题目内容
C
Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time—is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle an ever larger number of electronic devices(电子产品)as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a significant amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they cat at the family table.
Multitasking also affects young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinion of the effect of modern gadgets(器具)on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response(反应). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “juggle” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?
A.Want to buy | B.Take the place of. |
C.Use at the same time | D.Seek for information from. |
A.family members do not cat at the family table |
B.family member do not greet each other |
C.young people live happily in their families |
D.young people seldom talk with their family members |
A.Multitasking is harmful to young people’s development. |
B.Young people benefit a lot from modern gadgets |
C.Multitasking is an important skill to young people. |
D.Young people must learn skills for future jobs. |
A.providing typical examples | B.following the natural time order |
C.comparing opinions from different fields | |
D.presenting a cause and analyzing its effects |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】D
解析【小题1】此题为词义猜测题。从doing several things at the same time可以看出在young people juggle an ever larger number of electronic devices(电子产品)as they study中juggle表示同时在干... ...
【小题2】此题为细节判断。从They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they cat at the family table. 可以判断出答案为D.
【小题3】此题为归纳大意试题。从本段主题句Multitasking also affects young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. 可以得出答案为A.
【小题4】本题考查对全文的写作结构的归纳。
从文章的第一段可以看出:作者先提出在8岁到18岁之间的年轻人身上的 being able to multitask是不受人欢迎的这么一个观点。接着作者分析了being able to multitask给这些年轻人带来的坏的影响。
After the Summer Olympics are over, when all the athletics have gone home and the television audience has switched off, another group of athletics and fans will arrive at the host city, and another competition will begin. These are the Paralympics, the games for athletes with a disability. But in Beijing in 2008, for the first time, one of the greatest Paralympics will not be taking part.
She is a British athlete by the name of Tanni Grey-Thormpson. Born with spine hifida (脊椎裂) which left her paralysed from the waist down. Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7. at first, she was not keen on sport, apart from horse-riding, which gave her a sense of freedom. But in her teens, she started taking sports more seriously. She tried swimming, basketball and tennis. Eventually she found athletics, and never looked back.
Indeed, Tanni’s athletic career took off. In 1984, when she was 15, she pulled off a surprise victory in the 100metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.
In 1988, Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul. She won bronze in the 400 metres. Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona. Paralympics. Tanni won gold in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres relay, setting two world records in the process. In the same year she achieved she first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.
Tanni’s enduring success had been part motivation(动机), part preparation, “The training I do that enables me to be a good sprinter(短跑运动员) enables me to be good at a marathon too. I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I want to race…. I am still competing at a very high lever, but as I get older things get harder and I want to retire before I fall apart.”
Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
In spite of ups and downs, she never take her fate lying down. In her splendid life, she has won an amazing eleven gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in series of Paralympics- a top lever athletic career covering two decades. She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times, more than any other competitor, and she has set over thirty world records.
What advice does she have for young athletes? “Work hard at your studies, and then train, train and train again.”
【小题1】Which of the following sports did Tanni like before thirteen?
A.Basketball | B.Swimming. | C.Tennis. | D.Horse-riding. |
A.In 1984. | B.In 1988. | C.In 1992. | D.In 2007. |
A.fifty weeks’ training | B.being a good sprinter |
C.training almost every day | D.part motivation and part preparation |
a. She works as a coach. b. She took up athletics.
c. She won four gold medals in Barcelona. d. She competed in her first Paralympic Games.
e. She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathon.
A.b, d, c, e a | B.a, d, b, c ,e | C.A,d,c,e,b | D.b.d.a.e.c |
A.Union is strength. | B.Never too late to learn. |
C.Well begun is half done. | D.No pains, no gains. |
While firing off pictures of a curious five-month-old fox, photographer Simon Czapp soon realized his subject had quite an interest in photography herself. The clever fox was so curious about the camera equipment that she climbed right on top of it. And while she was supposed to be the subject of the shoot, the fox stood on the shutter release button (快门按钮) and took her own frames.
Mr Czapp visited the New Forest Wildlife Park to capture images of new arrival Jessie. She has been at the animal park in Ashurst, Hampshire — home to wolves, deer and other animals in 25 acres of ancient woodland — after being abandoned by her mother.
Mr Czapp said, “Jessie was very playful and curious and not at all camera shy. Soon after I arrived she was chewing my shoes and everything seemed to be a game to her. Then she started exploring the camera I had set up on a tripod (三脚架). She balanced her front paws on it and at one point knocked it over.”
He put the camera back on the tripod and Jessie soon jumped back up. At one point she had all four paws on the camera and was keeping her balance. Mr Czapp added, “She jumped up there several times and I realized it could make a good picture. As I was leaving with the public’s viewing window behind me, I thought I heard the camera go off but didn’t think much of it. But when I checked the memory card afterwards, I was amazed to see Jessie had actually taken two pictures of me photographing her. I couldn’t believe a fox had gained an advantage over me! Jessie is a lovely little fox. There were some lovely photos of her but she obviously thought the photographer was worthy of a picture too!”
【小题1】The underlined word “frames” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_________”.
A.photographers | B.pictures | C.buttons | D.advantages |
A.She arrived at the park five months ago. |
B.She lives at the park together with some other foxes. |
C.She was sent to the park because her mother left her. |
D.She loved the life in the park so much that she left her mother. |
a. Jessie pressed the shutter release button.
b. Mr Czapp left the camera to take a photo.
c. Jessie climbed onto the camera and balanced herself.
d. Mr Czapp set up his camera on a tripod.
e. Jessie stood up to look at the back of the camera.
A.d, e, c, b, a | B.a, b, c, d, e | C.c, b, e, a, d | D.d, e, b, c, a |
A.foxes are better at photographing than men |
B.some foxes are more friendly than humans |
C.Mr Czapp and Jessie took photos for each other |
D.Jessie gained an advantage over Mr Czapp in photographing |