题目内容
Today, radio become ________ in our life than 10 years ago．
less important
important
more important
much important
解析：
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than提示用比较级。从现实来讲，广播不如以前重要了。 |
I made a pledge (发誓) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting (引用) a Biblical (圣经的) passage about husbands being considerate towards their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.
And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”
“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased, maybe a little puzzled.
After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all the week and now she wants to stay with me.” We walked on the beach when the children flew their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed, I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love. There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. Last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.
“What’s the matter?” I asked her.
“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with sorrow, “do you know anything I don’t?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well…that checkup (体检) I had several weeks ago…our doctor…Did he tell you anything about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me... Am I dying?”
It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.
“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”
1.
From the story we may infer that Tom went to the beach cottage ________.
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A．with his family |
B．with Evelyn |
C．alone |
D．with his children |
2.
During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ________.
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A．she looked lovely in her new clothes |
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B．he had made a lot of money in Wall Street |
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C．he was determined to be a good husband |
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D．she was seriously ill |
3.
The underlined words “one thing” in the passage refer to the fact that ________.
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A．he praised her sweater, which puzzled her |
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B．she insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated |
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C．he knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her |
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D．he was so good to her that she thought she must be dying |
4.
By saying “I’m just starting to live”, Tom means that ________.
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A．he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of work |
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B．he is just beginning to enjoy his life as a loving husband |
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C．he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change |
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D．he is beginning to feel sorry for what he did to his wife |
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Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-courses activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking , sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
What Chinese Parents Do In 76._____________ Their Children
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Attitude |
77._______________ |
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Measures/Dos |
Never care about money. Send them to the best schools or abroad. Wish their children to take extre-course78.____________ or other classes. |
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Belief |
The more 79. __________an education is, the better the result will be. |
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What they can see in their children |
80._____________ skills |
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What they can’t see in their children |
Lack of 81. _____________ and self-confidence |
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82.____________ for their failure |
Only teach them how to83.____________ tests and study well. Without teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever. |
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How to 84.______ the problem |
By teaching 85. _____________ skills |