As a famous saying goes.life turns on small things．Sometimes it's hard to see how small choices can change your life．But when put together over time.the little things can make the biggest difference 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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2．As a famous saying goes，life turns on small things．Sometimes it's hard to see how small choices can change your life．But when put together over time，the little things can make the biggest difference．
The theme of SUCCESS of Teens is"Little Things Matter．"The book helps teens identify small，positive choices they can make in their lives to help them reach their goals．Lots of teens don't realize how the little choices in their lives can have lasting effects．Often they are focused on the bigger events，such as a major exam，a big game or competition，or choosing a college．The little things，however，can go unnoticed unless your teen understands how important they can be．
The little things that lead to success are mostly easy to do．Help your teen identify a few areas in everyday life where he or she can make small，positive choices．It might be as simple as getting up on time，planning to do their homework，putting in an extra 10minutes of practice or using some spare time to help someone else．
Eighteen-year-old George Fred used to be on his school baseball team and would play every day after school．When the season was over，he had an empty three hours a day，so he started spending one third of such extra time daily，looking for ways to help other kids．Over the last few years，his project has raised thousands of dollars to help abused，homeless and sick children．Fred spent just a little time each day doing something that ended up benefiting a lot of kids．The important thing to understand is that Fred made the small and positive decisions necessary for success．
Make sure your child understands that even though the results of the positive choices may not be seen right away，they are building on each other and taking him or her on a path that will lead to success．

54．What does the underlined part"turns on"in Paragraph 1probably mean？B
A．takes away
B．depends on
C．sets aside
D．puts out
55．We learn from Paragraph 2 thatD．
A．dealing with big events is the most important in one's life．
B．Little choices seldom have lasting effects on one's life．
C．Teens should try to focus their attention on big choices．
D．many teens fail to realize the importance of little choices．
56．What is the passage mainly talking about？C
A．the relationship between little choices and big choices．
B．the relationship between teens'goals and their actions．
C．the relationship between small positive choices and success．
D．the relationship between positive and negative decisions．

分析本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了小的积极的选择与成功之间的关系，我们的生活中到处都有一些很小的选择，而这些选择会使我们的生活有很大的不同，并且会对我们产生持久的影响．

解答 54．B 细节理解题，根据第一段Sometimes it's hard to see how small choices can change your life．But when put together over time，the little things can make the biggest difference．可知有时候一些很小的选择都能改变你的生活，因此前面的"turns on"指的是生活是取决于一些小的事情，故选B．
55．D 推理判断题，根据第二段Lots of teens don't realize how the little choices in their lives can have lasting effects．可知很多青少年不知道他们生活中的一些很小的选择会产生持久的影响，他们还没有意识到一些小的选择的重要性，故选D．
56．C 主旨大意题，通读全文可知作者在这篇文章中主要向我们介绍了小的积极的选择与成功之间的关系，故选C．

点评考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．

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—Did you enjoy the party?

--Yes,we___by our hosts.

A.were treated B.would be treated.

C.treated D.had treated

I was the oldest of five children back in the 60’s.We lived in a nice little three-bedroom bungalow（平房）in Michigan.Mom and Dad worked so hard, yet always found the time to spend with us.The only place they could take five active children to was the drive-in（汽车影院）movies!

We always looked forward to going to the drive-in! Mom would fill a big bag with home-made popcorn.On the way there, Dad would make a special stop at the penny candy store, where we were all allowed to fill a little brown bag with all kinds of penny candy.We were so excited, as we carried our treasures back to the car, knowing we couldn’t eat it until the car-toon began.

We would get there early, so that we could play on the playground, right under the big screen.As soon as it started to get dark, the screen lit up, and we would race bake to the car to get our candy.

There were always two cartoons playing before the movie , like Felix the Cat, The Coyote, and Tom and Jerry. But what was just as exciting was the ticking clock advertisement for the refreshment stand, with dancing hot dogs, candy and ice cream.That came on right before the movie.It was all that five kids could hope for, and by then, stay awake for.

We would get home around 2 am, pretty late for us.Mom helped us drag ourselves and our pillows to our beds and dad carried in the little ones.

I was disappointed the day they closed the last drive-in in our town.It will always hold special memories for us—those days of penny candy.

