Of all the areas of learning the most important is the development of attitudes. Emotional reactions as well as logical thought processes affect the behavior of most people.
“The burnt child fears the fire” is one instance; another is the rise of figures like Hitler. Both these examples point up the fact that attitudes come from experience. In the one case the experience was direct and impressive; in the other it was indirect and gradual.
The classroom teacher in the elementary school is in strategic position to influence attitudes. This is true partly because children acquire attitudes from those adults whose word they respect.
Another reason it is true is that pupils often search somewhat deeply into a subject in school that has only been touched upon at home or has possibly never occurred to them before. To a child who has previously acquire little knowledge of Mexico, his teacher’s method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude toward Mexicans.
The teacher can develop proper attitudes through social studies, science matters, the very atmosphere of the classroom, etc. However, when children come to school with undesirable attitudes, it is unwise to attempt to change their feelings by criticizing them. The teacher can achieve the proper effect by helping them obtain constructive experience.
To illustrate, first-grade pupils, afraid of policemen will probably change their attitudes after a classroom talk with the neighborhood officer in which he explains how he protects them. In the same way, a class of older children can develop attitudes through discussion, research, outside reading and all-day trips.
Finally, a teacher must constantly evaluate her own attitudes, because her influence can be harmful she has personal prejudices. This is especially true in respect to controversial issues and questions of which children should be encouraged to reach their own decisions as result of objective analysis of all the facts.

  1. 1.

    The author uses the phrase “the burnt child fears the fire” in order to __________.

    1. A.
      stress the importance of keeping child from the fire
    2. B.
      exemplify(例证) the opinion that attitudes come from experience
    3. C.
      illustrate the important role of attitudes towards study in the early childhood
    4. D.
      none of the above
  2. 2.

    According to the author, teachers may have great influence on children’s attitudes because___________.

    1. A.
      they can use marks to judge students
    2. B.
      they can control students’ behavior
    3. C.
      they may judge a student from their own likes and dislikes
    4. D.
      their words are usually respected by the children
  3. 3.

    Through which of the following factor a teacher CANNOT develop proper attitudes of students?

    1. A.
      Social studies
    2. B.
      Science matters
    3. C.
      The very atmosphere of the classroom
    4. D.
      Criticism of children’s behavior
  4. 4.

    In the author’s opinion, a teacher must constantly evaluate her own attitudes because_______.

    1. A.
      her personal attitudes may affect her students if she is prejudiced
    2. B.
      she need to improve herself too
    3. C.
      she is also often influenced by her students
    4. D.
      she may not have a constant attitude towards some controversial sues(控诉)
  5. 5.

    The main readers of this passage may be ___________.

    1. A.
      psychologists conducting complicated experiments
    2. B.
      parents who have children in school
    3. C.
      school teachers
    4. D.
      students in primary school

WASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) —U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed on Saturday at the White House that China can have confidence in the American economy.
“Not just the Chinese government, but every investor can have absolute confidence in the soundness of investments in the United States,” Obama said.
“There is a reason why even in the midst of this economic downfall you have seen actual increases in investment flows here in the U. S.,”he said.
Obama also noted the U. S. will push for stricter regulation of the financial industry “front and center” at the upcoming Group of 20 Summit (峰会) in London ,ending an argument between the Europe and the United States over whether more focus should be placed on financial regulatory reform.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said earlier Friady he is “a little bit worried ”about the safety of Chinese assets (财产) in the United States ,urging the U. S. government to ensure the security of those assets.
China has invested its huge foreign exchangereserves (外汇储备) in low-risk but low-yield assets ,such as U. S.government bonds (政府债券) ,to play it safe . According to the U.S. Treasury, China held 681.9 billion U.S. dollars  worth of U.S. government bonds as of November.
“China is indeed the largest creditor of the United States, which is the world’ s biggest economy .We are extremely interested in developments in the U. S. economy.”said Wen, adding that he is expecting the effect of the measures taken by the U.S.government to counter the global financial crisis.
Asked to react to Wen’ s concern, Lawrence Summers, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, noted on Friday that the U.S. will be sound steward (管家)of the money it invests.
“This is a commitment that the president has made very clear—we need to be sound stewards of the money we invest.”said Summers in a speech at the Brookings Institution, a leading think tank in the united states.

  1. 1.

    Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressed his worry about the huge fund to the United States.
    2. B.
      Obama claimed that China can have confidence in the American economy.
    3. C.
      Obama said that the U. S. would be “sound stewards of the money we invest.”
    4. D.
      The U. S. will push for stricter regulation of the financial industry.
  2. 2.

    It can most likely be inferred from the passage that          .

    1. A.
      the U. S. is now having great difficulty improving the economy.
    2. B.
      China will have confidence in Obama forever according to Wen’s speech
    3. C.
      China held 681.9 billion U.S. dollars worth of U.S.government bonds as of November
    4. D.
      China will do its best to help the U.S. overcome the global financial crisis.
  3. 3.

    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said earlier Friday he is “a little bit worried”, because       .

    1. A.
      he doesn’t have confidence in America’ s economy at all
    2. B.
      China lent a huge fund to the United States
    3. C.
      he is concerned about the security of China’s assets in the U. S.
    4. D.
      the U.S. refused to ensure the security of China’s assets
  4. 4.

    The underlined word “soundness” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “      

    1. A.
      loudness
    2. B.
      safety
    3. C.
      richness
    4. D.
      friendship

The total on advertising spent on the Chinese mainland last year rose by 25 per cent over 2003, a survey shows.
Expense reached US$23 3 billion, including television and print media, the survey/vas released by CTR Market Re-search on February 23, 2005.
The cosmetics and toiletries化妆品) sector was ranked No.1 in spending with US$4.8 billion, an increase of 34 percent.
Advertising can be seen as the "weather glass" of the overall development of the country's economy, said Tian Tao, deputy general manager of CTR..
"The results of the survey reflect strong economic development in the country," Tian said.
"One of the most interesting-findings from the survey is that local and foreign mobile phone manufacturers reacted quite differently in terms of advertising spending," Tian said.
Most local mobile phone manufacturers had decreasing advertising expense while the foreign ones saw significant growth, Tian said.
Researchers also found that advertising on so called functional drink categories(种类) increased while milk makers decreased after a clear increase in advertising spending in 2003.
The survey also includes figures from Hong Kong and Taiwan, advertising expense in Hong Kong reached US $ 4.8 billion, an increase of roughly 15 per Cent from the previous year. Taiwan advertising spending reached US $15 billion, up roughly 27 per cent from the previous year.
In Hong Kong, the top three advertising categories were household and toiletries~ banking and investment services, and cosmetics.
In Taiwan, the top three advertising categories were real estate(房地产) , automobile and financial institutions.

  1. 1.

    The first largest advertising spending on the Chinese mainland in the year 2004 was .

    1. A.
      real estate
    2. B.
      household
    3. C.
      the cosmetics and toiletries
    4. D.
      automobile
  2. 2.

    Advertising can be seen as the "weather glass" of the overall development of the country's economy because the rise of the advertising spending reflects strong __.

    1. A.
      agricultural development in the country
    2. B.
      trade development in the country
    3. C.
      industrial development in the country
    4. D.
      economic development in the country
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, the advertising expense on __ dropped in the year 2004.

    1. A.
      most foreign mobile phones
    2. B.
      most local mobile phones
    3. C.
      so-called functional drink categories
    4. D.
      banking and investment services
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, the growth. rate on advertising spending of __ is the fastest.

    1. A.
      the Chinese mainland
    2. B.
      Hong Kong
    3. C.
      Taiwan
    4. D.
      Macao

In some remote Turkish village of Kuskoy, whistling is as important as talking.In fact, whistling is talking because the villagers speak and sing by whistling.Kuskoy parents begin to teach their boys and girls the language of whistling about the time the children learn to talk.It is considered so important that the village school includes it as one of the subjects taught along with the Turkish language.
This art of communication has taken centuries to develop.The village of Kuskoy spreads out across two hillsides that are separated by a deep valley.The villagers had to find an easy way to communicate where their voices couldn’t carry.They developed a high-pitched (高音的) whistle language that could be transmitted as far as five miles through air.As a result, Kuskoy, which means “bird village” in Turkish, has come to be known as a whistler’s paradise (乐园).
Whistling is so much part of everyday life in Kuskoy that men and women speak, argue, and court (求爱) in whistles.The story was recently told of a young couple who ran away secretly.The news was sent over the “mountain telephone” by whistling.The lover’s adventure was quickly known to all the villagers.
It is little wonder, then, that the children of Kuskoy study whistling in school.Wouldn’t it be fun to start the school day with a song—whistled of course!

