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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(社会心理学家)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(录像) 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(控制)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(看不见的),”says Lewis.“ When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner,chances are it’s the middle child.” There is,however,one thing that stops all conversations and prevents anyone from having attention:“When the TV is on,” Lewis says,“ dinner is a non-event.”
小题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
小题2:Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ________.
A.they are busy serving food to their children
B.they are busy keeping order at the dinner table
C.they have to pay more attention to younger children
D.they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family
小题3:By saying “Middle children are invisible” in Paragraph 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
小题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 often.
D.Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:C
解析
文章主要介绍了一个研究的结果。该研究发现吃法时候的交流对孩子有很大的影响。
小题1:C 主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了一个研究的结果。该研究发现吃法时候的交流对孩子有很大的影响。故C正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据第二段4,5行But as the number of children gets larger,conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control(控制)the loud noise they make.说明当家里的孩子多的时候,在吃法的时候会比较吵闹,所以父母在维持吃法的秩序方面要花较大的精力,故B正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据最后一段3,4,5行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(看不见的)说明年龄处于中央的孩子最不被关注,故B正确。
小题4:C 推理题。文章中涉及的这个研究告诉我们吃饭时的交流对孩子有很大的影响,很多父母往往只关注年龄大的,或者年龄小的,对于中间的孩子关注较少,影响了这些人的成长,故作为父母应该与某个孩子都交流。故C正确。
点评:本篇文章内容较细致,考查以细节题和推理题为主。考生要注意上下文的串联结构。
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小题1:What is special about the Ariau Amazon Towers hotel?
A.You can sleep in the tree house.B.You can choose any of the towers.
C.It is designed for big families.D.Every room has a walkway.
小题2:For more persons spending a night in one of these hotels, they have to pay at least
A $111                  B. $182              C. $600         D. $636
小题3:Which website should you visit if you want to find out whether there exists a hotel under the sea?
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小题4:Which hotel would invite artists to come to work every year?
A.Propeller Bland City Lodge.B.Arian Amazon Towers.
C.The Ice Hotel.D.Bahama Beach Club.

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A mum saved her daughter’s life with her newly learned first aid skills. Sonya Hall, 33, of Denny Avenue, Lancaster, had only just attended one first aid class the day before when she found herself needing to use the skills on her three year old daughter Tilly.
Sonya, who also has son Emmen, six, attended the first aid course at Lune Park Children’s Centre in Lancaster. Then she was faced with every parent’s worst nightmare when Tilly went blue in the face and stopped breathing. But thanks to her newly acquired skills, Sonya saved Tilly’s life.
Sonya said: “Tilly was playing with her brother and they were fighting over a toy. Emmen won the fight. Tilly fell backwards and her head was hit. She was face down and shaking and at first I thought she was upset. But then I saw she was blue in the face and had stopped breathing. I reacted without thinking and immediately started using the first aid skills I had learned the day before which were so fresh in my mind. I began doing mouth-to-mouth and chest compressions (胸外按压). It probably took about a minute before Tilly started breathing again, but to me it felt like a lifetime.”
After getting Tilly breathing again, Sonya called an ambulance and the doctors came. Since then, Tilly has been diagnosed (诊断) with Reflex Anoxic Seizure (反射缺氧发作). Sonya said: “The seizure can happen when there’s any unexpected pain, fear or fright. It is just so lucky that the day before it happened, I had been practising first aid.”
The Empowering Parents First Aid course is run by Lancashire Adult Learning. Sonya said: “I am just so glad I did the course and learnt the first aid skills. I always feared I would not know what to do in a crisis situation, but luckily I had the knowledge and skills to deal with it.” 
小题1:What happened to Tilly?
A.She was knocked down by her brother.
B.She fell on the floor and hit her head.
C.She was hit by a toy on the head and felt upset.
D.She was hit by her brother and stopped breathing.
小题2:When Sonya found Tilly’s shaking, she thought her daughter must ______.
A.be cryingB.be very angry
C.pretend to be hurtD.recognize her failure
小题3:When Sonya goes to the first aid class next time, she will feel ______.
A.enjoyableB.excited
C.gratefulD.confident
小题4:What would be the best title for the text?  
A.The importance of first aid
B.How to practise first aid
C.Mum saves girl with first aid
D.Mums should attend first aid courses

