On the first day of class, a graduate student from Xi’an Jiaotong University reminded me that, especially in China, “There are always two sides of a coin.” Experiencing China’s May 12 earthquake while living in Xi’an, Shanxi Province just north of the earthquake’s epicenter (地震的震中) in Sichuan with our two daughters, we have indeed seen both sides of what is beginning to be called China’s 5·12 disaster coin.
On television, in newspapers and through the Internet, we learned about the extent (巨大,重要性) of the destruction, and the statistics were horrific – over 69,000 confirmed (确认) dead, some 18,000 missing and more than 374,000 injured.
When we turn off the television and discuss what we as a family have learned from the events of the last several weeks, we find ourselves marveling (觉得惊奇) at how the Chinese are confidently but quietly dealing with this unprecedented tragedy – a disaster that continues with every aftershocks, mudslide and potential flood.
It seems like every school, organization and business is raising money for Sichuan, and young people all over the country are out in the streets looking for donations or giving blood at the many mobile blood vans that are out in full force.
Those who cannot give, like the 75-year-old woman from Sichuan, are volunteering or giving in other ways. An impressive example is the Sichuan policewoman with a newborn child who was nursing many infants whose mothers were killed in the quake.
The national concern over the fate of affected children has been moving. On May 22, there were 1697 orphans, but on June 24, the number dropped to 558; and rest assured, there are more people willing to adopt than there are orphans from Sichuan.
So, while no country or person ever welcomes tragedy, especially something of this magnitude (程度), the earthquake has taught us a great deal about China’s true character and its people’s resilience (韧性). It has also reminded us that the other side of even a dark coin may hold the promise of a brighter future,
(The author is an American Professor of International Relations at Xi’an Jiaotong University.)
1.
When the 5·12 earthquake happened, the author and his family were ________.
A. in Sichuan province B. near the earthquake epicenter
C. in Xi’an Jiaotong University D. in their own country
2.
How many orphans had been adopted from Sichuan by June 24, 2008?
A. 1139 B. 1697 C. 558 D. We don’t know.
3.
The author quoted “ There are always two sides of a coin.” In the passage. Here “ two sides” refers to ________.
A. a dark side and a bright one of a coin
B. the unprecedented tragedy and China’s true character
C. the dead and the victims in the earthquake
D. the destruction and the donations
4.
Which of the following statements is NOT right according to the passage?
A. The whole world has seen all about China’s 5·12 disaster in the news media.
B. A policewoman fed her breast milk to many babies who lost their mothers.
C. Even a 75-year-old woman gave blood at the mobile blood vans.
D. The earthquake brought other natural disasters at the same time.
高二英语阅读理解简单题
On the first day of class, a graduate student from Xi’an Jiaotong University reminded me that, especially in China, “There are always two sides of a coin.” Experiencing China’s May 12 earthquake while living in Xi’an, Shanxi Province just north of the earthquake’s epicenter (地震的震中) in Sichuan with our two daughters, we have indeed seen both sides of what is beginning to be called China’s 5·12 disaster coin.
On television, in newspapers and through the Internet, we learned about the extent (巨大,重要性) of the destruction, and the statistics were horrific – over 69,000 confirmed (确认) dead, some 18,000 missing and more than 374,000 injured.
When we turn off the television and discuss what we as a family have learned from the events of the last several weeks, we find ourselves marveling (觉得惊奇) at how the Chinese are confidently but quietly dealing with this unprecedented tragedy – a disaster that continues with every aftershocks, mudslide and potential flood.
It seems like every school, organization and business is raising money for Sichuan, and young people all over the country are out in the streets looking for donations or giving blood at the many mobile blood vans that are out in full force.
Those who cannot give, like the 75-year-old woman from Sichuan, are volunteering or giving in other ways. An impressive example is the Sichuan policewoman with a newborn child who was nursing many infants whose mothers were killed in the quake.
The national concern over the fate of affected children has been moving. On May 22, there were 1697 orphans, but on June 24, the number dropped to 558; and rest assured, there are more people willing to adopt than there are orphans from Sichuan.