  1. 1.

    The children of Kuskoy learn to whistle because __          _.

    1. A.
      it is fun
    2. B.
      it is an important way to communicate
    3. C.
      it helps them learn to sing
    4. D.
      it is like the Turkish language
  2. 2.

    In Kuskoy, whistling as a way of talking started __             _.

    1. A.
      recently
    2. B.
      hundreds of years ago
    3. C.
      fifty years ago
    4. D.
      ten years ago
  3. 3.

    Which one of the following statements is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The high-pitched whistle can be heard at a distance of 5 km.
    2. B.
      The parents were too ready to allow the young couple to marry each other.
    3. C.
      The villagers found an easy way to communicate where they could be heard.
    4. D.
      The villagers of Kuskoy are often informed of news by whistling.
  4. 4.

    Which of the following do you think is the best title for this story?

    1. A.
      To Learn Whistle Is Very Important
    2. B.
      Whistling Is Fun
    3. C.
      Whistling—The Mountain Telephone
    4. D.
      The Strange Turkish Language

The Story of the Farmer and His Donkey (驴子)
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried pitifully for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway and it just wasn’t worth to save the donkey. So, he decided to bury(埋) it!
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all took shovel(铲子)and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly, then slowly he quieted down till nothing more was heard.
A few shovels later, the farmer finally looked down into the well, and was surprised at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something wonderful—he would shake it off and take a step up!
As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and went off quickly!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells by not stopping, never giving up, shaking it off, and taking a step up!

  1. 1.

    The donkey quieted down, because ________.

    1. A.
      it was dead                          
    2. B.
      it was tired
    3. C.
      it had given up trying                  
    4. D.
      it had a good way to survive
  2. 2.

    We know from the story that ________.

    1. A.
      all the donkeys in the world are clever         
    2. B.
      it is easy for donkeys to fall into a well
    3. C.
      the neighbors helped bury the donkey
    4. D.
      the owner pushed the donkey into the well
  3. 3.

    The writer of the passage is most probably ________.

    1. A.
      an optimistic person                 
    2. B.
      a pet lover
    3. C.
      an animal protector                  
    4. D.
      a cold-hearted man
  4. 4.

    The writer wants to tell us “________”.

    1. A.
      A cat has 9 lives                  
    2. B.
      Facing difficulties, never give up
    3. C.
      A friend in need is a friend indeed      
    4. D.
      No pains, no gains

It was reported today that in China, 56% of people who write blogs(博客) do so as a personal diary and 83% use their blogs for sending messages to friends. It was also found that there is a strong East- West difference. In places like the US, blogs that offer information on news attract more readers but in China, blogs are more likely to be about sharing personal feelings.
It seems that bloggers can be divided into three types: IT(信息技术) bloggers, bloggers who record their ordinary feelings and media(媒体) bloggers.
When blogging first started, the IT people had the technological advantage and they took the chance to put their thoughts on the web. Some of these IT people now have had over a million people read their blogs.
The next wave of bloggers did not have any training as writers or in IT and wrote about normal daily life. Media bloggers, however, are trained writers, such as journalists and editors. When the many media bloggers showed up, the everyday bloggers lost most of their readers. Media bloggers have the advantage of knowing how to communicate well through the written words.
However, the normal bloggers are still out there and increasing in number. It seems that blogging is the new way to express your feelings. People feel like the world is listening to, or rather reading, their problems, even if they are not.

  1. 1.

    From the passage we know that________.

    1. A.
      56% of the Chinese write blogs
    2. B.
      people in US like to read blogs for news
    3. C.
      the Chinese share feelings with each other mainly through blogs
    4. D.
      the way that Chinese use blogs is not different from the West
  2. 2.

    ________wrote more blogs at the very beginning and now have more readers than others.

    1. A.
      IT bloggers   
    2. B.
      Media bloggers   
    3. C.
      Normal bloggers  
    4. D.
      US bloggers
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      There will be more and more normal bloggers.
    2. B.
      Only bloggers express their feelings through the Internet.
    3. C.
      All people in the world are listening to the bloggers’ voice.
    4. D.
      Media bloggers have more readers because of their popularity.
  4. 4.

    The underlined expression in the passage can be best replaced by “________”.

