It doesn’t matter if you have one friend or 20, because there are only a few people in this world that can make you truly happy. For me, my family and my three best girlfriends mean everything to me. 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Water costs money．In some places water is hard 31 ．What 32 when a town has these problems？A small town in California found a happy 33 ．
Very 34 rain ever fell there．The town had no water35 ．The water it used was 36 from a river 300 miles away．As more people  37 live in the town 38 water was needed．Now water 39 to be brought in from 600 miles away．All these cost 40 money．
The town 41 a plan．It found 42   to clean its “dirty” water．Once the cleaned water was reused  43 many ways．Five 44 lakes were built．Here people could swim and fish and go 45 ．They  46 have picnics in their new parks．Farmers had more water 47 their crops．New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of 48 ．
In most places，water is used and thrown 49．The town that saved 50 water has saved the town！
小题1:

The world is not hungry, but it is thirsty. It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of water. Why? Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can’t drink or use for watering plants directly. Man can only drink and use the 3% the water that comes from rivers and lakes. And we can’t even use all of that, because some of it has been polluted.
Now more water is needed. The problem is: can we avoid a serious water shortage later on? First, we should all learn how to save water. Secondly, we should find out the ways to reuse it. Scientists have always been making study in this field. Today, in most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers. But it can be used again. Even if every large city reused its water, still there would not be enough. What could people turn to next?
The sea seems to have the best answer. There is a lot of water in the sea. All that needs to be done is to get the salt out of the sea water. This is expensive, but it’s already in use in many parts of the world. Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it. So you see, if we can find a way out, we’ll be in no danger of drying up.
小题1:The world is thirsty because ___________.

A．3/4 of the earth is covered with water

B．we have enough sea water

C．we haven’t used all the water in rivers and lakes

D．about 97% of water on the earth can’t be drunk or used for watering plants directly

小题2:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．3% of drinkable water on the earth is from rivers and lakes.

B．75% of water on the earth is in the sea.

C．97% of the earth is covered with water.

D．3% of water on the earth is sea water.

小题3:From the passage we learn that __________.

A．if every city reuses its water, we’ll be in no danger of drying up

B．man can only drink and use about 25% of water on the earth

C．today in most large cities water is used only once

D．water can be used only once

Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous (宽宏大量的)；be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you don’t tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You don’t have to give your lunch money or your clothes, or enjoy, like your hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them you help your friend know you better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve . Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are ever exactly alike (相同). But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friendships, you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.
小题1:Some friendships don’t last very long because .

A．there are too many people who want to make friends.

B．they don’t know friendship is something serious

C．they receive others’ friendships but never give others friendships

D．they always give other people friendships

小题2:According to the passage , honesty is .

A．as important as money	B．more important than anything else
C．something countable	D．the base of a friendship

小题3:Which of the following is NOT true in the passage?

A．A friend who gives you his lunch money is a true friend.

B．Always tell your friend the truth.

C．Discussing your problems with your friend often helps to solve the problem.

D．Sharing your mind with your friend is of great value.

小题4:The best title of this passage is .

A．A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed	B．Honesty Is the Best Habit
C．How to Be a Friend	D．Three Important Points in Life

Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live, we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions, receive news or comment, and very likely to have our views challenged by other members of society.
Face to face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to advanced imprinting, telecommunications photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission (传输) and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news, which itself is often almost eclipsed( 侵蚀) by international news.
No longer is the possession of information confined to(只限于) a privileged minority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed fortunate, but today there are public libraries. For years ago people used to flock to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a programme that is being channeled into millions of homes.
Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. The modem communication industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining.
Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is part, the vast modem network of communications is open to abuse(滥用). However, the mass media are with us for better, for worse, and there is no turning back.
小题1:In the first paragraph the writer emphasizes the of face-to-face contact in social setting.

小题2:It is implied in the passage that .

