题目内容
We spend hours, days and years of our lives in school. Imagine you could design your dream school, what would it be like? What would you be doing? We wanted to find out what teenagers around the world thought. Here is what they said:
Richard from the USA: My dream school would have a big swimming pool and two soccer fields. It would also have a cinema, a gym and a shopping center. My school has none of these, and I think there should be more pleasant things for students to do while they are studying.
Sonia from Italy: I’d like a room where we can relax and play computer games. I’d also like to have a music room. I think there should be a place for everyone to go and relax after class. Wu from Beijing: I think it would be great to have another day off (休息日) every week, besides the weekend. If that day was a Friday or a Monday, we would have a long weekend every week. What fun! I also think school should start later, at about 10 o’clock, and finish earlier.
Hannah from Australia: In my dream school, I think the teachers should give us more freedom and choice about how we study and what we study. I also think it’s unimportant for us to wear school uniforms every day. I really don’t like wearing it.
【小题1】. Richard is from_________.
| A．Italy | B．USA |
| C．China | D．Australia |
| A．Sonia from Italy would like a room to relax and play computer games |
| B．Richard from the USA thinks his dream school should start at 10 o’clock |
| C．Wu from Beijing enjoys studying five days a week |
| D．Hannah from Australia likes wearing a school uniform every day |
| A．A dream school. | B．Soccer fields. |
| C．A music room | D．School uniforms. |
【小题1】B
【小题2】A
【小题3】A
解析试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了几个孩子理想中的学校。学校是什么样子的，在学校里能够做什么。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据Richard from the USA。故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据Sonia from Italy: I’d like a room where we can relax and play computer games.来自意大利的Sonia：我想要一个可以休息并且玩电脑游戏的房间。故选A。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据文章大意，几个孩子在谈论自己梦想中的学校。故选A。
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【小题1】 If you want to work in the south, you can apply for （申请）a job as _______.
| A．a driver | B．an air hostess |
| C．a teacher | D．a waiter |
| A．0775-6561382 | B．0411-4313861 |
| C．010-88488970 | D．0411-4313865 |
| A．Mike likes studying and exercising. |
| B．Jack is handsome and good at driving. |
| C．Dave is a good student. He is also outgoing and good with kids. |
| D．Mary can speak English very well and likes listening to jokes. |
| A．Anna is 19 years old. |
| B．Lily is 1.70 meters tall and 18 years old. |
| C．Lucy is 1.70 meters tall. And she is studying in a middle school. |
| D．Lisa is 1.72 meters tall and she can speak three kinds of languages. |
| A．Height. | B．Age. |
| C．Health. | D．Language. |
Young people and older people do not agree. 【小题1】 But in one special programme in New York State, grown-ups and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 2000 teenagers and 50 grown-ups live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the villages. 【小题2】 The grown-ups teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. 【小题3】
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program the teenagers make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “ 【小题4】 What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience. “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”
| A. Why did it happen? B. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time. C. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. D. Old people love young people. E. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. |
It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and maths need not be taught in detail, either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Educationis to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
【小题1】People with little education usually .
| A．spend a long time in school |
| B．have a good chance to get a job |
| C．spend the best years to choose jobs |
| D．have fewer chances to get a good job |
| A．make a man lead a better life |
| B．teach a man to write and read |
| C．make people get a way of living |
| D．teach people to read good books |
| A．圆满的 | B．崭新的 |
| C．公平的 | D．全面的 |
| A．accept education as a way of living |
| B．take an interest in the whole world |
| C．develop their abilities to make plays |
| D．learn subjects like language and math |
| A．education should make a man improve |
| B．people can get education in a short time |
| C．people should be able to get good paying jobs |
| D．all subjects are so important for a way of living |
Having a teenager at home can be a real headache. Many teenagers smoke, wear strange hairstyle and even fight. Basically (基本上) , they are often taking risks.
Earlier studies have shown that teenagers are more likely to make irrational decisions than people from any other age group, including children and adults. Is it that teenagers are too young to tell right from wrong? Not really. So what’s the reason?
According to Laurence, a teacher from a US university, the reason is that teenagers care a lot about how their peers (同龄人) view them—that is “peer influence”.
As children enter their teenage years, they spend more time with their friends and classmates, and also they care more about what they think of them. This makes teenagers make decisions without thinking about the costs.
