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If you land in India anytime in late February or March, it’s wise to check the dates of the annual Holi festival and bring a spare set of clothes. That’s because for a few days in spring, people crowd the streets and pelt (投掷) anyone walking by with brightly-colored powder to celebrate the arrival of spring and the end of evil. It’s hard to avoid the fun and the paint, unless you stay inside or look angry enough to discourage the custom.
“Watch out, madam!” said my taxi driver in Amritsar as we drove through a crowd of young people pelting each other with powder. “The colors never come out of your clothes,” he said. “And you might be having purple hair for many days.”
I did a quick check. I was wearing black, a color rarely seen in India. It is usually connected with the lowest social classes, and can be viewed as unlucky. I was happy for my clothes to be painted in colors.
“I have some powder I bought for my children. You can have some gladly, to join in our customs.” he encouraged. Holding what the driver handed me as my weapon of choice, I walked into the Holi smoke. At first people politely avoided foreigners. But then a girl in a sari(一种印度服饰) ran up smiling and put paint on my face. I returned the favor with a handful of pink.
With its brilliant clothes, exotic flowers, trucks covered with lights and brightly painted pictures of gods, India is truly one of the most colorful places on the planet!
1.Which of the following sentences about the Holi festival is correct?
A.It falls on the same day each year and is celebrated for a few days.
B.It is a playful cultural event to throw colors at friends or strangers.
C.It has many purposes, celebrating the end of spring in particular.
D.It is fun for local people but a little unacceptable for foreigners.
2.I was happy for my black clothes to be painted in colors because .
A.the festival influenced my taste in fashion.
B.the taxi driver suggested wearing something colorful.
C.black was the color not liked by people in India.
D.a girl invited me to join in their customs.
3.We can learn from the passage that .
A.the color black provides people with a sense of mystery and tradition.
B.foreigners can’t be too careful in the street in India during the Holi festival.
C.a sari, worn especially by Indian women, is a must for the Holi celebration.
D.anyone can be attacked during Holi festival.
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There is a woman named Tao Porchon-Lynch. She was born in India in 1918. So, if you do the math, she is 99. And at the age of 99, she has been recognized as the oldest yoga teacher in the world. She has been teaching yoga in a gym in her hometown, full-time, since1967.
But that’s not all she’s done. She has also been a model, actress and dancer. She became a model after she graduated from high school. She acted in more than ten fields. She won a lot of medals as a dancer in many competitions. She once said, “If you try your best and never give up, nothing is impossible.” And she is a firm believer in positive thinking. She dreams the impossible dreams, and she is also well known as a thinker.
Tao Porchon-Lynch is not the person who talks the talk; she is the person who walks the walk. When she makes up her mind to do something, she takes action to do it without delay. At the age of 85, she learned how to dance and even won several dance competitions. She offers this piece of advice to others, “Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Don’t delay. Tomorrow never comes.”
So, what about retirement? At 98, she is well past the age when many people make retirement plans. Retiring, it turns out, is not Tao’s style. “A little girl, who is only 6 years old and is now learning yoga with me, once asked me, ‘Dear granny, what are you going to do when you retire?’ ” Tao Porchon-Lynch told the little girl that she had no plans to retire but instead would continue to teach yoga and dance her way to next planet.
1.What is Tao Porchon-Lynch’s job now? (No more than 5 words)
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2.What is Tao Porchon-Lynch’s secret of success in so many fields? (No more than 8 words)
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3.How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph3? (No more than 10 words)
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4.What is Tao Porchon-Lynch’s following plan now? (No more than 10 words)
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5.Do you agree with Tao Porchon-Lynch’s attitude toward life? Give reasons in your own words. (No more than 20 words)
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高二英语阅读表达困难题查看答案及解析
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In late summer or early fall the large, yellow seed heads of sunflowers will be ripening. If gardeners can keep off the birds and other wildlife trying to eat the seeds, they can have a large harvest. The bright yellow blooms will make a rainbow garden, brightening up any space.
However, planting the sunflower seeds is a skilled job. Plant seeds no deeper than the full length of itself. Smaller sized sunflowers can be spaced a foot apart. Larger varieties will need to be spaced as far apart as three feet. This allows ripe plants enough space for the seed heads to ripen without knocking the ripe seeds off before gardeners have a chance to harvest them.
Most sunflower seeds, especially those with eatable seeds, are large enough to handle without the need for seed sorters. This is why sunflowers make an excellent choice for a children's garden as well. Gardeners will want to mix plenty of soil fertilizers into the ground as sunflowers tend to be heavy feeders.
