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But today Austen’s books are in greater demand than ever. In the last ten years, five of the six novels have been made into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be bestsellers. So why is Austen still popular?
Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University, argues that her novels still appeal to people because they focus on issues that are as relevant today as they were when she wrote them. Her novels are about women trying to find a perfect husband, but also explore issues surrounding marriage, friendship and the family. “The plots are fairly timeless stories about human interaction which are familiar to us,” Jenkyns says.
The most famous book Austen wrote is Pride and Prejudice, a love story between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. At first the two characters do not get on. They finally fall in love, but still have to overcome opposition (反对) to their relationship from their families.
All of Austen’s books are easy to read, making them popular with children and adults, but they work on different levels so people can take what they need from them, author Kate Henry says.
Austen is often praised as the greatest romance writer in the English language, so it is surprising she remained unmarried. “Maybe she was too much of a romantic, waiting for a perfect man,” Henry says.
小题1:Which of the following can NOT explain why Austen is still popular?
A.Her novels are all about love and marriage. |
B.Her novels still make sense to today’s people. |
C.All her novels are easy to read. |
D.Her novels benefit people of different reading levels. |
A.strange | B.related | C.funny | D.unimportant |
A.she was used to the life of being single |
B.the perfect man didn’t appears in her life |
C.she was too busy to think of marriage |
D.she was afraid of marriage |
A.More and more people like reading Austen’s novels. |
B.Austen died when she was 42 years old. |
C.Pride and Prejudice is a novel about love. |
D.Austen is often regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. |
答案
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:D
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试题【There are many famous writers in the English world, among whom Jane Austen (177】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Strangely enough, some of this research was sponsored by fast food companies like McDonald’s and KFC.Pressured by animal rights groups , these companies felt they had to fund scientists researching the emotional and mental states of animals.
McDonald’s, for instance, funded studies on pig behavior at Purdue University, Indiana.This research found that pigs seek affection and easily become depressed if left alone or prevented from playing with each other.If they become depressed, they soon become physically ill.Because of this, and other similar studies, the European Union has banned the use of isolating pig stalls from 2010.In Germany, the government is encouraging pig farmers to give each pig 20 seconds of human contact a day, and to provide them with toys to prevent them from fighting
Other scientists have shown that animals think and behave like humans.Koko, the 300-pound gorilla at the Gorilla Foundation in Northern California, for instance, has been taught sign language.Koko can now understand several thousand English words, more than many humans who speak English as a second language.On human IQ tests, she scores between 70 and 95.
Before such experiments, humans thought language skills were absent from the animal kingdom.Other myths are also being overturned, like the belief that animals lack self-awareness.Studies have also shown that animals mourn their dead, and that they play for pleasure.
These striking similarities between animal and human behavior have led some to ask a question: “If you believe in evolution, how can’t you believe that animals have feelings that human beings have?”
Until recently, scientists believed that animals behaved by instinct and that what appeared to be learned behavior was merely genetically-programmed activity.But as Koko the Gorilla shows, this is not the case.In fact, learning is passed from parent to offspring far more often than not in the animal kingdom.
So what implications does this knowledge have for humans? Because of this, should we ban hunting and animal testing? Should we close zoos? Such questions are being raised by many academics and politicians.Harvard and 25 other American law schools have introduced courses on animal rights.Germany meanwhile, recently guaranteed animal rights in its constitution---the first country to do so.
小题1:McDonald’s and KFC give money to support scientist to do research on animals, because_____
A.they are international big companies. |
B.they love animals. |
C.they are pressured by animal right groups. |
D.they earn a large amount of money and want to do some good deeds. |
A.pigs love being alone. |
B.pigs easily become physically ill. |
C.pigs need affection. |
D.pigs don’t like to play with each other. |
A.Animals behave by instinct. |
B.Animals have self-awareness. |
C.Animals have feelings and love. |
D.Animals do not have language skills. |
A.Yes. |
B.No |
C.Not certain |
D.Not mentioned |
June 5 is World Environment Day. This makes us pay more attention to our environment and the need to protect it.
When Wang Boxuan, a Beijing high schoolboy, uses up his exercise books, he does not throw them away. Each one is stored at his school with hundreds of exercise books given by other students. Then they are sold to a Beijing paper making factory.
The paper is recycled and used again by students and teachers in the school. At the same time, the money made from the sales goes towards schools in Inner Mongolia for planting trees and grass. This place is one of the sources of the sandstorms that often attack Beijing during springtime.
Wang’s school is one of the schools in the capital that take part in the “Green Promise” —environmental protection activity. So far, nearly 210,000 students have taken part in the activity, collecting more than 87 tons of waste paper.
Students are eager to help make the capital a more pleasant place.
小题1: What do Wang Boxuan and his schoolmates do with the waste exercise books?
