Ask any student which subject he or she hates most. 9 out of 10 students will answer “math”.No matter which country you visit,no matter which grade you are in,you may not learn art,geography,chemistry or Chinese,but you always learn math. Why is this so?How come so many students hate math,and yet cannot avoid learning it in school ?

Jenny Sanders,a high school student in California,asks,“What good do we get from learning math?We can use computers to compute numbers,and we can use computers to store information. I think learning math at school is a waste of time.”

However,there is much more to math than just learning to add and subtract(减)numbers. In fact,math is not so much about calculation (计算), it is also about learning to think logically (逻辑地) and solving problems. Of course, Jenny was right that we can use computers to do calculations,but how would we even know how to use the computer if we can't think logically?In short,computers are only tools when solving problems.

For example,imagine you are a cook and must serve dinner to 100 guests. How should you divide your resources so that you can get the job done most efficiently (高效地)?In situations like this,the ability to think logically will get you to a reasonable answer and solve your problem.

1.According to the passage,which subject do most students always learn in different grades at school?

A. chemistry B. math C. geography D. art

2.What does Jenny Sanders think of learning math?

A. interesting. B. boring. C. useless D. useful

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. 90% of the students hate learning math.

B. Students can learn math well with computers.

C. Math can do calculations and store information.

D. Computers can take people’s place to think about everything.

4.What does the underlined word “resources” mean in the passage?

A. 科目 B. 效率 C. 资源 D. 能源

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Math is just learning to add and subtract numbers

B. Math can be good for both our body and our mind.

C. Math helps us think logically and solve problems.

D. Math is useless now.

A businessman sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest man. The boy walked through the desert for forty days _________he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain where the Sage (圣人) lived.

When he ______a room, he saw lots of strange views: businessmen coming and going, a small music group _________sweet music, and all kinds of delicious dishes on a large table.

The Sage_______everyone. The young man had to wait for two hours until it was his_________.

________enough patience, the Sage listened to the boy, but he was too_________to explain to him the secret of happiness. _________ he suggested that the boy would walk around his palace and come back in two hours.

“However,” he added, handing the boy a teaspoon with two drops of oil in it, “while you walk, _________this spoon and don’t let the oil spill(溅出).”

The boy began to walk around the palace, _______ keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At last he returned to the Sage.

“So,” asked the Sage, “did you notice anything amazing in my palace?” the boy said that he had seen __________ He was only concentrating on the_________ .

“OK. Now go back and see the wonders of my world,” said the Sage. Now more _______, the boy took the spoon and walked again through the palace. Returning to the Sage, he exactly reported __________he had seen.

“But where is the oil?” asked the Sage. Looking down at the spoon, the boy realized that he had spilled it all.

“Well, the secret of happiness lies in looking at all the wonders of the world and never_______the two drops of oil in the spoon,” the Sage said with a smile. They were both important. Then the boy realized what happiness was.

1.A. until B. unless C. after D. while

2.A. saw B. left C. entered D. lived

3.A. hearing B. writing C. enjoying D. playing

4.A. looked for B. conversed with C. heard from D. knew about

5.A. time B. way C. turn D. duty

6.A. To B. For C. In D. With

7.A. busy B. Angry C. happy D. funny

8.A. Though B. While C. Because D. Since

9.A. make B. bring C. take D. get

10.A. never B. nearly C. always D. sometimes

11.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything

12.A. palace B. man C. castle D. spoon

13.A. Carefully B. Freely C. luckily D. difficultly

14.A. what B. which C. who D. that

15.A. Forgetting B. minding C. realizing D. considering

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