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People often use gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that the gestures can be understood in different ways.
It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language.  So does laughter or crying.  Fear is another emotion(情感) that is shown in much the same way all over the world.  In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like “he went pale and began to tremble” suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. 
However, “he opened his eyes wide” is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese, surprise can be described in a phrase like “they stretched out their tongues!” “Stretching out your tongue” in English is an insulting(侮辱的, 无礼的)gesture or expresses strong dislike.
Even in the same culture, people differ in their ability to understand and express feelings.  Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear,  anger,  love and happiness on people’s faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to understand body language than younger people do.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? 
A.We can easily understand what people’s gestures mean.
B.It is difficult to tell what people’s gestures really mean sometimes.
C.Gestures can be understood by most people but words are not.
D.Words can be better understood by older people.
小题2:People’s facial expressions may be misunderstood in different cultures because ______ .
A.people from different cultures have different meanings about some facial expressions
B.people speaking different languages have different facial expressions
C.people of different ages may have different interpretations (解释)
D.people of different sexes may understand a gesture differently
小题3:From the passage,  we can conclude(得出结论) that ______ .
A.words are often more difficult to understand than gestures
B.gestures can be more effectively used than words to express feelings
C.gestures can be used to express feelings
D.gestures are used as frequently as words to express feelings
小题4:The best title for this passage can be ______ .
A.GesturesB.Feelings
C.Culture and Understanding D.Gestures and Feelings

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One warm May day, two eighteen – year – old students from San Francisco State College decided to cool off with a swim at Bakers’ Beach. The two students were named Robert Kogler and Shirley O’Neill. They headed out to sea for a distance of 50 metres. Robert was in front.
“Suddenly, I heard him scream,” Shirley recalls. “I looked round and saw this great grey thing going up in the air. The water seemed to be alive.”Robert screamed again. “It’s a shark! Get out of here!”
An eye – witness, Army Sergeant Leo P. Day was on guard at the nearby army post. He saw exactly what happened next. “I could see this boy struggling with the shark in the water,” he said. “The sea was red with blood. He was shouting and signalling someone to go back, go back. Then I saw the girl. She was swimming towards him. She completely ignored his warning.”Shirley reached Robert, and tried to take his hand.“When I pulled, all I could see was his arm, handing by a thread,” she said.
So she put her arm about Robert’s back, and started to swim towards the shore. She kept praying “Don"t’ let it attack again!” That journey to the shore seemed to last for hours. At last, as they neared the shore, a fisherman threw them a line, and pulled them both the rest of the way.The young man had lost a lot of blood, and died two and a half hours later, From the teeth marks, experts identified the attacker as a Great White Shark.For what Sergeant Day called “the greatest exhibition of bravery I have ever seen,” the President of the US gave Shirley a medal for bravery.
小题1:When Albert was attacked by a shark Shirley        
A.was swimming in the sea
B.was watching him on the shore
C.was on guard at the nearby army post
D.was shouting and struggling with a shark, too
小题2:Choose the right time order of the following events in the story.
a. Army Sergeant saw the girl swimming to the boy.
b. Shirley saw a great grey thing.
c. They headed out to sea.
d. Robert died.
e. A fisherman threw them a line.
f. He saw a boy struggling with a shark.
A.b,c,e,d,f,aB.c,a,f,d,e,bC.b,c,f,a,d,eD.c,b,f,a,e, d
小题3:We can learn from the passage that         
A.the two students were brave and considerate
B.the fisherman was adventurous and helpful
C.the experts didn’t do much research on sharks
D.the Sergeant cared too much about his own life

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As kids, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods. “The woods” was our part-time address, destination, purpose, and excuse. If I went to a friends house and found him not at home, his mother might say, “Oh, he’s out in the woods, ” with a tone(语气) of airy acceptance. It is similar to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone I’m looking for is on the golf course or at the gym, or even “away from his desk.” For us ten-year-olds, “being out in the woods” was just an excuse to do whatever we feel like for a while.
We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring(探索). Exploring was a more popular idea back then than it is today. History seemed to be mostly about explorers. Our explorations, though, seemed to have less system than the historic kind: something usually came up along the way. Say we stayed in the woods, throwing rocks, shooting frogs, picking blackberries, digging in what we were briefly persuaded was an Indian burial mound.
Often we got “lost” and had to climb a tree to find out where we were. If you read a story in which someone does that successfully, be skeptical: the topmost branches are usually too skinny to hold weight, and we could never climb high enough to see anything except other trees. There were four or five trees that we visited regularly—tall beeches, easy to climb and comfortable to sit in.
It was in a tree, too, that our days of fooling around in the woods came to an end. By then some of us had reached seventh grade and had begun the rough ride of adolescence(青春期). In March, the month when we usually took to the woods again after winter, two friends and I set out to go exploring. We climbed a tree, and all of a sudden it occurred to all three of us at the same time that we really were rather big to be up in a tree. Soon there would be the spring dances on Friday evenings in the high school cafeteria.
小题1:The author and his friends were often out in the woods to _______.
A.spend their free time
B.play golf and other sports
C.avoid doing their schoolwork
D.keep away from their parents
小题2:What can we infer from Paragraph 2 ?
A.The activities in the woods were well planned.
B.Human history is not the result of exploration.
C.Exploration should be a systematic activity.
D.The author explored in the woods aimlessly.
小题3:The underlined word “skeptical” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A.calmB.doubtfuC.seriousD.optimistic
小题4:How does the author feel about his childhood?
A.Happy but short.B.Lonely but memorable.
C.Boring and meaninglessD.Long and unforgettable.

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