One of the most popular comments I have heard about time is that we need to balance our time in order to live a more balanced life. We often feel that if we are focused and devoted, happy and positive, loving and generous, healthy and energetic, then we will be balanced people. And if the pie chart of our daily life has just the right ratios(比率) of work, life, family, health, and service, then our time will be balanced.
The problem with trying hard for balance is that most people’s understanding of this state is so different from what balance actually is! Balance is not about walking around with a bunch of positive qualities; it’s about walking on the tight rope between the poles within us and the circumstances outside of us. Strictly speaking, in order to achieve true balance, we should accept we may have some shortcomings. We should accept and love the most challenging parts of life because they offer gifts for full, real living.
Even though we measure time in a linear(线状的) way, time is and will always be asymmetrical(不均匀的). One moment is not like another, just like each day is different and each tide that rolls in is different from the previous one. This is why it is impossible to balance our time through a pie chart in a time management book. Exploring asymmetrical time allows us to move in line with an unbalanced time and thus regain our relative balance. If we stop measuring ourselves against the standards of linear time, we can accept ourselves more fully. New possibilities arise as we accept the uncertainty.
1.Why does the author think it’s difficult to achieve balance in life?
A. People don’t know the true meaning of balance.
B. People may not have enough good qualities.
C. People cannot create their pie charts of daily life.
D. People fail to realize the qualities they really need.
2.In the author’s opinion, what does a balanced life mean?
A. We should arrange our time wisely.
B. We should try to believe ourselves.
C. We should learn to improve ourselves and our lives.
D. We should accept the bad aspects of ourselves and life.
3.What does the last paragraph mainly want to tell us?
A. Uncertainty can help build up confidence.
B. It is difficult for us to accept ourselves fully.
C. There are always uncertain things occurring in life.
D. New possibilities can help us achieve balance in life.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A. The true meaning of time
B. Seeking relative balance
C. Struggle for a balanced life
D. Popular comments about time
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One of the most popular comments I have heard about time is that we need to balance our time in order to live a more balanced life. We often feel that if we are focused and devoted, happy and positive, loving and generous, healthy and energetic, then we will be balanced people. And if the pie chart of our daily life has just the right ratios(比率) of work, life, family, health, and service, then our time will be balanced.
The problem with trying hard for balance is that most people’s understanding of this state is so different from what balance actually is! Balance is not about walking around with a bunch of positive qualities; it’s about walking on the tight rope between the poles within us and the circumstances outside of us. Strictly speaking, in order to achieve true balance, we should accept we may have some shortcomings. We should accept and love the most challenging parts of life because they offer gifts for full, real living.
Even though we measure time in a linear(线状的) way, time is and will always be asymmetrical(不均匀的). One moment is not like another, just like each day is different and each tide that rolls in is different from the previous one. This is why it is impossible to balance our time through a pie chart in a time management book. Exploring asymmetrical time allows us to move in line with an unbalanced time and thus regain our relative balance. If we stop measuring ourselves against the standards of linear time, we can accept ourselves more fully. New possibilities arise as we accept the uncertainty.
1.Why does the author think it’s difficult to achieve balance in life?
A. People don’t know the true meaning of balance.
B. People may not have enough good qualities.
C. People cannot create their pie charts of daily life.
D. People fail to realize the qualities they really need.
2.In the author’s opinion, what does a balanced life mean?
A. We should arrange our time wisely.
B. We should try to believe ourselves.
C. We should learn to improve ourselves and our lives.
D. We should accept the bad aspects of ourselves and life.
3.What does the last paragraph mainly want to tell us?
A. Uncertainty can help build up confidence.
B. It is difficult for us to accept ourselves fully.
C. There are always uncertain things occurring in life.
D. New possibilities can help us achieve balance in life.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A. The true meaning of time
B. Seeking relative balance
C. Struggle for a balanced life
D. Popular comments about time
高二英语阅读理解极难题查看答案及解析
Have you ever heard about Ramadan?Ramadan is one of the most important festivals for Muslims. The name of the festival comes from the Arabic month‘in which it is celebrated. Ramadan is celebrated in countries all over the world, especially in Africa and the Middle East. The time for celebrating Ramadan varies each year. People celebrate it in the ninth month of the Arabic lunar calendar. During Ramadan, people must not eat during the day: from when the sun comes up to when the sun goes down, people celebrating Ramadan will not eat or smoke. When the sun has gone down, however, the celebration begins. People often stay up all night eating singing and dancing.
