题目内容
Having Fun “Growing” and “Stealing”
Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can “farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow”, “sell” or even “steal” “vegetables”, “flowers” and “fruits” on the internet.
They can earn some e-money and buy more “seeds”, “pets” and even “houses”.
Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.
Harold:I don't quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game, maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Allan:I enjoy putting some “bugs” (臭虫) in my friends’ gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.
Laura:You know, people in the city wish for the life in the countryside. It relaxes my work pressure; besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief”.
Ivy: Well. It’s just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not concentrate on their study.
【小题1】According to the passage, people can’t ______ things in this game.
A.grow B. borrow C. steal
【小题2】Among the people Joyce interviewed, ______ likes the game while ______ dislikes the game.
A. Laura, Allan B. Allan,Harold C. Ivy, Harold
【小题3】From Laura’s words, we can infer (推理) that she’s most probably ______.
A. a student B. an office worker C. a thief
【小题4】You can find the passage ______.
A. in a science magazine B.in an advertisement C.in a newspaper
【小题5】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People in the city want to enjoy the country life.
B. People can earn some money and buy more seeds.
C. People are confident enough to face the real world.
【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】B
【小题4】C
【小题5】A
解析试题分析:本文介绍了最近流行的网络游戏,在网络上人们可以“种地”,在自己和朋友的地里可以“种”“偷”“卖”菜等,有的人喜欢这种游戏,有的人不喜欢。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据原文People can “farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow”, “sell” or even “steal”人们可以在“农场”里“种”“卖”“偷”菜。不能“借”。故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据Harold: I don’t quite understand why they are mad about the childish game. 可知Harold不喜欢这个游戏;根据Allan: Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.可知Allan喜欢这个游戏。故选B
【小题3】细节理解题。根据原文It reduces my work pressure.可知Laura应该是一位办公室职员。故选B。
【小题4】细节理解题。本文最可能出现在报纸上。故选C。
【小题5】细节理解题。通过阅读可知,这个游戏可以让朋友们一起在网上娱乐,也可以让人放松,城市里的人想去享受乡村的生活。故选A。
考点:社会现象类短文阅读。
New changes have taken place in Paris in recent years. Paris used to be among Europe’s busiest cities. Traffic jams could be seen all the time. But now there is a new 2.5 kilometre-long car-free area inside the city. The Louvre(卢浮宫) attracts world tourists. People visit there not just for the art works, but also enjoy the roof of the building which is like a flying carpet. The world’s most beautiful city is now even more beautiful.
Lijiang River National Park, China.
Lijiang River is in Guilin. It is well-known for its clear water, limestone(石灰岩洞) and green hills. The hills have beautiful names depending on different shapes, such as “Elephant Trunk”. These attract many Chinese poets and artists. The best way to enjoy Lijing River is to take an 83 km boat trip from Guilin to Yangshuo in summer.
Zurich, Switzerland
What do you think Zurich is famous for? Great banks? Yes. People can find many Swiss banks and foreign banks here. But the city is of great interest to many people for another reason. Zurich hosts Europe’s largest street party each year. Its Street Parade has overtaken London’s Notting Hill Carival. What’s hot in the city in 2014? In August, Zurich will host the European Athletic Championships. This gives tourists a chance to see the world’s top athletes making new records.
Adelaide, Australia
Many people may know Sydney or Melbourne. They are big cities in Australia. But Adelaide wins people’s hearts with great festivals and tasty food. Adelaide Fringe Festival is the largest art festival in Australia. Every February and March, people celebrate with outdoor art works, dance performances and live music. Adelaide has many kinds of foreign foods. British fish and chips, Italian pizza and German pork can be found in most restaurants.
【小题1】Tourists enjoy the art works as well as _______of the Louvre.
