阅读理解

  In order to communicate thoughts and feelings, there must be a conventional system of signs or symbols which mean the same to the sender and the receiver.

  The means of sending communications are too numerous and varied for systematic classification; therefore, the analysis must begin with the means of receiving communication. Reception of communication is achieved by our senses. Sight. hearing and touch play the most important roles.

  Examples of visual communication are gesture and mimicry. Although both frequently accompany speech, there are systems that rely solely on sight, such as those used by deaf and dumb persons. Another means of communicating visually is by signals of fire, smoke, flags, or flashing lights. Feelings may be simply communicated by touch, such as handshaking or backslapping, although a highly developed system of handshaking has enabled blind, deaf, and dumb persons to communicate intelligently. Whistling to someone, applauding in a theater and other forms of communication by sound rely upon the ear as a receiver. The most fully developed form of auditory communication is, of course, the spoken language.

  The means of communication mentioned so far have two features(特点)in common; they last only a short time, and the persons involved must be relatively close to each other. Therefore, all are restricted in time and space.

1.Why does the author explain that he will deal with reception of communication first?

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A.communication actually takes place when the message is received

B.there are more means of receiving than sending communications

C.it is difficult to organize by type the means of sending communications

D.reception of communications involved use of the senses

2.Applauding is specifically mentioned as an example of ________.

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A.a simple system of visual communication

B.communication by touch

C.gesture and mimicry

D.communication by sound

3.Which of the following statements about communication by touch is true?

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A.It is possible to communicate intelligently by touch alone

B.Touch must accompany visual communication

C.Touch is not important as a means of communication

D.There is no well-developed system of communication based on touch

4.Which of the following statements about the ways of communicating ideas and feelings mentioned in the passage is false?

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A.They can be used to communicate over long distances

B.They require both a sender and a receiver

C.They involve use of conventional signs and symbols

D.They utilize the senses for reception

5.The author specifically mentions that speech is ________.

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A.necessary for satisfactory communication by gesture

B.the only highly developed form system of communication

C.often used when communicating by touch

D.the mast developed form of communication based on hearing

任务型阅读(每小题1分,满分10分)

请认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。

Children who grow up with self-control and an understanding of others’ needs will be happy and successful adults, according to Dr. Cleen Kelly Mast, an expert on children’s health. The key to raising a successful child comes from realizing what is true happiness.

For a person to be truly happy, he or she should learn to form the habits of self-discipline and generosity (慷慨). Parents must help their children to reach this point by emphasizing the development of virtue and the advantage of forming good habits. “We have wonderful support systems through our schools,” Dr. Mast said, “but they are just support systems. The school cannot make up for what is lacking at home.” According to Dr. Mast, family life is well suited to educate children in virtuous living and the development of what she calls a “fine-tuned” conscience, which brings happy feeling.

So how can busy parents help children fine-tune their consciences? Dr. Mast suggested parents stop blaming and criticizing and teach children the skills of self-discipline through concrete actions.

However, a parent’s good example is not enough. Children must become involved in their own development. Parents can help to achieve that by making children realize that they are responsible for their actions in difficult situations, and they can choose to stop protecting them from painful experiences as well. Good discipline is not just making children follow their parents’ demands. “We parents must encourage them with more than ‘Because I said so.’” said Dr. Mast. Besides, orderliness and organization are quite important for children to achieve self-discipline.

In a broad sense, humans are designed to love, and love involves sacrifice, which is not a quite popular idea in the modern world. Parents need to work on developing their children’s habits of generosity and kindness to others. “Help your child, and yourself, to think kind thoughts of others, while pushing out negative thoughts.” said Dr. Mast. She also suggested parents find out their children’s nature by analyzing the way they react to situations or to other people. And it is also considered effective to have them develop the habit of reviewing the day nightly, with a focus on correcting their own particular faults.

But life is not all work and no play. All have the right to enjoy life. As parents, it is your duty to help your children form good habits and let them have fun while working hard, which will result in success when they grow up.

Title

Develop habits that make children successful

Theory

The key to raising successful children comes from (1) _________ what is true happiness and encouraging children to form habits of self-discipline and generosity.

