题目
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Schools that teach Mandarin want to prepare students for a future in which they are likely to work with people from China. Business in China is booming(繁荣的), and that trend(趋势) is expected to grow.
The US government is trying to encourage even more public schools to teach Mandarin. Officials are considering spending about $1 billion on Mandarin programs in schools. China is getting involved(参与) too. The Chinese government has donated Mandarin textbooks to US schools. Some schools are also taking part in teacher exchange programs with China.
“It is important for students to learn Mandarin and Chinese culture,” said Mary Patterson, a school principal(校长) in Portland, Oregon. “Students who do so will have wider opportunities when they become adults.”
小题1:Why are US schools teaching Mandarin?
A.To help students communicate with Chinese students. |
B.To encourage students to move to China, |
C.To prepare students for the future. |
D.To get students interested in business. |
A.provided | B.kept | C.made | D.found |
A.Why US students learn Mandarin | B.Schools in China |
C.How to speak Mandarin | D.China today |
答案
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:A
解析
小题1:根据短文第二段Schools that teach Mandarin want to prepare students for a future in which they are likely to work with people from China.描述,可知选C。
小题1:联系下文,可知此处指的是中国政府为美国学校提供了普通话的教科书,故选A。
小题1:这篇短文主要介绍了美国学生学习普通话的原因,故选A。
核心考点
试题【A growing number of students in the United States are studying Mandarin(普通话). It】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Scientific discoveries have also changed man’s moral atmosphere. Ethical (伦理的) issues are raised by these discoveries. Should we keep a terminally ill person alive through drugs and machines or should we allow him to die in dignity? With advances in transportation had come the problem of pollution for nearly every major city in the world. If cities become uninhabitable, then such technical advances may come with too great a price to pay. Many people also question the wisdom of sending men to the moon when there are urgent problems that have not been solved on earth. During future years, increasing attention must be given to the moral as well as the practical applications of science.
小题1:Scientific discoveries have improved man’s life in several fields. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A.medicine | B.communication and transportation |
C.education | D.space technology |
A.Scientific discoveries have only changed man’s moral atmosphere. |
B.Scientific discoveries have only changed man’s material well-being. |
C.Scientific discoveries have helped people find efficient ways of using available resources. |
D.Men are sent to the moon because there are urgent problems that have not been solved on earth. |
A.the moral applications of science | B.the practical applications of science |
C.urgent problems on the earth | D.both A and B |
A.Science discoveries | B.Science and daily life |
C.Advances in transportation | D.City pollution |
This growing trend of reporting only part of the information is becoming dangerous.For example, several years ago a high school student reported the dangers of the chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide.This chemical, found in most cancerous tumors(肿瘤), is often found in the blood of people drunk on alcohol, and causes complete physical and mental dependence for those who take the chemical even once.After reading his report, more than 75% of his Advanced Placement Chemistry class voted to forbid this dangerous chemical! Every one of the above statements is true, yet this chemical is necessary to all life on earth.The students made the mistake because they voted knowing only a few statements and statistics, rather than the chemical’s full background.
The point of this article is that one should be aware of what is and is not being said.When one finds a new fact or number, one should try to consider other important information before forming an opinion with only half-truths.Always remember that the author is trying to convince you of his or her own view, and will leave out information that is different to his view.For example, look again at the statistics that suggest skiing is safe.Only 32 people may die each year when skiing, while 897 die from lightning strikes, but which is really the most dangerous? If you think about it, you realize far fewer people go skiing each year than the number of people who are in danger of a lightning strike.When you think about it, skiing is more dangerous than you might at first think when looking at statistics.If we teenagers are to be left in this world, we had better be able to think critically, and form our own views, rather than be easily persuaded by another’s.To be warned is to be prepared.
小题1:In the first paragraph, what problem does the writer want to warn us?
A.We are now living in a dangerous world. |
B.We get a lot of false statistics from the media. |
C.Statistics alone without full background doesn’t give us an accurate pictures of things. |
D.There are around us more and more murders, diseases, etc. |
A.To argue that high school students are easily persuaded. |
B.To show the danger of reporting only part of the information. |
C.To prove what is necessary to us might be dangerous. |
D.To warn us of the harmful substance around us. |
A.Relative information is not that important. |
B.too much information will make readers feel confused. |
C.the author is trying to show what he or she says is true. |
D.readers are not able to analyze so much information at once. |
A.We should learn to think critically and look at problems from all sides. |
B.Some measures must be taken to protect our dangerous world. |
C.The growing trend of reporting only half-truths is getting out of control. |
D.Teenagers ought to improve their ability of telling right from wrong. |
The new research suggests that standard tests may ignore patients who have some consciousness, and that someday some kind of communication may be possible.
