In the summer before I entered middle school,...

In the summer before I entered middle school, I read the book They Cage the Animals at Night. It’s a story about Jennings, a boy living in various orphanages（孤儿院）with only his stuffed animal（毛绒玩具）, Doggie, for companionship. It’s a fascinating book, but little did I know how it would _______ my life and the lives of others.

One day, as I looked across my room at the pile of stuffed animals, a(n) _________ came to me. I would _________　 stuffed animals for children like Jennings. _________ , I contacted agencies　 that　 support　 those　 children　 and　 they　 said　 the　 stuffed　 animals　 would certainly _________　 children’s spirits.

I named my project “Cuddle Buddies”. I wrote articles for the local and　 school　 newspapers, _________　 donations of　 the　 “buddies”— stuffed animals. My phone _________ ringing; schools, families, and toy factories all wanted to help. Much to my _________ , by the second week my living room looked like a zoo. Whenever Mom and I _________ the “buddies” to the agencies, the kids would be waiting there with their eyes down, too ____________ to look but shaking with excitement.

Six years after its launch, Cuddle Buddies continues to ____________ . Now over 25,000 stuffed animals have been ____________ to agencies worldwide. Simon, a seven-year-old boy in an African Children’s Home, couldn’t sleep at night after he lost his parents. When asked to choose his “buddies”, Simon ____________　 a panda and soon after was sleeping through the night. I never dreamed Cuddle Buddies would　　 ____________ this way.

Upon graduating from high school, I designed a website, www.cuddlebuddies.net, to ____________　 the project. The response was ____________ . More and more people joined me and two dozen Cuddle Buddies ____________　 were established across the nation.

This has been a great experience. I’ve learned how to follow through on an idea and how　 to ____________　 impact　 a　 life.　 I　 will　 go　 to　 college with　 these ____________　 in　 mind　 and continue my work with Cuddle Buddies, even when I ____________　 a whole new set of exciting academic and nonacademic pursuits.

1.A. touch B. risk C. lead D. save

2.A. chance B. idea C. explanation D. word

3.A. display B. repair C. purchase D. collect

4.A. Previously B. Occasionally C. Immediately D. Gradually

5.A. capture B. reflect C. lift D. record

6.A. putting aside B. turning down C. asking for D. getting back

7.A. delayed B. kept C. stopped D. meant

8.A. knowledge B. taste C. regret D. delight

9.A. delivered B. applied C. rented D. returned

10.A. shy B. content C. weak D. eager

11.A. reform B. expand C. dominate D. divide

12.A. produced B. adopted C. sold D. donated

13.A. picked out B. came across C. showed off D. brought up

14.A. decline B. work C. increase D. react

15.A. promote B. start C. evaluate D. examine

16.A. confusing B. amusing C. automatic D. enthusiastic

17.A. companies B. committees C. branches D. institutes

18.A. financially B. positively C. socially D. physically

19.A. plans B. images C. lessons D. motives

20.A. work out B. keep off C. rely on D. engage in

高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before. Most students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also, some students don't know how to save time. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games. They stay up（熬夜）very late. Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to go to school in time by bus or by bike. It may be a long way from home to school.

Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health. For children, we should make best use of our time. When we have enough time for sleeping, we will find it much better for both our study and health.

1.Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by ________.

A. the children themselves            B. other students

C. their parents                    D. Nobody else

2.How many hours of sleep is good for students' health?

A. Less than 9 hours.                B. Only 9 hours.

C. More than 9 hours.                D. 8 hours.

3.What would happen to a student if he goes to bed late and gets up early?

A. He would sleep in class.

B. He would do well in study.

C. He would finish his homework fast.

D. He would have good health.

4.________ is good for our study and health.

A. Watching TV                        B. Enough time for sleeping

C. Playing computer games            D. More homework

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Some students are so careless that they spend lots of time on homework.

B. All the students stay up late for their homework.

C. Children should be given less homework.

D. Schools and parents should take care of children.

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

When studying in a middle school，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you’ll most certainly be right. ”It made a deep 36on me, and since then, for the past 33 years，I have 37 in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life，3 8I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a 39，I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I’ll be40soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big41 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death，42only what is truly important.