In late spring, many people around the world celebrate Easter. The festival is a celebration of spring and it is also a religious holiday. It is the time for Easter bunnies and egg hunts, and of course for eating lots of delicious foods. Easter is celebrated in late March or early April but the exact dates are different form year to year. People celebrate Easter in different ways: in some countries, the Easter Bunny—a big rabbit—will visit and children will go on egg hunts, looking for eggs and candy that have been hidden by their parents. In other countries, Easter is a time for children to dress up like witches and go from door to door asking for candy—much like Halloween in the US. The Easter Bunny and the Easter Egg are popular symbols of the festival.
1.Ramadan and Easter are .
A. festivals celebrated in Asia and Africa
B. the only festivals that people like to celebrate during the day.
C. two names of the year
D. festivals celebrated by people all over the world
2.During Ramadan, people do not during Easter.
A. talk B. sing
C. eat D. sleep
3.In some countries, children will go on during the day.
A. picnics B. egg hurts
C. trips D. fighting
4.The two main popular symbols of Easter are the and the .
A. Easter Man, Easter egg B. Easter Bunny, Easter tree
C. Easter Man, Easter tree D. Easter Bunny, Easter egg
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
One of the most popular and enduring myths about depression is that depressed people are sad all the time—and that by extension, people who are happy can’t be experiencing depression, even if they say they are. It is a mistaken version of depression. Depression doesn’t make you sad all the time.
When I’m having a depressive feeling, I’m not walking around in black clothes, and weeping. I go out with friends. I play jokes. I keep working, and have friendly chats with the people I work with. I read books. Above all, I experience moments of happiness. Yet I feel a strange conflicting pressure. On the one hand, I feel like I need to engage in a sort of sadness for people to understand that I really am depressed and that each day is a struggle for me. Because that way I will appear suitably sad, and thus, depressed—and then maybe people will recognize that I’m depressed and perhaps they’ll even offer support and assistance.
On the other hand, I feel an extreme pressure to perform just the opposite, because sad depressed people are boring and no fun, as I am continually reminded every time I speak openly about depression or express feelings of sadness and frustration. I’m caught in a trap where if I don’t perform sadness, I’m not really depressed, but if I express sadness at all to any degree, I’m annoying and boring and should stop being so self-centered. Depression can become your master, but you can slip out from under it occasionally. And many depressed people don’t actually spend it fainting dramatically on the couch and talking about how miserable they are.
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Sad people are always depressed.
B. Depressed people are sad all the time.
C. Happy people will never feel depressed.
D. Depressed people do not always feel sad.
2.When feeling depressed, the writer usually avoids ________.
A. expressing sad feelings straight
B. going out with friends and relatives
C. having friendly chats with colleagues
D. experiencing moments of happiness
3.What’s the writer’s attitude to being sad and depressed?
A. Positive. B. Negative. C. Indifferent. D. Cold.
4.In the passage, the writer advises depressed people to ________.
A. speak openly about depression
B. hide the depression in the heart and never express it
C. be optimistic and become the master of depression
D. lie on the couch and talk about how depressed they are
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Kung fu is one of the most popular topics of discussion among foreigners talking about China. As a discipline of kung fu with the largest number of practitioners in China, Tai Chi is gaining popularity worldwide. Tai Chi is sweeping the world thanks to its deep cultural roots and the health benefits coming from practicing it.
The philosophy of Tai Chi features the concept of yin and yang, which is typical of Confucianism and Taoism. Tai Chi also takes in ideas from traditional Chinese medicine, including anatomy (解剖学) and physiology (生理学). It is a practice that couples hardness with softness, and it is a perfect example of traditional Chinese culture.
Through lasting practice, learners begin to feel the positive impact (影响) of Tai Chi on their health. Unlike kung fu practices that focus on attacking and defending against enemies, Tai Chi focuses more on shaping good characters and keeping fit. By practicing Tai Chi, people will feel an improvement in their physical and psychological health by promoting a balance between yin and yang within their bodies. This is similar to Western medicine’s improving people’s self-healing ability and immune system.
Tai Chi is playing an important role in presenting Chinese culture to the rest of the world, acting like a bridge between China and other countries. Recent years have seen a lot of international communication on Tai Chi. In provinces like Hebei, Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi, where Tai Chi teaching and learning are particularly active, local governments and non-governmental institutions often organize activities and competitions for learners and fans to attend and participate in. Large sporting events hosted by China such as the Asian Games and Olympics have featured Tai Chi performances or contests. These activities have opened a window for the outside world to know more about Tai Chi, paving the way for its overseas wide spread.
