Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t,” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘It’s for you.’ ”
1.There are _______ in this passage.
A.two men and two women B.three men and one woman
C.three women and one man D.four women
2.The banker thought _______.
A.he was really important because he was a rich banker
B.the visitor to the White House was really important
C.the visitor who met the President of the United States
D.the reporter was really important
3.The owner of the very large company thought _______.
A.she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies
B.the banker was really important
C.the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important
D.the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not answer any telephone call
4.The owner of many buildings thought _______.
A.he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York
B.the owner of the very large company was really important
C.the visitor was really important if he talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor
D.the person who worked in the White House was really important
5.The best title of the passage is ________ .
A.Who’s more important,the President or me?
B.White House and the President.
C.The richer the more important.
D.How to be an important person.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important.
“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.
The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t,” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”
“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘It’s for you.’ ”
1.There are _______ in this passage.
A.two men and two women B.three men and one woman
C.three women and one man D.four women
2.The banker thought _______.
A.he was really important because he was a rich banker
B.the visitor to the White House was really important
C.the visitor who met the President of the United States
D.the reporter was really important
3.The owner of the very large company thought _______.
A.she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies
B.the banker was really important
C.the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important
D.the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not answer any telephone call
4.The owner of many buildings thought _______.
A.he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York
B.the owner of the very large company was really important
C.the visitor was really important if he talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor
D.the person who worked in the White House was really important
5.The best title of the passage is ________ .
A.Who’s more important,the President or me?
B.White House and the President.
C.The richer the more important.
D.How to be an important person.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
When Pope Francis recently told a reporter that he stopped watching television 25 years ago, it reminded me that several of my friends had gone TV-free as well. They had really quit TV? It seemed fairly unlikely.
And so it was. It turned out that most Americans who "cut the cord " are not getting rid of their TV sets. What they're doing, like my friends, is canceling their cable or satellite TV contracts. Not such a major move, but nice cost savings. You can still watch lots of TV programming these days on your computer or TV by subscribing to an online streaming service. Netflix is currently the most popular of those.
There is, however, a small group of the population that has adopted a true zero-tolerance policy when it comes to television. Listen to what was said about TV by none other than Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor In 2010 following his terminal cancer diagnosis, he called out TV as the enemy of productivity. "If you really want to have time back in your life," he said, "unplug you TV and put it in a closet and put a blanket over it."
My friend Laura Schiff, a former journalist, appreciates that point all too well. "Television always felt like a waste of time," she told me the other day. When her old TV failed, she decided not to replace it. "No regrets. Without TV I get a much deeper understanding of the world and what's going on around us." The amazing irony (讽刺): Schiff's late father, Arthur Schiff was the genius behind such memorable TV marketing catchphrases (广告语) as "Act now and you'll also receive...and "But wait, there's more!"
For some Americans, there is no "more". There is already too, too much 一 too much stupid programming, too much commercials for products no one needs. Most of all, “TV robs us of our precious time," as author Joshua Fields Millbum said in his book, Everything That Remains.
1.We learn from paragraph 2 that most Americans who cut the cord ______.
A.stop watching TV completely
B.get rid of their TV sets
C.canceling their TV contracts to save money
D.still watch lots of programs through cable TV
2.According to the passage, Netflix is probably ________ .
A.a popular online streaming service
B.a satellite TV station
C.a new brand of TV sets
D.a most popular TV program currently
3.Why was Randy Pausch against television?
A.It was a waste of money.
B.He had little time to spare for it.
C.It was a waste of productive time.
D.He suffered from headaches because of it.
4.We can infer from the last paragraph that some Americans _______.
A.demand changes in television
B.will never believe TV catchphrases
C.spend more time watching TV
D.will never watch TV
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Several years ago, I quit my job to chase my dream of writing a book, but that book was ______ repeatedly. Everybody was asking, “How’s the book coming?” I was so ______.
