题目
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The classroom scene at McCormick is unusual, but it may soon be a common fixture(固定物) in American schools, where Chinese is rapidly becoming the hot new language. Government officials have long wanted more focus on security—useful languages like Chinese, and pressure from them—as well as from business leaders, politicians, and parents—has driven a quick growth in the number of programs.
Chicago itself is home to the largest effort to include Chinese in US public schools. The program here has grown to include 3,000 students in 20 schools, with more schools on a waiting list. Programs have also spread to places like Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and North Carolina. It’s true that the number of students learning Chinese is tiny compared with how many study Spanish or French.
Advocates see knowledge of the Chinese language and culture as a help in a global economy where China is growing in importance. “This is an interesting way to begin to engage with the world’s next superpower,” says Michael Levine, director of education at the Asia Society, which has started five new public high schools that offer Chinese. “Globalization has already changed the arrangements in terms of how children today are going to need to think about their careers… The question is, when not whether, the schools are going to adjust.”
In Chicago, the trend extends beyond schools with high numbers of Asian students. “The fact that my students are 98% low income and 99% Latino(拉丁美洲人) and they are succeeding in this, tells me everyone should have a try at learning languages,” says Virginia Rivera, principal at McCormick. “We want to give our young people opportunities to advance… and Chinese is a great opportunity to survive in today’s economy,” says Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago.
小题1:The underlined word “Advocates” in the text probably means” .
A.Supporters | B.Objectors | C.Teachers | D.Learners |
A.Six. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.the competition between Latino and Asian students |
B.the global economy |
C.the interesting way to engage with China |
D.the Chinese learning |
A.Most students at McCormick can speak three languages. |
B.Chinese is gaining its popularity in all schools in Chicago. |
C.French has far more speakers than Chinese does in Chicago. |
D.Globalization in a way makes it necessary to learn Chinese. |
A.The Chinese learning in Chicago. |
B.The ways to learn Chinese. |
C.McCormick Primary School. |
D.Globalization and Chinese learning. |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A
解析
试题分析:文章通过介绍了芝加哥人学习中文的情况,说明在一定意义上,全球化(进程)使得学习中文成为一种必然。
小题1:猜词题:根据Advocates see knowledge of the Chinese language and culture as a help in a global economy where China is growing in importance.可猜出“Advocates”意思是支持者,故选A。
小题2:计算题:通过阅读文章可知,文章一共提到了三种语言, 故选C。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据倒数第2段的语境(即谈论语言学习)再结合全文的话题(即中文学习)即可以推断这里this 所指的是中文学习。故选D。
小题4:推理判断题。根据第1段第2句“For most, who speak Spanish at home, it’s becoming their third language.”可排除A项;根据第2段最后一句“It’s true that the number of students learning Chinese is tiny compared with how many study Spanish or French.”可排除C项;根据第3段第1句得知,对全球经济,中文学习有着积极的作用,所以“在一定意义上,全球化(进程)使得学习中文成为一种必要”这种观点是成立的,可排除D项;而B 项在文中没有明显依据,故选B。
小题5:主旨大意题。全文主要介绍了芝加哥人学习中文的情况,故选A。
核心考点
试题【The fourth-graders at Chicago’s McCormick Primary School are unaware of the diff】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
The word hutong was borrowed from the Mongolian word to mean “water well” about 700 years ago.Later it referred to a place where people live.Hutong we see today are made up of small lanes formed by walls of siheyuan.They were built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
When the People"s Republic of China was founded in 1949, there were more than 3,000 hutong.Most of the city"s population lived in this traditional housing.But with the modernization of the city in the 1980s and early 1990s, many hutong were pulled down to build roads, skyscrapers and modern houses.
The government has recognized the importance of hutong to Chinese cultural heritage(文化遗产).In 2002, Beijing listed 40 protected historical zones and increased its efforts to restore some key relics and older streets in the city.Nearly 500 hutong have survived.