About a year ago I was43with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs 44order，which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die. I45with that diagnosis all day. 46，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is47with surgery. I had the surgery and I’m fine now.

48wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all49. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of50. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to51for the new. Right now the new is you. But someday not too52from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite true.

Your time is53，so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife. Don’t be54by dogma(教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner55. And most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart.

高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

I decided early in my college years that I wanted to experience living abroad before entering in the real world. During my senior year, while most of my friends were interviewing for “real world” jobs, I was investigating how I could go work in a different country. At that early stage of my inquiry I was pretty open about where to go and what kind of work to undertake. My desire to live abroad was so strong that I was willing to do anything anywhere.

Soon I learned about BUNAC, a program that seemed to be designed precisely for student with such interests. BUNAC offers work visas ( 签证 ) for students or recent graduates to work overseas. Of the six countries available, I chose England because of the language and opportunities for employment.

Two months after I graduated from college I went to Britain. I traveled throughout Europe for six weeks before arriving in London. I got to London on August 24, 1997 with a work visa, but no job or place to live. I have to admit it was pretty scary! The day after I arrived, I experienced my first British holiday --- a Bank Holiday, a national holiday that everything is closed for the day. It wasn’t until my third day that I visited the BUNAC office and I learned all about living and working in Britain, paying taxes, getting health insurance, traveling around Britain, finding accommodations and most importantly, finding a job. I was most scared about finding a job since my financial resources were running low and I needed to get my pay soon.

It turned out that finding a job was not so difficult. The BUNAC program is very well known in London and many employers participate in the program. As a result there are many employers in many different fields to choose from. My job search began when I chose three different business employers and faxed them my resume (简历). That first week I had three interviews. I accepted my first offer working for Merrill Lynch International Bank. The Merrill Lynch office I worked at was in a beautiful, old building located two blocks from Buckingham Palace. The people were nice and the work interesting.

It was easy to adjust to life in London. And there is so much to see that after six months exploring I probably covered only half of what I intended.

1. When the author studied at college she decided _________.

A. to enter the “real world” after graduation

B. to go and work in a foreign country

C. to settle in a different country

D. to find a job in the home country

2.The author chose England because ______.

A. it is a beautiful country and people there are nice

B. England is spoken there and it is easy to find a job

C. it is in Europe, not far from her own country

D. the BUNAC office is located there

3. After the author arrived in London, what worried her most was ________.

A. getting a job                     B. buying health insurance

C. traveling around Britain          D. finding a place to live

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. A Trip to Britain                 B. What I Want to Be

C. Living in a Different Country     D. My Work Experience

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

– Did Robson enter the field?

-- Yes. He came on in ______ place of Wilkins ten minutes before the end of ______ game.

A. the ; a          B. /; a          C. /; the         D. the; the

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time in the country when you’d be considered a stupid person if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, thieves everywhere, “I don’t want to get involved” has become a national motto.

Several states later I was still thinking about the hitch-hiker(免费搭车的人). Leaving him standing in the desert did not bother me so much. What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision. I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator(加速器).

Does anyone stop any more? I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois’s family line: “I have always depended on the kindness of the strangers”. Could anyone rely on the kindness of the strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying only on the good will of his fellow Americans. What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him, and carry him down the road?

The idea interested me.

So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head. My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina, a symbol of all the fears I’d have to conquer during the trip.

I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles: “America”.

For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. As I traveled, folks were always warning me about someplace else. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming; in Nebraska they said people would not be as nice as in Iowa. Yet I was amazed by people’s readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed against their own best interests.

1.Why did the author drive past the young man in the desert without stopping?

A. Because he failed to notice this man.

B. Because he was driving too fast.

C. Because he was afraid of being cheated.

D. Because he thought the young man didn’t need help.

2.What was it that made the author upset?

A. Making the decision of not offering help so easily.

B. Leaving the young man alone in the desert.

C. Being considered a fool.

D. Keeping thinking about the young man.

3.What is the structure of the text?

A. ①—②③④—⑤—⑥⑦

B. ①②—③④—⑤⑥⑦

C. ①②—③④⑤⑥—⑦

D. ①②③—④—⑤⑥⑦

4.The author decided to travel without a penny in order to ___________.

