Susan Sontag(1933—2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything—to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s,publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review,she appeared as the symbol of American culture life,trying hard to follow every new development in literature,film and art. With great effort and serious judgment,Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.
  Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong watchwords(格言),but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In “Notes Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made her name,she explained what was then a little—known set of difficult understandings,through which she could not have been more famous.“Notes on Camp”,she wrote,represents “a victory of ‘form’ over ‘content’, ‘beauty’ over ‘morals’ ”.
By conviction(信念)she was a sensualist(感觉论者),but by nature she was a moralist(伦理学者),and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s,it was the latter side of her that came forward. In “Illness as Metaphor”—published in 1978,after she suffered cancer—she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities(被压抑的性格),a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact,re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.
In America,her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California,won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless,all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame.
“Sometimes,” she once said,“I feel that,in the end,all I am really defending…is the idea of seriousness,of true seriousness.”And in the end,she made us take it seriously too.
64.The underlined sentence in paragraph l means Sontag ____________.
A.was a symbol of American cultural life
B.developed world literature,film and art
C.published many essays about world culture
D.kept pace with the newest development of world culture
65.She first won her name through____________.
A.her story of a Polish actress
B.her book Illness as Metaphor
C.publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review
D.her explanation of a set of difficult understandings
66.Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon____________.
A.a tireless,all-purpose cultural view
B.her lifelong watchword: seriousness
C.publishing books on morals
D.enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing
67.From the works Susan published in the 1970s and 1980s,we can learn that _____.
A.she was more a moralist than a sensualist
B.she was more a sensualist than a moralist
C.she believed repressed personalities mainly led to illness
D.she would like to re-examine old positions

“It hurts me more than you” and “This is for your own good” — these are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy for us. They taught that it as all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who speaks of her students “so passive” and wonders what has happened. Nothing is demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children’s passivity. “We’re talking about a generation of kids who've never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them, instead of saying  'go and look it up’, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”
Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It's time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good. It's time to start telling them no again.
【小题1】Children are becoming more inactive in study because _______.

A.they watch TV too oftenB.they have done too much homework
C.they have to fulfill too many dutiesD.teachers are too strict with them
【小题2】By “permissive period in education” (L.1, Para. 2) the author means a time _______.
A.when everything can be taught at school
B.when every child can be educated
C.when children are permitted to receive education
D.when children are allowed to do what they wish to
【小题3】The main idea of the passage is that _______.
A.parents should leave their children alone
B.kids should have more activities at school
C.it's time to be more strict with our kids
D.parents should always set a good example to their kids

As a senior high school student, my future is always on my mind. To be exact,thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights and made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort.Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanford's graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever I think about my future.

It started when l became a junior, when college came into view.  It's the first big step to making your life your own. So when Jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were eased. He, too, felt the need to attend college to make something of himself. He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncertainty. His lack of understanding caused him to stop attending college and focus on what he felt was important. His story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out well.

This doesn't mean that students shouldn't attend college, but rather that they shouldn't worry so much.  You'll get where you need to go, even if your path is a bit morewinding(蜿蜒的)than you'd like.

Jobs talked about the hardships in his work.  His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: don't panic.One particular part of his speech stayed with me.  Steve Jobs quoted(引用)thc saying"Stay hungry, stay foolisll" and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing thatyou are still a fool, no matter how much you've learned or experienced.  There is always more to explore. Staying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still uneducated.

Steve Jobs' level of success is possible to achieve, and I aim to prove that. With the will power to go into the world living every day like it's my last and allowing the future to take care of itself, I will do great things.  In the last moments of my life, I'll be proud of what I have done and hope to have all the wisdom a person could wish for.

1.The author felt worried when_____.

A.he had to take tests at school

B.he had lots of sleepless nights

C.he thought about his future

D.he searched for words of wisdom

2.It is suggested in Paragraphs l and 2 that_____

A.the author is a college student

B.the author cares much about his future

C.Steve Jobs failed because of his decision

D.Steve Jobs' words had no effect on the author

3.What did the author gain from Jobs' speech?

A.Courage to drop out of school.             B.Confidence in defeating Jobs.

C.Interest in computer industry.              D.Bravery to face uncertainties.

4.What did NOT Steve Jobs encourage students to do in his speech?

A.Be content with what they know.

B.Have the desire to learn more.

C.Stay calm in the face of hardships

D.Be modest so as to learn more.

5.The passage is mainly about_____.

A.an experience of a speech

B.a memorable meeting with Jobs

C.the most impressive quotation in life

D.the wisdom drawn from a speech

 

Kids Fishing Photo Contest

    Welcome to catch the excitement of your child on film while fishing and enter his or her picture in the yearly Kids Fishing Photo Contest! The contest is sponsored(主办,赞助) by Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) in celebration of National Fishing Week!

    The winning pictures are those that best catch the theme (主题)“kids enjoying fishing”. Winners will receive different fishing-related prizes. Winning pictures will also be posted on the VDGIF website and may be used in all kinds of VDGIF publications. There is no need to be a professional photographer. Any photo will do.

    Contest Rules

l   Children in the photographs must fall into one of the following age groups when the picture is taken: 1---5, 6---10.

l   Photos must not be more than 1 year old.

l   Photos must be taken in Virginia.

l   Children in a boat must be wearing a life jacket.

l   Only one photo submission(提交) per child.

l   Submit photo on photograph quality paper, no CD’s accepted.

l   Photos must not be bigger than “4*6” size.

l   Please stick a piece of paper to the back of the photo including: name, age, address, phone number and location where the photograph was taken.

l   Photos must be postmarked on or before June 19, 2011.

l   Judging will take place in July and winners will be posted on the VDGIF website.

l   Prizes will be sent directly to the winning children.

l   This contest isn’t open to immediate family of VDGIF employees and sponsors. Immediate family members refer to children, relatives or others living in the same household with a VDGIF employee or sponsor.

To Enter:

  Send your photo, with the child’s name, age, phone number and address to:

  2011 Kids Fishing Photo Contest

  Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

  P.O. Box 11104

  Richmond, VA 23230 – 1104

1.The purpose of the contest is to ______.

  A encourage people to take more pictures

  B help people realize the importance of fishing

  C celebrate a national fishing-related activity

  D encourage people to go fishing with kids

2.Which of the following photos can enter the contest?

  A A photo which was taken in Boston in 2009.

  B A large photo which was postmarked on July 11, 2011.

  C A photo which was taken in Virginia on Sept. 23, 2010.

  D A photo on which there is a 12-year-old girl.

3.What can be known about the prize of the contest?

  A Winners will get a great deal of money.

  B Winners will be allowed to travel in Virginia for free.

  C Winners’ works will be seen on any website.

  D Winners’ works may appear on the covers of VDGIF publications.

4.According to the contest rules, ______.

  A the result of the contest will be unknown before July, 2011

  B all Americans have the right to take part in the contest

  C photos can be sent to the sponsors in the form of email

  D the Smiths with only one child can enter the contest with two photos

 

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