Hutong that still exist are like oases(绿洲) of calm surrounded by the noisy city.Walking through them, it"s common to see groups of elderly citizens sitting together playing cards, mahjong or Chinese chess.In the early mornings and evenings, they gather to practice traditional forms of exercise such as taijiquan as well as dancing and singing folk songs or Peking Opera.Hutong have become a museum of Beijing"s folk customs and history.
小题1:What is the original meaning of the word hutong?
A.Small lanes. | B.Water well. |
C.Siheyuan. | D.A traditional house. |
A.Replace. | B.Destroy. |
C.Restore. | D.Establish. |
A.It is a traditional housing style of Beijing. |
B.Hutong have become a museum of Beijing"s folk customs and history. |
C.It is a good place for the elderly citizens to play cards, mahjong or Chinese chess. |
D.Hutong are like oases of calm of Beijing. |
A.Hutong style is one of the unique characteristics of Beijing. |
B.In 2002, Beijing listed 40 protected historical zones. |
C.Beijing decreased its efforts to restore some key relics and older streets in the city. |
D.Hutong have become a museum of Beijing"s folk customs and history. |
Arctic Monkeys are famous because of their great success.They achieved their success thanks to the Internet.Usually a new band signs to a record company and then it is through marketing that people buy their singles.The single sales then get the band into the charts and they become popular that way.
However,Arctic Monkeys became wellknown in a slightly different way.Back in 2003 when the band first started,they handed out CDs at their performing concert.Certain fans liked the music so much that they put the music up on the Web.The general public had access to this music because it was on the Internet and,because people liked the music,the band"s popularity increased.The band"s popularity was starting to get noticed by major radio stations in the UK.
Arctic Monkeys released(发行)their first single in October 2005.Before that,their music had only been available to download on the Internet.When they did finally release a single and an album,they both rose to the top of the charts.
Music fans welcome the use of the Internet this way—Arctic Monkeys became popular simply because people liked their music when they heard it.There were no ads.As music downloads continue to increase in popularity,we can expect to see more and more bands make it big in this way.
小题1:Arctic Monkeys gained popularity through __________.
A.giving away their CDs |
B.the Internet |
C.singing to a record company |
D.marketing and advertisement |
A.Going to their live music party. |
B.Download their music from the Internet. |
C.Buying their singles and albums in a shop. |
D.Listen to it on the radio in the UK. |
A.People could hear their music often. |
B.They didn"t advertise their music. |
C.People liked their music. |
D.The marketing company did well. |
In my teenage years, one of the special things about Britain was the huge amount of information about music.There were 3 weekly newspapers about music:Sounds, Melody Maker and the New Musical Express.Buying records was expensive and it also meant making a choice.So it was wise to read about music instead, and in some ways, it was actually better as well.It was possible for a group to get onto the front cover of one of the music papers without even having made any records—but they needed things to say for the reporters to write about.In fact, the best pop stars of the 1980s were people whose main talent was exactly that.They weren" t great musicians or singers and they weren"t especially goodlooking, but they had some unusual acts or habits and a nice way with clever phrases.They were ideal for filling music papers.
When The Face magazine first came out in May, 1980, it was meant to be a rock magazine.I have given away or sold all the records I bought as a teenager, but I think my old copies of The Face will stay with me for ever.Although it started out as a source of information about music, the writers quickly realized that it wasn"t really the music that was important—it was the way people spoke and acted, and, above all, the way they looked.
小题1:According to the author,music can NOT ________.
A.improve memory | B.awaken emotions |
C.mark time | D.stay in the mind |
A.there were few records for customers to buy |
B.some songs he heard while on holiday impressed him |
C.he spent most of his holiday time on music |
D.he loved one pop song the most |
A.people had few chances to buy records |
B.it was hard to judge whether records were good or not |
C.it was not an easy thing for teenagers to get records |
D.the choice of buying records only depended on newspapers |
A.people could get onto the music papers without having made any records |
B.people"s talent was not what reporters needed to write about |
C.reporters wrote about the talents of pop stars |
D.people read about music |
figure / fīgə / noun, verb
● noun
1. a number representing a particular amount, especially one given in official information: the trade / sales figures
2. a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9: a six-figure salary
3. (informal) the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc. numbers
4. a person of the type mentioned: Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history.
