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In the country guests tend to feel they are not highly __________ if the invitation to a dinner party is given only three or four days before the party date.


  1. A.
    admired
  2. B.
    expected
  3. C.
    wished
  4. D.
    regarded
D
试题分析:动词辨析。A钦佩;羡慕;B期待,预料;C希望;D认为;看待;句意:在这个国家里如果在吃饭前3,4发出邀请,对方会感觉自己没有被很高地对待。根据句意说明D正确。
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点评:动词的词义辨析是考试中的重点内容,在平时要注意动词的同义词,近义词以及动词的一些固定搭配,在解题时要把动词词义和上下文的意义联系在一起。
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      Our brains work in complex and strange ways. There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two. Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.

       Dr.J.Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887.He called these people idiot savants. An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment (损伤) , such as in autism or retardation.  At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people.The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory.

       One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr.Benjamin Rush, an American doctor.His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1724. It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds.Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write.

       Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s. Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully.

       In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly.

       Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment.Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills.Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills. However,few people wish to participate in such experiments. There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain. The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate. Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots.

What does the passage mainly talk about?

       A.Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities.

       B.Human Beings have complicated thinking process.

       C.The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired.

       D.The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary.

Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

       A.He can play wonderful pieces of classical music.

       B.He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life.

       C.He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast.

       D.He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly.

What can you infer from the passage?

       A.Idiot savants have real talents for art and math.

       B.Dr.Down is the first person who found idiot savants.

       C.Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations.

       D.Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants.

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【小题1】
A.wear off B.make any senseC.count upD.pay off
【小题2】
A.temporarilyB.scarcelyC.incrediblyD.savagely
【小题3】
A.curious B.reservedC.rigidD.concerned
【小题4】
A.calls forB.deals withC.suffers fromD.responds to
【小题5】
A.practical B.absurdC.impossibleD.innocent
【小题6】
A.prayedB.criedC.failedD.withdrew
【小题7】
A.contribute toB.agree to C.return toD.appeal to
【小题8】
A.obtaining B.rebuildingC.revealingD.improving
【小题9】
A.slipped B.doubtedC.wanderedD.reckoned
【小题10】
A.messy B.flexibleC.straightforwardD.self-evident
【小题11】
A.informedB.estimated C.reflectedD.defined
【小题12】
A.extinctionB.rewardC.agendaD.status
【小题13】
A.angry B.acuteC.prejudicedD.merciless
【小题14】
A.speakingB.tryingC.writingD.managing
【小题15】
A.since B.until C.SOD.as
【小题16】
A.favor B.patienceC.coincidenceD.comfort
【小题17】
A.Gradually B.HopefullyC.Narrowly D.Annually
【小题18】
A.keep up withB.come to terms withC.get around toD.live up to
【小题19】
A.arrangeB.compareC.rankD.declare
【小题20】
A.geniusB.communityC.dignity D.family

        When I was an official of a school in Paio Alto,California, Polly Tyner, the president of our board,wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times.Polly’s son,Jim,had great difficulty in school, He was classified as the educationally handicapped and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers.But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room.His parents knew his difficulties,but they always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride.Shortly after Jim finished high school,he was killed in a motorcycle accldent, After his death,his mother gave this letter to the newspaper.

“Today we buried our 20-year-old son.He was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday night.How I wish I had known that the last time I had talked to him would be the last time.If I had only known that,I would have said to him,‘Jim,I love you and I’m always so proud of yon.’I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he had brought to the lives of the people who loved him.I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile,his laughter, and his genuine love to other people.

“When I put all the good things on the scale and try to balance them with all the irritating (恼人的) things such as the radio that was always too loud,the haircut that wasn’t to our liking, the dirty socks under the bed,etc.,I find that the irritations really don’t amount to much.

       “I won’t get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear, but,other parents, do have a chance.Tell your young people what you would want them to hear as if it may be your last conversation.The last time I talked to Jim was the morning of the day when he died.He called me to say,‘Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you.You have to go to work now.Bye.’That day, he gave me something to treasure forever.”

       If there is any purpose at all for Jim’s death, maybe it is to make others appreciate life more and to tell people,especially family members,that they should take the time to let each other know just how much they care.You may never have another chance.Do it today! 

1.Who was Jim?

       A.A school boy.                                          

B.The writer

       C.The president of a school board.                               

D.An official of a school.

2.What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase“the educationally handicapped”?

       A.The communication difficulty.                     

B.The physical problems.

       C.The psychological problems.                       

D.The learning difficulty.

3.According to the writer, which of the following about Jim is TRUE?

       A.He was always sad about his school marks.

       B.His parents always scolded him about his bad school marks.

       C.His study needed more attention from his parents and teachers.

       D.He was kilied in a car accident

4.What did PoIly think of Jim?

       A.He was a lovely boy with a beautiful smile who always loved others.

       B.He was physically sick but always happy

       C.He was an irritating boy with some bad habits.

       D.He seldom expressed his love to his parents.

5.The purpose of Polly’s letter is to    

       A.memorize her son

       B.teach parents to appreciate their chtidren

        C.teach children how to be good boys

       D.give some advice on how to deal with children’s problems

 

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