A．local news used to be the only source of information

B．local news still takes a significant place

C．national news is becoming more popular

D．international news is the fastest transmitted news

小题3:Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Possessing information used to be a privilege.

B．Public libraries have replaced the private completely.

C．Communication means more than transmission.

D．Information influences ways of life and thinking.

小题4:From the last paragraph we can infer that the writer is .

A．indifferent to the harmful influence of the mass media

B．happy about the flexible changes in the mass media

C．pessimistic about the future of the mass media

D．concerned about the wrong use of the mass media

Learning is natural. It begins as soon as we were born. Our 36  teachers are our families. At home we learn to talk and to 37  and feed ourselves.
Then we go to school. A teacher tells us   38   to learn and how to learn. Many teachers teach us, and we pass many   39  .Then people say we are   40 .
Are you really educated? Let’s think about the real meaning of   41   .Knowing facts does not   42 being able to solve(解决) problems. Solving problems   43   creativity(创造性),not just a good  44  .Some people who don’t know many   45 are good at solving problems.
Henry Ford is a good   46  .He left school at the age of 15. Later when his company could not build cars   47  enough, he solved the problem. He  48 of the assembly line(装配线).
What does a good teacher do? Does he give students facts to 49 ? Well, yes, we must remember facts. But a good teacher   50  how to find answers. He brings us to the 51  of knowledge so we can drink for ourselves. When we are thirsty, we know where to go.
True learning combines(结合) intake(输入) and output. We take information   52 our brains. Then we use it. Think of a   53  —it stores a lot of information, but it can’t think. It only obeys commands. A person  54  only remembers facts hasn’t really learned. Learning takes   55 only when a person can use what he knows.

How to protect children Web fans from unsuitable material on-line while encouraging them to use the Internet has long been discussed in the US.
For some parents, the Internet can seem like a jungle, filled with danger for their children. But jungles contain wonders as well as danger. With good guides, some education, and a few precautions(预防 ), the wilds of the Internet can be safely navigated. “Kids have to be on-line. If we tell our kids they can’t be allowed to surf the Internet, we’re cutting them off from their future,” said an expert.
Most kids have started to use search engines. Many of them are great for finding tons of interesting Internet sites, and they can also locate places where you might not want your kids to go. There are search engines designed just for kids. A certain software contains only sites that have been selected as safe. The most popular way would be to use what is known as a “content screener”. But this can’t be wholly reliable(可靠 ), and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet. Another way is that mum or dad is nearby when the child is surfing the Internet.
A few other tips:
—Do not put the PC in a child’s room but keep it in an area where mum or dad can keep an eye on things. That also makes the Internet more of a family activity.
—Ask your child what he or she has been doing and about any friends they make on-line.
―Tell your child not to give on-line strangers personal information, especially like address and phone number.
And tell your children never to talk to anyone they meet on-line over the phone, send them anything, accept anything from them or agree to meet with them unless you go along.
小题1:What is the best way to protect children from improper material?

A．To talk to the children and persuade them to tell right from wrong.

B．To be nearby when the children are surfing the Internet.

C．To fix a content screener on the computer.

D．To buy some search engines for children.

小题2:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Surfing the Internet is the best way of educating children.

B．Using a content screener is most reliable for keeping children from having ways to the Internet.

C．Searching engines can help children to select materials fit for them.

D．Children’s not having chances to go to the Internet may have effect on their progress.

小题3:According to the passage, we can infer that ____.

A．softwares that are fit for children who want programming

B．the Internet contains a lot of harmful sites

C．the Internet will be protected by law

D．a child who is on-line is in danger

小题4:What does the passage tell us most?

