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Technology has utterly transformed our ability to communicate with each other. Linking to each other both literally and figuratively, many of us connect through cell phones, email, instant messaging, blogs, and networking web sites, yet we may be less connected to each other than we think.
According to a study, Americans are becoming increasingly socially isolated. The study reveals, for example, that one quarter of Americans say that they have no one to discuss important personal issues with, and that the number of close friends that American have has dropped from three to two. Meanwhile, the Boston Globe reports that this spreading isolation is experienced more sharply among those with less education, people of color, and older Americans. Unsurprisingly, those who are young, white, and well educated tend to have stronger social networks.
From my own experience I have to say that I’ve never felt more connected, thanks to a web of friends, family, and colleagues. One of my closest friends is someone I met through an online discussion group who lives hundreds of miles away from me. We have met face-to-face only twice, yet our regular electronic correspondence and cell phone calls sustain our close friendship. And, speaking of blogging, my blog has introduced me to people I would never have met otherwise and has led to enduring and important friendships.
On the other hand, I recently saw a scene unfold that proved to me how deeply disconnected we as Americans have become. I had just wrapped up a presentation on mediation at a family therapy(治疗) center. As I was leaving, I noticed a mother and her teenage son who had just completed their session with their family therapist(临床医学家). After making their next appointment, they both took out their cell phones, placed calls, and began loud conversations with whoever was on the other end. I walked out behind them to the parking lot to my car. They both jumped into their SUV, and, as I saw them drive off, they were still talking on their cell phones.
But, alas, not to each other.
51. What does the passage lead you to believe?
A. Americans are more socially connected today.
B. Americans are more socially isolated today.
C. Technology plays a bigger role in American society.
D. Americans don’t make good use of technology.
52. Which of the following has nothing to do with the isolation among Americans?
A. Age. B. Education. C. Skin color. D. Sex.
53. The author himself _______.
A. has a wider range of friends because of technology
B. has failed to take advantage of technology
C. can only find true friendship through the Internet
D. can’t make true friends in actual life
54. What is true about the mother and son in the passage?
A. They came for therapy in the same car.
B. They were quite close to each other.
C. There was not much communication between them.
D. They preferred talking to each other on cell phones.
55. The author probably feels ________ with the mother and son.
A. puzzled B. disappointed C. amused D. surprised
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
解析
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试题【Technology has utterly transformed our ability to communicate with each other. L】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Science。And technology students in China and the US have a1ong way to go before they call develop a deep understanding of scientific reasoning,researchers have found.
As part of a research to compare science education in China and the US,LeiBao,a professor
from the Departmenr of Physics of the Ohio State University, gave 5,760;freshmen in three US and four Chinese univeristies two tests to evaluate content knowledge and another to assess scientific reasoning
Though Chinese students did better than their US counterparts in the first two tests that
Emphasized on learning facts,both groups “scored relatively poorly”on the third test,designed to
Assess their ability ot systmatically explore a problem , the results showed.
Lei Bao said that the finding challenges conventional wisdom,which holds that teaching
science facts will improve students’reasoning ability.“Our study shows that ,contrary to what many people would expect,even when students are thoroughly taught the facts,they don’t necessarily develop the reasoning skills they need io succeed.’’IBao said:‘“Because students need both knowledge and reasoning,we need to explore teaching methods that target both.”
‘The current education systems and asessment of China and the US do not emphasize on deep understanding of scientific reasoning in the disciplines of science;technology,engineering and mathematics(STEM),the study concluded.
Bao explained that reasoning is good skill for everyone topossess-not just scientists and
engineers:The general public also need good reasoning skills in order to correctly interpret
scientific findings and think rationally.STEM students need to excael at scientific reasoning in order to handle open-ended real-world tasks in their future careers in science and engineering.
How to boost scientific reasoning?The study suggests that educators must go beyond teaching science facts if they hope to boost students’reasoning ability.Bao points to inquiry-based leaming.where students work in groups,question teachers and design their owu investigations.This teaching technique is growing in popularity worldwide.
67.According to the research,we know that
A.Chinese students and their US counterparts did poorly in the first two tests
B.Chinese students did beaer than their US counterparts in alI the three tests
C.Chinese students did beaer than their US counterparts in the first two tests ‘
D.US students did beaer than their Chinese counterparts in the third test
68.The conventional wisdom holds that .
