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In a class I teach for adults, I recently did the “unpardonable.” I gave the class homework!

The assignment (任务) was to “go to someone you love  36 the next week and tell them you love them. It  37 to be someone you have never  38 those words to before or at least haven’t shared those words with for a long time.” That doesn’t  39 like a very tough assignment,  40 you stop to realize that most of the men were over 35 and were  41 in the generation of men that were taught that expressing emotions is not “macho (男子汉气概的).” Showing feelings or crying (heaven forbid!) was just not done  42 this was a very threatening assignment for some.

At the  43 of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to  44 what happened when they told someone they loved them. I fully expected one of the  45 to volunteer, as was usually the  46 , but on this evening one of the men raised his hand. He appeared quite moved and a bit  47 . As he unfolded out of his chair, he began by saying, “Dennis. I was quite  48 with you last week when you gave us the assignment. I didn’t feel that I had  49 to say those words to and  50 , who were you to tell me to do something that personal? But as I began driving home my conscience (良知) started talking to me. It was telling me that I  51 exactly who I needed to say I love you to. You see, five years ago, my father and I had a heated  52 and really never resolved it since that one. We  53 seeing each other unless we absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But  54 then, we hardly spoke to each other. So last. Tuesday  55 I got home, I had convinced myself. I was going to tell my father I loved him.”

36.A.after          B.before         C.for           D.within

37.A.has to         B.ought to       C.had better      D.can

38.A.told           B.said           C.talked         D.spoken

39.A.look          B.hear          C.listen          D.sound

40.A.when         B.until          C.that           D.unless

41.A.born          B.grown         C.raised         D.risen

42.A.And          B.But           C.So           D.For

43.A.beginning      B.end           C.middle         D.stating

44.A.announce      B.share          C.answer        D.ask

45.A.men          B.adults         C.students       D.women

46.A.case          B.thing          C.story          D.experience

47.A.afraid         B.shaken        C.terrible        D.worried

48.A.happy         B.pleased        C.angry         D.satisfied

49.A.everybody      B.nobody        C.someone       D.anyone

50.A.else           B.except         C.beside         D.besides

51.A.thought        B.considered      C.knew         D.guessed

52.A.disagreement    B.encouragement   C.disappointment   D.discouragement

53.A.imagined       B.risked         C.avoided        D.escaped

54.A.still           B.even          C.just           D.only

55.A.by the time     B.at the time      C.for the time     D.during the time

36~40  DABDB    41~45  CCABD    46~50  ABCDD   51~55  CACBA

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  At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what the people were saying.

  “Why did they do this?”Kate wondered aloud. “I mean, you can't learn if you can't understand the teacher.”

  Nadia's voice was a whisper, “I understand English. I will learn.” Nadia's English was perfect.

  Kate was perplexed. She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual think to learn —-all at the same time.

  Nadia nodded quickly. In a quiet voice she replied, “Many things people say, I do rat understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying. For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. Isn't a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me.”“Don't worry. ”said Kate. “You'll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer. ”

  Nadia and Kate were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson . To Kate's surprise , Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.

  Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Sane of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher-said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.

  Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. “Some things,”she said in a normal voice, “are the same all over the world.”

1.At the beginning of Nadia's first day at school , she was ________.

[  ]

A.disappointed
B.helpful
C.lively
D.shy

2.The underlined word “perplexed” probably means ________.

[  ]

A.puzzled
B.angry
C.shocked
D.serious

3.We can infer from the passage that ________.

[  ]

A.Nadia did not like Kate

B.Nadia had lived by the sea before

C.Nadia had never seen a computer before

D.Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness

4.Which of the following statements is true?

[  ]

A.Nadia was better at maths than other students.

B.Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.

C.Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.

D.Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.

5.What is the message of the story?

[  ]

A.Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication.

B.Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.

C.Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.

D.Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.


B
One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home. His name was Kyle. He was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd(书呆子).” So I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw some kids running at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. I jogged over to him, and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, I handed him his glasses. He said, “Thanks!” There Was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived, It turned out he lived near me, so I asked him why! had never seen him before. He said he had gone to a private school before coming to this school. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked all the way home. He turned a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends. He said yes. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Graduation day arrived. Kyle was valedictorian of our class, so he had to prepare a speech for graduation. In his speech he said. “Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. I am going to tell you a story.” I stared at my friend in disbelief as he told the story of the first day We met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He gave me a little smile. “Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable.” I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.
45.What does the underlined word “valedictorian” in the second paragraph mean?
A.A graduate who delivers a farewell speech in a class.
B.A graduate who is the youngest in a class.
C.A student who is the most popular in a class.
D.A student who can not graduate on time in a class.
46.It can be concluded from the text that the author______.
A.was good at playing football in high school
B.had not liked to make friends with the students from private schools before
C.seldom helped others
D.did not study hard in high school
47.Not until the graduation day did the author know_______.
A.the real reason why Kyle carried all his books home the first day they met
B.Kyle was his best friend
C.Kyle enjoyed making speeches in front of the class
D.Kyle's many weaknesses
48.What does the author mainly want to express by telling this story?
A.A friend in need is a friend indeed.
B.Helping others is a Virtue.
C.Your action is powerful: with one small gesture you can change a person's life.
D.We should have a pity on the weak.

According to a new study, preschool boys perform better on tests that measure learning and other important skills when they are in classes that have more girls than boys. This doesn’t seem to apply to girls, though. For preschool girls, the presence or absence of boys does not affect learning.

“The study raises questions about having all-boy or all-girl classes for preschool”, says psychologist Arlen Moller, who led the study. She added, “Previous researches have shown that high-school girls may study better in all-g irl schools. In middle school, however, the effects of same-sex schooling are unclear, and even less is known for very young kids.” To find out, researchers studied 70 preschool classes with a total of 806 children who were between 3.5 and 6 years old. For each class, teachers recorded the student’s progress over a 6.5-month school year.

Their data included scores of motor skills, social skills and thinking skills. Researchers found that boys developed each of these skills more quickly when there were more girls in the class than boys.

In majority-girl classrooms, boys developed at the same rate as girls. But in classes where boys were the majority, boys developed more slowly than girls. Girls tended to advance in classrooms which had any combination of boys and girls.

The study is one of the first to look at how the proportion of boys and girls in a class affects learning. Because it’s a new finding, researchers don’t know why this difference exists.

“This is an exciting topic, but it’s too early to draw any conclusion because this area is so under-explored,” says psychologist Lean Malofeeva of the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

81.What is the finding of the researchers led by Arlen Moller? (no more than 15 words)(2 marks)

                                                                           

82.According to the research , what effect does a minority-girl class have on boy’s study?(no more than 8 words)(3 marks)

                                                                           

83.How does Lean Malofeeva find the study of the researchers led by Arlen Moller?(no more than 6 words)(3 marks)

                                                                           

84.List three abilities the researchers focused on. (on more than 7 words)(3 marks)

                                                                           

 

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