I’m Monty Don. Though I’m a host and writer now, I had an unhappy study experience actually. I changed 36 many times.
I first went to school at five. None of my teachers or classmates liked me because I always gave them a lot of trouble. I once put a worm in a girl’s pocket. When I was seven, I was asked to
37 the school. Then I was sent off to a boarding school. I missed my 38 very much at first; I didn’t want to leave once I returned home. Later I met a very 39 teacher, who cared for me and helped me with my study. He was also the first person to encourage me to act and write. At 13, I moved to Malvern College, but I was kicked out at 15 for 40 school rules. Then I went to another school where I failed my English A level. In fact, I didn’t like studying.
I finally 41 that life shouldn’t be like this. So I retook the exam and got an A grade. And more 42 , I made a decision: to go to college, so I began to 43 for the entrance exam. I finally passed the exam and went to Cambridge to read English. I met my wife there and I was
44 I made that decision, otherwise I wouldn’t have had a happy family. Looking back on what I’ve 45 , I come to know that if you devote yourself to it, nothing is impossible.
| 小题1: | | A．subjects | B．schools | C．jobs | D．goals |
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| 小题2: | | A．leave | B．join | C．visit | D．describe |
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| 小题3: | | A．friend | B．class | C．teacher | D．family |
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| 小题4: | | A．rude | B．terrible | C．good | D．hard |
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| 小题5: | | A．breaking | B．changing | C．keeping | D．following |
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| 小题6: | | A．guessed | B．wondered | C．remembered | D．realized |
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| 小题7: | | A．painfully | B．briefly | C．importantly | D．frequently |
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| 小题8: | | A．prepare | B．call | C．wait | D．hope |
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| 小题9: | | A．foolish | B．proud | C．glad | D．afraid |
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| 小题10: | | A．written | B．experienced | C．dreamed | D．concerned |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:D
小题7:C
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B |
试题分析：本文作者回忆了自己由年轻时的“问题少年”，到最后成功的进入剑桥大学的一个蜕变过程。说明一个道理：只要你下定决心去做一件事情，没有什么是不可能的。
小题1:A学科，科目B学校C工作D目标。从上一句“我有一次不愉快的求学经历”以及下文可以推断出作者是制造很多麻烦，转了很多所学校。
小题2:A离开B参加C访问D描述。上文提到作者总是给老师和同学制造很多麻烦，所以后来被迫离开学校。
小题3:A朋友B同学C老师D家人。从下文“我一回到家就不愿离开”说明“很念家人”，故用family.
小题4:A粗鲁的B可怕的，糟糕的C好得D苛刻的。从定语从句中“关心我，帮助我学习”可知我遇到了一个很好的老师。
小题5:根据常识，“被学校开除”原因肯定是违反了学校的规章制度，故用break, 而follow /keep rules是遵守规章制度的意思。故排除CD,而B答案是改变之意。
小题6:A猜测B想知道C记得D意识到。根据上文提到的“一次次被学校开除”及下文“我的改变说明作者最后意识到了不能再这样生活。
小题7:A痛苦地B简洁地C重要地D频繁地，屡次地。下文提到我做出决定：考大学，这是比参加考试和得A等级更重要的事，所以选C
小题8:根据常识，要考大学，自然要为考试做好准备。Prepare for...为...作准备
小题9:作者由一次次被学校开除到做出决定考大学，最后成功的进入剑桥大学，也收获了爱情，所以他为之前做的决定感到高兴。
小题10:A写B经历，体验C梦想D关心，关注。回顾所经历的事情，我意识到只要你下定决心去做一件事情，没有什么是不可能的。故选B。
点评：本文作者回忆了自己由年轻时的“问题少年”，到做出决定考大学，最后成功的进入剑桥大学的一个蜕变过程。答题前一定要读懂全文，弄清文章要表达的思想，注意前后段落之间的关系。答题中，一定要认真分析，注意选项与上下文的关系，与前后单词的关系。对于一时没有太大的把握的题可以放到最后再来完成，因为有时答案可以从下文内容体现出来。答完后再通读一篇文章，看看所选选项能不能是语句通顺，语意连贯。 |
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试题【I’m Monty Don. Though I’m a host and writer now, I had an unhappy study experien】；主要考察你对
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Gary is teaching his students to play a game called “Word House” in the English class. Here is the way to play the game:
1. Get some pieces of paper that are cut into squares. Each Square is for writing one letter only.
2. Write a letter on one square. For example, write “i.”
3. Next, take another two squares. Make a two-letter word which contains the letter you have written, for example, “in” or “hi.” Put the new word (written on the two squares) below the first square.