A.the more facts~tudents are taught,the more reasoning skills they will acquire
B.the general public also need reasoning skills to interpret scientific findings
C.to boost students’reasoning ability,educators must explore teaching methods
D.the current education Systems are harmful to improve students’reasoning ability
69.Based on the study,what will be done to improve students’reasoning ability?
A.To improve teaching techniques. B.To better students’learning conditions.
C.To teach students more science facts. D.To offer students more tests.
70.The underlined phrase“excel at”in Paragraph 6 probably means .
A.be worse at B.be beaer at C.be enthusiastic about D.be inferior to
71.Which of the following is correct according to the passage?
A.Little needs to be done to develop students’reasoning ability in the US.
B.Only scientists and engineers need reasoning abilities.
C.Two tests were carried out to evaluate students’scientific reasoning.
D.Inquiry-based learning is a good way to boost students’reasoning ability.
Ⅲ.阅读理解 (40分)
New York was very proud of its electric trolleys(无轨电车) at the turn of the century. They were the latest way to get around. But Mary Anderson, who visited New York from her native Birmingham, Alabama, 1902, did not like them at all. She thought they were not safe.
It was not that the drivers were bad. It was the windshields (挡风玻璃). In those days, drivers rubbed their windshields with damp tobacco. This was supposed to help off rain and snow. But it did not work too well. Anderson watched as the trolley drivers struggled to see out of their windshields, and came up with an idea.
Back in Alabama, Anderson made the first windshield wiper by fixing handle (把手)to a rubber blade (片). This, in turn, was fixed to the windshield. The drivers had to turn the handle back and forth by hand to make the blade wipe off the rain. But it worked. And travel in bad weather was made a little safer for everyone.
36.Which of the following best gives the main idea of this passage?
A.How Mary Anderson visited New York?
B.How drivers cleaned their windshields?
C.How the first windshield wiper came into being?
D.How windshield wiper was made?
37.Though New Yorkers had great pride in electric trolleys, Mary disliked them because she thought ______________.
A. they were dangerous B.they kept off rain and snow
C.their windshields were not good D.their drivers were inexperienced
38.To stop rain and snow coming on the windshields, a trolley driver had to _______.
A. work hard B.see out of them clearly
C.struggle in the trolleys D.use damp tobacco to clean them
39.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
The windshield wiper helped keep off the rain.
The windshield wiper was turned by the driver.
The rubber blade was fixed to the windshield.
The windshield wiper was made in Alabama.
In late March, Southwest University became the first school in China to open a 24-hour hotline providing suicide-prevention counseling.
College suicide is a heart-breaking and argumentative topic.Chinese college students have long been the focus of public attention: their youth, education and, most importantly, bright futures make them the envy of society.
However, in recent years, we"ve read more reports of student suicides.Perhaps that"s simply because of society"s attention with youth.But it could also signify the increasing troubled mental state of college students.
Many studies have sought to find out the causes of student suicides.Not surprisingly, the top factors usually include psychological and physical sickness, emotional trouble and peer pressure.Despair about their futures is also quickly becoming a leading factor: many students say they feel hopeless and confused about the direction of their careers in a crowded job market.
Thankfully, more and more universities and colleges are providing counseling services to address students" mental and psychological problems.These at least offer some comfort to students facing tough job prospects and personal difficulties.
From appointing in-house student counselors to setting up hotlines and recruiting students to help their troubled peers, many universities are making efforts to fight student depression.There is no denying that much remains to be done, but such efforts are already working, helping students and saving lives.
However, the most important front in this battle lies with the students themselves.Whatever efforts school officials make, it is up to students to realize their problems and ask for help.Unfortunately, many students considering suicide refuse to seek help.By shutting themselves away, they can easily fall into vicious cycles (恶性循环), becoming even more easily hurt to personal
difficulties and the pressures of the outside world.
While establishing better on-campus psychological education and outreach programs as a step forward, students themselves must actively reach out for help.These dangers are a reality for every
student, not only those who feel confused and depressed.
63.Why are there so many students that commit suicide?
A.Because of psychological and physical sickness.?
B.Because they feel hopeless and confused about their future.
C.Because of the emotional trouble.
D.All of the above.
64.According to the article, all of the following are right except ____.
A.No university in China had a whole day hotline about suicide-prevention before March.
B.Many people envy the college students their bright futures.
C.The students who feel confused and depressed may need psychological education.
