题目内容
About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table, I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, “So, how have you been?” And the boy — who could not have been more than seven or eight years old — replied. “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”
This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed (确认) my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed”, that is, in low spirits, until we were in high school.
Undoubtedly a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.
Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why?
Human development is depended not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of gaining social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new social positions. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been equipped in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation (诱惑) , many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures.
Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information which children will gain. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.
1.According to the author, feeling depressed is ________.
A.a sure sign of a mental problem in a child
B.a mental state present in all humans, including children
C.something that cannot be avoided in children’s mental development
D.something hardly to be expected in a young child
2.Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world _________.
A.through connection with society
B.gradually and under guidance
C.naturally without being taught
D.through watching television
3.According to the author, that today’s children seem adultlike results from ______.
A.the widespread influence of television
B.the poor arrangement of teaching content
C.the fast pace of human scientific development
D.the rising standard of living
4.What does the author think of communication through print for children?
A.It enables children to gain more social information.
B.It develops children’s interest in reading and writing.
C.It helps children to read and write well.
D.It can control what children are to learn.
1.D
2.B
3.A
4.D
【解析】略
It gives me great pleasure today to say a few words in praise of a man we will all miss very much. To be honest, I can't imagine we will do without him when he's gone.
Bill Masters almost single-handed built up our sales force in the Houston area and developed the market position that we enjoy today. In only six years, he has brought the firm from a very low fifth position in the area sales to the point where we now outsell all but one of our competitors. Not only have we got 37 per cent of the market under Bill's leadership; we are increasing our share with each passing month.
As you know, the company has moved Bill to northern California to work his sales magic in one of this company's most competitive(竞争的) areas. But we know that if anyone can do it, Bill Masters can, and I know you all join me in wishing him the best of luck in his new work.
【小题1】The speech was made _______.
A.at a welcome meeting |
B.at the opening of a new school term |
C.when somebody was leaving |
D.when they had a new manager |
A.37 years | B.less than 5 years |
C.about six years | D.since he began to work |
A.many people | B.nobody |
C.about 37 people | D.very few people |
A.by 37 per cent every month |
B.to the second largest in the area |
C.to be the fifth largest in the area |
D.five times as much as before |
第二节:根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
—I’m standing in the center of Plymouth, the capital of Montserrat, where just one week ago, a volcanic eruption took place. With me is Savage, the officer of the island. Savage, thank you for talking to us.
—You’re Welcome.
— 61
—Well, the volcano erupted, and the ash and lava poured down the mountain towards the sea. And there are several villages in path.
— 62
—No. Luckily, we had plenty of warning and told people who lived in the path of the ash and lava to leave the island. We managed to get half the population to another island before the eruption took place.
— 63
—Eleven thousand people live here and about six thousand people have left.
— 64
—The most dangerous place is between the volcano and the sea. There are a lot of villages there.
Sadly, hundreds of houses caught fire when the alva reached them.
— 65
—Thankfully, no one was killed.
A.Did it do serous damage? |
B.I’m very sorry to hear that. |
C.When did it happen? |
D.What exactly happened last week? |
E.Which area is the most dangerous?
F.That’s terrible. Was anybody hurt?
G.How many people live on the island?