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Bryan’s structures are amazing because they are made entirely of perfectly balanced, freestanding playing cards. He never uses glue, tape, or anything else to hold the cards together. Nor does he fold the cards. He’s discovered another way to make a strong house of cards, using a trick from nature.
To make plants strong, nature builds them with cells that have tough walls. Rows and rows of these cells form a grid(格子) that helps leaves and stems keep their shape. Bees use the same kind of repeating pattern to create strong honeycombs, where they live and store honey. Bryan designs similar grids, using cards to create a repeating pattern of cells.
He begins with a single cell made by balancing four cards against one another to form a box. Then he repeats the cell over and over, expanding outward to form the grid, which makes a good foundation for a strong card structure. The larger the grid, the more weight it can carry. Sometimes Bryan uses several cards, instead of just one, to construct the cell walls, making the grid even stronger. The trick, he tells kids when he speaks in classrooms, is to place your cards as tightly together as possible when laying out your grid, making sure the cards are not leaning at all.
After building this solid base, Bryan lays cards across the top to make the floor for the next “story” of the building. He may add towers, columns, steeples, or domes. Using the principle of repeating cells, Bryan builds structures of amazing strength.
In the Cards
Not surprisingly, Bryan has always been interested in building things. Growing up on a “big, old farm” in rural Iowa, he had plenty of room to play. “We were in the middle of nowhere,” Bryan remembers, “with lots of space to do whatever we wanted. I was always making something, using things like sticks or bales of hay.”
Bryan’s grandfather taught him how to stack cards. Bryan’s two interests — building and card stacking — soon combined. But stacking in his family’s farmhouse was challenging. “Our old house had wood floors that weren’t all level,” he reports. “And they weren’t very firm. When people walked around, it was like ‘earthquake action.’ It was a challenge to build something that wouldn’t fall down immediately.”
Bryan constructed tower after tower; he went through a lot of trial and error before he built anything taller than himself. When he placed a few decks of cards on top of his grid, he discovered how strong it was. Bryan’s towers began to grow taller.
How Tall Is Too Tall?
Bryan’s first Guinness World Record for the world’s tallest card tower came in the spring of 1992, when he was in high school. Learning that the world record was 12 feet 10 inches, Bryan built a slim tower that topped out at 14 feet 6 inches. Done as a project for his geometry class, it took him 40 hours and 208 decks of cards. Since then he’s gone on to win world records for even taller buildings. His latest winner measured 25 feet 3.5 inches and used about 2,400 decks of cards. The building, which tapered to a high, narrow point, had 131 stories.
Why don’t these towers fall down? The key is in a good solid base, a repeating pattern of stories, and a tapering top. Bryan likes to point out how card buildings resemble real ones. They are built cell by cell, story by story. The separate parts make one strong whole. The heavier the building, the stronger and more stable it is. But the weight can’t all be at the top.
After spending so much time building something so cool, Bryan admits it’s sometimes painful to see his structures destroyed. But he compares his work to the building of a sandcastle or an ice sculpture.
“They wouldn’t be as special if they were permanent,” he points out. “My buildings are like snowdrifts, or clouds in the sky. They can’t last forever.
小题1:According to the article, which natural structure is a model for Bryan’s card structures?
