What is a good education? The question is far from being answered. Once more, colleges and universities are changing their programs: they drop "fun courses" and restart some of the traditional subjects neglected (忽视) since the 1960s. Many great schools are again requiring the students to take a number of classes in English, history, literature, the social sciences, philosophy, the natural sciences, and art if they want to get a degree. Meanwhile, the experts are trying to describe the good education of our time. Obviously the purely vocational training once favored is not enough. But neither is the gentleman"s education of the nineteenth century. Educational programs must meet the demands of a modern world where men and women have to work and to deal with big problems.
What, then, is a good education of this century? Some educators suggest that it should include foreign languages and the study of foreign cultures; a mastery of English, including the ability to write and speak well, because communications have become all-important in the modern world, and also because "a person who doesn"t speak and write clearly doesn"t reason clearly either"; some knowledge of the social sciences (sociology, psychology) that deal with human relations and human problems; some basic knowledge of modern science, which would enable future voters to be better informed about current problems like nuclear. Finally, many educators insist that all college graduates should be familiar with computers and modern information system since the educated professionals of tomorrow will have to understand their machines. Is that all? "No, of course not." answer the educators. "We have not mentioned the two great building blocks of education: history and literature!"
小题1:The best title for this passage might be _______.| A．Education | B．A Mastery of English | | C．A Good Education | D．Something About Study |
小题2:The underlined word "drop" in the first paragraph means _______.| A．desert | B．dislike | C．decline | D．neglect |
小题3:The author thinks that the question about what a good education is _______.| A．has been answered fairly well | | B．hasn"t been put forward yet | | C．has been dealt with successfully | | D．has not been answered satisfactorily |
小题4:Some educational experts believe a mastery of English should include the ability _______.| A．to read fast | B．to write and speak well | | C．to write clearly and accurately | D．to listen and speak skillfully |
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小题2:A
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试题分析：这篇文章讲的是什么是好的教育。这个问题还没有很好的回答。
小题1:主旨题：从第一句话：What is a good education? The question is far from being answered可真这篇文章讲的是什么是好的教育。选C
小题2:猜词题：从第一段的句子：restart some of the traditional subjects neglected (忽视) since the 1960s.可知有的大学放弃了一些“有趣的课程”重新采用传统的课程。选A
小题3:细节题：从第一段的句子：The question is far from being answered.可知这个问题还没有很好的回答。选D。
小题4:细节题：从第二段的句子：Some educators suggest that it should include foreign languages and the study of foreign cultures; a mastery of English, including the ability to write and speak well,可知教育家认为精通英语应该包括写和说。选B
点评：本文所设试题主要考察细节查找，对于文章中的细节题，要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。 |
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It was your birthday, and you just opened your biggest gift — a smooth silver laptop. You can’t wait to instant-message your friends with the news, but first you have to get rid of your old desktop computer. Do you just throw away the monitor and keyboard in the trash? Not anymore!
Three states, that is, California, Maine, and Maryland, recently passed laws prohibiting people from throwing away electronic waste, or e-waste, includes televisions, computers, and cell phones. Although they don’t make you sick when you use them, they do when they are destroyed, for they contain heavy metals that can be harmful to human bodies. For example, cell phone batteries contain a kind of chemical causing damage to kidneys and deserted computer monitors can damage brains. And flat TV screens may cause injury to the nervous system. Those metals can leak into the ground or give off pollutants when burned.
It is required that e-waste be placed at special sites rather than usual landfills. Several other states are considering similar laws and California is also pushing for a law banning the application of such dangerous substances.
Government officials are not the only people taking aim at e-waste; environmentalists are also urging people to recycle their outdated equipment.
“It is just a waste … to not recycle,” Patrick, an associate professor of occupational and environmental health at university of Iowa, told The Daily Iowan, “Allowing dangerous chemicals to leak into the environment for decades seems irresponsible.”
What Can You Do?
Reduce. Be a responsible shopper, and take care of your electronics so they will last longer.
Re-use. Donate or sell your old high-tech equipment.
Recycle. To find a responsible recycler, contact a local or state environmental group.
小题1:What’s the best title of this passage? | A．E-waste is being made good use of. | | B．E-waste, a big threat to us. | | C．E-waste is dangerous to us all the while. | | D．Goodbye, e-waste. |
小题2:Why is e-waste harmful and dangerous to human beings?| A．Because they can go off at times and threaten us. | | B．Because they can make people sick, as long as people use them. | | C．Because they contain poisonous chemical substances. | | D．Because they take too much space when placed in trashes. |
小题3:What can we know from Patrick’s words?| A．Waste can’t be recycled. | | B．Waste can be made use of by recycling | | C．We have to recycle e-waste to protect the environment. | | D．Protecting the environment is important. |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT given as a piece of advice to help with e-wastes?| A．Taking care of your electronics so they will last longer. | | B．Donating or selling your old high-tech equipment. | | C．Contacting a local or state environmental group. | | D．Asking fewer people to use electric products. |
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Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you know was in trouble ― and he was? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP.
ESP stands for Extra Sensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.
Here is an example: A woman was doing washing. Suddenly she shouted, “My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!” Just then, a telephone came. The woman’s father had died of a heart illness. He died sitting in a chair.
There are thousands of stories like this on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what is behind these strange mental messages. Here’s another example —— one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.
A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, “There’s room for one more.” The man felt the driver was Death, so he ran away. The next day the man was getting on a crowded bus. The bus driver said, “There’s room for one more”. Then the man saw the driver’s face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn’t get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into fires. Everyone was killed!
