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Every culture has a recognized point when a child becomes an adult, when rules must be followed and tests passed.
In China, although teenagers can get their ID cards at 16, many only see themselves as an adult when they are 18. In the US, where everyone drives, the main step to the freedom of adult life is learning to drive. At 16, American teens take their driving test. When they have their license, they drive into the grown-up world.
“Nobody wants to ride the cheese bus to school,” said Eleanor Fulham, 17. She brought the pressure back to memory, especially from kids from wealthier families. “It’s like you’re not cool if you don’t have a car,” she said.
According to recent research, 41% of 16 to 19-year-olds in the US own cars, up from 23% in 1985. Although, most of these cars are bought by parents, some teens get part-time jobs to help pay.
Not all families can afford cars for their children. In cities with subways and limited parking, some teenagers don’t want them. But in rich suburban areas without subways, and where bicycles are more for fun than transportation, it is strange for a teenager not to have a car.
But police say 16-year-olds have almost three times more accidents than 18 and 19-year-olds. This has made many parents pause before letting their kids drive.
Julie Sussman, of Virginia, decided that her son Chad, 15, will wait until he is 17 to apply for his learner’s permit.
Chad said he has accepted his parents’ decision, although it has caused some teasing from his friends. “They say that I am unlucky,” he said, “But I’d rather be alive than driving, and I don’t really trust my friends on the road, either.”
In China, as more families get cars, more 18-year-olds learn to drive. Will this become a big step to becoming an adult?
小题1:Which may serve as the BEST title of the article?
A.Cars Helping You to Grow-UpB.Driving into the Grown-Up World
C.Teenagers’ Driving in AmericaD.Recognized Point of Becoming an Adult
小题2:16-year-old drivers have more accidents possibly because           .
A.they want to show themselves offB.they are never experienced drivers
C.older people always drive betterD.they never drive carefully on the road
小题3:Which may NOT be taken into consideration when deciding whether to buy a car?
A.How well off the family is.
B.Whether the kid is old enough.
C.What traffic condition there is around.
D.Whether it’s practically needed.
小题4:When Chad said “I don’t really trust my friends ...”, he meant that           .
A.he might run into his friends if he drove
B.he didn’t agree with his friends
C.he might not be safe if his friends drove
D.he was afraid that his friends might well lie to him
小题5:The passage mainly gives information about           .
A.an American culture
B.a cultural difference between America and China
C.a change in the Chinese culture
D.the relationship between driving and a person’s development

答案

小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:A
解析

试题分析:本文主要讲述的是美国的年轻人在进入成人社会以后,学会了开车。以及人们对于学习驾驶的年龄以及年轻人驾驶安全的一些不同看法。
小题1:B 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是美国的年轻人在进入成人社会以后,学会了开车。以及人们对于学习驾驶的年龄的不同看法,故B正确。
小题2:B 推理题。根据文章第五段第一句But police say 16-year-olds have almost three times more accidents than 18 and 19-year-olds.可知16岁的孩子驾驶事故要比18,19岁的孩子要多,主要是因为他们驾驶经验不够丰富。故B正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据文章3,4,5三段可知家庭经济情况,孩子的年龄,以及是否实用三项都是买车要考虑的内容,C项中的交通情况,在文章中没有提及。故C项符合上下文。
小题4:C 推理题。根据本句“They say that I am unlucky,” he said, “But I’d rather be alive than driving, and I don’t really trust my friends on the road, either.”可知他认为他的朋友的驾驶技巧不合格,他很担心自己的安全。故C正确。
小题5:A 推理题。本文主要讲述的美国社会中的年轻人学习驾驶的知识,故属于美国文化的范围。故A正确。
点评:本文主要讲述的是美国的年轻人在进入成人社会以后,学会了开车。以及人们对于学习驾驶的年龄以及年轻人驾驶安全的一些不同看法。在解题时要立足已知,推断未知。立足现在,猜测未来。不能主观臆想,凭空想象,随意揣测,更不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点;要把握句、段之间的逻辑关系,了解语篇的结构。要体会文章的基调,揣摸作者的态度,摸准逻辑发展的方向,悟出作者的弦外之音。
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The American book Who Moved My Cheese has bee a bestseller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. Now its author Spence Johnson has written a book just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our lives, like a new school or new friends, don"t be afraid. Instead, use this change to make a better life. The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students.
Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two “little people” and some cheese.
The four are in amaze looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people, however, can’t do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese
After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself.
小题1:The book Who Moved My Cheese is __________.
A.read across the world B.written all over the world
C.sold only in AmericaD.loved only by teens
小题2:What does the text mainly discuss?
A.Never change in our life.B.Change when you like to do.
C.Change with the changes.D.Pay attention to the changes,
小题3:The underlined word “four”(paragraph 3)refers to __________.
A.Mice and little peopleB.StudentsC.CheeseD.Readers
小题4:In our lives, we should learn from __________.
A.MiceB.Little peopleC.ChrisD.Spence Johnson
小题5:Which of the following statements is true?
A.The author is Britain.
B.There are three terms in every school.
C.Most teens don"t understand Chris" story.
D.The book tells teens how to face changes in their lives.