Sunflowers can be slow starters and the tiny new plants don't seem to grow very rapidly. Gardeners should protect the new plants as they begin to grow. Once they get going, sunflowers are able to out-grow many weeds, making them easier to grow in the home vegetable garden than many other plants.
Most pests and diseases are not a bother to the sunflower, however, more than one gardener has said that their lovely looking plants were ravaged overnight by hungry squirrels, mice or birds. To preserve their harvest, gardeners can cover the ripening seed head with stockings or net cloth to help keep the destroyers off the seeds.
Planting sunflower seeds is easy and can help even the smallest gardener feel successful in their gardening attempts.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to plant sunflowers. B. Different kinds of sunflowers.
C. Ways to preserve sunflowers. D. Tips on making your garden bright.
2.Why should enough space be left between sunflowers?
A. To prevent birds from eating sunflower seeds.
B. To offer the sunflowers enough sunlight.
C. To protect the ripe seed heads before harvest.
D. To help the sunflowers grow stronger.
3.Why do children love to grow sunflowers in their garden?
A. They want to decorate their garden with sunflowers.
B. The seeds are easy to plant and unnecessary to sort.
C. Sunflowers don’t need too much soil fertilizer.
D. Tiny new sunflowers can grow very fast
4.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “ravaged” in Paragraph 5?
A. Destroyed. B. Covered.
C. Surrounded. D. Removed.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Summer Science Class registration begins on March 8 ! If you are interested in science，the environment，or conservation and you are in grades 7－12，sign up soon for Black Rock Forest Consortium's Summer Science Class program. You can download the Summer Science Classes 2013 brochure here. It is easy to register；just call 8455344517 or click here.
Twelve weeklong courses in the natural sciences and the arts are offered at Black Rock Forest in Cornwall from July 15 through August 9.Two more classes are offered with site partners，including “The Art of Scientific Observation，” hosted jointly by Black Rock Forest Consortium and Storm King Art Center，one of the world's leading sculpture parks，and “A Nautical Expedition” hosted jointly by the Consortium and the Constitution Marsh Audubon Center.
We are delighted to announce two special “away” classes that are part of the Summer Science Class program this year: an “Adirondack EcoAdventure” beginning August 11，and “Conservation Biology in Florida，” beginning June 23 and featuring field work on the Gulf Coast in cooperation with the University of Florida's Seahorse Key Marine Biological Laboratory. For more information on the Summer Science Class program，please read our press release.
Black Rock Forest Consortium is a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to advance scientific understanding of the natural world through research，education and conservation programs.
1.If you want to be a member of Summer Science Class，you should ________．
A．visit Black Rock Forest first
B．download their brochure
C．call a phone 8455344517
D．register before March 8
2.Summer Science Class's courses are________．
A．only about science subjects
B．cooperated by several organizations
C．from July 15 through August 9
D．hosted by the world's leading professors
3.Where can you find the article?
A．From a web site. B．From a traveling brochure.
C．From a novel book. D．From one famous magazine.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Summer Science Class registration begins on March 8 ! If you are interested in science，the environment，or conservation and you are in grades 7－12，sign up soon for Black Rock Forest Consortium's Summer Science Class program. You can download the Summer Science Classes 2013 brochure here. It is easy to register；just call 8455344517 or click here.
Twelve weeklong courses in the natural sciences and the arts are offered at Black Rock Forest in Cornwall from July 15 through August 9.Two more classes are offered with site partners，including “The Art of Scientific Observation，” hosted jointly by Black Rock Forest Consortium and Storm King Art Center，one of the world's leading sculpture parks，and “A Nautical Expedition” hosted jointly by the Consortium and the Constitution Marsh Audubon Center.
We are delighted to announce two special “away” classes that are part of the Summer Science Class program this year: an “Adirondack EcoAdventure” beginning August 11，and “Conservation Biology in Florida，” beginning June 23 and featuring field work on the Gulf Coast in cooperation with the University of Florida's Seahorse Key Marine Biological Laboratory. For more information on the Summer Science Class program，please read our press release.
Black Rock Forest Consortium is a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to advance scientific understanding of the natural world through research，education and conservation programs.
1.If you want to be a member of Summer Science Class，you should ________．
A. visit Black Rock Forest first
B. download their brochure
C. call a phone 8455344517
D. register before March 8
2.Summer Science Class's courses are________．
A. only about science subjects
B. cooperated by several organizations
C. from July 15 through August 9
D. hosted by the world's leading professors
3.Where can you find the article?
A. From a web site. B. From a traveling brochure.
C. From a novel book. D. From one famous magazine.
高二英语短文中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Online Money Earning
Yes, you can earn money online without any investment or without anytime limit. I have many useful easy methods for earning easy money while we all spend our useful time on the Internet by surfing, chatting, downloading and other work. There is no need to stop any other work. We can earn with or without our daily routine. Here I tell you the complete method for online earning.