    1. A.
      increased.     
    2. B.
      appeared .       
    3. C.
      arrived.         
    4. D.
      grew.

A gray sweater hung limply on Tommy’s empty desk, a reminder of the depressed boy who had just followed his classmates from our third-grade room. Soon Tommy’s parents, who had recently separated, would arrive for a conference on his failing schoolwork and disruptive behavior. Neither parent knew that I had invited the other.
Tommy, an only child, had always been happy, cooperative and an excellent student. How could I convince his father and mother that his recent failing grades represented a broken-hearted child's reaction to his loved parent’s separation and divorce?
Tommy's mother entered and took one of the chairs I had placed near my desk. Soon the father arrived. Good! At least they were concerned enough to be on time. A look of surprise and anger passed between them, and then they pointedly ignored each other.
As I gave a detailed account of Tommy's behavior and schoolwork, I prayed for the right words to bring these two together, to help them see what they were doing to their son. But somehow the words wouldn't come. Perhaps if they saw one of his spotted, carelessly done papers.
I found a crumpled(压皱的)tear-stained sheet stuffed in the back of his desk, an English paper. Writing covered both sides—not the assignment, but a single sentence scribbled(潦草地写) over and over.
Silently I smoothed it out and gave it to Tommy's mother. She read it and then without a word handed it to her husband. He frowned. Then his face softened. He studied the scribbled words for a long time.
At last he folded the paper carefully, placed it in his pocket, and reached for his wife's outstretched hand. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled up at him. My own eyes were brimming(湿润的), but neither seemed to notice. He helped her with her coat and they left together.
In his own way God had given me the words to reunite that family. He had guided me to the sheet of yellow copy paper covered with the anguished outpouring(流露) of a small boy's troubled heart.
The words, "Dear Mother ... Dear Daddy ... I love you ... I love you ... I love you."

  1. 1.

    Which of the following word has the closest meaning to the word “disruptive”(Line3,Para.1)  mean?

    1. A.
      terrible        
    2. B.
      careless        
    3. C.
      cheerful            
    4. D.
      good
  2. 2.

    What caused Tommy’s failing behavior and schoolwork fundamentally?

    1. A.
      His parents’ ignorance of his education.
    2. B.
      His parents’ separation and divorce.
    3. C.
      His parents’ lacking love to him.
    4. D.
      His parents’ firm administration to him.
  3. 3.

    What helped Tommy’s parents see their influence on their son?

    1. A.
      A single sentence on a sheet of paper in his desk.   
    2. B.
      Tear stains on Tommy’s papers.
    3. C.
      Tommy’s disruptive behavior.       
    4. D.
      A gray sweater.
  4. 4.

    You can infer from the passage that_________.

    1. A.
      The teacher found suitable words to persuade Tommy’s parents reunite.
    2. B.
      Tommy’s love to his parents saved their marriage and the whole family.
    3. C.
      Tommy’s parents scheduled their time to come to school together.
    4. D.
      A broken family might cause a child’s bad behavior and his shortage of love for others.

Many of us like cooking but never have much time for it. Helen Fry’s new book Quick Cooking has been specially written for busy people. It has over 1,000 recipes, from the famous Spanish gazpacho to Swedish smorgasbord. The book is well written and the photographs and drawings are clear. (They are like those in the excellent little Quick Dressmaking and Quick Gardening.) The book has a strong plastic cover. It is easy to find your way around it too. And busy people, notice this! Mrs. Fry tells you how much time you need in order to get each dish ready.
Quick Cooking has 4 parts, one for each season. This helps you to use fresh fruit and vegetables when they are cheaper—and, of course, better. There are a lot of exciting ideas from foreign countries, and most of the recipes are easy to follow. You take something simple like a chicken or some cheese, and make and unusual dish out of it. For example, there are no fewer than 40 recipes for eggs! Mrs. Fry does not plan complete meals for the “quick book”. The beginners will have to find out a lot of things for himself—or herself. But this ought not to be difficult with such a good book. I wanted to try many of the recipes as soon as I read them. For people with little spare time Helen Fry’s Quick Cooking is excellent value. 

  1. 1.

    Helen Fry’s book is called Quick Cooking because ___.

    1. A.
      you can cook all the dishes in it quickly
    2. B.
      there is over 1,000 recipes in it
    3. C.
      it is written for people who don’t have much time
    4. D.
      it tells you how to cook all kinds of food quickly
  2. 2.

    Busy people should notice that _____.

    1. A.
      all the recipes in the book are easy to follow
    2. B.
      there are clear photographs and drawings in the book
    3. C.
      the book has a strong cover
    4. D.
      they are told how long each dish takes to cook
  3. 3.

    This passage is most probably ____.

    1. A.
      a book review            
    2. B.
      a notice
    3. C.
      a letter to an editor        
    4. D.
      an introduction on cooking
  4. 4.

    We can infer from the passage that _____.

    1. A.
      Helen Fry is good at writing books quickly
    2. B.
      complete meals are planned only for beginners
    3. C.
      there are quite a few “quick books” for busy people
    4. D.
      beginners are advised to start making meals out of the cheapest materials

NASA’s Mars detector (探测器), Opportunity, succeeded in finding signs that water once existed on the planet. Opportunity landed on Mars in January. Scientists now believe that the planet could once have supported life.
This discovery was chosen by Science, one of the world’s leading magazines, as the most important scientific achievement of 2004 last Friday.
“This little, wheeled, one-armed box went around another planet and has done something no human has ever managed,” according to Science. “It has discovered another place in the universe where life could once have existed.”
“Although we still can’t say that life could have existed in this environment, it is now certain that there was water on Mars,” said Steve Squyres, one of the scientists working on the Mars mission. The evidence comes from pictures and chemical readings taken by Opportunity. It includes marks on rocks like those caused by flowing water on Earth and salty chemicals like those found in dried-out sea-beds. Scientists said the new evidence proved beyond doubt that water has existed on Mars. But it is still unknown whether the water on Mars was like an ocean or justice.
While Opportunity has not found any signs of life, the presence of water means life is possible. “In everything we know about life on Earth, there is no example without liquid water,” Squyres said. “So water is important for the search for life on Mars.”
Researchers agree that a future mission (任务) should bring back physical samples (样品). But some scientists worry about the risk that this could introduce dangerous foreign creatures to Earth. “The problem here is how to get the samples back,” Squyres replied. “I think it is our responsibility to limit any risk.”

  1. 1.

    ________ prove that water existed on Mars.

    1. A.
      The physical samples with salty chemicals
    2. B.
      The marks on rocks and salty chemicals
    3. C.
      Scientific achievements of 2004
    4. D.
      Creatures from Mars
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is TURE according to the text?

    1. A.
      It is now certain that there was water on Mars.
    2. B.
      The water on Mars was like an ocean.
    3. C.
      Evidence of life on Mars has been found.
    4. D.
      Search for life on Mars is a great risk to humans.
  3. 3.

    How did scientists draw the conclusion that there was water on Mars?

    1. A.
      The world’s leading magazine has announced the fact.
    2. B.
      Scientists have taken many pictures and chemical readings on the Mars.
    3. C.
      Astronauts have got some rocks from Mars.
    4. D.
      Scientists have made a study of the pictures and readings sent back by Mars detector.
  4. 4.

    It can be inferred that, if the creatures from Mars came to Earth, ________.

    1. A.
      they would be kind to humans
    2. B.
      they would be cruel to humans
    3. C.
      they would be a great danger to Earth
    4. D.
      it would be hard to say whether it would be a good news or bad news

An idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time.
In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit(追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched(发起) the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong Kong.
In Chicago, the mayor(市长) appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.
The only problem arose in New York, where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity can be achieved. Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.
Ultimately, as Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process, or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.

  1. 1.

    What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?

    1. A.
      To invite authors to guide readers.
    2. B.
      To encourage people to read and share.
    3. C.
      To involve people in community service.
    4. D.
      To promote the friendship between cities.
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?

    1. A.
      In large communities with little sense of unity.
    2. B.
      In large cities where libraries are far from home.
    3. C.
      In medium-sized cities with a diverse population.
    4. D.
      In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached.
  3. 3.

    The underlined words “shared a word” in Paragraph 5 probably mean      .

    1. A.
      exchanged ideas with each other
    2. B.
      discussed the meaning of a word
    3. C.
      gained life experience
    4. D.
      used the same language
  4. 4.

    According to Nancy, the degree of success of the project is judged by       .

    1. A.
      the careful selection of a proper book
    2. B.
      the growing popularity of the writers
    3. C.
      the number of people who benefit from reading
    4. D.
      the number of books that each person reads
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