题目内容
Answer the following questions by using the information taken from a dictionary page．（You may read the questions first．）
jaguar: n．a type of large, yellow-colored cat with black markings found in the southwestern region of the U．S．and in Central and South America．
jargon: 1．n．an unknown language that seems strange or impossible to understand．2．n．a language made up of two or more other languages: His jargon was a mixture of French and English- 3．n． the special vocabulary of a field or profession: Her report on computers was filled with jargon．4．n．speech that doesn't make sense．
jaunt: 1．n．a trip taken for fun．2．v．to go on a brief pleasant trip: We jaunted to the country last
Saturday．javelin: 1．n．a spear most commonly used as weapon or in hunting．2．n．the contest in which a javelin is thrown．3．n．a lightweight metal or wooden spear that is thrown in track-and-field contests．4, v．to strike, as with ajavelin．
jazz: 1．n．a type of music that originated in New Orleans and is characterized by rhythmic eats．2．n．popular dance music influenced by jazz．．3．n．slang empty talk．4．ad．of or like jazz: a jazz band, jazz records．
Jennet; n．a small Spanish horse．
【小题1】Which meaning of the word javelin is used in the sentence below?
At the competition, Jack drew his arm back and threw the javelin 50 yards．
| A．Definition 1 | B．Definition 2 | C．Definition 3 | D．Definition 4 |
Doctors often speak in medical jargon．
| A．Definition 1 | B．Definition 2 |
| C．Definition 3 | D．Definition 4 |
Don t give me that jazz, for lam a practical person．
| A．nonsense | B．a kind of dance |
| C．a type of music | D．rhythmic beats |
【小题1】C
【小题1】C
【小题1】A
解析
A lawyer and a young lady were sitting next to each other on a long flight. The lawyer asked if she would like to play a fun game. The lady just wanted to take a nap, so she politely refused.
The lawyer explained that the game was actually very easy. He explained “I ask you a question, and if you don’t know the answer, you pay me, and vice versa（反之亦然）.” Again, the lady politely refused and tried to get some sleep.
The lawyer added eagerly, “Okay, if you don’t know the answer, you pay me $5, and if I don’t know the answer, I will pay you $50!” Considering that there would be no end to this suffering unless she played, the lady agreed.
The lawyer asked the first question, “What is the distance from the earth to the moon?” The young lady didn't say a word, pulled out five dollars from her purse and handed it to the lawyer.
Now, it was the lady’s turn. She asked the lawyer, “What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?” The lawyer was greatly puzzled. He took out his computer and searched all of his references. He searched the Net and sent e-mails to all of his friends, but it was all to no avail. After over an hour, he woke up the lady and handed her $50. The lady politely took the money and turned away to get back to sleep.
The lawyer, very puzzled now, woke the lady up again and asked, “Well, what on earth is the answer?” Without a word, the lady reached into her purse, handed the lawyer another $5 and went back to sleep.
1.The lawyer tried to persuade the lady to play the game because he .
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A．knew he could win |
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B．wanted to have fun with the lady |
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C．wanted to lose money to her |
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D．liked to chat with young ladies |
2.Which of the following best describes the meaning of the underlined words?
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A．No messages arrived |
B．No one could help him |
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C．The Net failed to work |
D．Nobody answered his e-mails |
3.We may infer from the story that .
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A．the lawyer and the lady used to be lovers. |
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B．there was no answer to the lady’s question. |
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C．the lady didn't like playing games with strangers. |
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D．the lawyer was too stupid to answer the question. |
4.The author’s purpose for writing the story is to .
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A．tell us how clever the lady is |
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B．describe the rules of playing games |
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C．show that it is interesting to play games |
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D．make fun of the lawyer |
This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University. They had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: “an interesting week of poetry.” This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult for many nonscience students? What can teachers learn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field?
The students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. They had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. All students noticed one thing – the importance of spoken words. In science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. But in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. They didn’t write anything on the board.
The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry. In both subjects, students need to find layers (层次) of meaning . Some layers are simple, clean, and on the surface; other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different levels of meaning doesn’t happen much in undergraduate(本科) science classes, but it is important later, in graduate school. And it is always important in humanities(人文科学).
Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. One poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using informative as he teaches. Most of the scientists agreed on several points. First, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. Second, the poetry class was fun. One engineer decided, “We need to change the way we teach engineering to make to make it an enjoyable experience for students.”
But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this; All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they cam teach better.
1.What do we know about this unusual class?
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A．The teachers did lots of writing on the board |
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B．The teacher were invited to attend several lectures. |
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C．The student were professors from a university |
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D．The students were studying science and humanities. |
2.The experiment was designed to find out
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A．how to teach the students in the science class |
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B．whether poetry is difficult for science students |
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C．what to be taught in the humanities class |
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D．why many humanities students find science hard. |
3.Finding levels of meaning is .
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A．important for graduate students in humanities |
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B．difficult for graduate students in humanities |
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C．common for undergraduate students in science |
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D．easy for undergraduate students in science. |
4.What did the science professors learn after the experiment?
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A．They should change the way they teach |
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B．A poem could be explained in clear definitions. |
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C．A poetry class could be more informative. |
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D．Their teaching was an enjoyable experience. |