When we found him, he was a sorry sight. His clothes were torn, his hands bleeding. Before we reached him, we saw him fall. He lay a moment. Then he pulled himself to his feet, walked unsteadily a few yards through the woods and fell again.

 After we got him out, we went back to find the gun that he had thrown down. His tracks showed that for two days he had circled in the forest, within 200 yards of the road. His senses were so dulled by fear and tiredness that he did not hear the cars going by or see the lights at night.

We found him just in time.

This man, like others before him, had simply been frightened when he knew he was lost. What had been a near disaster might have turned out as only a pleasant walk, if he had made a few preparations before he stepped from the highway or off a known path.

Whatever sense of direction that a man may have, it’s still largely a question of observation. A skilled woodsman always keeps an eye on his surroundings. He notes the shape of a mountain, the direction water flows through a swamp, and the way a tree leans across a path. With these in mind, he is still likely to turn around many times, but he is seldom lost.

There are exceptions, of course, and once in a while a man does come across some strange problem that puts him into the “lost” situation. A rainstorm or sudden blizzard may catch him without a compass in his pocket. Darkness may find him in a rough area, where travel is dangerous without a light.

When this happens, the normal first reaction is the fear of being laughed at as a result of his poor knowledge in the woods. He may also be concerned about the inconvenience that he will cause his friends when he doesn’t show up. This false pride may lead him to keep on the move in a false effort to find his way against all difficulties.

The person who thinks ahead is seldom in great danger. He’ll be safe if he observes carefully, thinks ahead, and remains calm.

The writer suggested that if the man had not been found, he would have ______.

A.been shot by a gun                   B.become confused

C.been attacked by wild animals        D.been in great danger 

According to the text, if a person gets lost in the forest, at the very beginning, he would _____.

A.worry about being laughed at                   B.push himself to find his way out

C.feel it is convenient to ask for help from his friends  D.feel sorry that he didn’t study hard enough

When a person tries to find his way in the woods, ________ is the most important.

A.intelligence         B.observation  C.direction   D.chance

The writer tells the story of the lost man as an example of people who_______.

A.go into the woods by themselves            B.don’t know how to signal for help properly   

C.are frightened when they think they are lost   D.keep their head when they are in trouble

You can improve your child’s hearing memory considerably(在很大程度上). Once his hearing memory has been greatly improved, he'll be able to use and remember what he listens to in class. The success of these suggestions depends upon your ability to use your child’s natural desire to get involved in games he finds simple and fun.
A good way to begin is to read aloud a sentence from a book suitable for your child's reading age. Then ask your youngster to repeat the sentence back to you correctly. Next, reread the sentence, leaving out a particular word. See if your child can identify the word you left out. At the beginning use only simple sentences. Gradually, increase the length of the sentences. Make sure you don’t rush things along too quickly, or your child may become discouraged and tired of the game.
Take your child shopping with you often. He’s to remember a list of items you want to buy in the supermarket. First , ask him to remember only a few things. Then, as he shows increased ability to remember, make the list longer and longer. Praise him often and warmly when he shows increased ability to remember things. He'll become proud of his ‘good’ memory and will happily play the game.
Encourage your child to learn easy and short poems. As his ability to do this becomes stronger, encourage him to remember longer poems. Do the same with songs.
【小题1】The suggestions will be successful if____.

A.you find simple and funny games for your child
B.you can stimulate(激发)your child’s interest in the activity
C.you force your child to get involved in more practice
D.you improve your own hearing memory first
【小题2】The purpose of asking your child to repeat what you say is __.
A.to practice his pronunciation
B.to develop his reading skills
C.to help him remember what he hears
D.to play a simple game he may find fun
【小题3】The third paragraph mainly talks about ___.
A.another way to improve your child’s hearing memory
B.how you should take you child shopping with you
C.how to remember the items you want to buy
D.the way you help your child do shopping
【小题4】The last sentence ‘Do the same with songs’ means you should encourage your child to learn and remember ___.
A.songs in the same way as he does with poems.
B.poems in the same way as he does with songs
C.the poems and songs which are similar in meaning
D.those songs that have the same meaning as poems
【小题5】Who are the supposed readers of this passage?
A.Children.B.Parents.C.Teachers.D.Psychologists.

Emanuel’s father liked to declare he’d spent ages by the sea, breathing seawater. Now, away from the sea, in the hospital, his body just looked like a beached fish. His condition went from bad to worse. The doctor came from saying, “He’ll be home in a day,” “He’ll be home in a week,” to “He will be home in a month.”

When Emanuel was a teenager, if he ever seemed bored with the pier(码头), his father would shout, “What ? This isn’t good enough for you?” And later, when he suggested Emanuel take a job at the pier after high school, the boy almost laughed, and his father again said, “What? This isn’t good enough for you?” And before Emanuel went to war, when he talked of marrying Maggie and becoming an engineer, his father said, “What? This isn’t good enough for you?”

And now, here he was, Emanuel helped out at the pier, working evenings after his taxi job, doing his father’s labor.

Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. It is not until much later that children understand: their stories and all their accomplishments sit on top of the stories of their mothers and fathers.

One night his father, lying in hospital, was practically too weak to speak. Others comforted him. “Your old man will pull through. He’s the toughest man we’ve ever seen.”

When the news came that his father had died, Emanuel felt heart-broken.

