题目内容
Around two weeks ago, I was invited to be a judge(裁判) at a college. All of the students had been given a piece of paper with a topic written on it. The first one to speak looked a little 11 . “My dear friends and judges,” he said loudly, “this is an unfair 12 ! I have been given the paper,” he continued, “to speak on the topic with just a few minutes’ preparation, 13 those who come after me have more time to 14 their speeches!” He then left the stage and went out of the hall.
I met him later by chance. “Who said life is 15 ?” I asked him with a smile, and I asked him to walk with me to my car. “Have you seen the figures(数字) they show when a new car is 16 into the market, saying how good it is?”
“Yes,” he nodded.
“But they put a 17 after all these figures. They say all the figures are in ideal road conditions!”
“Yes,” he said again.
“Can you show me some ideal road conditions?” I asked him, and he smiled. “The car that sells well is the one 18 will provide power and speed on the 19 roads. That car is the winner.”
We had got to the car. “Don’t look for ideal competition conditions,” I said. “ 20 the unfair and come out a winner!”
I looked back as I drove away and saw him smile and wave, and I knew he would do as I said.
11. A. unhappy B. afraid C. ungrateful D. tired
12. A. college B. competition C. topic D. judge
13. A. when B. so C. since D. while
14. A. wait for B. care about C. work on D. find out
15. A. easy B. fair C. sweet D. boring
16. A. produced B. imported C. advertised D. introduced
17. A. word B. guide C. line D. letter
18. A. that B. what C. who D. whatever
19. A. best B. worst C. busiest D. longest
20. A. Fight B. Balance C. Blame D. Change
11. A 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. B
16. D 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. A
Old people in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: their family tie is not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own career (事业), then the old will feel lonely. And pets can make them happy. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.
【小题1】 The passage mainly tells us people in Canada _________.
A.like to keep pets at home | B.spend a lot of money on pets |
C.think killing pets is against the law | D.enjoy showing pets to their friends |
A.run away | B.hurt people |
C.get ill | D.eat much |
A.捕鸟器 | B.捕虫器 | C.投食器 | D.置水器 |
A.pets spend less money | B.pets are quiet and clean |
C.pets are easy to take care of | D.pets can make good companies |
To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.
Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!”says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day… they will lose all taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!
The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote (投票)each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school money, and even which staff they want and do not want anymore.
When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.
【小题1】What's special about the school?
A.There is nobody but students there. |
B.All the students are of the same age. |
C.There are no classes for the students. |
D.There are no rules in the school. |
A.They learn everything there from the staff members. |
B.They grow up there without learning anything. |
C.They spend all the time with their parents. |
D.They do whatever they are interested in. |
A.learn best when they are doing what they want |
B.are too young to learn anything by themselves |
C.can look after themselves without any help |
D.can't go to college without any hard work |
A.the writer doesn't like the idea of the school |
B.the school is quite successful in its work |
C.most of the parents don't believe in the school |
D.younger students learn better there than older ones |
A. family B. money C. lifestyle d. job
To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.
Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!”says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day… they will lose all taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!
The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote (投票)each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school money, and even which staff they want and do not want anymore.
When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.
【小题1】What's special about the school?
A.There is nobody but students there. |
B.All the students are of the same age. |
C.There are no classes for the students. |
D.There are no rules in the school. |
A.They learn everything there from the staff members. |
B.They grow up there without learning anything. |
C.They spend all the time with their parents. |
D.They do whatever they are interested in. |
A.learn best when they are doing what they want |
B.are too young to learn anything by themselves |
C.can look after themselves without any help |
D.can't go to college without any hard work |
A.the writer doesn't like the idea of the school |
B.the school is quite successful in its work |
C.most of the parents don't believe in the school |
D.younger students learn better there than older ones |
A. family B. money C. lifestyle d. job