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The prestigious (久负盛名) Peking University and Tsinghua University held graduation ceremonies on the same day this year. The presidents of the two universities delivered excellent speeches at the ceremonies as they used words, phrases or ways of expression that are very popular on the Internet currently. At the same time, graduation speeches by other university presidents were also under the spotlight for the same reason. Their speeches were warmly welcomed by students as they contained many fashionable words today, such as "floating clouds" ( meaning "too small and of little importance to mention") and "gelivable" (meaning " very helpful") . In the speeches , these university presidents recalled campus life together with students and finally moved all the audiences. They were very different from the usual run of lectures.
Many university presidents have changed their regular manner of addressing graduation ceremonies from an advising and preaching (说教) mode to a more fashionable and funny approach. They try to use those words popular among young people in their speeches.
In the past, university presidents' speeches were criticized for being too standard and lacking sentiment. Now , they quote fashionable words in their addresses, reflecting they are starting to adopt more everyday attitudes to students. The use of these new expressions has triggered a heated discussion. It focuses on the question of whether university presidents should speak in an informal way at graduation ceremonies.
Supporters agree with the new approach. They consider it good to build close ties with students by using the youth's own words. Opponents argue the new ways have no practical value or significance for education but are merely to please those leaving university.

  1. 1.

    What would be the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Should University Heads Use Terms of Youth
    2. B.
      Must University Presidents Learn to Please Students
    3. C.
      Must University Presidents Meet Students' Needs
    4. D.
      Should University Heads Use Newly-created Words
  2. 2.

    What can we infer from the passage?

    1. A.
      University presidents consider it good to build close ties with students.
    2. B.
      More and more students are eager to make speeches in public.
    3. C.
      The new ways of making speeches are popular with the young.
    4. D.
      University presidents have special opinions about the world.
  3. 3.

    What dose the underlined word "triggered " in Paragraph 3 probably mean ?

    1. A.
      Break off
    2. B.
      Set off
    3. C.
      Sum up
    4. D.
      Focus on
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Many people are likely to be influenced by the Internet.
    2. B.
      The writer thinks it necessary for us to follow the traditional customs.
    3. C.
      More and more words are changing with the development of technology.
    4. D.
      People argue about whether to use fashionable words on formal occasions.
ACBD
文章讨论的是大学校长用流行的网络语言进行毕业演讲，以及人们对此的不同看法。
1.A 主旨大意题。文章讨论的是大学校长用流行的网络语言进行毕业演讲，以及人们对此的不同看法。故A正确。
2.C 推理题。根据第一段6,7行Their speeches were warmly welcomed by students as they contained many fashionable words today可知学生很欢迎这样的演讲，故C正确。
3.B 猜测词义题。根据The use of these new expressions has triggered a heated discussion中的discussion可知校长引用这些新词引起了热烈的讨论。"triggere意为：引起；故B正确。
4.D 段落大意题。根据文章最后一段可知人们对于这种现象有分歧，有人支持，有人反对。故D的说法正确。
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Young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people’s thoughts and feelings tend to be better at taking another person’s perspective（观点）than other children of the same age.
That’s what researchers from the University of Western Australia found in a new study published in the journal Child Development.
“Parents who frequently put themselves in someone else’s shoes in conversations with their children make it more likely their children will be able to do the same,” said lead author Brad Farrant.
Researchers of the UWA’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research looked at the influence of how parents interact with their children to learn more about how people develop the ability to take another’s perspective.
The two-year study involved more than 120 Australian children aged between four and six, including children with typically developing language and others delayed in language acquisition（习得）.
The children completed tasks which were designed to assess their language skills, ability to infer others’ beliefs and use these to predict others’ behavior, and their ability to shift flexibly between different perspectives.
Among children with typically developing language, the researchers found that mothers who talked more often and in greater detail about people’s thoughts and feelings — commenting on how another person might react to a particular situation as well as their own feelings about the topic — had children with better language skills and better perspective-taking skills.
Children with delayed language acquisition were also delayed in their development of perspective-taking skills. This displays the role played by language as children develop the ability to take another’s perspective.
“Solving the many challenges that the world faces today requires us all to get better at taking the perspective of other people,” said Brad Farrant.

