题目内容
Let’s take a rest, ___________.
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A．will we |
B．shall we |
C．shan’t we |
D．won’t we |
B
【解析】略
Because of the change in the American public school system over the last several years, now many parents choose to home-school their children. There are many reasons behind this. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
For some parents, they have religious (宗教的) reasons for home-schooling. The public school system does not have religious teachings, so these parents want to put religion into the children’s daily school activities. This might include teaching religion-based courses rather than coursework that is taught in public schools.
For some parents, they do not feel that their local school system offers their children the best learning opportunities. So they want to take matters into their own hands. This may be because the local school has low educational standards (标准) or for some other reason the parents think it necessary to take their children out of the system. Sometimes the parents just feel the children will get a better education at home.
Some parents may not be rich enough to send their children to a private school, so the next best thing in their eyes is home-schooling. Thus they can teach their children what they like.
One should remember that the laws about home-schooling vary from state to state. In some states, the parents are required to hand in monthly attendance records (出席记录) to their local school system. What’s more, most states require state testing at certain periods such as the CRCT.
【小题1】The writer wrote this passage mainly to _______.
| A．advise parents to home-school their children |
| B．explain why some parents choose to home-school their children |
| C．tell us the advantages and disadvantages of home-schooling |
| D．praise home-schooling and private schools |
| A．school teachers are not strict with their children |
| B．their children don’t do well in their studies at school |
| C．their children don’t like going to school |
| D．they are not satisfied with the school education |
| A．Increase | B．Change | C．Spread | D．Keep |
| A．2 | B．4 | C．3 | D．5 |
Disease, poverty, hate, love－Charles Dickens’ stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his age. Two hundred years on, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens’ legacy（遗产） was far greater that just “great-literature”. February 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writer’s birthday. To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world. Let’s take a look at two of them.
A White Christmas
Dickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas” － not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today. In the early 19th century, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt. The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day－unthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off. Many people believe that Dickens’ popular descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come. In his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth－“home enjoyments, affections and hopes”. In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote: “Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas.”
“Dickens” poverty
Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian London. He helped popularize the term “red tape” to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy(官僚作风) in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society.
“Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty. In 2009, when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about poverty in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible” or “horrific”, but rather described it as “life mirroring the times of Dickens”.
1.The article is mainly about .
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A．a brief introduction to Charles Dickens’ |
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B．the characters in Charles Dickens’ stories |
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C．Charles Dickens’ impact（影响力) on the world |
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D．Charles Dickens’ achievements in literature |
2.Why is Dickens’ called “the man who invented Christmas”?
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A．Because he created both religious and culture festival. |
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B．Because one of his novels helped to shape Christmas celebrations. |
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C．Because his novels have something to do with Christmas. |
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D．Because he was the first man to have proposed celebrating Christmas. |
3.We can learn from the passage that .
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A．Charles Dickens’ novels reflect(反映) the true life at his age |
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B．Dickensian is widely used to describe the Christmas |
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C．Every person can take three days off for Christmas |
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D．The theme of Charles Dickens’ stories is about poverty |
4.What can we infer from the passage?
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A．Dickens gave the modern world six things. |
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B．Dickens is still popular today in Britain. |
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C．Dickens invented Christmas |
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D．Agreements made by the underclass of society |
It's _______ far _______ walk home from here. Let's take a bus.
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A．so, that |
B．too, to |
C．enough, to |
D．such, that |