题目内容
Something must be done to ________ to the unjust war.
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The speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic(赞同的) audience. Heads nodded in agreement when he said, “High school English teachers are not doing their jobs.” He described the inadequacies of his students, all high school graduates who can use language only at a grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how this grade 9 level had been established.
My topic is not standards nor its decline(降低). What the speaker was really saying is that he is no longer young; he has been teaching for sixteen years, and is able to think and speak like a mature adult.
My point is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following it is inevitable. It is also human nature to look for the reasons for our dissatisfaction. Before English became a school subject in the late nineteenth century, it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language deficiencies (缺陷). But since then, English teachers have been under constant attack.
The complainers think they have hit upon an original idea. As their own command of the language improves, they notice that young people do not have this same ability. Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years, they assume the new generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect. To the eyes and ears of sensitive adults the language of the young always seems inadequate.
Since this concern about the decline and fall of the English language is not perceived(察觉) as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar(特有的) to today’s young people, it naturally follows that today’s English teachers cannot be doing their jobs. Otherwise, young people would not commit offenses against the language.
The speaker the author mentioned in the passage believed that _____.
A. the language of the younger generation is usually inferior(差的) to that of the older
generation
B. the students had a poor command of English because they didn’t work hard enough
C. he was an excellent language teacher because he had been teaching English for sixteen
years
D. English teachers should be held responsible for the students’ poor command of English
In the author’s opinion, the speaker ______.
A. gave a correct judgment of the English level of the students
B. had exaggerated(夸大) the language problems of the students
C. was right in saying that English teachers were not doing their jobs
D. could think and speak intelligently
The author’s attitude towards the speaker’s remarks is ______.
A. neutral B. positive C. critical D. compromising
It can be concluded from the passage that ______.
A. it is justifiable(有理由的) to include English as a school subject
B. the author disagrees with the speaker over the standard of English at Grade 9 level
C. English language teaching is by no means an easy job
D. language improvement needs time and effort
In the passage the author argues that ______.
A. it is unfair to blame the English teachers for the language deficiencies of the students
B. young people would not commit offences against the language if the teachers did their
jobs properly
C. to eliminate(消除) language deficiencies one must have sensitive eyes and ears
D. to improve the standard of English requires the effort of several generations
请选出与所给句子或划线部分意思最接近的答案：（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
Was it by accident or by design?
A. Was it on purpose or not? B. Was it designed by somebody?
C. Was it an accident? D. Did it happen accidently?
Did I really hear a voice or was it only my fancy?
A. Did I really hear a voice or was it only my image？
B. Did I really hear a voice or was it only what I like?
C. Did I hear a voice or someone crying in my dream?
D. Did I notice a voice or it is not the really one?
He is above stealing.
A. He is good at stealing. B. He never steals.
C. He likes stealing. D. He is forced to steal.
He is a bad actor.
A. He is not good at performance. B. He is a little good at performance.
C. He is a very dangerous person to do anything. D. He is not fit for being an actor.
He is lacking animal force.
A. His energy is not full enough. B. He is as strong as an animal.
C. He can do something with his own force. D. He has enough energy.
He is anything but a doctor.
A. He is only a doctor. B. He is not a doctor.
C. He is somebody else. D. What he does isn’t like a doctor.
Anything is at your service.
A. Your work is to serve everything. B. You can serve everybody with your own effort.
C. We all want to get your service. D. You can use everything you need as you like.
68. You’ve tried three times. Tony’s been standing for two hours; let the dog see the rabbit!
A. let the dog run after a rabbit B. ask the dog to watch rabbits
C. it’s Tony’s turn to do something D. it’s your turn to do something.
What price going for a walk?
A. What about going for a walk? B. How much do you need for going for a walk?
C. How much could I get for a walk? D. What is the price you’ll pay for a walking?
He talked and talked but never came to the point.
A. He talked a lot on the key point. B. He talked a lot but didn’t focus on the key point.
C. He talked less than he need to. D. He talked more than he really needed to.
He began to smell a rat in the matter.
A. feel that there was a rat near him B. feel something not going so good
C. feel a rat would make something wrong D. smell a rat’s smell in the matter
John is always reasonable.
A. John is open-minded and easy to get along with.
B. John always has a reason to do what he wants.
C. John is always good at reasoning in some case.
D. John can reason something others couldn’t.
I must pop off now.
A. I must go now. B. My pop music life is ended now.
C. I am not popular. D. I must make my corn pop.
He doesn’t care a pin for her.
A. He doesn’t like a needle for her. B. He wasn’t a pin to her.
C. He doesn’t care about her. D. He doesn’t want to throw a pin on her.
You mustn’t take everything so personally.
A. You mustn’t want to take everything as his own.
B. You may not think of everything as yours.
C. You couldn’t gain everything which doesn’t belong to you.
D. You mustn’t think that somebody is criticizing you when he is not.
What a peach of a room!
A. HhHHHHHHh HhhhWhat a wonderful room which holds so many peaches!
B. What a big peach in the room!
C. What a big peach room it is!
D. What a nice room it is!
Your number comes up.
