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—Jenny is always _______ for appointments. Why is she late today?

—She might have got trapped in a traffic jam in the rush hour.

A. patientB. grateful

C. punctualD. available

 

C

【解析】C 本题考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“Jenny约会时总是很准时。今天为什么迟到了呢？”“她可能是在交通高峰期堵车了。”patient耐心的；grateful感激的；punctual准时的；available可得到的。

 

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Look at the word responsibility: ability to choose your response, response-ability. Effective people are proactive because they take responsibility. Their behavior is a product of their own decisions, based on values, rather than being a product of their own conditions, based on feelings．For instance, you are planning a picnic with your family．You're excited．You have all the preparations．You've decided where to go, and then it becomes stormy, killing your plan．Proactive people carry weather within them. They realize what their purpose really was, and they creatively have a picnic elsewhere even if it's in their own basement with some special games, and make the best of that situation．The opposite of being proactive is to be reactive．Reactive people would say, "What's the use?" "We can't do anything．" "Oh this is so upsetting after all of our preparations and arrangements." They try to persuade the people around them and usually the picnic will be cancelled．

Being proactive is really just being true to your human nature. Your basic nature is to act, and not to be acted upon．That's true, despite widely accepted theories of determinism used to explain human nature. Determinism says that you don't really choose anything and that what you call choices are nothing more than automatic responses to outside conditions．

The language of reactive people is like: " I can't．" " Don't have time．" " I have to．" " I must．" The whole spirit of that language is the transfer of responsibility．They think things are determined by their environment, or by their conditions, or by their conditioning or their genetic makeup．Psychologically, people who believe they are determined will produce the evidence to support the belief, and they increasingly feel victimized and out of control．They're not in charge of their life at all．

On the contrary, a proactive person exercises free will, the freedom to choose the response that best applies to his values．In that way, he gains control over the circumstances, rather than being controlled by them．

1.According to the passage, a proactive person's behavior can result from ______．

A．the environment B．an inner belief

C．the genetic makeup D．a temporary feeling

2.When a picnic plan is threatened by a sudden storm, reactive people will probably ____．

A．have the picnic as planned

B．make the best of the picnic

C．complain and give up the picnic

D．find somewhere else for the picnic

3.What does "carry weather within them" in the second paragraph probably mean?

A．Manage to improve the weather．

B．Give in to the weather passively．

C．Stress the influence of the weather．

D. Find a solution to the weather problems．

4.It can be concluded from the passage that determinists (宿命论者) ______．

A. accept things passively

B. are in charge of themselves

C．are similar to proactive people

D. respond to outside conditions actively

 

Money is the root of all evil and new study claims there may be some truth behind the saying．Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, US，announced on February 27 that rich people are more likely to do unethical (不道德的) things, such as lie or cheat, than poorer people．

The scientists did a series of eight experiments. They published their findings online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS,《美国国家科学院院刊》)．

They carried out the first two experiments from the sidewalk near Berkeley. They noted that drivers of newer and more expensive cars were more likely to cut in on other cars and pedestrians at crosswalks. Nearly 45 percent of people driving expensive cars ignored a pedestrian compared with only 30 percent of people driving more modest cars．

In another experiment, a group of college students was asked if they would do unethical things in various everyday situations. Examples included taking printer paper from work and not telling a salesperson when he or she gave back more change. Students from higher-class families were more likely to act dishonestly.

According to the scientists, rich people often think money can get them out of trouble. This makes them less afraid to take risks. It also means they care less about other people’s feelings.

Finally，it simply makes them greedier．“Higher wealth status seems to make you want even more，and that increased want leads you to bend the rules or break the rules to serve your self-interest,” said Paul Piff, leading scientist of the study.

Piff pointed out that the findings don’t mean that all rich people are untrustworthy or that all poor people are honest. He said the experiments were to show how people living in different social situations express their instincts and values in different ways.

1.By saying “money is the root of all evil”，the author wants to ____________．

A．draw readers’ attention to the research

B．1ink wealth with bad behavior

C．show how the saying proves the findings

D．defend rich people who do unethical things

2.What makes rich people unethical according to the scientists?

a．they become more selfish b．they have more desires

c．they believe money talks d．they welcome risks

A．a、b B．a、b、d

C．b、c D．a、b、c

3.Why did the scientists do the experiments?

A. To show how social status affects people's ethics．

B. To show people’s instincts and values in different ways.

C. To test whether the saying “money is the root of all evil” is true．

D. To show the difference between higher-class people and lower-class people．

4.What does the article really want to show us?

A．Money is the root of all evil．

B．The rich are more likely to act badly．

C．The saying is unreasonable．

D．All rich people are untrustworthy．

 

Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. Some call it the summer learning setback. Simply speaking, it means the longer kids are out of school, the more they forget. The only thing they might gain is weight.

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But many experts point out that the number of class days in a year-round school is generally the same as in a traditional school. Lead researcher Paul von Hippel said, “Year-round schools don’t really solve the problem of the summer learning setback. They simply spread it out across the year.”

Across the country, research shows that students from poor families fall farther behind over the summer than other students. Experts say this can be prevented. They note that many schools and local governments offer programs that can help.

But calling them “summer school” could be a problem. The director of the summer learning center at Johns Hopkins, Ron Fairchild, said research with groups of different parents in Chicago and Baltimore found that almost all strongly disliked the term “summer school”. In American culture, the idea of summer vacation is connected to beliefs about freedom and the joys of childhood. The parents welcomed other terms like “summer camp”, “extra time” and “hands-on learning”.

