题目内容
Russian President Vladimir Putin has explained why he stopped to kiss a small boy on the stomach as he was walking through the Kremlin, saying it was a spontaneous (本能的) action like touching a cat.
"It was an unplanned meeting - people just came up and started talking to me," Putin said, recalling the June 28 incident when he met the boy, Nikita, among a group of tourists, lifted the boy’s shirt and planted a kiss on his stomach.
"He seemed very independent and serious. At the same time, a child is always defenceless and nice. I wanted to touch him like a cat and it came out in this action. There was nothing behind it," Putin said in an Internet question and answer meeting with Russian and foreign audiences.
The stomach kiss incident has caused a lot of guess and comment in the Russian media and major public interest ahead of Putin’s question and answer meeting Thursday.
1.According to Putin, he touched the boy _________.
A. by chance B. on purpose C. spontaneously D. forcedly
2.What did the word “He” refer to in the third paragraph?
A. The cat B. Putin C. The boy D. A passer-by
3.What of the following is not the result of the Putin’s kissing the boy?
A. People tried to guess what Putin’s intention was to kiss the boy.
B. People made a lot of comment about Putin’s kissing the boy
C. Putin may have to leave office because of kissing the boy.
D. The public showed much interest in Putin’s kissing the boy.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Putin kissed a boy on the stomach
B. People wondered why Putin kissed a boy on the stomach
C. Putin explained why he kissed a boy on the stomach
D. People discussed how to treat Putin’s kissing a boy on the stomach
1—4、CCCC
阅读快车系列答案Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn a new language. That is, they believe that children learn more easily and efficiently than adults. Thus, at some point in our lives, maybe around age 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is this idea a fact or myth(悬念)？
Is it true that children learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults? On the contrary, research studies suggest that the opposite may be true. One report, on 2,000 Danish children studying Swedish, concluded that the teenagers learned more, in less time, than the younger children. Another report, on Americans learning Russian, showed a direct improvement of ability over the age range tested; that is, the ability to learn increased as the age increased, from childhood to adulthood.
There are several possible explanations for these findings. For one thing, adults know more about the world and therefore are able to understand meanings more easily than children. Moreover, adults can use logical(逻辑的) thinking to help themselves see patterns in the language. Finally, adults have more self-discipline (self-control) than children.
All in all, it seems that the common idea that children are better language learners than adults may not be a fact, but a myth.
【小题1】The main idea of the passage is ____.
| A．teenagers are more difficult to teach |
| B．Danish teenagers can learn Swedish faster than younger children |
| C．adults are more logical than children |
| D．the ability to learn languages increases with age |
| A．harder | B．more efficiently |
| C．more slowly | D．more carefully |
| A．Adults know more about the world. | B．Adults can use logical thinking |
| C．Adults have more self-discipline. | D．Adults can read better. |