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Just as some experts say, shopping by television will never take the place of shopping in ______ stores, because many people find shopping at a store ______ great enjoyment.
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We all know what it is like to be unable to turn your head because of a cold in the muscles (肌肉) of your neck, or because an unexpected twist（扭曲）has made your neck ache. The slightest move makes you jump with pain. Nothing could be worse than a pain in the neck.
That is why we use the phrase to describe some people who give you the same feeling. We have all met such people.
One is the man who always seems to be clapping his hands—often at the wrong time—during a performance in the theater. He keeps you from hearing the actors.
Even worse are those who can never arrive before the curtain goes up and the play begins. They come hurrying down to your row of seats. You are comfortably settled down, with your hat and heavy coat in your lap. You must stand up to let them pass. You are proud of yourself-control after they have settled into their seats…Well, what now…God, one of them is up again. He forgot to go to the men’s room, and once more you have to stand up, hanging on to your hat and coat to let him pass. Now, that is “a pain in the neck”.
Another, well—known to us all, is the person sitting behind you in the movies. His mouth is full of popcorn (爆米花); he is chewing（嚼）loudly, or talking between bites to friends next to him. None of them remain still. Up and down, back and forth, they go—for another bag of popcorn, or something to drink.
Then, there is the man sitting next to you at lunch, smoking. He wants you to enjoy it too, and blows smoke across your food into your mouth.
We must not forget the man who comes into a bus or subway and sits down next to you, just as close as you will let him. You are reading the newspaper and he gets closer so that he can read the paper with you. He may even turn the paper to the next page before you are ready for it.
We also call such a person a “rubber neck”, always getting close to where it does not belong, like neighbors who watch all your visitors. They enjoy learning about your personal business. People have a strong dislike for “rubber necks”. They hate being watched secretly.
1.Where can you find this passage?
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A．In a medicine dictionary. |
B．in a kids’ story book. |
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C．In a social science book. |
D．In a science textbook. |
2.According to the passage, how do you feel when late comers walk back and forth in front of you in a cinema?
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A．disturbed. |
B．bored. |
C．ignored. |
D．relaxed. |
3.A “rubber neck” often __________________ .
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A．says bad words behind people. |
B．quarrels face to face with neighbors. |
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C．bargains with salespeople over the price |
D．asks about other people’s business |
4.Which of the following persons CANNOT be described as a “pain in the neck”?
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A．Someone who often claps at the wrong time during a performance. |
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B．Someone who feels ache in his neck due to a cold in the muscles. |
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C．Someone who sits next to you smoking, which you never enjoy. |
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D．Someone who keeps eating or talking all through the movies. |
5.What is the main purpose of the author?
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A．To tell people what might be bad manners in public. |
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B．To criticize (批评) the people who might be a “pain in the neck” |
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C．To show anger to those who are described as a “pain in the neck”. |
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D．To tell people how to stop the pain in the neck. |
Sea lions and seals may swim in cold ocean water, but even they get chilly sometimes. Seeing an injured seal wrapped in a blanket at a marine(海的) mammal center gave Haley Humes and Hayley Jeffries an idea for a special Girl Scout project. They decided to make blankets to keep injured animals warm. They would give these blankets to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, California.
“We knew we wanted to help animals,” Haley said. “We went to the center to ask questions about what they needed. They don’t have a heated floor, and all the babies crowded together to stay warm.”
Friends since kindergarten, Haley and Hayley made 12 blankets to keep the Marine Mammal Center’s seals and sea lions warm. Using fun images like Winnie-the-Pooh, the girls took two hours to make each blanket. The first sea lion to test out a blanket looked pretty in pink.
“It was a sick baby and really liked it,” Haley said. “It curled up in it right away.”
“The blankets are beautiful and the animals love them!” said the Mammal Center’s Michele Hunter. “It’s nice to see children taking pride in their work and doing something to help animals.”
During the project, the girls took dozens of pictures for the PowerPoint presentations they gave to Girl Scout leaders. Those presentations helped Haley and Hayley raise $250 to buy additional supplies the center needed.
This was the first project the girls ever worked on and took months to plan and carry out.
“I learned that in order to make something happen, you have to take it slowly and step by step,” Hayley said. Just as important, the girls discovered that two people really can make a difference. “Knowing you’re making a difference……with these animals is amazing,” Haley said. “It was like the animals became my new friends.”
The Pacific Marine Mammal Center cares for sea lions and seals, as well as for other marine mammals. Since opening in 1971,the center has saved more than 5,000 injured marine mammals.