A.A sand dune. | B.A honeycomb. |
C.A snowdrift. | D.A thundercloud. |
A.The tallest card tower. | B.The widest card dome. |
C.The heaviest card house. | D.The sturdiest card structure. |
A.Plant cells and honeycombs. |
B.World records and geometry. |
C.Building things and stacking cards. |
D.Playing cards and designing houses. |
A.The floors of the house were uneven. |
B.The ceilings in the house were too low. |
C.The floors of the house were slippery. |
D.The windows in the house were windy. |
A.older | B.shinier | C.stronger | D.thinner |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
解析
试题分析:文章大意:Bryan建立塔类结构如:card-house的成功经历。本文以A house of cards ?问题引入主题,将Bryan从小开始对塔类结构感兴趣到31岁取得成功的全过程讲述。
小题1:B 细节题。根据第三段,关键句:Bees use the same kind of repeating pattern to create strong honeycombs, where they live and store honey. Bryan designs similar grids, using cards to create a repeating pattern of cells. 判断B正确。
小题2:A 细节题。根据文中Bryan’s first Guinness World Record for the world’s tallest card tower came in the spring of 1992判断A正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据文中的Bryan’s grandfather taught him how to stack cards. Bryan’s two interests — building and card stacking — soon combined判断D正确。
小题4:A 细节题。根据文章In the Cards的第二段,关键句:Bryan’s structures are amazing because they are made entirely of perfectly balanced, freestanding playing cards.进行判断选A。
小题5:D 细节题。根据文中含有划线句子下面的那一段,关键句:The key is in a good solid base, a repeating pattern of stories, and a tapering top.进行判断。
核心考点
试题【A house of cards? Sounds unbelievable, doesn’t it? Not if the architect is 31-ye】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Like most children, Tegan was having a good time playing with all the toys that were different from her own and that were kept for children to play with at her grandparents’ house. In particular, Tegan had found a little tea set and had begun pretending that she was having a tea party. She set up all the place settings and arranged her table with the great care and elegance that only a three-year-old can create. Meanwhile, her Daddy was engrossed in conversation, and as he continued to chat with his family, Tegan would hand him a cup of "tea". Her Daddy, who always tries to participate in her games, would pause for a few seconds from his conversation, and say all the proper words and gestures for her tea party which would thrill Tegan. He would request two lumps of sugar. He would tell her how wonderful her tea tasted, and then he would continue his adult conversation with his family.
After going through this routine several times, her Daddy suddenly awoke to reality as he had a flash of concern in his mind: "She is only three years old, where is she getting this ‘tea’ that I"ve been dutifully drinking?" He quietly followed her, without her knowing, and his fears were growing stronger as he saw her turn and go through the bathroom door. Sure enough, there she was stretching up on her tippy toes reaching up to get her ‘tea’ water -- out of the container of water that grandpa used to soak his false teeth!
小题1:At the family gathering, the adults __________.
A.watched their favorite TV programs |
B.talked about what happened at home |
C.drank tea while chatting |
D.arranged tables for children’s games |
A.got tired of | B.got annoyed by |
C.was absorbed in | D.was puzzled at |
A.Tegan was unhappy to be left alone at the gathering. |
B.Tegan’s father often played with her in games. |
C.Tegan refused to apologize for what she had done. |
D.Tegan’s father cared nothing about what she was doing. |
A.whether there was any tea left |
B.how she made tea so wonderful |
C.where she got the sugar for tea |
D.what kind of tea he had drunk |
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball , Chuck Hart. Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous , he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn"t thinking about Hart" s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s on the side of the box. The first indication that something was came as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands ; his heart stopped. It wasn"t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think ?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be by the other players. When he looked up into his dad" s eyes, however, Travis decided he not tell him. ""Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes," Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look…” his dad said ,“Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a(n) . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in ?”
“No,” Travis said.
“Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a (n) when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis, you were polite and made the best of it. You have such a good , like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I’m hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful .
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My friend Michelle is blind, but you’d never know it. She makes such good use of her other , including her“sixth sense”, that she rarely gives the impression that she"s anything.
Michelle looks after her children pretty much like the rest of us, that she doesn"t push too hard on them, really benefit a lot from her relaxed attitude. She knows when to clean the house, and she moves around so fast that often don"t realize she"s blind.
I this the first time after my six-year-old daughter, Kayla, went to play there. When Kayla came home, she was very about her day. She told me they had baked cookies, played games and done art projects. But she was excited about her finger-painting project.
“Mom, guess what?” said Kayla, all smiles. “I learned how to colors today! Blue and red make purple, and yellow and blue make green! And Michelle with us”.
To my great , my child had learned about color from a blind friend! Then Kayla continued, “Michelle told me my showed joy, pride and a sense of accomplishment. She really what I was doing!” Kayla said she had never known how good finger paints felt Michelle showed her how to paint without looking at her paper.
