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Let Them Watch It

　　One hot night in July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of：a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking．Nothing would settle him．Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a TV set into his room, figuring that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill off the hours until dawn．To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the screen．Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I then tiptoed out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi’s forty-fifth birthday．

　　My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself．

　　I found in my baby’s behavior a metaphor(暗喻)for the new generation．My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit upon them．When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable．And so it is in the schools．We find that our students don’t read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it．All they want to do is watching TV．After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion：“Let them watch it．If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!”

(1)

Why did the author bring a TV set into his son’s room?

[　　]

A．

To make his son stop crying．

B．

To spend the night by watching TV programs．

C．

To leave it to his son．

D．

To make his son go to sleep as soon as possible．

(2)

The baby’s reaction to the TV program was ________．

[　　]

A．

unexpected

B．

excited

C．

awful

D．

calm

(3)

From the passage we know that the author is ________．

[　　]

A．

a doctor

B．

an editor

C．

a writer

D．

a teacher

(4)

What do you think is the author’s attitude towards TV expressed in the last two sentences?

[　　]

A．

Favorable

B．

Serious．

C．

Not favorable

D．

Not serious．

答案：1．B;2．A;3．D;4．C;
解析：

(1)

细节理解题。第一段中作者提到，可见作者认为看电视是消磨时间的正确方法，所以选项B为正确答案。

(2)

事实判断题。文章中讲到：没看电视之前，无论用何种方法都不能哄孩子入睡，而打开电视之后，孩子的眼睛集中在屏幕上，不哭不闹，他的这一举动是让人想不到的，所以正确答案为A。

(3)

推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“We find that our students…”可以推断出作者是名教师，所以正确答案为D。


提示：

推断作者观点态度题。根据最后两句，我们可知作者对孩子们看电视持不赞成的态度，他认为该给孩子们一些自由看电视的时间，但绝不是Let them watch it all they want(让孩子们想怎么看就怎么看)，实际上，最后一句话运用了一种反语的修辞手法。


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In the past if you were determined to learn, you might have called a friend or relative, taken a night class or walked down to the local library for a research thereお. But now a host of websites are springing up to provide free practical advice on these subjects and actually anything else you can think of.

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But “how-to” sites take the FAQs idea in a somewhat different direction by addressing subjects that aren’t necessarily related to discussion forums(论坛).These sites take the style of a written tutorial (teaching period) and a tone of friendly advice. Possibly the biggest and best known of these sites is learn2.com (www.learn2.com).It offers nearly 1 000 free tutorials and adds new ones frequently for a job interview.

At ehow.com (www.ehow.com) you can learn how to train for your first marathon, how to buy a vacation home, or how to make a movie in eight steps.

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A. introduce new websites to people

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D.help you to solve any difficulty you meet with

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B.help people to learn what they want to

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A.experts who know a lot

B.hosts of “how-to” sites

C.people without knowledge

D.beginners of “how-to” sites

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A.“how-to” sites are specially designed for the disabled

B.people can teach themselves at home by visiting “how-to” sites

C.it is pleasant to listen to the advice on “how-to” sites

D.you can just click your mouse at home to question anything

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Let us say there is something you don’t know how to do.

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In one sense, these “how-to” sites represent(表明) a part of the growing world of online learning. This tradition found one of its earliest forms in the FAQ—or Frequently Asked Questions files—that began on Usenet, the Internet’ s global discussion group. These FAQs, many of which still circulate (go round continuously), took a specific subject—and explained it to complete novices.

But “how-to” sites take the FAQs idea in a somewhat different direction by addressing subjects that aren’t necessarily related to discussion forums(论坛).These sites take the style of a written tutorial (teaching period) and a tone of friendly advice. Possibly the biggest and best known of these sites is learn2.com (www.learn2.com).It offers nearly 1 000 free tutorials and adds new ones frequently for a job interview.

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Let's Talk Music!

Dear Li Ming,

　　Hi, my name is Brianne. I am a friend of Jenny's. Jenny tells me you are thinking about starting guitar lessons. She suggested that I write to you because I have taken many kinds of music lessons. I am happy to talk to you about my favourite topic:music.

　　I am sending the CD of my favourite singer. I hope you enjoy it. I listen to this music every day on the radio and I thought you might like it, too. Bryan Adams is very popular here. Have you ever heard of him? He's great! How about in China? When I take the school bus each day, I like to bring my “Discman” so that I can listen to music while I am going to school. It is important that students be happy on the bus, don't you think? I love many kinds of music and I think music is very important in life.　　Music has been a part of my life since I was young. When I was only four, I started taking violin lessons. We had many music parties and concerts. Then as I got older, I play the piano, and eventually joined the band at school and started playing the saxophone. That's when I learned to appreciate jazz music. Now,even though I like listening to popular music, I also love playing music.