So, while no country or person ever welcomes tragedy, especially something of this magnitude (程度), the earthquake has taught us a great deal about China’s true character and its people’s resilience (韧性). It has also reminded us that the other side of even a dark coin may hold the promise of a brighter future,
(The author is an American Professor of International Relations at Xi’an Jiaotong University.)
1.
When the 5·12 earthquake happened, the author and his family were ________.
A. in Sichuan province B. near the earthquake epicenter
C. in Xi’an Jiaotong University D. in their own country
2.
How many orphans had been adopted from Sichuan by June 24, 2008?
A. 1139 B. 1697 C. 558 D. We don’t know.
3.
The author quoted “ There are always two sides of a coin.” In the passage. Here “ two sides” refers to ________.
A. a dark side and a bright one of a coin
B. the unprecedented tragedy and China’s true character
C. the dead and the victims in the earthquake
D. the destruction and the donations
4.
Which of the following statements is NOT right according to the passage?
A. The whole world has seen all about China’s 5·12 disaster in the news media.
B. A policewoman fed her breast milk to many babies who lost their mothers.
C. Even a 75-year-old woman gave blood at the mobile blood vans.
D. The earthquake brought other natural disasters at the same time.
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Last week, our class was 1. duty in the cafeteria for student self-management. On the first day, I 2. (shock) to see so much leftover food thrown away by students. What a waste! Being concerned about it, my classmates and I had a 3. (heat) discussion on how 4. (solve) the problem. Lots of good ideas came up, such as holding class meetings, putting up wall newspapers and charging a fine for wasting food. Finally, we all agreed that wall newspaper would be 5. (good) choice.
The next day, we put our idea into reality. Towards lunch time, we put up a wall newspaper outside the school cafeteria, 6. (call) on students not to waste food. Many students gathered around to read and 7. (express) their support. To my great delight, there were changes soon. In the cafeteria, I found the trays returned after lunch all empty 8. any leftover. Food9. (save) and the dining hall was cleaner. Seeing this, I felt relieved and proud of 10. we had done.
高二英语其他题中等难度题查看答案及解析
On the first day of class, Mr Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature (生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.
When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else’s in our class. What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn’t wait to get the answer.
Very simple, Mr Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?
We should have guessed it out, Mr Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat’s), hadn’t he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct.
1.We failed in the test because we didn’t .
A. think carefully
B. show interest in what Mr Whiteson said
C. listen to the teacher carefully
D. take notes while listening
2.We got angry because .
A. Mr Whiteson didn’t tell us the truth about cattytiger
B. there was no cattytiger
C. we didn’t know why he played the joke on us
D. we failed in the test
3.Mr Whiteson gave us a special lesson .
A. to show his special way of teaching
B. to help us learn our lessons better
C. to play a joke on us
D. so that we would no longer believe him
4.Mr Whiteson meant that .
A. teachers couldn’t make any mistakes
B. textbooks might be wrong sometimes
C. we shouldn’t believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies
D. we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
On the first day of class, Mr. Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.
When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else's in our class.
What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn't wait to get the answer.
Very simple, Mr. Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?
We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat's), hadn't he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct.
1.We failed in the test because we didn't ______.
A. take notes while listening
B. show interest in what Mr. Whiteson said
C. listen to the teacher carefully
D. think carefully
2.We got angry because ______.
A. Mr. Whiteson didn't tell us the truth about cattytiger
B. we failed in the test
C. we didn't know why he played the joke on us
D. there was no cattytiger
3.We didn't find out it was a lie for ______.
A. we simply believed our teacher very much
B. we took notes carelessly
C. we hadn't watched the skull carefully enough
D. Mr. Whiteson spoke too fast
4.Mr. Whiteson meant that ______.
A. teachers couldn't make any mistakes
B. textbooks might be wrong sometimes
C. we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong
D. we shouldn't believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
On the first day of school I brought my camera to school. I gave the students a piece of 8 ×11 cardboard(纸板), and asked them to write their names on both sides. As they finished, I asked them to get into groups of three to four students and took photographs of them holding their name cards.
After school, I developed the film and printed two sets of photos. That evening, I started to match the names with the faces. I kept one set of pictures at home for about a week so that I could review their names each night. On the second day of school, I put up the other set of photos as a bulletin board, with a title such as "Presenting Room 108, ..."
