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Hawking has left much for Chinese to think about.

British physicist Stephen hawking, possible the world’s most famous scientist after Albert Einstein, gave lectures in Zhejiang and Beijing in August.

An illness left him unable to move any part of his body except for three fingers. But his continuing efforts in the field of science have made many young people take him as their idol（偶像）.

His books, such as A Brief History of Time, become bestsellers in Chinese bookstores. “Hawking helps people enlarge their horizons and become interested in science,” said Pan Yunhe, president of Zhejiang University.

Indeed, experts don’t think it likely that Hawking’ s lectures and profound（深奥的） ideas will be easily understood by the average person. But he has certainly sowed the seeds of science among many young people.

And the “Hawking fever” caused by his visit has made people ask: How can China produce more top scientists like Hawking?

“Nurturing（培养）top scientists will take as much work to change society as to educate the scientists themselves,” said Zhang Fan. Zhang has studied in the UK since 1999 and will be a second – year student at Trinity College in October.

In Britain, Zhang said, teachers inspire students to have a general understanding of the subjects they are interested in. And they encourage students to develop new ideas, which helps them to nurture their creativity.

In China, the Department of Education has encouraged schools to provide quality education to develop students’ potential（潜力）.

“I hope teachers will pay more attention to helping us use our imaginations and solve problems on our own,” said Lu Jie, a Junior Three student in Sanfan Middle School in Beijing.

63. _________ have made young people take Hawking as their idol.

A. Hawking’ s ongoing devotion to science

B. the fact that Hawking is a famous physicist

C. Hawking’ s lectures in Zhejiang and Beijing

D. the fact that Hawking can just move three fingers

64. In paragraph 4, the underlined word “horizons” means “_________”.

A. one’s knowledge of science      B. one’s sight of the subjects

C. the area of one’s knowledge     D. the line where earth and sky meet

65. From the passage we learn that _______.

A. Hawking’ s books were not popular in China before his visit

B. most schools in China provide quality education to develop students’ potential

C. to nurture top scientists, teachers should solve all the problems for the students

D. ordinary people in China may find Hawking’ s ideas beyond their comprehension

66. The last three paragraphs mainly tell us_______.

A. students in Sanfan middle school are more imaginative

B. teachers should encourage students to be more creative

C. British students do not work as hard as Chinese students

D. top scientists won’t appear even if schools provide quality education

I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.

    Several weeks ago，I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines．I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again．I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me．I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up．Could he be more intent while standing up？[来源:学.科.网Z.X.X.K]

This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success．This child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life．

Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality traits，and all you can do is loving and accepting them．As parents，throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids' best cheerleaders，guiding them and helping them find their way.

    I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate．Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine．We need to learn to accept our kids' ways of doing things．Some way may have worked for me but doesn't mean we need to carry it through generations．There is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique．It makes us free and happy and that's just the way I want my kids to live their own life．

1. At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him________.

 A. pay more attention to his study                 B. keep silent in the room

C. finish his homework on time                      D. get right answers

2. Inspired by the case of his son，the author began to doubt________.

 A．the importance of parents                          B．the old form of education

C．the relationship between kids and their parents       D．the good grades of some kids

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is right?

A. We should help kids correct their wrong ways.

B. Parents should study their kids’ DNA.    

C. Kids should be taught to behave themselves.

D. Parents should love and accept their kids.

4. The author has stopped asking his son to sit down because __________.

A. he has changed his traditional ideas                           B. his son wants to be unique

C. his son doesn’t follow his advice                      D. his son’s DNAis different

5.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. Study hard and you'll be successful                B. Be friendly to your children

C. Children's success in their own style        D. Parents' help with their children's study

Work is a part of living —my grandparents understood that. They lived and worked on a farm that has been in my family for 150 years. They raised chickens for eggs , pigs and cattle for meat . Cows were kept for milk and the cream, from which Grandma made butter and cheese. What little yard they had became a garden.

The Depression, therefore, didn’t make much change in their lives. But it did bring an unending flow of men out of work, drifting from job to job, to the farm. The first to show up at the door of the kitchen was a man in rags. He took off his hat and quietly explained that he hadn’t eaten for a while. Grandpa stood watching him a bit , then said , “There’s a stack of firewood against the fence behind the barn (谷仓). I’ve been needing to get it moved to the other side of the fence . You have just about enough time to finish the job before lunch .”

