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What did you dream about last night? Did your teeth fall out or did you fly? Maybe you died or someone you know did．Or maybe you were back in high school．These are among the most common dreams people have and they all mean something．Here are some of the most common dreams and their interpretations or symbolism．

Dreams of flying．Dreams of flying represent feelings of freedom that may result from an instance when you overcome a limitation or obstacle．Usually, children have more flying dreams than adults, because children are more open to their possibilities, and adults have often accepted limitations imposed by society．

Teeth falling out．Food in a dream is symbolic of knowledge because food nourishes the physical body and knowledge nourishes the soul．Teeth are a means to break down food or knowledge．When your teeth fall out in a dream, it could signify that you feel ill - equipped to break down the knowledge that you have available, that the way you break things down has changed．That change can be either positive or negative．

High school dreams．High school is a place of learning from the past, and dreaming of being unprepared for a high school test can indicate a struggle to access information you need to handle in your life．

Recurring dreams and nightmares．Recurring dreams are your subconscious （潜意识）mind's way of trying to get your attention．A recurring dream is a step down from a nightmare that is a louder, more insistent way your subconscious mind communicates．If you have a recurring dream, try to stop in the dream and identify what the dream is trying to tell you．That could mean asking someone who is chasing you what he or she wants．A woman dreamed for years that an old, haggard woman was chasing her around her home．When she finally stopped in the dream and asked the old woman what she represented, the old woman suddenly turned into a beautiful young woman and replied, "I represent your question of ' what if?’ "

The text is mainly about ____．

A．high school dreams  B．dreams' symbolism

C．dreams of flying             D．nightmares

After you' ve got out of some difficulties, you might have a ____．

A．high school dream           B．dream of flying

C．dream of teeth falling out          D．a nightmare

If you dream of being unprepared for a "high school test, it means____．

A．you' re trying to learn something

B．you will certainly fail in the test

C．you will be scolded by your teacher

D．you' re not well prepared for the test

The underlined word "identify" in the last paragraph most probably means____．

A．break out       B．recall     C．make out D．explain

The woman' s dream is mentioned mainly to ____．

A．tell us nothing but an interesting story

B．show us what a nightmare is like

C．tell us that women are always changeable

D．show us the way to deal with a recurring dream

【小题1】B

【小题2】B

【小题3】A

【小题4】C

【小题5】D


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　　I am an advocate for my son．I made it my responsibility to inform all of his high school teachers and principals that our family goal was for him to attend college．When you, the parent, inform a teacher that the family had high expectations for your child, then that teacher takes on a whole different attitude to him or her．

　　When Chris started high school, I started my habit of keeping track of his absences and tardiness(上学迟到)on my calendar at home．In a way, it pleased him that I cared so much．

　　One semester in his junior year, he came home with a report card that showed three times as many days absent from school as I had on y calendar．When I asked him about it, he looked at the report card and his eyes got very wide．

　　“That must be a mistake, Mom,”he said．“Maybe there was an error in the computer．”He assured me that he had not been skipping school．

　　While I was prepared to believe him, I also needed to check with the school to make sure．The next morning, I went with Chris before school to the vice principal’s office and showed him the report card with the excessive(过度的)number of absences．He spoke up immediately．

　　“Oh, Ms．Chandler, I’m so sorry．We are planning to inform all the parents that there was a glitch in the reporting of the days absent for all the kids．I don’t think any of them went out correct．”Chris was here when he says he was here．

　　I was relieved that everything was all right, and as I left his office the vice principal said to me,“Hundreds of report cards went out with the wrong number of absences, but you’re the only parent who has called or stopped in to check up on it．”

(1)

When Chris saw the report card, he felt ________．

[　　]

A．

ashamed

B．

surprised

C．

frightened

D．

angry

(2)

Why did the author go to her son’s school with the report card?