My friend got together one day and I blurted out(脱口而出), “I don’t know my purpose in life.” The outburst was met with ______ and stares. Finally, Pam said, “I don’t know, either.” She was in a job she ______. Teresa said, “Me either.” I was sure that Bette would have a(n) ______. She was suffering from cancer and, surely she had figured things out since she was facing a likely terminal outcome. ______, she shook her head.
Two years passed and, during that time, I sold my ______, Teresa went back to school, Pam switched ______, and Bette kept on living as best as she could.
Actually, for those two years, Bette lived a ______ life than any of us. She built a butterfly garden in her neighborhood. She spent time with her family, went hiking, ______ and lived.
My book was finally ______and Bette made it to my first big signing. A day or two later, she was back in the ______ as she was seriously ill. I left on tour for several weeks, and when I______, she was close to ______.
The day came when her brother called to let me know Bette had ______. He asked me to write her obituary(讣告). I thought about how she’d filled every moment with as much joy as she could find. That obituary wasn’t a list of ______. It was the story of a woman who lived ______ what life threw at her, she lived.
That was when I ______ what I’d learned through her passing. She defined her purpose in life by simply living her life. That’s all any of us are here to do. In the end, the only thing that ______ is that we breathe in our time here and fill it with ______
1.A. read B. printed C. rejected D. written
2.A. excited B. confident C. envious D. embarrassed
3.A. darkness B. smoke C. danger D. silence
4.A. hated B. lost C. found D. created
5.A. present B. answer C. dream D. excuse
6.A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. otherwise
7.A. house B. car C. paper D. book
8.A. jobs B. methods C. topics D. channels.
9.A. fuller B. poorer C. sadder D. simpler
10.A. complained B. shouted C. laughed D. learned
11.A. revised B. published C. reviewed D. translated
12.A. hospital B. school C. garden D. company
13.A. hollowed B. returned C. escaped D. recovered
14.A. success B. death C. trouble D. wealth
15.A. given up B. shown off C. turned down D. passed away
16.A. requirements B. suggestions C. achievements D. agreements
17.A. Other than B. Rather than C. Regardless of D. In case of
18.A. guessed B. decided C. expected D. realized
19.A. works B. matters C. exists D. changes
20.A. life B. trust C. luck D. nature
高二英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析
完形填空
It happened to me several years ago when I was with my parents and sister on _________ on a farm close to Medellin. We were in a car, and it was 2:00 in the morning. We came across a car _________
As is known to all, it is _________ in some places in Colombia to stop and help strangers because it can be risky (危险的);you can be _________ . Actually, I have heard of so many _________ in which people have been robbed just because they stopped and tried to help people who _________ to need help from the passers-by.
_________ , we didn't know whether to stop or not ; but in the end , _________ , we decided to do it. They had really had a car accident and some of them were _________ . We took them to the hospital. They were really _________ , and we also felt very good about helping them.
I remember the next day when we 51 my grandfathers and uncles about that, they said we shouldn’t have _________ because it was too dangerous. They thought we were _________ because we were able to tell the _________ and still take a vacation on the farm. They _________ us never to do that again.
I think it was risky, but it was worth taking the _________ . Otherwise, we would always have _________ if it was real. Also, if we hadn’t helped them, who knows what would have _________to them.
I believe that one of the reasons why we made up our mind _________ to stop was the fact that we were four people in the car. Maybe if I had been by myself_________I wouldn’t have stopped.
