Do you want to pick the tickets up yourself o...

Do you want to pick the tickets up yourself or have them _____ to you, sir?

A. deliver　 　　　 B. to deliver

C. delivered　　　 D. delivering

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you want to increase your vocabulary, the best way to do it might be to pick up a guitar, or learn the violin. A new study shows that learning to play a musical instrument makes the brain more able to remember words.

“Grown-ups with music training in their childhood can have better memory for words,” said Dr Agnes Chan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who did the research. “They can remember things that you tell them better than those who did not have music training when they were young.”

It seems that one can remember spoken words because his brain has a special part. “That part of the brain is larger in musicians than in non-musicians,” Dr Chan told BBC. “If that part of the brain is larger, it may be better developed and so this explains very nicely our results.”

Dr Chan and her workmates came to their conclusion after studying students. Their research is reported in the latest edition of the journal(杂志) Nature. “We did the experiment with 60 girl college students from our university and 30 of them have at least six years training with one western musical instrument (such as the violin and the piano) before the age of 12. The other 30 had received no music training. We tested their memory by reading them some words and asking them to remember these words—a very common test for memory. We found that people who have had music training can remember about 70% more information than those who have not had any music training.”

Dr Chan thinks the process(过程) of learning is more important than the actual instrument used. She also believes if one is able to remember words through learning to play instruments, he or she could have some very real benefits. Dr Chan thinks this could be developed into a medical way for patients who are suffering from memory loss.

1. According to the writer, learning to play a musical instrument helps to ______.

2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

3.How many students took part in Dr Chan’s research?

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Many people rely on a cup of coffee or two to wake them up in the morning or pick them up during the working day, but now a chemist has come up with a speedy alternative to crafting a cup of coffee.

U.S. biochemist Ben Yu has created ‘Sprayable Energy,’ which claims to be the world’s first caffeine - based topical energy spray. He said tired workers can spray a ‘shot’ of caffeine onto their skin without experiencing a strong buzz, loading up on unnecessary calories or being stuck with a nasty aftertaste like they might get from drinking energy drinks or coffee.

The patent-pending caffeine spray is an odourless liquid that is absorbed through the skin and distributed through the body over a number of hours to deliver a caffeine hit that apparently lasts longer than guzzling a cup of coffee.

Each small aluminum bottle of Sprayable Energy contains around 160 sprays - the equivalent amount of caffeine to 40 cups of coffee and the creators say it is a much cheaper way of getting a caffeine fix than popping to a café. The only active ingredient in the spray is caffeine, which can naturally enter the human body through the skin by passing through cell membranes as it is very similar to nicotine in structure. Each spritz of Sprayable Energy contains around a quarter of the amount of caffeine found in a cup of coffee, but apparently has the same effect as a full cup.

The website said: ‘The reason for this is our product not being ingested, isn’t almost entirely metabolised（新陈代谢） by the liver before entering your system and becoming available to your body.’‘Thus, a smaller amount of caffeine can have just the same effect as a very large amount of caffeine ingested through an energy drink or cup of coffee. Sprayable Energy`s website recommends that users apply the spray in places where they normally spritz perfume, such as the neck or wrists, but warns users not to exceed 20 sprays a day.

It claims that after spraying the product on the skin, users will feel ‘awake and focused without being over-stimulated’, which is common with coffee and energy drinks.

1.What can we learn about Sprayable Energy from the passage ?_______.

A. A bottle of Sprayable Energyis cheaper than 40 cups of coffee. .

B. Sprayable Energy lets users not worry about taking in unnecessary calories..

C. Sprayable Energy can be used at least 20 sprays a day

D. The caffeine spray is a colorless liquid that is absorbed through the skin..

2.What does the fifth paragraph mainly tell us ?____

A, Sprayable Energy is taken by mouth...

B. Before Sprayable Energy is absorbed by body, the liver entirely metabolizes it

C. How Sprayable Energy acts on user’s body and how users use the product.

D. Sprayable Energy is convenient but expensive.

3.We can conclude from the passage that ____

A.Sprayable Energy can not be permitted to be used by people now.

