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9．this book is designed to help you improve your reading comprehension skills by studying 20minutes a day for 20days．You'll start with the basics and move on to more complex reading comprehension and critical thinking strategies．Please note that although each chapter can be an effective skill builder on its own，it is important that you proceed through this book in order，from Lesson I through Lesson 20．Each lesson builds on skills and ideas discussed in the previous chapters．As you move through this book and your reading skills develop，the passages you read will increase both in length and in complexity．
The book begins with a pretest，which will allow you to see how well you can answer various kinds of reading comprehension questions now，as you begin．When you finish the book，take the posttest to see how much you've improved．
The text is divided into four sections，each focusing on a different group of related reading and thinking strategies．These strategies will be outlined at the beginning of each section and then reviewed in a special"putting it all together"final lesson．
Each lesson provides several exercises that allow you to practice the skills you learn．To
ensure you're on the right track，each lesson also provides answers and explanations'for all of the practice questions．Additionally，you will find practical suggestions in each chapter for how to continue practicing these skills in your daily life．
The most important thing you can do to improve your reading skills is to become an active reader．The following guidelines and suggestions outlined will familiarize you with active reading techniques．Use these techniques as much as possible as you work your way through the lessons in this book．

65．According to the passage，the pretest aims toA
A．tell you where your starting level is       B．arouse your interest in using the book
C．illustrate the structure of the text        D．introduce the test-taking techniques
66．According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true？D
A．Each chapter has an internal relationship with the previous chapter．
B．The texts are arranged in the order of length and complexity．
C．Different reading strategies are listed at the beginning of each section．
D．The author suggests using the book selectively according to readers'level．
67．What is the author most likely to talk about in the following paragraph？C
A．The function of each chapter．
B．The outline of each section．
C．The ways to be an active reader．
D．The guidelines in using the book．

分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了一本可以提高你的阅读理解能力的书，分为四个部分，每个章节都可有一个有效的技能培训，并有具体的指南和建议帮助你掌握技巧．

解答 65．A．细节理解题．根据文章第二段"The book begins with a pretest，which will allow you to see how well you can answer various kinds of reading comprehension questions now，as you begin"可知前测的目的是让你清楚自己在看书之前的水平；故选A．
66．D．细节理解题．作者只强调了这本书可以帮你提高阅读水平，并没有说要根据自己不同的水平选择不同的书；故选D．
67．C．推理判断题；根据文章最后一段"The following guidelines and suggestions outlined will familiarize you with active reading techniques"可知接下来可能讨论的是主动阅读的方式；故选C．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．

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A．make use of       B．come up with        C．look into       D．deal with
42．What should the user do when the electricity in the battery is used up？B
A．Buy a scratch card．
B．Recharge it outside．
C．Buy another solar cell．
D．Return it to the company．
43．How much would users pay for the cell and scratch cards before they own a 2.5-watt solar cell？C
A．Around 10． B．Around  80． C．Around 90． D．Around 180．
44．It can be inferred from the last paragraph thatB．
A．Kenyan families would find it difficult to afford the solar cell
B．using the solar cell would help Kenyan families save money
C．few Kenyan families use mobile phones for lack of electricity
D．the company will make a great profit from selling solar cells
45．What might be the most suitable title for the passage？A
A．Solar Energy：Starting from Scratch．
B．Eight19：a creative British Company．
C．Kenyan Families：Using Solar Energy for Free．
D．Poor Countries：Beginning to Use Solar Energy．
17．As students and teachers returned to school on Monday after the publication of performance ratings（等级） for 18，000 teachers，many parents said they were giving the reports serious thought．Yet there was an equal measure of skepticism among parents that test scores have any relationship with teachers'competence．
Some said they already knew how good a teacher was by walking into the classroom or by monitoring their children's progress．"I'm the kind of person who likes to see for themselves，"a father in Queens said．
Others worried about how their fellow parents，perhaps ones with sharper elbows，might respond．Will they demand a new teacher？Move their children to a new school？
Elizabeth Sane，the mother of a fourth grader at the Ella Baker School，a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school on the Upper East Side，said that her daughter was switched to a different teacher's class over the summer，and that it was"like adding salt to the wound"when she saw the high ratings for her daughter's previous teacher．Her daughter's teacher this year did not receive a rating because he previously taught high school．
Ms．Sane said that the rating was not the only factor that influenced how she assessed a teacher's performance，but that the data used for teacher evaluations mattered．
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"Some people take it as the final word，but it doesn't change who they are as teachers．The ratings aren't accurate，and the whole student testing thing needs to be thrown out，"said Lydia Delgado，whose child is in the second grade．
 