4. Then make a three-letter word which contains the two letters you have written.Again, put the new word on the next line.
5. Keep making new words in the same way to build a “word house.” The person who builds the highest word house in twenty minutes wins the game.
小题1: What does a “word house” look like?
小题2:Which is true about the game?| A．It is about spelling. | | B．It is a computer game. | | C．There have to be five people in the game. | | D．Students have to write four words in twenty minutes. |
小题3:Which of the following is the right order of playing the game?
a. cut the paper into squares
b. make a three-letter word which contains the two letters you’ve written
c. write a letter on one square
d. keep making new words in the same way
e. make a two-letter word and put it below the first square| A．a-b-c-d-e | B．a-c-e-b-d | C．d -c-e-b-a | D．e-b-c-d-a |
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Apple has entered the textbook market. The tech giant（科技巨头） introduced iBooks textbooks a couple of weeks ago when it announced its iBooks 2 platform. They are digital books in many subjects taking in science, maths, history and geography.
Apple developed its iPad-based textbooks in conjunction with（连接）major textbook publishers. The company offers a collection of textbooks for high school students.
Apple says it offers a “new textbook experience” and suggests its iBooks textbooks are “the next chapter in learning”. It sounds like good news for pupils and students. Think of it. No more carrying heavy backpacks full of textbooks. Every textbook you require can be stored on your iPad. No more having to buy expensive textbooks which you will only use for a year or two and then sell or give away.
Of course there’s a catch. You need to own an iPad and as you know, it is not cheap. You also need to buy digital textbooks, mostly priced each at $14.99 (94.74 yuan) or less. Textbook publishing was worth $ 8.7 billion in the US alone last year. And the rest, as they say, is history. Will Apple revolutionize learning? Will digital books take over completely in education? That remains to be seen.
小题1:What is the best title of the text?| A．Apple Enters New Market | B．A Different Way of Learning | C．Experience Digital Texbooks | D．Say Good-bye to Tradition |
小题2:iBooks textbooks will do good to pupils and students because ________.| A．they are free to get | B．they are easy to carry | | C．they are ipad-based | D．they are favorite gifts |
小题3:The underlined words “a catch” in Paragraph 4 are closest in meaning to “________.”| A．an advantage | B．a surprise | | C．a problem | D．an order |
小题4:What can we know from that last paragraph?| A．iPad-based textbooks have changed our learning. | | B．Traditional textbooks will be replaced sooner or later. | | C．Apple has earned a lot from the textbook market. | | D．Digital books have disadvantages and advantages. |
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Writer and teacher Yin Jianli"s stories and thoughts about bringing up her daughter
Yuanyuan have been a constant source of inspiration for parents over the past 16 years.
Her book, A Good Mother Exceeds Good Teachers, published by Writers Publishing House, has been a bestseller on Dangdang and Amazon"s online platforms
for the past three years. The book helped Yin make the Chinese Writers" Rich List, with 4. 48 million yuan（＄710，000).
Experts say Yin"s book provides practical guidance, which makes it popular among parents.
"When the majority of books are either full of bragging about（自吹自擂）the authors" children or outlining big theories that have no foundation in practice, I write books that are practical and easy to follow," Yin writes.
"For example, there was an occasion when Yuanyuan forgot to do her elementary school homework. In such a situation many Chinese parents show their anger and scold their kids,”says Yin, who made an agreement with her husband they would not overly criticize or push their daughter. Instead, Yin encouraged the daughter to make up the homework, which meant staying up until midnight. As a result, she learned to arrange her time better and did not have a harmful reaction to doing homework. Yin"s principle of "no parental interference（干涉），and "giving children the opportunity to learn from their mistakes" is described in a number of real-life examples.
Readers say Yin"s books improve their children"s performance at school, and encourage them to develop good personalities and habits. They believe her books are not only about being good parents but also about growing as parents and individuals.
"When I"m reading books，I keep thinking about what a better personality I would have if my parents had adopted the methods Yin suggests when I was a kid，＂one reader comments in a review on Yin"s online blog.
小题1:The book“A Good Mother Exceeds Good Teachers" has been so popular because______.| A． it covers many inspiring thoughts about bringing up children | | B． it outlines big theories from home and abroad | | C． it provides practical guidance for parents | | D． it sells at a great discount |
小题2:We can learn from the text that Yin Jianli_______．| A． advocates learning from mistakes | | B． makes a good living only by writing books | | C． holds the view that saving your stick spoils your kid | | D． believes successful education calls for joint efforts from school and family |
小题3:It can be implied from the text that________.| A． Yin"s readers are mostly parents | | B． The book is only available online | | C． Yin has a great sense of business | | D． Yuanyuan achieved success thanks to her mother |
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That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in 1 for seventeen years, I had no 2 about my ability to hold their attention and to 3 on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.