B. Sprayable Energy has not already gone into mass production

C. Each spritz of Sprayable Energy has the same effect as a full cup of coffee

D. Sprayable Energy is well received by flagging workers.

4.The writer’s attitude towards Sprayable Energy ______

A. negative.　　　　　　　 B. positive

C. uncertain　　　　　　　 D. indifferent

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Pick yourself up. Courage is doing 　　 you’re afraid to do.

A.that B.what C.how D.whether

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Pick yourself up. Courage is doing ________　 you're afraid to do.

A．that　　　　　 B．what　　　　 C．how　　　　 D．whether

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

Looking for a fun Earth Day activity? You may want to try plogging, or picking up litter while jogging. Strange as it may sound, the new “sport" is becoming popular with runners worldwide? many of whom are posting photos of themselves and friends holding bags of trash on social media.

Plogging is the idea of Erik Alstrom. In 2016, after moving to Stockholm in northern Sweden, Alstrom showed concern over the amount of trash on the road during his daily bike ride to work. Thus, he began plogging during his daily runs.

Other joggers soon joined Alstrom, and the activity became so popular that official “plogging" events started all across Sweden. As plogging became popular on social media, the new “sport" began to spread beyond Sweden, first to other European countries and then worldwide.

The official online “Plogga" group now includes members from over 40 countries, all the way from United States cities like Ohio to Thailand and Ecuador. Many school running clubs are also getting in on the action to encourage people, staging competitions that reward the runners with the heaviest trash bags.

As it turns out, plogging is not only good for the environment but also a healthy way to exercise. According to Swedish fitness app Lifesun, an average person burns about 288 calories while plogging for half an hour. This is about 50 calories more than he/she would burn when just jogging. Additionally, the constant squatting(蹲) to pick up litter increases the plogger's flexibility, while lugging(费力地拖) around the increasingly heavy garbage bags helps strengthen his/her arm muscles.

On this Earth Day, be sure to put on your running shoes, carry a trash bag or two, and go plogging. Or better still, start a plogging team at school, or around your neighborhood, and make every day Earth Day!

1.Why did Erik Alstrom decide to pick up litter while running?

A.He wanted to clear out a path to ride his bike.

B.He was concerned about the trash on the road.

C.He was fond of exercising on his way to work.

D.He dreamed to become popular across Sweden.

2.How do school running clubs support the new “sport”？

A.They post photos of official events online.

B.They explain what plogging means on stage.

C.They compete with one another for members.

D.They hold competitions to attract people to plog.

3.Why is Swedish fitness app Lifesun mentioned in paragraph 5?

A.To show that plogging is of benefit to health.

B.To say that plogging is environment-friendly.

C.To offer the approaches to exercising properly.

D.To tell joggers to carry heavy bags to work out.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Plogging: A Strange But New “Sport" for Runners

B.What We Should Do to Reduce the Amount of Litter

C.Running Is Really Helpful to Environmental Protection

D.Plogging: A Fun Activity for Earth Day and Every Day

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

I’m going shopping. Do you have anything ________ ?

A．to be picked up     B．to pick up         C．picked up         D．pick up

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What is Jason supposed to do?

A. To pick up the minibus.　　 B. To have the minibus fixed.　　 C. To meet people at the airport.

2.What is true about Andy Jefferson?

A. He is tall and fat.　　 B. He likes running.　　 C. He is full of energy

3.Which subject will Nancy Mather teach?

A. IT　　 B. Mathematics.　　 C. Industrial arts.

4.What is Dr. Keating like?

A. He is an average guy；　　 B. He is middle-aged.　　 C. He has black hair.

高二英语长对话中等难度题查看答案及解析

If you really want to learn French, you just have to keep yourself 　　　　　 to the language whenever you can.

A. exposed B. slided C. linked D. led

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—Are you going to attend the academic lecture tomorrow?

—_____. I might have to pick my uncle up at the airport.

A．No problem        B．It all depends       C．No way           D．It sounds great

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析