When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable(痛苦的)，Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe．Working in a bakery(面包房)when you are allergic to(对…过敏)flour can be painful．
But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years．He was a businessman and he helped them improve production．At last his health problems became too serious．He left and formed his own company．
With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery．They tried new recipes(配方)．changing the kind and amount of flour used．This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain．The bread, made with unbleached flour(标准粉)，was baked in a brick oven(烘炉)．
They began by baking two dozen loaves．The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf．Winning customers to his unusual, old-fashioned bread took time．But Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States．
(1)
A good title for this passage would be ________．
[ ]
A．
A Sick Baker
B．
A Brick-oven Bread Baker
C．
An Old-fashioned Baker
D．
How to Overcome Allergy
(2)
Dean left the National Biscuit Company because he ________．
[ ]
A．
suffered from allergy to flour
B．
didn’t like the job
C．
wanted to make more money
D．
wanted to form his own company
(3)
During his stay in the National Biscuit Company, ________．
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A．
he founded Arnold Bakery
B．
he tried a new method of baking
C．
he helped the company improve their production
D．
he became successful in his business
(4)
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
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A．
Arnold’s bread was baked in a brick oven．
B．
Arnold’s bread was made with unbleached flour．
C．
Arnold’s bread was sold at a low price．
D．
Arnold’s bread was of poor quality．
(5)
From the passage we can conclude that Arnold was ________．
I came to study in America last fall．My life had been quite 1 since I arrived at Andover．Although I had quite a few extracurricular(课外)activities, I hadn't taken any official leadership position．
This 2 changed when I received an email from Ms Griffith, my cluster(a group of dorms)dean(主任), saying that a new female DC Rep was needed．DC Rep 3 Discipline(纪律)Committee Representative(代表)．Sometimes boarding school students break serious rules, like using drugs, getting drunk or cheating in their studies．The punishments given to such students are 4 by the DC Rep, a house counselor, two student representatives, the cluster president and the cluster dean．I was really interested in becoming DC Rep for my cluster, Pine Knoll, but so were five other students．We had to hold 5 and Ms Griffith asked us to write speeches to be sent to everyone in Pine Knoll．
I thought hard about what to write．I didn't want to make any 6 , because they are difficult to keep．I didn't want to say I was experienced, because I was not．So I started my speech by explaining why I wanted to become a DC Rep．“I want to serve Pine Knoll and also learn how American boarding schools carry out discipline,” I wrote 7 ．
I made three posters that said “Vote For Teresa” and put them on every exit of my dorm so that people would 8 my name when they went to vote．
Although I tried hard, I didn't win the election．I was disappointed, but my positive(积极的)nature did not allow me to 9 for very long．I actually smiled when my friends tried to comfort me, “Teresa, I am sorry that you didn't win the election,” they would say．
“No, don't be sorry for me．I am very happy to have taken part in the election,” I said．
It was true; the 10 was much more important than the result．I was surprised and happy to discover my hidden courage．
(1)
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A．
hard
B．
terrible
C．
happy
D．
simple
(2)
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A．
condition
B．
situation
C．
time
D．
life
(3)
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A．
stands for
B．
asks for
C．
calls for
D．
looks for
(4)
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A．
carried out
B．
given
C．
determined
D．
made
(5)
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A．
a discussion
B．
a meeting
C．
an election
D．
a selection
(6)
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A．
mistakes
B．
movements
C．
promises
D．
requests
(7)
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A．
seriously
B．
easily
C．
fluently
D．
honestly
(8)
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A．
recognize
B．
remember
C．
forge
D．
know
(9)
[ ]
A．
put down
B．
look down
C．
feel down
D．
lie down
(10)
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A．
reason
B．
attitude
C．
process
D．
aim
阅读理解
Are you working on your typing skills to make you become a more efficient worker?That may be all for nothing as Intel believes that we will be able to manage our computers with our brains by 2020．
Intel and its research partners are studying how the brain acts when it thinks．For example, scientists have found that people's brains react in a similar way when they are asked to think of a bear．Through some equipment that can also find this sort of brain activity, Intel thinks that it will be able to read and translate this into an input system tanks to an implantable chip in the brain．
“We are trying to prove you can do interesting things with brain waves．”Intel research scientist Dean Pomerleau told Computerworld．“Eventually people may be willing to be more devoted to brain implants．”Even if thinking about a bear isn't enough to show that you want to copy something, Intel still thinks that there is a future in suing your brain instead of the keyboard．“If we can get to the point where we can find specific words, you could mentally type,”he added．“You could compose characters or words by thinking about letters flashing on the screen．”
While this may all sound impractical or even inconvenient for present time, Intel thinks that it's possible．
“I think human beings are very adaptive,”said Andrew Chien, vice president of research and director of future technologies research at the Intel Labs．“If you had told people 20 years ago that they would be carrying computers all the time, they would have said,‘I don't want that．’Now you can't get them to stop．There are a lot of things that have to be done first but I think implanting chips into human brains is possible．”
Make good use of your mouse and keyboard set-up before they're old-fashioned．
(1)
What can be known about Intel from the passage?