1.A. duty B. time C. show D. vacation
2.A. robbery B. accident C. trade D. race
3.A. convenient B. dangerous C. kind D. difficult
4.A. robbed B. praised C. appreciated D. punished
5.A. passers-by B. cars C. cases D. problems
6.A. refused B. offered C. pretended D. decided
7.A. However B. So C. Otherwise D. Yet
8.A. unluckily B. unwillingly C. unexpectedly D.luckily
9.A.caught B.wounded C. killed D. injured
10.A.thankful B. risky C. peaceful D. frightened
11.A.told B. spoke C. informed D. reminded
12.A.survived B. stopped C. driven D. run
13.A.brave B. kind C. lucky D. stubborn
14.A message B. report C. joke D. story
15.A. advised B. suggested C. persuaded D. forced
16.A. advice B. trouble C. risk D. trip
17.A. wandered B. wondered C. remembered D.regretted
18.A. happened B. faced C. meant D. given
19.A. brains B. decisions C. intentions D. minds
20.A. in the future B. at that time C. at times D. time and again
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Years ago when Sam was nine, a television advertisement caught his attention. Procter & Gamble started an advertisement campaign with “the Cheer Man”, a character who visited_________around the country. If he rang your doorbell and you had a box of Cheer or something like “Cheer” written on a piece of paper, you’d_________ten dollars.
Sam was_________that the Cheer Man would come to his home. Many parents considered his idea_________, but his mother helped him prepare for that_________.
Young Sam made a sign with the Cheer logo(标志) and_________it in his bedroom. When he was_________, he told his classmates his dream. They_________him, but his mother kept_________him to dream.
Time went by and the ad was not on____________.Sam stored the sign in his closet(壁橱)-but he____________believed the Cheer Man was coming.
The next summer when Sam was ten, he____________a neighborhood birthday party. While they were playing outside, they____________what sounded like someone shouting. As the noise got____________, they saw a car with a loudspeaker-and a man was yelling, “Cheer! Cheer! Cheer is here!”
Sam watched____________. The car was several blocks away, but he knew it was going to his house. Sam ran home, grabbed(抓住)his sign and____________outside holding it over his head. And just as he’d____________, the Cheer Man stopped in front of his house and said, “You get the ten dollars.”Sam’s joy was beyond____________.
Young Sam learned a valuable____________about believing in a dream He discovered that anything is possible. That knowledge paved the way for Sam Haskell’s____________as a television executive and producer in Hollywood.
1.A.classrooms B.companies C.surroundings D.neighborhoods
2.A.raise B.spend C.receive D.save
3.A.convinced B.pleased C.doubted D.accused
4.A.informal B.impossible C.unexpected D.unusual
5.A.visit B.advertisement C.wait D.party
6.A.hung B.threw C.hid D.spread
7.A.curious B.stressful C.ready D.puzzled
8.A.believed in B.relied on C.laughed at D.responded to
9.A.inviting B.encouraging C.forcing D.requiring
10.A.newspaper B.television C.radio D.book
11.A.only B.yet C.already D.still
12.A.changed B.ruined C.celebrated D.attended
13.A.ignored B.kept C.heard D.suggested
14.A.closer B.faster C.nicer D.better
15.A.peacefully B.excitedly C.sadly D.slowly
16.A.whispered B.begged C.climbed D.rushed
17.A.dreamed B.planned C.organized D.written
18.A.combination B.pace C.description D.manner
19.A.speech B.lesson C.experience D.conclusion
20.A.birth B.business C.gift D.future
高二英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Several years ago, Masaru Ibuka, chairman of Sony, was at a company planning a meeting. Suddenly he had a brilliant idea. He stopped the meeting and asked everyone present what would happen if Sony removed the recording function and speaker and sold headphones with a tape player instead. Almost everyone thought he was crazy. Still, Ibuka kept thinking about his idea and worked at improving it. The result, of course, turned out to be the wildly successful Sony Walkman.
Good ideas often start with a seemingly silly question. Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day. As he stood there making waffles (华夫饼干)for his son, he wondered what would happen if he poured rubber into his waffle iron. Later ,he tried it and the result looked something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today. Still, when he took this idea to several existing shoe companies, he was laughed at. In fact, every single company turned him down. Though rather discouraged, Bowerman insisted and went on to form his own company, making NIKE athletic shoes.
Sometimes good ideas grow out of frustration .When Fred Smith was a student at Yale University, he had some paperwork that he needed to have delivered across the country the next day. Smith was amazed to find out that overnight delivery was impossible. He sat for a long while, lost in thought. Why couldn’t there be a reliable overnight mail delivery service? He decided to design one. Smith did just that and turned his design into a class project. His business professor gave him only a C for his efforts. However, Smith was not through. He improved the idea in that class project and finally turned it into one of the first and most successful overnight mail service in the world — FedEx.