1. What does the underlined word“ chilly” in Paragraph 1 mean?
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A．Sick. |
B．Cold. |
C．Afraid. |
D．Bored. |
2. When Haley and Hayley saw an injured seal wrapped in a blanket, they_____.
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A．decided to help animals |
B．asked Girl Scout for help |
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C．went to the animal center to work. |
D．called on others to protect animals |
3. What can we learn about Haley and Hayley from the text?
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A．They raised $2,500 for the Mammal Center. |
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B．They made 120 blankets by themselves. |
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C．It took them an hour to make a blanket. |
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D．They felt great about what they did. |
4. Which of the following words can best describe the work of Haley and Hayley?
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A．Difficult. |
B．Successful. |
C．Experimental. |
D．Dangerous. |
5. According to the text, the Mammal Center_____.
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A．has a history of about 40 years |
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B．has an advanced heating system |
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C．has saved ten thousand animals so far |
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D．protects both land and marine mammals |
Most children now chat daily either online or through their mobile phones. They are connecting to a huge number of other children all over the world. Some are shy “in real life” but are confident to communicate with others online; others find support from people of their own age on relationship issues, or problems at home.
Sometimes the online world, just like the real world, can introduce problems, such as arguments. Going online is great fun, but there are also a few people who use the Internet for offensive (冒犯性的) or illegal aims. Children must be made aware of both the good things and the dangers.
To keep children safe your management must cover the family computer. Just as you decide which TV pro-grams are suitable, you need to do the same for the websites and chat rooms your children visit. Remind your children that online friends are still strangers. Re-minding them of the risks will keep them alert (警惕).
Computer studies are part of schoolwork now, so it’s likely that your children may know more than you do. We get left behind when it comes to the latest gad-gets and the interactive areas of websites, like chat rooms and message boards, which are especially strange. The language of chat is strange to many parents, too. Chatters love to use abbreviations (缩写) such as: atb — all the best, bbfn —bye bye for now, cul8er — see you later, gr8 — great, Idk — I don’t know, imbl — it must be love, kit — keep in touch, paw — parents are watching, lol — laugh out loud, xlnt — excellent!
1.The passage is meant for ______.
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A．children |
B．parents |
C．teachers |
D．net bar owners |
2.Which of the following will the author probably agree with?
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A．The Internet is no good for children. |
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B．The chat language is strange to adults. |
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C．Children shouldn’t chat so much online. |
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D．The Internet is a good place for children. |
3.In order to keep children safe online, you’d better ______.
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A．choose suitable websites and chat rooms for them |
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B．teach them to use correct net words |
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C．surf the Internet together with them |
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D．forbid them to use the Internet |
How is it that siblings (兄弟姐妹) can turn out so differently? One answer is that in fact each sibling grows up in a different family. The firstborn is, for a while, an only child, and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later. The next child is, for a while, the youngest, until the situation is changed by a new arrival. The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too. One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years; another might be raised in a family crisis, with a disappointed mother or an angry father.
Sibling competition was identified as an important shaping force as early as in 1918. But more recently, researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each others’ lives. Dr. Annette Henderson says firstborn children pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings. The reason for this might be that the later children aren’t getting the same one-on-one time with parents. But that doesn’t mean that the younger children have problems with language development. Later-borns don’t enjoy that much talking time with parents, but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters, learning entire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between “I” and “me”.
A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that helped them grow socially. Love-hate relationships were common among the children. Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much positive communication as the other sibling pairs.
One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings, particularly if they are close in age. Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than the second and third. Girls with brothers show their differences to a maximum degree by being more feminine than girls with sisters. A 2003 research paper studied adolescents from 185 families over two years, finding that those who changed to make themselves different from their siblings were successful in increasing the amount of warmth they gained from their parents.
1.The underlined part “in a different family” (in Para. 1) means “_______”.
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A．in a different family environment |
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B．in a different family tradition |
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C．in different family crises |
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D．in different families |
2.In terms of language development, later-borns ________.
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A．get their parents’ individual guidance |
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B．learn a lot from their elder siblings |
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C．experience a lot of difficulties |
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D．pick up words more quickly |
3.What was found about fights among siblings?
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A．Siblings hated fighting and loved playing. |
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B．Siblings in some families fought frequently. |
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C．Sibling fights led to bad sibling relationships. |
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D．Siblings learned to get on together from fights. |
4.The word “feminine” (in Para. 4) means “_______”.
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A．having qualities of parents |
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B．having qualities of women |
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C．having defensive qualities |
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D．having extraordinary qualities |