Everyone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge (报复) of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports.
How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres? Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics society. For two years she has maintained A’s in every subject. Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A’s in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A’s in two college-level courses.
How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains aren’t the only answer. “Top grades don’t always go to the brightest students,” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students. “Knowing how to make full use of your innate (天生的) abilities counts for more. Much more.”
In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes don’t do as well as classmates with lower IQ. For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down. Hard work isn’t the whole story, either. “It’s not how long you sit there with the books open,” said one of the many-A students we interviewed. “It’s what you do while you’re sitting.” Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates.
The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn.
【小题1】 What can we conclude from the first paragraph?

A.Most TV programs and films are about straight-A students.
B.People have unfavorable impression on straight-A students.
C.Everyone knows about straight-A students from TV or films.
D.Straight-A students are well admired by people in the society.
【小题2】 Some students become super-achievers mainly because ________.
A.they are born cleverer than others B.they work longer hours at study
C.they make full use of their abilities D.they know the shortcut to success
【小题3】 What will be talked about after the last paragraph?
A.The interviews with more students. B.The role IQ plays in learning well.
C.The techniques to be better learners. D.The achievements top students make.

▲Hong Kong’s pop star Kelly Chan will hold a concert in Hong Kong this month. She has been working on it for two years. She will dance with a group of 40 dancers. Chan is going to wear a dress with quite a number of diamonds on it.

▲ Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, 17, won the Japan Open on Saturday. She beat America’s Mashona Washington. It was her second win in a week. She also did well in South Korea.

▲More than nine million American children have health problem because they are too fat. An American medical group announced this last week. The group said children should have less fast food and fewer soft drinks and that schools should have more sports for all students, not just the best athletes.

45. What is Kelly Chan going to do?

A. To hold a concert.  B. To go on a diet.   C. To watch a game.    D. To make a dress.

46. According to the news the player from ________ won the tennis match on Saturday.

A. Russia                 B. Japan                  C. South Korea           D. America

47.The medical group from America said last week that _________.

A. America has too many good athletes     B. children shouldn’t have too many soft drinks

C. schools should organize more picnics    D. most parents in America have health problem

48. From the news we know that __________.

A. Kelly Chan has been dancing with 40 people

B. Maria Sharapova has won the Japan Open 17 times

C. soft drinks and fast food are really good for children’s health

D. many American children have too much fast food and too little exercise

 

Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30.and at 6:30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club.At last,the traffic was moving.She swung quickly racing to her house As she opened the door,she nearly tripped over Sheba.

    “Hey,Sheba,”she said,“I've got no time for you now,hut I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club.”Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking Obviously,she could hardly breathe.Immediately.Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet .When she got there,the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba,Dr.Sterne brought her quickly into his office.

    “Listen,doctor,I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you,and go and get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up,and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”

    “Sure.”said the doctor

    Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes'.As she was once more entering the hallway,the phone by the door began to ring.

    “This is Dr.Sterne,”said an anxious voice.“I want you to get out of that house immediately,”said the doctor's voice.“I'm coming round right away,and the police will be there any time now.Wait outside!”

    At that moment,a police car screeched to a stop outside the house.Two policemen got out and ran into the house.Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened.Then the doctor arrived.

    “Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?”shouted Joanne.

    “She’s fine,Joanne.I took out the thing which was choking her,and she’s OK now.”

    Just then,the two policemen reappeared from the house,half-carrying a white—faced man,who could hardly walk.There was blood all over him.

    “My God,”said Joanne,“how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”

    “I think he must be a burglar.”said the doctor.“I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat:it turned out to be three human fingers”

1.What was Joanne supposed to do at 6:30?   

    A.To walk her dog.                       B.To see her doctor.

    C.To attend a club meeting.                D.To play tennis with her friends.

2.Joanne wanted to get back to her home again           

       A.to dress up for the meeting                B.to phone the police station

       C.to catch the badly hurt burglar      D.to wait for her dog to be cured  

3.From the passage,we can infer that         

       A.Sheba fought against the burglar

       B.the police found the burglar had broken in

       C.Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting

       D.the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog

4.In this passage,the writer intends to tell us that the dog is           

       A.clever             B.friendly            C.frightening               D.devoted

 

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