A.the busy street | B.the shape of its roof |
C.the car-free area | D.the flying carpet |
A.elephant trunks | B.warm weather |
C.the highway to Yangshuo | D.the green hills and limestone caves |
A.even worse | B.exactly the same | C.much better | D.less popular |
A.In August, Paris | B.In February, Europe |
C.In March, Adelaide | D.In August, Zurich |
A.Adelaide | B.Lijiang River National Park |
C.Zurich and Paris | D.the Louvre |
阅读下列短文,根据短文信息完成文后表格,每空一词。
Making a public speech is the thing that most people don’t want to do. The reason is that we are all afraid of making mistakes in front of others. The more important the speech is, the more frightened we will be. But forget it now. Public speaking is easy. It’s just a simple talking, Although I’m a shy man, I’ve been making speeches and talking on radio and television for more than 30 years. Anybody who can talk can speak in public. Here are some of the lessons I have learned:
Keep your speech simple. Your audience can’t take all of your main ideas, and they can only remember one or two of them, not ten or twenty. So you should prepare one or two of your main ideas very well. But if you can’t express what you want to say, then your speech will not be paid attention to. And if you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience won’t, either.
Organize your speech well. No matter how long or short your speech is, you have to organize your speech—how you are going to open or begin, what main points you want to make and how you’re going to close or end. A strong close is usually very important and critical(关键的): the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. If not, they will be confused.
Keep your speech not long. The standard (标准的) length of a speech is usually 12 minutes. Most people can’t put their minds in one thing for too long time, which will make them tired and lose their interest. If you pay no attention to your audience’s reaction(反应),the audience will get bored. Of course, your speech will fail.
Following these suggestions above, you can make a good speech in public, and you will be an excellent speaker, I think.
Title: How to make a 1 speech | ||
Technique | Reasons | Requirements |
Keep it simple | You should think about your idea well enough | 3 one or two of your main ideas well. |
If you have a 2 idea of what you want to say, your audience will have, too. | ||
Organize it well. | You should get your speech well 4 | Know very well about the 6 ,main points and ending of the speech |
If you don’t, the 5 will be confused. | ||
Keep it 7 | Your speech should be short enough to attract your audience’s attention and 8 . | Make your speech as short as 10 . |
If you don’t, the audience will feel 9 . |
The airport in Boswell is twenty-one miles from the city. The banks and business offices are in the centre of the city. Read the notes from the diary of Mr Simpson.
12th. MON. Groups of 35 Australian students visiting Boswell---want cheap holiday. 13th. TUES. Mr and Mrs J. Grant arriving from Sydney --- need overnight stop at Boswell --- leaving early on the 15th by air. 14th. WED. Mr Nagashima, Tokyo, arriving for two days’ business trip. 15th. THURS. 65 German students need two days in a cheap hotel. 16th. FRI. 17th. SAT. Mr and Mrs Johnson, from New York City, arriving by air. 18th. SUN. 19th. MON. Mr and Mrs F. Ray, small inexpensive hotel needed for two days. |
A.21km. | B.31km. | C.21m. | D.21 miles. |
A.Australia | B.Japan | C.America | D.Germany |
A.Tuesday | B.Wednesday | C.Thursday | D.Friday |
A.107. | B.65. | C.35. | D.131. |
A.a headmaster | B.a travel manager |
C.a traveller | D.an engineer |
Selecting a proper summer camp for your child is not an easy task. You have to consider too many factors(因素). Remember, you are sending your kid to a summer camp not just to let him enjoy himself but also to help him become confident. So you should try to select a summer camp for your kid so that after he returns from the camp, the first thing that he asks you is when you will send him again for camping. Let us see how you can pick the best summer camp for your child.
Search the Internet
If you browse(浏览) the Internet, you will find a number of websites of summer camps where you can find all the detailed information about the camps. For example, how much the whole camping will cost, where the camps are, what children can do in the camps and what additional facilities (额外的设施) they can provide. Don't forget to read the comments(评论) of parents who have sent their children to those camps and pay attention to how they find those camps.
______________
Some camp organizers prefer advertisements in newspapers. Some of the organizers even invite famous people to their camps to communicate with kids. You should keep an eye in the summer camp advertisements in newspapers so that you could pick a suitable one for your kid.
