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  Mothers and daughters go through so much-yet when was the last time a mother and daughter sat down to write a book together about it all? Perri Klass and her mother, Sheila Solomon Klass, both gifted professional writers, prove to be ideal co-writers as they examine their decades of motherhood, daughterhood, and the wonderful ways their lives have overlapped(重叠).

  Perri notes with amazement how closely her own life has mirrored her mother's:both have full-time careers; both have published books, articles, and stories; each has three children; they both love to read.They also love to travel-in fact, they often take trips together.But in truth, the harder they look at their lives, the more they acknowledge their big differences in circumstance and basic nature.

  A child of the Depression(大萧条), Sheila was raised in Brooklyn by parents who considered education a luxury for girls.Starting with her college education, she has fought for everything she's ever accomplished.Perri, on the other hand, grew up privileged in the New Jersey suburbs of the 1960s and 1970s.For Sheila, wasting time or money is a crime, and luxury is unthinkable while Perri enjoys the occasional small luxury, but has not been successful at trying to persuade her mother into enjoying even the tiniest thing she likes.

  Each writing in her own unmistakable voice, Perri and Sheila take turns exploring the joys and pains, the love and bitterness, the minor troubles and lasting respect that have always bonded them together.Sheila describes the adventure of giving birth to Perri in a tiny town in Trinidad where her husband was doing research fieldwork.Perri admits that she can't sort out all the mess in the households, even though she knows it drives her mother crazy.Together they compare thoughts on bringing up children and working, admit long-hidden sorrows, and enjoy precious memories.

  Looking deep into the lives they have lived separately and together, Perri and Sheila tell their mother-daughter story with honesty, humor, enthusiasm, and admiration for each other.A written account in two voices, Every Mother Is a Daughter is a duet(二重奏)that produces a deep, strong sound with the experiences that all mothers and daughters will recognize.

(1)

Why does Perri think that her own life has mirrored her mother's?

[  ]

A.

They both have gone through difficult times.

B.

They have strong emotional ties with each other.

C.

They have the same joys and pains, and love and bitterness.

D.

They both have experiences as daughter, mother and writer.

(2)

The word “luxury” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

[  ]

A.

something rare but not pleasant

B.

something that cannot be imagined

C.

something expensive but not necessary

D.

something that can only be enjoyed by boys

(3)

What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

[  ]

A.

The content of the book.

B.

The purpose of the book.

C.

The influence of the book.

D.

The writing style of the book.

(4)

How are women's lives explored in this book?

[  ]

A.

In a musical form.

B.

Through field research.

C.

With unique writing skills.

D.

From different points of view.

答案:1.D;2.C;3.A;4.D;
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The magician (魔术师) usually depends on his skill with his hands, and on his knowledge of psychology (心理学). Since magic tricks are meant to fool people, the use of psychology is important. The magician must keep people from noticing all the movement of his hands and from thinking about the secret parts of his equipment. He must also lead the people to draw false conclusions. The magician’s success depend on the fact that many things seen by the eye do not register (记下) on the mind.

Two basic magic tricks are making objects seem to appear or to disappear. For example, the magician puts a small ball under one of several cups. The ball then seems to jump from one cup to another or to change color. What actually happens is that the magician, by quick hand movements, hides one ball. While doing this he talks to the people and waves a brightly colored cloth with one hand. The people are too busy watching the cloth and listening to the magician’s words to notice that his other hand is hiding the ball. 

Another favorite trick is to cut or burn something, and then make it appear again. What actually happens is that the magician makes the cut or burned object disappear by quickly hiding it while the people watch something else. Then he “magically” makes it appear again by displaying another object that has not been cut or burned.

1From the passage we know that the magician pretends to do things which     .

A. are possible                 B. are impossible

C. make people laugh               D. we can’t see

2An important part of a magic trick is that     .

A. a bright colored cloth is used

B. it does mot take too long to prepare

C. people don’t discover how it is done

D. the magician pretends to talk to the people watching

3The people draw false conclusions because     .

A. they are not as clever as the magician

B. they are led to believe what the magician does

C. there is no other explanation

D. the magician has knowledge of psychologists

4Psychology is an important part of magic tricks because     .

A. most magicians are psychologists

B. it tells you the magician doesn’t burn or cut anything

C. there is a special branch of psychology devoted to magic

D. it is used to make people believe what they have seen

5In this article the author intends to     .

A. make us not to believe what we have seen with our own eyes

B. expose the tricks played by the magician

C. tell the magician not to fool other people any more

D. explain how magic tricks are played

 

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The magician (魔术师) usually depends on his skill with his hands, and on his knowledge of psychology (心理学). Since magic tricks are meant to fool people, the use of psychology is important. The magician must keep people from noticing all the movement of his hands and from thinking about the secret parts of his equipment. He must also lead the people to draw false conclusions. The magician’s success depend on the fact that many things seen by the eye do not register (记下) on the mind.

Two basic magic tricks are making objects seem to appear or to disappear. For example, the magician puts a small ball under one of several cups. The ball then seems to jump from one cup to another or to change color. What actually happens is that the magician, by quick hand movements, hides one ball. While doing this he talks to the people and waves a brightly colored cloth with one hand. The people are too busy watching the cloth and listening to the magician’s words to notice that his other hand is hiding the ball. 

Another favorite trick is to cut or burn something, and then make it appear again. What actually happens is that the magician makes the cut or burned object disappear by quickly hiding it while the people watch something else. Then he “magically” makes it appear again by displaying another object that has not been cut or burned.

1From the passage we know that the magician pretends to do things which     .

A. are possible                 B. are impossible

C. make people laugh               D. we can’t see

2An important part of a magic trick is that     .

