70. What can we infer from the result of the study?
A. To build social capital, you have no choice but to drink.
B. Drinking is a good and common way to increase social capital.
C. Drinkers build wider social contacts.
D. Drinkers may be provided more
opportunities.
答案 67.C 68.D 69.C 70.B
Passage 16
(江苏省淮安市2009届高三第四次调研考试D篇)
Eight-year-old Bethany and seven-year-old Eliza are having a great time jumping around in the orchard of their home in a village near Penrith. They can play any time they like because they don't go to school. Instead, they are educated at home by their parents, Paul and Veronika Robinson. But they don't have lessons, have never used a timetable and learn only what and when they want to learn.
"I want my kids to have freedom in their childhood, not spend it in an institution," says 37-year-old Veronika, "School is all about control and following the rules." Veronika and her 56-year-old husband Paul have never experienced the daily rush to get dressed and out of the door that is common in most households with school-aged children. "We get up at our leisure - usually around 8:30," says Veronika. "We might visit a friend, or go to the library, and on Tuesdays we shop at the market. In summer, we spend most of our time outside and the girls entertain themselves a lot."
New research due to be published this spring reveals a very different picture of Britain's home educators. "Out of 297 families, 184 said that they never use a timetable," says Mike Fortune-Wood of Home Education UK. "Ninety per cent never or rarely use textbooks, and nearly all said that happiness, contentment and self-fulfillment were more important than academic achievement. Only 15% felt that planning what to learn was crucial."
So far, so good. But what, you might ask, are the children actually learning?
"It wasn't important to me that the girls could read by a certain age, but they both picked it up for themselves at around seven," says Robinson. "Weighing cooking ingredients uses maths, and making a shopping list teaches them to write. Observing five hens has taught the girls about survival of the fittest. "
But what about when the children grow up? Can they go to university? The home educators' answer is they can if they want to. There are a variety of routes into higher education, but probably the most common is to join a local college. This is what Gus Harris-Reid has done. "I was educated at home all my life. I'd never had a lesson or been inside a classroom until I started GCSEs," says the 18-year-old. "I'm now studying for 4 A-levels at Exeter College. I've had no problem with the work or with fitting in." When asked to reflect on his experience of home education, his considered response is, "Like a permanent holiday, really!" Not a bad start for someone who plans to take a mechanical engineering degree next year.
66. What is the topic of this article?
A. New ways of learning to read and write B. Problems with UK schools
C. Home education in the UK D. Wild, undisciplined children
67. Why do the Robinsons not send their children to school?
A. They think schools control children too much.
B. They do not like the courses taught in schools.
C. They want to teach their children farming skills.
D. They live in a remote area where there are no schools.
68. According to the article, in homes with school-going children, ______.
A. mornings are rushed and stressful.
B. the children hardly ever go outside.
C. the family wakes up around 8:30am.
D. the children must ask permission to go to the toilet.
69. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Most home educators believe that happiness is more important than good grades.
B. Most home educators believe that planning is important.
C. Most home educators do not follow a timetable or use textbooks.
D. Most home educators are not worried about when their children learn to read and write.
70. What does the article say about home-educated children getting into university?
A. They learn so many useful skills at home that universities are happy to accept them.
B. They can get into university if they have 4 A-levels.
C. They can go to school later and get the qualifications they need in order to enter university.
D. Home education is so relaxed that they are likely to experience problems when faced with the pressures of a degree course.
答案 66.C 67.A 68.A 69.B 70.C
Passage 17
(江苏省金坛一中2009届高三5月模拟B篇)
The ’80s’ “important role” in the family has also
meant a greater concentration and focus on the individual. And, it has made the
word “me” one of the most frequently used words. Everything seems to be about
“me”. This generation has a greater awareness of itself.
Some people do not seem to agree that all this is
self-centred. When Cai Fuchao, Beijing’s publicity head, was asked to comment
on the lack of responsibility of university students during the SARS period,
his reply was: “Modern university students are ambitious, knowledgeable and
have a very strong sense of responsibility to the society.”
, Pan Fengliang, echoed(随声附和)that, saying that
blindly blaming them(for running away during the SARS outbreak)was prejudiced
and unfair and not backed with evidence.
No doubt, the development of information technology
has contributed its bit to broadening, or bending, the minds of the 80s
generation.
Some people even call Gen’80 “the E-generation”. They
get in touch with each other via email, QQ, ICQ and MSN.
While the people of the ’60s and ’70s swarmed(涌往)to Shanghai to
catch Luo Dayou, Gen’80s were on the BBS saying that it was “really
dumb”.
“The internet is so much more to those of the ’80s
than you can imagine,” said Wu Junyong, an IT engineer who was born in 1978.
In Wu’s opinion, it’s the Internet that separates the 70s
from the 80s, “Many of the’70s don’t see why those from the ’80s can spend
everyday in front of a computer.”
A new weekly Magazine/ survey last year found
that 40 percent of the 7,000 people surveyed, born in the ’80s, thought the
computer was the most important article in life; more than 70 percent of their
parents preferred the home.