1. According to the first paragraph, the summer learning gap _____.

A. helps children to gain weight

B. leads children to work harder

C. improves children’s memories

D. affects children’s regular studies

2. Compared to traditional schools, students in the year-round ones _____.

A. perform better and have more learning gains

B. have much less time for relaxation every year

C. have generally the same number of class days

D. hold more classes with more free weeks off

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Students from poor families often fall behind after the vocation.

B. Year-round schools can solve the problem of the learning gap.

C. There are schools in each state following a year-round calendar.

D. Nothing can help the students who fall behind after the vocation.

4. Why did almost all parents dislike the term “summer school”?

A. Because they cherish the children’s rights of freedom very much.

B. Because they are worried about the quality of the “summer school”.

C. Because they want their children to be forced to make up the gap.

D. Because they couldn’t afford to the further study during the vacation.

 

—Did you return the book on me? Why can’t I find it anywhere?

—_______. You were writing a letter at your desk at that time.

A. I will give it to youB. I did give it to you

C. I had given it to youD. I do give it to you

 

(2012·武汉高二检测) As a teacher rich in experience, he knows how to _______ his ideas to these new students in a limited period of time.

A. conveyB. educate

C. concludeD. convince

 

I’m amazed to hear from my school teacher again. _______, it is ten years since we met last.

A. In a wordB. What’s more

C. That’s to sayD. Believe it or not

 

IMAGINE that you are in school, giving a speech to your class.

Now think what it feels like when stammering(口吃)makes it a struggle to communicate your thoughts and feelings to other people.

The King’s Speech, which won the best picture at

the Academy Awards, highlights(突出) stammering along with other speech-related problems. The movie tells the story of Britain’s King George Ⅵ, who became king after his brother Edward Ⅷ gave up the crown to marry an American woman.

As a result of British actor Colin Firth’s performance, people are starting to realize that stammering can damage a person’s self-confidence and cause him/her to escape from life.

“The problem is unseen and unheard,” said Norbert Lieckfeldt, an expert at the British Stammering Association, in an interview with The Guardian newspaper.

“Stammering masks(遮盖) your ability,” he said, “It's a serious disability(残疾).”

Most stammerers face bullying(欺负) in school, something that is “usually carried over into the workplace”.

George Ⅵ’s stammer took away his confidence as a speaker. But Samantha Mesango, a speech coach based in the UK, believes that speech problems are more common than most people realize. “Some simply don't like the sound of their own voice; others are scared of speaking in public,” she said.

Travis Treats from Saint Louis University’s department of communication sciences in the US, praised The King’s Speech. He said it shows that “how one’s speech does not mean what one is inside”.

He also added that people who stammer need to be heard and our society should recognize that they have a lot to give to the world.

1. What is the point of the first two paragraphs?

A. To tell readers about speech speaking.

B. To show how harmful a stammer is.

C. To draw the attention of readers to the problem of a stammer.

D. To show how a stammer makes a person popular

2. According to the article, King George Ⅵ _____.

A. was a hero during World War Ⅱ

B. took the place of his brother

C. married a divorced American woman

D. was a failure because of his stammer

3. What is Norbert Lieckfeldt’s view of the challenge of a stammer?

A. A stammer can destroy a person’s self-confidence.

B. A stammer is a serious problem for many people but it is often ignored.

C. People who stammer need to have their own voice.

D. People who stammer do better in work than in school.

 

Dear son，

The day that you see me old and I am already not in good health，have patience and try to understand me.

If I get dirty when eating，if I can not dress，have patience and remember the hours I ___ teaching it to you.If，when I speak to you，I ____ the same things thousand and one times，do not ____ me，listen to me.When you were small，I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story ____ you got to sleep.When I do not want to have a ____，neither shame me nor scold me.Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I ____，in order that you wanted to bathe.When you see my ____ little about new technologies，give me the necessary time and do not look at me with your mocking(嘲弄) smile.I taught you____ to do so many things：to eat good，to dress well，to confront life...When at some moment I lose the memory or the ___ of our conversation，let me have the necessary time to remember，and if I cannot do it，do not become nervous，as the most important thing is not our conversation but surely to be with you and to have you ____ to me.

If ever I do not want to eat，do not force me.I know well ____ I need to and when not.When my ___ legs do not allow me to walk，give me your ____，the same way I did when you gave your first ____.And when someday I say to you that I do not want to___ any more－that I want to rest forever，do not get angry.Someday you will understand.

Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.Some day you will discover that，____ my mistakes，I always wanted the ____ thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you.You must not feel sad，angry or impotent(无可奈何) for seeing me ____ you.You must be next to me，try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you ____ living.Help me to walk，help me to end my way with love and ____.I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.

I love you，Son.

Your father

1.A.paid B．spent C．cost D．took

2.A.praise B．think C．repeat D．criticize

3.A.interrupt B．disturb C．look D．avoid

4.A.when B．after C．since D．until

5.A.rest B．word C．shower D．sleep

6.A.discovered B．invented C．noticed D．assumed

7.A.knowing B．fearing C．enjoying D．consulting

8.A.what B．when C．how D．why

9.A.news B．attitude C．material D．thread

10.A.talking B．listening C．responding D．appealing

11.A.where B．how C．that D．when

12.A.tired B．short C．long D．strong

13.A.leg B．ear C．hand D．mind

14.A.step B．pace C．laugh D．cry

15.A.talk B．live C．write D．sleep

16.A.though B．since C．while D．despite

17.A.last B．first C．best D．most

18.A.near B．behind C．below D．against

19.A.made B．started C．earned D．found

20.A.mercy B．care C．excuse D．patience

 

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