A. a bright colored cloth is used

B. it does mot take too long to prepare

C. people don’t discover how it is done

D. the magician pretends to talk to the people watching

3The people draw false conclusions because     .

A. they are not as clever as the magician

B. they are led to believe what the magician does

C. there is no other explanation

D. the magician has knowledge of psychologists

4Psychology is an important part of magic tricks because     .

A. most magicians are psychologists

B. it tells you the magician doesn’t burn or cut anything

C. there is a special branch of psychology devoted to magic

D. it is used to make people believe what they have seen

5In this article the author intends to     .

A. make us not to believe what we have seen with our own eyes

B. expose the tricks played by the magician

C. tell the magician not to fool other people any more

D. explain how magic tricks are played

 

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  When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their to say, but not impirtant Too often it is viewed as entertainment, but certainly not an education priority(优先), This view is shortsighted,In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students

  Music tells us who we are because music is an expression of the beings who from,Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as does a schubert song, The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions music expresses our character and values It came from American musical traditions Music expresses our character and values, Lt give us identity

  Music provdes a kind of percepton(感知)that cannot be acquied any other way Science can explain how the sun rises and setsThe arts explore the emotive(情感的)meaning of the same phenomenonWe need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reasonway to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reasonNo one way can get it all

  The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols They are ways we human beingstalkto each otherThey are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities our hungers our discoveriesour hopesThe arts ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others When we do mot give away from them the meanings that music expresses

  So music eeducation is far more necessary than people seem to realize

(1)

According to paragraph I, students ________

[  ]

A.

regard music as a way of entertainment

B.

disagree with their parents on education

C.

view music as an overlooled subject

D.

prefer the arts to science

(2)

In Paragraph 2, the author uses jazz an example to ________

[  ]

A.

compare it with rock music

B.

show music identifies a society

C.

introduce American musical traditions

D.

prove music influences people’s lifestyles

(3)

According to the passage, the arts and science ________

[  ]

A.

approach the world from different angles

B.

explore different phenomena of the world

C.

express people’s feeling in different ways

D.

explain what it means to be human differently

(4)

What is the main idea of the passage?

[  ]

A.

Music education deserves more attention

B.

Music should be of top education priority

C.

Music is an effective communication tool

D.

Music education makes students more imaginative

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  When I was seven my father gave me a Timex, my first watchI loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had amother one since it stopped ticking a decade agoWhy?Because I don’t need oneIhave a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or sonething like thatAll these devices(装置)tell the time-which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists; sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007

  This is ridiculousExpensive cars go faster than cheap carsExpensive clothes hang better than cheap clthesBut these days all watches tell the time as well as all lther watchesExpensive watches come with extra functions-but who needs them?How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole?So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?

  If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have colsed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound noteInstead the Swiss reinvented the watch, with the aid of millions of piunds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man wearing itRolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble famoly; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world

  Watches are now classified asinvestments(投资)A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly?350,000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from?15,000 to?30,000 plus in a yearBut a watch is not an investmentIt’s a toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashionPrices may keep going up-they’ve been rising for 15 yearsBut when of fashionPrices may keep going rp-they’ve been rising for 15 yearsBut when fashion moves on, the owner of that?350,000 beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Times

(1)

The sales of watches to young people have fallen because they ________

[  ]

A.

have other devices to tell the time

B.

think watches too expensive

C.

prefer to wear an iPod

D.

hame no sense of time

(2)

Itseems ridiculius to the writer that ________

[  ]

A.

people dive 300 metres into the sea

B.

expensive clothes sell better than cheap ones

C.

cheap cars don’t run as fast as expensive ones

D.

expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell

(3)

What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage?

[  ]

A.

It targets rich people as its potential customers

B.

It’s hard for the industry to beat its competitors

C.

It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising

D.

It’s easy for the industry to reinvent cheap watches

(4)

Which would be the best title for the passage?

[  ]

A.

Timex or Rolex?

B.

My Childhood Timex

C.

Watches?Mot for Me!

D.

Watches-a Valuable Collection

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  Almost two-thirds of children want their parents to spend more time reading to them before bed, and most prefer Mum's storytelling to Dad's, researchers said.

  They conducted a study that showed younger children aged 3-4 were most hungry for more stories, with over three-quarters saying they wished their parents read to them more often.

  More than half of all children aged 3-8 said story time was their favourite pastime with their parents.

  "The results of our research confirm the traditional activity of storytelling continues to be a powerful learning and emotional resource in children's lives," said child psychologist Richard Woolfson.

  Storytelling ranked higher than television or video games among pastimes for kids, and 82 percent said reading a story with their parents helped them sleep better, according the survey of 500 children aged 3-8 in Britain.

  The best storytellers were mothers who used funny voices to illustrate different characters or made their own special sound effects to keep the story moving, researchers said.

  When mum and dad are not at hand, celebrities will do:over 30 percent of children said they would like to hear a bedtime story from Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, with teen idols Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus and Emma Watson.

  "It can be very difficult for parents to find the time to read with their children, but these moments can help build strong bonds and play a vital part in their child's development," said Woolfson.

(1)

The underlined word “pastime” in the passage mot probably means ________

[  ]

A.

old time

B.

entertainment

C.

emotion

D.

character

(2)

The author develops the passage mainly by ________

[  ]

A.

pointing out similarities and differences

B.

following the natural time order

C.

comparing opinions from different fields

D.

providing examples and statistics

(3)

Reading a story with their parents helped most kids aged 3-8________

[  ]

A.

grow stronger

B.

become more emotional

C.

sleep better

D.

become more powerful

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