[ ]
A．
it is researching how our brains manage our computers．
B．
it is working on how to improve people's typing skills．
C．
It is finding how the brain reacts when it thinks of a bear．
D．
It is studying the relation between what the brain thinks and how it acts．
(2)
From what Dean Pomerleau said, we can learn that ________．
[ ]
A．
brain implants are not accepted now
B．
people have no interest in the research
C．
mentally typing will probably be a real fact
D．
new things need a long time to be accepted
(3)
What Andrew Chien said can prove that ________．
[ ]
A．
everything is possible in the world
B．
man has great power to face difficulties
C．
society is changing from time to time
D．
man is very good at accepting new things
(4)
What does the last paragraph implay?
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A．
Everything should be used to the full．
B．
Mouses and keyboards won't exist in the future．
C．
Our brains can take the place of computers．
D．
Some new kinds of mouse and keyboard will appear．
阅读理解
I would like to tell you a story about my uncle Theo．He is my oldest uncle, a tall, thin, grey-haired man whose thoughts are always on learning and nothing else．He is quiet, gentle and absent-minded and with about as much sense as a child where money is concerned．Well, he applied a post in Camford University．It was a very good post and there were hundreds of candidates who applied for it, and about fifteen, including Theo, were asked to be interviewed．
Camford is a very small town; there is only one hotel in it, and it was so full that they had to put many of the candidates two in a room．Theo was one of these, and the man who shared the room with him was a self-confident fellow called Adams, about twenty years younger than Theo, with a loud voice, and a laugh that you could hear all over the hotel．But he was a clever fellow all the same and had a good post in Iscaiot College, Narkover．Well, the Dean, who was the head of the department of the University, and the committee interviewed all the candidates; and as a result of this interview, the number of the candidates was reduced to two, Uncle Theo and Adams．The committee couldn’t decide which of the two to take, so they decided to make their final choice after each of the candidates had given a public lecture in the college lecture-hall．The subject they had to speak on was “The Civilization of the Ancient Summerians”; and the lecture had to be given in three days’ time．
Well, for these three days Uncle Theo never left his room．He worked day and night at that lecture, writing it out and memorizing it, almost without eating or sleeping．Adams didn’t seem to do any preparation at all．You could hear his voice and his laughter where he had a crowd of people around him．He came to his room late at night, asked Uncle Theo how he was getting on with his lecture, and then told him how he had spent the evening playing bridge, or at the music hall．He ate like a horse and slept like a log; and Uncle Theo sat up working at his lecture．
The day of the lecture arrived．They all went into the lecture hall and Theo and Adams took their seats on the platform．And then, Theo discovered, to his horror, that typewritten copy of his speech had disappeared! The Dean said they would call on the candidates on the alphabetical order, Adams first; and the despair in his heart, Theo watched Adams calmly take the stolen speech out of pocket and read it to the professors who were gathered to hear it．And how well he read it! Even Uncle Theo had to admit he couldn’t have read it nearly so eloquently himself, and when Adams finished there was a great burst of applause．Adams bowed and smiled, and sat down．
Now, it was Theo’s turn．But what could he do? He had put everything he knew into the lecture．His mind was too much upset to put the same thoughts in another way．With a burning face he could only repeat, word for word, in a low, dull voice, the lecture that Adams had spoken so eloquently．There was hardly any applause when he sat down．
The Dean and the committee went out to decide who the successful candidate was, but everyone was sure what their decision would be．Adams leaned across to Theo and patted him on the back and said, smilingly, “Hard luck, old fellow, but after all, only one of us could win”
Then the Dean and the committee came back, “Gentlemen”, the Dean said, “the candidate we have chosen is Mr．Hob dell．” Uncle Theo had won! The audience were completely taken by surprise, and the Dean continued, “I think I ought to tell you how we arrived at the decision．We were all filled with admiration at the learning and eloquence of Mr．Adams．I was greatly impressed．But, you will remember, Mr．Adams read his lecture to us．When Mr．Hob dell’s turn came, he repeated that speech, word by word from memory, though, of course, he couldn’t have seen a line of it before．Now a fine memory is absolutely necessary for this post; and what a memory Mr．Hob dell must have! This is why we decided that Mr．Hob dell was exactly the man we wanted! ”
As they walked out of the room, the Dean came up to Uncle Theo, who was so confused but so happy that he hardly knew whether he was standing on his head or heels; and as he shook Theo’s hand he said, “Congratulations, Mr．Hob dell! But, my fellow, when you are on our staff, you must be more careful and not leave valuable papers lying about!”