41．Paragraph 1 tells us thatD
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B．All the teachers will receive a rating at the end of each semester，
C．Most parents took the teachers'ratings seriously．
D．About half of the parents doubted the ratings to be reliable．
42．What does the underlined part"with sharper elbows"mean？A
A．With the ability to change the situation．
B．With a good relationship with the school．
C．With a stong will to succeed．
D．With strong elbows physically．
43．Paragraph 4 shows that Elizabeth SaneB 
A．was on the side of giving ratings to the teachers．
B．regretted having sent her daughter to another class．
C．didn't think her daughter's previous teacher was better．
D．wanted her daughter to return to her previous class．
44．Which of the following statements is true？A
A．The teacher ratings were decided by the test scores of the students．
B．Ms．Sane evaluated a teacher's performance only by the rating．
C．Lydia Delgado didn't think the students'scores should be kept．
D．To give ratings to teachers will come to an end in the near future．
45．The attitude of the author towards the way to assess teachers'competence isD．
A．supportive         B．critical
C．indifferent        D．objective．
4．Until last spring，Nia Parker and the other kids in her neighborhood went to school on Bus 59．But as fuel prices rose，the school district needed to find a way to cut its transportation costs．So the school's busing company redrew its route map，canceling Nia's bus．Now Nia and her neighbors travel the half mile to school via a"walking school bus"-a group of kids，supervised （监护） by an adult or two，who make the walk together．
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A．safety of their kids                B．kids'physical strength
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57．To save money，some schools choose toA．
A．shorten the school week            B．take the shortest routes
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A．fewer complaints about long morning hikes
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14．Recently，university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged．It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours．
Unplugged is being run by Dr Roman Gerodimos，a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University．During the experiment，Dr Gerodimos said there were already  signs of how much the exercise affected volunteers．He said："They're reporting withdrawal symptoms，overeating，feeling nervous，isolated and disconnected．"
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Elliot Day wrote："Today，my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air．Despite being  aware of the social importance of the media，I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers．"
From Caroline Scott，we read："I didn't expect it，but being deprived of the media for 24 hours resulted in my day-to-day activities becoming so much harder to carry out than usual…I didn't break out in a cold sweat like our lecturer expected us all to，but It's not something l would like to do again！"
And Charlotte Gay wrote："I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been  my  mobile；not  only is it a social device，it's  my main access point of communication．"
Earlier in the year，a UK government study found that in the UK we spend about half our waking hours using the media，often plugged into several things at once．So，with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate，how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future？
71．What can we learn about the volunteers？B
 A．Volunteers didn't write down about their day offline．
 B．Volunteers weren't allowed to use any media for 24 hours．
 C．Volunteers  were followed around by Dr Roman Gerodimos．
 D．Only volunteers in the UK took part in Unplugged experiment．
72．Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the participants'feelings？D
 A．Anxious．  B．Lonely  C．Bored．   D．Despaired．
73．Which of the following is true of Caroline Scott？C
 A．The media ban affected his temperature．
 B．His work went on smoothly without the media．
 C．His work was carried on hard without the media．
 D．His life was empty without the radio or newspapers．
74．What can be inferred from the last paragraph？A
 A．People should use the media devices reasonably．
 B．People can easily survive the media devices addict．
 C．People can spend more time sleeping in the future．
 D．People spend about half the time using the media devices．
75．The text is most probably a．C
 A．newspaper ad      B．book review
 C．news report       D．science fiction story．
1．My friend Fowkes，tells a story of a class he took in 1930s，when books were short and expensive．On the first day the professor marched up to the blackboard，looked through his notes，cleared his throat，and began．Fowkes was the only student in the course．Once Fowkes fell ill and missed a class．When he returned，to Fowkes's astonishment，the professor began to deliver not the next lecture in the sequence but the one after．Had he lectured to an empty hall in the absence of his only student？It was perfectly possible．
Today，professors continue to lecture and students to listen much as they did．It's time for us to abandon the lecture system and turn to methods that really work．
Attending lectures is passive learning，at least for inexperienced listeners．Active learning，in which students write essays or perform experiments and then have their work evaluated by an instructor，is far more beneficial for those who have not yet fully learned how to learn．Most students learn best by engaging in debate．They need small discussion classes that demand a joint effort of teacher and students rather than classes in which one person，however learned，expresses his or her own ideas．
The lecture system harms professors as well．It reduces feedback to a minimum，so that the lecturer can neither judge how well students understand the material nor benefit from their questions or comments．Questions that require the speaker to clarify unclear points and comments that challenge inadequately constructed arguments are indispensable to scholarship．Without them，the liveliest mind becomes dull．
If lectures make so little sense，why have they been allowed to continue？The truth is that lectures are easier on everyone than debates．Lectures give some students an opportunity to sit back and let the professor run the show．In a classroom where everyone contributes，students are less able to hide and professors have less room to show off how smart they are．
Worse still，the lectures too frequently come at the wrong end of the students'educational careers-during the first two years，when they most need close，even individual，instruction．If lecture classes were restricted to junior and senior undergraduates and to graduate students，who are more academically independent and more capable of working on their own，they would be far less destructive of students'interests and enthusiasms．After all，students must learn to listen before they can listen to learn．
67．The author tells a story in Paragraph 1 toA．
A．lead into the main argumentation
B．provide the historical background
C．show reasons for lecture absences
D．compare two different kinds of classes
68．What can we learn about the current lecture system？D
A．Students take passive part in small discussion classes．
B．The professors need more room to present their talents．
C．Lectures are mainly intended for junior and senior students．
D．It is far from beneficial for those academically inexperienced students．
69．The underlined word"indispensable"in Paragraph 4 probably meansB
A．common       B．necessary C．available D．abundant
70．What is the best title for the passage？C
A．College Lectures：Graduates or Undergraduates？
B．College Lectures：Advantages and Disadvantages
C．College Lectures：Continue or Not？
D．College Lectures：Today and Past．
18．Directions：Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese．
最近某学校在学生中做了一次"有烦恼向谁说？"的调查，调查结果如图表示．请你简要描述调查结果，并谈谈你自己的想法．

I am a Senior Three student．Recently we have carried out a survey--"who to share my worry？"The main findings are as follows．
19．The natives in America are believed by some scholars across the worldto have immigrated（immigrate） from Eastern Asia tens of thousands of years ago．

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