5. the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly
6. a person or an animal as shown in art or a story: a wall with five carved figures in it
7. the human shape, considered from the point of view of being attractively thin: doing exercise to improve one’s figure
8. a pattern or series of movements performed on ice: figure-skating
* be / become a figure of fun: be / become sb. that others laugh at
* cut a…figure: sb with a particular appearance: He cut a striking figure in his dinner jacket.
* put a figure on sth: to say the exact price or number of sth.
* a fine figure of man / woman: a tall, strong-looking and well-shaped person
* figure of speech: a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meanings in order to create a particular mental image or effect
* figurehead: someone who is the head or chief in name only (with no real power or authority)
● verb
1. to think or decide that sth. will happen or is true: I figured that if I took the night train, I could be in Scotland by morning.
2. to be part of a process, situation, etc. especially an important part: My opinion of the matter didn’t seem to figure at all.
3. to calculate an amount or the cost of sth: We figured that attendance at 150,000.
* figure in: to include (in a sum): Have you figured in the cost of hotel?
* figure on: to plan on; to expect sth. to happen: I haven’t figured on his getting home so late.
* figure out: to work out; understand by thinking: Have you figured out how much the trip will cost?
* It / That figures!: That seems reasonable.
小题1:According to the information above, which of the following sentence is not right?
A.This year’s sales figures were quite excellent. |
B.I couldn’t figure out what the teacher was talking about. |
C.She was the leading figure in British politics in the 1980s. |
D.He was about to speak but she put a figure on his lips to stop him. |
— ______! That’s typical of her. You just can’t do anything to stop her doing that.
A.It figures her out | B.She is a figure of fun |
C.It cuts a poor figure | D.It figures |
A.add the numbers | B.have sports |
C.try not to get fat | D.watch games |
A.John is fond of animals and raises a rabbit as a pet. |
B.In some countries, bamboo can be used to build houses. |
C.We all regard Mr. Smith as an important figure in our company. |
D.I didn’t really mean my partner was a snake. |
In 1930, Professor CK Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basic English. It had only 850 words (and just eighteen verbs) and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours. The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages, but they couldn’t understand the answers in “real” English! It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn’t in the Basic English word list. For example, if you wanted a watermelon, you asked for “a large green fruit with the form of an egg, which has a sweet red inside and a good taste”!
RE Zachrisson, a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, so he invented a language called Anglic. Anglic was similar to English, but with much simpler spelling. “Father” became “faadher”, “new” became “nue’ and “years” became “yeerz”. Unfortunately for some students of English, Anglic never became popular.
Even easier is the language which ships’ captains use: it’s called “Seaspeak”. Seaspeak uses a few simple phrases for every possible situation. In Seaspeak, for example, you don’t say, “I’m sorry what did you say?” or “I didn’t understand, can you repeat that?” It’s just “Say again.” No more grammar!
In the age of international communication through the Internet who knows? ... a new form of English might appear. A large number of the world’s e-mails are in English and include examples of “NetLingo” like OIC (Oh, I see) and TTYL (Talk to you later). In another fifty years, English might not exist ... we will probably all speak fluent Internetish!
小题1:The best title for the passage would be ______.
A.Seaspeak | B.Basic English |
C.Internetish | D.Easy English |
learning it every day.
A.six | B.four | C.two | D.three |
A.Grammar. | B.Vocabulary. |
C.Speaking. | D.Spelling. |
A.IOU | B.A graet batl. |
C.Long time no see. | D.Two five, no lights. |
A.It might be replaced by Internetish. |
B.It might become a global language. |
C.It might take the place of all other languages. |
D.It might become more and more difficult. |
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