题目
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The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country’s bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated (交配)it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist"s name, had a total success on his hands.
Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.
But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings (叮) , began to attack its neighbors -- cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings.
This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them.
小题1: The results of the South American experiment .
A.are not yet certain | B.have proved to be wrong |
C.have caused a serious trouble | D.are not important |
A.make African bees less active |
B.make Brazilian bees more easy-going |
C.increase the number of bees in Brazil |
D.increase the amount of honey in Brazil |
A.Their production of honey. | B.Their living environment. |
C.Their hard work. | D.Their bad temper. |
A.the bees have been driven to Central and North America |
B.the bees must be stopped from moving north |
C.the bees may bring about trouble in more countries |
D.the bees prefer to live in Brazil |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
解析
试题解析:本文通过一个实例:引进新的蜜蜂以增加蜂产品的同时带来的不仅是给巴西还有其他的国家带来困扰来说明:科学实验有时会不科学。
小题1:细节理解题.根据第一段最后一句话Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen.最终的结果是将导致严重的损害还是仅仅是一个小问题还有待于研究,所以A正确
小题2:细节理解题。根据第二段第一句话 The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country’s bees.由此可以判断出D正确。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第四段开头 But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings (叮) , began to attack its neighbors -- cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself.可以判断出是环境变了,导致了这些问题,所以B正确。
小题4:推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句话This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year.可以推断出这些蜜蜂会给更多的国家带来困扰,所以C正确。
核心考点
试题【Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do the results may r】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and... I became invisible, absent from the conversation. The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction(互动). With email and instant messaging over the internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated(自动化), the alienation index(疏远指数) goes up. You can"t even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.
I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn"t wise... they"re a great help to us. It"s some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.
More and more. I find myself hiding behind email to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn"t really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier ...or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.
So I"ve put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I"m at home.
小题1:Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A.The Advance of Communications Technology |
B.The Consequences of modern Technology |
C.The Story of Communications Revolution |
D.The Automation of Modern Communications |
A.the people sitting beside you have to go away to receive a phone call |
B.you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside you |
C.modern technology makes it hard for people to have a face-to-face talk |
D.people can now go to work without going to the office |
A.satisfying | B.encouraging | C.disappointing | D.embarrassing |
A.modern technology is bridging the people |
B.modern technology is separating the people |
C.modern technology is developing too fast |
D.modern technology is interrupting our communication |
EDUCATION IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY
As soon as you arrive on campus, there will be competing interests. Feel free to check them out but always remember that you are there first and foremost for your education. Go to class prepared and on time. Be engaged during class. Make sure your professor knows you and realizes that you care.
BE RESPONSIBLE
There are many layers of responsibility. Do what you say you will do and, if you can’t, own up to it early and communicate clearly. But being responsible isn’t just about meeting your commitments; it is also about taking care of you, your body, and your friends. For example, more than 1800 college students die annually from alcohol-related injuries. Look out for yourself and other people. Make moderate, sensible decisions so you aren’t reeling from the consequences later.
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
Incredible opportunities will present themselves: studying abroad, interning at a unique place, trying new things. Don’t let fear prevent you from taking advantage of them. There may never be so much time or as many resources devoted to your betterment again in your life. Say yes to opportunities that will help you grow.
FIND AND BE A MENTOR
Some of the best lessons available to us can come outside of the classroom in the form of a mentor. One of the most powerful growth opportunities is being a mentor. Early on, find someone on campus who you feel can help you grow and develop a relationship with him or her. Also find someone for you to mentor. You will reinforce and enrich your own learning experience by teaching someone else.
GET THE JOB DONE
It is natural to occasionally feel you want to quit, when it makes more sense to you to go find a full-time job. Resist that urge. As Jocelyn Negron-Rios, a mother of two, who is currently completing her degree, advises, “No matter how difficult it seems, keep at it because however insurmountable it feels now multiply that by 10,000 and that is how it feels when you are in your thirties with a full-time job and a family and are trying to pursue a degree.”
小题1:According to the passage, the most important thing for college students is ______.
A.taking part in different activities |
B.working hard to get a degree |
C.seizing every chance to try new things |
D.improving themselves by learning from the others |
A.Passing on what you’ve learned in college can help you enrich your learning experience. |
B.Make sure that you are responsible for yourself rather than others. |
C.Professors will not assess your performances in class but the grades you get in exams. |
D.You can make full use of the opportunity whenever you want. |
A.Persistence is the key to success when you meet with difficulties in your learning process. |
B.It is better if you gain more working experience before you finish your education. |
C.As long as you work hard, you can gain a degree even when you are in your thirties. |
D.Youth is the best time to learn since you have less burden. |
A.To give some rules for the college students. |
B.To call on the students to make full use of college years. |
C.To summarize some tips for parents to share with their children. |
D.To analyze the benefits and difficulties of college life. |
While breathing, we do not need to pay attention to each inhalation and exhalation. We become conscious of the process of breathing only when we have some difficulty with breathing, such as when our nose is blocked, due to a cold, or when we are in an unventilated(不通风的) room.