[　　]

A．

To prove Chris innocent．

B．

To correct the mistake．

C．

To find out the truth

D．

To expose Chris as a liar．

(3)

The underlined word“glitch”in Paragraph 6 can be best replaced by“________”．

[　　]

A．

problem

B．

correction

C．

statement

D．

change

(4)

It can be inferred from the passage that the author ________．

[　　]

A．

changed all teachers’ attitudes to her son

B．

had high expectations for her son’s school

C．

was dissatisfied with her son’s school

D．

kept in touch with her son’s school

(5)

By saying“Chris was here when he says he was here”, what did the vice principal mean?

[　　]

A．

Chris was seldom absent from school．

B．

Chris was telling the truth．

C．

Chris never broke his promise．

D．

Chris was well-disciplined．

The only way to travel is on foot

The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled（标记）by anthropologists（人类学家）. Descriptions like ‘Palaeolithic(旧石器时代) Man’, ‘Neolithic Man’, etc., neatly（干净地；整洁地） sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label ‘Legless Man’. Histories of the time will go something like this: ‘in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators（自动电梯，自动扶梯）in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers（居民） of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred （糟蹋）by the presence of large car parks. ’

The future history books might also record that we were deprived（剥夺） of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world – or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop.

Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: ‘I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.’ The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says ‘I’ve been there. ’ You mention the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say ‘I’ve been there’ – meaning, ‘I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. ’

When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.

1. Anthropologists label nowadays’ men ‘Legless’ because

       A . people forget how to use his legs.            B  people prefer cars, buses and trains.

       C  lifts and escalators prevent people from walking. D  there are a lot of transportation devices.

2. Travelling at high speed means

       A people’s focus on the future.   B a pleasure.

C satisfying drivers’ great thrill.  D a necessity y of life.

3. Why does the author say ‘we are deprived of the use of our eyes’ ?

       A  People won’t use their eyes.     B In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless.

       C  People can’t see anything on his way of travel.   D  People want to sleep during travelling.

4. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?

       A Legs become weaker.   B Modern means of transportation make the world a small place.

       C There is no need to use eyes.    D The best way to travel is on foot.

5. What does ‘a bird’s-eye view’ mean?

       A  See view with bird’s eyes.    B  A bird looks at a beautiful view.

C It is a general view from a high position looking down.   D  A scenic place.

 A few months ago as I wandered through my parents’ house, the same house I grew up in, I had a sudden, scary realization. When my parents bought the house, in 1982, they were only two years older than I am now. I tried to imagine myself in two years, ready to settle down and buy the house I’d still be living in almost 30 years later.

It seemed ridiculous. On a practical level, there’s no way I could afford to buy a house anytime soon. More importantly, I wouldn’t want to. I’m not sure where I’ll be living in two years, or what kind of job I’ll have. And I don’t think I’ll be ready to settle down and stay in one place.

So this is probably the generation gap that divides my friends and me from our parents. When our parents were our age, they’d gotten their education, chosen a career, and were starting to settle into responsible adult lives.

My friends and I – “Generation Y” – still aren’t sure what we want to do with our lives. Whatever we end up doing, we want to make sure we’re happy doing it. We’d rather take risks first, try out different jobs, and move from one city to another until we find our favorite place. We’d rather spend our money on travel than put it in a savings account.

This casual attitude toward responsibility has caused some critics to call my generation “arrogant”, “impatient”, and “overprotected”. Some of these complaints have a point. As children we were encouraged to succeed in school, but also to have fun. We grew up in a world full of technological innovation: cellphones, the Internet, instant messaging, and video games.

Our parents looked to rise vertically(垂直的)--starting at the bottom of the ladder and slowly making their way to the top, on the same track, often for the same company. That doesn’t apply to my generation.

Because of that, it may take us longer than our parents to arrive at responsible, stable adulthood. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In our desire to find satisfaction, we will work harder, strive for ways to keep life interesting, and gain a broader set of experiences and knowledge than our parents’ generation did.                                                                              

By Ariel Lewiton

1.When the author walked through her parents’ house, she _______.

A．was frightened that she had no idea what she wanted from life

B．started to think about her own life

C．realized I should buy a house.

D．wondered why her parents had settled down early

2.What is the main “generation gap” between the author and her friends and their parents according to the article?

A．Their attitude toward high technology.

