Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I hardly went to bed before midnight, and I would always get up late the next morning.
But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser. But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep. Eventually some sleep research showed that my strategy was wrong.
The most common wrong strategy is this: supposing you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.
There are two main schools (流派) of thought on sleep patterns. One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day. The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up. However, I have found both are wrong if you care about productivity. If you sleep at fixed hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough. You’re wasting time lying in bed awake.
My solution is to combine both methods. I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time. So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5 a.m.), but I go to bed at different times every night.
However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways. If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.
1.According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ________.
A．people who stay up until the next morning
B．people who get up early in the morning
C．people who feel sleepy in the morning
D．people whose productivity is the lowest in the morning
2.Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?
A．Because he / she wanted to have more sleep time.
B．Because he / she wanted to do morning exercise.
C．Because he / she wanted to test which school is better.
D．Because he / she found that the productivity was higher.
3.The author experienced all the following EXCEPT ________.
A．going to bed after midnight
B．asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits
C．getting up early occasionally
D．pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping
4.What’s the author’s sleep pattern?
A．Going to bed early and getting up early.
B．Going to bed late and getting up late.
C．Going to bed when sleepy and getting up at a fixed early time.
D．Going to bed early and getting up late.
5.The passage is mainly about ________.
A．main schools of thought on sleep patterns B．how to have a good sleep
C．wrong strategies for getting up early D．how to become an early riser
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I hardly went to bed before midnight, and I would always get up late the next morning.
But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser. But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep. Eventually some sleep research showed that my strategy was wrong.
The most common wrong strategy is this: supposing you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.
There are two main schools (流派) of thought on sleep patterns. One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day. The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up. However, I have found both are wrong if you care about productivity. If you sleep at fixed hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough. You’re wasting time lying in bed awake.
My solution is to combine both methods. I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time. So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5 a.m.), but I go to bed at different times every night.
However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways. If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.
1.According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ________.
A．people who stay up until the next morning
B．people who get up early in the morning
C．people who feel sleepy in the morning
D．people whose productivity is the lowest in the morning
2.Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?
A．Because he / she wanted to have more sleep time.
B．Because he / she wanted to do morning exercise.
C．Because he / she wanted to test which school is better.
D．Because he / she found that the productivity was higher.
3.The author experienced all the following EXCEPT ________.
A．going to bed after midnight
B．asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits
C．getting up early occasionally
D．pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping
4.What’s the author’s sleep pattern?
A．Going to bed early and getting up early.
B．Going to bed late and getting up late.
C．Going to bed when sleepy and getting up at a fixed early time.
D．Going to bed early and getting up late.
5.The passage is mainly about ________.
A．main schools of thought on sleep patterns B．how to have a good sleep
C．wrong strategies for getting up early D．how to become an early riser
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I hardly went to bed before midnight, and I would always get up late the next morning.
But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early. On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity (效率) was always higher. So I set out to become a habitual early riser. But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep. Eventually some sleep research showed that my strategy was wrong.
The most common wrong strategy is this: supposing you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.
There are two main schools (流派) of thought on sleep patterns. One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day. The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up. However, I have found both are wrong if you care about productivity. If you sleep at fixed hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough. You’re wasting time lying in bed awake.
My solution is to combine both methods. I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time. So I always get up at the same time (in my case 5 a.m.), but I go to bed at different times every night.
However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning are my ways. If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.
1.According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ________.
A. people who stay up until the next morning
B. people who get up early in the morning
C. people who feel sleepy in the morning
D. people whose productivity is the lowest in the morning
2.Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?
A. Because he / she wanted to have more sleep time.
B. Because he / she wanted to do morning exercise.
C. Because he / she wanted to test which school is better?
D. Because he / she found that the productivity was higher.
3.The author experienced all the following EXCEPT ________.
A. going to bed after midnight
B. asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits
C. getting up early occasionally
D. pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping
4.What’s the author’s sleep pattern?
A. Going to bed early and getting up early.
B. Going to bed late and getting up late.
C. Going to bed when sleepy and getting up at a fixed early time.
D. Going to bed early and getting up late.
5.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. main schools of thought on sleep patterns
B. how to have a good sleep
C. wrong strategies for getting up early
D. how to become an early riser
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
----- Believe it or not, my sister and I are twins.
----Oh, you must have had the case ________ you were taken for your sister.
A. which B. whose C. where D. whom
高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
— Believe it or not, my sister and I are twins.
— Oh, you must have had the case _________ you were taken for your sister.
A. which B. whose C. where D. when
高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Born and raised in a digital age, today’s young people are generally tech savvy (技术娴熟的). But when it comes to basic life skills, they’re less capable than the older generation.
According to a recent study, 69 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds in the UK have no idea how to bleed a radiator(暖气片换水). About 35 percent of them don’t know how to sew on a button, while about 11 percent don’t understand how to change a light bulb or iron clothes.
It appears young people are losing the skills older generations took for granted. In fact, the problem is shared by young people in the United States. According to a report by Forbes in 2014, most millennial (千禧一代) drivers don’t know how to check their tire pressure. Cooking is another basic life skill that has been dropped, as millennials are much more likely to order food deliveries than previous generations.
Technology may be to blame for this generational gap. Skills at using phones and computers are the ones valued these days, and the practical skills are now seen as functions that can be easily outsourced (外包). Indeed, improvements in technology have made young people unfamiliar with many basic life skills. For example, with GPS always at hand, young people have had no need to learn how to read physical maps.
However, this change has raised concerns among many people. “If you have your master’s degree and you can’t live within your means or go home from your job and feed yourself a nutritious (有营养的) meal, you’re not a complete graduate,” Chris Moore, a professor from Brigham Young University, US, told HuffPost.
That’s why there’s an increasing call for the return of “home ec” in the US, short for home economics, which teaches basic life skills like cooking and how to do laundry. It was very popular in the early 20th century, but was later taken out of schools and universities because of budget(预算) cuts. But recently, home ec was reintroduced in a small number of schools and universities.
“The educational system would work better if every academic class had a practical course that applied the theory to do something regular people do in real life,” Robert Frost, instructor and flight controller at NASA, wrote on Quora, according to Huffpost.
1.Compared with previous generations, today’s young people are ________.
A. more capable in practical skills.
B. more capable in technological skills.
C. take changing light bulls and sewing for granted.
D. less likely to order food deliveries.
2.What is the reason for the gap between the present generation and previous ones?
A. Today’s young people are lazy.
B. Today’s young people are spoiled by their parents.
C. The economic situation of the past was worse than the present one.
D. Improvement in technology is to blame for it.
3.What can we conclude from the last three paragraphs?
A. The educational system would work better if practical courses are included in academic classes.
B. The change caused by improvements of technology raised many problems among people.
C. Home economics has returned in large scale.
D. Home economics teaches basic home technological skills.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. The improvements of technology.
B. Differences between the present and previous generations.
C. Young people’s lack of basic home skills.
D. The meaning and function of home economics.
高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析
Born blind is tough in any case. But things were even harder for Srikanth Bolla who was born in a small village in India, where the common belief was that kids with disabilities were “of no use” and therefore, better off dead. Fortunately, Srikanth’s parents loved their son and refused to give him up. Instead, they encouraged the blind boy to dream big and reach for the star.
Srikanth did not disappoint his parents. The now twenty-four-year-old is the founder CEO of Bollant Industries.
Of course, getting here was not easy. Being both blind and poor meant that Srikanth had to face hard challenges. As a young boy, Srikanth attended a regular school near his home. Unfortunately, the students and teachers didn’t quite like him because of his disability. As a result, the young boy was largely ignored and often spent the entire day alone.
Concerned this would hold back Srikanth’ s development, his family decided to send him to a special school in Hyderabad. Sure enough, the young boy soon rose to the top of his class, earning awards in speech and debate competitions. But Srikanth was prevented from studying sciences when he reached 10th grade, because it was thought too “dangerous” for a blind student. Not wanting to give up, Srikanth took legal action and became the first blind student in the country allowed to study sciences.
Late, after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Srikanth set up Bollant Industries in 2012.For just four years, it has become a powerhouse with over 450 employees,70% of whom are physically challenged.
Being disabled doesn’ t mean being unable. “If the world looks at me and says, ‘Srikanth, you can do nothing,’ I will look back at the world and say I can do anything.” the young man says.
1.Why was Srikanth sent to a special school?
A.His parents became richer than before.
B.He could be treated equally there.
C.This school was free for disabled students.
D.He was sent away by the regular school.
2.What can we know about Srikanth from the text?
A.He was born in a poor village.
B.He cared about disabled people.
C.His parents were strict with him in his study.
D.He was loved by the villagers when he was young.
3.What words can best describe Srikanth?
A.Intelligent and determined.
B.Active and honest.
C.Patient and careful.
D.Kind but stubborn.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Chances Are Everywhere
B.No Challenges, No Success
C.Big Dream Makes a Difference
D.Disability Doesn’t Mean Being Unable
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
A recently study found people’s lives are made shorter in North China. It is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there. Researchers think that the heavy air pollution in China should be to blame(承担责任). It’s really the truth. Our government has already done something. However, it doesn’t seem to work so well.
“Air pollution in China is doing harm to people’s health. The harm is much more serious than we can imagine,” said Chen Yuyu of Beijing University, one of researchers of this study.
Dirty air brings serious problems in North China. In January this year, the air pollution was worse than that in other places. That was caused by rising temperature and waste gas(废气) from coal heating.
