Question

In Renee Smith's classroom, attendance is up, trips to the headmaster's office are down and students are handing in assignments on time. The Springfield High School teacher says she has seen great ___11___ since adding a few new students to her class – five Labrador puppies and their father.

The seven ___12___ students in Smith's class have a history of discipline ___13___. But since they've started teaching the dogs obedience (顺从), their own ___14___ has improved. A dog trainer Chuck Reynolds ___15___ the students a new trick each week that they then work on with the puppies. At night, the dogs go home with the staff members who have raised them. They get dropped off in the morning, ___16___ a parent would take a child to day care.

Smith said she came up with the idea when her dog had puppies and she saw how ___17___ her own children responded to them. She consulted with school psychologist Kristin Edinger, ___18___ they took the idea-- along with letters from students ___19___the programme -- to the school board. A pet therapist said, "What you are trying to teach is ___20___ and that there are consequences for the decisions you make."

11. A. promotion   B. progress  C. disturbance  D. disappointment

12. A. human   B. dog      C. new       D. Labrador

13. A. problems    B. questions    C. issues    D. troubles

14. A. habit     B. attitude   C. action   D. behaviour

15. A. guides      B. teaches      C. permits     D. aids

16. A. such as       B. much as    C. so that    D. even if

17. A. well     B. quickly    C. poorly     D. carelessly

18. A. but   B. so     C. and     D. because

19. A. revising    B. describing     C. opposing  D. supporting

20. A. self-criticism   B. self-respect  

C. self-control        D. self-importance

Answer 1

11—16 B AADBB    17—20 ACDC

解析:

让小孩子饲养小狗有好处，这有什么稀奇的呢？稀奇的是学校这样做！

11、词义比较前后照应       有老师说自从Smith班上增添了几个新的学生——拉布拉多猎狗和它们的父亲后，她就看到班上有了很大的起色。 promotion促进，提升；progress进步, 发展；disturbance骚动，干扰；disappointment失望。

12、常识运用       Smith班上的七个学员，是训练狗(dog，Labrador)的人(human)。这篇文章中一定要注意代词所指，是指狗，还是指训练狗的学员。

13、词义辨析       Smith班上的七个学员过去有违纪问题的历史记录。problems问题，难题，总是与“困难”相联系着，一般指有待解决的问题；questions问题, 总是与“疑问”相联系，一般指有待回答的问题；issues问题，一般指引起“争端的问题；troubles问题，一般指待来“麻烦，烦恼”的问题。

14、词义辨析       从这七个学员训练狗学会顺从中，他们自己的行为也有了改进。A. habit习惯，习性，癖好，指经过长时间养成的行为习惯；attitude态度，意见，指人们对某件事的心理取向；action 动作，行动；behaviour 行为, 举止, 习性，指人们的日常行为，举止情况。

15、逻辑推理词义比较       训狗师教(teach)给学员一个新的技术，学员们就用在狗身上。guide指导，带领；permit 许可, 允许, 准许；aid帮助，援助。

16、常识运用词义比较       早晨，被训练的狗出门去，就非常象(much as)父母带着孩子到托儿所去一样。such as诸如此类的东西；so that为了，以便，表示目的意义；even if即使，即便，表示让步关系。

17、逻辑推理常识运用       Smith说当她的狗有了小狗崽，她自己的孩子对这些小狗崽作出了很乖(well)的反应，她因而有了这样的想法。

18、语句连贯   她请教了学校的心理学家，学校把她的想法提交到了学校董事会。前后句子表示顺承递进关系，故选and。But表示转折关系；so，because表示因果关系。

19、逻辑推理前后照应       同时还把赞同这个计划的学员的信件上交学校董事会。与文章第一段联系起来。象Smith小孩一样的学员无法修订、校订(revise)和描述(describe)，当然不会反对(oppose)，而是支持、拥护(support)这个计划。

20、逻辑推理词义比较       宠物临床医学家说，你现在教给学生的就是让学员学会自我控制(self-control)，你作出的决定很有重要性。self-criticism自我批评；self-respect自我尊重自尊, 自重；self-importance自尊, 自负, 自大。