In the following weeks, Emanuel’s mother lived in a confused state. She spoke to her husband as if he were still there .She yelled at him to turn down the radio. She cooked enough food for two .One night, when Emanuel offered to help with the dishes, she said. “Your father will put them away.” Emanuel put a hand on her shoulder. “Ma,” he said softly, “Dad’s gone.”

“Gone where?” murmured Mum.

1.Which of the following shows the right order of the story?

a.Emanuel’s father fell ill.         

b.Emanuel helped out at pier.

c.Emanuel went to the war.

d.Emanuel wished to be an engineer.

e.  Emanuel’s mother lived in a confused state

A.bacde            B.dcabe            C.bceda            D.decba

2.In Paragraph 4, the writer inplies that       

A.Children can never understand how much their parents have devoted to them

B.Children wouldn’t have achieved so much without their parents’ support

C.Children often feel regretful because they leave their parents

D.Children like moving away from their parents

3.The underlined phrase “pull through” can probably be replaced by ________

A.wake up          B.give up           C.pick up           D.get up

4.The last paragraph mainly tells us that      

A.Emanuel’s mother was at a loss at her husband’s death.

B.Emanuel often helped his mother to wash the dishes.

C.Emanuel lived with his mother and often comforted her.

D.Emanuel’s mother doesn’t like to listen to the radio.

 

I sometimes wonder if old Finchley has the right personality to be a research scientist. He keeps asking when he’ll be coming back. After all, it was his own fault. Nobody tries out what has just been invented on themselves any more but Finchley. Well, he must have pumped about a thousand c. c. s into himself before I noticed he was clearly becoming smaller.

  It was funny watching him, because his clothes remained the same in size. They simply piled up around him so that he looked like a small boy in his father’s clothes. But he kept getting smaller and smaller. As my colleague Dawson and I watched him, he disappeared! All we could see was Finchley’s clothes on the floor. They looked so strange, because the lab coat was on top, shirt and trousers inside and, I suppose, underclothes inside again. It gave me a strange feeling, and I think Dawson was a bit shaken, too.

  Dawson was sitting on his chair in front of a microscope he’d been using to examine a family of mites(螨虫). He looked through the scope kind of absently again, and was nearly scared to lose awareness when he found old Finchley waving back from the other end.

  It seems as if Finchley had taken a free ride on a dust mite and landed on the land of the mite family. Of course, we didn’t know till Finchley told us later. But anyhow, as I said, Dawson nearly passed out. He jumped off his chair and pointed at the microscope, to shocked to speak.

1.Finchley disappeared because ________.

 A. he took something poisonous

 B. he was changed into a dust mite

 C. his father’s clothes totally covered him up

 D. what he and his colleagues invented resulted in his disappearace

2. It frightened Dawson to see Finchley _______.

 A. got into his scope by accident          B. was waving through his telescope

 C. suddenly got lost in his clothes        D. gradually disappeared in the lab

3. It can be inferred that Finchley, Dawson and the writer have possibly invented _____.

 A. some kind of medicine               B. a new powerful microscope

 C. a machine to make people small          D. a new way to make a culture of mite

4. It can probably be concluded that Finchley ________.

 A. passed out there and then               B. is not fit to be a scientist

 C. is a devoted scientist                  D. will remain tiny all the time

 

 

When we found him, he was a sorry sight. His clothes were torn, his hands bleeding. Before we reached him, we saw him fall. He lay a moment. Then he pulled himself to his feet, walked unsteadily a few yards through the woods and fell again.

After we got him out, we went back to find the gun that he had thrown down. His tracks showed that for two days he had circled in the forest, within 200 yards of the road. His senses were so dulled by fear and tiredness that he did not hear the cars going by or see the lights at night.

We found him just in time.

This man, like others before him, had simply been frightened when he knew he was lost. What had been a near disaster might have turned out as only a pleasant walk, if he had made a few preparations before he stepped from the highway or off a known path.

Whatever sense of direction that a man may have, it’s still largely a question of observation. A skilled woodsman always keeps an eye on his surroundings. He notes the shape of a mountain, the direction water flows through a swamp, and the way a tree leans across a path. With these in mind, he is still likely to turn around many times, but he is seldom lost.

There are exceptions, of course, and once in a while a man does come across some strange problem that puts him into the “lost” situation. A rainstorm or sudden blizzard may catch him without a compass in his pocket. Darkness may find him in a rough area, where travel is dangerous without a light.

When this happens, the normal first reaction is the fear of being laughed at as a result of his poor knowledge in the woods. He may also be concerned about the inconvenience that he will cause his friends when he doesn’t show up. This false pride may lead him to keep on the move in a false effort to find his way against all difficulties.

The person who thinks ahead is seldom in great danger. He’ll be safe if he observes carefully, thinks ahead, and remains calm.

1.The writer suggested that if the man had not been found, he would have ______.

A.been shot by a gun

B.become confused

C.been attacked by wild animals

D.been in great danger

2.According to the text, if a person gets lost in the forest, at the very beginning, he would _____.

A.worry about being laughed at

B.push himself to find his way out

C.feel it is convenient to ask for help from his friends

D.feel sorry that he didn’t study hard enough

3.When a person tries to find his way in the woods, ________ is the most important.

A.intelligence

B.observation

C.direction

D.chance

4.The writer tells the story of the lost man as an example of people who_______.

A.go into the woods by themselves

B.don’t know how to signal for help properly

C.are frightened when they think they are lost

D.keep their head when they are in trouble

 

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