Schools are just support systems, which cannot make up for what children (2) _________ to learn at home.

Help children to be self-disciplined

Parents should stop blaming and criticizing, set a(n) (3) _________ for their children and help them acquire the skills of self-discipline.

Children should be aware that facing difficult situations, it is their

(4) _________ to learn how to act.

Good discipline is not just forcing children into (5) _________ the requests of their parents.

It is important for children to learn how to keep things in (6) _________ and to be organized.

Help children to be

generous

It is suggested that parents find out the nature of their children through their (7) _________ to situations or to other people.

Developing the habit of reviewing the day every (8) _________ is a great help in correcting particular faults.

(9) _________

It is a duty for parents to help children form good habits, which leads to children’s (10) _________ in the future.

 

 

       He was an old man who fished alone in a boat in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.hi the first forty days a boy had been with him.But after tony days without a fish the boy's parents had told him that the old man was now definitely salao and he finally would be so.The boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week.It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff (鱼钩) and harpoon (鱼叉) and the sail that was rolled around the mast (桅杆).The sail was patched with flour bags and, rolled, it looked like tneflag of permanent defeat.

       The old man was very thin with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck.The brown blotches(斑点)of the skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks.The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords.But none of these scars were fresh.They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

       "Santiago," the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the boat was pulled up."I could go with you again.We've made some money." The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.

       "No," the old man said."You're with a lucky boat.Stay with them."

       "But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks."

       "I remember," the old man said."I know you did not leave me because you doubted."

       "It was papa who made me leave.I am a boy and I must obey him."

       "I know," the old man said."It is quite normal."

       "He hasn't much faith."

       "No," the old man said."But we have.Haven't we?"

       "Yes," the boy said."Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace and then we'll take the stuff home."

       "Why not?" said the old man, "between fishermen."

55.The underlined word "salao" in the first paragraph probably means ____.

       A.lonely      B.unlucky  C.selfish          D.stubborn

56.The boy left the old man and went in another boat to fish because ____.

       A.the old man preferred to fish alone      

       B.the old man was poor

       C.the boy's parents ordered him to             

       D.the old man's sail suggested a permanent defeat

57.After reading this passage, we may safely conclude that ____.

       A.the old man was insistent and not afraid of failure

       B.the boy's papa had confidence in everything

       C.the old man caught big fishes during eighty-seven days

       D.the boy obeyed his father because he had some doubts about the old man

58.What might happen after the last paragraph?

       A.The old man and the boy might go to fish with other fishermen.

       B.The old man might go to have a drink with the boy.

       C.The old man and the boy might go to enjoy beer at the old man's home.

       D.The old man might go to tell the boy's papa about the secrets between fishermen.

第三部分: 阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

He was an old man who fished alone in a boat in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff (鱼钩) and harpoon (鱼叉) and the sail that was furled around the mast (桅杆). The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.

The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. The brown blotches(斑点)of the skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.

Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the skiff was pulled up. “I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.”

The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.

“No,” the old man said. “You’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them.”

“But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks.”

“I remember,” the old man said. “I know you did not leave me because you doubted.”

“It was papa who made me leave. I am a boy and I must obey him.”

“I know,” the old man said. “It is quite normal.”

“He hasn’t much faith.”

“No,” the old man said. “But we have. Haven’t we?”

“Yes,” the boy said. “Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace and then we’ll take the stuff home.”

“Why not?” the old man said. “Between fishermen.”

56. The boy left the old man and went in another boat to fish because            .

A. the old man preferred to fish alone              

B. the old man was unlucky

C. the boy’s parents ordered him to

D. the old man’s sail suggested a permanent defeat

57. After reading this passage, we may safely conclude that                 .

A. the old man was insistent and not afraid of failure

B. the boy’s papa had confidence in everything

C. the old man caught big fishes during eighty-seven days

D. the boy obeyed his father because he had some doubts about the old man

58. What might happen after the last paragraph?

A. The old man and the boy might go to fish with other fishermen.

B. The old man might go to have a drink with the boy.

C. The old man and the boy might go to enjoy beer at the old man’s home.

D. The old man might go to tell the boy’s papa about the secrets between fishermen.

                

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