题目内容
The government has agreed to pay the firms extra sums to for their financial losses.
A.make up B.bring up C.fill up D.look up
A
Parents whose children show a special interest in a sport feel very difficult to make a decision about their children's careers. Should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and sportswomen? For many children it means starting schoolwork very young, and going out with friends and other interests have to take a second place. It's very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train five hours a day, even at the weekend, when most of his or her friends are playing.
Another problem is of course money. In many countries money for training is available from government for the very best young sportsmen and sportswomen. If this help can not be given, it means that it is the parents who have to find the time and the money to support their child's development and sports clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment, etc. All can be very expensive.
Many parents are worried that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age. Some doctors agree that young muscles may he damaged by training before they are properly developed. Professional trainers, however, believe that it is only by training when young that you can reach the top as a successful sports person. It is clear that very few people do reach the top, and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.
【小题1】This passage is most probably taken from _______.
A.a letter | B.an advertisement | C.a personal diary | D.a newspaper |
A.feel uncertain if they should let their children train to be sportsmen or sportswomen |
B.try to get financial support from the government for their children's training |
C.have to get medical advice from doctors about training methods |
D.prefer their children to be trained as young as possible |
A.By starting young, you won't have much time for your schoolwork. |
B.Early training may damage your muscles. |
C.Most children may become top sportsmen after a long period of training. |
D.It' s very expensive for parents to support their child's development in sports. |
A.to repeat the activities some other day |
B.to become less important |
C.of all the things, they are the most important |
D.to happen again |
A.Most people | B.Many people | C.merely a few people | D.No people |
The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful, says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral freedom.
A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. Keep cool, says George Herbert, for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. Anger, says Pythagoras, brings with folly ( 愚蠢 ) and ends with regret. You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.
If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.
1.What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?
A.The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself. |
B.One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself. |
C.To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life. |
D.If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful. |
2.What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad ” in paragraph 2 ?
A.If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first. |
B.If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished. |
C.If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy. |
D.If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods. |
3. If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.
A.the very backbone and nerve of character |
B.the patience and power to control himself |
C.strong feelings |
D.self-confidence |
4.The author’s main purpose in writing this article is to _______.
A.explain that self-control is the key to success |
B.teach people how to control everything in order to make a great success |
C.distinguish all kinds of self-control and suggest ways for keeping it |
D.advise people not to lose temper so as to make and keep more friends |
5.The passage is mainly developed by _____.
A.analyzing causes |
B.making comparisons |
C.examining differences |
D.listing quotations |
The legal age for drinking alcohol in the Unite States is twenty-one. Underage drinking is a crime but also a common part of college social life. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we look at alcohol rules at American colleges and universities. These rules differ from school to school, but many schools have been moving to strengthen their rules.
The United States has more than 17,000,000 students in higher education. Each year, 1700 of them die from alcohol-related road crashes and other injuries. 600,000 more are injured while under the influence of alcohol. And almost 700,000 are attacked by another drunken.
One behavior that college officials are trying to prevent is too much drink. Some researchers have found that students who think binge drinking(狂饮) is normal often think extremely how much other students really drink. A person can die of alcohol poisoning. At Oklahoma University, a nineteen-year-old student died from drinking heavily at a party in 2005.
Now alcohol is banned from all sorority houses(联谊会会馆) and university housing. Student organizations can serve alcohol at events but only on Friday and Saturday nights. Other new requirements include an alcohol education program that first-year students take online.
The rules govern behavior on campus(大学校园)and off. With a first violation(违犯),students pay seventy-five dollars and their parents are told. They must also take an alcohol education class. For a second “strike”, they have to pay one hundred fifty dollars. A third strike means that they have to be suspended school for at least one semester.
Since 2005,363 students have had a first strike. 30 have had a second strike-and only one hasn’t allowed to go to school for one semester. The president at Oklahoma tells us the aim is not just to punish but to change the behavior and culture at the university.
1.The first paragraph mainly tells us that .
A.the legal age at the lowest for drinking alcohol is 21 |
B.many colleges consider drinking alcohol to be a crime |
C.drinking alcohol is a necessary and popular campus culture |
D.American colleges and universities have their own alcohol rules |
2.Every year the number of the students who die or are injured because of alcohol in the USA adds up to about .
A.17,000,000 |
B.1,301,700 |
C.601,700 |
D.1300,000 |
3.If a student has a third strike, he or she should .
A.have to stop going to school for a time. |
B.be removed to another school |
C.be locked at home for a period. |
D.be forced to leave school forever. |
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.College students are not allowed to drink alcohol at any time. |
B.If students take an alcohol program online, they can drink alcohol. |
C.Students having a first strike only receive punishment of fine. |
D.Students with a second strike pay twice as much as students with a first strike. |
5.From the last paragraph we can infer that .
A.alcohol rules have no effect on college students |
B.drinking alcohol remains a serious problem |
C.alcohol rules aim to change the behavior and culture at the university |
D.the number of students drinking alcohol is dropping in one way |