One evening, long after most people had gone to bed, a friend of mine and I         happily home through the          street. We had been to a music-hall and         about the people we had seen and heard in it.

“The show        him a star overnight, ” said my friend about one of them. “He was completely        before. And now thousands of people         him gifts and letters. ” “I thought him quite good, ”  I said , “ but not         thousands of letters . As a matter of       , one of his songs gave me a shock. It was too noisy. ” “What was that?” my friend asked me, “       it to me .” I began to sing. “Do be quiet. You will give everybody a shock and        them up for miles       , besides, there will be a policeman         us. ” My friend gave me a surprised look.

“Never mind. I don’t care. What is the matter?” I said and went on singing        the top of my voice .

Suddenly there came a policeman,       in front of me , his notebook       . “      , sir ,” he said , “You have a very good voice , if I       say so . Who taught you singing? I’d very much       to find someone who can give my daughter singing lessons. Would you be       to tell me your name and address? Then my wife and I would        you and we could discuss it .”

1.A. went            B. was coming

C. was making our way D. had lost our way

2.A. calm            B. crowded         C. silence               D. quiet

3.A. were thinking    B. were talking

C. knew             D. were discussing

4.A. called                  B. turned        C. named            D. made

5.A. famous                 B. forgotten      C. stranger         D. unknown

6.A. show                  B. write         C. send                D. brought

7.A. worthy                 B. worth        C. received            D. accepted

8.A. fact                    B. facts         C. a fact             D. the fact

9.A. Read            B. Sing         C. Say               D. Tell

10.A. call            B. pick          C. wake                  D. join

11.A. long           B. out           C. around          D. in

12.A. observing       B. after           C. besides                 D. in front of

13.A. with           B. on               C. in                       D. at

14.A. stood          B. going            C. standing           D. walking

15.A. closing         B. closed           C. open              D. gone

16.A. Wait a minute    B. Stop singing              C. I’m sorry      D. Excuse me

17.A. may            B. like              C. must           D. don’t

18.A. liked           B. wanted                   C. like           D. eager

19.A. brave          B. kind enough        C. willing        D. honest

20.A. try            B. drop in               C. invite         D. visit

Tired of telling students to ask questions and to think about what they were doing, Damien Hynes, a high school geography teacher in Australia, decided to do an experiment to test what he had long been thinking．He wrote some well-organized nonsense （something untrue） on the blackboard．The students simply copied it but very few asked any questions．This shows that students are willing to believe anything given by teachers．The story is repeated in support of the Project for Enhancing Effective Learning （PEEL）．
PEEL was carried out by some teachers and researchers in Melbourne who had concluded that normal teaching methods seldom achieve their intended goals; what the teachers think they are teaching is one thing and what the students actually learn is something else．Students’ lack of an over-all view of learning goals and their concentration on test scores make them see each lesson as a separate activity．
Researchers realized that many students do not come into class empty-headed but have their own explanations of how the world works．Their own ideas can remain important to them even when they differ from scientific explanations that are learned later．In fact such ideas are hardly affected by traditional teaching．Students accept the teacher’s scientific explanation, but do not drop their own．They simply keep both and use them practically: in a class test, they copy the teacher’s idea, but in real life they use their own．
Clearly what was needed was to make students understand their learning process（过程）, and this is what the PEEL teachers set out to deal with．On the surface,（表面） a class being taught by PEEL methods only differs from an ordinary class in being a little noisier, because more people are talking．But there are some meaningful changes．Students are given much more time to express their views, and teachers don’t make immediate judgment．The students are allowed to guide what is done in class and their own ideas are always respected．This draws their attention to the actual learning process, and they become responsible for their own progress．
【小题1】The aim of Hynes’ experiment was to ______．

As a child, I was afraid of everything. At the age of 8, I even became  1   of getting Halloween candy.  2   , on October 31, my twin brother and I went out and   3   to every house in the neighborhood. Most of the houses only had a few steps to the door. It was easy. However, when we   4    one of the bigger houses with 10 tall steps   5   to the front door, which were known to have the best candy, my fear  6    me. My brother was already up the stairs, while I stood   7   at the bottom.

It was  8    that I’d be able to climb all that way, for I was afraid that I might fall over in the dark and   9   my bag of candy. I might   10   my clothes on something. I wanted the candy, but there was no   11    I would go up those stairs to get it. I failed. I lost more than just candy. I lost my   12   .

Fear of the unknown   13   me for a long time. After six years in nursing, I was  14    with the career I had chosen. I faced a  15   : step out into the unknown or   16    the rest of my life at the bottom of those steps, never   17   the best candy.

Finally, with only $100 in my savings account, I started my own business. Whenever I would lose a client (客户), the old fears   18   . However, I’d tasted the candy, and now I don’t   19   when I face difficulties. I believe that, though    20   things can happen when we step out, worse things happen when we don’t.