(1)
Which of the followings best describes Uncle Theo?
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A．
Good-mannered
B．
Modest
C．
Childish
D．
Bookish
(2)
What do we know about the post at Camford University?
[ ]
A．
The applicants had to sit for an examination．
B．
There was much competition for the post．
C．
The post requires a lot of teaching experience．
D．
The post offered quite high salary．
(3)
Adams did not bother to do any preparation because _________．
[ ]
A．
he was quite familiar with the subject．
B．
he knew the committee members well．
C．
he had a well-thought-out plan．
D．
he had full confidence in himself．
(4)
When Uncle Theo’s turn came, _________．
[ ]
A．
he felt so angry that he couldn’t see a word．
B．
he felt so upset that he could not remember anything．
C．
he had to put the same thoughts in another way．
D．
he had to repeat the speech, word by word from memory．
(5)
When the committee went out to make a decision, Adams _________．
[ ]
A．
could not help feeling worried．
B．
could hardly wait to show his joy．
C．
felt sorry for Theo and tried to cheer him up．
D．
felt ashamed and tried to chat with Theo．
(6)
Theo became successful because _________．
[ ]
A．
he had a better memory than Adams．
B．
he was more experienced than Adams．
C．
the committee knew he was exactly the man they wanted．
D．
the committee knew Adams had copied Theo’s speech．
阅读理解
When it comes to using technology to foster education, the prevailing wisdom has been that more is better．Over the past decade, universities around the globe have invested heavily in the wired classroom, adding everything from external laptop connections to Blu-ray DVD players．But there is little evidence that these devices enhance learning－and, critics believe, they might actually hinder it, making both students and teachers passive．What if classrooms were restored to the pre-Internet days of wooden tables and chalk?
Take technology out of the classroom．Jose Nowen, dean of the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Texas, has done just that．He wants his faculty to “teach naked”, meaning without the aid of any machines．“Just because you have a PowerPoint presentation doesn’t mean you have a good lecture,” he argues．Classroom time should be reserved for discussions with the prefessor, aimed at teaching students to think critically, argue, and raise new questions．Due to the grim economic climate at most universities, he says, avoiding new technology is also a sound way to save money．
Bowen, who teaches music, delivers content via podcasts(播客), which students must listen to on their own time．He then quizzes them on the material before every class to make sure they’ve done the work, and uses class time for discussions and research according to the recorded lessons．He’s been teaching the same material for 25 years, but since he implemented the new way, he says, his students have been more engaged and scored better on exams．College students asked by researchers to list what motivates them have consistently emphasized teacher enthusiasm, organization, and raport(融洽的关系), while naming lack of active participation as a major disincentive(遏制因素)．Last spring the British Educational Research Journal published a survey that found that 59 percent of students called at least half their lectures boring－particularly those involving PowerPoint．
Technology has a place in education, but it should be used independently by students outside the classroom．That gives them more time to absorb lectures via podcast or video, and frees teachers to spend class time coaching students in how to apply the material rather than simply absorb it．
(1)
What’s the opinion of critics about the technology used in the classrooms?
[ ]
A．
It helps enhance teaching and learning．
B．
It puts extra financial burden on schools．
C．
It may serve as an obstacle to learning．
D．
It has injected great vitality into the class．
(2)
What does Jose Bowen expect his teachers to do?
[ ]
A．
To teach the students how to use technology after class．
B．
To explain the materials clearly in their unique ways．
C．
To give PowerPoint presentation when teaching．
D．
To teach the students without the aid of technology．
(3)
According to the passage, class time should be used to ________．
[ ]
A．
discuss how to treat techonlogy
B．
learn the materials by heart
C．
promote students’ critical thinking
D．
update students on new information
(4)
What do we learn from the third paragraph?
[ ]
A．
Active participation in class stimulates students to leran．
B．
Students need tests to check what they have learned．
C．
Most students regard lectures with PowerPoint as less boring．
D．
Teachers’ influence is the most important factor in teaching．
(5)
What is the author’s attitude towards using technology in the classroom?
