题目内容
This is a tense time for students in America，with the exam season in full swing and the stress and anxiety being felt across the country．At some universities，students are reviewing their lessons，knowing that in a few weeks the stress will be over once they put pen to paper in that exam hall．For others，however，that stress and anxiety may well last a while longer as lecturers continue to refuse to set exams．No one knows when things will get back to normal．
The reason behind this trouble is the ongoing argument in higher education between lecturers and employers over pay．The Association of University Teachers(AUT)are currently taking industrial action because of the fact that lecturers have been underpaid for years．Vice-presidents of the universities，who enjoy six-figure salaries，are not making any noises to suggest that this will change in the near future．
The National Union of Students(NUS)absolutely believes that our lecturers should be better paid，and that the promises made to them during the top-up fees debate about extra income must be kept．
It’s shameful that 1ecturers have had to take industrial action to achieve better pay and conditions while vice-presidents’own salaries have risen 25％over the past three years．But the students who are suffering as a result of the argument must be put first．We do not agree with the attitude taken by the AUT，which is refusing to set exams．We admit that the decision to take this course of action was democratically(民主地)reached．However，it is having the biggest effect on our members at this moment in time and we will continue to let the AUT know the results of this．
We call on both sides to sort this mess out．Hopefully then our members can get the horrible exam season Out of the way and start planning，and enjoying，their upcoming summer holiday．
60．The phrase“taking industrial action”in the second paragraph refers to
A．doing some extra work about industry
B．running a factory to earn more money
C．refusing to set papers as a strike
D．asking some workers to support them
61．What is the students’opinion about the argument?
A．They think it’s wrong that the lecturers ask for the better pay．
B．They think what the vice-presidents have done is reasonable and understandable．
C．They totally agree with what the lecturers have done and support them．
D．They hope that the lecturers can set exams as soon as possible．
62．The author wrote this article on behalf of________．
A．the vice-presidents B．the lecturers
C．the students D．the AUT
63．We can infer that this article was written most probably in__________．
A．January B. March C．June D．September
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Let children learn to judge their own. A child who learns to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Little by little, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s, in the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught—to walk, run, climb, ride a bicycle—compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time in doing such work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
1.According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is ___
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A．to listen to skilled people’s advice |
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B．to ask older people many questions |
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C．to make mistakes and have them corrected |
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D．to do what other people do |
2.According to the writer, teachers in school should ___
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A．allow children to learn from each other |
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B．point out children’s mistakes whenever they are found |
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C．correct children’s mistakes as possible as they can |
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D．give children more book knowledge |
3.Which of the following does the writer think teachers should not do?
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A．Give children correct answers |
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B．allow children to make mistakes |
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C．Point out children’s mistakes |
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D．Let children judge their own work |
4.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ___.
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A．different from learning other skills |
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B．the same as learning other skills |
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C．more important than other skills |
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D．not really important skills |
It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry , but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it：“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently：“Take this to the butcher（* person whose job is selling meat）and he's going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled . He said to himeself,“This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today？”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it！
1.Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite .
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A．cruelly |
B．fairly |
C．kindly |
D．friendly |
2.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it .
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A．might do it much harm |
B．could do it much good |
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C．would help the butcher |
D．was worth many pounds |
3.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .
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A．before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith |
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B．when he found that the words on the paper were not clear |
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C．because he had sold out all the meat in his shop |
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D．until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith |
4.From its experience, the dog found that .
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A．only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat |
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B．the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it |
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C．Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher |
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D．a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat |
5.At the end of the story, you'll find that .
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A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper |
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B．the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more |
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C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog |
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D．the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal |