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     Grammarphobia is the fear of grammar. This fear attacks almost everybody at one time or
another, and it's most likely to strike during English or language arts classes. Even people who
love reading and writing have been known to get feverish and insecure when they are aware
of the possibility of turning in homework with grammar or spelling mistakes. Though writing
may be enjoyable, being corrected is definitely not!
     Grammarphobes, it's time to put your fears behind you.Grammar isn't that dreadful (可怕的).
Here's why.
     Let's assume you like hearing and telling stories and that you enjoy joking with friends. You
probably also like emailing and instantmessaging.  Well, what do you think makes all these
possible? Grammar!
     Grammar is simply the art of putting words together to make sentences. Whenever you use
words to express yourself, you're using grammar. You do this all the time without even thinking.
     So why think about it? Because good grammar helps you convey the ideas you intend. If your
words aren't right, or if they are not in the right order, the person you are talking to might get the
wrong idea. This can have embarrassing results.
     Grammar helps us understand each other.  It's like a manual (手册) for assembling the words
in your head. You have to put your words together the right way if you want them to make sense.
They can't do what you want if they aren't put together correctly.
     What if everybody you know had a different manual? How would you agree on what others'
words mean? People with different grammar manuals might be speaking different languages.
     Communicating is similar to playing cards.  To make sense, we have to play the same game,
by the same rules. What are the rules for playing the game of English? You already know most of
them without having to open a book.
1. Grammarphobes refer to people who ________. 
A. consider grammar to be boring
B. are worried about grammar homework
C. mind grammar too much in writing
D. are afraid of making grammar mistakes

2. The underlined word "assembling"  in Paragraph 6 may    mean ________.

A. directing                  
B. remembering
C. bringing together        
D. looking for
3. What does playing cards have in common with communicating? 
A. Both need standards.
B. Both can be interesting games.
C. Both can be learned easily.
D. Both can make sense for our life.
4. What might be the main idea of the passage?  
A. Forgetting grammar when writing.
B. Grammar is not horrible.
C. Improving grammar through writing.
D. What is grammarphobia?
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A.produces heat in its body cells

B.burns fuel to produce heat

C.sends out heat through its skin

D.takes in oxygen for burning fuel

2.Small animals are said to live faster than big ones because they _____.

[  ]

A.have more skin for their weight

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C.burn fuel faster than big ones

D.keep a higher body temperature

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A.the heat the body produces

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A.There is no limit as to how large a warm-blooded animal can be.

B.The humming-bird lives faster than any other warm-blooded animals.

C.Small animals have less skin for their body weight than large ones.

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A.

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A.

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阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项( A、B、C、D )中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A Businessman ordered ten goldsmiths to make ten coins each. Each coin was to weigh exactly ten gram of pure gold.
One of the goldsmiths was a bad man.  He decided to cheat.  He made all his coins one gram short. Now the businessman heard that one of them had cheated.  He also  heard that this man had made each of his coins one gram short.
The businessman was a clever person.  He took a certain number of coins from each of the smiths,  weighed them together once only and found their weight to be 540 grams. This was enough for him to find out which one of the goldsmiths had cheated.
1 The word “goldsmith” means        .
A. a person named Smith who sells articles(物品) made of gold
B. a thief who steal gold
C. a worker who makes articles of gold
D. a person who works for the man named Smith
2 The businessman found the cheat by        .
A. looking each man in the eye
B. weighing one coin after another
C. weighing coins
D. asking who hadn't made coins according to his request
3 In order to find the cheat,  the businessman weighed      coins altogether .
A. fifty      B. fifty-four    C. fifth-five        D. sixty
4 Suppose the businessman took one coin from the first smith,  two from the second, 
and ten from the tenth,  he found out that he      goldsmith was the cheat.
A. first      B. sixth       C. ninth                 D. tenth

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分,满分40分)

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

A Businessman ordered ten goldsmiths to make ten coins each. Each coin was to weigh exactly ten gram of pure gold.

One of the goldsmiths was a bad man.  He decided to cheat.  He made all his coins one gram short. Now the businessman heard that one of them had cheated.  He also  heard that this man had made each of his coins one gram short.

The businessman was a clever person.  He took a certain number of coins from each of the smiths,  weighed them together once only and found their weight to be 540 grams. This was enough for him to find out which one of the goldsmiths had cheated.

1 The word “goldsmith” means        .

A. a person named Smith who sells articles(物品) made of gold

B. a thief who steal gold

C. a worker who makes articles of gold

D. a person who works for the man named Smith

2 The businessman found the cheat by        .

A. looking each man in the eye

B. weighing one coin after another

C. weighing coins

D. asking who hadn't made coins according to his request

3 In order to find the cheat,  the businessman weighed      coins altogether .

A. fifty      B. fifty-four    C. fifth-five        D. sixty

4 Suppose the businessman took one coin from the first smith,  two from the second, 

and ten from the tenth,  he found out that he      goldsmith was the cheat.

A. first      B. sixth       C. ninth                 D. tenth

 

第三部分:阅读理解( 共20小题,每小题2分,满分40分 )

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

A Businessman ordered ten goldsmiths to make ten coins each. Each coin was to weigh exactly ten gram of pure gold.

One of the goldsmiths was a bad man.  He decided to cheat.  He made all his coins one gram short. Now the businessman heard that one of them had cheated.  He also  heard that this man had made each of his coins one gram short.

The businessman was a clever person.  He took a certain number of coins from each of the smiths,  weighed them together once only and found their weight to be 540 grams. This was enough for him to find out which one of the goldsmiths had cheated.

1 The word “goldsmith” means        .

A. a person named Smith who sells articles(物品) made of gold

B. a thief who steal gold

C. a worker who makes articles of gold

D. a person who works for the man named Smith

2 The businessman found the cheat by        .

A. looking each man in the eye

B. weighing one coin after another

C. weighing coins

D. asking who hadn't made coins according to his request

3 In order to find the cheat,  the businessman weighed      coins altogether .

A. fifty       B. fifty-four    C. fifth-five         D. sixty

4 Suppose the businessman took one coin from the first smith,  two from the second, 

and ten from the tenth,  he found out that he      goldsmith was the cheat.

A. first      B. sixth       C. ninth                  D. tenth

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