thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use.
Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people"s. 2_____ They learn to
do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle, compare their own performances with
those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes.
But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. 3_____
we act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it
unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says,
what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. 4_____
Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? 5_____ Let the children learn what all educated
people must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, and how to know what they know or
do not know.
B. Let him correct his own papers.
C. Point out his mistakes.
D. We do it all for him.
E. We allow him to learn from other children.
F. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time.
G. Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can"t find the way to get the right answer.
1 , as if he were above everybody else. You will find him in school, in college, at home, or 2 you work.
In school, he is teacher"s 3 , her favorite who can do nothing 4 . Sometimes she lets him do little jobs
for her. He comes to class in the morning, all shiny and clean. He is always raising his hand, 5 with answers
to the teacher"s questions. And he knows all the answers. He gets into your hair, especially if you are at the 6
of the class and the teacher thinks you are slow at learning things. How you 7 the guy!
At college, he walks across the school ground as if he 8 it. Sometimes he wears a colorful football or
basketball shirt or sweater, with a bright red, or green or yellow college letter 9 worn on the front of it. What
10 shoulders, what muscles he has! He 11 the girls happy by just smiling at them. He has the mark of 12
on him.
At home, "the fair-haired boy" is 13 choice. Sometimes, he is the oldest son- 14 , the youngest. If you are
in between, you are out of 15 .
Then, you discover that there are others who 16 your feelings, ready to tell you their private 17 . One of
them asks, "What does he have that I haven"t got?" You ask yourself the same question.
18 , there comes a day when you decide to stop hating him. Is it 19 because he has been made boss and
you 20 yourself working for him?
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请认真阅读下列短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填人最恰当的单词。 注意:每空格1个单词。 | |||
American life before 1950 felt nothing like American life feels now, and a big reason is those three changes that took place in the second half of the 20th century, which has had the most lasting impact on our lives today. 1. The building of the interstates (州际公路). 2. The covering of the United States with coast-to-coast television. 3. The introduction and spread of the Internet. Before the interstates were constructed, even a trip within an individual state often took considerable planning; two-lane roads, dangerous and slow, were common. The interstates tore down the invisible walls around U. S. towns. President Eisenhower was in favor of building the interstates, because he believed that, in a time of war, they would be helpful in moving troops and supplies. But their immediate effect was to make Americans feel that certain doors had been unlocked. With the interstates came a sense of freedom: A person could drive anywhere- everywhere-easily. Suddenly, horizons were unlimited. "Local" didn"t mean quite the same thing it used to. Getting away was effortless. The introduction of national television meant that for the first time in history, people in every corner of the country were watching exactly the same thing at exactly the same moment. It connected the country, in a way that even network radio hadn"t accomplished, and it was because of the quality of the TV pictures. As with the interstates, coast-to-coast television was a cure to separation. Those who ran the newly formed television networks had an enormous amount of power. Their decisions about what to put on the air determined what people would be talking about the next day. They controlled what people would laugh at and when, what people would cry over and when, what would anger people and when it would anger them. And then, later in the century, the Internet came along, erasing all symbolic borders. If the interstate highways had allowed physical freedom, the Internet allowed a different kind of freedom, one unprecedented (空前的) in human experience. It was no coincidence that it was initially referred to as the information superhighway: Seemingly overnight, the knowledge of the world was available to anyone with a keyboard and a modem; people who had never met and would never meet could communicate as if they were lifelong friends. Now the individual at his or her computer terminal was given the power to decide how he or she would be informed or entertained at a given moment. No one else had the absolute authority to arrange the individual"s life; he or she made that decision, moment by moment. What in the past might have taken a person a lifetime- searching for mankind"s recorded wisdom in distant and magnificent libraries- now, in theory, was available with a series of key taps from one"s room. What had once seemed unbelievable had, very quickly, become routine. The three developments ended up changing our daily world greatly; largely because of them, it is a world that would be almost unrecognizable to our grandparents and great-grandparents. | |||
