Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes(雪花)falling．Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands．Well, this is not just a problem for you．It was a problem for Wilson Bebtley, too．In the 1870s, Wilson Bebtley was just a teenager．His family lived in a small town in Bentley．His family lived in a small town in northeast America．Winters there were long and hard．Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher．She taught him at home．Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14．he was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books．
But it was his mother’s microscope(显微镜)that interested him．When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes．Bentley loved watching snowflakes．For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals(晶体)under his microscope．
The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them．But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all．
How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera．
The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one．But, his father didn’t agree．He thought the whole thing was a bad idea．He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming．
But finally Bentley did get a camera．For more than a year he tried to take picturs of snowflakes．On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera．“It was the greatest moment of my life,”Bentley said later．
For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals．Later he became known as“Snowflake”Bentley．
(1)
What would be the best title for this passage?
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A．
Snowflake photos
B．
Snowflake boy
C．
Long and hard winters
D．
Teenage photographer
(2)
We can learn from the story that Bentley’ father was a(n)________．
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A．
farmer
B．
funny man
C．
honest man
D．
school teacher
(3)
Which of the following statements about Bentley is TRUE?
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A．
He got no education as a child．
B．
He was born into a rich family．
C．
He took the first photo of an ice crystal with a camera．
D．
He was the first person to draw pictures of ice crystals．
“It hurts me more than you”, and “This is for your own good”－these are the statements my mother used to make to raise my sense of discipline(纪律)when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework．
That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school．The schools and the educators made it easy for us．They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy．We stopped making our children do homework．We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation．
Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake．One such teacher is Sharon Clomps who says of her students－“so passive”－and wonders what has happened．Nothing is demanded of them, she believes．Television, says Clomps, contributes to children’s passivity(被动)．“We’re talking about a generation of kids who’ ve never been hurt or hungry．They have learned somebody will always do it for them, instead of saying ‘go and look it up’, you tell them the answer．It takes greater energy to say no to a kid．”
Yes, it does．It takes energy and it takes work．It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work．It’ s time to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it’ s for their own good．It’s s time to start telling them no again．
(1)
Children are becoming more inactive in study because _________．
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A．
they watch TV too often
B．
they have done too much homework
C．
they have to fulfill too many duties
D．
teachers are too strict with them
(2)
We learn from the passage that the author’s mother used to lay stress on _________．
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A．
learning Latin
B．
discipline
C．
natural development
D．
education at school
(3)
By “permissive period in education”(L．1, Para．2)the author means a time _________．
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A．
when children are allowed to do what they wish to
B．
when everything can be taught at school
C．
when every child can be educated
D．
when children are permitted to receive education
(4)
The main idea of the passage is that _________．
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A．
parents should leave their children alone
B．
kids should have more activities at school
C．
it’s time to be more strict with our kids
D．
parents should always set a good example to their kids
阅读理解：
CHICAGO－Bill Clinton's eagerly awaited memoir(自传), My Life, will be published this June, and is sure to ignite(点燃)a firestorm of interest in an already politically charged election year．Bill Clinton said that most presidential memoirs are thought to be "dull and self-serving, but I hope mine is interesting and self-serving．”
My Life, which is being published by Knopf and will sell for ＄ 35, is expected by many industry watchers to rise to the top of the best-seller lists．
Clinton said the book tells the story of his life from his birth and childhood in Arkansas to his years in the White House．From the book readers can have a look at his successes and setbacks．
He tells the story “as it happens to me, so you see what it's like to be president．．．to see how everything happens at once．”
Without offering specifics or mentioning Monica Lewinsky, Clinton said, "I don't spare myself" in the book．
"I have no idea if this is a great book," he said, "but it's a pretty good story．"
Clinton was reportedly paid an advance of ＄10 million for the book, which was supposed to be done a year ago．
"The minute that book goes on sale, people will be lined up buying the book," said Bob Wietrak, a vice-president(副总统)and chief merchant for Barnes & Noble．
Some predict the 957-page book will be one of the few presidential memoirs to fly off shelves．
Booksellers have already taken pre-orders．The 1.5 million-copy first printing is bigger than the first run for Hillary Clinton's memoir Living History, which sold 1.8 million copies．
(1)
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the book My Life?
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A．
It will come out in June．
B．
It has 957 pages in all．
C．
It is priced at ＄ 35．
D．
It will be published by Barnes & Noble
(2)
Readers will not find much information about ________ in the book．
[ ]
A．
Clinton's childhood
B．
Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky
C．
Clinton's political life
D．
Clinton’s presidential election
(3)
The underlined word "setback" means _______．
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A．
a change from worse to better
B．
a change from better to worse
C．
a change from worse to worst
D．
a change better to best
(4)
What can we learn about the sale of book?
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A．
The whole printing will be bigger than that of Hillary Clinton's Living History
B．
Some booksellers have placed orders beforehand．
C．
The book will be taken off the shelves after it meets failure．
D．
People have to place an order for the book before it comes out．
阅读理解：
Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used．The American couch-potato becomes maybe even a part of the American tradition! You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch watching TV．As there are many channels to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive．One may sit and watch TV for hours and hours without stop! Well, these people who do nothing all day except watching TV are called couch-potatoes．
In America, when one watches TV, one is most often sitting on a couch．While watching TV, most of these people look so frozen that they almost look like dead things! Everyone is sitting still with eyes looking right into the same black box．Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don't take exercise and usually get very fat．So in many ways, these people look like real potatoes! Well, because they look so still and fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes．Now that you know what a couch-potato means, the next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”
(1)
The word “couch-potato” means someone who ________．
[ ]
A．
loves sitting on a couch all the time
B．
spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV
C．
likes eating potatoes on a couch
D．
enjoys eating on a couch and doing nothing
(2)
This passage mainly tells us ________．
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A．
how to watch TV
B．
why couch-potatoes are very fat
C．
what couch-potatoes are
D．
where the new word is used
(3)
Which of the following should be the writer's suggestion?
