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Olympics,they held poetry contests as well as athletic competitions.
Now,poetry competitions have been revived (恢 复)．This year 120,000 high school students
competed in the first Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest,performing poems from memory for
$100,000 in prizes.
The first competitions were held in classrooms.The winners went on to schoolwide contests,and then
they competed in city and state competitions.Finally,the 50 state champions,along with the District of
Columbia champion came to Washington,D.C.last week for the last showdown.After the 51 champions
competed against one another,12 went on to the finals.Then the field was narrowed to five.The final five
had one last chance to "perform" a poem.The overall champ,Jackson Hille,a high school senior from Ohio,
won a $20,000 scholarship.
The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation started Poetry Out Loud because
they realized that hearing a poem performed is a different experience from reading it on a page.
It"s not just a matter of saying the words in the right order.It"s the tone of voice,the pauses,the gestures,
and the attitude of the person performing that bring the words to life."Each time we hear somebody recite
a poem,we find something fresh and interesting about it," says National Public Radio Broadcaster Scott
Simon,master of ceremonies for the finals.Hearing it in a new voice offers something new to the listener.
Not only do the people hearing poems have a new experience,memorizing and presenting poems helps
the participants (选手) understand those poems in a new way.Another benefit of a competition such as
Poetry Out Loud is that the participants learn publicspeaking skills that can help them for life.
B．the Olympics used to start with poem reciting
C．poems were spread orally in the past
D．athletes were asked to recite poems before competing
B．Four
C．Five.
D．Six.
B．help listeners find their interest
C．make listeners learn the words
D．offer something new to listeners
B．write good poems themselves
C．change their attitudes towards life
D．make friends with many great poets
B．Remembering a lot of poems is fun.
C．Poets have a great time.
D．Poetry competitions freshen us up.
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试题【阅读理解。 Long ago,poems were recited out loud instead of being written down.Whe】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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alike.Learning through drama allows children to explore their creativity and have fun while leaving their
shyness and worries behind.Drama also works by supporting the growth of imagination and other skills.
Entertainment has become rather passive with cinema, television, and video games.These
screenbased methods have had a negative effect on communication.However, drama puts the
"getupandgo" back into entertainment.Children have the opportunity to connect with others in a more
meaningful way as drama encourages speech development and awareness of body language, and allows
the children to become more socially aware.
Play and drama are closely linked.When children play a game, they are pretending and using their
imagination and so they are moving away from reality to create their own story.Drama is a vehicle
through which children can express themselves more freely through mime (哑剧表演), gesture,
movement, and speech to make education fun.
Children gain confidence by understanding that there is no final answer in drama and that their
opinion and contribution are valued.Children are able to give a personal response to many issues and
situations such as poverty, bullying, global warming and recycling.The issues that drama can deal with
are endless.Drama and education have a strong link as drama can encourage children to take an active
interest in other subjects such as geography, history, and English and so they can have a more rounded
education.
As a drama teacher, I have witnessed children at their first class holding onto their parents"
arms-unwilling to let go.Then to see the same child later running into my class with smiles is an excellent
sight.Drama installs confidence in children by allowing them to improvise (即兴创作) and experiment.
Everyone is given the opportunity to shine within drama.Besides learning the history of the theatre,
drama covers dance, music, and directing, etc.These classes are especially designed to be of great fun.
1. Performing drama is likely to help children________.
A. invent something useful
B. imagine anything they like
C. become more confident in themselves
D. develop an interest in doing experiments
2. Which of the following is useful in developing a child"s communication skills?
A. Drama and play.
B. Television and cinema.
C. Video games and drama.
D. Cinema and video games.
3. What does the underlined phrase "getupandgo" in the second paragraph probably mean?
A. Great influence on children.
B. Enthusiasm for communication.
C. Need for communication.
D. Negative effects on children.
4. We can know from the fourth paragraph that________.
A. children"s opinions are very important
B. drama has a weak connection with education
C. children can learn drama by themselves in their daily lives
D. drama can help children learn about other subjects
5. According to the author"s experience, we know that________.
A. the author is a pretty young teacher
B. the students find the author attractive
C. drama catches children"s interest and makes them engaged in it
D. children can get on well with their parents
From the beginning of human history, people have used oils from seeds and nuts.Most of the time
these oils are used as food, especially in cooking.But sometimes they have other uses.For example, oils
are used in paint and in cleaning products like soap.