First Method
Earn money with“Bux. to”. You can earn money through “Bux.to” by clicking on ads on“Bux. To” site. First you need to open an account at“Bux. To”.
“Bux. To” is a new international and free English based service that allows advertisers to reach thousands of potential customers by displaying their ads on our“Surf Ads”page. An exact calculated percentage of all advertising income is paid to our members. “Bux. to” makes money through advertising.
How you make money
You view websites in 30 seconds through the “Surf Ads” page. Once the 30 seconds is up, you’ll either get a green tick(对号) sign or a red “x”. The green tick sign means you’ve earned $0.01and the “x” means you have not earned money for the visit. You’ll get red “x”s when you have more than one website from the “Surf Ads” page open. When this happens, you get no credit.
Earnings example
You click 10 ads per day =$0.10
20 referrals(转送) click 10 ads per day =$2.00
Your daily earnings =$2.10
Your weekly earnings =$14.70
Your monthly earnings =$63.00
How to get paid
If you have at least $10.00 accumulated, you can click on your account balance within your states area and it will meet your request. At present, it only makes payments through “AlertPay”. It will soon be using other methods of payment.
AlertPay is the payment processing solution that we use to pay members. Your AlertPay address is the e-mail address you use to register with AlertPay. You can get a free AlertPay account at http:// alertpay. com.
Method 2 will publish soon…
1.What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To tell an interesting story.
B. To introduce a surprising way to earn money.
C. To solve a puzzling problem.
D. To present an exciting research.
2.You can earn money by ________.
A. chatting online
B. advertising some products
C. clicking on advertisements
D. choosing green ticks or “x”s
3.The underlined word “accumulated” can be replaced by “________”.
A. wasted. B. spent.
C. lost. D. gathered.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Online Money Earning
Yes, you can earn money online without any investment or without anytime limit. I have many useful easy methods for earning easy money while we all spend our useful time on the Internet by surfing, chatting, downloading and other work. There is no need to stop any other work. We can earn with or without our daily routine. Here I tell you the complete method for online earning.
First Method
Earn money with“Bux. to”. You can earn money through “Bux.to” by clicking on ads on“Bux. To” site. First you need to open an account at“Bux. To”.
“Bux. To” is a new international and free English based service that allows advertisers to reach thousands of potential customers by displaying their ads on our“Surf Ads”page. An exact calculated percentage of all advertising income is paid to our members. “Bux. to” makes money through advertising.
How you make money
You view websites in 30 seconds through the “Surf Ads” page. Once the 30 seconds is up, you’ll either get a green tick(对号) sign or a red “x”. The green tick sign means you’ve earned $0.01and the “x” means you have not earned money for the visit. You’ll get red “x”s when you have more than one website from the “Surf Ads” page open. When this happens, you get no credit.
Earnings example
You click 10 ads per day =$0.10
20 referrals(转送) click 10 ads per day =$2.00
Your daily earnings =$2.10
Your weekly earnings =$14.70
Your monthly earnings =$63.00
How to get paid
If you have at least $10.00 accumulated, you can click on your account balance within your states area and it will meet your request. At present, it only makes payments through “AlertPay”. It will soon be using other methods of payment.
AlertPay is the payment processing solution that we use to pay members. Your AlertPay address is the e-mail address you use to register with AlertPay. You can get a free AlertPay account at http:// alertpay. com.
Method 2 will publish soon…
1.What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To tell an interesting story.
B. To introduce a surprising way to earn money.
C. To solve a puzzling problem.
D. To present an exciting research.
2.You can earn money by ________.
A. chatting online
B. advertising some products
C. clicking on advertisements
D. choosing green ticks or “x”s
3.The underlined word “accumulated” can be replaced by “________”.
A. wasted. B. spent.
C. lost. D. gathered.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Online Money Earning
Yes you can earn money online without any investment or without anytime limit. I have many useful easy methods for earning easy money while we all spend our useful time on the Internet by surfing, chatting, downloading and other work. There is no need to stop any other work. We can earn with or without our daily routine. Here I tell you the complete method for online earning.
First Method
Earn money with “Bux. to”. You can earn money through “Bux.to” by clicking on ads on “Bux. to” site. First you need to open an account at “Bux. to”.
“Bux. To” is a new international and FREE English based service that allows advertisers to reach thousands of potential customers by displaying their ads on our “Surf Ads” page. An exact calculated percentage of all advertising income is paid to our members. “Bux. to” makes money through advertising.