Ask for advice from your child's school teachers
Go to your kid's school and ask his teachers whether they can give you names of some of the summer camps they consider to be the best.
Know the interest of your child
While searching, you will come across different types of camps. They are organized according to the nature and interest of children like a music camp, a sports camp, etc. So it is very important to know what your child is interested in before picking a summer camp.
【小题1】Which of the following can be put on the line before Paragraph 3?
A.Place advertisements in newspapers. |
B.Visit the organizers of summer camps. |
C.Search for advertisements in newspapers. |
D.Invite famous people to talk with your kid. |
A.finding a proper summer camp for children is not difficult |
B.the purpose of a summer camp is not only for children to have fun |
C.what other parents think about a camp on the Internet is not believable |
D.children usually don't have to go again after returning from a summer camp |
A.consider the interest of their kid |
B.rethink if camping is necessary |
C.know everything about the camp |
D.know the kid's performance at school |
任务:阅读下面短文,根据文章内容完成表中相关信息:
Skin-diving is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon. When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks, because you are no longer heavy.
Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is plenty of light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands.
When you have tanks of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.
To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides, there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.
Now you see that skin-diving is both useful and interesting.
Information Card
A new sport today | 【小题1】______ ______________ |
【小题2】________ | There is plenty of light |
Everything is blue and green | Under the water |
You can stay in deep water for a long time with | 【小题3】___________________________ |
One of the most interesting parts of this sport | 【小题4】___________________ |
Now many people like the game Angry Birds. Here is a piece of good news for them—soon there will be a lot of Angry Birds-themed activity parks around the world.
The first two parks opened in Finland last year, and a few other parks are going to open in the UK. However, people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK.
“As a kind of online game, it is popular with people of all ages. It’s really an interesting game. And the parks will be interesting places for everyone around the world.” said Peter Vesterbacka, an officer of Angry Birds Company. He also said, “ We want to make Angry Birds a part of pop culture. We’re just getting started.”
Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much. People can see the characters and colors from the game in the park. People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park. The company wants to invite people to not only play it on the sofa, but to go out, move around and have fun. So everyone will be happy in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.
【小题1】Where did the first two Angry Birds-themed activity parks open?
A. In the UK. B. In Finland. C. In Australia. D. In the USA.
【小题2】Angry Birds is _______.
A.an online game | B.an online movie |
C.a talk show on TV | D.a game show on TV |
A.boring | B.easy | C.interesting | D.difficult |
A.Angry Birds is only popular with young people |
B.Peter Vesterbacka works for Angry Birds Company |
C.there is no screen in Angry Birds-themed activity parks |
D.Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK in 2015 |
Most students think my reasons for this rule include negative experiences in the past when students made wrong use of technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. I’ve seldom had students make wrong use of technology in my classes; however, I have been e-mailed by students while they were in other teachers’ classrooms.
Some students think that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. As I noted above, I love technology and try to keep up with it.
The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations. Interruptions (中断) by technology often break students’ thoughts and make them depend too much on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep in themselves for ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and to make connections between the course material and the class discussion.
I have been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations (评价) show student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize with deep conversation and difficult tasks, they learn at a deeper level – a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.
I am not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I will continue my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.
【小题1】The writer’s rule for his History Matters class is ____.
A.discussing historical ideas deeply |
B.studying and discussing the materials |
C.leaving technology out of the classroom |
D.making right use of technology in class |
A.similar | B.unforgettable | C.special | D.unpleasant |
A.Students make right use of technology in other teachers’ classes. |
B.The classroom is one of the good places to have deep conversations. |
C.The writer encourages students to agree with others after discussion. |
D.Students are unhappy with the writer’s way of teaching history. |
A.technology has different influences in different classes in college |
B.technology makes it difficult to have true communication in class |
C.history classes can help students to develop their deep thinking |
D.it is time for him to give up his teaching method in history class |