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often took him to the 1 . He loved to read and often needed to 2 the books he"d read in order to
borrow more books. One unintended 3 of his nonstop reading habits was that he even 4 at the dinner
table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to 5 him that, on certain social 6 , reading while dining with
others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school 7 give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to
see who could read the most books. He was so 8 , and he always wanted to win. And he often 9 . But
the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so 10 . He didn"t just want to
learn about 11 things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped 12 his curiosity in every way. 13 an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we"d
turn to the 14 , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if
you have a question, the 15 exists somewhere. All you have to do is 16 it.
Bill remains as much of a 17 today as when he was a child, and he seems to 18 everything he
reads. He"s often 19 to share what he"s learned with the next person he meets. He 20 reads at the
dinner table, though - which is a good thing because the books he"s attracted to now are increasingly
unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man,
and Rats, Lice, and History.
| ( )1. A. school ( )2. A. return ( )3. A. advantage ( )4. A. play ( )5. A. convince ( )6. A. issues ( )7. A. could ( )8. A. sincere ( )9. A. went ( )10. A. curious ( )11. A. simple ( )12. A. protect ( )13. A. Until ( )14. A. teacher ( )15. A. person ( )16. A. find ( )17. A. speaker ( )18. A. imagine ( )19. A. eager ( )20. A. now and again | B. office B. store B. discovery B. read B. promise B. services B. would B. crazy B. failed B. confident B. past B. develop B. If B. newspaper B. book B. use B. reader B. believe B. afraid B. at all time | C. library C. talk C. explanation C. study C. warn C. occasions C. should C. positive C. did C. diligent C. any C. examine C. Though C. partner C. answer C. tell C. maker C. create C. careful C. no longer | D. museum D. pick D. consequence D. laugh D. advise D. duties D. might D. competitive D. proved D. excellent D. some D. follow D. Because D. dictionary D. matter D. ask D. user D. remember D. sure D. just now |
| 1-5: CADBA 6-10: CBDCA 11-15: DBBDC 16-20: ABDAC | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Sure, it"s good to get along with your teacher because it makes the time you spend in the classroom more pleasant. And yes, it"s good to get along with your teacher because, in general, it"s smart to learn how to understand the different types of people you"ll meet throughout your life. "But really, there"s one super-important reason why you should get along with your teacher. When you do, learning bursts right open," says Evelyn Vuko, a longtime teacher who writes an education column(专栏) called "Teacher Says" for the Washington Post newspaper. In fact, kids who get along with their teachers not only learn more, but they"re more comfortable asking questions and getting extra help. This makes it easier to understand new material and do your best on tests. When you have this kind of relationship with a teacher, he or she can be someone to turn to with problems, such as problems with learning or school life, such as bullying. As a kid in a primary or middle school, you"re at a wonderful stage in your life. You"re like a sponge (海绵), able to absorb lots of new and exciting information. On top of that, you"re able to think about all this information in new ways. Your teacher knows that, in most cases, is very excited to be the person who"s giving you all that material and helping you make it. Remember, teachers are people, too, and they feel great if you"re open to what they"re teaching you. That"s why they wanted to be teachers in the first place-to teach! Some kids may be able to learn in any situation, whether they like the teacher or not. But most kids are sensitive to the way they get along with the teacher, and if things aren"t going well, they won"t learn as well and won"t enjoy being in class. | |||
| 1. In the passage, the author mainly talks about _______. | |||
| A. how to get along well with others B. the importance of a good relation with teachers C. how much the students are expected of to get along with teachers D. how to make the time in the classroom more pleasant | |||
| 2. "Learning bursts right open" in the third paragraph really means _______. | |||
| A. learning becomes easier for you at once B. you find an opening to learning C. there"ll be more problems with learning D. there"ll be no problems at all with learning | |||
| 3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? | |||
| A. If you get on well with your teachers, you must have a good result in exams. B. The more questions you ask, the higher marks you will get. C. If you have a good relationship with your teacher, you can turn to him when in trouble. D. Many kids can do well without a good relationship with teachers. | |||
| 4. Which of the comments is FALSE on teachers and their work according to the passage? | |||
| A. Teachers are excited even if you wouldn"t like to accept their teaching. B. Teachers sometimes have the same feelings as students do. C. Though few, there are still some students who can learn even if they don"t like the teacher. D. Having a bad relationship with your teachers does more or less harm to your studies. | |||
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| A recent study, which was published in last week"s Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how dangerous it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers has three times the possibility of a serious accident, compared with a teenager driving alone. The authors also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased greatly after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident. Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with "really stupid behavior" than with just a lack of driving experience. "The basic issue is that adults who are responsible for giving out licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled driving is." he says. Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使缓解) the problem is to have states set up so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a process with several stages. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself able to drive in the presence(在场) of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passenger restrictions (限制) before graduating to full driving rights. Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies. | |||
| 1.Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage? | |||
| A. Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m. B. A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car. C. Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night. D. A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight. | |||
