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Math is one of the most boring classes for many students. But recently, at the University of California in the US, a     class got 400 students interested. There were even another 35     from behind windows.
     could make a boring subject so interesting? Terence Tao, the 31-year-old university teacher, is known as “the Mozart of Math”. Tao, born in Hong Kong, spent his childhood in Australia. He showed his great       in math when he was very young. At the age of two, he could read. At nine, he went to college math classes. At twenty, he got his doctor’s degree(博士学位). Last summer, Tao        a Fields Medal which is known as the “Noble Prize of Math”.        he was talented, Terence Tao didn’t go to college until he was fourteen. “In my opinion, it’s not       to go to college too young. ” said Tao. He added, “      , studying is like building a large tower. It must have a strong base(基础). Then it can be built higher. ”
People don’t think Tao is     the rest of us. He wears a T-shirt and an old pair of sports shoes. He reads Japanese comic books, too. But he     loves math. “In many ways, my work is my hobby. ” he said. 
小题1:A. math       B. music          C. Japanese
小题2:A. passing     B. watching       C. shouting
小题3:A. What       B. Which         C. Who
小题4:A. talent       B. importance     C. need
小题5:A. made       B. won           C. found
小题6:A. If          B. Although      C. Because
小题7:A. necessary   B. convenient      C. difficult
小题8:A. So far      B. At times        C. In fact
小题9:A. the same as  B. different from   C. similar to
小题10:A. even      B. also           C. still
答案

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:C
解析

试题分析:短文大意:这篇短文介绍了一位著名的数学老师——陶哲轩。他从很小的时候就表现出了对于数学的良好天分。他14岁进入大学,去年夏天赢得了菲尔兹奖。他是一个把爱好当做工作的人。
小题1:考查语境理解及名词辨析。Math数学;music音乐;Japanese日本人。联系本段第一句话描述,可知此处指的是一堂数学课,故选A。
小题2:考查语境理解及动词辨析。Passing通过,经过;watching观看;shouting喊叫。结合语境可知此处指的是,有35个人从后窗户里面观看。故选B。
小题3:考查语境理解及词语辨析。What什么;Which哪一个;Who谁。句意:谁能让一个枯燥的科目变得如此有趣?故选C。
小题4:考查语境理解及名词辨析。talent 天赋;importance 重要性;need需要。结合语境可知此处指的是,他在数学方面的天赋,故选A。
小题5:考查语境理解及动词辨析。Made制作,使得;won赢得;found发现。句意:去年夏天,他赢得了菲尔兹奖,故选B。
小题6:考查语境理解及连词辨析。If是否,如果;Although虽然,尽管;Because因为。句意:尽管他很有天分,但是他知道14岁才上大学。故选B。
小题7:考查语境理解及形容词辨析。Necessary必要的;convenient方便的,适当的;difficult困难的。结合语境可知此处指的是,上大学没必要太早。故选A。
小题8:考查语境理解及短语辨析。So far到目前为止;At times 有时,偶尔;In fact实际上。句意:实际上,学习就像建设一座高塔。故选C。
小题9:考查语境理解及短语辨析。the same as和……一样;different from 与……不同;similar to 与……相似。句意:人们认为陶和我们其他人不一样。故选B。
小题10:考查语境理解及副词辨析。Even甚至,即使;also也;still仍旧,还。联系前一句描述,可知句意为:但是他仍旧喜爱数学。故选C。
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试题【Math is one of the most boring classes for many students. But recently, at the U】;主要考察你对人生百味类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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     Personal Information of Teachers
Jane Birch is from America.She speaks 5 languages and has been to 14 counties. She is very popular with students and has many methods of learning foreign languages.
Jerry Smith is a humorous teacher. He often turns his maths classes into game time. Math is more than numbers and shapes in his class.It can be used to solve real life problems.
Daisy Chambers,a smart lady ,is good at playing the piano.She has been learning it for ten years. Amazingly,she learns it all by herself.Many students are her fans.
Rod White is a creative teacher and inventor. He believes that invention is for everyone and everyone can be an inventor. In his class, students find it great fun to do scientific experiments.
Emily Roy has written many stories. Students love reading her books, She always recommends good books to her students. She plans to write a book to share how reading changes her life.
Lewis Nichols is an excellent swimmer. He takes part in the winter swimming competition every year. He thinks that swimming in cold water builds up not only his body but also his will.

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The story was a true one and still moved me deeply. Thirty years ago,I got to know a   36 lady named Rose. She had no kids and lived alone.     37­­­­­­   I went to visit her, I always took Rose some coffee and food. One day she said she    38    me to have hunch.
We walked from my work place to a little restaurant on David Street.    39    the way, I began to worry: I knew that she had no money, but if I offered(提供) to    40   the lunch,I was afraid I would hurt her.
There were many people in the    41    and all of them were happy. Rose told me to sit and drink coffee by the window. Then she went to    42  in the kitchen. After about 20 minutes, she came out and sat with me. She just paid for one meal and we started to   43  the delicious food together. She told    44    that the restaurant let people work for a meal if they had no money, or would give them a free meal if they were not able to work. To my surprise, she also explained that the workers who were working there were all    45   .
    46    remember the beautiful afternoon I shared with Rose.    47    we had a meal together only once, it was paid by Rose"s work. The weather was    48    and bright, and everyone"s smile was warm and bright as well.
I’m still thinking that life cannot be easy to us, but we can still do     49    for our friends and neighbors. The world will be     50    if everybody would like to share happiness with others. It will never be dark if there is a light in everyone"s heart.
小题1:
A.richB.poorC.strangeD.crazy
小题2:
A.WhenB.AfterC.UntilD.Unless
小题3:
A.will inviteB.was invitingC.is invitingD.to invite
小题4:
A.ByB.InC.OnD.Out of
小题5:
A.pay forB.ask forC.look forD.care for
小题6:
A.parkB.restaurantC.hotelD.bar
小题7:
A.sitB.restC.stayD.work
小题8:
A.buyB.cookC.enjoyD.drink
小题9:
A.herB.himC.meD.you
小题10:
A.volunteersB.teachersC.doctorsD.cooks
小题11:
A.neverB.stillC.hardlyD.already
小题12:
A.SoB.ButC.ThoughD.Because
小题13:
A.hotterB.coldC.coolD.warm
小题14:
A.somethingB.anythingC.nothingD.everything
小题15:
A.colderB.nicerC.harderD.worse

