题目内容
Have you heard about “Survival Holidays”?“Survival Holidays” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.
The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.
Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own, without adults disturbing them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are controlled by adults, which causes many problems. They don't know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard challenge. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even slight danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.
Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay calm in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.
【小题1】The purpose of “Survival Holidays” is ____________
A.for children to live in a lonely place |
B.to let children not watch TV at home |
C.for parents not to disturb their children |
D.to improve children’s abilities when living alone |
A.“Survival Holidays” is popular. |
B.Being close to nature is not good for children. |
C.Parents will pay no money for “Survival Holidays”. |
D.Children live a comfortable life during “Survival Holidays”. |
A.建议 | B.努力 | C.挑战 | D.成就 |
A.The survival skills can not be learned in class. |
B.Children who live in nature will always be healthy. |
C.Children shouldn’t live a comfortable life with their parents. |
D.The survival activities will be good for children in the future. |
A.What children do during “Survival Holidays” |
B.Why people like “Survival Holidays”. |
C.What children need in their free time. |
D.How to educate children. |
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】B
解析试题分析:这篇短文主要讲述了现在非常流行生存假期。孩子们在没有父母的陪伴下独自生活,以此来提高自己的生活能力。很多人认为这对孩子将来的成长是非常有益的。
【小题1】判断推理题。由文章内容得知,生存假期就是让孩子独自生活来提高他们的生活技能,例如在不同的环境保持冷静,学会团体合作等,故此题选D。
【小题2】判断推理题。根据文中描述Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.目前有1100个公司允许在没有父母的陪伴下带领孩子来到户外,从而得知这个活动非常流行,故判断A正确,其他选项和文章内容均不同。
【小题3】词意猜测题。根据文中描述Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard challenge甚至一些事例如穿过一条小河流,看起来也是个挑战。Challenge挑战,故选C。
【小题4】细节理解题。根据文中描述Many people think the survival activities are good for children.很多人认为这些活动对孩子很有好处,故选D。
【小题5】主旨大意题。这篇文章主要讲述了现在流行的生存假期,以及它给孩子们的成长带来的好处。故此题选B,为什么人们喜欢生存假期。
考点:社会现象类短文阅读。
Being able to multitask-- doing several things at the same time--is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic products as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect on young people's performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive (肯定的) answer. However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work.
【小题1】What does the underlined word "juggle" most probably mean?
A.Want to buy. |
B.Use at the same time. |
C.Take the place of. |
D.Search information from. |
A.family members do not greet each other |
B.family members do not eat at the family table |
C.young people get on well with their families |
D.young people hardly communicate with their family members |
A.Young people must learn skills for future jobs. |
B.Young people benefit (获益) a lot from modern gadgets. |
C.Multitasking is an important skill to young people. |
D.Multitasking influences young people's development seriously. |
A.Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work. |
B.Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again. |
C.Educators feel that young people don't need to improve their study skills. |
D.People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children's later study skills. |
A.providing special examples |
B.following the natural time order |
C.giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects |
D.comparing opinions from different worlds |
Now scientists have discovered that the dogs behave like their masters, too. Just like children, they use a “ look and learn” ways when they go about their tasks.
Scientists at Oxford universities designed an experiment to test if the dogs have the ability to copy humans’ actions by using a simple wooden box. 10 owners showed their dogs how to open the wooden box .Sometimes they use their heads to push it and sometimes they use their hands.
10 dogs were divided into two groups---Group1 and Group2. In the first part of the test, Group1 were rewarded with a piece of meat for copying their owner’s actions. Group2 were rewarded with food for not copying and using other ways. With each dog the experiment was repeated hundreds of times. Scientists recorded the time to see which group was first to get 85% right. They found that Group1finished the task much sooner than Group2.
In the second part of the test, all the dogs were only rewarded for copying the way that their owners used. Group1 reached the 85% mark more quickly than Group2.
So the scientists draw a conclusion: “Like humans, dogs can copy actions that they see. Dogs’ imitative(仿效的)behavior is shaped more by their interactions(互动)with humans than by evolution(进化).”
Scientists said,“A dog’s behavior is influenced much like that of a child; they look and learn similar behavior. We hope that owners understand the importance of their actions and use this knowledge to set good examples and therefore have a good effect on the behavior of their pets.”
【小题1】The scientists believe dog’s imitative behavior mainly comes from______________.
A.proper rewards | B.domestication |
C.human-dog interactions | D.evolution |
A.Dogs can finish their tasks quickly. | B.Dogs are interesting animals. |
C.Masters always set good examples. | D.Dogs behave like their masters. |
A.It took the two groups of dogs the same time to finish the required task. |
B.The dogs that copied their masters finished the required task much sooner. |
C.The dogs that were encouraged to copy their masters finished the task more slowly.. |
D.The dogs that were encouraged not to copy their masters finished the task more quickly.. |
A.a cruel man can raise a cruel dog |
B.dogs can be influenced by anyone |
C.dogs always behave positively |
D.dogs are the best kind of pets |
Today we can use the Internet for many things: shopping, business, writing letters, talking to people, getting information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There's no real word for it yet, so we call it e-talk.
People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters, acronyms(首字母缩略词). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms. Some are as follows:
BRB (be right back), BTW (by the way), LOL (laughing out loud), IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations include info (information), pic (picture), puter (computer), sec (second), etc.