I was shocked when the monitor shouted, " 4 !" The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat 5 about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly 6 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect—perhaps 7 their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement.
My students 8 diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 9 by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, "Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today. 10 her next lecture will be better." Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 11 theme. "Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical 12 for all the works we’ll study in class," I complained." How _13 they say I didn’t teach them anything?"
It was a long term, and it 14 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as_15 of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise 16 questions and provide enough background so that students could 17 their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide _18_ information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!
_19 , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a 20 American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.
| 小题1: | | A．the UK | B．the US | C．China | D．Australia |
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| 小题2: | | A．worry | B．idea | C．doubt | D．experience |
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| 小题3: | | A．impress | B．put | C．leave | D．fix |
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| 小题4: | | A．Attention | B．Look out | C．At ease | D．Stand up |
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| 小题5: | | A．puzzled | B．sure | C．curious | D．worried |
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| 小题6: | | A．found | B．returned | C．regained | D．followed |
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| 小题7: | | A．more | B．even | C．yet | D．still |
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| 小题8: | | A．passed | B．borrowed | C．read | D．kept |
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| 小题9: | | A．replaced | B．taken | C．caught | D．moved |
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| 小题10: | | A．Naturally | B．Perhaps | C．Fortunately | D．Reasonably |
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| 小题11: | | A．different | B．strong | C．similar | D．usual |
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| 小题12: | | A．happenings | B．characters | C．development | D．background |
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| 小题13: | | A．should | B．need | C．will | D．must |
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| 小题14: | | A．immediately | B．certainly | C．simply | D．gradually |
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| 小题15: | | A．that | B．what | C．those | D．ones |
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| 小题16: | | A．difficult | B．interesting | C．ordinary | D．unusual |
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| 小题17: | | A．draw | B．look | C．search | D．offer |
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| 小题18: | | A．strange | B．standard | C．exact | D．serious |
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| 小题19: | | A．Therefore | B．However | C．Besides | D．Though |
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| 小题20: | | A．normal | B．happy | C．good | D．better |
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One of the world"s richest men has taken a close interest in one of man’s most basic functions: visiting the toilet．Bill Gates’s charitable organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for inventors to design the loo of the future, which, they hope, would improve sanitation for millions of people around the world．
So, what"s wrong with the traditional flush toilet? Firstly, it wastes a huge amount of potential drinking water．Secondly, they are more likely to cause pollution．This is a real problem in many areas of the developing world, where, according to United Nations estimates, unsafe sanitation causes half of all hospitalizations．Younger people are particularly at risk．Illnesses which cause diarrhea are responsible for the deaths of about 1.5 million children a year．Finally, standard lavatories simply aren’t practical in remote areas．
The challenge set by Bill Gates was to come up with a latrine which works without running water, electricity or aseptic tank(化粪池)．It also needed to operate for less than 5 cents．28 designs were displayed at the recent Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle, USA．Among them was one which turned human waste into electricity using microwaves, another which converted human waste into charcoal, and yet another which used urine for flushing．
But the winner was a solar-powered design which generated hydrogen gas and electricity.The team from the California Institute of Technology（CIT）picked up a prize of $ 100,000.
But clearly Bill Gates doesn’t feel he’s flushing money down the toilet．After the Seattle event he said, “We, couldn’t be happier with the response we’ve gotten,” Gates has even pledged $370m more to the future toilet project．They hope to field test more prototypes over the next three years．
小题1:Why is Bill Gates paying people to invent new toilets?| A．Because he wants to test people’s sense of creativity． | | B．Because he wants to improve sanitation for many people． | | C．Because he thinks the traditional ones are out of fashion． | | D．Because he can’t design this kind of things himself． |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT a problem with the traditional flush toilet?| A．They waste too much water． | | B．They might cause diseases． | | C．They are not always practical． | | D．They are too complicated to use. |
小题3:The underlined word “latrine” in the third paragraph might have similar meanings to the word “__ ”n the text．| A．Loo | B．sanitation | C．diarrhea | D．prototype |
小题4:The team from CIT won the prize because their design .| A．can change human waste into electricity | | B．can turn human waste into charcoal | | C．can produce power with solar energy | | D．can use urine for flushing |
小题5:If someone “flush money down the toilet”, they are .| A．showing off their wealth | | B．being angry with their work onditions | | C．wasting money for nothing | | D．expressing their great determination |
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