It is the same with thinking. We become conscious of the constant onslaught of our thoughts, and of our inability to calm them down, only when we need to concentrate, solve a problem or study. We are also aware of them when we have worries or fears.
Look at the following familiar situation. You need to study something for an exam. You sit comfortably on the sofa with the book in your hands and start reading. After a while you feel hungry and go to the kitchen to eat something.
You return to read, and then hear your people talking outside. You listen to them for several moments and then bring your attention back to the book.
After a while you feel restless and switch on the radio to listen to some music. You continue to read for a little while, and then remember something that happened yesterday, and you start thinking about it.
When you look at your watch, you are amazed to find out that one complete hour has passed and you have hardly read anything. And at this time, you feel you’re thinking.
This is what happens when one lacks concentration. Imagine what you could have accomplished if you could control your attention and focus your mind!
小题1:When can you feel you are thinking?
A.While breathing. | B.While not reading. |
C.When you need to concentrate. | D.When you waste your time. |
A.To explain the course of thinking awareness. |
B.To show how to get ready for an exam. |
C.To present an example of concentration. |
D.To emphasize the importance of reading. |
A.In a guidebook of natural science. |
B.In the front page of a newspaper. |
C.In an advertisement part of a magazine. |
D.In the section of psychology of a magazine. |
A.the relationship between thoughts and breathing |
B.how people’s thought and mind work |
C.what happens when one wants to think |
D.the ways to increase your thought |
Green, for example, tries to show the quality of a product: how good it is for us or for our environment. It also suggests that the product is healthier, has less fat and maybe fewer calories. Red, on the other hand is an aggressive color that is often used for packaging food. Red wants us to become hungry or thirsty. Purple is a kind of color that is often seen as royal. It indicates that it is something special. Producers use purple to show that something is of good quality. Blue is not very often found in food packaging because there are not very many foods that have a blue color.
Colors can also have different meaning in different cultures and countries. For example, while the color white is used in many Western countries to represent purity and innocence, it is seen as a symbol of mourning in many Eastern countries. The Egyptian pharaohs(法老) wore white crowns. A white sale is a sale of sheets, towels, and other bed and bath items. A white flag is the universal symbol for truce(休战). A white elephant is a rare, pale elephant sacred(神圣的) to the people of India, Thailand, Burma, and Sri Lanka. In these countries, something that is a white elephant is either a possession that costs more than it is worth to keep or an item that the owner doesn’t want but can’t get rid of.
Consumers are aware that certain foods must have certain colors. When Pepsi brought out a crystal clear cola in 1992, it thought that consumers would buy it because clear meant pure and healthy. After a few months Pepsi found out that a cola had to be dark-colored. Crystal Pepsi failed and the company pulled it off the market.
Advertising professionals often need to look at a product through the consumers’ eyes when choosing a color. The right packaging colors can truly improve the sales of a product but choosing a wrong color could end in failure.
小题1:According to the passage, blue is rarely used in food packaging because ____.
A.most consumers dislike it |
B.it matches very few foods |
C.it brings people low spirits |
D.it doesn’t catch people’s eyes |
A.a white flag | B.a white elephant |
C.a white sale | D.a white crown |
A.Pepsi’s success comes from failures |
B.health is the main concern in drink making |
C.crystal clear drinks can’t attract consumers |
D.people have fixed ideas about products and colors |
A.Colors in advertising |
B.Colors in food packaging |
C.Our everyday life and colors |
D.Foods in different colors |
Give a detailed account of the offense, and make sure both you and the other person are talking about the same thing. Whether you make it in secret or public doesn’t matter, but your apology should be focused on the particular event.
Next, by acknowledging the hurt or damage done, you are making the recipient (接受者) begin to sense that you understand the situation. It is important to rebuild your relationship because it makes them feel their anger is understandable.
Don’t try to defend yourself by offering any excuses, which is important to let them know that you understand the event and you actions do cause them harm. The apology is all about THEM and how they feel. It doesn’t matter if the actions were intentional or not, the end result is the same and that is what needs to be focused on when learning how to say, “I’m sorry”.
Give a sincere statement of regret such as “I apologize” or “I’m sorry”. Above all, tell them it won’t happen again. After all, there is no value in apologizing for something that you will do again and again.
Finally, asking for forgiveness at the end of the apology gives the power back to the recipient. It tells them, that you have done all that you can do by apologizing and providing whatever form of restitution(补偿)you can. The next move is up to them.
By including all these ingredients and applying them to your situation, you will know exactly how to say “I’m sorry” next time you need to.
小题1:The passage mainly tells readers ____.
A.the importance of apologizing |
B.the process of apologizing |
C.how to apologize effectively |
D.how to repair a broken friendship |
A.They will be sorry for being angry with you. |
B.They will treat you differently right away. |
C.They will understand the situation better. |
D.They will think their former reaction normal. |
A.finding out better excuses |
B.taking responsibility for the event |
C.defending yourself from more harm |
D.understanding the current situation |
A.A sincere statement of regret. |
B.Giving the recipient more power. |
C.A promise that you won’t repeat your wrongdoings. |
D.Giving the recipient a detailed account of the event. |
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