We know that each of these ideas led to a very successful product or service that has changed the way many of us live. The best questions are usually open-ended and are often silly, Children aren’t afraid to ask such questions, but adults frequently are. Think how different the world might be if people never asked “ silly” questions!
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Sony Walkman achieved great success with its recording function and speaker.
B. Bill Bowerman was experimenting with rubber for large shoe companies.
C. Shoe companies rejected Bill Bowerman as they failed to see the potential of Nike.
D. Fred Smith got the idea of an overnight mail service from his own experience.
2.What do the three persons mentioned in the passage have in common?
A. They were all determined about carrying out their ideas.
B. They were good at answering other people’s silly questions.
C. They started their own company after discussing with others.
D. They had a very clear plan for their new ideas at the very start.
3.We can conclude from the passage that _______.
A. asking others for their silly questions leads to inventions
B. lots of creative ideas usually end up as “silly” questions
C. adults usually ask more silly questions than children
D. crazy ideas sometimes contribute to great inventions
4.The passage is mainly developed by_______.
A. analyzing possible reasons B. presenting different opinions
C. providing typical examples D. listing practical suggestion
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
One summer several years ago, my family was enjoying a barbecue on the beach. After the barbecue, my father-in-law invited me to go fishing. Fishing was his hobby, but I 36 went fishing. We walked a little way along the beach and reached a rock by the shore, and I 37 the hook into the sea from there. Frankly speaking, I am a (n)38 person, and although I had not felt a tug (猛拽) on the line, I reeled up the hook after five minutes or so. I had caught 39. It was a starfish. It trembled uneasily when I 40 the hook from its ugly mouth. I threw the starfish back into the sea. After another five minutes I caught another starfish and I threw it back again.
After a while, I caught yet another starfish. That was 41 time, and this time I really got angry. I hit the starfish on the rock 42 throwing it into the sea. I was not in the 43 to continue fishing any more.
When I was 44 the fishing tools, I noticed a little girl looking at the starfish on the rock. We 45 looks with each other. The little girl spoke to me in a 46voice. “Sir, would you mind if I 47 the starfish back into the sea?”“Not at all,” I replied. “"But you know, there are too many starfish in the sea, and they eat many shellfish. 48, they look so ugly. I don't like them.”
“I understand,” said the little girl. “But if the starfish cannot get back to the sea, it will be 49 by the sun and die. My dead grandfather once told me that there are no living creatures that have no right to exist in the world. God 50 every creature because it was needed by nature. Poisonous snakes, spiders, and starfish were born into this world with a certain 51 for their existence.”
“All right, dear, please throw the starfish back into the sea,” I said to the little girl, feeling 52. The girl picked up the starfish and gently put it into the sea, and she 53 at me and said, “Thank you, sir.”
Many people like "cute" creatures such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, while they tend to dislike “ugly” creatures such as snakes, spiders, and starfish. However, the “cuteness” and “ugliness” of things are decided 54 only on one’s personal opinions. There are no living creatures that have no55 in the world-- this is what I learned from the little girl.
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高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
Several years ago, I was living in New York and working for an airline, so I never got back home for Christmas. My Christmas was happy too with some other colleagues around. But in my heart, I was sad because I couldn’t stay with my family. Sometimes my colleagues would say our Christmas was filled with tears. But this Christmas was different. I was lucky. I had the whole day off, which meant I could stay with my family on Christmas Eve.
When Christmas miming came, I awoke to a small hand rubbing my face. “Dad. Merry Christmas!” was all my younger son had time to say. He seemed to be racing against time. I knew he was hunting for gifts with his brother eagerly. I got downstairs just to see the two little boys’ faces as they looked at the pocket rockets Santa Claus had left them. I realized that the real Christmas was for the children who had deep belief in the amazing power of Santa Claus. At first, their fingers went almost shyly over their toys. When their inspection (检查) had been completed, the two boys ensured that the gifts were really delivered by Santa Claus and they dragged everything into the center of the living room.
