题目
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forced sports, when she was four years old, she cried every time she kicked the soccer ball. She stopped on the way from the parking lot to the soccer field, wailing that her legs hurt. And worse, she cried, "I"m
sweating!"
A few years have passed, and she just completed her fourth soccer season. She"s starting her second
year of softball. Sports trophies (奖杯) line her window platform.
I learned from the years of football, soccer and baseball in my son"s youth that kids need to experience being on a team, and they might not beg you to sign them up. You might have to force it on them.
They need to learn about sacrificing, and about commitment. If you read parenting articles out there,
you"ll find plenty of folks who shy away from competitive sports because they want their kid to always feel like a winner. I don"t know what kind of idyllic (田园的) life these parents must be leading, but in my
world, I"m thinking I need to sign my kids up for something that will teach them about life"s devastating
disappointments.
Hence, I think my daughter picked up some good life lessons when her team lost almost every game in the last season. Sometimes life is like that. Sometimes you get a bad call, the people on your team suck, you"re tired and don"t feel like playing, the coach is mean to you, someone scratches your face and steals the ball. And the next week, you put on your uniform, and try your best.
B. He doesn"t like competitive sports himself.
C. He doubts whether competitive sports can really benefit children.
D. He believes competitive sports are not suitable for young children.
B. She hasn"t realized the importance of competitive sports.
C. She wants to give up competitive sports.
D. She now likes competitive sports.
B. Sign him up for competitive sports.
C. Leave him alone.
D. Give him some trophies first.
B. They both need great courage.
C. They are both full of hard times.
D. They both can teach children good lessons.
B. are sometimes too cruel to children
C. have already been accepted by most parents
D. can prepare kids for the realities of life
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解 If I left the decisions up to my daughter, she"d never play competitive】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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One year, two guys took the class and did pretty well on all the quizzes and mid-terms. They
each had a solid A. These two friends were so confident in going into the final that the weekend
before finals week, despite the Chemistry final being on Monday, they decided to go to the
University of Virginia to party with some friends.
They had a great time there. However, with their hangovers (宿醉) and tiredness, they
overslept all day Sunday and didn"t make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather
than taking the final then, they found professor Bonk after the final and explained to him how
they missed the final. They told him they went up to the University of Virginia for the weekend
and had planned to come back in time to study, but they had a flat tire on the way back and
didn"t have a spare. So they were late getting back to campus.
Bonk thought this over and agreed that they could take the final the following day. The two
guys, happily and relieved, studied that night and went in the next day at the time that Bonk had
told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet. He told
them to begin.
They looked at the first problem which was something simple about solution (溶解). It was
worth 5 points. "Cool," they thought, "this is going to be an easy final". They then turned the page.
They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on it. The question contained only two
words: (95 points) Which tire?
B. there was a party there
C. the final would be held there
D. they thought they can pass the final easily
B. On Monday
C. On Tuesday
D. On Saturday
B. Bonk wasn"t strict with the two guys
C. repairing the flat tire took the two guys a lot of time
D. Bonk didn"t believe the two guys" explanation
B. must have the same scores
C. wouldn"t be confident in their Chemistry
D. would feel happy and relieved
B. he is wise that is honest
C. one never loses anything by politeness
D. think twice before you do
as I am about to do so, I find the article on the 1 side is more interesting. It may be a discussion of the
way to 2 in good health, or 3 about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front
article, the opposite one is likely to 4 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the text 5 the title.
Therefore, the scissors (剪刀) would 6 before they start, 7 halfway done when I find out the 8
result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worth your 9 . You can only take up one
of them; the other has to wait to be 10 up. But you know the future is unpredictable (不可预测的)-the
changed situation may not allow you to do what is left 11 . Thus you are 12 in a difficult position and
feel sad. How come that nice chances and brilliant 13 should gather around all at once? It may happen
that your life 14 greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what 15 is like: we are often 16 with the two opposite sides of the thing which are
both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only 17
we get into another. The 18 may be more important than the latter and give rise to a divided mind. I
19 remember a philosopher"s remarks that "When one door shuts, another opens in life". So a casual
(随意的) 20 may not be a bad one.
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| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Pango was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries. Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewher e who liked to eat frog"s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places. This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn"t last long. The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately. The villagers decided that they couldn"t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides (杀虫剂)and medicines. Soon there was no money left. Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn"t been useless. They had been doing an important job-eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases. Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning. | |||
| 1. From Paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers ________. | |||
| A. worked very hard for centuries B. dreamed of having a better life C. were poor but somewhat content D. lived a different life from their forefathers | |||
| 2. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs? | |||
| A. The frogs were easy money. B. They needed money to buy visitors. C. They wanted to please the visitors. D. The frogs made too much noise. | |||
| 3. What might be the cause of the children"s sickness? | |||
| A. The crops didn"t do well. B. There were too many insects. C. The visitors brought in diseases. D. The pesticides were overused. | |||
| 4. What can we infer from the last sentence of the text? | |||
| A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country. B. Health is more important than money. C. The harmony between man and nature is important. D. Good old days will never be forgotten. | |||
| 阅读理解 | |||
| In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression(侵略)in other animals. This sometimes happens with humans as well. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy. From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, bur sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don"t get to see this soft side of others often and we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we"re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that"s in them. Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed. No more angry shouts and no more horns! When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, "I have a problem here. I am weak and doing the best I can." And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn"t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak. Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don"t feel that way. But more often, it would be better if we don"t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared. | |||
| 1. The author has discovered that people will feel happy when ______. | |||
| A. they offer their help B. they receive others" help C. they feel others" kindness D. they show their weakness | |||
| 2. The author feels sad sometimes because ______. | |||
| A. he has a soft heart B. he relies much on others C. some people pretend to be kind D. some people fail to see the kindness in others | |||
| 3. In this passage, the author advises us to ______. | |||
| A. handle problems by ourselves B. accept help from others C. admit our weakness D. show our bravery | |||
| 4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. A Wheel Chair Experience. B. Weakness and Kindness. C. Weakness and Strength D. A Driving Experience | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn"t look like any doctor I"d __1__known. When Dr. Gibbs wasn"t __2__lives, he was planting trees. The good doctor had some __3__theories on planting trees. He believed in "No pains, no gains". He never __4__his new trees, which was __5__many people. Once I asked why. He __6__that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you water them, each following tree generation will __7__ weaker and weaker. So you have to make things __8__for them. He talked about how watering trees __9__shallow roots, and how trees that weren"t watered had to grow deep roots in __10__ of water. I came to understand that he meant deep roots were to be ___11__. I planted a couple of trees a few years back and I took good care of them. Two years of __12__ has resulted in trees that expect to be waited on hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows, they __13__and tremble their branches. Funny things about those trees of Dr. Gibbs". The lack of water seemed to __14__ them in ways comfort and ease never could. I used to __15__for my sons that their lives will be easy. But __16__I"ve been thinking that it"s time to __17__my prayer. I know my children are going to meet __18__, and I"m praying they will be strong. The prayer for comfort is seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, __19__when the winds blow, we won"t be __20__away. | |||
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