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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从以下各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

  If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak; and when you start using them again, they will slowly become strong again. 1 knows this, and nobody would think of 2 the fact.

  Yet there are many people who 3 to know that the memory works in the same way. When someone says that 4 has a good memory, he 5 means that he keeps his memory 6 practice by exercising it very 7 , either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is 8 , he means that he does not give it enough 9 to become strong. The position is exactly the same as that of 10 people, one of 11 exercises his arms and legs by playing balls, while the other 12 in a chair or a car all day. If a friend of yours says that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own 13 . But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, 14 of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just 15 , and few of us realize that it is just as it was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can become very strong in body or very clever in mind, 16 all of us can improve our strength and our memory by the same means 17 .

  Have you ever 18 that people who cannot read or write usually have 19 memories than those who can? Why is this? Of course, because they cannot write down something in a little notebook or something else. They have to remember names, places, songs and stories; so their memory is always being exercised.

  In a word, if you want to have a good memory, 20 practise remembering.

1.

[  ]

A.Somebody
B.Everybody
C.Nobody
D.Each one

2.

[  ]

A.proving
B.describing
C.questioning
D.indicating

3.

[  ]

A.want
B.need
C.have
D.seem

4.

[  ]

A.he
B.she
C.it
D.one

5.

[  ]

A.always
B.really
C.nearly
D.almost

6.

[  ]

A.with
B.in
C.to
D.by

7.

[  ]

A.soon
B.fast
C.quickly
D.often

8.

[  ]

A.bad
B.useless
C.poor
D.helpless

9.

[  ]

A.chance
B.time
C.space
D.places

10.

[  ]

A.three
B.four
C.two
D.five

11.

[  ]

A.them
B.whom
C.that
D.which

12.

[  ]

A.lies
B.stands
C.hides
D.sits

13.

[  ]

A.business
B.fault
C.story
D.interest

14.

[  ]

A.few
B.some
C.several
D.many

15.

[  ]

A.unhappy
B.unfortunate
C.unthinkable
D.miserable

16.

[  ]

A.because
B.since
C.for
D.but

17.

[  ]

A.study
B.work
C.play
D.rest

18.

[  ]

A.found
B.thought
C.noticed
D.realized

19.

[  ]

A.better
B.poorer
C.worse
D.stranger

20.

[  ]

A.remember
B.try
C.do
D.need

The question of what children learn, and how they should learn, is continually being debated and redebated. Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system, the learning of lessons parrot-fashion, the grammar-with-a-whip system, which was good enough for our grandparents. The theories of modem psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the need of children. Children are not just small adults; they are children who must be respected as much.

Well, you may say, this is as it should be, a good idea. But think further. What happens? "Education" becomes the responsibility not of teachers, but of psychologists (心里学家). What happens then? Teachers worry too much about the psychological implications (暗示) of their lessons, and forget about the subjects themselves. If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the child’s. So teachers worry whether history is "relevant" to modern young children. And do they dare to recount stories about violence? Or will this make the children themselves violent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred? Why teach children to write grammatical sentences? Verbal expression is better. Sums? Arithmetic? No: Real-life mathematical situations are more understandable.

You see, you can go too far. Influenced by educational theorists, who have nothing better to do than to write books about their ideas, teachers leave their teacher-training colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs. They make elaborate, sophisticated (精致的,复杂的) preparations and try out their "modem methods" on the long-suffering children. Since one "modem method" rapidly replaces another the poor kids will have had a good bellyful by the time they leave school. Frequently the modem methods are so sophisticated that they fail to be understood by the teachers, let alone the children; even more often, the relaxed discipline so essential for the " informal" feelings the class must have, prevents all but a handful of children from learning anything.

8. People do not dare defend the old system mainly because under the old system________.

A. too much grammar was taught to children     B. children were spoiled (宠坏)

C. children were treated as grown-ups          D. children were made to learn passively(被动的)

9. What view do the modem psychologists hold?

A. Children must be understood and respected.

B. Children are small adults and know what they need.

C. Children are better off without learning lessons.

D. Education of children is the responsibility of psychologists.

10. What happens when teachers pay too much attention to the psychology of their lessons?

A. They find that the children dislike the lessons.

B. They tend to blame students for their failure.

C. They do not pay enough attention to the actual lessons.

D. They no longer want to teach children history.

11. Grammatical sentences are regarded as unimportant because ________.

A. it is better to use verbs only

B. words are said out of natural feelings only

C. talking freely and naturally without sentences is a better form of expression

D. it is felt that formal grammar rules might cause unnatural expressions

12. According to the passage, the modern methods are understood by ________.

A. neither teachers nor pupils      B. only a handful of teachers and pupils

C. the more sophisticated teachers  D. everyone who enjoys the relaxed discipline of the informal classes

When I was a small boy my family was very poor. My father always used his savings to       my mother to visit her parents who lived far away. There was just my younger brother and myself in the house. One evening Dad came home from       and there was no food in the house, not       a piece of bread. Although we were       , my brother and I went to bed without eating anything.

My father had no money, but I knew from the         on his face that he could not let us have an empty stomach. He         the house and about two hours later returned and quickly       us up. He had in his hand two small potato pies, which he gave us to eat. I don't know where he got the       but somehow he       to get us something to eat.