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If you and your friends wish to share a secret, you can write it in code (编码), and no one else will be | |||
1. The best title of this passage would be _______. | |||
A. Codes and Ciphers B. Differences between Codes and Ciphers C. History of Codes and Ciphers D. Inventors of Codes and Ciphers | |||
2. Which of the following statements is true? | |||
A. Ciphers can be broken or figured out more easily than codes. B. You could read some words in Geronimo"s letter without his trellis. C. The first person who ever used a cipher in history was Julius Caesar. D. Fondness of using codes was the hobby of the scientists in the 16th century. | |||
3. According to Geronimo Cardano, a trellis is _______. | |||
A. a piece of paper with many small holes B. a secret message with a lot of small holes C. a letter with unreadable words and sentences D. a sheet of paper with groups of Arabic figures | |||
4. It is NOT mentioned in the passage that codes and ciphers are used for the purpose of _______. | |||
A. military affairs B. commercial secrets C. scientific achievements D. personal enjoyment | |||
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 | |||
A survey conducted last week by China Youth Daily and Sina.com showed about 70 percent of 3 990 interviewees believe wealthy Chinese do not have a good reputation and are not worthy of respect. "Rich people on the mainland invest too little in charity and gain too much." a student from Beijing Sports University said. 1_____ They are a sense of social responsibility, self-discipline and a caring heart. The number of people who make at least $ 50 000 a year increases by 15 percent a year according to the China Economic Times. 2_____ The question how the rich became rich was on the top of the list from the interviewees surveyed. A post- graduate student at the Communication University of China said, "3_____" This opinion has been widely acknowledged by most interviewees. 4_____ Many voters thought better of rich people from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and western countries, rather than the mainland, Hong Kong property tycoon (大亨) Li Ka-shing was most highly regarded, followed by Bill Gates, mainland property tycoon Wang Shi and basketball player Yao Ming. A professor from Renmin University of China called on the heads of Chinese companies to think and invest in a long-term way. "5_____" the professor added. | |||
A. Even so, the survey also found wealthy people keeping the law, and having a sense of social responsibility and a caring heart, are respected. B. Skilled communication is not the necessary quality for the rich to get social respect. C. The survey suggests the rich, to become popular and respected, need three things. D. Their social responsibility is not only in charity, but in being a tie connecting the company with the government and the public. E. What"s more, some wealthy people were found dishonest sometimes. F. Our country now has l.5 million rich people. G. Some rich people are thought to have made their wealth through illegal means, such as bribery | |||
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When I was eight, I saw a movie about an island that had an erupting volcano and jungles filled with wild animals. The island was ruled by a beautiful woman called Tondalaya, the Fire Goddess of the Volcano. It was a low budget movie, but to me, it represented the perfect life. But through the years, Tondalaya was forgotten. The week I turned 50, my marriage came to a sudden end. My house, furniture and everything I"d owned was sold to pay debts that I didn"t even know existed. In a week I had lost my husband, my home and my parents who had refused to accept a divorce (离婚) in the family. I"d lost everything except my four teenage children. I used every penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii. Everyone said I was crazy to think I could just run off to an island and survive. I was afraid they were right. I worked 18 hours a day and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day. One night as I walked alone on the beach, I saw the red orange lava (火山岩) pouring out of Kilauea Volcano in the distance. It was time to live my imagination! The next day, I quit my job, bought some art supplies and began doing what I"loved. I hadn"t painted a picture in 15 years. I wondered if I could still paint. My hands trembled the first time I picked up a brush. But before an hour had passed, I was lost in the colors spreading across the canvas (画布) in front of me. And as soon as I started believing in myself, other people started believing in me, too. The first painting sold for $1 500. The past six years have been filled with adventures. My children and I have gone swimming with dolphins, watched whales and hiked around the crater rim (火山口边缘) of the volcano. We wake up every morning with the ocean in front of us and the volcano behind us. The dream I had more than 40 years ago is now reality. I"m living freely and happily ever after. | |||
1. Why did the writer go to Hawaii? | |||
A. To make a living. B. To spend her holiday. C. To free herself from trouble. D. To realize her childhood dream. | |||
2. Which of the following is the writer"s dream? | |||
A. Get close to wildlife. B. Live a free and happy life. C. Live in nature with animals. D. Become a successful painter. | |||
3. We can infer from the passage that _____. | |||
A. the writer had never done painting before B. the writer"s parents encouraged her to divorce C. the writer"s husband took away most of her money D. the writer wasn"t sure whether she could survive in Hawaii at first |