The kids loved it! After I had learned all of their names I brought the second set back to school and stuck them onto an 8 ×11 sheet of paper. I placed it in the classroom for other teachers.
The cardboard name cards that were made on the first day were collected and put on a shelf. From time to time, they were given back to the students and placed on their desks so that guests or supply teachers could identify all of the students.
I’ve been doing this with my grade 7 students for the last nine years and they liked it. It’s fun to bring the photos out again at the end of the school year to see how much they have all changed in ten months.
1.The cardboards were used to ________.
A. play some kind of game
B. decorate the classroom
C. identify the students
D. print the photos on
2.The writer of the passage might be a ________.
A. head teacher B. monitor
C. photographer D. supply teacher
3.Why did the writer leave the second set of the photos at home?
A. To memorize the students’ names at home.
B. To make cardboard name cards for supply teachers.
C. To make a bulletin board in the classroom.
D. To match the students’ names with their faces
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The students didn’t have to use the cardboard name cards to identify each other.
B. Other teachers couldn’t identify the students without the cardboard name cards.
C. The writer kept the cardboard name cards as a souvenir for nine years.
D. The guests will know the students’ names by reading the cardboard name cards.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
In Washington, DC, only 69 percent of public school students graduate from high school on time. Many factors influence that low rate. One of the most important ones is whether the people around the students expect them to succeed.
So, for the past 40 years, a DC organisation has stepped in to give around 10,000 students the support and positive environment they need to thrive (茁壮成长). This organisation, called Higher Achievement, provides students with a welcoming space, help with class work, and caring teachers. More than 95 percent of students who complete Higher Achievement graduate from high school on time.
Katherine Roboff is the group’s executive director in the DC area. She gives several reasons for the group’s success. One is timing. Higher Achievement does not work with students who are already in high school. It works with students in middle school. They start High Achievement at fifth or sixth grade—in the US, that is usually age 11 or 12.
Roboff says research shows that if students are doing well academically in eighth grade—around age 13—they will have a greater chance of graduating from high school and going to college. In other words, what happens in middle school has a huge impact. The years between ages 10 and 13 may affect a student’s future more than anything that happens academically in high school.
Roboff explains that students participate in Higher Achievement after school and during the summer, when public schools take a break of about two months. High Achievement students do homework, have community meetings, and work one-on-one with a mentor (导师).
“The purpose of the programme is to help them use those after school and summer hours to become better prepared academically and to develop their leadership skills and confidence so that by the time they get into eighth grade they are ready to get into some of the top high school.”
1.A little more than 30% of public school students in the US ______.
A. drop out of school
B. work hard at their lessons
C. can’t finish school on time
D. are expected to graduate from high school
2.What can we infer from the second paragraph?
A. Higher Achievement is a great success.
B. Higher Achievement works with college students.
C. Many students have doubts about the organisation.
D. Higher Achievement has spread throughout the US.
3.If students are doing well academically in eighth grade, ______.
A. they are certain to go to college
B. they are to succeed when they grow up
C. they don’t need any help in their studies
D. they are more likely to finish high school on time
4.What is the main aim of Higher Achievement?
A. To offer students advice.
B. To help student get into top schools.
C. To teach students how to behave at school.
D. To provide students with different activities.
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
On my first day of high school, I asked an eleventh-grader where my class was. And he told me it was “on the fourth floor, next to the pool.” I found out five minutes later that we don’t even have a fourth floor and there’s no pool either! Besides that, I didn’t have any trouble with the older kid.
I think the biggest difference between middle and high school is the homework load (工作量) and size of the school. I went from maybe fifteen minutes of homework a night to several hours, so I had to learn how to make full use of time! Our class size is around 550, but joining in clubs, sports, music, and other activities at school makes it easier to get to know people in every grade.
The best advice I can give about the years you spend in high school is to learn things for yourself, not just to get a good grade. There have been so many tests that I’ve prepared for the night before, gotten an A, and not remembered anything later. I’ve changed that this year, and I enjoy school so much more. Don’t take easy classes just to have a simple year. If you have a choice between chemistry and sports, the first will prove to be a lot more useful!
