Before I spoke to his school,Matt was waiting for me.He sat in his wheelchair unable to move.As soon as he saw me he started smiling.He could not talk but I pretended the sharks were eating his cereal 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Before I spoke to his school,Matt was waiting for me.He sat in his wheelchair unable to move.As soon as he saw me he started smiling.He could not talk but I pretended the sharks were eating his cereal and his laugh melted the hearts of everyone walking by.

One of the teachers told me that he was actually very smart,he just could not control his muscles due to a childhood disease.He was happy and very popular at his school—his parents' love and encouragement made all the difference.On the contrary,at a book signing session,I met a girl by the name of Anne.She walked up with her morn with a bright smile.Anne asked about my book with a slur in her speech indicating a slight head injury.I told her about it and she smiled the whole time and asked me to sign one for her.I did.

Five minutes later,I heard a voice from Anne's father,"You know you will not understand the book.You aren't smart enough."He said it so loudly that people were staring in their direction.She was absolutely crushed and her bright smile was now replaced with a look of total despair（绝望）.He brought the book back to me and asked me to take it back.I asked him if he would allow me to purchase the book for Anne.He said no with a heartless response.I thought back to Matt.He could not speak,walk,run or play but was actually very happy and even doing well in school because of the love and encouragement of his parents.Anne on the other hand had a slight learning problem and may never know happiness or success because of a stern father.

What kind of parent are you? The truth is that whatever you are telling your kids-makes the difference between their success or failure in life.

1.What is Anne's problem?

A. She was in total despair. B. She wasn't smart enough.

C. She can't speak and read. D. She suffered from head injury.

2.According to the author,Matt's happy life mainly lies in .

A. the teachers' help

B. the author's appreciation

C. his parents' support and encouragement

D. the friendly attitude of all the people around

3.Why did the author want to buy the book for Anne?

A. To show her care for her.

B. To help her to improve her reading ability.

C. To teach the father how to educate children.

D. To save her from feeling uncomfortable.

4.What can we infer from the conditions of the two children?

A. They need more people to help them.

B. What parents do plays an important part in their children's success.

C. They are suffering different difficulties to some extent.

D. The children with disability are well worth sympathizing.

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Take a look at the following list of numbers: 4, 8, 5, 3, 7, 9, 6. Read them loud. Now look away and spend 20 seconds memorizing them in order before saying them out loud again. If you speak English, you have about a 50% chance of remembering those perfectly. If you are Chinese, though, you’re almost certain to get it right every time. Why is that? Because we most easily memorize whatever we can say or read within a two-second period. And unlike English, the Chinese language allows them to fit all those seven numbers into two seconds.

That example comes from Stanislas Dahaene’s book The Number Sense. As Dahaene explains: Chinese number words are remarkably brief. Most of them can be spoken out in less than one-quarter of a second (for instance, 4 is “si” and 7 “qi”). Their English pronunciations are longer. The memory gap between English and Chinese apparently is entirely due to this difference in length.

It turns out that there is also a big difference in how number-naming systems in Western and Asian languages are constructed. In English, we say fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen, so one might expect that we would also say oneteen, twoteen, threeteen, and fiveteen. But we don’t. We use a different form: eleven, twelve, thirteen and fifteen. For numbers above 20, we put the “decade” first and the unit number second (twenty-one, twenty-two), while for the teens, we do it the other way around (fourteen, seventeen, eighteen). The number system in English is highly irregular. Not so in China, Japan, and Korea. They have a logical counting system. Eleven is ten-one. Twelve is ten-two. Twenty-four is two-tens-four and so on.

That difference means that Asian children learn to count much faster than American children. Four-year-old Chinese children can count, on average, to 40. American children at that age can count only to 15. By the age of five, in other words, American children are already a year behind their Asian friends in the most fundamental of math skills.

The regularity of their number system also means that Asian children can perform basic functions, such as addition, far more easily. Ask an English-speaking seven-year-old to add thirty-seven plus twenty-two in her head, and she has to change the words to numbers (37+22). Only then can she do the math: 2 plus 7 is 9 and 30 and 20 is 50, which makes 59. Ask an Asian child to add three-tens-seven and two-tens-two, and then the necessary equation(等式) is right there, in the sentence. No number translation is necessary: it’s five-tens-nine.