The ability to memorize things seems to be a vanishing （消失的） technique．So what can we do to bring out brain cells back into action? A newly published book on memory, Moomvalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by American journalist Joshua Foer, makes a telling point, one that is an analysis of the importance of memorising events and stories in human history; the decline of its role in modem life; and the techniques that we need to adopt to restore the art of remembering．
As For points out, we no longer need to remember telephone numbers．Our mobile phones do that for us．We don't recall addresses either．We send emails from computers that store electronic addresses．Nor do we bother to remember multiplication tables （乘法表）．Pocket calculators do the job of multiplying quite nicely．Museums, photographs, the digital media and books also act as storehouses for memories that once we had to keep in mind．
As a result, we no longer remember long poems or folk stories by heart, feats （技艺） of memory that were once the cornerstones of most people's lives．Indeed, society has changed so much that we no longer know what techniques we should employ to remember such lengthy works．We are, quite simply, forgetting how to remember．
And let's face it, there is nothing sadder than someone who has lost their mobile phone and who finds they cannot even phone home or call their parents or partners because they cannot remember a single telephone number．That is a sad example of loss of personal independence．So, yes, there is a need for us to he able to remember certain things in life．
Therefore, Foer's book outlines the methods that need to be mastered in order to promote our memories and regain the ability to recall long strings of names, numbers or faces．In the process, he adds, we will become more aware of the world about us．
The trick, Foer says, is to adopt a process known as " elaborative encoding", which involves transforming information, such as a shopping list, into a series of "absorbing visual images"．If you want to remember a list of household objects—potatoes, cottage cheese, sugar and other items, then visualise them in an unforgettable manner, he says．Start by creating an image of a large jar of potatoes standing in the garden．Next to it, imagine a giant tub of cottage cheese—the size of an outdoor pool—and then picture Lady Gaga swimming in it．And so on．Each image should be as fantastic and memorable as possible．
Using methods like this, it becomes possible to achieve great feats of memory quite easily, Foer says．It certainly seems to have worked for him: he won the annual US Memory Championships after learning how to memorize 120 random digits in five minutes; the first and last names of 156 strangers in 15 minutes; and a deck of cards in under two minutes．"What I had really trained my brain to do, as much as to memorise, was to be more mindful and to pay attention to the world around," he says．
These techniques employed by Foer to master his memory were developed by Ed Cooke—a British writer and a world memory championship grandmaster．He acted as Foer's trainer during preparations for the book and helped him achieve his championship performances．" Memory techniques do just one thing: they make information more meaningful to the mind, making the things we try to learn unforgettably bright and amusing," said Cooke．
小题1:Which of the following is conveyed in this article?

A．People become more independent with modern equipment．

B．The memory's role in life is declining in modem society．

C．Memory techniques can make information less meaningful．

D．Ed Cooke is the first one who benefited from Foer's techniques．

小题2:According to Joshua Foer, people no longer memorize information today because________．

A．museums can do everything for them．

B．they no longer have the ability to memorize things．

C．they have things that can act as storehouses for memories．

D．it is not necessary to memorize anything in modem life．

小题3:One method of memorizing things mentioned in the passage is to ________．

A．link things to famous pop stars

B．find the connection between different things

C．form vivid, unforgettable images of certain things

D．use advanced digital imaging technology to help

小题4:The underlined word "visualise" in the last paragraph most probably means "_______"．

小题5:This passage can be sorted as ________．

A．a news report	B．an advertisement
C．a scientific discovery	D．a book review

Hi！Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble—and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感觉知觉).
　　ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.
　　Here's an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!" Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.
　　There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these strange mental messages. Here's another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.
　　A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, "There's room for one more." The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, "There's room for one more."
　　Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn't get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!
　　Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.
小题1:According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is ________.

小题2:ESP lets people know _________.

A．about events before they happen

B．about events after they happen

C．about events that are happening some distance away

D．A and C

小题3:In the last paragraph the underlined word "coincidences" probably means _______.

A．things that may not happen

B．things that happen in a dream

C．things that must happen

D．things that happen by accident

小题4:This article is mainly about ________.

A．the human dream	B．the sixth sense
C．the human mind	D．a crowded bus

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