  1. 1.

    According to the text, to help children gain better perspective-taking skills, parents should __________.

    1. A.
      give their children more chances to express themselves
    2. B.
      talk more with their children about people’s feelings
    3. C.
      encourage their children to guess other people’s thoughts
    4. D.
      spend more time playing with their children
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is TRUE about the study?

    1. A.
      Over one hundred American children took part in it.
    2. B.
      All the children had delayed in language acquisition.
    3. C.
      The children in the study were around five years old.
    4. D.
      Mothers helped their children to complete the tasks.
  3. 3.

    Which have an effect on the development of children’s perspective-taking skills?

    1. A.
      The surrounding environments.
    2. B.
      Mother’s perspectives.
    3. C.
      Personal characters.
    4. D.
      Language skills.
  4. 4.

    In the last paragraph, Brad Farrant __________.

    1. A.
      stressed the importance of perspective-taking skills
    2. B.
      expressed his concern about the world’s challenges
    3. C.
      showed how to take the perspective of other people
    4. D.
      explained why other people’s opinions are important
  5. 5.

    According to the text, we can learn __________.

    1. A.
      parents should talk to their children frequently no matter how old their children are
    2. B.
      it was Brad Farrant who wrote the study in Child Development herself
    3. C.
      the only way to improve language skill is talking to children more often
    4. D.
      parents who are always thinking about others will help their children do the same way

The storage of classified (分类的) research at all 24 labs run by the US Department of Energy was shut down this week after officials decided that the security (安全) problems recently found at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico might also exist elsewhere.
Several computer disks went missing at Los Alamos earlier this month, forcing Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham to stop all work at the lab until the problems are found out. As of 26 July, two missing disks had still not been found, and 15 employees had been suspended in connection with the disappearance.
Now all energy labs will stop doing classified research that involves(需要) removable storage devices --- such as computer disks ---  until all the devices are given explanation for and new procedures are in place for monitoring their handling by laboratory employees.
"While we have no evidence that the problems being investigated are present elsewhere, we have a responsibility to take all necessary action to prevent such problems, "Abraham said on 23 July.
The shut-down isn't quite as dramatic（惊人的）as it sounds, experts say. Only two labs will be seriously affected: Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in  California. Together with Los Alamos, these two labs conduct the most part of the country's nuclear weapon programmes. At Livermore, 876 employees will be suspended during the storage of some 12,000 items of classified removable material.
At other labs, far fewer people will be affected. "The impact (影响) should be the smallest," says Martha Krebs, former director of the energy department's science office.

  1. 1.

    Why was the storage of classified research at all 24 labs shut down?

    1. A.
      Because the security problems might be present elsewhere.
    2. B.
      Because the security problems existed elsewhere.
    3. C.
      Because two missing computer disks had still not be found.
    4. D.
      Because officials decided to stop doing such research.
  2. 2.

    How many labs conduct the country's nuclear weapon programmes according to the text?

    1. A.
      About 24.
    2. B.
      Only 2.
    3. C.
      More than 2.
    4. D.
      Over 15.
  3. 3.

    The underlined word "suspended"in the second paragraph probably means "______”.

    1. A.
      hung from above
    2. B.
      stopped from holding a position
    3. C.
      doubted
    4. D.
      fired
  4. 4.

    It can be inferred from the text that _____.

    1. A.
      the computer disks must have been stolen by terrorists
    2. B.
      the people living in the United States have little security
    3. C.
      the United States is a country whose security is very bad
    4. D.
      the missing of the computer disks caused great fear among Americans

I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a splendid, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion.
Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells“happiness”. But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, they reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism ,drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage, if he’s honest, and he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment, for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they can. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating（解放性的）realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.

  1. 1.

    We can learn from the passage that ________.

    1. A.
      fun creates long-lasting satisfaction
    2. B.
      fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness
    3. C.
      happiness is lasting whereas fun is short-lived
    4. D.
      fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness
  2. 2.

    To the author, the role Hollywood stars play is to ________.

