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Recently, Whitewater Middle School students in the US looked at 200 pounds (90.7 kg) of food. Their classmates threw it away after a meal in the cafeteria. They found the remains of pizzas. They saw untouched green salads and pieces of bread bitten only once. It was，they said, both disgusting and educational.
"You don't realize how much food waste you're making till you see it," said student Cody Gist.
To deal with this problem, Whitewater added environmental science as a school-wide program this year. Teachers are guiding their students through research on the ways food is linked to environment, poverty, and people's health.
The school changed to compostable (可用作堆肥的)paper trays (托盘)as well. Working with Every Tray Counts, a US nonprofit group, the school hopes for a change from disposable trays to compostable paper trays.
This isn't just an exercise at school. Whitewater is joining a network of schools, businesses and neighborhoods. They try to make composting as mainstream as recycling.
"The larger issue is protection of landfill (垃圾填埋场)space," said Laurette Hall, an environmental management official. The area has enough space to last for maybe 25 more years, she said. That isn't as much as it sounds in such a rapidly growing area.
Principal Beth Thompson said students advise each other on new ways to deal with trash.
"Students understand why it matters so not one student refused to do extra work when throwing away their waste," Thompson said.
Whitewater teachers make sure students know how their own eating habits are part of bigger problems. In environmental literature class, students read books such as Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.
Mollie Lyman works with several language arts classrooms. Their classes discuss such issues as how poor neighborhoods often have less access (使用权)to healthy food.
Lyman says she wants students to ask some basic questions: "What do we eat? What do we waste?”
1.Why did Whitewater Middle School students look at the food?
A.To prepare students for the environmental science course.
B.To find out the calories of different kinds of food.
C.To see how food was connected with other problems.
D.To check what foods were most popular among students.
2.What measures did Whitewater Middle School take?
① Introducing a new course about the environment.
② Using compostable paper trays in the cafeteria.
③ Setting up a group called Every Tray Counts.
④ Joining others to make composting common.
A.①②④ B.①②③ C.①③④ D.②③④
3.What did Laurette Hall worry about?
A.People don't want to protect landfill space.
B.Students don't know how to recycle trash.
C.There won't be enough landfill space in the future.
D.Students don't understand the waste problem.
4.What is the purpose of the article?
A.To tell readers how important it is to save food.
B.To share how a US school is making an effort for the environment.
C.To encourage schools to have environmental protection classes.
D.To call on students to care about poor people.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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What is the hottest topic at your school recently? In Taiyuan No. 55 Middle School, it’s money.
The school held an activity called “making money” last weekend. About 200 Junior 1 and Junior 2 students were divided into 30 teams. They went out to make money by selling things.
What did they choose to sell? Some sold newspapers; some chose bottled water; some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags and bamboo baskets.
Hu Qi
ng’s team decided to sell some useful books in front of the Children Activity Center. They thought parents would like to buy the books for their children. But unfortunately, they met urban management officers (城管). The officers asked them to leave. “We played hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) with the officers for the whole morning” said Hu. “Finally we had to give up.”Wang Bing and her team sold ice cream in a square. They didn’t meet any officers. But few people were interested in what they were selling. The team then put up a board saying “For Country Kids”. It worked. More people came to their stall (小摊). A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan. “He didn’t want any change. He said he wanted to help the children,” said Wang. “We were touched.” Later that day they gave the 100 yuan and more to the “Project Hope” office.
MengZhaoxiang and his team were luckier. They sold all their cakes in four hours, spending 39.5 yuan and getting back 80 yuan. They made 40.5 yuan. “It was not easy to make the money,” said Meng. “Some people just looked. Others just tasted but didn’t buy. Now I know how hard it is for our parents to make the money we need to lead happy lives.”
1.______ took part in the activity.
A. Some teachers
B. About 200 of Junior 1 and Junior 2 students
C. About 200 students of the three grades
D.About200 Junior 1 students
2.Hu Qing’s team finally gave up because ______.
A. the parents didn’t like to buy the books
B. the Children Activity Center was too crowded
C. the officers didn’t allow them to sell anything there
D. the team played the game of the hide-and-seek the whole morning
3.Why did more people come to Wang Bing’s stall at last?
A. The people were willing to help country kids.
B. A foreigner came up and helped them.
C. The team put up a magic board.
D. The people were interested in their ice cream.
4.According to the passage the students learn ______.
A. it’s impossible for them to make money
B. it’s very important for them to make a living
C. it’s not easy for their parents to make money
D. it’s difficult for them to make money.
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
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Dear Editor,
I'm a middle school student name Li Ming. I'm writing to tell you something. Recently I noticed many of my classmates often go to the cyber cafe near our school. I went there too in the other day. I was surprising to see many students playing computer games, watching films or chat. Some students were even talking about love affairs online. On my opinion, cyber cafes should be a place which we can find much useful information. The Internet should be a window to the outside world rather than place for games. The Internet is good if we make good use of him. Otherwise, it will give us great harm. So the local government should take measure to make sure that students use cyber cafes positively.
高二英语短文改错中等难度题查看答案及解析
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New rules and behavior standards（行为规范）for middle school students came out in March. 1. The best students won't only have high marks. They will also be kids who don't dye（染）their hair，smoke or drink. The following are some of the new rules.
Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else’ work in an exam? Don’t do it again! 2. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room，don't tell your parents you have done homework.
Do more at school. Good students are kind to other people and love animals. April is a bird loving month in China．Is your school doing anything to celebrate? You should join! That way，you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. When mote people work together，it makes it more fun for everyone. Have you ever quarreled with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. 3.
Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Maybe we will discover Earth Ⅱsome day. 4. Everyone's ideas are important. You should welcome them，because new ideas make life better for everyone.
Protect yourself. Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates? Don't let it happen to you. If you have to go home late，you should take care of yourself and let your parents know.
Use the internet carefully. 5. But something on the internet isn't good for kids，so try to look at Web pages that are good sites for children. Here are some：http：//kiks.Dastday.com；http：//www. chinakids.net.com
A．Middle School is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are．
B．Try to think of others，not only yourself．
C．That's not what an honest student should do．
D．The internet can be useful for your studies．
E．The Internet is not helpful for you.
F．The students are getting on very well with each other.
G．Don't look down on new ideas．
高二英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Three students ______ Wenzhou Middle School took part in the Oral English Competition.
A．represent
B．are representing
C．representing
D．represented
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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The student, ________ in Jinshan Middle School for 3 years, was admitted into Qinghua University.
A．to study B．studying C．to have studied D．having studied
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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The new building in our school is for us students. In spite of the noise most of the day, we still feel very happy.
A. built B. has been built C. being built D. to be built
高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
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Most middle school students find it boring to learn math. But students in Yet Sen Middle School in New York, US, don’t think so. Why? Because they are in the school of One Program, which asks students to work on their own or in small groups on computers to have math lessons.
“The program gives the students a new learning style. No traditional classroom can compare with it. We give each lesson according to the students’ interest and their strong and weak points, ”said Joel. Klein, the school’s headteacher, “We’re looking for a new way that interests students. ”
Students enjoy these math lessons, especially lessons with video games. They must find out the answers to math problems to get through the game. One such game is Dimension M. As students move through mazes(迷宫)with their keyboards, some questions come up.
Caleb Deng had to answer the question: What is 5+(6×3)? He calculated on paper quickly because there was just a minute left to play.
“I was right, ”said Deng, 14, as he ended the game with a high score(高分). “This really makes math lessons more exciting, since we are fighting to learn better. ”
1.Students in Yet Sen Middle School like math because .
A. they work in large groups
B. they can work on computer
C. the teachers are interesting
D. math questions are easy there
2.Which is NOT true of the program?
A. It is very successful.
B. It is boring to most students.
C. It makes learning math more interesting.
D. It gives the students a new way to learn.
3.The underlined word“calculated”in Paragraph 4 most probably means .
A. worked out B. wrote down
C. threw away D. gave up
4.Caleb Deng’s story serves as an example to show .
A. how students work in small groups
B. how to end a game with a high score
C. how the question 5+(6×3)should be solved
D. how students learn math through video games
5.This article is mainly about .
A. how to learn math well
B. an interesting math lesson
C. a new way to learn math
D. kids in Yet Sen Middle School
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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The students ________ from the whole class are expected to bring us honor in this school sport meeting.
A. selecting B. selected
C. to select D. having selected
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Moksh Jawa, 16, a student at Washington High School in the US, has already become a legend(传奇) among students. “Why not?” might be his favorite question to ask.
As a seventh-grader, he taught himself coding(编程) by studying on the Internet.
As a high school freshman, he passed the AP Computer Science A exam with a 5, the highest score possible.
As a sophomore (高中二年级学生), he developed his own online course and helped his classmates get through it because his high school didn't teach coding.
Everything he did came from his own interest. His father sent him a link to Codeacademy, an online coding training program, in middle school. He learned a programming(编程) language all by himself after signing up to the website.
“I just fell in love with computer science,” Jawa said. Along the way, he lit a fire of curiosity and passion among classmates to learn coding too.
“All of my friends, especially the girls, were really, really afraid of computer science,” he said. But the subject and exam weren't things to be feared, he said, “Computer science is all about logic(逻辑), not about how smart you are. ”
To make his knowledge available online, Jawa set about creating his own online course, with easy-to-follow lessons. He included quizzes and tests too.
The course has so far attracted 3, 200 students across the US and in 120 countries and regions, including China, Ukraine and Algeria. It shows, Jawa said, the huge need for coding lessons.
When video lecturing, “I deliver it like I'm talking from one high school student to another .” Jawa said.“ It's always great to make it as clear and fun as possible, and to try to keep my voice as energetic as possible. ”
He also does that, when teaching members of the computer science club he founded at his high school.
“His tutorials(辅导) were great, ”said Taj Shaik, the club's co-president, who took the whole course last year. “I'm definitely one of the early adopters(使用者) of Moksh. ”
“He's pretty amazing, ”said Bob Moran, principal of Washington High School, who saw him lead the club. “He was just a fantastic teacher—clear, organized and entertaining. When a student got the right answer, he would throw him a candy. ”
1.Which of the following probably made Moksh Jawa a legend among students?
A.He created his own online coding course.
B.He welcomes any kind of challenge by asking, “Why not?”
C.He learned an intermediate programming language.
D.He earns a lot of money by coding for companies.
2.Which of the following would Jawa probably agree with?
A.You have to be smart to learn computer science well.
B.Interest is the most important when learning coding.
C.Computer science is not difficult to learn.
D.Coding is useful and everyone should know it.
3.According to the article, when teaching, Jawa ______.
A.is patient but strict with his students
B.likes to do things in a fixed order
C.usually applies unusual teaching methods
D.tries to make his classes simple yet interesting
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
ng’s team decided to sell some useful books in front of the Children Activity Center. They thought parents would like to buy the books for their children. But unfortunately, they met urban management officers (城管). The officers asked them to leave. “We played hide-and-seek (捉迷藏) with the officers for the whole morning” said Hu. “Finally we had to give up.”