题目内容
Ideas about education are changing in the United States. Education today is not just a high school diploma（文凭）or a college degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are interested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma. Continuing education gives these adults the chance to increase their knowledge. It also gives them a chance to improve their old skills or to learn new ones. If they know more or learn more, then they can get a better job or earn more money.
There are usually a large number of classes to choose from. Some adults take classes for fun
or because the class will be useful for them. Other adults take classes to improve their own lives because they want to feel better about themselves. Others can learn how to be good parents , or how to get along with other people.
There are many chances for adults to continue their learning. Almost any community college or public school system has a continuing education program. There are classes in schools, buildings, or churches. Most classes are in the evening, so working people can attend. The classes are usually small, and they are inexpensive. Thousands of people take continuing education classes each year. They receive no diploma and no grade for most of the classes they attend. For them, learning is something they do because they want to.
1．Attending continuing education classes .
A．doesn’t cost much money B．in expensive
C．requires a lot of passes D．is free of charge
2．Lots of people attend continuing education classes because .
A．the classes will help them feel better about themselves
B．there are many courses they can choose from
C．they can also go to church at the same time
D．learning is something they are interested in doing
3．What is the main idea of the last Paragraph?
A．Adults can continue their learning to get a diploma.
B．Most continuing education classes are in the evening.
C．Adults have many chances to continue their learning.
D．Classes are held for working people.
4．We can learn from the passage that .
A．college education is not important
B．adult education is very popular
C．other kinds of learning are more important than school learning
D．continuing education classes teach the same courses that are taught in colleges
ADCB
第1卷单元月考期中期末系列答案There have been big changes in the attitudes of most parents over the last few years. Physical punishment is banned in schools in most countries, and in many countries, there are moves to ban all physical punishment of children even at home. However, many parents still believe that they have the right to use some physical punishments to deal with certain misbehavior at certain ages.
It’s easy to find reasons to allow some physical punishments. One issue is that many parents find it very difficult to abandon physical punishment completely. Parents argue that this was the way they were brought up and that it didn’t do any harm to them. They believe that for the child’s sake they have the right to discipline the child in any way they consider fit, including using some physical punishments. The other one is that physical punishment can be quick and effective. There is not much point reasoning with a screaming child in the supermarket.
However, there are several reasons why we should stop using physical punishment. One point is that most parents are not trained to deal with misbehaving children. They don’t have enough resources or choices to handle the situation. As a result, they immediately react by hitting the child even if there are other solutions to the problem. Another point is that unless people are challenged or forced to change their belief, they may keep following negative habits. An example is seat belt use —now most people wear seat belts without thinking, while years ago the idea of using seat belts was strange to most people. In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change their habits.
In conclusion, parents have to change some of their belief and ideas about how children should be raised. It is possible to avoid the use of physical force, and doing so will help us move closer to the dream of removing violence from our society.
【小题1】According to the first paragraph, many parents think that ____________.
| A．they are free to use physical punishment on their children |
| B．most of the children behave badly in their daily life |
| C．they have changed their attitudes towards their children |
| D．physical punishment is effective to educate their children |
| A．they are disappointed with their children |
| B．they were brought up just in the same way |
| C．they don’t want to hurt their children badly |
| D．they don’t know what to do with their children |
| A．most people are used to wearing seat belts |
| B．it’s not difficult to change some negative habits |
| C．seat belts are really very necessary and useful |
| D．people won’t change their old habits unless forced |
| A．talk about a ban on using physical punishment |
| B．tell us we should educate our children in other ways |
| C．advise parents to give up using physical punishment |
| D．suggest physical punishment should be used at home |
I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such an attractive, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.
Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”.
But in memoir（回忆录） after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.
The way people stick to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually reduces their chances of ever obtaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic or charitable work, and self-improvement.
1.What does the author want to tell us? He wants to tell us .
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A．he lives in Hollywood, so he feels not happy |
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B．the true meaning of happiness |
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C．in fact, famous people are not very happy |
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D．happiness is not equal to fun |
2.What is many intelligent people’s viewpoint about happiness?
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A．Happiness just means having fun. |
B．Happiness is not equal to fun. |
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C．Happiness means doing what you like. |
D．Happiness means being rich. |
3.What does the underlined word “equate” in the second paragraph mean? It means .
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A．compare |
B．think |
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C．similar or connected |
D．match |
4.According to the passage, the author may agree .
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A．amusement park can bring us happiness |
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B．fun will bring some happiness to us |
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C．pain will bring us happiness |
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D．efforts can bring us happiness |