When it comes to math, in other words, Asians have a built-in advantage. For years, students from China, South Korea, and Japan --- outperformed their Western classmates at mathematics, and the typical assumption is that it has something to do with a kind of Asian talent for math. The differences between the number systems in the East and the West suggest something very different --- that being good at math may also be rooted in a group’s culture.

1.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The Asian number-naming system helps grasp advanced math skills better.

B. Western culture fail to provide their children with adequate number knowledge.

C. Children in Western countries have to learn by heart the learning things.

D. Asian children’s advantage in math may be sourced from their culture.

2.What makes a Chinese easier to remember a list of numbers than an American?

A. Their understanding of numbers. B. Their mother tongue.

C. Their math education. D. Their different IQ.

3.Asian children can reach answers in basic math functions more quickly because ____________.

A. they pronounce the numbers in a shorter period

B. they practice math from an early age

C. they don’t have to translate language into numbers first

D. American children can only count to 15 at the age of four

When difficult people express themselves orally, they generally want at least two things: they’re been heard and they’re been understood. As a good communicator should be a good listener, five steps are advocated towards good listening.

The first step is cooperating .1.In fact, it's through the way you look and should while he is talking.2.You do this by nodding your head in agreement, making certain sounds of understanding.

When the person begins to repeat what's been said, it's signal of step two: turning back. It means that you repeat back some words he is using, sending a clear signal that you're listening carefully and that you think what he is saying is important.

3.At this point, you start to gather information about what is being communicated. Ask some open-ended questions, which will allow you to figure out what intention he is hoping to satisfy.

The fourth step is to summarize what you've heard. This allows you to make sure that both you and the difficult person are on the same page. When you do this, two things happen. First, if you've shown that you're making an effort to understand completely. 4.Having listened carefully, you've now arrived at the point of confirming with the person that he feels that his thoughts have been fully voiced. 5.

When enough sincere listening, questioning, and remembering are brought together, understanding is usually achieved and a difficult person becomes less difficult and more cooperative.

A. You may help him to fully express his thoughts and feelings.

B. Why does this happen?

C. Ask if he feels understood.

D. This increases possibility of gaining cooperation from him.

E. Talk with him about what he thinks of his expression.

F. Having heard what he has to say, the next step is clarifying.

G. How does a difficult person know that you’re listening and understanding?

A Heroic Driver

Larry works with Transport Drivers, Inc. One morning in 2009, Larry was ____ along 165 north after delivering to one of his _____. Suddenly, he saw a car with its bright lights on. _____he got closer, he found ______vehicle upside down on the road. One more look and he noticed ____shooting out from under the ____vehicle. Larry pulled over, set the brake and ___the fire extinguisher(灭火器). Two good bursts from the extinguisher and the fire was put out.

The man who had his bright lights on ____ and told Larry he had______an emergency call. They _____heard a woman’s voice coming from the wrecked(毁坏的) vehicle. _____the vehicle, they saw that a woman was trying to get out of the broken window. They told her to stay______until the emergency personnel arrived, _____she thought the car was going to _____. Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move _____she injured her neck.

Once fire and emergency people arrived, Larry and the other man _____and let them go to work. Then, Larry asked the______if he was needed or ______ to go. They let him and the other man go.One thing is ______— Larry went above and beyond the call of duty by getting so close to the burning vehicle! His _____most likely saved the woman’s life.

1.A. walking B. touring C. traveling D. rushing

2.A. customers B. colleagues C. employers D. passengers

3.A. Since B. Although C. As D. If

4.A. each B. that C. another D. his

5.A. smoke B. flames C. water D. steam

6.A. used B. disabled C. removed D. abandoned

7.A. prepared B. got hold of C. took charge of D. controlled[

8.A. came over B. came through C. came in D. came down

9.A. returned B. received C. confirmed D. made

10.A. then B. again C. finally D. even

11.A. Starting B. Parking C. Passing D. Approaching

12.A. quiet B. calm C. away D. still

13.A. for B. so C. and D. but

14.A. explode B. slip away C. fall apart D. crash

15.A. as if B. unless C. in case D. after

16.A. backed off B. stepped forward C. moved on D. set out

17.A. woman B. police C. man D. driver

18.A. forbidden B. free C. asked D. ready

19.A. for certain B. for consideration C. reported D. checked

20.A. patience B. skills C. efforts D. promise

Hip-pop Dancing

Hip-pop dancing is popular with many young people today.They like it1.they can invent their own moves.They use this dance2.(show) their love for life.It also shows that they feel good about life,that they just want to be3.(they) and enjoy life,and that they are not afraid of problems.

