Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time—is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle an ever larger number of electronic devices(电子产品)as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a significant amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they cat at the family table.
Multitasking also affects young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinion of the effect of modern gadgets(器具)on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response(反应). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work.

  1. 1.

    What does the underlined word “juggle” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?

    1. A.
      Want to buy
    2. B.
      Take the place of.
    3. C.
      Use at the same time
    4. D.
      Seek for information from.
  2. 2.

    In Paragraph 3, the author points out that      .

    1. A.
      family members do not cat at the family table
    2. B.
      family member do not greet each other
    3. C.
      young people live happily in their families
    4. D.
      young people seldom talk with their family members
  3. 3.

    What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

    1. A.
      Multitasking is harmful to young people’s development.
    2. B.
      Young people benefit a lot from modern gadgets
    3. C.
      Multitasking is an important skill to young people.
    4. D.
      Young people must learn skills for future jobs.
  4. 4.

    The author develops the passage mainly by    .

    1. A.
      providing typical examples
    2. B.
      following the natural time order
    3. C.
      comparing opinions from different fields
    4. D.
      presenting a cause and analyzing its effects

Japanese students work very hard but many are very unhappy. They feel great pressure from their parents to do well in school and in college. Most students are always being told by their parents to study harder so that they can have successful future. Although this may be good advice for those who are very bright, it can have very bad results for many students who are not quick enough at learning.
Unfortunately, a number of students actually kill themselves. Others are after comfort in using drugs. Some students, however, do bad things with groups of bad people and turn to crime. Many of them have tried very hard at school but, in spite of all their tries, have failed in certain examinations and have disappointed their parents. Such students feel that they are less important than everyone else they meet and leave school before they finish their study.
It is surprising that although most Japanese parents are anxious for their children to do well at school, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are unable to help their children with their lessons and that it is the teachers’ job to help their children.
To make matter worse, a lot of parents send their children to special schools called juku-cram schools. These schools are open during the evenings and on weekends, and their only purpose is to prepare students to pass exams; they do not try to educate students in any real sense of the world. Thus comes a shock to realize that almost three quarters of the junior high school students attend these cram schools.
Ordinary Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the length of students’ hair to their clothes and things in their school bags. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules often lead to a feeling of being unsafe and being unable to fit into society. They believe that no sense of moral(道德) values is developed and that students are given neither guidance nor training in becoming good citizens.

  1. 1.

    Many Japanese students are unhappy at school because          .

    1. A.
      the school work is too much
    2. B.
      their teachers are too strict with them
    3. C.
      their parents put much pressure on them
    4. D.
      they can’t get on well with their friends
  2. 2.

    How many unexpected things will some of Japanese students do when they are not doing well in their studies?

    1. A.
      Two
    2. B.
      Four
    3. C.
      Six
    4. D.
      Eight
  3. 3.

    What’s some experts’ opinion about Japanese school rules?

    1. A.
      They are a set of effective rules.
    2. B.
      They can help the students to be useful persons.
    3. C.
      They are bad for the development of each student.
    4. D.
      They stress the importance of sense of moral values.
  4. 4.

    According to the third paragraph, who have not tried their best?

    1. A.
      The schools.
    2. B.
      The students.
    3. C.
      The teachers.
    4. D.
      The parents.
  5. 5.

    choose the best title for this passage:

    1. A.
      Poor students in Japan
    2. B.
      poor students in campus in Japan
    3. C.
      wrong educational system in Japan
      D How to develop a student

Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers 1 it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I 2 her more each day. My mother does not change, but I 3. As I grow older and wiser, I realize 4 an exceptional person she is. How 5 that I am unable to speak these words in her 6, but they flow easily from my pen.
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just 7 hard work that go into 8 a child? For running after a toddler (学走步的小孩), for understanding a 9 teenager, for tolerating (忍受;容忍) a college student who knows 10 ? For waiting for the day when a daughter 11 how wise her mother really is?
How does a 12 woman thank a mother for 13 to be a mother? For being ready 14 advice (when asked) or remaining 15 when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so,” when she could have uttered these words 16? For being 17 herself-loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she 18 and to help me live up to the example she has 19. I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother 20 in mine.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      as
    2. B.
      that
    3. C.
      until
    4. D.
      when
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      approve
    2. B.
      appreciate
    3. C.
      need
    4. D.
      resemble
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      do
    2. B.
      have
    3. C.
      did
    4. D.
      will
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      how
    2. B.
      that
    3. C.
      who
    4. D.
      what
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      sad
    2. B.
      glad
    3. C.
      comic
    4. D.
      tragic
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      absence
    2. B.
      presence
    3. C.
      appearance
    4. D.
      existence
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      common
    2. B.
      plain
    3. C.
      normal
    4. D.
      usual
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      raising
    2. B.
      rising
    3. C.
      developing
    4. D.
      training
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      childish
    2. B.
      energetic
    3. C.
      fearless
    4. D.
      moody
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      anything
    2. B.
      something
    3. C.
      everything
    4. D.
      nothing
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      detects
    2. B.
      discovers
    3. C.
      recognizes
    4. D.
      realizes
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      pretty
    2. B.
      foolish
    3. C.
      green
    4. D.
      grown
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      failing
    2. B.
      intending
    3. C.
      continuing
    4. D.
      keeping
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      by
    2. B.
      with
    3. C.
      for
    4. D.
      on
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      silent
    2. B.
      quiet
    3. C.
      cool
    4. D.
      noiseless
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      dozen times
    2. B.
      a dozen of times
    3. C.
      dozens of times
    4. D.
      dozen of time
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      valuably
    2. B.
      essentially
    3. C.
      naturally
    4. D.
      virtually
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      devotes
    2. B.
      deserts
    3. C.
      deserves
    4. D.
      desires
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      set
    2. B.
      settled
    3. C.
      placed
    4. D.
      fixed
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      sees
    2. B.
      finds
    3. C.
      is
    4. D.
      looks

It was no surprise that Urzua was the last of the 33 miners to leave the mine.
Urzua --- after shaking hands with rescue workers ---- climbed into a capsule barely wider than a man’s shoulders at 9:46 and was hauled up (拖上来) from a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock. He arrived at the top 11 minutes later.
“We have done what the entire world was waiting for,” he told Chilean President Sebastian Pinera immediately after his rescue. “The 69 days that we fought so hard were not in vain.” Pinera greeted Urzua, saying “You have been rescued, coming out last like a good leader… You have no idea how all Chileans share with
you your hardships, your hope, and your joy. You are an inspiration.” With Urzua by his side, the president led the crowd in singing the national anthem.Robinson Marquez once worked with Urzua in a nearby mine. He described Urzua as a calm, professional person and a born leader. “He is very protective of his men and obviously loves them. He wouldn’t have left until all of his men were safely above ground,” Marquez said.
Under Urzua’s leadership, the men stretched an emergency food supply meant to last just 48 hours over two and a half weeks, taking tiny sips of milk and bites of fish every other day.He described the difficulties of the first days, saying that it took about three hours for the dust to settle before the men could inspect where tons of collapsed rock sealed off (堵住) the main way out. When the rescuers first made contact by drilling a narrow hole into their refuge (避难处), the miners were so excited that everyone wanted to hug the drill hammer.After the collapse, Urzua was the first to speak to Pinera and to urge him not to let him and his men down. “Don’t leave us alone,” he asked the president, who assured the workers that they would not be abandoned, telling them he would do everything he could to get them back to the surface.

  1. 1.

    The mine collapsed on ____.

    1. A.
      March 2
    2. B.
      June 3
    3. C.
      August 5
    4. D.
      October 13
  2. 2.

    Which word can’t be used to describe Urzua?

    1. A.
      Selfish
    2. B.
      Calm
    3. C.
      Optimistic
    4. D.
      Talented
  3. 3.

    What do you know about the capsule?

    1. A.
      It is very spacious.
    2. B.
      It is very narrow.
    3. C.
      It is made by Urzua.
    4. D.
      It is used in space.
  4. 4.

    The emergency food supply was designed to last ____.

