题目内容
3. 好像我们除了等待别无选择。
It seems that we have________________________ .
3. no choice but to wait
完形填空
Robeson was born in a very poor family. At seven, hehad topick coal in a deserted mine near his home, then he sold1 he had picked and earned a few coins to help his parents. He had2schooling. For being so poor, how could he 3 school fees?
When he was fifteen, he worked 4 a servant in a school. Looking at other children studying in the classroom, he felt 5 for himself. How he 6 to have the same chance! He decided to study by 7 . In the daytime, after the sweeping and cleaning was over, he8stand by the window outside the classroom trying to catch what the teacher said. At night, he tried his best to remember what he had 9 during the day. He worked 10 hard at his lessons that he sometimes had just three or four hours to sleep. The more he learned, the greater 11 he showed in his lessons. A maths teacher dis?covered him and came to like this diligent boy and 12 him to sit at the back of the class. In one exam, he was the13one in the whole school who reached the highest grade. He would have been given the scholarship 14 he had been a regular student of the school.
Robeson 15 through six long years with his study of maths and wrote several articles which caught the16of some university professors. They admired his talent 17 his diligence. To give him a good chance, they hired him as a librarian and18him free guidance. Robeson felt 19 for he was sure that before him there was a broad road 20 success.
1. A. whether B. which C. that D. what
2. A. many B. few C. little D. much
3. A. buy B. afford C. send D. read
4. A. as B. like C. for D. by
5. A. angry B. ashamed C. proud D. sorry
6. A. hated B. decided C. wished D. regretted
7. A. the teacher B. himself C. his parents D. his schoolmates
8. A. could B. ought to C. should D. would
9. A.learned B. foun C. heard of D. written down
10. A. very B. so C. too D. quite
11. A. joy B. interest C.time D. taste
12. A. allowed B. agreed C. let D. refused
13. A. worst B. only C. last D. laziest
14. A. if B. when C. though D. because
15. A. learned B. listened C. mastered D. struggled
16. A. notice B. influence C. impression D. attention
17. A. except for B. according to C. as well D. in spite of
18. A. taught B. offered C. lent D. sent
19. A. sad B. angry C. happy D. disappointed
20. A. leading to B. coming from C. made of D. covered with
At a primary school in a small town in the east of South Carolina, second-grade teachers Garneau and Lynne are convinced that separating elementary-age boys and girls produces immediate academic improve?ment in both genders (性别).
David Chadwell, South Carolina's expert of single gender education says, "Boys and girls learn, hear and respond to their surroundings differently. We can teach boys and girls based on what we now know.,,
Male and female eyes are not organized in the same way, he explains. The organization of the male eye makes it sensitive to motion and direction. "Boys under?stand the world as objects moving through space, " he says.
The male eye is also drawn to cooler colours like silver and black. It's no accident that boys tend to create pictures of moving objects instead of drawing the happy-colourful family, like girls do in their classes.
The female eye, on the other hand, is drawn to warmer colours like red, yellow and orange. To attract girls, Chadwell says, the teacher doesn't need to move as much as in boy's class. Using descriptive phrases and lots of colours in presentations or on the blackboard gets their attention.
Boys and girls also hear differently. "When some?one speaks in a loud tone, girls understand it as yelling, ,,Chadwell says. "They think you're mad and can shut down. " Girls are more sensitive to sounds. He advises girls' teachers to watch the tone of their voices. Boys' teachers should sound more forceful, even excited.
A boy's nervous system causes him to be more cau?tious when he is standing, moving, and the room tem?perature is around 69 degrees Fahrenheit. Stress in boys, he says, tends to increase blood flow to their brains , a process that helps them stay focused. Girls are more focused when seated in a warmer room around 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Girls also respond to stress differ?ently. When exposed to threat and conflict, blood goes to their guts (肠道),leaving them feeling nervous or anxious.
These differences can be applied in the classroom, Chadwell adds. " Single gender programmes are about making the best use of the learning." 1. What is David Chadwell's attitude towards separating
elementary-age boys and girls while learning?
A. Supportive. B. Worried.
C. Concerned. D. Uninterested.
2. To attract boys in a class, the teacher .
A. must have a moving object in this hand
B. needs to wear clothes in a warm colour
C. has to speak politely
D. had better move constantly while teaching
3. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?
(1 = Paragraph 1 2=Paragraph 2 3 = Paragraph 3 …8=Paragraph 8)
4. Which of the following students is most likely to be focused?
A. A boy sitting in a warm room.
B. A standing boy who is faced with stress.
C. A girl standing in a cold room.
D. A girl who is facing a lot of pressure.
B
Dear Daddy ,
I just want to say Happy Father's Day and also Happy Birthday* since to?day is also your birthday.
I want to tell you something that I probably never told you before. First of all, I know you had always been the type of American father that didn't show lots of love. You were a little harder on your boys, then you were your girls. But in fact we know you always spoiled us girls.
