题目内容
The mayor of a small town invited a wise man to dinner. The town’s economy was bad and the local people were disappointed. They wanted this wise man to give them some help.
During his speech, the wise man took a large piece of white paper and made a small black dot in the centre of it with a marker pen. Then he held the paper up before the group and asked them what they saw.
One person quickly replied, “I see a black dot.”
“Okay, what else do you see?”
Others joined in agreement, “A black dot.”
“Don’t you see anything besides the dot?” he asked.
“No,” all of them replied.
“What about the piece of paper?” asked the wise man. “I am sure you have all seen it,” he said, “but you have chosen to overlook it.”
“In life, we often overlook many wonderful things that we have, or that happen around us and we only focus on small, dot-like failures and problems. The so-called ‘problems’ that we have are usually like the black dot on the paper. They are small and unimportant if we can look at the whole picture.”
Are you one of the people who focus on dot-like problems?
56. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The people in the town didn’t believe the wise.
B. The wise man took out a piece of paper to test the people’s eyes.
C. The people in the town were very rich.
D. The people in the town were worried about their economy.
57. According to the wise man, “the black dot” represents ______.
A. problems in life B. things people like
C. people’s lives D. the centre of the paper
58. What did the wise man think according to the passage?
A. The people in the town were foolish.
B. There was something wrong with the people’s eyes.
C. Things were not so bad as the people thought.
D. The town’s economy was in serious trouble.
导学教程高中新课标系列答案An idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time.
In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed
by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched (发起）the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong kong.
In Chicago, the mayor(市长）appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighbourhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.
The only problem arose in New York ,where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point ,putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.
Eventually，as Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process, or h
ave enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.
【小题1】What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?
A．To invite authors to guide readers. | B．To encourage people to read and share. |
| C．To involve people in community service. | D．To promote the friendship between cities. |
| A．They had little interest in reading. | B．They were too busy to read a book. |
| C．They came from many different backgrounds | D．They lacked support from the local government |
asily carried out?| A．In large communities with little sense of unity | B．In large cities where librar ies are far from home |
| C．In medium-sized cities with a diverse population | |
| D．In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached |
” in Paragraph 5 probably mean .| A．exchanged ideas with each other | B．discussed the meaning of a word |
| C．gamed life experience | D．used the same language |
| A．the careful selection of a proper book | B．the growing popularity of the writers |
| C．the number of people who benefit from reading | D．the number of books that each person reads |
An idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same tome.
In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched (发起）the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits,study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong kong.
In Chicago, the mayor(市长）appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighbourhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.
The only problem arose in New York ,where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns,where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point ,putting all their energy
And passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.
Ultinatel was Nancy points out,the level of sucicess is not meastured by how many people read a book,but by how many people are enriched by the process.or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.
【小题1】What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?
| A．To invite authors to guide readers. |
| B．To encourage people to read and share. |
| C．To involve people in communnity service. |
| D．To promote the friendship between cities. |
| A．They had little interest in reading. |
| B．They were too busy to read a book. |
| C．They came from many different backgrounds |
| D．They lacked support from the locat government |
| A．In large communities with little sense of unity |
| B．In large cities where libraries are far from home |
| C．In medium-sized cities with a diverse population |
| D．In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached |
| A．exchanged ideas with each other |
| B．discussed the meaning of a word |
| C．gamed life experience |
| D．used the same language |
| A．the careful selection of a proper book |
| B．the growing popularity of the writers |
| C．the number of people who benefit from reading. |
| D．the number of books that each person reads. |
The news of the mayor’s coming to our school for a visit was ____ on the radio yesterday．
|
A．turned out |
B．found out |
C．given out |
D．carried out |