| 2. According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to _____. | |||
| A. their lack of driving experience B. their frequent driving at night C. their wrong way of driving D. their driving with passengers | |||
| 3. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is TRUE? | |||
| A. Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive. B. Driving is a skill too complex for teenagers to learn. C. Restrictions should be forced on teenagers demanding to take driving licenses. D. The licensing department is partly responsible for teenagers" driving accidents. | |||
| 4. A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers" driving accidents is that _____. | |||
| A. the licensing system should be improved B. they should be forbidden to take on passengers C. they should not be allowed to drive after 10 pm D. driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Animal experts in Croatia say a bear has learned how to trick people to let him in by knocking at the door. They believe the 220- kilogram brown bear probably learned the trick while nudging (轻推) a door to get it to open. Experts have a guess that the nudging was mistaken by the owners for knocking and that the bear, pleased by the result, repeated the trick. The Loknar family from Gerovo in western Croatia said the bear had knocked at their door three times and they were now refusing to answer the door. ""We jumped out of the window as he came in through the door and went into the kitchen to take some food for the first time." Mum Nevenka Loknar told a reporter from a local newspaper. "I opened the door and saw him standing there and I didn"t believe my eyes at first, then I ran for it as he walked in as if it was the most normal- thing in the world." Bears are a common thing in the woods around here, but no one has ever heard of a bear that knocks at the door. Mum Nevenka Loknar said, "The bear is so intelligent. It"s incredible. We"ve tried to put up lots of obstacles to stop him coming in, like a wire fence but he still gets through. I wouldn"t be surprised if he knew how to use wire cutters (钢丝剪)." | |||
| 1. According to experts in Croatia, how did the bear learn the trick? | |||
| A. By knocking at the door several times. B. By accident. C. By learning from the owner of a family. D. By imitation. | |||
| 2. What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 5 refer to? | |||
| A. Eating at the kitchen. B. Knocking at the door. C. Walking into the house. D. Answering the door. | |||
| 3. It is ________ in Gerovo that a bear knocks at the door. | |||
| A. unusual B. a troubling problem C. common D. an exciting experience | |||
| 4. Mum Nevenka Loknar was surprised that the bear _____. | |||
| A. didn"t attack her family B. knew how to use wire cutters C. jumped across her wire fence three times D. was clever at getting through the obstacles | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| The tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates. The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. The plants are about one metre apart. The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves. It is from these shoots that the best tea is got. Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates prefer to employ women pickers because they are more careful. Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing (加工) tea. The pickers carry large baskets into which they throw their pickings. A skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. Usually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every ten or fifteen days. Processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill. There are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required. For black tea, the young green leaves are first spread out on shelves to dry. This process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft. After this, the leaves are passed through heavy rollers. This operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste. Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment (发酵)under wet conditions. Fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea. The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves. The final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world. | |||
| 1. In the first paragraph, the word "pruning" means . | |||
| A. regular cutting of the plants B. frequent watering C. regular use of chemicals D. growing the plants high in the mountain | |||
| 2. One of the reasons why women are employed to do the picking is that . | |||
| A. they work harder than men do in the picking B. they can throw their pickings more easily into the baskets C. their fingers fit them better for the job D. they can more easily find the twin leaves | |||
| 3. How many processing steps for black tea are mentioned in the last paragraph? | |||
| A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. | |||
| 4. What is the writer"s purpose in writing the passage? | |||
| A. To introduce various methods of tea processing. B. To persuade readers to buy tea from Sri Lanka. C. To tell a story that had happened in the tea gardens. D. To inform readers of tea growing, picking and processing. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more. Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger, conversation gives way to the parents" efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. "In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children"s IQ scores," Lewis says. "And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is." The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings(兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. "Middle children are invisible," says Lewis. "When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are that it"s the middle child." There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention: "When the TV is on," Lewis says, "dinner is a non-event." | |||
| 1. The writer"s purpose in writing the text is to . | |||
| A. show the relationship between parents and children B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table C. report on the findings of a study D. give information about family problems | |||
| 2. By saying "Middle children are invisible" in Para. 3, Lewis means that middle children . | |||
| A. have to help their parents to serve dinner B. get the least attention from the family C. are often kept away from the dinner table D. find it hard to keep up with other children | |||
| 3. Lewis" research provides an answer to the question . | |||
| A. why TV is important in family life B. why parents should keep good order C. why children in small families seem to be quieter D. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life | |||
| 4. Which of the following statements would the writer agree to? | |||
| A. It is important to have the right food for children. B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner. C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently. D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner. |