题目内容
It is matter of common observation that although money incomes keep going up over the years, we never seem to become much better off! Prices are rising continuously. This condition is named one of inflation (通货膨胀 ) ; the money supply is becoming inflated so that each unit of it becomes less valuable. We have grown used in recent years to higher and higher rates of inflation. What could be bought ten years ago for one dollar now costs well over two dollars? Present indications (迹象) are that this rate of inflation is tending to rise rather than to fall. If in the real world our money incomes go up at the same rate as prices, one might think that inflation does not matter. But it does. When money is losing value it lacks one of the qualities of a good money stability of value. It is no longer acceptable as a store of value; and it becomes unsuitable standard of deferred (延期的 ) payments. Nobody wants to hold a wasting asset(财产), so people try to get rid of money as quickly as possible. Inflation therefore stimulates(刺激) consumer spending, and prevents saving.
1. Over the years, our incomes have been increasing, and we________.
A．seem to be well off at a quicker rate
B．are actually no better, if not worse, in our financial condition
C．can afford to buy more of the things that we want
D．have managed to keep prices down
2. Inflation is a situation in which________.
A．we can watch our money increase in its value
B．employment no longer becomes a problem
C．people can always find better paying jobs
D．money keeps losing its value
3. If incomes and prices rise together, people might think that________.
A．there will be no more market fluctuations
B．money will hold its value
C．inflation will remain to be a problem
D．inflation causes no problem
4. In a period of inflation, people are likely to________.
A．invest heavily on the stock market
B．save money
C．hold on to money as a dependable asset
D．spend money and not bother to save
提示：
1. 我们的收入增加了，但实际上我们的生活条件并未变好，第二行提到 2. inflation通货膨胀，钱比以前买的东西更少了 3. 第七行提到，人们认为收入和物价一起增加应该是无所谓的 4. 最后一行提到，通货膨胀的情况下人们不会想到要存钱
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No matter where he lives, 16-year-old Danny Lopez feels like an outsider: he is half-Mexican and half-white.
At his private high school in wealthy northern San Diego, California, US, Lopez is too brown to fit in, whereas for the Mexican side of his family in National City, just a dozen miles from the border, he is too white to belong.
Different from both sides, Lopez is silent in school. He focuses on his passion for baseball and working hard to improve the pitches (球场) that have kept him off the school team.
Mexican Whiteboy, by Matt de la Pena, is about a teenager’s search for identity. It was named as one of the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults in 2009 by the US Young Adult Library Services Association.
When Lopez’s mother decides to go to live with her wealthy white boyfriend in San Francisco, he chooses to spend the summer with his father’s family in San Diego. It’s a trip to explore roots and self-identity, filled with unexpected friendship.
There he meets Uno, of mixed heritage (遗传) like himself, also with a divorced mom. Uno understands Danny’s split background and helps him improve his baseball skills. Both boys have big league dreams, but they both have to learn to come to terms with their mixed heritages before they can achieve their goals.
Aside from discussions of racism, Mexican Whiteboy takes on other issues, such as the importance of family and the negative influence of hiding the truth. It also shows how sports can draw cultures together.
【小题1】The reason why Lopez feels like an outsider lies in the fact that ___________.
| A．he is a Mexican | B．he lives in San Diego |
| C．he is half-white and half-Mexican | D．he studies in a private school |
| A．book | B．club | C．newspaper | D．organization |
| A．starts writing a book about himself |
| B．begins to look for identity with the help of Mexican Whiteboy |
| C．loses his interest in baseball |
| D．works in the fields in which he was kept off the school team |
| A．they both have a divorced mom |
| B．they both have mixed heritage |
| C．they were both in the school baseball team |
| D．both of them have big league dreams |
Matt grows the best vegetables in the village. He grows fruit too – big, sweet apples and oranges. And what else? Well, the biggest and the prettiest flowers.
Things grow in Matt’s garden all through the year. He cuts some flowers for his sitting room table; and of course , he eats some fruit and vegetables. But he sells everything else in the market. Matt is not a poor man.
He knows a few other gardens; but he does not have any friends. You might ask, “What is that?” Why doesn’t he have friends. I will tell you. People do not understand him. And they do not understand his garden. “Why not?” You will ask. “It is a very good garden, isn’t it?” It is a wonderful garden. Matt plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he does very little work. He sits in the garden with his small radio. And everything grows.
People ask, “How does Matt grow these wonderful things? He waters the plants sometimes, but he doesn’t do anything else. He just sits under an orange tree with his radio. He listens to music nearly all day!” and that is all quite true. People cannot understand it, and so they don’t like it very much.
Matt likes music. But what about the garden? Who does the work? I will tell you another true thing: the music does the work. All plants love music; and Matt knows that.
Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers? Well, just give your plants a lot of music.
1.There are not only vegetables and flowers, but also ________ in Matt’s garden.
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A．plants |
B．fruit trees |
C．ants |
D．crops |
2.Matt makes a living by ___________
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A．selling his vegetables, fruit and flowers |
B．growing trees in his garden |
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C．working in the market |
D．helping other people growing plants |
3. Everything in Matt’s garden grows well because ______
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A．he has a good garden |
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B．he is good at growing things and likes listening to the radio |
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C．music helps his plants a lot |
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D．he is very hardworking |
4.People don’t like Matt because ____________
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A．he doesn’t give them any vegetables or fruit |
B．he listens to the radio too much |
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C．they don’t understand him |
D．Matt doesn’t let them listen to his radio |