A. Your number becomes larger and larger. B. Your number keeps going up.
C. You are lucky. D. You are unfortunate.
Somebody’s number is up / goes up.
A. Somebody’s number is end. B. Somebody’s number may keeps going up.
C. It’s time for somebody to go west. D. It’s time for somebody to add up his number.
It feels nice and soft.
A. It is nice and soft. B. It is nice but soft.
C. It is soft except nice. D. It feels very soft.
We see more of Blair these days.
A. These days we can watch more about Blair.
B. We know more about Blair these days.
C. We have seen Blair more times these times.
D. These days found we could see Blair.
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
― Well, Bob, what a surprise! It's nice to see you again!
― Hello, Ann! __61__ Wasn't it a year ago Christmas, the last time we saw you?
― You know, I think you're right. How are your wife and the children?
― Oh, they're fine. Billy fell down and broke his leg a few months ago. __62__
― Wasn't Joey learning to play the violin? Seems to me I remember something about that.
― __63__ He's all excited about sports now.
― And you wife, what is she doing these days?
― She's going to a night school on Mondays and Thursdays. She's studying French now. But last year she studied typing and sewing. __64__ Next it’ll probably be cooking.
― How nice for her! __65__ But say hello to Mrs James for me, will you?
― Sure I will, and remember me to your husband. Goodbye!
A. Oh, he's given that up.
B. Oh, I'm sorry. I've got to rush.
C. She's made great progress in that.
D. How long has it been?
E. I think she just enjoys going to school.
F. Joey's getting on well with her.
G. But other than that, there's been nothing special.
I was in a department store with my mom, aunt, and my sister a few days ago. 36 , I am one of those people who do not like to go shopping with my family. However, I decided this time to 37 them.
My aunt and I were 38 for some things to buy for our family when I noticed two 39 on the side. One of them had a little girl sitting on it with her 40 nearby and the other one was 41 . So, I decided to sit down. While I was 42 my own thing there, I 43 that the family were not in front of the 44 anymore. I saw the girl 45 and look around for her family. She came back and I saw her in 46, crying.
I knew that she 47 her family and was all by herself . Now, I am sure that almost everybody has been lost in a department store or 48 big before and we all know that feeling. 49 I went up to her and asked what was 50 and in between tears she told me she was lost. I 51 her a smile card I just bought. You should have seen the 52 on her face when she read it. Then I went up to customer service center and 53 them what happened. People there promised to 54 her. After I left, the little girl’s parents went there and I could see them looking around for the person who had found their daughter and given her the 55. Little did they know it was a regular teenager who did it.
A．Luckily B．Usually C．Sadly D．Surprisingly
A．help B．encourage C．join D．support
A．answering B．looking C．preparing D．calling
A．chairs B．children C．signs D．toys
A．friends B．book C．family D．bags
．A．clean B．large C．empty D．beautiful
A．studying B．carrying C．buying D．doing
A．noticed B．believed C．doubted D．understood
A．shop B．gift C．girl D．lady
A．get up B．come up C．give up D．make up
A．return B．detail C．vain D．tears
A．hated B．raised C．lost D．lived
A．somewhere B．something C．everywhere D．everything
A．If B．As C．So D．Or
A．important B．wrong C．strange D．different
A．lent B．gave C．sent D．posted
A．smile B．hope C．puzzle D．worry
A．reminded B．warned C．asked D．told
A．look out for B．take care of C．wait for D．call up
A．courage B．money C．explanation D．card
Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practising until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. A great athlete practises until he can play quickly, accurately, without thinking. Tennis players call that ”being in the zone.” Educators call it “automaticity”.
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and decoding the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase. With automaticity, he doesn’t have to think about decoding the words, so he can concentrate on the meaning of the text.
It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois Schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found automatic readers in the first grade who were reading almost three times as fast as the other children and scoring twice as high on comprehension tests. At fifth grade, the automatic readers were reading twice as fast as the others, and still outscoring them on accuracy, comprehension and vocabulary.
“It’s not I.Q. but the amount of time a child spends reading that is the key to automaticity,” according to Rossman. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or newspapers will in all likelihood reach automaticity. At home, where the average child spends 25 hours a week watching television, it can happen by turning off the set just one night in favor of reading.
You can test your child by giving him a paragraph or two to read aloud—something unfamiliar but appropriate to his age. If he reads aloud with expressions, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, he probably is an automatic reader. If he reads haltingly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, he needs more practice.
13．The first paragraph tells us .
A．what automaticity is B．how accuracy is acquired
C．how a child learns to walk D．how an athlete is trained
14．The Illinois study shows that the automatic reader’s high speed .
A．costs him a lot of work B．affects his comprehension
C．leads to his future success D．doesn’t affect his comprehension
15．A bright child .
A．also needs practice to be an automatic reader
B．always achieves great success in comprehension tests
C．becomes an automatic reader after learning how to read
D．is a born automatic reader
16．The main idea of the passage is .
A．how to score high on comprehension tests
B．reading is the key to school success
C．how to test your child’s reading ability
D．automaticity is important for efficient reading