B．Their ways of making their way to the top.

C．Their attitude towards responsibility.

D．Their ways of gaining experience.

3.Which of the following might the author agree with?

A．It’s all right to try more before settling down.

B．It’s better to take adult responsibility earlier.

C．It involves too much effort to rise vertically.

D．It’s ridiculous to call her generation “arrogant”.

4.What can we conclude from the article?

A．The author is envious of her parents enjoying a big house at her age.

B．Growing up in a hi-tech world makes “Generation Y” feel insecure about relationships.

C．“Generation Y” people don’t want to grow up and love to be taken care of by their parents.

D．The author wrote this article so that others would be able to understand her generation better.

5.What is the main theme of the article?

A．The sudden realization of growing up.

B．A comparison between lifestyles of generations.

C．Criticisms of the young generation.

D．The factors that have changed the young generation.

 
 

Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. “It’s a well-known pattern,” said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. “Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.” 

He points out that differences among households（家庭）exist. But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women when they have children,” Stafford said.  

Overall, times are changing in the American home. In 1976, women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweeping-and-dusting work, compared with 17 hours in 2005. Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in 2005.  

Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours, while married women in their 60s and 70s did the most-about 21 hours a week.  

Men showed a somewhat different pattern, with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.  

Having children increases housework even further. With more than three children, for example, wives took on more of the extra work, clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands’10 hours.  

1.According to the “well-known pattern” in Paragraph 1, a married man___________.  

A. takes on heavier work             B. does more housework 

C. is the main breadwinner            D. is the master of the house 

2.How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s? 

A. About 23.                      B. About 26.  

C. About 13.                       D. About y.  

3.What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text? 

A. An unmarried man.               B. An older married man.  

C. A younger married man.           D. A married man with children.  

4.What can we conclude from Stafford’s research? 

A. Marriage gives men more freedom.  

B. Marriage has effects on job choices.   

C. Housework sharing changes over time.  

D. Having children means doubled housework.  

 

I am an advocate for my son. I made it my responsibility to inform all of his high school teachers and principals that our family goal was for him to attend college. When you, the parent, inform a teacher that the family had high expectations for your child, then that teacher takes on a whole different attitude to him or her.

       When Chris started high school, I started my habit of keeping track of his absences and tardiness(上学迟到) on my calendar at home. In a way, it pleased him that I cared so much.

       One semester in his junior year, he came home with a report card that showed three times as many days absent from school as I had on y calendar. When I asked him about it, he looked at the report card and his eyes got very wide.

       “That must be a mistake, Mom,”he said. “Maybe there was an error in the computer.”He assured me that he had not been skipping school.

       While I was prepared to believe him, I also needed to check with the school to make sure. The next morning, I went with Chris before school to the vice principal’s office and showed him the report card with the excessive(过度的) number of absences. He spoke up immediately.

       “Oh, Ms. Chandler, I’m so sorry. We are planning to inform all the parents that there was a glitch in the reporting of the days absent for all the kids. I don’t think any of them went out correct.”Chris was here when he says he was here.

       I was relieved that everything was all right, and as I left his office the vice principal said to me, “Hundreds of report cards went out with the wrong number of absences, but you’re the only parent who has called or stopped in to check up on it.”

1．When Chris saw the report card, he felt         .

       A．ashamed              B．surprised             C．frightened            D．angry

2．Why did the author go to her son’s school with the report card?

       A．To prove Chris innocent.                      B．To correct the mistake.

       C．To find out the truth                             D．To expose Chris as a liar.

3．The underlined word “glitch” in Paragraph 6 can be best replaced by “     ”.

       A．problem              B．correction            C．statement            D．change

4．It can be inferred from the passage that the author          .

       A．changed all teachers’ attitudes to her son

       B．had high expectations for her son’s school

       C．was dissatisfied with her son’s school

       D．kept in touch with her son’s school

5．By saying “Chris was here when he says he was here”, what did the vice principal mean?

       A．Chris was seldom absent from school.   B．Chris was telling the truth.

       C．Chris never broke his promise.              D．Chris was well-disciplined.

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