　　Once I learned to play sax, and fell in love with jazz music, I wanted to sing. So now I am taking guitar lessons. I absolutely love it! It's easier to sing when you have a guitar to keep you “on key”. I'm surprised at how easy it is. I recommend you start your lessons right away and I'm sure that you will learn very quickly. Someday maybe we will be able to play together. Wouldn't that be fun?

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　　Actually, I can think of one day, years ago, when music didn't make my day better. I was playing in a piano concert with three of my friends. We were in this fancy hall with a baby grand piano on the stage and two judges sitting in the audience. I was terrified! It was the first time I had to know my song by memory. My first friend went up and played her song; the audience clapped and she returned to her seat. She had played beautifully. My second friend also played well. Then the judges called my name. I had butterflies in my stomach and a lump in my throat as I slowly walked up to the stage. I began to play.

　　About halfway through the song, I completely forgot the notes! I stopped playing, and then started again at the beginning, but when I got to the same place, I forgot the notes again. This time I stopped and looked up at the audience and saw one of the judges slowly walking up to the stage to bring me the music book. I have never been so embar-rassed in all my life! By the way, I didn't win the competition.

　　Whenever I remember this story, I laugh. It doesn't seem so tragic now. Don't let it scare you. Most of my memories of music are good ones, and I don't ever want to stop playing instruments and listening to good music. Pop music, classical music, jazz or even country music, I enjoy them all.

　　So, Li Ming, I strongly recommend that you take the guitar lessons. Please let me know how it turns out. I hope you enjoy this gift of music. I would like to know what you think about music. What kind of music do you listen to?

Your new friend,

Brianne

(1)When Brianne says “when I play music, I can... express parts of myself that I can't really talk about in words,” it means “_____”.

[　　]

A．words are powerless in expressing oneself

B．music is sometimes more expressive and powerful than words

C．I'm a poor writer but a good musician

D．I can't express myself in words but can express myself by playing music

(2)Brianne is a friend of Jenny's. Why did she write a letter to Li Ming?

[　　]

A．She wanted to make friends with her.

B．She wanted to teach her guitar.

C．She wanted to make some suggestions on music lessons.

D．She wanted to think highly of music.

(3)Which of the following statements is TRUE?

[　　]

A．Brianne is a music fan.

B．Brianne doesn't want Li Ming to take the guitar lessons.

C．Music makes Brianne any day better.

D．Brianne gave Li Ming some advice on the guitar lessons.

(4)Why didn't Brianne win the competition?

[　　]

A．She didn't practise a lot.

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Let children learn to judge their own work．A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking．He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use．Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's．In the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle…They compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes．But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself．We do it all for him．We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake．If it is a matter in mathematics or science, give him the answer book．Let him correct his own papers．Why should we teachers waste time in such routine(日常的)work?Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the right answer．Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what he does not know．

(1)

According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by ________．

[　　]

A．

listening to skilled people's advice．

B．

asking older people many questions

C．

making mistakes and having them corrected

D．

doing what other people do

(2)

Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?

[　　]

A．

Give children correct answers

B．

Allow children to mark mistakes．

C．

Point out children's mistakes to them．

D．

Let children mark their own work

(3)

According to the writer, teachers in school should ________．

[　　]

A．

allow children to learn from each other

B．

point out children's mistakes whenever found

C．

correct children's mistakes as soon as possible

D．

give children more book knowledge

(4)

The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ________．

[　　]

A．

different from learning other skills

B．

the same as learning skills

C．

more important than other skills

D．

not really important skills

(5)

The title of this passage could probably be ________．

[　　]

A．

Let Us Teachers Stop Work

B．

Let Us Make Children Learn

C．

Let Children Correct Their Exercises

D．

Let Children Learn by Themselves
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     Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being
corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times
a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit
by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's. In the same
way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle,
ride a bicycle…They compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and
slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his
mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he
would never notice a mistake. If it is a matter in mathematics or science, give him the answer book.
Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time in such routine(日常的)work?
Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the right answer.
Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own
understanding, how to know what he does not know.

1. According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by_____.

A. listening to skilled people's advice.
B. asking older people many questions
C. making mistakes and having them corrected
D. doing what other people do

2. Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?

A. Give children correct answers
B. Allow children to mark mistakes.
C. Point out children's mistakes to them.
D. Let children mark their own work

3. According to the writer, teachers in school should _____

A. allow children to learn from each other
B. point out children's mistakes whenever found
C. correct children's mistakes as soon as possible
D. give children more book knowledge

4. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are____

A. different from learning other skills
B. the same as learning skills
C. more important than other skills
D. not really important skills