    1. A.
      over two and a half weeks
    2. B.
      five days
    3. C.
      one week
    4. D.
      two days

It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in a dingy multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses’ hoofs from “Wagon Train” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, we’d sprawl on Mon’s bed and stare for hours at the tube.
But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses she cleaned books. So she came home one day, snapped off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”
We moaned and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”
So pretty soon there were these two peevish boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this verbal visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip of a page.
Soon I began to look forward to visiting this hushed sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn’t wait to get home to my books.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began the day Mom snapped off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.

  1. 1.

    We can learn form the beginning of the passage that ___________.

    1. A.
      the author and his brother had done well in school
    2. B.
      the author had been very concerned about his school work
    3. C.
      the author had spent much time watching TV after school
    4. D.
      the author had realized how important schooling was
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is not true about the author’s family?

    1. A.
      He came from a middle-class family.
    2. B.
      He came from a single-parent family.
    3. C.
      His mother worked as a cleaner.
    4. D.
      His mother had received little education.
  3. 3.

    The mother was ____________ to make her two sons switch to reading books.

    1. A.
      hesitant              
    2. B.
      unprepared       
    3. C.
      reluctant                  
    4. D.
      determined
  4. 4.

    How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first?

    1. A.
      They were afraid                                   
    2. B.
      They were reluctant.
    3. C.
      They were impatient.                              
    4. D.
      They were eager to go.
  5. 5.

    The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that ___________.

    1. A.
      he began to see something in his mind
    2. B.
      he could visualize what he read in his mind
    3. C.
      he could go back to read the books again
    4. D.
      he realized that books offered him new experience

Recently, my class went on a three-day trip from Shanghai to Nanjing with only 200 yuan. It was fun and inspiring. We left for Nanjing early in the morning (4:52 a.m. on March 19) by train. Unfortunately, because the tickets were difficult to get, we took the train without seats. The carriage quickly became crowded with students. We stood on the train for over five hours until we arrived at our destination —Nanjing. By that time we all understood how hard it is for migrant workers to return home from a big city.
We had an educational campaign in front of the Memorial Hall to the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on the first day. We all felt the heavy weight of history as we walked quietly around the Memorial Hall. Relics of the war on display frightened and shocked us. We could imagine how hard life must have been for the Chinese people at that time.
On the second day we were divided into groups of seven to nine students. We were assigned to do research about the city, so we had to visit local people and talk with them. As we were told not to take taxis, we traveled around the city by bus or subway. At the end of the day, we were so tired that no one touched the remote control of the television in our bedroom. However, we were all happy that we had learned to get around a strange city and that we understood Nanjing more.
On the last day we went to Yuhuatai. Some students handed in applications to join the Communist Party there. We learnt about the martyrs(烈士) stories and most of us were impressed by their noble spirits. They sacrificed their lives but they won great respect.
Our three days soon came to an end. Sitting on the train back to Shanhai, we happily shared our adventures in Nanjing. Though we were tired, it was a really meaningful trip.

  1. 1.

    How did the students find their three-day trip in Nanjing?

    1. A.
      It was funny but difficult       
    2. B.
      It was happy but tiring
    3. C.
      It was tiring and meaningless    
    4. D.
      It was inspiring and meaningful
  2. 2.

    What description is the best for the fourth paragraphs?

    1. A.
      A happy ending.             
    2. B.
      Noble spirits.    
    3. C.
      A hard beginning.            
    4. D.
      Tough living.
  3. 3.

    What is the right time order during their three-day trip in Nanjing? 

    1. A.
      having an educational campaign→doing research→going to Yuhuatai
    2. B.
      leaving for Nanjing→doing research→going to Yuhuatai
    3. C.
      having an educational campaign→doing research→sharing adventures
    4. D.
      getting tickets for traveling→having an educational campaign→going
      to Yuhuatai
  4. 4.

    What can we infer from the trip on the first day in Nanjing? 

    1. A.
      China’s history in the thirties is miserable
    2. B.
      The students were too frightened and shocked to go on visiting
    3. C.
      What hard lives the Chinese people lived
    4. D.
      Some great Chinese people should be respected

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