In a test, a group of teenagers were asked to play a video driving game. When they played with their friends watching around them, they took more chances and drove more carelessly because that would increase their possibility of winning. But when they played alone, they drove more safely.
Why do peers have such a big influence on teens’ behavior?
As Laurence sees it, a teenager’s brain is like a car with a good accelerator (油门) but a weak brake (刹车). The “accelerator” is fully developed by teenage years while the “brake” is still not fully developed. When teenagers are watched by their peers, they usually push hard on the accelerator. With their weak brake, it is likely that they are going to end up in an accident. But the good news is that a violent (暴力的) teenager doesn’t necessarily become a violent adult. About two-thirds to three-quarters of violent youth grow out of it. “They get more self-controlled.”
【小题1】What does the underlined word “irrational” in the 2nd paragraph mean?
| A．Quick. | B．Crazy. |
| C．Careful. | D．Correct. |
| A．They like difficult tasks. |
| B．They don’t care about costs. |
| C．They are too young to tell right from wrong. |
| D．They care a lot about what their peers think of them. |
| A．By using a metaphor (比喻). |
| B．By giving examples. |
| C．By presenting research findings. |
| D．By performing an in-depth analysis (分析). |
| A．use more self-control |
| B．become more careful about what they do |
| C．perform better than when they are alone |
| D．focus more on short-term benefits（利益） |
| A．Teenagers are easy to have traffic accidents. |
| B．Peer influence is bad on teenagers. |
| C．Most of the teenagers become less violent when they grow up. |
| D．Teenagers shouldn’t spend all the free time with their friends. |
People show their personalities in their clothes, their cars and their homes. Because we might choose some foods to “tell” people something about us, our diets can also be an expression of our personalities. For example, some people eat mainly gourmet (供美食家享用的)foods, such as caviar (鱼子酱) and lobster (龙虾), and they eat only in expensive restaurants. They know about the “better things in life”.
People can eat many different kinds of foods, but some people choose not to eat meat. Vegetarians(素食主义者) often have more in common(相同) than just their diets. Their personalities might be the same too. For example, vegetarians in the US and Canada may be creative(创造性的) people, and they might not enjoy competitive(竞争性的) sports or jobs. They worry about the health of the world, and they are probably strongly opposed (反对的) to wars(战争).
Some people eat mostly fast food. One study shows that many fast-food eaters have a lot in common with one another, but they are very different from vegetarians. They are competitive and good at business. They are also usually in a hurry. Many fast-food eaters might not agree with this description(描述) of their personalities, but it is a common picture of them.
What is Your Food Personalities
| People with 【小题1】 diets | 【小题2】 |
| People who eat 【小题3】 gourmet food | They know the way to enjoy their 【小题4】 . |
| People who don’t eat 【小题5】 | They may be creative. |
| They might not like competitive 【小题6】 or jobs. | |
| They might be 【小题7】 about the health of the world. | |
| They might be opposed the war strongly. | |
| People who eat mostly 【小题8】 food | They are competitive and can do business 【小题9】 . |
| They are also usually in a 【小题10】 . |
配对阅读。左栏是学生们的五种不妥行为或危险的情形，右边是老师所给出的七条建议。请搭配左右两栏。
| 【小题1】Yesterday Li Hong found a strainger following her all the way. She ran home as quickly as possible. 【小题2】Tom often uses earphones when walking outside. 【小题3】It’s a long way from Wang Jun’s home to school, so he often sleeps all the way on the bus. 【小题4】There are too many passengers on the bus today, and Li Feng puts his bag out of his reach. 【小题5】The house is on fire and there is full of smoke in the house, and you are in it. | You should press the cut with a piece of cloth to stop the blood, then go to hospital as quickly as possible. Don’t use earphones when walking outside. It’s dangerous to do so because you can’t notice those cars, buses or trucks back and forth. Your bag should be put within your reach, or it is easy enough for the thieves to steal the things in your bag. If you are followed by a stranger, cross the street and go in the other direction. Next, go and get help from others if it is necessary. Don’t go home directly. Your are safer on the street than you are in your home alone. You can’t leave school by yourself. Don’t forget it’s safer in school yard than the outside world. Don’t sleep on buses, or you may miss the right stop. If your house catches fire and you have to escape through smoke, move on your hands and knees with your head 30 to 60 centimeters above the floor. Please remember there is cleaner and cooler air near the floor during the fire. |