How you make money
You view websites in 30 seconds through the “Surf Ads” page. Once the 30 seconds is up, you’ll either get a green tick sign or a red “x”. The green tick sign means you’ve earned $0.01and the “x” means you have not earned money for the visit. You’ll get red x’s when you have more than one websites from the “Surf Ads” page open. When this happens, you get no credit.
Earnings example
You click 10 ads per day =$0.10
20 referrals(转送) click 10 ads per day =$2.00
Your daily earnings =$2.10
Your weekly earnings =$14.70
Your monthly earnings =$63.00
How to get paid
If you have at least $10.00 accumulated, you can click on your account balance within your states area and it will meet your request. At present, it only makes payments through “AlertPay”. It will soon be using other methods of payment.
AlertPay is the payment processing solution that we use to pay members. Your AlertPay address is the e-mail address you use to register with AlertPay. You can get a free AlertPay account at http:// alertpay. com.
Method 2 will publish soon…
1.What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To introduce a surprising way to earn money.
B. To tell an interesting story.
C. To solve a puzzling problem.
D. To present an exciting research.
2.You can earn money by ________.
A. chatting online
B. advertising some products
C. clicking on advertisement
D. choosing green ticks or x’s
3.What can we know from the passage?
A. You’ll earn $0.10 if you click 1 ad.
B. You’ll get many green ticks if you have many websites open.
C. You can get your payments through AlertPay.
D. Your AlertPay account is not for free.
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If you have stage fright, or the anxiety or fear of speaking in public, you are not alone. Stage fright or performance anxiety is a natural phenomenon. The good news is that one can completely overcome stage fright. Here are some tips to help you overcome stage fright.
Understand the symptoms（症状）of a stage fright. You feel anxious, your throat tightens up, you start sweating, you forget all that you have memorized, and your knees and legs feel weak. Your heart literally explodes and every part of you is asking you to run. But be relaxed. Many top actors and actresses have experienced these similar symptoms of stage fright. 1.
Plan well. One of the first keys of public speaking (or singing, playing the piano or acting) is to plan well. First, thoroughly(彻底地) study the subject you are going to talk about. 2. Besides knowing your subject well, it’s also necessary to do some research on your audience. Adequate planning on these aspects will help you achieve the maximum of your potential.
Keep eye contact. 3. Your influence will decrease considerably if they think you are talking over their heads. Keeping eye contact can also help you see their body language.
Focus on breathing. Your mind is deeply connected to your breath. 4.It can help you stay mindful and avoid thoughts about past failures.
5. Preparation is the key to overcoming symptoms of stage fright. When you practice your speech a thousand times, you will relax in the knowledge that you will be confidently speaking without fear. Prepare so you can relax during the task.
A. Practice as much as possible.
B. Therefore, don’t be too worried.
C. Second, you need to know your audience.
D. The audience like to see you looking at them.
E. So arrive early to get comfortable in the environment.
F. Second, you should use visual aids and technology wisely.
G. The longer and deeper your breath is, the calmer your mind will be.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
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If you have ever been in a school play or even made believe you were a doctor, detective, or a space traveler, you know the enjoyment that acting brings. Almost all of us have the wish to play the part of someone－or something else. 1.
In the ancient world, acting was often associated with religious ceremonies and other special occasions. As far back as 2200 B.C. trained Chinese actors performed ceremonial dances in costume and makeup at harvest festivals. 2. To the dance was gradually added pantomime－the imitation of movements and gestures－as well as the wearing of masks, the singing of chants, and finally the use of dialogue.
While acting was coming into its own in the ancient Chinese classical theatre, it was doing the same in the western world, in Greece. From about 500 B.C. on, acting became a highly specialized art in Greece. Greek actors, however, still wore masks, and their motions were largely fixed by custom. 3.
Modern acting, by contrast, gives the individual actor great opportunity to develop his or her personal talents for serious, comic, or musical drama. The names, faces, and styles of famous movie actors are known worldwide. 4. A special form of acting takes place in radio drama, which was highly popular before television. In radio drama the actors face a unique challenge. They are unseen by their audience. So they must rely on voice alone to make their characters real to the listeners.
5. Only forty percent of Broadway actors are employed, most of them for only part of the year. Those who become stars need not only talent, but determination. They must not be easily discouraged. Otherwise, they might give up before the opportunity for stardom presents itself.
A.The origins of acting are in the act of remembering.
B.Drama in Greece began with festivals honoring Dionysus.
C.It is believed that this was the first step in the development of acting.
D.Historical records indicate that this desire is as old as civilization itself.
E.Acting is not, as many people think, a quick, easy road to fame and riches.
F.Therefore, they had little opportunity to show their individual personalities.
G.Broadway and television provide other stages on which actors can display their talent.
高二英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析