A. find out how long he could survive without help

B. figure out how strangers thought of his plan

C. go through the great difficulty in surviving unexpected environment

D. find out whether strangers would offer help to him

5.The following part might probably___________.

A. describe how the author fooled the strangers

B. describe how strangers went out their way to help the author

C. explain why people refused to help strangers

D. explain how the author overcame his difficulties on the way

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Zhang Lili, a 29-year-old middle school teacher at the No 19 middle school in the city of Jiamusi in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province was crossing the road just outside the school's gate when a school bus suddenly came rushing toward nearby students at 8:38 pm on May 8, 2012.

"There were three buses at the school gate ready to pick up students, but the one in the back suddenly crashed into the second bus and pushed it into the first one. There were several students standing between the first and the second buses and they were about to be crushed," said Liu Ye, a student of No. 19 middle school.

"We were waiting to board the bus when suddenly it began moving toward the teachers and students. Zhang Lili immediately pushed the students out of the way, but unfortunately she didn't escape. The bus crushed her legs. " added Liu.

Zhang Lili was sent to hospital at about 9 pm and she was critically injured and her blood pressure was low. The situation was quite serious when rushed to hospital.

After consulting specialists, the doctors decided that the only way to save her life was cut off both of her legs.

Upon learning about the accident, the deputy mayor of the city, Sun Zhe, asked the hospital to "save the young teacher regardless of the cost"

"If necessary, we will invite more specialists from the capital city, even from whole nation," said Sun.

Fortunately, after 58 hours of emergency medical attention after being transferred to the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Zhang finally regained consciousness on May 15.

"But it cannot be ruled out that her condition may worsen, and the doctors are still working full out to save the heroic teacher," said Zhao Mingyan, ICU director at the hospital, where Zhang is now receiving treatment.

"Her courage moved all of our staff, and we will try our best to help the brave teacher in her future life. " said Wang Jianwei, the director of center.

The Ministry of Education has also named her "National Outstanding Teacher" and called on the country's educators to learn from her.

1.What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to ________.

2.What can be inferred from the remark of the deputy Mayor Sun Zhe?

3.What does the underlined sentence in the ninth paragraph attempt to tell us?

4.Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?

高二英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

Zhang Lili, a 29-year-old middle school teacher at the No 19 middle school in the city of Jiamusi in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province was crossing the road just outside the school’s gate when a school bus suddenly came rushing toward nearby students at 8:38 pm on May 8, 2012.

“There were three buses at the school gate ready to pick up students, but the one in the back suddenly crashed into the second bus and pushed it into the first one. There were several students standing between the first and the second buses and they were about to be crushed,” said Liu Ye, a student of No.19 middle school.

“We were waiting to board the bus when suddenly it began moving toward the teachers and students. Zhang Lili immediately pushed the students out of the way, but unfortunately she didn't escape. The bus crushed her legs.” added Liu.

Zhang Lili was sent to hospital at about 9 pm and she was critically injured and her blood pressure was low. The situation was quite serious when rushed to hospital.

After consulting specialists, the doctors decided that the only way to save her life was cut off both of her legs.

Upon learning about the accident, the deputy mayor of the city, Sun Zhe, asked the hospital to “save the young teacher regardless of the cost”

“If necessary, we will invite more specialists from the capital city, even from the whole nation,” said Sun.

Fortunately, after 58 hours of emergency medical attention after being transferred to the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Zhang finally regained consciousness on May 15.

“But it cannot be ruled out that her condition may worsen, and the doctors are still working full out to save the heroic teacher,” said Zhao Mingyan, ICU director at the hospital, where Zhang is now receiving treatment. “Her courage moved all of our staff, and we will try our best to help the brave teacher in her future life.” said Wang Jianwei, the director of center.

The Ministry of Education has also named her “National Outstanding Teacher” and called on the country’s educators to learn from her.

1.What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to ________.

A．the bus in the back                      B．the bus in the middle

C．the bus in the front                      D．the third bus

2.What can be inferred from the remark of the deputy Mayor Sun Zhe?

A．Every possible means is being carried out to save the brave teacher.

B．It’s increasingly difficult to save the brave teacher.

C．The only way to save the brave teacher is to cut off her legs.

D．No more experts will be needed in the operation to save the brave teacher.

