In 1994, The Brazilian photographer Salgado w...

In 1994, The Brazilian photographer Salgado went back to his homeland in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was__________ to see the land run by his family. The thick forest there was once a paradise　 ( 乐园 ) for him and his friends, bringing them___ memories.

To his horror, he saw a totally different____. Only 0.5% of the land was covered with trees. “The land was as sick as a serious patient — everything was______ due to deforestation (砍伐森林),” Salgado said___ during a meeting on climate change in Paris.

Salgado ______that he should do something about it. Then he ______the bold idea of replanting trees on the land, which beyond his expectations, received___ from his wife and relatives. Soon the whole family _______　 and the results are remarkable. _______, the land is changing: It is carpeted with green trees again and some of the insects, birds and animals living in the land before____. The land has been brought back to life. The___ family’s hard work also impressed people around them. They___ cutting down trees and began to protect the environment.

“The work over the years is quite difficult but well worth the_____ and I think every　 little bit of work_____,” said Salgado. Therefore, everyone should play a part in protecting　 the environment.

1.A.sorry B.ready C.eager D.willing

2.A.wonderful B.embarrassing C.painful D.complex

3.A.direction B.atmosphere C.plan D.sight

4.A.disturbed B.destroyed C.prohibited D.abandoned

5.A.calmly B.nervously C.sadly D.lightly

6.A.admitted B.realized C.agreed D.proved

7.A.thought up B.laughed at C.turned down D.tried out

8.A.doubts B.permission C.suggestions D.support

9.A.backed off B.broke up C.took action D.got through

10.A.Suddenly B.Eventually C.Gradually D.Generally

11.A.escaped B.returned C.approached D.died

12.A.kind-hearted B.brave C.devoted D.considerate

13.A.forgot B.stopped C.delayed D.missed

14.A.comment B.promise C.offer D.effort

15.A.increases B.matches C.improves D.matters

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When my friend went to Europe last summer, instead of snapping photographs of the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower or Stonehenge, she brought back 32 rolls of ... Cathedral(大教堂的) ceilings. Ceilings. For the 10 years I’ve known her I had never suspected that she was this passionate about stained glass.

Still one of the best things about such pictures — despite their obvious narrow appeal — is that they can’t help but tell us a great deal about the people who took them.

So I shouldn’t have been surprised when I got the roll of film back from my 5-year-old son’s first camping trip. I opened the envelope, naively expecting to see pictures of the nightly campfire, the sun setting over the forest, and possibly even a deer or two.

Instead, I saw an off-center picture of tennis shoes. Not even his tennis shoes, mind you, but a pair someone had lost and left in the cabin. Mystery shoes. And that’s not all.

As I went through the stack, I found that my son had also taken a picture of his sleeping bag, a penny he found in the gravel next to the car, a leaf, an orange sock, a close-up of his father’s ear, a burned hot dog, his thumb, a piece of gum, and many other similar things.

There was barely one sign of nature in the whole stack. I couldn’t help thinking that if he’d wanted pictures of assorted junk, it would’ve been cheaper had he spent the weekend in our back-yard.

AT LEAST that is what I thought until I showed the photographs to my ceiling-snapping friend, the mother of three teenagers, who said simply, “There’s nothing wrong with these.”

But of course, this is just the type of answer you’d expect from someone who photographs ceiling.

Then she told me about the time her daughter went to Yosemite Valley and returned with rolls of photographs of the hotel, restaurant, and gift shop. She also told me about the time her son took his camera to a Major League Baseball game and returned with 24 pictures of cloud formations.

I had a feeling she was just trying to make me feel better.

Then again, to a 5-year-old boy, finding a penny is more exciting than seeing a squirrel. And why would he waste good film on something like, say, some endangered water buffaloes, when he could take a picture of cool tennis shoes? Or his shiny new green sleeping bag?

Face it: Things like beautiful sunsets and campfires can’t compare to a bag of extra-large marshmallow.

So I did what any good mother would do: I marked the date on the back of the pictures and slid them into our family vacation photo album — right after the five pages of ice sculptures I took last year on our cruise to the Bahamas.

1.Who might have taken a picture of the back seat of the family car in his or her trip mentioned in this　 passage?

A. The author’s friend.

B. The author’s son.

C. The author.

D. The author’s friend’s daughter.

2.The author changed her mind on her son’s picture taking because______ .

A. her friend persuaded her to do so

B. her son’s pictures finally struck her

C. she realized the truth by herself inspired by the surrounding examples

D. it suddenly occurred to her that she herself had also taken unique pictures before

3.What can we infer from this passage?

A. Different people perceive the world from different angles, which may vary according to their age,　　　　　　　 gender, life experiences and so on.