Chinese government should strongly fight against air pollution. They should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. People should be encouraged to take buses, ride bicycles or walk, instead of driving cars. The factories that pollute heavily should be closed.
“We need to improve our environment, although it might be expensive. Protecting our environment means protecting ourselves,” Li Hongbin, another researcher of the study said.
1. The passage above may come from a(n) ?
A. story B. advertisement
C. report D. diary
2. Which of the following is Li Hongbin’s idea?
A. The life expectancy had been cut by 5.5 years.
B. Chinese government should close some factories that pollute heavily.
C. People need to make pollution less, although it might cost a lot.
D. The air problem brings us serious problems.
3. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Air pollution in North China is caused by waste gas.
B. To save the environment, our government should do something more.
C. The temperature becomes higher and higher in North China.
D. How air pollution in North China is caused.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Every morning, when I'm on my way to work, I see people who are homeless, sleeping in doorways and on sidewalks. They're clearly in____of help. I feel very sad to____this, and most people walk by,____they don't exist and don't offer any help at all, not____a word.
Recently, it has been extremely____in Vancouver, Canada, which makes things very_ ______for the homeless.
I usually arrive at my____around 8 am. Those homeless people in the area are trying to____in cold weather, so sometimes I'm not sure whether it's a good idea to leave something for them while sleeping, as it may get____.
Today, I____someone, who seemed to be homeless, sitting on the sidewalk, wake. I had a little bit of time ____ I started work, so I rushed out across the____to ask if I could get anything for him to drink or eat. He didn't want a coffee or warm drink, _____a soft drink, a Cola, so I went and got this for him, along with a banana.
Then I went back to my office across the street to____a bag that I packed with items like a hat, a toothbrush, snacks, hand warmers and so on. I had been planning to give the_____someone in need.I____back outside to give it to the stranger, who was very______.
Society may feel______with homeless people, but we must remember that they're just like us, human beings, who are just down on their luck for certain______.It could be your father, mother, brother, sister or friend. If we______to help someone in need, we can truly make our world better.
1.A. place B. need C. memory D. praise
2.A. see B. expect C. hear D. understand
3.A. telling B. guessing C. pretending D. promising
4.A. still B. only C. just D. even
5.A. hot B. cold C. cool D. warm
6.A. weak B. obvious C. easy D. tough
7.A. shop B. home C. office D. school
8.A. sleep B. stand C. wake D. sit
9.A. trapped B. stolen C. sought D. paid
10.A. spotted B. missed C. consulted D. realized
11.A. if B. after C. before D. though
12.A. bridge B. market C. door D. street
13.A. but B. or C. and D. so
14.A. wipe B. buy C. get D. collect
15.A. banana B. bag C. hat D. snack
16.A. looked B. called C. held D. hurried
17.A. puzzled B. grateful C. angry D. sad
18.A. pleased B. dishonest C. uncomfortable D. helpful
19.A. reasons B. purposes C. illnesses D. benefits
20.A. turn out B. look out C. give out D. reach out
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
As is often the case, when people are attending to meetings, having meals or waiting for buses, you can always find them addicting to their phones, completely ignoring others.
This is really a common phenomena in our life. The reason is why smart phones nowadays can be used for people to play mobile games and kept in touch with friends through QQ and WeChat. Therefore, too much exposure to phones are bad for people in terms of health. Moreover, people involved in phones fail to communicate well with these around them.
As far as I am concerned, people should wisely make use of their phones to help their work and study. Meanwhile, care much about their family and friends rather than mobile phones.
高二英语短文改错困难题查看答案及解析
It was Thanksgiving morning and in the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together. “Any old papers, lady?” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread with jam to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich?”
I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” Her voice was hungry with a need that no amount of food could supply. They left after that, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn’t said “Thank you.” They didn’t need to. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.
I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.
1.Two children came to the writer’s front door because _________________.
A．it was Thanksgiving Day B．they were beggars
C．they wanted old papers D．they wanted a cup of cocoa
2.Why did the writer let the children in?
A．She showed great pity on them
B．She had old papers to sell
C．She wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving feast
D．She wanted them to see how rich she was
3.The girl thought the writer was rich perhaps because ________________.
A．she saw that the lady’s room was comfortable
B．she saw the cups matched the saucers
C．the writer’s slipcovers were very new
D．the writer was preparing a big meal while she was too hungry.
4.From the passage, we can infer that whether you are rich depends on ________.
A．how much money you have had
B．how you feel about your life
C．how you have helped others
D．what job your husband is doing
5.The writer left the muddy prints of small sandals on the floor for a while to ____________.
A．show her husband that someone had come
B．remind her that she had helped two children
C．remind her that she was very rich in the neighborhood
D．remind her how life should be
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析