    1. A.
      write memoir after memoir about their happiness
    2. B.
      tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun
    3. C.
      teach people how to enjoy their lives
    4. D.
      bring happiness to the public instead of going to parties
  3. 3.

    In the author’s opinion, marriage ________ .

    1. A.
      affords greater fun
    2. B.
      leads to raising children
    3. C.
      indicates duty and devotion
    4. D.
      usually ends up in pain
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is the best example of“painful happiness”?

    1. A.
      Winning lottery by accident
    2. B.
      A bachelor resisting marriage
    3. C.
      Raising children
    4. D.
      Buying some fancy clothes
  5. 5.

    If one gets the true sense of happiness, he will ________.

    1. A.
      stop playing games and joking with others
    2. B.
      keep himself with his family
    3. C.
      give a free hand to money
    4. D.
      use his time to increase happiness

When I get off the bus, I’m usually greeted by the sounds of news on CNN. My father welcomes me, and I help him with the usual things—changing the channel and some other tasks. My father has a disease that makes him unable to walk. Despite his disability, my father has always been my role model.
In my first year at middle school, my grades slipped greatly. My father told me I could improve. I currently maintain a B plus average, and he confidently supports me in all my academic efforts. He is against violence to the best of his ability. Love is his most important tool,and he makes sure we know that violence is never the answer.
He urges me not to fear,but to believe in what I think is right.“No matter what anyone tells me,”he says,“I believe what I choose. If someone is discriminating against you for who you are, they don’t deserve your time.”My friends are the most caring people I’ve met, because I realize that they don’t judge me, and they like me as I am.
I’ve always found it strange that people pity me because of my father’s condition. He’s not inferior(次于) to anyone. His disease doesn’t hold him back. He’s normal person.
When I see disabled people out in public, I consider them equal to any other individual. No one is superior to anyone for any physical reason. I’ve known that from that day on, thanks to my dad.
“Anything else?”I’ll ask.
“No, that’s fine.”
As I walk to my room, I think my dad who teaches me the most important things I’ll ever need to know. My father is in no way inferior to anyone else. If anything, he’s even better.

  1. 1.

    According to the passage,we learn that the author’s father is_________.A.kind but sort of strictB.disabled but optimisticC.independent but violentD.full of love but lacks confidence

  2. 2.

    It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that the author’s father gives him some advice on
    _________.A.how to make friendsB.how to help the disabledC.how to learn from failureD.how to improve his studies

  3. 3.

    .When the author sees disabled people in public,he feels_________.A.embarrassedB.sorryC.naturalD.uncomfortable

  4. 4.

    What can we learn from the passage?A.The author is proud of his father.B.The author is likely to be taken in by his friends.C.The author encourages his father to do things himself.D.The author is looked down upon because of him disabled father.

When the famous dancer Fred Astaire was interviewed for a job by a Hollywood producer, the movie “expert” turned him down, saying, “Can't sing. Can't act. Dances a little.” Here's another stupid mistake. When the great scientist Albert Einstein was at school, his teachers considered him rather dull. And a final story, the famous Polish pianist Paderewski was told by a teacher that he'd never be a success as a performer because the middle finger on each hand was too short.
What lessons can be drawn from these three experiences? First, true genius(天才) cannot be suppressed(压抑). For some reason or other it works its way out. Second, early judgements of a person's abilities may be unfair or just wrong. Third, when there is a real determination to succeed, obstacles fall by the wayside.
The famous motto “ad astra per aspera” can be translated as “To the stars through hardships.” Astaire, Einstein and Paderewski proved their critics wrong.

  1. 1.

    Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      Fred Astaire was a famous dancer.
    2. B.
      True ability will always make itself known.
    3. C.
      Some people never get discouraged    
    4. D.
      Albert Einstein proved his teachers wrong.
  2. 2.

    When Paderewski's teachers told him he'd never be a success, they were ______.

    1. A.
      being humorous                   
    2. B.
      cheerful, though concerned
    3. C.
      somewhat hesitant                 
    4. D.
      seriously mistaken
  3. 3.

    “Ad astra per aspera” is used in the passage ______.

