those who chatted with their server reported significantly higher positive feelings and a better coffee shop experience. “It’s not that talking to the waiter is better than talking to your husband,” says Dunn. “But interactions with peripheral(边缘的) members of our social network matter for our well-being also.”
Dunn believes that people who reach out to strangers feel a significantly greater sense of belonging, a bond with others. Carducci believes developing such a sense of belonging starts with small talk. “Small talk is the basis of good manners,”he says.
1.What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph?
A. Addiction to smartphones.
B. Impatience with slow service.
C. Inappropriate behaviours in public places.
D. Absence of communication between strangers.
2.What is important for successful small talk according to Carducci?
A. Showing good manners. B. Focusing on a topic.
C. Relating to other people. D. Making business deals.
3.What does the coffee-shop study suggest about small talk?
A. It improves family relationships. B. It makes people feel good.
C. It matters as much as a formal talk. D. It raises people’s confidence.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Benefits of Small Talk B. Ways of Making Small Talk
C. Conversation Counts D. Uncomfortable Silence
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
We lived in a technological society where most goods are mass-produced by unskilled labor. Because of this, most people think that craft(手艺) no longer exists.
One of the ways these people wrongly support their view is by pointing to 100-year-old homes which are still solid, and arguing that it is the craftsmanship that is responsible for their durability(持久性). “Homes in those days were well-built,” they say. No doubt these homes were well-built, but what these people have done is mix up the quality of material used in the house with the quality of the craftsmanship.
Homes today could be built to last just as long as those old homes if people were willing or able to pay the price. For example, more people can no longer afford solid oak stairways, although they were once fairly common in older homes. Nor can they afford the high labor cost of employing a carpenter to build the stairway. Yet if someone can pay the high cost, there are still plenty of carpenters around able to make those stairways. And not only would these carpenters know how to build them, they would probably do a better job than carpenters of old.
One thing the modern carpenter has which enables him to do a better job is much more advanced tools. Such tools as laser beams and power planes help them lay out a house better and make more precision cuts on the wood. Also, it is not uncommon any more to find carpenters with college degrees and carpenters with a solid knowledge of mathematics, which would enable them to deal with more difficult house designs.
The problems of modern quality, then, really boils down to the problem of material, for the modern carpenter is just as able to produce craftsmanship as the carpenter of fifty years ago, but only if given proper material.
1． Compared to the carpenters in the past, modern carpenters are _______.
| A．more successful | B．more learned |
| C．more imaginative | D．more hardworking |
2． What does the underlined word “they” (paragraph 2) refer to?
carpenters who are fond of oak stairways.
carpenters who have college degrees.
people who think highly of carpenters of old.
people who think that modern material is of low quality.
3． What does the third paragraph mainly discuss?
People in the past preferred to use oak to build stairways.
It is now expensive to employ a carpenter.
Modern houses last as long as the old one.
Good carpenters still exist in modern times.
4． What would be the best title for the text?
Is Craft Dead?
Craft, Back to life?
History of craftsmanship
Carpenters Today and Yesterday
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
As we all know, people often make a living by making the most of local surroundings. A small village by the sea depended on ______ to survive. Each year the villagers had to go farther and farther from shore to catch enough fish to ______ the population.
But as the villagers went farther away, they ______ a problem. Their usual ______ was to put the fish they caught in big tanks to keep them ______ until they returned home. But the fish grew inactive in the tanks, and many ______ before the boat could reach shore again.
After much ______, one villager ______ a solution. On their next fishing trip, they caught a ______ shark and placed it in the tank along with the fish. The shark ate only a few fish, but the rest swam ______ around the tank trying to keep away from the shark—and made it to shore fresh and healthy for the villages.
Sometimes a little fear is what we need to stay active and ______. People usually lose ______ and focus when everything goes smoothly and ______ best when they have a little anxiety or fear.
A little fear can be ______. Fear can hold a lot of people back and stop them from living life to the fullest. I understand that feeling of being afraid.______ there is only one thing worse than ______, and that is being afraid to begin. There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown ______ about them.
Dale Carnegie once said, “Inaction ______ to doubt and fear. Action breeds ______ and courage. If you want to ______ fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
1.A. hunting B. farming C. fishing D. planting
2.A. expand B. protect C. feed D. attract
3.A. designed B. encountered C. explained D. answered
4.A. route B. idea C. practice D. reflection
5.A. nutritious B. precious C. fresh D. unique
6.A. fled B. died C. jumped D. recovered
7.A. thought B. fight C. quarrel D. consultation
8.A. looked for B. long for C. hit upon D. make up
9.A. fierce B. small C. big D. rare
10.A. quietly B. slowly C. happily D. wildly
11.A. strong B. cheerful C. alive D. normal
12.A. concentration B. strength C. decision D. consideration
13.A. create B. experiment C. perform D. respond
14.A. horrible B. desperate C. healthy D. ridiculous
15.A. Lastly B. Therefore C. Instead D. However
16.A. starting B. joining C. quitting D. continuing
17.A. sensitive B. hopeless C. hopeful D. optimistic
18.A. leads B. sticks C. objects D. appeals
19.A. confusion B. disappointment C. cooperation D. confidence
20.A. acquire B. limit C. advocate D. conquer
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
“We haven’t found anything that we can’t recycle!”
Cigarette ends are everywhere—littering our streets and beaches—and for decades they’ve been thought of as “unrecyclable”. But a New Jerseybased company, called TerraCycle, has taken on the challenge, and has come up with a way to recycle millions of cigarette ends and turn them into industrial plastic products. Its aim is to recycle things that people normally consider impossible to reuse.