Oils are separated from seeds by using pressure.A machine called a press is often used.
The first step in pressing the oil from seeds is to crush the seeds between two stones.The crushed
seeds are then put into a cloth bag and the bag is hung up.Some of the oil will flow out of the bag and
can be collected.
But some oils will remain in the crushed seeds inside the bag.The easiest way to get the rest of the oil
out is to place heavy rocks on the crushed material.
Another method is to place several cloth bags on top of each other in a box.Then a long wooden stick
is used to slowly push a heavy cover down on the bags.Great pressure is produced in this way.Much
greater pressure can be produced by using a machine, a hydraulic jack (液压千斤顶). The greater the
pressure is, the more oils will be produced.
Small presses are important in areas where electricity or gasoline cannot be used.They are also a good
way to test if a local market for oils exists.
Small batch presses can be made of local materials.Their cost is low.They are not difficult to operate.
And they are easy to repair.The small presses produce good quality oils.But the work is hard.And getting
all the oil from the seeds can be difficult.
If there is a large supply of seeds, then handoperated presses may not be enough to support a business.
Large powered presses that can operate all day are needed.
| Title | How to 1.________Oils from Seeds |
| 2.________of oils | People use oils when they cook meals, paint pictures and clean objects. |
| Method 1 | ●Crush the seeds between two stones and then put them into a cloth bag. ●3.________the cloth bag up.Some of the oil will flow out of the bag. ●The 4.________oil in the seeds can be got by putting more heavy rocks on them. |
| Method 2 | ●A box is used to 5.________several bags of seeds. ●Place a heavy cover on the bags. ●Use a long wooden stick to push the cover slowly. ●The 6.________of oils relies on the pressure placed on the bags. |
| Small batch presses | ●They are at a low 7.________. |
| Large 9.________ presses | ●It is easy to get all the oil from the seeds. ●They can 10.________with a large supply of seeds and support a business. ●They can run all day. |
| 阅读理解 | |
| Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others, as they are similar to or different from it.And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted (扭曲的) one. Here is a great argument in favor of foreign travel and learning foreign languages.It is only by traveling in a country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are really like.And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be from the secondhand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different at all! Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so.The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs.With the much greater rapidity (快速) and ease of travel, there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far as Europe is concerned.However this may be, at least the greater ease of travel today has revealed (展示) to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not:some different kind of animal from themselves. 1. Every country criticizes ways of life in other countries because they are________. A. distorted B. normal C. similar to each other D. different from its own 2. One who travels in a foreign country and learns its language will________. A. find out why its people are different B. argue in favor of this country and the language C. know the country and its people better D. like its inhabitants and their language 3. The knowledge one gains by traveling in a foreign country is often________. A. from secondhand information B. gathered from other sources rather than its inhabitants C. gained from the arguments about the country D. different from what one had before the travel 4. In this passage, the author wants to say________. A. differences between peoples will gradually disappear because of the ease of travel B. differences between peoples do exist even though different nationalities behave exactly alike C. differences between peoples will continue to exist and the world will be a dull place D. differences between peoples will not exist as one hopes | |