Hip-hop dancing has a history of more than 30 years.It first began in the 1980s in the US.In early times,it4. (see) in New York and Los Angeles.At that time,many young black people often danced5.music in the streets. They used their legs,arms,heads and even6.(shoulder) to dance.Many young people still use most of these moves today.

Hip-pop dancing7.(become) popular all over the world because of the 1983 movie Flash Dance.Some people performed Hip-hop dancing in8.movie.People enjoyed their performances.They began to dance like them.9. (gradual),it became popular.There are two kinds of Hip-pop dancing: the new school and the old school.More and more young people are learning Hip-pop dancing.People believe that10.is a good way to exercise their bodies,and that it is good for their health.

A few years ago, an elderly woman entered my video store, along with her daughter. The daughter was displaying a serious case of ______ , ____ her watch every few seconds. If she had possessed a leash(绳子), her mother would have been ____ to it as a means of pulling her along to _____ the rush of other shoppers.

I ____ and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a _____ on a piece of paper. _____ rushing off to find the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me ____ I could show her where she could find it and I want to enjoy her ____ for a moment. As we walked along the back of the store, I ___ its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed “trip” and _____ conversation.

I said to her daughter, “ ____ some advice?” “Of course not,” said the daughter. “_____ her ,” I said. “When she's gone, it's the little _____ that will come back to you. Times like this. I know.” It was ____ . I still missed my mom and remembered the times when I'd used my impatience to make her ____ .

Together they made their way toward the store's resting area. They sat there for a moment, side by side, _____ the holiday crowds. Then the daughter _____ and immediately regarded her mother lovingly. And slowly she placed her arm with ____ unaccustomed affection around her mother's shoulders and _____ guided her back into the crowd.

1.A. warmth B. strictness C. impatience D. depression

2.A. fixing B. checking C. adjusting D. winding

3.A. accustomed B. fastened C. applied D. stuck

4.A. keep step with B. get away from C. keep off D. escape from

5.A. jumped over B. walked over C. sat still D. lined up

6.A. receipt B. title C. theme D. subject

7.A. Rather than B. Apart from C. Afraid of D. Worrying about

8.A. because B. though C. so D. unless

9.A. time B. stay C. company D. conversation

10.A. changed B. described C. updated D. ignored

11.A. serious B. meaningless C. rough D. casual

12.A. Offer B. Mind C. Take D. Have

13.A. Forgive B. Seize C. Follow D. Cherish

14.A. chances B. feelings C. moments D. presents

15.A. true B. impossible C. unusual D. rare

16.A. different B. puzzled C. upset D. critical

17.A. expecting B. observing C. approaching D. blaming

18.A. glanced over B. looked down C. watched out D. set out

19.A. suddenly B. gradually C. apparently D. basically

20.A. smoothly B. gently C. wisely D. hurriedly

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Recently,as the development of the Internet,there is a kind of language calling the Web Language.The other day our class have a discussion about if we should welcome the Web Language.Forty percent of students think it ridiculous.In their opinions,it does no good to helping people communicating,nor is it useful for learning English Besides,it'll make Chinese more standard,finally ruining our mother tongue.However,60% of our class are fond of it.They think it simple,convenient and helpful in expressing them.Personally,I think it's not a good habit to use the Web Language.It may be popular,but you may also make yourself be misunderstood.

假如你是李华。你看到美国留学生Sharon在网上发贴，希望有人能帮助她提高普通话(Mandarin)水平，她可以教英语作为回报。请根据以下提示用英语给她写一封电子邮件。

1．表达给她提供帮助的意愿；

2．说明你能胜任辅导的理由；

3．给出讲好普通话的两点建议；

4．提出你学习英语的具体需求。

注意：

1．词数100左右，开头语已为你写好；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Hi Sharon,

This is Li Hua. I learned from your post that you want to improve your Mandarin

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Yours,

Li Hua

For ages, sailors have said that it is a good luck to see dolphins swimming alongside boats. Their presence meant that land is near, which will be vital informations if a boat and its crew are in danger. Some dolphins have even protected sailors which suffer shipwreck from sharks. There is no wonder that these unique and fascinating creatures have long known as our friends.

Dolphins are thought to be intelligent animals because of its quick ability to learn. They seem to communicate with each other through a combination of whistles and clicks. While scientists don’t know exact what they are talking about, it is thought that dolphins are telling each other that food is nearby, or warn each other of approaching dangerous.

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