1.What could the author eat when he watched the cartoons and movies?

A. Hot dogs B. Ice cream.

C. Hamburgers. D. Popcorn and candy.

2.What does the underlined phrase “our treasures” in the second paragraph refer to?

A. Mom and dad. B. The penny candy.

C. Favorite cartoons. D. Homemade popcorn.

3.What was the last show before the movie?

A. Felix the Cat. B. Tom and Jerry.

C. The dancing hot dogs. D. The ticking clock advertisement.

4.What do we know about the author?

A. He had a boring childhood. B. He had four younger brothers.

C. He missed the drive-in very much. D. He didn’t like watching the movies at all.

You’ve probably heard such reports. The number of college students majoring in the humanities (人文学科) is decreasing quickly. The news has caused a flood of high-minded essays criticizing the development as a symbol of American decline.

The bright side is this: The destruction of the humanities by the humanities is, finally, coming to an end. No more will literature, as part of an academic curriculum, put out the light of literature. No longer will the reading of, say, “King Lear” or D.H. Lawrence’s “Women in Love” result in the annoying stuff of multiple-choice quizzes, exam essays and homework assignments.

The discouraging fact is that for every college professor who made Shakespeare or Lawrence come alive for the lucky few, there were countless others who made the reading of literary masterpieces seem like two hours in the dentist’s chair.

The remarkably insignificant fact that, a half-century ago, 14% of the undergraduate population majored in the humanities (mostly in literature, but also in art, philosophy, history, classics and religion) as opposed to 7% today has given rise to serious reflections on the nature and purpose of an education in the liberal arts.

Such reflections always come to the same conclusion: We are told that the lack of a formal education, mostly in literature, leads to numerous harmful personal conditions, such as the inability to think critically, to write clearly, to be curious about other people and places, to engage with great literature after graduation, to recognize truth, beauty and goodness.

These serious anxieties are grand, admirably virtuous and virtuously admirable. They are also a mere fantasy.

The college teaching of literature is a relatively recent phenomenon. Literature did not even become part of the university curriculum until the end of the 19th century. Before that, what came to be called the humanities consisted of learning Greek and Latin, while the Bible was studied in church as the necessary other half of a full education. No one ever thought of teaching novels, stories, poems or plays in a formal course of study. They were part of the leisure of everyday life.

It was only after World War II that the study of literature as a type of wisdom, relevant to actual, contemporary life, put down widespread institutional roots. Soldiers returning home in 1945 longed to make sense of their lives after what they had witnessed and survived. The abundant economy afforded them the opportunity and the time to do so. Majoring in English hit its peak, yet it was this very popularity of literature in the university that spelled its doom, as the academicization of literary art was accelerated.

Literature changed my life long before I began to study it in college. Books took me far from myself into experiences that had nothing to do with my life, yet spoke to my life. But once in the college classroom, this precious, alternate life inside me got thrown back into that dimension of my existence that bored me. Homer, Chekhov and Yeats were reduced to right and wrong answers, clear-cut themes and clever interpretations. If there is anything to worry about, it should be the disappearance of what used to be an important part of every high-school education: the literature survey course, where books were not academically taught but thoroughly introduced—an experience unaffected by stupid commentary and useless testing.

The literary classics are places of quiet, useless stillness in a world that despises (鄙视) any activity that is not profitable or productive. Literature is too sacred to be taught. It needs only to be read.

Soon, if all goes well and literature at last disappears from the undergraduate curriculum—my fingers are crossed—increasing numbers of people will be able to say that reading the literary masterworks of the past outside the college classroom, simply in the course of living, was, in fact, their college classroom.

1.The author mentions “two hours in the dentist’s chair” in Paragraph 3 to indicate that _______.

A. the average literature class in college is two hours long

B. reading literary works is made unbearable by professors

C. it actually does not take long to read the classics of literature

D. college students don’t spend much time on literary masterworks

2.The sharp drop in the number of majors in the humanities _______.

A. has given rise to quite a shock in the intellectual world

B. promises the remarkable destruction of the humanities

C. shows more people read literature outside the classroom

D. has caused the author to reflect on the nature of literary creation

3.Which of the following opinions may the author hold?

A. The disappearance of literature should be strongly applauded.