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Way of Life for Students

The Internet is way of life for US college students, with research showing them to be one of the most connected groups.

A recent study by Harris Interactive and 360 Youth found that 93 percent of American college students visit the Internet, and this market is expected to grow from 15.2 million in 2003 to 16.4 million in 2007. That is slow but could be the result of the already high number of college Internet users.

About 88 percent of American college students own a computer, and more than half have broadband(宽带)connections. Furthermore, 67 percent own cell phones and 36 percent use their mobile devices to visit the Internet. Study findings are that 42 percent go online mainly to communicate socially, and 72 percent of college students check emails at least once a day, with 66 percent using at least two email addresses.

The most popular online social activity is forwarding messages to friends or family, with 37 percent of college students saying they do so. The study also looked beyond the Internet surfing(冲浪)habits and into the buying habits of this group, and found them responsible for more than US $ 210 billion in sales last year alone.

College students have learned how to spend their money, with 93 percent saying low prices were important when shopping.

The study also showed that 65 percent make loan(贷款)payments; 41 percent of freshmen have a credit card; and 79 percent of seniors have a credit card. A significant number of charges on these credit cards are likely to be for entertainment and leisure expenses.

1.College students in the US, as this passage shows,______.

A. waste much time visiting the Internet

B. lead an exciting life by using the Internet

C. don’t have to learn their lessons in their classrooms

D. spend too much time, in the opinion of the writer, visiting the Internet

2.To communicate with friends, nearly half of the college students use________.

A. letters　　 B. telephones

C. text messages on mobile phones　　 D. emails

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

For many people，volunteering is a way of life. Holidays are the time of the year that more people are in a giving mood. Homeless shelters，children’s hospitals，and nursing homes are excellent places to give of one’s time.

Volunteering in Homeless Shelters

There is a homeless directory online that anyone can easily access to find the closest homeless shelter to their home. According to the homeless shelter directory，currently there are 3,233 shelters in the US，so it is not difficult to find a shelter. Helping to serve food，picking up donations of food，preparing meals，and cleaning up are things that one can do to help at a homeless shelter.

Volunteering in Children’s Hospitals

Every child needs comfort and joy，especially during the holiday seasons. By visiting sick children in hospitals，an individual provides helping hands by supplementing the services usually done by the hospital staff. Personalizing the hospital experience adds to the comfort and happiness of the children and their families. Volunteers provide help，and positive interactions (相互交流) which enhance the patient’s quality of care. Help is needed almost everywhere in a hospital；from the lobby，parking lot，cafeteria，to admitting，helping with the gift cart，and even reading to children in the waiting rooms or their hospital rooms.

Volunteering in Nursing Homes

According to the National Center for Health Statistics，“Over 50% of those living in nursing homes do not have close relatives and 46% have no living children.”　 Life in a nursing home is lonely，confusing，and frightening for many residents. Volunteering at a nursing home is a great opportunity to make a difference in someone else’s life. Playing cards，sitting with and talking to a resident，taking a walk，or sharing a meal makes a huge difference，especially when they have no other sole on earth to visit them.

The three examples above are only a small fraction of institutions in which volunteers are needed. Giving of oneself，especially during the holidays blesses and cheers others.

1.According to the passage，what can a volunteer do in nursing homes?

A. Visiting the sick children.

B. Picking up the donated food.

C. Helping with the gift cart.

D. Playing cards with a lonely old man.

2.What can we learn about the volunteering?

A. You can only volunteer during the holidays.

B. You can help prepare meals in a nursing home.

C. It is easy to find a homeless shelter to volunteer.

D. Help is needed everywhere in a homeless shelter.

3.In a children’s hospital，which of the following is true?

A. Over 50% of those living there do not have relatives.

B. A personal visit brings happiness to a sick boy.

C. Children live a lonely and frightening life.

D. Children love listening to volunteers’ reading.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Music is an important part of life today. It is a source of entertainment, and it is a way to express emotions. But music is not only all this, it is also something that can be used to create a strong focus while people are working and is generally beneficial to the human brain and specifically the adolescent brain.