Grandma said a surprising thing happened. The man got a shine in his eyes and he hurried to the barn at once. She set another place at the table and made an apple pie. During lunch, the stranger didn’t say much, but when he left, his shoulders had straightened. “Nothing ruins a man like losing his self-respect,” Grandpa later told me.

Soon after, another man showed up asking for a meal. This one was dressed in a suit and carried a small old suitcase. Grandpa came out when he heard voices. He looked at the man and then offered a handshake.” There is a stack of firewood along the fence down behind the barn I’ve been meaning to get it moved. It’d sure be a help to me . And we’d be pleased to have you stay for lunch.” The fellow set his suitcase aside and neatly laid his coat on top. Then he set off to work.

Grandma says she doesn’t remember how many strangers they shared a meal with during those Depression days-or how many times that stack of wood got moved.

1.When he was asked to move a stack of firewood, the first man who asked for a meal got a shine in his eyes for he was glad that         .

2.The writer’s grandfather asked those jobless men to move the stack of firewood because     .

3.The writer’s grandfather was all of the following but         .

4.The best title for the story would be         .

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In a small open courtyard, outside a school building, there were flowers here and there. In the sunshine, a  36  was lying on the grass, reading a book with  37  concentration. Near her, another child was carefully watering the flowers, while a third was  38 with his back against a tree and had a  39  on his knees. He appeared to be drawing or writing something on it. He was _40  in his task, like the first child.

_41  the building, there were pleasant carpeted areas. Many children were busy with their tasks in a variety of  42  , while teachers wandered among them, talking to them,  43  them, and encouraging their efforts.

_44  I watched this scene on a morning in May years ago, it  45  to me that a visitor here would  46  have thought be had entered a formal school. He would have been even more  47  if he had been told that the children he was  48 came from different kinds of academic levels.

That  49 has been staying with me ever since. I have been  50 about some problems. Why in many schools are our children  51 asked to acquire skills in a way  52  from a real-life context(情境)? Why does a  53 school child so often become a defeated school failure?

Developmental psychologist Margaret Donald once said,”  54 of the intellectual framework (知识框架) on which we  55 our teaching is misleading.” In my opinion, a child learns everything in human situation. And if every child could learn in the same way as the children in the school I visited, they would develop better.

36. A. gardener          B. child             C. teacher              D. visitor

37. A. poor            B. little              C. complete             D. slight

38. A. sitting           B. standing           C. sleeping               D. listening

39. A. toy             B. pencil             C. flower               D. notebook

40. A. laid             B. set                C. defeated               D. lost

41. A. Over            B. Above             C. Inside                D. Outside

42. A. ways           B. ideas              C. opinions                 D. views

43. A. referring to      B. smiling at            C. pointing to             D. staring at

44. A. Unless          B. As                   C. Until                 D. Before

45. A. happened        B. went                 C. occurred              D. got

46. A. already        B. never                 C. rather                 D. ever

47. A. satisfied      B. disappointed            C. delighted               D. surprised

48. A. helping      B. teaching                 C. encouraging            D. observing

49. A. scene       B. sign                     C. look              D. semen

50. A. dreaming       B. regretting                C. wondering              D. joking

51. A. seldom     B. hardly                    C. often                      D. badly

52. A. taken      B. prevented               C. learned                   D. separated

53. A. slow      B. lively                      C. lucky                  D. friendly

54. A. Much      B. Any                        C. Little            D. None

55. A. turn      B. feed                       C. draw                      D. base

第二节（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，在表格中第63至第70小题的空格里填上适当的单词，使信息完整。每空填一个词。（注意：请将本题答案写在二卷指定位置）

Maybe you think you will never be a top student. However, this is not necessarily so. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.

1. Plan your time in a careful way. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First, you time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you to realize what is happening to your time.

2. Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television! When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.

3. Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of(利用) class time to listen to everything the teacher says. Really listening in class means you don’t need to work as much later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

4. Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes and the important points that your teacher mentioned in class. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.

5. Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show how much knowledge you have learned about a subject. They help you remember what you have learned. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be overly worried.

There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.

(63) ___________ to be a top student