While drinking and smoking might be present in some middle schools, they’re also around in high school. I have a lot of friends who promised they’d never drink or smoke, but are now partying every weekend. If you have “fun”and spend your nights wasted instead of studying, you will regret it when you’re applying for (申请) college. The “friends” who say you’re a loser for not partying are really not your friends at all. It’s hard to see your closest friends grow apart and go in different directions, but don’t follow their footsteps. Create your own path in life and make your own decisions.
1. What happened to the author on his first day of high school?
A. He had a fight with an eleventh-grader.
B. He fell into a pool on the fourth floor.
C. He was five minutes late for class.
D. He was fooled by a schoolboy.
2.The author advises high school students to _____.
A. choose useful classes
B.give up sports
C. try their best to get good grades
D. get ready for tests the night before
3. The last paragraph mainly tells us _____.
A. not to lose ourselves in high school
B. about the importance of making friends
C. not to go to any party in high school
D.about the trouble caused by drinking and smoking
D. Different views on the topic are presented.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Last week, it was on duty 1. our class was in cafeteria for self-management. On the first day, I 2. (shock) to see so much leftover food thrown away by students. What a waste! Concerned about it, my classmates and I had a 3. discussion on how 4. (solve) the problem. Lots of good ideas came up, such as holding class meetings, putting up wall newspapers and charging a fine for wasting food. Finally we all agreed that wall newspapers would be 5. (good ) choice.
The next day, we put our idea into reality. Towards lunch time, we put up a wall newspaper outside the school cafeteria, 6. (call) on students not to waste food. Many students gathered around to read and expressed their support. To my great delight, there were changes soon. In the cafeteria, I found the trays 7. (return) after lunch all empty 8. any leftover. Food was saved and the dining hall was cleaner. 9. ( see )this, I felt relieved and took pride in 10. we had done.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
In his first class, the Chinese teacher tried to ________ to the students that reading is one of life’s greatest pleasures.
A.convey B.educate C.load D.convince
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
On the day of college graduation, I told my friends and family the news:I was leaving the country I had lived in since childhood. “I just need a change,”I told them, but there was more. I was running from heartbreak. My relationship with the United States is the toughest one I have ever had, as a country I loved and believed in did not love me back.
Back in the 90’s, my mother brought me from our home in the Caribbean islands to the U.S.when I was 4 years old. She worked as a live-in nanny(保姆)for two years, playing mommy for white kids whose parents had better things to do. She didn’t believe that nanny meant maid, and did whatever was asked of her. She was thirsty to embrace her American dream, hoping that her children would be educated and she might have nannies of her own.
Those were our path to get a “good education.”When the neighborhoods with quality schools became too expensive for my mom to afford as a single parent, we went across the United States with Great Schools. net as our compass: New Jersey, elementary school; Texas, middle school; Florida, high school; New York City, private university
For a long time I survived by covering myself in all kinds of labels so that people would ignore the color of my skin, yet I existed on the edge of ugly, ignorant and uncultured. “Black people don’t really know how to swim, “a white lady told me when I worked as a swim instructor at my neighborhood’s pool. “The black children don’t like to read very much, “I overheard one librarian discussing with another while l sat down reading a book a couple feet away.
I was never able to make America my home. When I stripped myself of the labels painfully one by one, beneath them there is a wounded colored woman who refuses to be faceless anymore. My face may be disgusting to some since it bears proof that race continues to be a problem. My hope is that it will force Americans to re-examine their “post-racial” beliefs.
1.What was the real reason that made the author leave the United States?
A. It couldn’t provide her with good education.
B. She just needed a challenge in her way of life.
C. The way she was treated there broke her heart.
D. She was tired of living in a strange country.
2.What can we infer about the author’s mother from Paragraphs 2 and 3 ?
A. She sacrificed a lot to live a better life in America.
B. She was quite content to work as a live-in nanny.
C. She was particular about the schools her daughter attended.
D. She liked visiting all kinds of schools with the author.
3.The author gives two examples in Paragraph 4 to show that_____ .
A. how ignorant and uncultured many people are in US
B. she needed to cover herself in all kinds of labels
C. the race problem is still serious in the United States
D. black children often have no interest in reading books
4.The author’s attitude towards the United States on race problem is_____ .
A. supportive
B. positive
C. neutral
D. negative
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析