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There is one word that is on the lips of Americans, day and night: “Sorry.”
One time as I was walking on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly, brushing against my handbag. Even as he continued on his way, he turned back and said “sorry” to me. Even in a rush, he didn’t forget to apologize. One day, after I bought a mango, the salesman was giving me the change, but I wasn’t ready for it and a coin dropped to the ground. “I’m sorry,” he said while bending down to pick it up. I was puzzled—why would he apologize when it is my fault?
Another time, I stepped on a man’s foot in an escalator, at the same time, we both said “sorry”. I thought it interesting, was it really necessary for him to apologize? Later on, an American friend explained to me that according to the American mentality, the escalators a public place, and everyone should be able to stand in it. After someone occupies a position in the elevator, making it difficult for someone else to find a place to stand, isn’t it necessary to express an apology?
If you go to the movies and the tickets happen to be sold out, the ticket seller will say: “Sorry, the tickets are sold out.” Whenever one of your hopes goes unfulfilled, an American will say “sorry” as a sign of sympathy.
During my stay in America, I often came across situations in which I was supposed to say “sorry”. Gradually, I realized that when friction(摩擦)appears in daily life, Americans don’t care much about who is wrong; If someone is troubled, a “sorry” is always necessary. When this happens, even if the other person is hurt, the “sorry” cools tempers and human kindness is shown. Perhaps this is why I never saw anyone quarreling on the buses, subways or streets of America.
小题1:How many examples are given to show that Americans like to say “sorry”?
A.OneB.TwoC.ThreeD.Four
小题2:When the author was walking on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly ______.
A.and took away his bag B.and touched his bag
C.to help him with his bag D.to brush his bag
小题3:Which of the following plays a different role in the passage?
A.Paragraph 2B.Paragraph 3C.Paragraph 4D.Paragraph 5
小题4:At last, the author’s attitude towards the Americans’ “sorry” seems to be ______.
A.angryB.interestedC.approving(赞成)D.disappointed
小题5:The best title for the passage can be “_______”.
A.My life in AmericaB.Americans’ “sorry”
C.My experience in an escalatorD.The meaning of “sorry”

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Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!
In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy), was sold for $ 1, 248, 000.
Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called “found photographs”—a loose term given to everything from discarded(丢弃的) prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger’s family album. The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”, has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since 1982. In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographs of family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.
Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion (捍卫) found photographs. One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper(雨刷) an angry note intended for some else: “Why’s your car HERE at HER place?” The note became the starting point for Rothbard’s addictive publication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such a poster discovered in our drawer.
The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions. Perhaps one of the most difficult is: can these images really be considered as art? And if so, whose art? Yet found photographs produced by artists, such Richard Prince, may riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how did Prince create this photograph? It"s anyone"s guess. In addition, as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists, like Schmid, have collated (整理), we also turn toward our own photographic albums. Why is memory so important to us? Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves? Will they mean anything to anyone after we"ve gone?
In the absence of established facts, the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely. That, above all, is why they are so fascinating.
小题1:The first paragraph of the passage is used to _________.
A.remind readers of found photographs
B.advise reader to start a new kind of business
C.ask readers to find photographs behind sofa
D.show readers the value of found photographs
小题2:According to the passage, Joachim Schmid _________.
A.is fond of collecting family life photographs
B.found a complaining not under his car wiper
C.is working for several self-published magazines
D.wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs
小题3:The underlined word "them" in Para 4 refers to __________.
A.the readersB.the editors
C.the found photographsD.the self-published magazines
小题4:By asking a series of questions in Para 5, the author mainly intends to indicate that ________.
A.memory of the past is very important to people
B.found photographs allow people to think freely
C.the back-story of found photographs is puzzling
D.the real value of found photographs is questionable
小题5:The author’s attitude towards found photographs can be described as _________.
A.criticalB.doubtfulC.optimisticD.satisfied