D.The problems of student suicides indicate the increasing troubled mental state of youths.
65.The key to avoid student suicides is that ____.
A.parents communicate with their children and understand them
B.colleges and universities offer more help to students
C.students themselves realize their problems and seek help from others
D.friends give more comfort and show more understanding to the problem students
66.Which of the following can be the main idea for this article?
A.Help is at hand for suicidal students.
B.More college students commit suicide.
C.How can students avoid committing suicide?
D.Why do college students feel depressed?
Good news for game lovers― a tank game has come out recently. In this game you are in a tank and the screen shows your view of the landscape outside. You gain points by shooting enemy tanks, supertanks, missiles (导弹) and flying saucers(飞碟).
Expert players can gain scores of around 150,000 points at this game. To get a high score you have to destroy twenty tanks as quickly as possible. After this, the supertanks, missiles and flying saucers appear. These are worth far more points than the ordinary tanks. However, the number of tanks you have to destroy before the supertanks appear varies on different machines.
Try to get close to an enemy tank from the side or the back, so it cannot shoot at you. Then, when you get close, turn to face it, line it up in your sights and fire before it turns to shoot at you. If you miss or are too slow, quickly escape by moving out of the enemy"s line of fire. You can then move around the enemy and come in from another side.
When a supertank appears, try to destroy it as quickly as possible. Then wait safely behind an obstacle(障碍物)for a missile or flying saucer. The cubes are useful objects to hide behind as you can fire over them without exposing yourself to danger. The missiles will fly straight at you, but they are difficult to hit, so do not shoot at them until they are quite close. The saucers are much easier to hit, but do not follow them as you will be open to attack from enemy tanks.
60. This passage is an / a ______ about a game.
A. instruction B. liberation C. tradition D. construction
61. If you hide behind the cubes during an attack, which of the following may not happen?
A. Avoiding being exposed to danger B. Destroying a missile
C. Firing over missiles or flying saucers D. Being hit by a missile
62. If you can destroy a supertank, missile or flying saucer, you will get_____.
A. many more points B. a machine to play with
C. an ordinary tank D. nothing
63. From the last sentence we can see that you are likely to be attacked by tanks if you_____.
A. hit a flying saucer B. run after a flying saucer
C. fire straight at a missile D. shoot at enemy tanks
Lateral thinking(迂回思维),first described by Edward de Bono in 1967,is just a few years older than Edward’s son.You might imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker,but the de Bono was so famous,Casspar’s parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school,his teachers might ask,“Where do you get that idea from?”
“We had to be careful and not overdo it.”Edward admits.Now Caspar is at Oxford-which once looked unlikely because he is also slightly dyslexic(诵读困难).In fact,when he was applying to Oxford,none of his school teachers thought he had a chance.“So then we did several thinking sessions,”his father says,“using my techniques and,when he went up for the exam,he did extremely well.”Soon after,Edward de Bone decided to write his latest book,“Teach Your Child How to Think”,in which he transforms the thinking skills he developed for brain-storming businessmen into informal exercises for parents and children to share.
Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence,and everybody knows that children aren’t very logical.So isn’t it an uphill battle,trying to teach them to think?“You know,”Edward de Bono says,“if you examine people’s thinking,it is quite unusual to find faults of logic.But the faults of perception are huge!Often we think ineffectively because we take too limited a view.”
“Teach Your Child How to Think”offers lessons in perception improvement,of clearly seeing the implications of something you are saying and of exploring the alternatives.
60.What is TRUE about Caspar?
A.He is Edward’s son. B.He is an adventurous thinker.
C.He first described lateral thinking. D.He is often scolded by his teacher.
61.It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that Edward .
A.was likely to improve children’s logic with his book
B.gave a description of lateral thinking several years after his son was born
C.was prompted to study lateral thinking because his son was slightly dyslexic
D.once taught businessmen how to think before he wrote for parents and chikdren
62.According to Paragraph 3,which of the following statements expresses Edward de Bone’s view?
A.Everybody knows that children aren’t very logical.
B.It is an uphill battle trying to teach children to think.
C.We often think ineffectively because we take too limited a view.
D.Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence.
63.Lateral thinking refers to the following EXCEPT .
A.improving one’s logic in thinking
B.improving one’s perception in thinking
C.seeing the implications of what you are saying
D.exploring the alternatives for what you are saying
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