1.A. afraid          B. happy                   C. fond                D. tired

2.A. Hardly            B. Normally              C. Certainly            D. Approximately

3.A. pointed                 B. rushed                    C. moved             D. traveled

4.A. knocked          B. escaped                      C. reached           D. entered

5.A. pointing        B. belonging        C. opening           D. leading

6.A. encouraged             B. spread             C. prevented           D. attracted

7.A. slightly        B. frozen          C. calmly               D. happily

8.A. unlikely                 B. unlucky           C. possible    D. pitiful

9.A. fall                     B. drop                      C. forget               D. lose

10.A. bury                  B. break             C. tear                 D. catch

11.A. way                      B. need             C. doubt               D. wonder

12.A. bag                        B. life             C. way        D. confidence

13.A. amused      B. controlled                 C. helped              D. ruined

14.A. excited                B. concerned      C. impressive          D. unsatisfied

15.A. difficulty               B. cause             C. fear                 D. choice

16.A. save         B. spend            C. change                   D. escape

17.A. presenting            B. buying                        C. making                  D. tasting

18.A. disappeared          B. warned                        C. returned               D. reminded

19.A. fear                  B. cry               C. fail                       D. complain

20.A. big            B. fortunate                 C. bad                    D. small

When was the last time you did something really fun with one of your parents—just the two of you?     

Parents who take their young children to music, swimming and art classes often stop arranging such activities once their kids are older and in school all day. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Doing something enjoyable with your kids just might make you look at each other in a whole new way, especially if you do it through a class or an event. When parent and child become students together, it puts them on the same level, at least for a while. 

“I really like parents to come to class with their kids—they start sharing things and talking about what they’re doing and what they like,” said art teacher Pyper Dixon.     

However, finding something new in common is a big choice for them, especially when kids get involved in sports and other after-school activities. But it’s possible to learn a new skill or hobby together.     

That’s certainly true of Lauren, 11, of Silver Spring, who is in Dixon’s class with her father, Dennis. “I was just going to drop her off,” Dennis said, “but Dixon persuaded me to stay.” 

Now Lauren gets to nag her father about doing his art homework. “He always leaves it to the last minute,” she said. “But then he’ll turn around to do amazing drawings,” she added, “We have different styles of drawing, so it’s interesting to talk it over with him.”     

Without the Saturday morning art class, Dennis said, he would be reading the paper, and Lauren would be on her own in her room or on the computer. But they talk more now. “I can’t think of an experience where you communicate with your kid so closely,” he said.

1.The author raises the question at the beginning to_______.

A．expect an answer

B．criticize some parents

C．introduce the topic

D．support his argument

2.What does Dixon think is the benefit of parent and child studying art together?

A．They will become equal.

B．They will communicate more.

C．The child will learn art much better.

D．The parent will learn something new.

3.The underlined word “nag” in the text probably means _______.

A．urge                               B．help                                C．miss                                D．teach

4.We can learn from the text that_______.

A．Lauren used to talk a lot with her father

B．Dennis enjoys studying art with Lauren

C．Lauren dislikes her father’s drawings

D．Dennis likes playing computer games

NEW YORK—Microsoft on Monday made another effort to challenge Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android in the exploding smartphone market—launching a wireless operating system，Windows Phone 7.
Consumers will consider it“always delightful and thoroughly mine，”Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at a launch event. Ballmer said last year that Microsoft had“screwed up”with its Windows Mobile operating system.For example，it failed to keep up with touch-screen innovations that make iPhones and Android phones easy to use.
Microsoft fell from third to fourth place in market share this year，behind BlackBerry，iPhone and Android. Only 10.8% of smartphone owners used Microsoft’s system in August，down from 18% last December.
But Windows Phone 7 is“a total departure from anything they’ve done”.Microsoft says it sought to simplify common activities. For example，you can instantly take a picture with a phone’s camera by pushing a button on the device. You don’t have to first awaken it from its sleep mode and launch the camera application. You also can program the phones to automatically upload photos to Facebook or other social network sites in a couple of seconds. Users can easily work with Microsoft Office contact and calendar information as well as documents created in Microsoft’s Word，Excel and PowerPoint.
The phones will not show videos built on Adobe’s Flash platform，widely used by services including YouTube and Hulu.
AT&T will offer the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone，the Samsung Focus，on Nov.8.Soon after，it will have the LG Quantum and HTC Surround. Each will cost S|  199.99 with a two-year service contract. T-Mobile will have two Windows Phone 7 models out for the holiday shopping season：the HTC HD7 and Dell Venue Pro. It did not say how much they’ll cost.
【小题1】What is the main idea of paragraph 4？