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__________cleaning the yard and making up the beds for the old，we also read newspapers for them and had chats with them.
A．Except for B．Rather than C．Apart from D．Instead of
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There’s no from my bedroom window except for some factory chimneys.
A. view B. scene C. sight D. look
查看习题详情和答案>>This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life．
Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling．The author, W．H．Armstrong, starts with the basics: reading and writing．In his opinion, reading doesn’t just mean recognizing each word on the page; it means taking in the information, digesting it and incorporating it into oneself just as one digests a sandwich and makes it a part of himself．The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees．Reading and writing cannot be completely separated from each other; in fact, the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text．I’ve seen it again and again：some-one who can’t express an idea after reading a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn’t read it at all．
Only a third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages, math, science and history．He generally handles these topics thoroughly and equally, except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion regarding history to his students, that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got across．To my disappointment, in this part of the book he ignores the arts．As a matter of fact, they demand all the concentration and study that math and science do, though the study differs slightly in kind．Although it’s commonly believed that the arts can only be naturally acquired, actually, learning the arts is no more natural than learning French or mathematics．
My other comment is that the text aged．The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s—none of the references seem newer than the late 1950s．As a result, the discussion misses the entire computer age．
These are small points, though, and don’t affect the main discussion．I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the self-taught student．
1.According to Armstrong, the goal of reading is to________
A．gain knowledge and expand one’s view
B．understand the meaning between the lines
C．express ideas based on what one has read
D．get information and keep it alive in memory
2.What is a shortcoming of Armstrong’s work according to the author?
A．Some ideas are slightly contradictory
B．There is too much discussion on studying science
C．The style is too serious
D．It lacks new information
3.This Passage can be classified as________．
A．an advertisement B．a book review
C．a feature story D．A news report
4.Which of the following words can best describe the author’s attitude towards the book________
A．positive B．neutral C．negative D．objective
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The Orkney Islands are about 14 kilometres from the north coast of Scotland. They are mostly low-lying, except for Hoy which has the highest sea cliff(峭壁) in Britain. The 36 and the climate are good in Orkney, 37 there are a lot of farms.
To get to Orkney you have to fly or go by 38 . Ships bringing passengers come from Aberdeen every week. They also bring food, machines and so on. Most Orkney farmers 39 cows or sheep. Because of this, grass is the most 40 crop on the islands. One of the islands has sheep which 41 sea plants 42 grass---they are 43 , but very strong and healthy.
Many people in the Orkney Islands are fishermen. Some go a long way out to 44 to catch large fish, 45 others catch 46 like crabs(螃蟹) and lobsters(龙虾)，near the shore. The islanders 47 the crab meat and then pack it and send it to the 48 . They do not cook the lobsters. They send them 49 to restaurants in many of the large 50 of Europe. Most of the islands have their own 51 but of course some of them are very small---with only one group of children from five to ten years old. In fact there are 52 young people at all on the quietest islands. Usually they go the main town of Kirkwall, 53 modern lives.
Some people come from other parts of Britain to find a 54 life on the islands. Everyone is very friendly and they all know each other. Things are changing slowly, but the old way of life 55 continues.
36．A．land B．hill C．mountain D．forest
37．A．yet B．but C．or D．and so