题目
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But college can never work its magic for everyone. Now with half our high school graduates attending college, those unfit for the pattern are getting more. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the fierce competition for admission into graduate schools. Others find no stimulation (激励) in their studies, and consequently have to drop out, which is often encouraged by college administrators.
Some observers say the fault lies with young people themselves --- they are spoiled and expecting too much. But that’s a condemnation (谴责)of the students as a whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame our society. Both are partly right. We have been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.
Some campus watchers suggest that college may not be the best, the proper or the only place for every young person after finishing high school. It seems that through the rosy (玫瑰的) glow of our own college experiences, we may have been looking at those surveys and statistics upside down. Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, or quick to learn things—maybe it is just the other way around. Intelligent, ambitious, happy, quick-learning people are merely those who are attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful even without college education. This is heresy (异端邪说) to those who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to pile up.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, ______.
A.people now no longer challenge college education |
B.people have great expectations for college education |
C.the author thinks youngsters should all go to college |
D.people still have a low opinion of college education |
A.they are no longer motivated in their studies |
B.they can start selling shoes and driving taxis |
C.they compete for admission to graduate schools |
D.college administrators encourage them to do so |
A.young students who are all spoiled and expecting too much. |
B.our society that can’t offer enough jobs to college graduates. |
C.our society that has not enough jobs for high school graduates. |
D.young people as well as our society are to blame for all this. |
A.They prove high school graduates are smarter than college graduates. |
B.They are so convincing that we think of our rosy college experiences. |
C.They may have been misread because of our rosy college experiences. |
D.They prove wrong because they contradict our rosy college experiences. |
A.It is just the opposite | B.There is no right way |
C.It is the wrong way | D.There’s no other way |
A.To inform young people college education is no longer important now. |
B.To prove college education doesn’t make young people more intelligent. |
C.Toargueagainsttheideathatcollegeisthefirst choiceforallyoungsters. |
D.To tell young people that there’s something wrong with college education. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:C
解析
试题分析:大学一直是高中毕业生的首选,因为人们对于大学教育期待很多,但是大学教育真的能如人所愿吗?现在很多大学生因为没有学习的动力而选择退学,作者认为这不仅是学生的责任,社会也要负责。
小题1:细节题:从第一段的句子:All high school graduates should go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more, become “better” citizens and be more responsible than those who don’t go.可知人们对于大学教育期待很多,选B。
小题2:细节题:根据第二段的句子:Others find no stimulation (激励) in their studies, and consequently have to drop out, which is often encouraged by college administrators.可知很多大学生中途辍学因为他们在学习上没有激励,选A。
小题3:细节题:根据第三段的句子:Some observers say the fault lies with young people themselves --- they are spoiled and expecting too much. But that’s a condemnation (谴责)of the students as a whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame our society. Both are partly right.可知作者认为对校园的不满是因为年轻人和社会,选 D
小题4:推理题:根据第四段的句子:It seems that through the rosy (玫瑰的) glow of our own college experiences, we may have been looking at those surveys and statistics upside down.可知因为大学的玫瑰的经历,这些调查和数据可能被误读了,选C
小题5:句意理解题:根据划线句子的上下文; Perhaps college does not make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, or quick to learn things 和Intelligent, ambitious, happy, quick-learning people are merely those who are attracted to college in the first place. 可知大学不能让人们聪明,相反的,聪明的人是那些首先被吸引到大学的人,选A。
小题6:写作意图题:通读全文和第二段的句子:But college can never work its magic for everyone.可知这篇文章是对于大学是否是年轻人的第一选择提出争议。选C。
核心考点
试题【There is no denying that over the years college education has been accepted with】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
NASA has estimated that Apophis has an outside chance of hitting the Earth in 2036. If it did hit us, thousands of square kilometers would be directly affected by the explosion but the whole of the Earth would see the effects of the dust sent into the atmosphere. At a recent meeting of experts in Near-Earth objects (NEOs) in London, scientists said it could take decades to design, test and build the required technology to deflect the asteroid.
The Apophis asteroid is placed at four out of ten on the Torino scale—a measure of the threat caused by an NEO where 10 is a certain collision which could cause a global disaster. This is the most possible danger of any asteroid in recorded history and it has a 1 in 37 chance of hitting the Earth.
Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer from Queen’s University Belfast, said, “When it does pass close to us on April 13, 2029, the Earth will deflect it and change its orbit. There is a small possibility that if it passes through a particular point in space, the so-called keyhole, the Earth’s gravity will change things so that when it comes back around again in 2036, it will collide with us.” The chance of Apophis passing through the keyhole, a 600-meter patch of space, is 1 in 5,500, based on current information.
There is no shortage of ideas on how to deflect asteroids. The Advanced Concepts Team at the European Space Agency has led the effort in designing a range of satellites and rockets to nudge asteroids that are on a collision course for Earth into a different orbit.
小题1:The best title for this passage would be ___________.
A.Apophis Asteroid, a Possible Destroyer of Earth |
B.Apophis, a Good Name for Dangerous Asteroid |
C.Our Planet Will Be Ruined in 2036 |
D.Scientists Study Apophis Asteroid |
A.powerful | B.mysterious | C.boring | D.destructive |
A.destroy the quality of |
B.change the direction of |
C.measure the size of |
D.look into the truth of |
A.If Apophis hit the earth, its impact would be enormous. |
B.No way to deal with Apophis is available at present. |
C.Apophis is the first dangerous asteroid in recorded history. |
D.It is uncertain whether Apophis will hit the earth in 2036. |
A.An Egyptian myth about Apophis. |
B.NASA’s study on NEOs. |
C.How the keyhole influences Apophis. |
D.What methods can be used to deflect the asteroid. |
March 25, 2014 Chengdu Michelle Obama
You see, the truth is that I grew up like many of you. My mom, my dad, my brother and I, we lived in a tiny apartment in Chicago, which is one of the largest cities in America. My father worked at the local water plant…
While we certainly weren’t rich, my parents had big dreams for me and my brother. They had only a high school education themselves, but they were determined to send us both to universities.
So they poured all of their love and all of their hope into us, and they worked hard. They saved every penny. And I know that wasn’t easy for them, especially for my father. You see, my father had serious illness called multiple sclerosis(多发性硬化症). And as he got sicker, it got harder for him to walk, and it took him longer to get dressed in the morning.
But no matter how tired he felt, no matter how much pain he was in, my father hardly ever missed a day of work, because he was determined to give me and my brother a better life. And every day, like so many of you, I felt the weight of my parents’ sacrifices on my shoulders. Every day, I wanted to make them proud.
So, while most American kids attend public schools near their homes, when it was time for me to attend high school, I took an exam and got into a special public high school where I could get a better education. But the school was very far from my home, so I had to get up early every morning and ride a bus for an hour, sometimes an hour and a half if the weather was bad. And every afternoon, I’d ride that same bus back home and then immediately start my homework, often studying late into the night – and sometimes I would wake up at 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning to study even more.
And it wasn’t easy. But whenever I got tired or discouraged, I would just think about how hard my parents were working for me. And I would remember something my mother always told me – she said, “A good education is something that no one can take away from you.”
小题1:The passage can be sorted as a .
A.self-introduction | B.short story | C.news report | D.speech draft (草稿) |
A.Her parents were poor but had good educational backgrounds. |
B.She attended a public high school near her home. |
C.Her father suffered a serious disease and became disabled. |
D.She was aware of her parents’ sacrifices and expectations. |
A.Optimistic. | B.Humorous. | C.Strong-minded | D.Generous |
A.We should work hard and get good educations. |
B.Our parents always have high expectations for us. |
C.She is an ordinary person from an ordinary family. |
D.The road to the US First Lady is not easy. |
If you’ve ever inflated a balloon and then let it go, you’ve got the basics to test-drive the amazing MiniCAT, currently being developed by Noteur Development International (MDI), headquartered in Luxembourg. Invented by Formula One racing car designer Guy Negre, this experimental vehicle is unlike any car you’ve ever seen. While your family’s traditional car or SUV draws its horsepower using combustion, the only fuel that MiniCAT needs (CAT stands for Compressed Air Technology) is the air we breathe.
Start with about 25,000 gallons of air. Now, press it all into a space smaller than your school locker—because that’s the size of two super-strong, high-pressure air tanks, made from fiber and fixed beneath the air car.
Confining that much air inside those small tanks generates an internal pressure of over 4,000 pounds per square inch. That’s over 300 times normal air pressure.
When this cold, high-pressure air enters MiniCAT’s unique engine, it interacts(交互作用) with warmer air to create pressure waves that pump the engine’s engineered pistons (活塞) to move the car. MiniCAT’s projected top speed is 60 miles per hour, with a range of 120 miles on a full air supply.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?