I know that I didn't visit you as often as 1 should have and I didn't call you either, and for this I am truly sorry. I should have spent more time with you and we could have a good long talk, because I did truly enjoy the talks that we had. You were also one of those people that were always fun to be around and could always make us laugh. I enjoyed the time we spent together and al?though I probably never told you before, but I did appreciate everything you ever did for me.
Mum, my sister and I went to see you this morning and spent some time with you. We couldn't let your birthday and Father's Day go by without pay?ing you a visit. We placed some flowers on your headstone(墓碑)and someone had left a flag on there as well. Probably it's one of my brothers. 1 kept think?ing about that February windy day back in 1992 when we laid you in the ground and how I just wanted to scream, "Don't put my daddy in the ground; it's dark down there.,,
Daddy, I hope that you are still smiling up in heaven the way I remember you when you were alive. I shall see you again soon. 1 will keep it. Happy Birthday and Happy Father's Day. I love you and always will.
Yours , Jane
4. What can we know from the passage?
A. Jane often dreamed about her father's death at night.
B. Jane went to see her father alone this morning.
C. Jane wrote a letter to her father on the day after Father's Day.
D. Father's Day and the birthday of Jane's father were on the same day this year.
5. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. You were very kind to your girls.
B. You were a little harder on your girls.
C. You were friends with your girls.
D. You were loved by your girls.
6. What does this passage suggest?
A. Jane's father was a man of few words.
B. Jane's father deeply loved his children.
C. Jane was afraid to talk with her father.
D. Jane's father was always mean to his children.
7. From Paragraph 4 we can feel that_____ l.
A. Jane's mother was still very sad
B. it was dark down in the ground :
C. Jane missed her father very much
D. it was quiet around the headstone
8. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. Father's smile. B.Jane's promise.
C.Jane's dream.
D.Father's kindness.
3. Although it is a hard task to protect our environment, we can't help but ______(go) ahead.
3. Only this man was strong enough lifting the heavy stone.
2. The mother did what she could_____________ (rescue) her son, although she herself was in danger.
The number of speakers of English in Shakespeare's time is estimated to have been about five million. Today it is estimated that some 260 million people speak it as a native language, mainly in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard varieties of English found in these areas, there are a great many regional and social varieties of the language as well as various levels of usage that are employed both in its spoken and written forms.
In fact, it is impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages. The purpose for English learning and the sit?uations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to explain and still more difficult to judge what forms an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world lan?guage. Besides serving the indefinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of the im?portant works in science? technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences and the spread of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these coun?tries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as govern?ment, commerce, industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for entrance to the scientific and technological developments in the West.
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Some 260 million people in the world have an ad?equate working knowledge of English.
B. There are some 260 million native speakers of English in the world.
C. It is almost impossible to estimate the number of people with an adequate working knowledge of Eng?lish.
D. People learn English for a variety of reasons.
2. According to the passage, what is the main reason for the widespread use of English?
A. It was popular during Shakespeare's time.
B. It is used in former British colonies.
C. It serves the needs of its native speakers.
D. It is a world language that is used for interna?tional communication.
3. What forms an adequate working knowledge of Eng?lish?
A. The ability to read a newspaper.
B. It is difficult to judge because it differs for each situation.
C. Being a multilingual. .
D. Being a native speaker.
4. What type of developing countries would be most likely to use English?
A. Those geographically close to the United States.
B. Those interested in the culture of the United States.
C. Former colonies of Great Britain.
D. Countries where international conferences are held.
Ill阅读理解
Geena Davis knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. "I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sun?glasses," she says. "I used to wear them to watch TV."
Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses not because they looked good , but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were extremely bright and could cause a painful problem known as "Klieg eyes". It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.
Eventually actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hepburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Break fast at Tiffany's. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979? Ray-Ban "Wayfarers" were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blues Brothers. Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban "Aviator" sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban "Predator" sunglasses famous in Men in Black.
Of course sunglasses aren't 〗ust a fashion statement. The main reason to wear sunglasses is to protect our eyes against UV radiation. UV radiation can damage our eyes, so people now choose their sunglasses carefully. But you don't have to give up style for safety. The choice of frames and lenses availa?ble these days is huge. So you can protect your eyes and still be the coolest person on the beach.
1. What is mainly discussed in this passage?
A. Some movie stars.
B. How to protect eyes.
C. The sunglasses wearing.
D. How to be a movie star.
2. Why did Geena Davis like to wear sunglasses?
A. She was a movie star.
B. She wanted to follow a movie star.
C. Wearing sunglasses was good for her eyes.
D. It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV.
3. Early actors' eyes hurt because____ •
A. they wore sunglasses
B. they went out in the sun too much
C. the lights on movie sets were too bright
D. their scripts were written in very small writing
4. We may know from this passage that_____ •
A. Audrey Hepburn was a famous film star
B, Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker
C. sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986
D. Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses