题目内容
Do other countries’ students also have so much homework? What do they usually do in their free time? You may feel curious about them.
On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
Who studies hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze offin class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.
South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).
Who is the most distracted (分心的)?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated books in class.
What do they do after school?
In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercise. Most Korean students watch TV.
1.The report is about ___________.
A.the countries |
B.the subjects |
C.the students’ lives |
D.the high schools |
2.What country isn’t mentioned in the report?
A.The US |
B.South Korea |
C.Japan |
D.India |
3.__________ of the Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework.
A.26.4% |
B.8.2% |
C.5.2% |
D.48.6% |
4. The phrase doze off means ___________.
A.be half asleep |
B.get up |
C.eat snacks |
D.send emails |
1.C
2.D
3.D
4.A
【解析】
试题分析:
1.主旨题:从第一段可知这篇报导是关于学生的生活的。选C
2.细节题:从第二段的句子:China, Japan, South Korea and the US.可知没有提到印度。选D
3.推理题;从第三段的句子:Nearly half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day.可知D项正确,48%的学生就是将近一半。
4.猜词题:从前面的fall asleep可知这个词组是“打盹”的意思。选A
考点:考查新闻报导类短文阅读
点评:文章是关于一份报告的内容,是对几个国家学生不同的学习生活进行调查对比,给出了数据,要考生注意比较。在解答这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息,充分利用小标题来定位准确。
Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.
I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.
She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”
“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I owe you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
1. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.
A.show she was familiar with the city |
B.see some places for the last time |
C.let the driver earn more money |
D.reach the destination on time |
2.The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.
A.wanted to do her a favor |
B.shut off the meter by mistake |
C.had received her payment in advance |
D.was in a hurry to take other passengers |
3.What can we learn from the story?
A.Giving is always a pleasure. |
B.People should respect each other. |
C.An act of kindness can bring people great joy. |
D.People should learn to appreciate others’ concern. |
Diamonds may be forever. But what’s a girl to do when she gets dumped (失恋) or divorced (离婚) and those rings, necklace and love gifts lose their emotional (情感) sense?
Help is just a click away on new Web sites that provide an outlet for selling jewelry(珠宝) from past relationships, sharing break-up stories and helping broken hearts heal (愈合).
“You go through a divorce. What do you do with that ring? Maybe you have a child you can pass it on to. Maybe you don’t. It just sits there, ” said Megahn Perry, who with her stepmother (继母) Marie Perry runs www.exboyfriendjewelry.com.
Three months after its start with the slogan(口号) “You Don’t Want It. He Can’t Have It Back,” the web site has 3,000 registered users and more than 600 postings of rings, bracelets and earrings for sale—all with a personal tale attached.
As one woman posting a diamond ring for $3,500 wrote:
“Beautiful ring came with a wrong man. Decided to sell to regain the money that I spent finishing payments on the ring that my ex didn’t.”
The idea was born when Megahn Perry, a Los Angeles actress and writer, was looking for a safe place to sell a wedding set after a divorce and realized others might have former boyfriends’ jewelry with memories(记忆) that make them too painful to wear.
The local pawn shop(当铺) proved an unattractive choice. So she teamed up with her stepmother Marie, researched the market and found a gap in it.
1. The passage is mainly about _____.
A.how a web site is set up |
B.how sad the love stories are |
C.How much a website can make |
D.How many people like the web site |
2.How long is it since the start of this website?
A.Less than three months. |
B.At least three months. |
C.Less than one month. |
D.Not known. |
3.How many people have registered on this website within three months?
A.About 600. |
B.About 3,000. |
C.About 3,500. |
D.Not know. |
4.Who set up this website?
A.Megahn herself alone. |
B.Megahn and her best friend. |
C.Megahn and her stepmother. |
D.Megahn and her exboyfriend. |
5.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “gap” in the last sentence?
A.Gulf between two people. |
B.Misunderstandings among each other. |
C.Differences from a pawn shop. |
D.A market worth developing. |