A.Ways to cut down air pollution. |
B.Cars that run on thin air. |
C.Formula One racing car designer. |
D.Dependence on foreign oil. |
A.The name of a car. |
B.The name of a balloon. |
C.The name of a car company. |
D.The name of a car designer. |
A.Keeping | B.Preventing | C.Pushing | D.Running |
A.How much pressure the air creates. |
B.How the car works. |
C.What the normal air pressure is. |
D.How the air gets into the engine. |
Things were similar last year in the Sichuan earthquake. Thousands of people were buried in the ruins and lost their lives. What if we could have warned them?
People are always racking their brains to find a way of preventing buildings’ collapse. Better materials and technology help,but they are not a solution.
Just like humans,a building has its own life cycle from “birth” to “death”.If we know when a building is going to collapse,we can repair it in advance or get out of it before it falls.
Now,scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a material that turns red before it breaks. The invention could be used in things like climbing ropes or bridge supports.
The research was led by Nancy Sottos,a professor at the university’s Beckman Institute,and Douglas Davis,a graduate research assistant.
The secret behind the colorchanging material is a type of molecule (分子).A molecule is a group of atoms held together by chemical bonds. Imagine you and your friends standing in a circle,holding hands. Each person stands for one atom,your hands represent the bonds,and the entire circle represents a molecule. If one person lets go of his or her hands,the molecule changes color.
The research team put the molecule into a soft material. When the researchers stretched the material,it turned bright red for a few seconds before it broke into two pieces. When they repeatedly stretched and relaxed the material,without breaking it,it only turned a little red.
The major problem is that light can get rid of the red color. When the team shone bright light on the molecule,the broken bond was fixed,and the color disappeared.
If the bright light keeps the red color from appearing,the material’s warning system will be useless. Scientists still have a lot of work to do before the colorchanging molecules can be used outside the lab.
小题1:What does the passage mainly introduce?
A.The collapse of an overpass in Zhuzhou,Hunan Province. |
B.The Sichuan earthquake |
C.A material that turns red before it breaks. |
D.A way of preventing building from collapsing. |
A.suffering a lot | B.collecting beyond imagination |
C.losing a lot | D.thinking very hard |
A.Thousands of people died from the collapse of buildings in the Sichuan earthquake because they hadn’t been warned. |
B.There is no building that will never collapse. |
C.A new material has been applied to buildings to warn people of collapse. |
D.A colorchanging material can turn red before it breaks. |
A.The colorchanging molecules are certain to be used outside the lab. |
B.There will be no collapse with the help of the colorchanging material. |
C.There is a long way to go before the material can be applied. |
D.The problem caused by bright light will be solved by scientists. |
Dear editor,
I’d like to express my opinion about grades. Students should be allowed to study without worrying about grades. Fortunately, most educators are becoming aware of the fact that students have different interests and abilities. I understand that grades are useful, but grades often limit creativity. Competing for better grades causes many students to turn down opportunities to pursue music, dramatics and sports. Grades force an arbitrary(武断的) standard of success on everyone. I do not demand as some extremists do, that grades be removed immediately. However, I do believe that less emphasis should be placed on grades. I hope that someday grades will become optional at Village High School.
Magdalena Smith
Drama Club
Dear editor,
I’d like to say something about grades. Let’s face the facts about grades. Grades perform three basic functions. First, grades motivate students to work at their highest level of competence. Second, they act as a reward for hardworking students and as a punishment to students who do not work hard. Finally, grades are used as an effective standard by which to measure student achievement. Good grades help students to get jobs and to get into university. I"ve spoken with a number of students who have jobs, and most of them say that they were hired primarily on the basis of their grades. My grades helped me land a part-time job and will help me get into university next year. I think grades are extremely important at Village High School.
Simon Harper
Science Club
小题1:Which of the following is not Magdalena Smith’s opinion?
A.Students may give up the chance to learn music and sports for grades. |
B.Students’ creativity may not be developed for grades. |
C.Grades should not be used to measure a person’s success. |
D.Grades should be taken away at once. |
A.believes in the benefits of good grades |
B.is concerned about students" creativity |
C.doesn"t work too hard at his studies |
D.supports students" interests and abilities |
A.teacher | B.headmaster | C.student | D.advertiser |
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