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Life is difficult.
It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties stand for a special kind of suffering especially forced on them or else on their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear.
These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes a lot of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we want to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct(指导).” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
小题1:Which sentence best express the central point of the passage?| A．Problems and difficulties represent a special kind of suffering. | | B．We become stronger by facing and solving problems of life. | | C．Life is difficult because our problems bring us pain. | | D．People like to complain about their problems. |
小题2:The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ___.| A．save space | B．persuade readers | | C．make readers laugh | D．get readers’ attention |
小题3:The main idea of paragraph 3 is that _________.| A．most people feel life is easy | | B．the writer feel life is easy | | C．the writer likes to complain about his problems | | D．most people complain about how hard their lives are |
小题4:According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to ______.| A．encourage them to learn | | B．teach them to fear the pain of solving the problems | | C．help them learn to deal with pain | | D．teach them how to respect problems |
小题5:The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that ______.| A．we do not learn from experience | | B．we do not learn when we are in pain | | C．pain teaches us important lessons | | D．pain cannot be avoided |
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试题分析：生活是很艰难的。一旦我们了解并接受了它，生活就变得不再那么难了，这是一个伟大的现实。就是在这个解决问题的过程中，生活变得有意义了。正是在这些面对并解决问题的痛苦中，我们学习。本杰明·富兰克林说过：“那些事情痛苦，但是有教育意义。”就是基于此，聪明的人学着不再惧怕困难，而是去迎接解决问题的苦难。
小题1:推理判断题。全文主要讲述了有人抱怨生活的艰辛，作者也承认生活是艰难的，然而正是这种艰难的解决问题的过程使得- 生活变得更有意义。所以，从文章的最后一段第二行，When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit，we encourage the human ability to solve problems.可知正确的答案为B。
小题2:推理判断题。题目询问“作者只用一句话开始文章，其目的可能是什么”。写文章的目的就是解决问题，本文首先开门见山地点明问题，显然是为了吸引读者的注意力，而不是别的意思。可知正确的答案为D。
小题3:主旨大意题。由文章的第三段第一句话，Most do not fully see this truth.Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy：可知。人们经常抱怨生活是多么的艰辛。所以正确的答案为D。
小题4:】事实细节题。文章的倒数第四行说到，we encourage the human ability to solve problems，just as in school we set problems for our children to resolve.所以我们让学生们做题的目的是让他们从中学习。所以本题正确的答案为A。
小题5:推理判断题。从文中It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn.可知，正是通过解决问题的痛苦，我们学到了知识。所以正确的答案为C。
点评：本题型考查了对文章段落或某一板块的理解概括能力。先阅读问题，然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。在词义与句义理解的基础上，结合上下文总结归纳某一段或几段的大意，对于把握文章主旨，分析全文结构都是至关重要的。纵观历年高考试题，阅读理解试题一般有以下几种题型：一是直接回答who, whom, which, what, where, when, why, how等疑问词引起的细节问题；二是猜测词义题；三是推理判断题；四是综合概括题。在做阅读理解题时，一定要仔细看完，看清楚试题要求再作答，特别要注意NOT，TRUE，EXCEPT等词。有时，要先看题，后阅读文章，带着问题去读短文，可缩短阅读时间，效果也许会更好。 |
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The concept of solitude (独处) in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be 小题1: . Solitude can be hard to discover once it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have 小题2: our culture.
The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(an) 小题3: as we’ve known. People have become so 小题4: in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted even if they’d rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog to share our ideas, not only from our 小题5: , but from our mobile phones as well.
Most developed nations have become 小题6: on digital technology simply because they’ve grown accustomed to it, and at this point not 小题7: it would make them an outsider. 小题8: , many jobs and careers require people to be 小题9: . From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a 小题10: to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.
I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who really wants it. Computers can be shut down and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be “connected” and “on” has many 小题11: , as well as disadvantages. Travelers have ended up 小题12: on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. They can also make people feel 【小题13】 and forced to answer unwanted calls or reply to unwanted texts.
Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society 【小题14】 according to different generations. Some find today’s technology a gift. Others consider it a 【小题15】 . Regardless of anyone’s view on the subject, it’s hard to imagine what life would be like without keeping up with the advancements in technology.
| 小题13: | | A．updated | B．received | C．shared | D．collected |
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| 小题19: | | A．finding | B．using | C．protecting | D．changing |
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| 小题20: | | A．Also | B．Instead | C．Otherwise | D．Somehow |
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| 小题21: | | A．connected | B．trained | C．recommended | D．interested |
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For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?
Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely.
In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the dilemma. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is — politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg — the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority — someone who actually knows something — and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.
小题1:Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?| A．Both can continue for generations. | | B．Both are about where to draw the line. | | C．Neither has any clear winner. | | D．Neither can be put to an end. |
小题2:What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict. | | B．The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict. | | C．The teens accuse their parents of misleading them. | | D．The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents. |
小题3:Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ________.| A．give orders to the other | B．know more than the other | | C．gain respect from the other | D．get the other to behave properly |
小题4:What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?| A．Causes for the parent-teen conflicts. | | B．Examples of the parent-teen war. | | C．Solutions for the parent-teen problems. | | D．Future of the parent-teen relationship. |
小题5:Where do you think this passage can be found?| A．In a report. | B．In a letter. | | C．In a novel. | D．In a textbook. |
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So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake everything to do for children that only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.
Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity. It can be seen and observed.
Learning to read, however, involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny.
If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest (探索) for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.”
When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.
小题1:The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that
________.| A．it is one of the most difficult school courses | | B．students spend endless hours in reading | | C．reading tasks are assigned with little guidance | | D．too much time is spent in teaching about reading |
小题2:The teaching of reading will be successful if ________.| A．teachers can improve conditions at school for the students | | B．teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading | | C．teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading | | D．teachers can make their teaching activities observable |
小题3:The underlined word “scrutiny” most probably means “________”.| A．inquiry | B．observation | C．control | D．suspect |
小题4:According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when
________.| A．children become highly motivated | | B．teacher and learner roles are interchangeable | | C．teaching helps children in the search for knowledge | | D．reading enriches children’s experience |
小题5: The main idea of the passage is that ________.| A．teachers should do nothing in helping students learn to read | | B．teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible | | C．reading ability is something acquired rather than taught | | D．reading is more complicated than generally believed |
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You can not see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. The moon, for example, does not give off any light of its own. It is non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moon light is only second hand sunlight.
When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.
Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.
小题1:You can see the book because_______.| A．your eyes are close to it | B．it reflects some of the sunlight | | C．it has light of its own | D．your eyesight can get to it |
小题2:The underlined word “luminous” means_______. | A．visible | B．all colors | C．giving off light | D．sunlight |
小题3:________ have light of their own.| A．The sun and the moon | B．The stars and the earth | | C．The sun and the stars | D．The moon and the earth |
小题4:Which of the following is true?| A．All the things you can see give off light. | | B．Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon. | | C．The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes. | | D．Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read. |
小题5:This article is probably from _________ .| A．a science magazine | B．a medical magazine | | C．a biography | D．a story book. |
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Education is not an end but a means to an end．In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them．Our purpose is to fit them for life．
In some modern countries, it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation．But we have already seen that free education for all is not enough; we find in some countries a far larger number of people with university degrees．They refuse to do what they think “low” work and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries．But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer is far more important than that of professor．We can live without education, but we die if we have no food．If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases．
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in certain ways．Firstly each of us can do whatever work suited to our brains and ability．Secondly, we should realize that all jobs are necessary to society．It is very bad to be shamed of one’s work．Only such a type of education can be considered valuable to society．
小题1:What would be the best title for the text?| A．The Means of Education． | B．The System of Education． | | C．The Value of Education． | D．The Type of Education． |
小题2:From the second paragraph of the passage we know that ________．| A．work with hands is low work because it is dirty and shameful． | | B．the work of the completely uneducated is the most important． | | C．education is no more important than food in order to live． | | D．we shouldn’t think of work with hands as low work． |
小题3:What kind of educational system is valuable to society?| A．A large number of people can go to university． | | B．Everyone can solve all the problems of society． | | C．All the people can get free education． | | D．Everyone must be educated differently to fit them for society． |
小题4:What can be inferred from the passage?| A．Our society needs all kinds of jobs． | | B．Free education for all is enough． | | C．A farmer is more important than a professor． | | D．People with university degrees shouldn’t do low work． |
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