题目
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young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image (印象)
of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless fami
ly quarrels.An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more
harmonious than it has ever been in the past."We were surprised by just how positive today"s young
people seen to be about their families," said one member of the research team."They"re expected to be
rebellious (叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and
material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well.There"s more negotiation (商
议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family
decisionmaking process.They don"t want to rock the boat."
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat
their children as friends."My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,"
says 17yearold Daniel Lazall."I always tell them when I"m going out clubbing.As long as they know
what I"m doing, they"re fine with it." Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees."Looking back on the last 10
years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation.
For example, as long as I"d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night.But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my
parents than that."
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected.It is possible that the idea of
teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts.A researcher comments, "Our surprise that teenagers say
they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when
teenagers were regarded as different beings.But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their
parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.The normal
situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to
taking it over."
1. What is the popular images of teenagers today?
A. They worry about school.
B. They dislike living with their parents.
C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.
D. They quarrel a lot with other family members.
2. The study shows that teenagers don"t want to ________.
A. share family responsibility
B. cause trouble in their families
C. go boating with their family
D. make family decisions
3. Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today"s parents ________.
A. go to clubs more often with their children
B. are much stricter with their children
C. care less about their children"s life
D. give their children more freedom
4. According to the author, teenage rebellion ________.
A. may be a false belief
B. is common nowadays
C. existed only in the 1960s
D. resulted from changes in families
5. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Negotiation in family.
B. Education in family.
C. Harmony in family.
D. Teenage trouble in family.
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解 The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families.But it see】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
interested in the memoir (回忆录) of Ralph W. Tyler who is one of the most famous men in American
education.
Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19yearold college graduate
Ralph Tyler became hooked_on_teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and
changed his major from medicine to education.
Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles
Judd and W. W.Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work.In 1927,
he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.
Tyler became wellknown nationality in 1938, when he carried his work with the EightYear Study
from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robert Hutchins.
Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford,
a position he held for fourteen years.There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to see
k anindependent spirit in their work.
Although Tyler officially retired in 1967, he never actually retired.He served on a long list of
educational organizations in the United States and abroad.Even in his 80s he traveled across the country
to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives (目标) that develop the best
teaching and learning within their schools.
1. Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler"s memoir?
A. Top managers.
B. Language learners.
C. Serious educators.
D. Science organizations.
2. The words "hooked on teaching" underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ________.
A. attracted to teaching
B. tired of teaching
C. satisfied with teaching
D. unhappy about teaching
3. Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10 years?
A. The University of Chicago.
B. Stanford University.
C. Ohio State University.
D. Nebraska University.
4. Tyler is said to have never actually retired because ________.
A. he developed a new method of testing
B. he called for free spirit in research
C. he was still active in giving advice
D. he still led the EightYear Study
5. What can NOT we learn about Ralph W. Tyler in this article?
A. When and where he was born.
B. Where he studied and worked.
C. His devotion to American education.
D. His life with his family.
信息匹配
阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息.
首先请阅读下列英文杂志介绍:
A. This magazine celebrates not only a love of birding but also an appreciation for nature.It is committed
to promoting conservation and education.Since 1993, the teams that the magazine sponsored have won
over $100,000 on behalf of birding societies.
B. This is about familystyle campers exploring our parks and forests.It also delivers information about
camping that"s adventurous and active, yet still relaxing.Besides, it talks about other interests like dayhiking, fishing and canoeing.
C. It comes to you straight from the editors of the Wall Street Journal, the best financial reporters in the
business.Every issue brings you the information you need to know to deal with markets and protecting
your wealth.
D. With the help of this magazine, you can deal with any home improvement project or repair.It
guarantees success with stepbystep instructions and howto photos.Besides, it helps you save time and
money.No matter how little experience you have, it makes it easy!
E. It is filled with powerful information that will help you run faster and farther, and have more fun doing
it! Every issue brings you the strategies, tips and advice to improve your performance, prevent injuries,
burn fat, and achieve your personal goals.
F. What does family fun mean to you? Party ideas? Travel tips? This magazine provides these, and more
interesting activities in over 180 attractive, colorful pages.Designed for parents with young children, this
magazine promises to enrich the lives of families.
以下是五个人的相关信息.请将他们与适合他们的杂志匹配起来.
1. It"s a doityourself world, and Mr.Smith wants to make his house better himself, and it"s partly out of his own interest.So he"s eager to find some kind of magazine that can help him make his projects easier.
2. Mr.Johnson likes to read magazines.He hopes to find a magazine where he can get useful details about North American birds and birding, and where he can share with others his appreciation for birds.
3. Mr.Green is a professional manager, who is always overworked and kind of depressed.Living in
today"s confused economy, he"s trying to seek answers to his tough questions like "how to keep his
money safe".
4. As a mother of five kids, Catherine often feels exhausted as she has so many to take care of and she
has to think of different plans to keep them alive and happy.She wishes to subscribe a magazine that can
offer good ideas for her to change the daily activities and keep the magic in the family.
