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IV. 任务型阅读（每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。
When I opened my e-mail the other day, a pretty woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen. She greeted me by name and started talking with great enthusiasm. Every now and then she stopped to smile at me or blow a kiss. She was reading to me an e-mail from my brother, and a lot of it was about his getting the phone company to give him a high-speed Internet connection. It was pretty cool.
Rachel was there thanks to a new technology called Facemail. Facemail lets you send e-mail that gets read to the receiver by an attractive male or female form or by a clown. The software, which is free, can be downloaded at www. Facemail.com.
Facemail faces are lifelike, and they copy emotions based on the ones that you put in your text. For example, type in X, and Rachel blows a kiss.
Life FX, the company that develops the Facemail is sure there are broad business uses. The reason e-business is not popular, the company says, is that buying over the Internet lacks the human touch. But what if you went to the Nike website and Michael Jordan greeted you by name, waited on you and personally closed the sale? And the company is talking with Whirlpool about using the technology in a computer screen on a fridge. Then if Mom can’t be home when the kids get back from school, she can leave a note with voice and image telling them what there is to eat.
Facemail could get hot fast. Personally, I’m a fan. But Facemail should be used with words in an e-mail and add angry emotions when you’ve got psycho-mail.
Title: A New Technology on Facemail
| My findings | The other day, when I opened my e-mail , I was （71）_________ by a pretty woman on my computer enthusiastically. She kept reading to me an e-mail from my brother about a high-speed Internet connection. She stopped to smile at me （72）_________. |
| （73）_________ to facemail | With the help of a male or female or a clown, Facemail can get your e-mail （74） _________ to the receiver. Facemail’s（ 75） _________ faces can stimulate emotions you put in your text. |
| （76） _________ Life FX with e-business | Life FX is sure to have broad business uses. You can be greeted and waited on by Michael Jordan politely. Buying through e-business is not popular for lack （77） _________ the human touch. The （78）_________ of the facemail can be used on a fridge. |
| My personal （79）_________ | Facemail is fantastic and fun, but it has some disadvantages: Firstly, it should be used with words in an e-mail. Secondly, it might make you (80)______when getting psycho-mail. |
| Conclusion | Facemail could get hot fast. |
71. greeted 72. occasionally/ sometimes 73. Introduction(s)/ Descriptions
74. read 75. lifelike 76. Comparing 77. of
78. technology 79. opinions / views / ideas 80. angry/cross/annoyed
IV: 任务型读写
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。
Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In this age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out.
Steve Graham, a literacy professor at Vanderbilt University, says he has been hearing about the death of handwriting for the past fifteen years. However, a recent survey shows that it is still being taught by about 90% of teachers in grades one to three. 90% of teachers also say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. Professor Graham says that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. “And then when you look at how it’s taught, you have some teachers who are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten, fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day -- which really for handwriting is pretty much death.”
Many adults remember learning by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself but be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.
Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility (清楚), which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency -- writing without having to think about it. The professor says fluency continues to develop up until high school.
But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report about one-fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important anymore because of computers and voice recognition programs. But Professor Graham says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. Even with high school teachers, we find that less than 50% of assignments are done via word processing or with word processing. And, in fact, if we added in taking notes and doing tests in class, most of the writing done in school is done by hand.
American children traditionally first learn to print, then to write in cursive (草体的), which connects the letters. But actually more than 75% of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.
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Title |
Write or Wrong: The Death of Handwriting? |
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Theme |
Handwriting lessons are on the way out. |
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Present (56)_______ of handwriting lessons |
It’s required to teach by about (57)_____ of teachers in grades one to three; Three out of every four teachers aren’t prepared to teach handwriting; (58) _______ are provided from 10-15 minutes a day to 60-70 minutes a day respectively. |
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Common (59)________ on teaching handwriting |
Short periods of practice are better; It should not be taught by itself (60)_______ be used as a way to get students to express ideas |
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Two skills (61)______ in handwriting |
Legibility; (62)_____. |
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(63)____ of poor handwriting |
Computers and voice recognition programs are (64)________; The fact that most of the writing done in school is done by hand is ignored; More than 75% of students (65)____ printing their essay on tests to writing in cursive. |
IV. 任务型读写
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填上最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。
The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists know there are very definite patterns that almost all people share. Even if you’ve passed some of your “prime”, you still have other prime years to experience in the future. Certain important primes seem to peak later in life. It is really good news to many of us who don’t have a good feeling about ourselves now. We needn’t be worried about it now. When are you smartest? From 18-25, according to IQ scores; but you’re wiser and more experienced with increasing age.
You’re sharpest in your 20’s; around 30, memory begins to decline. But your IQ for other tasks climbs. Your vocabulary at the age of 45, for example, is three times as great as when you graduated from college. At the age of 60, your brain possesses almost four times as much information as it did at the age of 21. It is really amazing, but it is true.
When are you happiest? You have the best physical sense of yourself from 15 to 24; the best professional sense from 40 to 49.
