题目内容
High interest rates ________people from borrowing money.
A. discourage B. decrease C. disturb D. disgust
【解析】A. 考查同字母动词词义辨析。discourage sb. from doing sth.使认为某事不值得做;decrease 减少;disturb打扰;disgust使厌烦。
Dear editor,
I am Paul , a senior English teacher in Linchuan No. 1 Middle School in Jiangxi Province , China. This letter is written to ask for your opinion.
The other day, I met with a multiple - choice exercise. We teachers argued heatedly with each other over its answer. Unfortunately, neither side could convince the other. The sentence is to be attached at the end of the letter. There is no doubt that the reference answer C is correct. But I don’t think it is the only answer. Personally, I do think A is also a reasonable choice in sense as well as in grammar, if the case is treated from another aspect.
What puzzles me is why we should deal with so many multiple - choice exercises with not rigorous(严谨的)enough reference keys. But being a teacher, it’s very important and necessary to make it clear to students which answer is correct, which is more appropriate, and which is the best one. Regrettably, Multiple - choice test, which is a bit old - fashioned in western countries, seems to be quite popular and covers a rather high percentage in all sorts of English tests in China, especially in NMET.
Personally speaking, I don’t think multiple - choice test form making up more than 75 percent of the total scores in college entrance examination is a very good and effective testing method. Instead, more subjective testing forms depending on one’s own thinking and his ability to use the language like key words falling, question answering, paragraph or passage summarizing, English - Chinese or Chinese - English inter - translation, etc. should be applied to English proficiency tests. Through the test forms mentioned above, students’ ability to use the language will be better developed. Consequently, more advanced and outstanding English learners could be picked out. In fact, a test paper focusing on multiple - choice test influences, in a sense, students to form their own language thinking, which hinders(阻碍)the development of their language ability as well. Do you think so?
I am looking forward to your authoritative opinion. Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Liao
【小题1】.
. What can be learnt from the letter is that the writer ________.
A.writes to argue with the editor over China’s present test system |
B.thinks the reference answer to the sentence is completely wrong |
C.thinks subjective test forms constitute a rather high percentage in NMET |
D.doesn’t think highly of China’s present English proficiency test forms |
. In order to better develop students’ ability to use English, the writer suggests ________.
A.dealing with more multiple - choice exercises |
B.laying stress on the practice of subjective exercises |
C.arguing hotly with teachers over reference answers |
D.considering a problem from different aspects |
Which of the following does NOT belong to subjective exercises in English learning?
A.Keeping a diary. | B.Summarizing a paragraph. |
C.Copying a test. | D.Translating a passage. |
The writer seems to feel ________ as to the future development of students’ language ability.
A.concerned | B.curious | C.confused | D.satisfied |
In South Korea, children get used to the Internet at an early age. A survey last year by the Ministry of information and Communication showed that nearly half of children between the age of 3 and 5 use the internet.
“In south Korea, the Internet has become a babysitter, said Lee Kyong Ko, a professor at Duksing, Women’s University in Seoul.
Online role-playing games, where participants make friends and band together, have a strong appeal to Koreans,“One problem with those games is that you build your online person through countless hours of battles, and you develop a huge emotional attachment to your game character,”said Chang Woo Min, a one-time online gamer.
Parents report that their children steal money and do not come home for days and even weeks, practically living in Internet Cafes, and sometimes they refuse to look for jobs and play games all night and sleep during the day.
The authorities require Internet cafes to keep their distance from schools, and they open camps for teenage addicts and distribute booklets(小册子) on the dangers of game addiction. In addition, they are training hundreds of counselors, who visit schools and Internet Cafes.
In the 28,000 Internet Cafes in South Korea, persons under 18 are banded from entry after 10 p.m.. The authorities have even discussed reducing the points of gamers who play for more than three consecutive (连续的) hours, But such talks have produced no agreement, amid concerns that such restrictions would put a high-growth industry in danger and worse the problem of teenagers stealing adult online identification numbers,“Sooner or later we will be able to announce our measures,”the minister of Information and Communication, Rho Jun Hyoung, said at a news conference in May.“Since South Korea is one of the most active and developed countries in the Internet, the world is paying great attention to What policy we will adopt on this problem.”
【小题1】According to the passage, in order to solve the Internet problem, the authorities of South Korea took the following measures EXCEPT
A.demanding the Internet Cafes to be far away from schools |
B.telling the students about the dangers of game addiction |
C.training counselors to visit schools and cafes |
D.banning all the people from entering the Internet after 10 p.m. |
A.most children under 6 in the South Korea use the Internet |
B.some parents hope their children use the Internet only at home |
C.all kinds of measures are not supported by all the people |
D.the authorities in the South Korea believe that it is most active and developed country in the Inter |
A.children are well looked after on the Internet |
B.children likes sitting in the Internet Cafes |
C.children can earn money working as a babysitter in Internet Cafes |
D.Internet has become a place where children are looked after while their parents are not there |
A.the Internet problems in South Korea | B.the bad effects of the Internet |
C.the measures of the authorities | D.teenagers like going surfing in South Korea |