Obviously it would be even better for the environment if everyone just stopped smoking, but the statistics show that although there has been an increase in anti-smoking ads and messaging, between 2000 and 2014, global sales of cigarettes increased by 8 percent, and a whole lot of those cigarette ends are ending up as trash. Since most of our litter eventually ends up in waterways, cigarette ends can surely pollute the surrounding environment. “It only takes a single cigarette end to pollute a liter of water,” TerraCycle founder, Tom Szaky, said. “Animals can also mistake littered cigarette ends for food.”
So how do you go about turning all those poisonous ends into something useful? TerraCycle does this by first breaking them down into separate parts. They mix the remaining materials, such as the tobacco and the paper, with other kinds of rubbish, and use it on non-agricultural land, such as golf courses. The filters (过滤嘴) are a little harder. To recycle these, TerraCycle first makes them clean and cuts them into small pieces, and then combines them with other recycled materials, making them into liquid for industrial plastic products.
They’re now also expanding their recycling offerings to the rest of the 80 percent of household waste that currently can’t be recycled, such as chocolate packaging, pens, and mobile phones. The goal is to use the latest research to find a way to stop so much waste ending up in landfill (垃圾填埋), and then get companies to provide money for the process. And so far, it’s working.
“We haven’t found anything that we can’t recycle,” communications director of Terra Cycle, Albe Zakes, said. “But with the amount and variety of packaging and litter in the world, we are always looking for new waste streams to address.”
1.What does Terra Cycle intend to do?
A. Search for recyclable materials for use.
B. Deal with as many cigarette ends as possible.
C. Produce new kinds of industrial plastic products.
D. Recycle what used to be considered unrecyclable.
2.The underlined word “trash” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.
A. rubbish B. poison
C. disaster D. ruin
3.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. The effective use of cigarette ends.
B. The process of recycling cigarette ends.
C. The difficulty in recycling cigarette ends.
D. The reason for breaking down cigarette ends.
4.What Albe said in the last paragraph implies that ______.
A. there is more and more waste to be recycled
B. it is difficult for TerraCycle to recycle everything
C. TerraCycle is trying to meet the challenge of new waste
D. TerraCycle has successfully recycled a large amount of waste
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Worry problems are everywhere in our daily life. How to solve them? The answer is that we must equip ourselves to handle different kinds of worries by learning the three basic steps of problem analysis. The three steps are：
Get the facts
Why is it so important to get the facts? Unless you have the facts, you can’t possibly attempt to solve your problem intelligently. Without the facts, all you can do is wondering around in confusion. 1. When you are worried, your emotions are riding high. But here are two ideas that can help you see the facts in a clear and objective way.
When trying to get the facts, you can pretend that you are collecting this information not for yourself but for some other person. This will help you to take a cold and fair view of the evidence. You can also pretend that you are a lawyer preparing to agree.2. You will generally find the truth lies somewhere in between.
Analyze the facts
3. And write out all the various steps you could take and then the probable consequences (后果) of each step. For example, what am I worrying about? What can I do about it? Here is what I’m going to do about it. After carefully weighing all the facts, you can calmly come to a decision.
4.
Unless you take your action, all you face—finding and analysing—is a waste of energy. How can you break the worry habit before it breaks you? Move worry out of your mind by keeping busy.5. Accept what can’t be avoided If you know a situation is beyond your power, say to yourself: “It is so; it can, t be otherwise.” Don’t permit little things to ruin your happiness. Try to develop a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness.
A. Act on that decision.
B. It is not an easy job to get facts.
C. Decide how much anxiety a thing may be worth.
D. Plenty of action is one of the best ways to cure worry.
E. There comes a time when you must decide and never look back.
F. Try to get all the facts both on your side and the other side of the case.
G. Whenever you are worried, write down the questions that make you worry.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Worry problems are everywhere in our daily life. How to solve them? The answer is that we must equip ourselves to handle different kinds of worries by learning the three basic steps of problem analysis. The three steps are:
Get the facts
Why is it so important to get the facts? Unless you have the facts, you can’t possibly attempt to solve your problem intelligently. Without the facts, all you can do is wondering around in confusion. 1.When you are worried, your emotions are riding high. But here are two ideas that can help you see the facts in a clear and objective way.
When trying to get the facts, you can pretend that you are collecting this information not for yourself but for some other person. This will help you to take a cold and fair view of the evidence. You can also pretend that you are a lawyer preparing to agree. 2.You will generally find the truth lies somewhere in between.
Analyze the facts
3.And write out all the various steps you could take and then the probable consequences(后果) of each step. For example, what am I worrying about? What can I do about it? Here is what I’m going to do about it. After carefully weighing all the facts, you can calmly come to a decision.
4.
Unless you take your action, all you face---finding and analyzing---is a waste of energy. How can you break the worry habit before it breaks you? Crowd worry out of your mind by keeping busy. 5. Accept what can’t be avoided. If you know a situation is beyond your power, say to yourself: “ It is so; it can’t be otherwise.” Don’t permit little things to ruin your happiness. Try to develop a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness.
A. Act on that decision
B. It is not an easy job to get facts.
C. Decide how much anxiety a thing may be worth
D. Plenty of action is one of the best ways to cure worry.
E. There comes a time when you must decide and never look back
F. Try to get all the facts both on your side and the other side of the case
G. Whenever you are worried, write down the questions that make you worry.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析