Delight flooded the room. As their mother began giving out gins, I smiled to myself, wondering how my unexpected gifts this year would be received. With so many Christmas spent outside, I had prepared so many gifts for my children and together with my wife I hid them in several secret places. But the children were excellent detectives and they found all of them. They were happily opening packages constantly thanking considerate Santa Claus for his kindness and ability to know their desires. But had not received a single one. I knew they had forgotten my existence with my absence from their Christmas these years.
注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1:
I had to admit that my disappointment was growing steadily.
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Paragraph 2:
Suddenly my wife walked up to me.
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高二英语读后续写困难题查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文,根据所给情节进行续写,使之构成一个完整的故事。
Several years ago, I was living in New York and working for an airline, so I never got back home for Christmas. My Christmas was happy too with some other colleagues around. But in my heart I was sad because I couldn’t stay with my family. Sometimes my colleagues would say our Christmas was filled with tears. But this Christmas was different. I was lucky. I had the whole day off, which meant I could stay with my family on Christmas Eve.
When Christmas morning came, I awoke to a small hand rubbing my face. “Dad, Merry Christmas!” was all my younger son had time to say. He seemed to be racing against time. I knew he was hunting for gifts with his brother eagerly. I got downstairs just to see the two little boys’ faces as they looked at the pocket rockets Santa Claus had left them. I realized that the real Christmas was for the children who had deep belief in the amazing power of Santa Claus. At first, their fingers went almost shyly over their toys. When their inspection had been completed, the two boys ensured that the gifts were really delivered by Santa Claus and they dragged everything into the center of the living room.
Delight flooded the room. As their mother began giving out gifts, I smiled to myself, wondering how my unexpected gifts this year would be received. With so many Christmas spent outside, I had prepared so many gifts for my children and together with my wife I hid them in several secret places. But the children were excellent detectives and they found all of them. They were happily opening packages constantly thanking considerate Santa Claus for his kindness and ability to know their desires. But I had not received a single one. I knew they had forgotten my existence with my absence from their Christmas these years.
注意:
1. 所续写短文的字数应为150左右;
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词;
3. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语都为你写好;
4. 续写完成后,请用下划线标出你使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
I had to admit that my disappointment was growing steadily._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
高二英语书面表达困难题查看答案及解析
Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. The sad news, so unexpected, shook the unusually and unhurried politician off her balance. Though she did her best to as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to from her shock.
One day when she was to at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the of her missing son again. She was mentally unprepared for the question and lost her self-control. Tears were her cheeks she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries concerned had to do their best to help her find her son. With that she down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as . It was a very scene which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s the public do not usually see. People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s love, a that is common to all human race.
Later Mark returned to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman, , broke down again and was sobbing for a second time.
1.A. outstanding B. busy C. calm D. considerate
2.A. seem B. talk C. do D. pretend
3.A. construction B. control C. discussion D. pressure
4.A. respond B. relieve C. reduce D. recover
5.A. arrive B. eat C. speak D. read
6.A. subject B. object C. theme D. message
7.A. hardly B. totally C. partly D. mostly
8.A. putting down B. taking off C. getting off D. rolling down
9.A. because B. though C. if D. as
10.A. permitted B. admitted C. promised D. managed
11.A. fell B. went C. broke D. brought
12.A. agreed B. planned C. announced D. explained
13.A. moving B. shocking C. interesting D. serious
14.A. quality B. action C. position D. character
15.A. lively B. likely C. lovely D. motherly
16.A. habit B. hobby C. feeling D. thought
17.A. hungry and tired B. safe and funny C. safe and sound D. tired and sleepy
18.A. as if B. even if C. so that D. if only
19.A. therefore B. however C. besides D. thus
20.A. made B. heard C. felt D. seen
高二英语完型填空中等难度题查看答案及解析