We usually don't see people when we communicate on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw "feelings", such as:
:-) (happy) ;-) (joking) :-( (sad) :-O (surprised)
These days, many public discussions have picture feelings, for example:
(happy) (sad) (angry) ( (cool)
There are even whole new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's called "burning" the person.
It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
【小题1】Why do people type acronyms?
A.To type them quickly. | B.To make jokes. |
C.To make newbies puzzled. | D.To show their feelings. |
A.The person is happy about getting a new computer. |
B.The person has to go away from their computer. |
C.The person is sad that his computer is having problems. |
D.The person is angry at somebody. |
A. LOL B. BRB. C. D.
【小题4】E-talk will probably____________.
A.stay the same |
B.keep changing |
C.be used by people on the telephone |
D.be easy for newbies to understand |
A.E-talk | B.Picture Feelings |
C.How to Use Abbreviations | D.The Changing Internet |
It’s so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations(假期)off? A new survey(调查)found that 31﹪of U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.
So why don’t they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days; some busy workers say they just can’t leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed.
The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40﹪ plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.
Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can’t find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.
British workers have the longest working week in Europe(欧洲),with 23 vacation days --the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked.75﹪ say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40﹪ would sacrifice a day’s pay(工资)for one more vacation day.
【小题1】____________ U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days.
A.All | B.Most | C.Some | D.Few |
A.9 | B.12 | C.15 | D.23 |
A.America. | B.France. | C.Sweden. | D.great Britain. |
A.Use up. | B.Put up. | C.Take up. | D.Give up. |
A.Some American workers are too busy to leave their work. |
B.French workers can take one Three-to-four week days. |
C.Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days. |
D.British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed. |
The Voice of China was hot during the summer of 2012!
The Voice of China is the large music show in China. This show is also the only one which regards the Voice as the only ruler. It premiered at 21:15 on July 13, 2012, on the Zhejiang Television. It has attracted great attention. The show became an overnight sensation.
The first season used “Real voice, real music” as its slogan. As a mentor(导师), singers like Liu Huan, Na Ying, Yu Chengqing and Yang Kun will be responsible for seeking world-shaking voices of China in the following three and a half months, through four stages, namely, “blind choosing”, “selecting”, “team PK” and “yearly grand ceremony”.
It is really a miracle that The Voice of China can stand out in the flood of today’s talent shows in China and attracts the audience. A great many of audience said this will be the best television show in this summer. They were all proud for these good voices of China.
The students’ beautiful voices moved everyone. Xu Haixing, a girl from Chengdu, sang “Self” to realize her father’s dream and Liu Huan was moved to tears by her song. Huang Yong sang “In Spring” showing his persistence on his dream and Yang Kun cried for this. The blind girl Zhang Yuxia, a busker from Taiwan, played while singing. She was praised as “Deng Lijun No.2” for her unique voice, and her sincere feelings touched everybody. Na Ying went to the stage to sing with the students together for two times.
The Voice of China casts off magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing. It regards “inspiration” and “professionalism” as the ruler of music. The singer uses their songs to tell their real stories and the happiness of life.
【小题1】If you want to be the winner of The Voice of China, you must _____.
A.have a good-looking | B.have special talent |
C.have a wonderful voice | D.dance and sing well |
a. team PK b. blind choosing. c. selecting d. yearly grand ceremony
A.c-b-a-d | B.b-c-a-d | C.c-a-b-d | D.d-c-a-b |
A.Na Ying’s | B.Xu Haixing’s | C.Huang Yong’s | D.Zhang Yuxia’s |
A.通宵节目 | B.无与伦比 | C.一夜成名 | D.彻夜难眠 |
A.The best title of the passage is The Voice of China. |
B.The Voice of China last three and a half months. |
C.The fourth paragraph(段落) tells us The Voice of China is hot in China. |
D.Magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing are rulers of the show. |
Paris is the capial of France. Its subway is very special. You can enjoy its culture when you are in this city. First you see many people reading books in the subway. Whenever they are in the subway or at the station, there is always a book in the hand.
The subway station in Paris is not big , but each of them has its special facts. Some stations looks ships. Some have clothes, caps and shoes. And every station has a big advertisement picture. But many of them are for selling clothes and cosmetics(化妆品).
You can meet some beggars(乞丐) in the subway. But the beggars in the Paris subway are also very special. They often play the violin or guitar in the train. They don’t feel shy at all. Instead they think it is natural. After playing, they will go around the train and ask you to give them some money.
If you want to learn more about Paris, go to the subway and enjoy its culture by yourself.
【小题1】 What do many people usually do when they are in the subway?
A.Listen to music. | B.Beg some money. |
C.Sell clothes and cosmetics. | D.Read books |
A.They often play the violin or guitar in the train |
B.They usually brush shoes for the passengers. |
C.They often steal money from the shops. |
D.They usually help the passengers carry suitcases. |
A.Every station is very big in Paris. |
B.Every station has something to sell |
C.The beggars in the Paris subway station are very shy. |
D.The beggars in the Paris subway station can play some instruments. |
A.Reading in the Paris subway. |
B.The subway is the window of the Paris culture. |
C.The beggars in the Paris subway station usually have some skills |
D.Each of the subway station in the Paris has its special facts. |