Today, Tai Chi not only belongs to China, but also to the whole world and to everyone who loves it.
1.Why is Tai Chi becoming popular around the world?
A. Chinese culture spreads quickly.
B. A good many people practice it.
C. Foreigners show more interest in it.
D. It has deep culture roots and health benefits.
2.What does Tai Chi represent?
A. The ideas of medicine.
B. The traditional Chinese culture.
C. The characteristic of yin and yang.
D. A practice of hardness and softness.
3.According to Paragraph 3, Tai Chi practice is to .
A. restore people’s immune system
B. help people keep healthy and get good characters
C. defend the body from being attacked
D. improve people’s self-healing ability
4.What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?
A. Tai Chi has become a sport event.
B. Tai Chi is active only in central China.
C. Tai Chi promotes cross-culture communications.
D. Tai Chi opens a window for people to know about the world.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Most people in the world like to enjoy nature. Travel is one of the most popular ways. Nowadays modern transportation can take people everywhere. But people who lived before the 1880s probably would not travel very far. They would not have time to travel far from their work. Anyone who travelled 36 would usually walk or ride a horse. But in Germany a man named Karl Benz had an idea that 37 the world in a dramatic way. In 1885, he made 38 . His car had three wheels, 39 most cars today. The car could only go 40 16 kilometres an hour.
At around the same time, the man 41 his first car in Detroit, America is called Henry Ford. Detroit is now still famous all over the world as the centre of American car-making.
Cars were very few and only 42 people could buy them. 43 , in England cars were thought to be 44 at that time, so for a few years someone 45 walk in front of every car 46 a red flag! This was to make sure that the car did not go too fast and hurt 47 .
In the 1910s, Henry Ford had 48 a better kind of car called the Model T Ford and he built a 49 where the cars could be made 50 . In this way the car could be made 51 and the cost was less and more and more people could 52 them. But there was still a problem 53 all the cars were black. That was because it was 54 to produce cars that were all the same color. Now, of course, you can buy cars in all 55 .
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高二英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for their teams. One of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has pictures of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he thinks will win such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four times of his age.
Most schools in England take football seriously（认真地）— much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all very important and games are left for the children themselves. In England it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy’s mind with facts in the classroom; education also means the training of character by means of games, especially team games, where the boy or girl has to learn to work with others for his or her team instead of working for himself or herself alone. Therefore the school plans games and matches for its students. Football is a good team game. It is good both for the body and the mind. That is why it is every school’s game in England.
1.Football games are very popular in England among _____________.
A. all the people B. grown-ups
C. boys only D. boys and girls
2.In England, a boy’s opinion of a match is often______________ .
A. three or four times better than that of a man
B. worse than that of a man
C. as good as that of a man
D. worth thinking three or four times
3.In England, education means _________________ .
A. filling a boy’s mind with stories
B. more than the teaching of knowledge
C. the teaching of knowledge only
D. training character by means of football games
4.We can use_______ instead of the underlined word “therefore”
A. however B. as a result
C. why D. at that place
5.From the passage, we learn that _______________.
A. schools in England make use of football games for the training of character
B. England is better than all the European countries
C. football is more important than lessons
D. only some schools in England have football game
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for their teams. One of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has pictures of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he thinks will win such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four times of his age.
Most schools in England take football seriously（认真地）— much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all very important and games are left for the children themselves. In England it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy’s mind with facts in the classroom; education also means the training of character by means of games, especially team games, where the boy or girl has to learn to work with others for his or her team instead of working for himself or herself alone. Therefore the school plans games and matches for its students. Football is a good team game. It is good both for the body and the mind. That is why it is every school’s game in England.
1.Football games are very popular in England among _____________ .
A. all the people B. grown-ups
C. boys only D. boys and girls
2.In England, a boy’s opinion of a match is often______________.
A. three or four times better than that of a man
B. worse than that of a man
C. as good as that of a man
D. worth thinking three or four times
3.In England, education means _________________ .
A. filling a boy’s mind with stories
B. more than the teaching of knowledge
C. the teaching of knowledge only
D. training character by means of football games
4.We can use_______ instead of the underlined word “therefore”
A. however B. as a result
C. why D. at that place
5.From the passage, we learn that ________________ .