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On a hot African morning, Leila was lying on her stomach and an elephant was walking towards her. Leila waited. Then she pushed the button on her camera. “And I got my best photo of an elephant ever, by lying under my car,” Leila explained. “I wanted to get close to the elephants, but of course this was dangerous; they had their babies with them. So every morning I used to park my car in the open near the path (小道). They used to take the same path every morning when they left the water hole. After a week, they were used to seeing my car. So the next morning, I lay under it and got my photo!”
Many of the best wildlife photos come from good planning. In Africa, photographers set up their hides (隐匿处) near water holes. They also set up hides near forest paths, as animals use the same paths every night. For bird-watching, many lakes have hides. Inside the hides, bird-watchers can watch all day in the shade (荫处) out of the wind and rain.
Good wildlife photos are needed for books, postcards, magazines and newspapers. But a success rate of 1 in 20 is good.
小题1:Why did Leila lie under her car on the stomach?
A.Because she wanted to sleep.
B.Because she wanted to take photos but was afraid of the animals.
C.Because it’s easy to see the elephants.
D.Because it’s very comfortable.
小题2:How can photograpers take good photos?
A.By making good preparation.B.By going into the forest at night.
C.By walking around the holes.D.By going to the nearest lake.
小题3:Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?
A.All animals go to water holes at night.
B.Lakes are good places for bird-watching.
C.Leila used her car to prevent the sunshine.
D.Animaals pay no attention to photographers.
小题4:What can we know from the underlined sentence?
A.The successf rate of taking wildlife photos is 50% at most.
B.Photographers who take wildlife photos need more practice.
C.To take good wildlife photos is not difficult.
D.It’s hard to take good wildlife photos.

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Battle of the Books
Each year in April, the “Battle of the Books” teams from each school meet for the Semi-Battle competition. The top three teams from each division go on to the Final Battle to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The gold medal winners go on to compete in the Regional Championship.
Battle of the Books Rules and Goals
Goals:
Students: Have fun reading good books from a wide variety of authors and genres(体裁).
Educators: Encourage reading, foster friendly competition, and nurture the love of books in young people.
Rules:
One team of six students from grades 7 or 8 will represent each school.
1. Each team will have a spokesperson. While the team is encouraged to discuss possible answers, team answers will only be accepted from the spokesperson.
2. The Semi-Finals will consist of three rounds of play, and the Finals will have one round. Each round features a Regular Battle and a Lightning Battle.
3. Regular Battle questions will be addressed to teams alternately(轮流地), regardless of the last correct answer. There will be 12 Regular Battle questions per round. When asked a question, teams will have 20 seconds to provide the book’s title and author.
4. Five points will be given if the team correctly identifies the exact title, and three points will be awarded for correctly identifying the author’s surname. The author’s first name does not need to be identified.
5. The Lightning Battles will be featured at the end of each round. Lightning Battles consist of a 2 minutes, 30 seconds time period during which each team is asked up to 12 questions. These questions concern details of the books and will not require teams to identify titles or authors. Each correctly answered Lightning Battle question will be worth three points.
PLEASE NOTE:
A warm-up practice question will be given to each team at the beginning of its first Semi-Battle and at the beginning of the Final and Regional Final Battles.
There may be no assistance from the coordinators and audience members.
Teams will not be punished for incorrect answers.
Any team demonstrating poor sportsmanship will not be invited back.
小题1:According to the text, “Battle of the Books” is an activity ______.
A.where students are inspired to write books
B.where books are used as arms in the battle
C.where friends compete with each other
D.where readers are motivated to love books
小题2:How many questions will be asked in the Semi-Finals?
A.72B.24C.36D.12
小题3:What information can we get from the text?
A.Teams are given 20 minutes to answer a question.
B.A competitor gets 18 points for 6 correct titles.
C.Each round ends with the Lightning Battles.
D.A correct first name will be given 5 points.
小题4:If a team doesn’t compete fairly, it ______.
A.won’t be given a warm-up practiceB.won’t get help from audience members
C.will be reduced in its pointsD.won’t be allowed to compete next time

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