B. The author’s friend is a better mum in terms of educating children.

C. The author will educate her son to take pictures of nature instead of some boring things.

D. The author will take vacation pictures of different kind from her past ones.

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Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world in his own back yard. He sold the stone to a diamond dealer for over three hundred thousand dollars. In New York, the diamond was resold. This time for almost eight hundred thousand dollars. The true value of a diamond is never known until it has been cut. Once cut successfully, its value can increase a thousand times. It’s easy to understand why the owner of the Joker diamond went to the best diamond cutter he knew, Kaplan. The cutter studied the diamond for twelve whole months.

When he felt he was ready to start work, he discovered a flaw (瑕疵). He had to begin with his calculations (计算) all over again, or he might have made the stone useless. Six more months passed, and Kaplan finally said to the owner, “I m ready to start my work. There will be one excellent diamond that be comparable to any in the world, plus eleven small diamonds of first-class quality.” Kaplan waited a few more days until be felt he was in the best physical and mental (精神的) condition possible. He picked up his tools and held his breath as he made the first blow. The diamond split (切开) exactly as he promised.

1.Joker found one of the biggest diamonds in the world _______.

A. in a minute　　　　　　　　　　 B. at the foot of a big mountain

C. in his own backyard　　　　　　 D. in a garage

2.A diamond dealer is a person _______,

A. in the diamond business　　　 B. who stores diamonds

C. who cuts diamonds　　　　　　　 D. who sells diamonds

3.When the diamond was resold, _______.

A. the dealer lost a lot of money

B. Joker made some more money

C. the dealer got 800,000 dollars

D. Kaplan got 800,000 dollars

4.The owner of the diamond thought that if the diamond was cut successfully it might be worth _______.

A. $300,000　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. $500, 000

C. $300, 000,000　　　　　　　　　 D. $800, 000, 000

5.Kaplan studied the diamond for _______.

A. one and a half years　　　　　　　　 B. more than half a year

C. over eighteen months　　　　　　　　 D. more than nineteen months

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With a bag on his back and his hands in his pockets, Ye Tian sneaked around the fence,trying to find an entrance to the abandoned coking works without being noticed.

However, a guard dog gave Ye second thoughts. I'm not afraid of the gatekeeper-at least I can negotiate with him. But a dog? Forget it. I'll find another way. "While planning his special(uninvited)visit to the Beijing site, the 25-year-old did some research, but still failed to locate the entrance.

Ye is among the thousands who are interested in “taking adventures”, which they call urban exploration, or “urbex”. The aim is to explore structures-usually abandoned ruins or “hidden components of the man-made environments”.

Venturing into abandoned structures is one of the most common examples of urban exploration. Although targets vary from one country to another, high-profile abandoned structures usually include amusement parks, factories, power plants, missile silos, fallout shelters, hospitals, asylums, schools and houses.

Urban explorers are interested in visiting such sites, as they can discover “other parts of a city”and get to understand its history from a different angle.

Ye, who worked as an intern for a German company in Beijing for six months, said he enjoyed the contrast between the city's two sides- modern and crowded, compared with old-fashioned and silent-and wanted to learn more about the capital during his short stay.

Ye said that he was able to finally sneak in through another entrance, yet he was still asked to leave by a gatekeeper shortly after. But he then managed to get into a newly built residential block, climbed to the top and took a picture of the factory ruins at sunset.

“I will come back another day,” he said.

1.What do we know about Ye Tian in the passage?

A.He enters a place easily every time.

B.He loves exploring natural environment.

C.He is afraid of nothing.

D.He is interested in old buildings.

2.What made Ye Tian fail to enter the entrance first?

A.The fence. B.The gatekeeper.

C.The dog. D.The bag.

3.Why are the urbe explorers keen on visiting the abandoned structures?

A.Because they can do all the research.

B.Because they can move from one country to another.

C.Because they can visit different kinds of places.

D.Because they can know the history of the city.

4.As an urbex explorer, what characteristic is probably most necessary?

A.Hesitation. B.Thoughtfulness.

C.Determination. D.Inspiration.

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The murderer was brought in ,with his hands　　  behind his back.

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The murderer was brought in, with his hands _____ behind his back.

A. being tied       B. having tied   C. to be tied      D. tied

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The murder was brought in, with his hands ___ behind his back。

A. being tied　　 B. having tied

C. to be tied　　 D. tied

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The manager got to the company in a hurry, only to find that he ______ his laptop back at home.

A.would leave B.was leaving C.has left D.had left

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The murderer was brought in, with his hands _____ behind his back．

A．being tied          B．having tied         C．to be tied        D．tied

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The murderer was brought in，with his hands _______ be hind his back．

A. being　　 B. having tied

C. to be tied　　 D. tied

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