My father had not eaten and had worked all day       he sat there with great satisfaction watching us eat. This has       stayed in my mind and left more of an impression than any amount of       he may ever have given me.

At that moment, I felt happy knowing that he was there and would not let us      .

I guess the       I am trying to make is that in difficult times it is       not to show weakness but strength and character. If a       is the cement (粘合剂) that holds a family together, then the father is       that strengthens that cement.

 It is his values and       and memories that have carried me forward and helped me to      my own problems in life. In my own       I have learned that it is the valuable time you spend with your children and the values you give to them that will remain with them always.

1.A. force                       B. encourage                      C. send              D. teach            

2.A. hospital              B. work             C. school                D. shop

3.A. quite                B. just                      C. only                  D. even

4.A. nervous                    B. hungry               C. sleepy                D. busy

5.A. worry                       B. pleasure                        C. disappointment          D. surprise

6.A. cleaned         B. observed                     C. left                   D. searched

7.A. brought                    B. put                             C. called                 D. woke

8.A. chance                      B. food              C. support                     D. recipe

9.A. managed                   B. decided                         C. agreed                          D. waited

10.A. so              B. or                    C. but                   D. and

11.A. normally                  B. always                C. shortly                D. softly

12.A. cost            B. time                  C. salary                 D. money

13.A. suffer                    B. know                 C. leave                 D. cry

14.A. decision                  B. promise                         C. point                  D. apology

15.A. strange            B. important                C. difficult               D. common

16.A. father                   B. brother                       C. sister                 D. mother

17.A. something                B. anything               C. everything                     D. nothing

18.A. words             B. records                 C. actions               D. failures

19.A. work out                 B. carry out              C. run into               D. look into

20.A. opinion        B. home                         C. order                         D. turn

 

阅读下列各小题,根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子,并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.The war left the family scattered all over the world, and it was two decades         . (get)

那场战争使这个家庭流落到世界各地,二十年后他们才相聚。

2.The more often you seize opportunities to talk to the foreigners,______________when speaking a foreign language . (confident)

越抓住机会和老外交谈,说外语时你就越自信。

3.Back to 1942 directed by Feng Xiaogang tells a true story in 1942,           in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.(engage)

冯小刚执导的电影《一九四二》讲述了1942年的一个真实的故事,那时侯正值中国人的抗日战争。

4.He is tired of dealing with the complaints of customers. More than once he has told me his desire that______________to do another job of the department.(appoint)

他厌倦了应对顾客的投诉。他不止一次告诉我他的愿望:被任命做部门的其它工作。

5.Though there has been some talk, never_____________________________whether the legendary treasure is hidden in the mountain.(clear)

虽然早有传言,但传说中的财宝是否藏在这个山里还是没有弄明白。

6.She has succeeded. She is pleased that her devotion to studying ___________ .(pay)

她成功了.她非常高兴她在学习上的付出终于得到了回报.

7.With______________his lecture about the endangered animals, the professor has been preparing for it all the day. (attend)

因为许多学生来听关于濒危动物的报告,这位教授一整天都在做准备。

8.Smart phones enable workers to keep in contact in______________impractical before.(think)

智能手机让上班族们有更多他们以前认为是不现实的方式保持联系。

9.In my opinion, it is his measures rather than his ability______________. (blame)

依我看来,是他的措施而不是他的能力应该受责备。

10.As it turned out to be a small house party, we ______________ so formally. (dress)

其结果不过是一个很小的家庭聚会,我们本不必要穿得如此正式的。

 

In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my ___1___, it was the same score.

Later that evening, I ___2___ told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our ___3___ much better than an IQ test. We ___4___ that Michael’s score must have been a ___5___ and we should treat him ___6___ as usual.

We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got ___7___ grades in the school, especially ___8___ biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

Michael ___9___ Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than ___10___. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I ___11___ the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the ___12___ IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say ___13___, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn’t be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the ___14___ we had in him.

Interestingly, Michael then ___15___ another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had __16___ the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be ___17___.

Children often do as ___18___ as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, ___19___ of them. That is, tell a child he is “ ___20___”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

1.

A.joy

B.surprise

C.dislike

D.disappointment

 

2.

A.tearfully

B.fearfully

C.cheerfully

D.hopefully

 

3.

A.student

B.son

C.friend

D.doctor

 

4.

A.argued

B.realized

C.decided

D.understood

5.A. joke        B. mistake      C. warning      D wonder

6.

A.specially

B.strictly

C.naturally

D.carefully

 

7.

A.poor

B.good

C.average

D.standard

 

8.

A.in

B.about

C.of

D.for

 

9.

A.visited

B.chose

C.passed

D.entered

 

10.

A.allowed

B.described

C.required

D.offered

 

11.

A.missed

B.held

C.delayed

D.attended

 

12.

A.high

B.same

C.low

D.different

 

13.

A.curiously

B.eagerly

C.calmly

D.jokingly

 

14.

A.faith

B.interest

C.pride

D.delight

 

15.

A.looked for

B.asked for

C.waited for

D.prepared for

 

16.

A.received

B.accepted

C.organized

D.discussed

 

17.

A.imperfect

B.impossible

C.uncertain

D.unsatisfactory

 

18.

A.honestly

B.much

C.well

D.bravely

 

19.

A.hear

B.learn

C.expect

D.speak

 

20.

A.wise

B.rude

C.shy

D.stupid

 

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