Music can reduce anxiety and depression, as well as improving mood and memory. Adolescents represent a stage in development when stress levels are unsteady. An analysis shows that listening to music lowers the stress hormone in the brain. Ashford University also states that music has also proven to be effective across a variety of treatment ways for conditions ranging from premature birth to depression to Parkinson’s disease.

Music is also a way to stimulate (刺激) the brain and help increase productivity. In Elena Mannes’ study “The Power of Music”through National Public Radio(NPR), she declares the fact that music stimulates more parts of the brain than any other human function. Tests have also shown that listening to background music can increase productivity, in majors we listen to music as we do our work, "says visual artist, Tow Engel, “It is super helpful because it allows us all to do our own thing to create more art.”

Research done by Dr. Jonathan Burdette, a professor at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Cater, further proves the benefit of music on the brain. Dr. Burdette conducted a study where he and his fellow investigators used a technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging(FMRI), to find changes in blood flow in the brain. To summarize, Dr. Burdette’s research shows that listening to music that you like will improve brain connectivity, especially when doing independent work that requires a lot of internal thought and reflection. As adolescents spend a lot of time working on computers or even just doing work on paper done, music can help teens concentrate on their thinking

1.What’s the main idea of paragraph 2?

A. Music is mind medicine.　　 B. Music is good for the brain’s growth

C. Music helps adolescents free from stress　　 D. Music helps patients recover from cancer.

2.Why does Tow Engel like listening to music according to the text?

A. It stimulates his body.　　 B. It helps her lower stress.

C. It gives her more strength.　　 D. It can improve her creativity,

3.What’s the finding of music in Dr. Burdette’s study?

A. It helps teens play on computer.　　 B. It lets teens get closer with each other.

C. It helps teens focus on their thinking.　　 D. It improves the speed of teens reflection.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A. Music Helps Students Get Rid of Stress　　 B. Music’s Benefit to the Adolescents Brain

C. Music Makes Adolescents Fond of Art　　 D. Music’s Function on the Brain Development

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

For those who don’t have          to safe water, life is a constant struggle.

A. approach     B. access               C. way              D. passage

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Diet and way of life are often a problem for teenagers.1.,if you eat the right food and exercise regularly, you can feel better, look better and have more energy. So healthy eating along with regular exercise is2.（probable）the first step to become fit.

As a teenager, it is important to give your body the energy3.needs. For a healthy diet, you should eat mostly rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. The most important thing to remember when you choose food is to protect yourself from some tricks.4.number of people who want to make quick money are always fooling you into5.（believe） what they say. Don’t6.（trick）by them. What you need is just to trust a diet that is right for your body.

Exercise is also something on 7. you can depend to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. It is obvious that exercise is8.（help）to you. When you exercise, you build up the9.（strong）of your muscles and your body produces some chemicals that make you feel peaceful and relaxed.

Follow the suggestions above,10. you will look and feel much better in no time at all.

高二英语语法填空简单题查看答案及解析

Travaling is one of life’s great joys. It’s a way to see the world and learn about places you’ve never been before . _____1.____

The best things can come from the worst experiences

Once, when I was in Sicily, I was cheated by a stranger for a hundred dollars. At first I was astonished._____ 2.___and what I would do if I had it. But what I learned from this about humanity, about the nature of good and evil within people, and how circumstances force them to do bad things showed me a lot about myself and how to deal with misfortune.

___3.__

The cost of a trip may be a couple of thousand dollars, depending on how big you go. But the value it could have on your life and your memories could be priceless. Think about how much you are willing to spend, sure, but also consider what else you want from your vacation, who you want to meet, what kind of experiences you want to have, and how you want to remember it ten years from now.

Don’t follow others’ footsteps and find your own path

___4.__, but I look forward to wandering away from the group, down labyrinthine alleys(迷宫般的小巷), into different shops and neighborhoods, to experience my own understanding of a city and its environment. The same applies to when I come home from my trip.

____5._____

Unavoidably, you will see or hear things worth telling friends about when you return home. After traveling enough, you will have all the practice you need to become a master story-teller.