In the strongest example, a 29-year-old patient was able to answer yes-or-no questions by picturing specific scenes the doctors asked him to imagine.
“We were stunned when this happened,” said one study author, Martin Monti of the Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. “I find it really amazing. This was a patient who was believed to be vegetative for five years.”
Ever since a research paper four years ago described obvious signs of awareness in a vegetative patient, families of patients have been demanding brain scans, said Dr. James Bernat, a spokesman for the American Academy for Neurology.
But experts said more study is needed before the specialized brain scans could be used in medical treatment. “It’s still a research tool,” Bernat said.
Experts also pointed out that only a few tested patients showed evidence of awareness. And they said it is not clear what degree of consciousness and mental abilities the signs imply.
They also noted that the positive signals appeared only in people with traumatic(外伤的) brain injury---not in patients whose brains had been lacking in oxygen, as can happen when the heart stops.
The new study used brain scanning called functional MRI, for 23 patients in a vegetative state and 31 that are minimally(极微地) conscious.
Patients are said to be in a vegetative state if they are tested and found unable to do such things as move on command or follow a moving object with their eyes. Minimally conscious patients show signs of awareness, but they are minimal and discontinuous.
小题1: What is the practical use of the research?
A.It leads to studying how to cure vegetative patients. |
B.It attracts society to pay more attention to vegetative patients. |
C.It helps doctors know whether patients are vegetative or not. |
D.It drives the government to care about vegetative patients. |
A.Relaxed | B.Amazed | C.Excited | D.Worried |
A.his eyes can’t follow a moving thing | B.his brain only has a little oxygen |
C.he has a traumatic brain injury | D.his heart stops beating |
A.how to recognize a vegetative patient | B.the significance of a new scientific finding |
C.how family members look after a vegetative patient | |
D.the latest findings on awareness in some vegetative patients |
Some people with iPhones, disappointed by American Telephone&Telegraph’s inadequate service and the high monthly cost, are wondering if they have really got something to replace it.Does the Nexus One offer the functions that Apple has led them to expect?
I’m on the fence myself, even though I never thought I’d be interested in anything but the iPhone.From my experience using the Nexus One, and from talking to people who have made the change, it’s not necessarily about the differences between the iPhone and the Nexus One.The phones are extremely similar in design and general feel.Instead, the decision can be made based on the software(软件) services you use on your desktop.
My friend Chad Dickerson received a pre-launch Nexus One from Google three weeks ago.He said Google’s phone feels connected to certain services on the Web in a way the iPhone doesn’t.“Compared to the iPhone, the Google phone feels like it’s part of the Internet to me,” he said.“If you live in a Google world, you have that world in your pocket in a way that’s cleaner and more connected than the iPhone.”
Personally, the phones work perfectly with their own software, but both of them don’t make an effort to play well with other services.
小题1:Why are some iPhone users expecting a new type of phone?
A.Because their old ones are out of date. |
B.Because they accept Google’s announcement. |
C.Because of the limited service and high cost. |
D.Because of the terrible software they can use.. |
A.Negative | B.Neutral | C.Indifferent | D.Positive |
A.better than | B.worse than | C.as good as | D.as bad as |
A.Apple’s New Smartphone |
B.Torn Between Two Phones |
C.Good Services Matter |
D.Google’s New Smartphone |
About 76% of first-year students got some form of discount this year at 331 private schools.Average award per student: $7,000.At small schools with tuition under about $20,000, the average discount is even higher, with some schools returning over half their tuition.
Carnegie Mellon even tells students it will "negotiate(讨价还价)" and perhaps match financial-aid packages if kids are offered bigger awards at other schools.Much as banks and insurers offer special rates to their best customers, schools are giving the biggest breaks to their top students.Public four-year colleges, too, are offering discounts.
The flip side of big discounts is that less money is available to improve academic programs and keep school infrastructure (基础设施) up to date.Universities that have sharply increased their tuition discount rates have seen graduation rates fall, and that’s true even among highly selective schools.They get the students in the door, but don’t have the services to keep them.
小题1:From the first paragraph, we can judge that _______.
A.all the universities don’t offer tuition discounts. |
B.Ivy and other top colleges offer financial aid to the high achievers |
C.the needy students get more money from the universities |
D.the graduation rates of the students from highly selected schools fall |
A.advantage | B.disadvantage | C.bad practice | D.good function |
A.The brightest students are not at all hungry for stronger universities. |
B.About 76% of first-year students got an award of $ 20,000 per year. |
C.Public colleges never offer discounts to the students. |
D.Colleges should concentrate more on the services to keep the students |
A.the great benefit of offering lower tuition |
B.college tuition discounts in popularity |
C.the top students in need of tuition discounts |
D.reducing graduation rates due to big discounts |
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