题目内容
Who has deprived the children's happiness of learning???
Children are born with a natural desire of learning. They are curios and concerned about 36 around them. They are 37 to learn anything that amazes them. They have so many 38 that they keep on asking. They can bore the 39 all day long with many 40 questions which they will never feel bored with. Why? This is because learning is their 41 , perhaps an instinct of human beings. They just can't help. But 42 , they feel bored with learning, especially when learning becomes a boring 43 for them, especially after school has become a 44 of their life, especially when they have to 45 teachers who tell them again and again to 46 to recite and memorize things they don't want to learn, and especially 47 they realize school is not what they once 48 to be but something that, according to their parents, they must rely on in order to 49 a good fame or a good job or a good future. That is to say, learning has become a 50 , which they are forced or 51 to face. So it is the teachers and parents who have thrown the heavy 52 on the children. And meanwhile, the competitive society is also to blame. The children have been 53 of their pleasure and happiness that they could have enjoyed from the natural learning.
Therefore, my 54 to the students’ learning is that they 55 enjoy learning, enjoy the pleasure that they could feel from learning itself. Find back the long lost desire and curiosity of learning in their childhood.
36.A.nothing B.anything C.everything D.something
37.A.curious B.proud C.nervous D.eager
38.A.questions B.reactions C.problems D.troubles
39.A.students B.adults C.parents D.teachers
40.A.funny B.boring C.bored D.practical
41.A.ability B.excuse C.characteristic D.nature
42.A.gradually B.eventually C.however D.therefore
43.A.duty B.exercise C.task D.remark
44.A.pleasure B.part C.occasion D.success
45.A.face B.follow C.escape D.imitate
46.A.repeat B.copy C.report D.reply
47.A.before B.since C.after D.when
48.A.forbidden B.attracted C.intended D.expected
49.A.require B.achieve C.earn D.indicate
50.A.promise B.service C.must D.choice
51.A.pleased B.recommended C.obliged D.experienced
52.A.burden B.confidence C.difficulty D.challenge
53.A.informed B.deprived C.accused D.approved
54.A.Encouragement B.persuation C.suggestion D.decision
55.A.must B.should C.might D.could
36---55 CDABB DACBA ADDBC CABCB
解析:
学习本来是孩子们天生的、本能的、自然的、快乐的求知过程,孩子们应该因为学习而感到满足和幸福,他们本来渴望了解自然,喜欢探索他们感兴趣的领域,他们本来可以因为学习而废寝忘食,乐此不彼,因为学习对于他们本来是件幸福和快乐的事情。可是是谁剥夺了他们的快乐?是谁让他们在面对书本的时候不再感到幸福而是莫大的压力?
36.C 解答该题的关键是要准确区别anything与everything在肯定句中所表达的意义。关心一切事情,含有整体性,应用everything,anything用于肯定句时,表示强调,该句没有强调之意。
37.D eager渴望的,be eager to do sth.渴望作某事;curious 好奇的;
38.A question 有疑而问,并且有待回答的问题; reaction(to)对......的反应;problem“问题、习题”,着重指客观存在的亟待解决的“问题”,尤其指棘手或难以解决的“问题”。Troubles“麻烦”,不和题意。
39.B adults包括parents和teachers;显然不是students。
40.B boring指的是“令人厌倦的”,指事物让人觉的厌倦;tired意为“疲劳的,厌倦的”,通常是由于过度疲劳等引起的疲劳;practical“实际的”。
41.D nature“本性;性质”;excuse“借口,理由”;characteristic意为“特征;特色”,比较注重外在的; ability “能力,才干;技能”。意思为“学习是他们的天性”。
42.A gradually“逐渐地;逐步地”,表示事态的发展;eventually“最后,最后”,表示某事的结果;however “然而;仍然”,表转折;therefore“因此,所以”,表示因果关系。
43.C task“任务, 工作“;duty”义务,责任;职务”;exercise“运动,训练”;remark 非正式评论。
44.B part“部分,角色,作用”;...pleasure“愉快,快乐,乐趣,乐事”;occasion“场合,时刻;时机”;success“成功,成就,成功的人或事”。
45.A face“面对”;follow“遵照,采用,仿效;听懂”;imitate“模仿,仿效”;/ escape“逃跑,逃脱”;control“控制”。下文也提到。
46.A repeat“重复,重说,重做;背诵”copy “抄写;复印”; report“汇报,报告”;reply“答复,回答”。句意为“……重复背诵一些记忆性的东西。”
47.D when“当……时候”;when,before和after都是从属连词,表示时间先后;since既可表时间,也可表原因。根据句意,可知选when。
48.D expect“期望”;forbidden“禁止”;attract“吸引,引起”;intended“想要,打算”;
49.B “……为了获得好的荣誉,工作和将来”。achieve“得到,获得,多指成就、目标、幸福的取得”,正合题意;require“需要;要求”;earn“赚;挣得”,指因工作等而得到报酬或待遇;indicate“表明”。
50.C “学习成了一种必须做的事情”。must此处为名词“必须做的事情”;如To learn English well is a must. 学好英语是非常必要的。promise“承诺”;service;“服务,帮助”;choice“选择(机会),抉择”。
51.C obliged:迫使,用于be obliged to do sth.被迫干某事;recommend“推荐,介绍;劝告”;please“使高兴,请”;experience“经历”。
52.A 根据上文“是老师和父母把沉重的担子加在了他们身上”。burden“担子,重担”;confidence“信任;信赖;信心”;difficulty“困难;难事;困境”;challenge“挑战”。
53.B “孩子们被剥夺了幸福和快乐”。deprive sb. of sth.剥夺某人某事;be (well) informed of(about)“对......消息灵通”;accuse sb. of... 控告某人犯有......;approve(of)“赞成, 满意”。
54.C 根据上下文看,此处应是作者的建议(suggestion)。Encouragement“鼓励,激励”;persuasion “劝说,说服”;decision“决定,决议”。
55.B 根据上文既然是建议,学习就应该(should)是享受学习,…….。其他不和语境。
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A.a person who did not look the same as in many pictures |
B.a person who lived a colorful and meaningful life |
C.a great but not perfect man |
D.an old-time magician |
A.To encourage people to raise questions. | B.To cause difficulty in understanding. |
C.to provide a person with an explanation. | D.To limit people’s imagination. |
A.The first. | B.The second. |
C.The third. | D.Both the first and the second. |
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A.The importance of identity. |
B.The crisis of identity. |
C.Differences between Eastern and Western cultures. |
D.Difficulty in living in foreign counties. |
A.he needed to board a plane at any time
B.he couldn’t afford to live in a hotel
C.he needed others acknowledgement
D.he couldn’t prove who he was
65.A “banana” in the passage is in fact an .
A.American traveling to Asia B.American keeping Eastern culture
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