| The wellknown Rushmore National Monument in the United States is built on the Rush Moore Peak, 1829 meters above sea level, of the Black Hills in the south-west of South Dakota. It is a group of huge stone statues of four American presidents, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. President Washington is the founding father of the country; the 3rd President Jefferson drafted the US Declaration of Independence; the 16th President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and the 26th President Roosevelt protected the average people"s right to compete fairly with trusts. All 1829 meters above sea level, made outstanding achievements for their country. They were pioneers of US history. The stone statues of presidents were built at the suggestion of a historian in the State of Dakota, with a view to carrying forward the US pioneering spirit everlastingly. The statues are 18 meters high. They are the highest and greatest realistic stone statues in the world, taller than a 6storied building and larger than the Great Sphinx of Egypt. The size of each head is 20sq mt, with a 20meterlong face, a 7meterlong nose, a 2. 6meterwide mouth and two 1. 5meterwide eyes. Though not facing the same direction, they are all lifelike and look ahead gravely in harmony with fixed gazes. On clear days, one can have a sight of the four presidents with their firm and steady expression at a distance of dozens of kilometers. Since the stone sculpture is unique in style, the Monument is now the US National Art Centre of Popular Education. Groups of people keep streaming everyday to the site for a visit and tourists across the world are also interested in taking a view of this great Monument. | |
| 1. Which statement is false according to the first paragraph? | |
| A. The famous Rushmore National Monument is 1829 meters above sea level. B. All the four presidents made great contributions to London. C. the group of statues are made of huge stones. D. The statues are built to honor the presidents in the US | |
| 2. Why were those four presidents chosen? Because the four presidents________. | |
| A. made great contributions to their country B. were pioneers of US history C. played an important role in the different periods of the American history D. all of the above | |
| 3. What are the statues like? | |
| A. They look like a 6storied building. B. They are like the great Sphinx of Egypt. C. They are like true men standing there. D. They are lifelike, looking ahead with fixed gazes. | |
| 4. For what groups of people across the world come to visit the Monument? They come________. | |
| A. to learn the US pioneering spirit B. to look back upon the history of the US. C. to learn the art of sculpture D. to enjoy the view of the Monument | |
| 阅读理解 | |
| The view over a valley of a tiny village with thatched (草盖的) roof cottages around a church; a drive through a narrow village street lined with thatched cottages painted pink or white; the sight over the rolling hills of a pretty collection of thatched farm buildings-these are still common sights in parts of England. Most people will agree that the thatched roof is an essential part of the attraction of the English countryside. Thatching is in fact the oldest of all the building crafts practiced in the British Isles(英伦诸岛). Although thatch has always been used for  cottage and farm buildings, it was once used for castles andchurches too. Thatching is a solitary (独立的) craft, which often runs in families. The craft of thatching as it is practiced today has changed very little since the Middle Ages. Over 800 full-time thatchers are employed in England and Wales today, maintaining and renewing the old roofs as well as thatching newer houses. Many property owners choose thatch not only for its b  eauty but because they know it will keep them cool in summer and warm in winter. In fact, if we look at developing countries, over half t  he world lives under thatch, but they all do it indifferent ways. People in developing countries are often reluctant to go back to traditional materials and would prefer modern buildings. However, they may lack the money to allow them to import the necessary materials. Their temporary mud huts with thatched roofs of wild grasses often only last six months. Thatch which has been done the British way lasts from twenty to sixty years, and is an effective defiance against the heat. 1. Which of the following remains a unique feature against the heat_______. A. Narrow streets lined with pink or white houses. B. Rolling hills with pretty farm buildings. C. Cottages with thatched roofs. D. Churches with cottages around them. 2. What do we know about thatching as a craft? A. It is a collective activity. B. It is practised on farms all over England. C. It is quite diffe  rent from what it used to be. D. It is in most cases handed down among family members. 3. Thatched houses are still preferred became of . A. their style and comfort B. their durability C. their easy maintenance D. their cheap and ready-made materials 4. People in developing countries also live under thatch because . A. thatched cottages are a big tourist attraction B. thatched roof houses are the cheapest C. thatch is an effective defense against the heat D. they like thatched houses better than other buildings 5. We can learn from the passage that . A. thatched cottages in England have been passed down from ancient times. B. thatching is a building craft first created by the English people. C. the English people have a special liking for thatched houses. D. most thatched cottage in England are located on hillsides. |