A. schools in England make use of football games for the training of character
B. England is better than all the European countries
C. football is more important than lessons
D. only some schools in England have football game
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal Farm is probably one of the most popular school reads in the world. George Orwell wrote it as a political allegory(讽喻)and has since then inspired the minds of not only adult revolutionaries but also the younger ones who start feeling the spark of being right and free for all of the humanity in their hearts.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
This is a wise, funny, and heartbreaking memory of Marjane Satrapi’s years growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, and how she dealt with life while experiencing the ruinous effects of the war with Iraq. The mistakes she felt she made opened her eyes and shaped her into becoming the influential individual she is today.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Regarded as a masterpiece of literature----it is no wonder it won the Pulitzer Prize. The plot and characters are based on the author’s observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 16 years old. The novel is famous for its warmth and humor, despite telling a story of innocent Tom Robinson being accused of raping(强暴)a white woman because he was black.
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
A story showing the absolute courage of a young boy, who was never afraid to speak his mind in the face of injustice and would always defend the helpless. A boy shows us the importance of believing in ourselves and others. Harry Potter reminds us that the true power to defeat any enemy is not found in others, but found within each of us.
1.Which book best suits the people who want freedom?
A. The Harry Potter series B. To Kill a Mockingbird
C. Animal Farm D. Persepolis
2.Which author wrote about his or her own experience in the above works?
A. J. K. Rowling B. Marjane Satrapi
C. George Orwell D. Harper Lee
3.What does the author say about To Kill a Mockingbird?
A. Its author is a young girl B. It was written in a serious way
C. One theme may be racial inequality D. Tom Robinson committed a crime
4.What does the Harry Potter series mainly want to convey?
A. God helps those who help themselves B. A friend in need is a friend indeed
C. Actions speak louder than words D. Failure is the mother of success
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks around the world．1.Experts think that there are more flavors of Coffee than there are of wine．Coffee contains caffeine，something that raises our awareness，keeps us from falling asleep or simply gives US a kick in the morning or after lunch．
2.For a long time doctors have told people not to drink too much coffee, because it may lead to heart problems，high blood pressure，and headaches．
Scientists have now found out that it is the quality of coffee and the way it is made that hold the key to our health．3.Among other things，this is linked to the consumption of a strong coffee．Experts also point out that different roasts and types of coffee beans have different effects on our health．Milk and sugar change the different levels of caffeine in a cup of coffee．
A new study by a Harvard research group says that there is no link between coffee and health problems．Drinking several cups of strong coffee a day is not connected with early death or other heart diseases．Coffee has many advantages，as the new study suggests．While alcohol makes people sleepy and slow moving，coffee gives them energy．4.
Although a lot still needs to be uncovered about coffee，it seems to reduce the risk of cancer and diabetes(糖尿病)．5. But reports show that people who drink coffee may develop Parkinson’s disease later in life，or maybe not at all．
A．There are many different types of coffee．
B．Scientists ask people not to drink coffee at night．
C．Elderly people in Greece live longer than normal．
D．Doctors think that coffee may have a positive effect on our brain．
E．Sugar can change the different levels of caffeine in a cup of coffee．
F．However, food experts are still undecided on how healthy coffee is．
G．Getting together for a cup of coffee also has a positive effect on relationships．
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Tea is one of the most popular 1.(drink) in the world. You make it by pouring hot water over the 2.(dry) leaves of a tea plant. For centuries people believed that tea could cure illnesses, and they used it as medicine. Today scientists know that tea contains chemicals that prevent cells from 3.(die). Most teas have caffeine in them, a substance that makes you feel more active. Some people have problems drinking tea because it can cause 4.(sleep).
The tea plant grows best in tropical and temperate places 5. rain falls throughout the year. Tea plants can be grown from sea level 6. about 2,000 meters above sea level, but the best quality grows in higher regions.
Tea 7.(come) from the leaves and buds of tea plants. Wild plants can be up to 9 meters high but on tea plantations they 8.(cut) back to a bush of about a meter in height so that workers can pull the leaves 9.(easy). It takes a plant tree to five years before it is ready for picking.
A picker can harvest about 20 kg of tea a day. On large tea plantations the leaves are harvested by machines, 10. the quality of tea is higher when the leaves are picked by hand.
高二英语语法填空中等难度题查看答案及解析