I realized Kayla didn"t know that Michelle was blind. It had just never in conversation. When I told my daughter that Michelle was blind, she was for a moment. At first, she didn"t believe me. “But Mommy, Michelle knew exactly what was in my picture!” Kayla . And I knew my child was because Michelle had listened to Kayla describe her art work. Michelle had also heard Kayla"s in her work.
We were silent for a minute. Then Kayla said slowly, “You know, Mommy, Michelle really did ‘see’ my picture. She just used my .”
Indeed, she uses a special type of “vision” that all mothers have.
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Ms Miller searched through the progress reports of Bob and was shocked to see Bob used to be the topper in his class. Bob"s performance began to slowly decline when his mother fell ill. He was doing badly in each and every subject when his mother died leaving him alone with his father, who was a businessman and had to travel always. Apart from his performance worsening gradually, Bob"s nature too began to change. He had forgotten to laugh and showed no interest in any activity. All his friends had abandoned him.
One day, Bob was asked to stay back.Ms Miller asked him if he had any problem understanding his lessons. Gradually she began to give him a comfort zone so that he could talk and share. After three weeks, she found Bob gradually improving. He was being able to answer the questions he previously failed. Every day after all the students went away, Ms Miller gave personal attention to Bob and began to spend time with him. Bob improved a lot over the next semester, showing definite signs of progress in his performance.
On a Friday, Bob came up to Ms Miller, handed her a box and requested her to open the box on Sunday. On Sunday morning, curious, she opened it and saw a bottle of perfume, half filled. Together with it was a small letter, saying that this bottle of perfume used to be his mother"s and he wished Ms Miller to wear it so that every time she was around, he could feel his Mom near him. He thanked her for everything. Ms Miller took the bottle of perfume in her hand and saw a new tag attached to it; it said "Happy Mother"s Day”!
Ms Miller suddenly realized that it was not she who had made a difference to Bob"s life but it was Bob who made her realize what true humanity is!
小题1:According to the text, Bob________.
A.wore clean clothes all the time |
B.was taller than any other one in his class |
C.lost all of his friends after his mother"s death |
D.could always have his father for company at home |
A.worsening | B.changing | C.thrilling | D.Improving |
A.why Ms Miller would like to help Bob. |
B.what Ms Miller did to help Bob. |
C.how Bob attracted Ms Miller’s attention. |
D.where Bob could sit comfortably |
A.showed Bob was thankful for Ms Miller’s help |
B.was given on Mother’s Day |
C.made Bob a different student |
D.was new and never used before |
A.a teacher can totally change a student’s life |
B.family is the most important place for kids |
C.children don’t have to solve problems by themselves |
D.one should have sympathy for another’s suffering and offer help |
As I rushed among the tables, suddenly, a asked if I could mind a child. I was quite but I could tell the man was quite desperate(绝望的). So I had to make a with him that if he wanted his son to stay and wait for him, he had to something in the shop.
This was quite for the man to do; I could he was quite poor by the he was dressed. It looked as if he had tried to come in his clothes. But they still looked a bit old and worn out he had often worn them, just to make himself look best. Looking down I could see his were also a bit shabby(破旧的)and the heels(鞋后跟)were in a terrible state. I thought he was going for a job interview. In the end he bought a small box of for his little son and seated him down in the corner. I could tell the boy was feeling down and only could with a bit of cheering up.
Seeing that the kid sat there for quite a while, I was a bit as the poor little kid was sitting his own. People watched him and some kids even came over to pick on him. I was to see one of them even knocked his cookies off the table. He quickly went and got them back without saying a word. I was hoping his father would up and come back for his son"s .
At closing time, the only person left was the little boy. After a while, the father finally came in with a tiresome look. I he didn"t get any job. As they were leaving, I offered the kid a little cake, but the man rejected(拒绝)it. I he felt as if I had just abused(虐待)him. Of course I didn"t mean to. But I could understand why he felt like that. I only wished them good whatever happened.
The man opened the door to leave — father and son hand in hand.
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