3.What does the underlined sentence in the ninth paragraph attempt to tell us?

A．The woman teacher’s condition will definitely get worse.

B．It is obvious that the woman teacher will recover shortly after.

C．There is little possibility that the woman teacher’s condition will improve.

D．It’s likely that the teacher will suffer from a worse medical condition.

4.Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?

A．National Outstanding Teacher              B．A Heroic Teacher

C．An Example of Top Teachers               D．An bus accident

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Before human’s history, in the middle of an ocean, miles from the nearest island, an undersea volcano broke out. The hot liquid rock piled higher and higher and spread wider and wider. In this way, an island rose up in the sea.

As time went on, hot sun and cool rains made the rock split and break into pieces. Sea waves dashed against the rock. In this way, soil and sand came into being.

Nothing lived on the naked soil. And then the wind and birds brought plant seeds, spiders and other little creatures there. Only plants could grow at first. Only they, in sunlight, could produce food from the minerals of the soil, water and air. While many animals landed on the island, they could find no food. A spider wove its web in vain, because there were no insects for its web to catch. Insects couldn’t stay until there were plants for them to eat. So plants had to be the pioneer life on this new island.

1.The underlined part “in vain” can be replaced by ________.

A. tirelessly      B. uselessly       C. fearlessly      D. effortlessly

2.According to the passage, ________ made the island rise up in the sea.

A. rock from the nearest island       B. sand brought by the wind

C. hot liquid rock from the volcano   D. sea waves dashing against the rock

3.What is the correct order of things appearing on the island?

A. Spiders, birds and plants.         B. Soil, plants and animals

C. Soil, hot liquid rock and animals. D. Hot liquid rock, animals and plants.

4.The passage is mainly about ________.

A. how an island formed               B. how a volcano broke out

C. how plants were brought to the island                D. how plants and animals began to live on the island

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

As you dash outdoors in the middle of winter, you might make it halfway down the block before realizing that your ears are freezing because you forgot your hat.

Now, scientists have shown that even though you’ve had an apparent memory lapse（丧失）, your brain never forgot what you should have done.

Memory works mainly by association. For example, as you try to remember where you left your keys, you might recall you last had them in the living room, which reminds you that there was an ad for soap on television, which reminds you that you need soap, and so on. And then, as you’re heading out of the door to buy soap, you remember that your keys are on the kitchen counter. Your brain knew where the keys were all along. It just took a round-about way to get there.

Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are studying associative memory in monkeys to figure out just how this complicated process works.

First, the researchers trained a group of monkeys to remember arbitrary（任意的） pairs of symbols. The researchers showed the monkeys one symbol（cold weather） and then gave them the choice of two other symbols, one of which （a hat） would be associated with the first. A correct choice would earn them a sip of their favorite juice.

Most of the monkeys performed the test perfectly, but one kept making mistakes.

“We wondered what happened in the brain when the monkey made the wrong choice, although it apparently learned the right pairing of symbols,” said study leader Thomas Albright.

Albright and his team observed signals from the nerve cells in the monkey’s inferior temporal cortex （ITC）, an area of its brain used for visual pattern recognition and for storing this type of memory.

As the monkey was deciding which symbol to choose, about a quarter of the activity in the ITC was due to the choice behavior.

Meanwhile, more than half the activity was in a different group of nerve cells, which scientists believe represent the monkey’s memory of the correct symbol pairing, and surprisingly, these cells continued to work well even when the monkey chose the wrong symbol.

“In this sense, the cells ‘knew’ more than the monkeys let on in their behavior,” Albright said. “Thus, behavior may vary, but knowledge endures.”

1. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Your brain remembers what you forget.

B. Activity is a round-about way to memory.

C. Monkeys have better memory than us.

D. Your brain may forget something, but not always.

2. The example of the keys and soap is given to explain the relationship between _______.

A. memory and our daily life            B. memory and television ads

C. memory and association               D. memory lapse and human brain

3.The researchers believe the monkey that made the wrong choice ________.

A. had some trouble with its nerve system             B. failed to see the objects well

C. had the worst memory                 D. also knew the correct answer

4. The underlined word “endures” may be best replaced by __________.

A. increases        B. remains      C. disappears       D. improves

高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析