So keep traveling with these lessons in mind and learn more from your experiences abroad.

A. Plan for the unexpected

B. I spent the entire next day thinking about what I should have done to keep my money

C.Traveling in a guided tour can be informative and fun

D.Traveling is kind of like being in love.

E.Learn how to tell a better story

F. Price and value are two different things

G.Here are some ways to help you make the most of your travel experience.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

I live in Japan, where electronic items are a way of life, so it is no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries. E-dictionaries may be lighter and compacter (简洁的) than any paper dictionary. 1. However, to me, these are pretty much the limits to their advantages. I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms.2.

E-dictionaries are much more expensive. In Japan, they cost as little as 10,000 yen (US$100) much as 40,000 yen, depending on how many functions you want and depending on how fashionable you are. My trusty Random House paper dictionary is copyrighted at 1995, cost me a mere US$12.95 plus tax.

E-dictionaries are more easily broken or damaged. Drop your paper dictionary. Go ahead. Hold it above your head and drop it.3.

E-dictionaries need batteries. Batteries are temperature sensitive. Batteries cost money, too.

E-dictionaries have keypads. Typing in the spelling of a word is harder and more time consuming than looking through pages and using the index at the top of each page.

4.Sound. Little devices beep (嘟嘟声) when you press the buttons, but it is very disturbing to some people in a classroom situation or library.

Finally, let’s consider making corrections or additions. No dictionary is perfect, paper version or electronic. However, when you find something you’d like to change in the e-dictionary, you can’t do anything about it. You can pencil in some notes with the paper type. Similarly, if you learn a word that isn’t in the dictionary, a few notes of a pencil make it easy to increase its memory capacity.5.And, for those students whose habit is to mark certain words with a highlight pen for ease of future reference, again, the paper dictionary wins out.

A.Now, try this with any lightweight plastic e-dictionary, and you’ll be picking up the pieces.

B.Let me add a statement about one that really troubles me.

C.They may even contain more words and expressions.

D.But it is impossible to do so with a keypad model.

E.That huge, heavy paper dictionary that you see in your library looks like a building block in size and weight.

F.E-dictionaries have advantages as well as disadvantages.

G.Let’s take a look at the following reasons.

高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

The ultimate （最终的） goal of life is to achieve happiness, and the way to achieve happiness is to wise management. So says The Sims (模拟人生)，an American strategic life-simulation computer game that lets you create, direct, and manage the lives of SimCity’s residents.

Similar to the life of a real person, the game begins with the creation of your simulated（模拟的）people: pick a name and a gender, decide on personality/astrological sign (星座), and then choose a look from a variety of heads, bodies, and skin tones. Each little Sim person has all basic needs (Hunger, Comfort, Fun, etc.) like a human which can be satisfied by interaction with other Sims or purchased objects. Name, gender, and appearance don’t affect gameplay much, but personality determines how your Sim plays with others.

One gameplay goal is to improve your Sim and eventually help him or her achieve happiness. With proper management he or she can climb a career ladder, which nets him or her more money. This allows the purchase of higher quality stuff, which lets you improve your Sim even more. With suitable care, your Sim can have a mate, kids, and a mansion with an indoor pool. Mismanage your new, simulated family, and fights will break out, jobs will be lost, and the house will fall apart.

With The Sims, you can create whatever and whomever you desire. Triumph or tragedy? You name it. In your real life, it is the same case.

[写作内容]

1. 约30个词概括短文的要点；

2. 然后以约120个词写一篇文章，并包括以下要点：

1）模拟人生就是规划人生，说出人生规划的重要性。

2）就如何有效规划高三学习，谈谈你的具体做法。

[写作要求]

1.  可以参照阅读材料的篇章结构组织故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2.  标题自定。

[评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

高二英语书面表达中等难度题查看答案及解析

What is the best way you can imagine ________ the overuse of water in our daily life.

高二英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

Love is ______ way of life,but not _____ aim of it.

A．the , the          B．a , the            C．a, an             D．the, an

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析