A.Throw them away. | B.Store and sell them. |
C.Cut them into pieces. | D.Give them to the students in Inner Mongolia. |
A.Buying new exercise books. | B.Helping poor students. |
C.Planting trees and grass. | D.Being stored. |
A.Students will have no exercise books to use in many years. |
B.There will be no waste paper in many years. |
C.The sandstorms will be weaker in Beijing in many years. |
D.Beijing will be much dirtier in many years. |
1 Trees and grass were planted.
2 Schools in Inner Mongolia received the money.
3 Students collected waste paper.
4 Students sold the paper to a paper making factory.
A.③②④① | B.②①④③ | C.③④②① | D.③②①④ |
A.Planting Trees. | B.Green Promise. |
C.Collecting Waste Paper. | D.Making Money. |
People who show confidence really seem to have it made. They seize more rewarding careers, keep good relationships, and just seem to do everything with more styles than the rest of us.
So what is the secret? There isn’t one. Self-confidence is a skill and habit that anyone can learn to develop. And although people who are raised in an encouraging environment with confident role models have a hard start in self-confidence development, we all can learn to become more confident at any age.
Try these simple tips for practicing and increasing your self-confidence levels:
Dare to fail. Anybody who’s out there bravely performing is going to fail repeatedly. If you are not failing, you are not trying. So don’t take failure too hard or too personally. Just learn to deal with it and use its lessons to keep improving.
When in doubt, pretend you know what you are doing. Because, if you are confident of your abilities, by the time you have done it, you will be experienced.
Dress for success. You don’t have to be beautiful to be confident. Make the most of your own unique physical characters and weaken your disadvantages.
Listen to yourself. You are the only person who knows what’s right for you. Don’t put others’ opinions above your own inner voice.
Build a confident vocabulary. Stop putting yourself down and give up continually blaming your tiny weaknesses. Learn to show up your strong points and the world will learn to see and celebrate them with you.
Pass on the praise. Praise others for their virtues and strengths. This practice will not decrease your confidence, but help increase it.
小题1: The passage is written mainly __________.
A.to explain the definition of self-confidence |
B.to explain the secret of self-confidence |
C.to tell people how important self-confidence is |
D.to tell people how to build self-confidence |
A.the secret of self-confidence |
B.the skill of self-confidence |
C.the style of doing things |
D.a rewarding career |
A.to be confident means to have no disadvantages |
B.taking full advantage of your physical characters will help you be confident |
C.your unique characters will help you be confident and be successful |
D.to be confident means to be beautiful |
A.not to be afraid of failure |
B.dress yourself properly |
C.pretend to know everything |
D.make your advantages more obvious |
A.Praising others for their strong points |
B.Always following others’ advice to do things |
C.Giving up blaming your weaknesses |
D.Believing in yourself |
Now an intelligence expert Dr. Dirk Helbing says understanding more about ants could help solve one of the headaches of modern life -- road congestion.
His team set up an "ant motorway" with two routes of different widths from the nest to some sugar syrup (糖浆). Soon the narrower(更窄的) route soon became crowded(拥挤的). But when an ant returning along the crowded route to the nest met with another ant just starting out, the returning ant pushed the newcomer onto the other path. However, if the returning ant had enjoyed a trouble-free journey, it did not send the newcomer in a different direction.
The result was that just before one route became clogged , the ants had turned to another route and traffic jams never formed.
The researchers also created a computer model of more complex ant networks with routes of different lengths. The team found that even though ants being sent in another direction sometimes took a longer route, they still got to the food quickly and efficiently.
Dr. Helbing, of the Dresden University of Technology in Germany, said that while you cannot allow cars to meet with traffic coming in the opposite(相反的)direction as a form of traffic control, you could do the next best thing and allow them to communicate.
His plan is to force cars traveling in one direction to tell oncoming traffic what the conditions they are about to meet with-- so they can avoid that situation if necessary.
小题1:The first paragraph suggests that _______.
A.ants have a special way to manage congestion |
B.ants are clever and good at dealing with the traffic jams because of developed brain |
C.insects are similar to animals in dealing with the traffic jams because of developed brain |
D.insects have more advantages than humans |
A.cleaned | B.narrowed | C.crowded | D.shortened |
A.The ant will change the direction of its own. |
B.The ant stopped the newcomer from moving ahead and forced the newcomer to wait there patiently. |
C.The ant can"t direct the newcomer. |
D.The ant will push the newcomer to the other route, so traffic jams won"t form. |
A.The cars cannot be allowed to communicate with traffic coming in the opposite direction. |
B.The cars can communicate with traffic in the same direction. |
C.The cars that travel in one direction can tell oncoming traffic about the traffic conditions. |
D.We should build more routes of different lengths and widths. |
If spelling becomes the only focal (焦点的) point of his teacher’s interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to “play safe”. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.
I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience: “This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is terrible.” It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered on the child’s ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil more motivation (动机) to seek improvement.
小题1:Teachers are different in their opinions about _________.
A.the difficulties in teaching spelling |
B.the role of spelling in general language development |
C.the complexities of the basic writing skills |
D.the necessity of teaching spelling |
A.to write carefully | B.to do as teachers say |
C.to use dictionaries frequently | D.to avoid using words one is not sure of |
A.students will be able to express their ideas more freely |
B.students will have more confidence in writing |
C.students will have less trouble in correcting mistakes |
D.students will learn to be independent of teachers |
A.unfair | B.reasonable | C.foolish | D.careless |
A.the importance of developing writing skills |
B.the complexities of spelling |
C.the correct way of marking compositions |
D.the relationship between spelling and the content of a composition |
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