题目内容
The handsome boy is from Class 2. ______ name is John.
A. Her B. His C. Your D. Their
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，首字母已给，每空格限填一词）
Linda is my good f 1. . She finds a new part-time j2. in a bookstore. She works on Tuesday and W3.night, and on Saturday morning. The store is open until eleven o'clock every day, but she only w 4.until eight thirty. She likes the job very much. The work is so h5. but she can spend a lot of time reading the books. She thinks she can do the job w 6. .
What is NOT true about the woman's hometown now?
A.The air is nicer.
B.The water is cleaner.
C.The traffic is better.
Jayce began notice when he started his schooling that he looked different from his classmates. They had two arms. He had one.
It started when one boy laughed at him, said his mother, Lewis. He’d return to his home with questions: “Why am I _______? Why me? His mother still remembered he was actually sad and angry with that.
Lewis said she didn’t know what to do at that point. A few weeks later, Lewis turned on the TV to a news story about an eighth grader, Trashaun, becoming popular after sharing videos of his slam dunks(灌篮) on the Internet, and, like Jayce, he _______ most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. To her surprise, Jayce immediately got interested in the videos. At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun was _______ an encouraging moment for Jayce — he saw a role model with a similar _______. If it had stayed just that, Lewis would have been happy enough. But little did she know that a family friend had already reached out to the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce’s confidence.
The boys met and at once got on well with each other as both of them were in the same condition. They rode bikes, took photos, and shot basketball on the court. Instead of spending the whole day feeling _______ for themselves, they had a lot of fun. Sometimes, they talked about the problem — the lost left arm. Trashaun told Jayce not to let anyone discourage him and not to let those words shake his _________.
Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a noticeable change in her son. As for Trashaun, his relationship with Jayce made him expect to help more kids. “Honestly, it _______ a lot to know that I changed Jayce’s life”, Trashaun says. Still, he never dreamed that his _______ would make such a great difference in others “life”. I just thought my friends would see them, and be like, “Oh, he dunked it!”
He certainly did.
1.A.lonely B.silly C.different D.ordinary
2.A.lost B.hurt C.used D.recovered
3.A.hardly B.simply C.still D.never
4.A.answer B.family C.education D.problem
5.A.happy B.helpful C.sorry D.fearful
6.A.confidence B.patience C.sadness D.honesty
7.A.cares B.means C.saves D.takes
8.A.attitudes B.disabilities C.words D.videos
I ______ my homework on the computer when the power went out.
A.was doing B.will do C.do D.did
I always have these questions in my mind-how does anxiety influence how we think? What classroom environments are most helpful to learning? Most experts agree that having the right team of people to come up with ideas to argue for plays an important role to find out the answers.
However, how do we know who the right people are when making a team? From the classroom and the workplace, to the laboratory and the playing field, research shows that diverse groups of people often make better decisions.
Professor Scott Page believes different ways of thinking from a particular group produces something additional. When people with their own "tools" come together to work on difficult tasks, the results are powerful.
Groups with different genders(性别) also hold merit here. Christine Lagarde said that better decisions are made when women and men come together at the table, creating what she calls a "larger horizon". She mentioned that while women make up only 2% of bank CEOs worldwide, banks who count women among the top leadership are likely to have better economic outcomes( 结果).
In 2010, researchers examined the performance of about 700 people (both men and women), working in groups of two to five, solving both simple and difficult tasks. They discovered that the best predictor of performance wasn't the average intelligence of group members. Instead it was a collective measure of intelligence, which had much to do with the number of women in the group. As women are good at reading others' faces and making the best of different opinions, they help to bring out a more productive outcome.
Finally, it turns out that the size of the group matters, too. Smaller groups can actually be more creative. A new study from University of Chicago found that while bigger teams are important for advancing science, smaller groups help "break it down"-a key part of creativity.
In today's workforce, people come together to cooperate on tough tasks, being encouraged to look to each other. Brainstorming with others in small, diverse groups helps ideas to shine in our mind and, more often than not, leads to the solution. It's a research-driven model for how to develop our collective problem-solving abilities by having the right teams of people producing good ideas worth fighting for.
1.The underlined word "diverse groups" in Paragraph 2 probably means "______".
A.groups in which people have a close relation
B.groups with people who like thinking and sharing
C.groups in which people are different from each other
D.groups with people who are good at solving problems
2.What can we learn from the research in 2010?
A.Groups with both genders make teamwork more fruitful.
B.Women are better at reading and accepting others' minds.
C.The average intelligence of group members really matters.
D.Banks should depend more on women in decision-making.
3.What does the writer mainly want to show us?
A.Women in a group influence the collective intelligence.
B.Different groups of people usually produce different ideas.
C.Diverse teams can be expected to work out better outcomes.
D.The size of the group is important in dealing with problems.
—What were you doing when I called you last night?
—I _______ a ball game.
A.am watching B.was watching C.watched D.watch
In December 2004, Tilly Smith was in Phuket with her mum and dad.It was her first holiday in Thailand and the family were very happy.
On December 26"they were on Mai Khao beach when the sea disappeared(消失).It was so strange that people walked to the sea and watched.Tilly watched too,but she was worried.
Tilly remembered a geography lesson at school.In the lesson they studied tsunamis, Tsunamis are very big,dangerous waves(波浪)They can travel 20-30 miles each hour with waves 10-20 meters high.A tsunami can kill people or destroy buildings as waves.come in and go out.
Before the waves reach the beach,the sea disappears,First,Tilly ran to her parents and told them all about Tsunamis,Then Tilly and her parents shouted at the people.Run! People stopped and listened to them.After that they hurried back from the beach.Finally,the big tsunami arrived.It was a tragedy for lots of people in Asia,but the people on Mai Khao beach were all right.
Tilly got a special certificate(证书)for what she did that day,And ten years later in 2014.20-year-old Tilly visited the same beach in Thailand again,recalling the special day with her family.
1.How old was Tilly when she first took a holiday in Thailand?
A.10. B.14. C.16 D.20.
2.According to the third paragraph,we can know that Tsunamis___________.
A.are very small but dangerous waves B.can travel thirty to forty miles each hour
C.can be more than thirty meters high D.can kill people as waves come and go
3.Which is the right order of the following events according to the passage?
a. Tilly told her parents about tsunamis
b.The big tsunamis crashed(撞击)on the beach.
c.Tilly shouted at the people on the beach.
d People walked to the sea to see it disappear.
A.a c b d. B.d a c b. C.d a b c. D.b d c a.
4.What is the possible meaning of the underlined “word”tragedy
A.a very sad experience. B.a very beautiful wish.
C.a very normal activity. D.a very personal prediction
—Are these your cousins ? — ________ .They are my uncle’s sons.
A.Yes, they are. B.No, these aren’t. C.Yes, those are. D.No, they aren’t.
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