Some people say stories like these are lies or coincidences. Others say that are ESP in true, from studies of ESP, we may some day learn more about the human mind.
小题1:ESP lets people know about _________.| A．their dream | B．events after they happen | | C．events before they happen | D．heart illness |
小题2:The example of the man shows the ability to _______.| A．avoid traffic accidents | | B．know the good and bad of a person | | C．know about the events happening some distance away | | D．sense a danger that will happen later on |
小题3:The best title of this passage is _________.| A．Sixth Sense | B．The Human Mind | | C．A Big Lie | D．A Terrible Dream |
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Have you ever tried to draw a straight line, only to find it turns out all wrong? Or, wanted to show 36 at a party but the song you’d practised so many times suddenly 37 more difficult?
I"ve had both these 38 .As a Senior 3 student, I have to 39 many exams. Each time I enter one thinking “I 40 fail this time.” , I get a low mark.
But don"t be surprised --- it"s not 41 we don"t try, or do enough preparation, or take it 42 . On the contrary, it is because we put ourselves under too much 43 . It is thinking ‘I must…’ that makes us taste the terrible flavor of 44 .
We often 45 to our friends, “Don"t be too hard 46 yourself!”. But when we 47 our own goals, we may not listen to our own advice.
In doing so, we are making our path to success increasingly difficult.
So why not 48 this crazy pursuit(追求) to get the best? Just face the problem 49 before you with a calm mind, enjoy the hard work and you will succeed.
In my opinion, 50 a calm state of mind is a skill for life. For people who want to succeed, 51 this is a very important lesson.
So 52 time when you"re trying to draw a straight line or 53 a performance, tell yourself, “If I can just do it better than last time, it"s a 54 . ”
Keep a calm state of mind, and you will be happy 55 you succeed or fail.
| 小题2: | | A．assumes | B．appears | C．listens | D．becomes |
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| 小题3: | | A．experiences | B．chances | C．times | D．reviews |
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| 小题4: | | A．finish | B．measure | C．take | D．join |
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| 小题5: | | A．shouldn"t | B．may | C．can"t | D．haven"t |
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| 小题6: | | A．why | B．since | C．when | D．because |
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| 小题7: | | A．necessarily | B．seriously | C．personally | D．sharply |
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| 小题8: | | A．care | B．power | C．pressure | D．attention |
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| 小题9: | | A．exams | B．difficulty | C．marks | D．failure |
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| 小题12: | | A．share | B．achieve | C．weigh | D．set |
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| 小题13: | | A．throw away | B．get away | C．take away | D．let away |
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| 小题14: | | A．waiting | B．sitting | C．lying | D．laying |
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| 小题15: | | A．staying | B．keeping | C．remaining | D．making |
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| 小题16: | | A．trying | B．realizing | C．using | D．training |
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| 小题18: | | A．put on | B．play on | C．give on | D．show on |
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| 小题19: | | A．success | B．task | C．lesson | D．trial |
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| 小题20: | | A．if | B．either | C．neither | D．whether |
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Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __36__ play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed, __37__ she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively. __38__ she stopped, he asked, “Is there __39__ else?” Dahlia added more details and began __40__ bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia __41__ talking, he said, “It must __42__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia __43__ her father’s embrace（拥抱）and support as she cried __44__ more in his arms. Then as __45__ as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and __46__ announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are __47__ a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I __48__ ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be __49__ to me. ”
Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __50__ her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __51__ her own?
There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that __52__ : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __53__ attention and took her seriously as she __54__ her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated（证实）the feelings she __55__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.
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| 小题3: | | A．Before | B．When | C．While | D．Since |
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| 小题4: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题5: | | A．crying | B．running | C．talking | D．saying |
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| 小题6: | | A．kept | B．started | C．stopped | D．hated |
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| 小题7: | | A．hurt | B．ache | C．injure | D．wound |
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| 小题8: | | A．got | B．received | C．accepted | D．admitted |
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| 小题10: | | A．soon | B．quickly | C．suddenly | D．fast |
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| 小题11: | | A．surprisingly | B．angrily | C．sadly | D．cheerfully |
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| 小题12: | | A．building | B．buying | C．making | D．repairing |
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| 小题13: | | A．shouldn’t | B．won’t | C．daren’t | D．can’t |
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| 小题14: | | A．polite | B．cruel | C．rude | D．nice |
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| 小题15: | | A．get over | B．get away | C．get along | D．get through |
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| 小题17: | | A．did | B．followed | C．went | D．worked |
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| 小题18: | | A．full | B．incomplete | C．half | D．undivided |
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| 小题19: | | A．sent out | B．threw out | C．put out | D．poured out |
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| 小题20: | | A．expressed | B．showed | C．said | D．strengthened |
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The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet （彗星）is heading towards the earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the earth.
On 17 July, a piece of 4 kilometers wide comet enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion（爆炸）. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the seabed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards form the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned（淹死）.
Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes ash set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won’t be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.
Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?
小题1:What is mainly described in the passage?| A．A historic discovery. | | B．An event in imagination. | | C．A research on space. | | D．A scientific adventure. |
小题2:When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes________.| A．an earthquake | B．hunger | | C．an Earth explosion | D．huge waves |
小题3:Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long?| A．Because the land is covered with water. | | B．Because the light and heat form the sun cannot reach the earth. | | C．Because people there cannot live at the temperature of zero. | | D．Because wars break out among countries. |
小题4:By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove_________.| A．animals could not live in the cold climate | | B．what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story | | C．the human beings will die out in 2094 | | D．the Earth could be hit by other objects in space |
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