5. Lucy has gained much weight in the past two years, and she feels that she"s getting weaker and weaker.Now she"s decided to do some exercise in order to keep fit.She wishes to subscribe a magazine where
she can find good advice on food, exercise and weight loss.
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或
使用括号中词语的正确形式填空.
We are all in the position of the farmer.If we plant a good seed, we (1)________ (get) a good
harvest.If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we"ll get a (2)________ (use) crop.If we don"t plant
anything, we"ll harvest (3)________ at all.
I want the future to be better (4)________ the past.I don"t want it (5)________ (pollute) by the
mistakes and errors (6)________ which history is filled.We should all be concerned about the future
because that is (7)________ we will spend the rest of our lives.
The past is gone and static.Nothing we can do will change it.The future is (8)________ us and it
is dynamic.Everything we do will affect it.Each day it will bring us new frontiers in our homes and in
our businesses as long as we recognize (9)________. We are just at (10)________the beginning of
the progress in every field of human efforts.
Many have sought a variety of sources for their feeling of happiness.Some have put their heart and
efforts into their work.Too many turned to drugs and alcohol.Meanwhile, untold numbers have looked for
it in the possession of expensive cars, exotic (异国的) vacation homes and other popular "toys". Most of
their efforts have a root in one common fact: people are looking for a lasting source of happiness.
Unfortunately, I believe that happiness escapes from many people because they misunderstand the
journey of finding it.I have heard many people say that, "I"ll be happy when I get
or "I"ll be happy when I lose that extra 20 pounds." It is dangerous because it accepts that happiness is a
"response" to having, being or doing something.
In life, we all experience stimulus (激励) and response.Today, some people think that an expensive
car is a stimulus.Happiness is a response.A great paying job is a stimulus.Happiness is a response.This
belief leaves us thinking and feeling, "I"ll be happy when..."
It has been my finding that actually the opposite is true.I believe that happiness is a stimulus and
response is what life brings to those who are truly happy.When we are happy, we tend to have more
success in our work.When we are happy, we more naturally take better care of our bodies and enjoy
good health.Happiness is not a response but a stimulus.
Happiness is a conscious choice we make in daily life.For unknown reasons to me, many choose to
be upset and angry most of the time.Happiness is not something that happens to us after we get something we want-we usually get things we want after we choose to be happy.
1. From the second paragraph, we know to many people ________.
A. they are not happy when they work hard
B. they are not happy when they drink or take drugs
C. they are happy when they possess their own expensive cars
D. they all desire exotic vacation homes
2. Generally speaking, most people feel happy because ________.
A. they think happiness is rooted in their deep hearts
B. they get what they want to have
C. they get a great paying job
D. they get an expensive car
3. In the author"s opinion, which of the following is the most important if you want to be happy?
A. Losing weight.
B. An expensive car.
C. Success in work.
D. Feeling happy.
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the author?
A. If you want to get what you want, you first choose to be happy.
B. We should try to get more and then we"ll be happy.
C. Most people today are happy.
D. Work is a necessary part in our daily life.
5. From the viewpoint of the author, happiness is ________.
A. based on our needs
B. unconditional
C. out of reach
D. limited
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| Subject: Slimming down classics? | |
| Mr.Handsome 2012212 6:34 AM | Orion Books, which decides there is a market in creating cutdown classics (经典著作), is slimming down so me novels by such great writers as L. Tolstoy, M. Mitchell and C. Bronte.Now, each of them has been whittled down to about 400 pages by cutting 30 to 40 pages percent of original, with words, sentences, paragraphs and, in a few cases, chapters removed.The first six shortened editions, all priced at ￡6.99 and advertised as great reads "in half the time", will go on sale next month, with plans for 50 to 100 more to follow.The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome the shorter versions. |
| Mr.Edwards 2012212 9:40 AM | Well, I"m the publisher of Orion  Group.Thanks for your attention, Mr.Handsome. I must say, the idea developed from a game of "shame" in my office.Each of us was required to confess (承认) to the most embarrassing blanks in his or her reading.I admitted that I had never read Anna Karenina and tried but failed to get through Gone with the Wind several times.One of my colleagues acknowledged skipping (跳读) Jane Eyre.We realized that life is too short to read all the books you want to and we never were going to read these ones. As a leading publishing house, we are trying to make classics convenient for readers but it"s not as if we"re withdrawing the original versions.They are still there if you want to read them. |
| Ms.Weir 2012212 11:35 AM | I"m the director of the online book club www.lovereading.co.uk. Mr.Edwards, I think your shortened edition is a_breath_of_fresh_air.I"m guilty of never having read Anna Karenina, because it"s just so long.I"d much rather read two 300page books than one 600page book.I am looking forward to more shortened classics |
| Mr.Crockatt 2012212 4:38 PM | I"m from the London independent bookshop Corckatt & Powell. In my opinion, the practice is completely ridiculous.How can you edit the classics? I"m afraid reading some of these books is hard work, and that is why you have to develop as a reader.If people don"t have time to read Anna Karenina, then fine.But don"t read a shortened version and kid yourself it"s the real thing. |