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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.”
After graduating from college in 1932, I decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer(播音员). I took the bus to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I was refused every time. In one studio, a nice lady told me that big stations didn’t want to accept inexperienced persons. “Go to the countryside and find a small station that’ll give you a chance,” she said.
I returned home, Dixon in Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Smith Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department. Since I had played high school football in Dixon, I applied(申请). The job sounded just right for me. But I still failed in the interview. At that moment, mom’s words came to my mind: “Everything happens for the best.” Dad offered me a car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport in Iowa. The program director, named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt sad. I asked aloud, “How can a man become a sports announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”
I was waiting for the lift when I heard MacArthur calling, “What did you say about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he made me stand before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. As a result, I did a wonderful job and was told to broadcast Saturday’s game!
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words again: “Everything happens for the best if you carry on. One day something good will happen.”
小题1:After the writer graduated from college, he tried to look for a job in        at first.
A.ChicagoB.Dixon
C.Davenport D.Illinois
小题2:The writer couldn’t find a job in Dixon because       .
A.he had played high school football
B.he did not pass the interview
C.he had no working experience
D.he had no interest in the job
小题3: Which sentence below is TRUE?
A.In all, the writer went to three cities to look for the job.
B.The writer took the train to different places to look for the job.
C.The writer gave up finally when he was refused again and again.
D.MacArthur gave the writer a chance to broadcast Saturday’s game directly.
小题4:The passage mainly tells us that       .
A.it is hard to find a job
B.mother’s help is necessary
C.we should hope for the best
D.life is full of disappointment

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What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody says hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序) and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5="96," while love :12+15+22+5="54," and luck: 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude: 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5="100," a full mark.
Different attitudes lead to different ways of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that you will have a change for the better after you have changed your attitude.
When you change your manner and become friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces. In the same way, if you take a positive(积极地) attitude towards failure(失败), you’ll find you may have more chances to succeed.
小题1:We can use ________ to represent “money”.
A. 72                       B. 71                   C. 70
小题2:The underlined word “them” in the second paragraph refers to ________.
A. hard-work and love      
B. 26 English letters          
C. all numbers
小题3:In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important thing in a person’s life?
A. Attitude.                B. Knowledge.               C. Hard-work.
小题4:If you meet with problems, the best way out is to _________.
A. ask for help from others    
B. say your prayers to God 
C. change your attitude
小题5:From the passage we can learn that ______________.
A. different attitudes come from different ways of life
B. none of the English words can give one a full mark
C. failure sometimes can bring success to you if you take a positive attitude
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Eighth-grader Victoria Bills is talking about money with her classmates. She is worried that a company’s stock (股票) price could fall. It may be an unusual topic of conversation for a 13-year-old. But at Bills’ school in Chicago, US, you hear it all the time.
The Chicago school’s 420 students learn about economic(经济学). They also get a chance to make money. Each 1st grade and 5th grade, students learn the basics of economics and investing(投资).
Then in 6th grade, they put what they’ve learned to work. Students join a junior group that manages the $20,000. The group, made up of 12 to 14 students, decides which stocks to buy.
After graduating, students pass on $20,000 to the next 1st grade class. They keep half of the rest of the money; the other half goes toward improving the school. They can choose to put their money in a college-savings program or take the cash.
In 2007, Bills suggested that her class buy the stock of the Apple computer company. This was just before the iPhone came out. “We bought stock just at the right time,” she says. The kids bought Google stock as it reached $400 a share. It is now worth over $500. “It was a good buy,” says Myles Gate, 13. He hopes to be a banker one day.
The school’s two graduating classes of 2005 and 2006 have each earned about $10,000 in profits(利润).
小题1: At Bills’ school, students can’t       .
A.learn the basics of economics B.learn how to invest money
C.get a chance to make moneyD.share all the money they make
小题2: Who manages the $20,000 in the class?
A.The teachers.B.The school.
C.The students.D.The parents.
小题3:Google stock the kids bought has reached more than ______ at present.
A.$500B.$400
C.$10,000D.$20,000
小题4:According to Paragraph 5, we know that       .
A.Bills’ class bought the Apple stock after the iphone came out
B.it was a mistake for the class to buy Google stock
C.the students get some investing experience in the school
D.the class bought the two kinds of stocks at the same time
小题5: What’s the passage mainly about?
A.How students make money in the US.
B.Students learn economics and investing at school.
C.Myles Gage hopes to be a banker one day.
D.What US students hope to do after graduation.

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