题目内容
【题目】I we’ll have to wait a few more minutes，but I am not sure．
A. believe B. guess C. decide D. hope
【答案】B
【解析】句意：我猜我们不得不再等几分钟，但是我不确定。believe相信，认为；guess猜测，猜想；decide决定；hope希望。根据句意but I am not sure可知，这只是他的猜想，并不一定，故选B。
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【题目】Books Bring Success
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People growing with more books are more likely to be successful. |
According to German novelist Heinrich Mann, a house without books is like a room without windows. Mann simply stated the value of books, but some researchers have found evidence that people with books in their homes really do gain a window on the world.
A new study in the journal Social Science Research, published in October, suggests that people who grow up with more books are more likely to have educational advantages, and to achieve more in life, than people who grow up without them.
In the study, over 160,000 adults from 31 countries and regions were asked about the number of books there were in their homes when they were 16 years old. They were then given tests in literacy (读写能力), numeracy (计算能力) and information communication technology.
The research shows that the number of books for each household varies greatly from country to country. For example, the number of books is 27 in Turkey, 143 in the UK and 218 in Estonia. But “the total effects of home library size on literacy are large everywhere”.
The researchers found that people who had only lower levels of secondary education but had a large number of books at home got a similar score as university graduates who grew up with only a few books.
The Guardian newspaper commented that “bookish adolescence makes for a good deal of educational advantage.”
“Adolescent exposure to books can compensate for shortcomings not only in adult literacy but also numeracy: its impacts are equal to additional years of education,” Sikora told Science Alert.
Apart from the educational benefits, growing up with more books also plays an important role in adult success.
Through analyzing their personal information, researchers found that people surrounded by books in adolescence are on average more successful in adulthood than those who had only few books at a younger age.
“Early exposure to books in the parental home matters because books are an basic part of routines and practices that enrich lifelong cognitive competencies (认知能力)”, Sikora told Science Alert. These competencies are important to future development.
Without doubt, the fact that we are moving toward a digital era could weaken the importance of printed books. For now, however, “they still seem to maintain quite a large positive benefit, which shows no sign of abating (减弱)”, researchers wrote in the paper.
【1】What’s the study mainly about?
A. Reading habits of different countries.
B. Thebenefitsof growing up with more books.
C. How reading booksbringseducational advantages.
D. The impacts of books on people of different ages.
【2】How many books do an average British family own, according to the study?
A. 27.B. 32.C. 143.D. 218.
【3】The underlined phrase“compensate for”probably means ______.
A. make upforB. result inC. prepare forD. draw attention to
【4】According to the study, people who readmorebooks in adolescenceare likely to______.
a. havebetterliteracy
b. achievemorein adulthood
c.havebettercommunication skills
d.achievemorepleasant personalities
A. acB. bcC. cdD. ab