    1. A.
      as a motto for the three men's lives
    2. B.
      to show the value of Latin
    3. C.
      to send the reader to the dictionary
    4. D.
      to point out that genius is always recognized early
  4. 4.

    The writer of the passage thinks that the reader ______. 

    1. A.
      knows that the three men were successes
    2. B.
      someday dreams to become like one of the men
    3. C.
      sympathizes with(同情) the poor teachers of the three men 
    4. D.
      knows that Fred Astaire was an actor famous for performing
      Shakespeare's plays

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  1. 1.

    All the following are included in the price of ￥12，000 EXCEPT       .

    1. A.
      transport between the airport and the hotel
    2. B.
      telephone calls made by tourists
    3. C.
      the service of guides to tourists
    4. D.
      double rooms for every two tourists
  2. 2.

    If you don’t like sharing a room with others，you have to pay       .

    1. A.
      ￥12，000
    2. B.
      ￥10，000
    3. C.
      ￥2，000
    4. D.
      ￥14，000
  3. 3.

    If you like to visit historical sites，which of the following is your best choice?

    1. A.
      Amalfi.
    2. B.
      Sant’ Agata.
    3. C.
      Pompeii.
    4. D.
      Sorrento.
  4. 4.

    Who is the advertisement intended for?

    1. A.
      Potential tourists.
    2. B.
      College students.
    3. C.
      Quiet people.
    4. D.
      Old people.

In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her free time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip (退稿条) from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and ruined hopes can surface.
A revelation (启示) came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?”
“No”, she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自发地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用) my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.

  1. 1.

    What do we learn form the first paragraph?

    1. A.
      Now too many entertainments take up too much time.
    2. B.
      Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.
    3. C.
      Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her free time.
    4. D.
      Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.
  2. 2.

    What did the author say about her own writing experience?

    1. A.
      She was constantly under pressure of writing more.
    2. B.
      Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.
    3. C.
      She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.
    4. D.
      Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.
  3. 3.

    Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?

    1. A.
      She had won a prize in the previous contest.
    2. B.
      She wanted to share her stories with readers.
    3. C.
      She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.
    4. D.
      She believed she possessed real talent for writing.
  4. 4.

    What’s the author’s advice for parents?

    1. A.
      Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.
    2. B.
      Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.
    3. C.
      Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience.
    4. D.
      A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.

It has been said that Lincoln was always ready to join in a laugh at himself. There is one particular story that he always told with great delight.
In his early days as a lawyer, Lincoln went from town to town to hear and judge legal(法律的)cases. During one of these trips, he was sitting in a train when a strange man came up to him. The stranger looked at the tall clumsy(笨拙的)lawyer and said that he had something he believed belonging to Lincoln. Lincoln was a bit puzzled. He had never seen the man before. He didn’t see how a total stranger could have something of his. Lincoln asked how this could be. The stranger pulled out a penknife and began to explain. Many years before, he had been given the pocketknife. He had been told to keep it until he was able to find a man uglier than himself.
Lincoln’s eyes always sparked when he reached this part of the story. The story always brought smiles to the faces of those who heard it. The tale itself was funny. But even more delightful was the fact that a man as great as Lincoln could still laugh at himself.

  1. 1.

    This passage is about        .

    1. A.
      a stranger and his strange knife
    2. B.
      Lincoln’s favorite story
    3. C.
      meeting stranger in a train
    4. D.
      Lincoln’s favorite penknife
  2. 2.

    From the story we can infer that the stranger in the train         

    1. A.
      liked to make friends
    2. B.
      liked to tell jokes
    3. C.
      collected penknives
    4. D.
      was not handsome
  3. 3.

    Lincoln was given the pocketknife for        

    1. A.
      his appearance
    2. B.
      a good laugh
    3. C.
      being a lawyer
    4. D.
      being good-humored
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is right?

    1. A.
      Lincoln, even though great, was not proud.
    2. B.
      Lincoln was a great and proud man.
    3. C.
      Lincoln lacked self-respect.
    4. D.
      Lincoln had a good sense of humor.
  5. 5.

    What does the word “sparked” in the last paragraph mean?

    1. A.
      闪耀
    2. B.
      暗淡
    3. C.
      无神
    4. D.
      忧伤

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