Before age 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to come; over 30, we believe that they’re behind us.
When are you most creative? Generally between 30 and 39, but the peak varies with different professions.
Mozart wrote a symphony and four sonatas by age eight, and Mendelssohn composed his best known work A Midsummer Night’s Dream, at 17, but most of the great music was written by men between 33 and 39.
Though the peak in most fields comes early-most Nobel prizewinners did their top research in their late 20’s and 30’s — creative people continue to produce quality work throughout their lives. For the “well-conditional mind”, there is no upper limit.
So if you are not very successful at present, it really doesn’t matter. Just have a little patience and wait for your best time.
| Title: Best time in life | |
| The smartest age | We have the (56) IQ between the (57) of 18 and 25. |
| The sharpest age | We are sharpest in our 20’s. |
| We have the (58) vocabulary at the age of 45. | |
| We possess the largest (59) of information at the age of 60. | |
| The happiest age | We are happiest at a time (60) the age of twenty and (61) the age of 30. |
| The most creative age | Most of us have the greatest (62) ability between the ages of 30 and 39. |
| Most people (63) their Nobel Prizes in their late 20’s and 30’s. | |
| People with well-conditioned (64) ________ are creative (65) their lives. | |
IV: 任务型读写
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。
Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In this age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out.
Steve Graham, a literacy professor at Vanderbilt University, says he has been hearing about the death of handwriting for the past fifteen years. However, a recent survey shows that it is still being taught by about 90% of teachers in grades one to three. 90% of teachers also say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. Professor Graham says that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. “And then when you look at how it’s taught, you have some teachers who are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten, fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day -- which really for handwriting is pretty much death.”
Many adults remember learning by copying letters over and over again. Today’s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself but be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.
Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility (清楚), which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency -- writing without having to think about it. The professor says fluency continues to develop up until high school.
But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report about one-fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important anymore because of computers and voice recognition programs. But Professor Graham says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. Even with high school teachers, we find that less than 50% of assignments are done via word processing or with word processing. And, in fact, if we added in taking notes and doing tests in class, most of the writing done in school is done by hand.
American children traditionally first learn to print, then to write in cursive (草体的), which connects the letters. But actually more than 75% of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.
| Title | Write or Wrong: The Death of Handwriting? |
| Theme | Handwriting lessons are on the way out. |
| Present (56)_______ of handwriting lessons | It’s required to teach by about (57)_____ of teachers in grades one to three; Three out of every four teachers aren’t prepared to teach handwriting; (58) _______ are provided from 10-15 minutes a day to 60-70 minutes a day respectively. |
| Common (59)________ on teaching handwriting | Short periods of practice are better; It should not be taught by itself (60)_______ be used as a way to get students to express ideas |
| Two skills (61)______ in handwriting | Legibility; (62)_____. |
| (63)____ of poor handwriting | Computers and voice recognition programs are (64)________; The fact that most of the writing done in school is done by hand is ignored; More than 75% of students (65)____ printing their essay on tests to writing in cursive. |
IV: 任务型读写
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。
One of the roles of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to choose the host city for the Olympic Games. The host city election takes place in a country which does not have a candidate city for the Olympics in question. Except for unusual circumstances, the election is held seven years before the Olympic Games take place. There have been two phases leading to the election of the host city since December 1999.
Phase 1: applicant cities
Any city that wishes to host the Olympic Games must be proposed to the IOC by its National Olympic Committee (NOC), with a letter from the city itself. During the first phase, which lasts around ten months, each applicant city must answer a questionnaire to provide general information about itself. Then the applications will be examined carefully. A number of things will be considered, such as government support, public opinion, general infrastructure（基础设施）, safety, accommodations and transport. The IOC Executive Board（执行董事会）will determine which applicant cities will be accepted as candidate cities. Only candidate cities can continue with the procedure.
Phase 2: candidate cities
Candidate cities must provide a candidature（候选资格）file according to the instructions given by the IOC. After all the files are examined and the IOC Evaluation Commission（评估委员会）produces its report, the IOC Executive Board draws up a list of final candidate cities. The general assembly of the IOC then takes a vote on the host city.
| Choosing the host city of the Olympics | |||
| Place | The host city election is (56) _________ in a country that does not apply to be the host city of the Olympics in question. | ||
| (57)______ | The election takes place seven years (58) ________ the Olympic Games. | ||
| Procedure | Phase 1 | Participant | Any city that wants to be the (59) _________ of the Olympic Games can be an applicant. |
| Process | All cities involved should first ask the NOC to propose them to the IOC; then they need to (60) ________ a questionnaire about themselves. | ||
| Result | The IOC Executive Board (61) ________ the candidate cities. | ||
| Phase 2 | Participant | The (62)_________ cities | |
| Process | The cities have to (63) ________ a file confirming themselves as the candidates. The file should be (64) _________ on the instructions given by the IOC. | ||
| Result | The IOC Executive Board chooses several cities from the candidate cities. The general assembly of the IOC then (65) _______ for the host city. | ||