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  SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND-A British teaching union famous for strange ideas has supported a plan to employ dogs as classroom assistants.

  At the yearly conference of the Professional Association of Teachers in Southport, northwest England, one person suggested properly trained dogs be able to keep order in primary schools.They can round up lost children and protect those who experience unfortunate“accidents”.Wendy Dyble, a Sheetland Islands woman who teaches children up to age seven, made it clear to her fellow friends that she was not“barking mad”.They obviously believed her, supporting her idea by 16 votes to 13, with a total of 63 abstentions(弃权).

  She said big dogs could help round up children, keep them in line, lick up the milk they spill on the floor and provide the extra eyes that a teacher needs to keep order.“A big dog would also be helpful for stopping flights and look for lost property, like gym shoes or dolls,”Dyble said at the conference.“The dog will also be useful in sniffing out(find out)smells that children do not own up to,”she added.“It would be nice for the teacher not to have to go round sniffing each child to find the criminal.”

  The idea was welcomed by the Dog Defense League but less by bigger teaching unions.A spokesman for Education Secretary, David Blunkett, who is blind, said his guide dog was always popular with pupils when he visited schools.The Professional Association of Teachers, with around 35,000 members, is the smallest teaching union in Britain.It has an honor for occasional strange ideas.

  Earlier this week, its yearly conference here suggested stopping exams because they lead to stress and introducing selection at the age of 12 based on physical coordination(调整)and manual(手工的)skill.

(1)

According to the writer’s opinion, to employ dogs as classroom assistants ________.

[  ]

A.

is not a good idea

B.

can improve the relation between children and animals

C.

is beyond ordinary people’s imagination

D.

can make some teachers lose jobs

(2)

What Dyble said at the conference ________.

[  ]

A.

gained some support from the members

B.

frightened everyone present

C.

interested everyone present

D.

caused some trouble to trained dogs

(3)

The last paragraph of this passage ________.

[  ]

A.

has nothing to do with the topic of this passage

B.

shows there are too many exams in British school

C.

provides further facts about the teaching union

D.

shows the writer’s anger to the union

答案:1.C;2.A;3.C;
解析:

(1)

第一段是全文的主题段,介绍英国一个教学组织提出的一个“怪异的”教学设想:雇佣狗作为教学助手。根据倒数第二段第一句得知,这种观点没有受到大多数人的欢迎。

(2)

由第二段最后一句得知。

(3)

联系前几段就会发现最后一段是进一步提供该教学组织的相关背景。


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  There are about 22 million non-European Americans, mainly Black Americans, Red Indians, Latin Americans and other peoples.

  The Red Indians number about 600,000.They are the natives of America.They look somewhat like Tibetans.They are not red, but brown.They were called Indians by mistake.When Columbus landed in the New World in 1492, he thought he had landed in India and called the people Indians.

  The Black people had a sad history.Nearly all of them are descendants(后裔)of Africans brought from Africa to America sold as slaves in the 17th and 18th centuries.Today, they are about 21 million in number or 11 percent of total American population.Most of them lived in the South till the 1930s and since then more and more were leaving the South to look for work in the industrial North.Today, 60 percent of Black Americans live in New York, Chicago and other big cities.

  Mexicans who belong to Latin Americans are the 2nd biggest minority nationality.Most of them are immigrant(移民)farm workers.The Puerto Ricans, from the island of Puerto Rica off the coast of Florida, live mostly in the slums(贫民窟)of big cities like New York and Chicago.These two peoples like the Afro-Americans mostly live below the poverty line.

  There are Chinese people living in America, too-almost a quarter of million(the exact figure is 236,000).Many of them went to America about 100 years ago to build the railways there.They suffered a great deal.Today, most Chinese Americans live in California(a state facing the Pacific Ocean)and New York, and also in Hawaii, and archipelago(群岛)in the mid-Pacific, which is counted as the 50th state of the U.S.A.

(1)

Which of the following shows the right relationship among the population of American minorities?

[  ]

A.

American natives>Blacks>Mexicans>Chinese

B.

Red Indians>Afro-Americans>Chinese

C.

Blacks>Mexicans>European Americans>American Indians

D.

Black Americans>Mexicans>Indians>Chinese

(2)

Which of the following shows the right historical order?

a.The Afro-Americans were brought to American.

b.Lots of Chinese people built the railways in the U.S.A.

c.Columbus found the "New World".

d.Hawaii became one of the states of the U.S.A.

e.The Black Americans left the South for the North.

[  ]

A.

c-a-b-e-d

B.

c-b-e-d-a

C.

a-e-c-d-b

D.

d-c-b-a-e

(3)

According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

[  ]

A.

Puerto Rica is among the 50 states of the U.S.A.

B.

Columbus was the first to call American Indians Red Indians.

C.

Most of the American minorities used to live a happy life.

D.

Black Americans and Puerto Ricans have begun to move from the countryside to big cities.

(4)

Which of the following maps gives the right positions of the given places?(  )

(C——California; F——Florida; H——Hawaii; N——New York; P——Puerto Rica Island)

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  By LOS ANGELES TIMES

  Publishedon 2002-02-10

  Postedon 2002-01-18 10∶59∶14

  Nervousuncertainty surrounds the fate(命运)of US journalist Daniel Pearl, with no clear communication from his kidnappers(绑匪)and no sign of his whereabouts after three separate police searches for his body in the troublesome port city Karachi, Pakistan.

  Pearl, a 38-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter, disappeared two weeks ago on his way to an interview in Karachi.An e-mail allegedly from his kidnappers contained four photos of him and a variety of demands, including one for there lease of Pakistani prisoners being held at the US naval base in Cuba.

  The searches were started last Friday night by an email claiming that Pearl had been killed and his body thrown“in the graveyards of Karachi.

  Pearl has worked for The Wall Street Journal for 12 years and is now their South Asiabureau chief.He was born in Princeton, New Jersey and graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in communications.

  He joined The Wall Street Journal in November 1990, first as a reporter in the Atlanta bureau.In 1993 he moved to the Washington office to cover transportation before beginning a series of overseas postings.

  The members of a radical(激进的)Islamic group in Pakistan who admit having kidnapped him say Pearl is a member of the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad.But Pearls employers have angrily denied(否认)that he is the agent(代理)of any government.

  Pearl’s French wife, Marianne, is six months pregnant with their first child.

  For the past few weeks the couple have been living in Karachi while Pearl tried to arrange an interview with Mubarak Ali Shah Gilani, head of the small militant Islamic group Tanzeemul-Fuqra.

(1)

We can see from the text that ________.

[  ]

A.

Pearl has been murdered

B.

Pearl has escaped from his kidnappers

C.

Pearl is in danger

D.

Pearl’s fate still remains in question

(2)

Accordingto the text, Pearl most probably disappeared ________.

[  ]

A.

on January 24, 2002

B.

on January 26, 2002

C.

on January 4, 2002

D.

on January 11, 2002

(3)

Pearl’s disappearance has something to do with ________.

[  ]

A.

Tanzeemul-Fuqra

B.

a radical Islamic group in Pakistan

C.

the US naval base in Cuba

D.

the Israeli intelligence service

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  Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the lake behind his house.He swam toward the middle of the lake, not realizing that a crocodile was swimming toward him.His mother, who was in the house, was looking out of the window and saw the two.In great fear, she ran toward the water, shouting to her son as loudly as she could.Hearing her voice, the boy became alarmed and swam back.It was too late.Just as he reached her, the crocodile reached him.The mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the crocodile snatched his legs.The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go.A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the crocodile.

  Remarkably, the boy survived, after several weeks in hospital.His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal.And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother's fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.

  The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy asked if he would show him his scars.The boy lifted his legs.And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter.“But look at my arms.I have great scars on my arms.too.I have them because my Mom wouldn't let go.”

  Never judge another person's scars, because you don't know how they were made.

(1)

Which will be the best title for the text?

[  ]

A.

Scars of Love

B.

Women Hold up Half the Sky

C.

A Terrible Experience

D.

Don't Judge by Appearances

(2)

Hearing Mother's shouts, the boy ________.

[  ]

A.

remained in the middle at a loss

B.

didn't stop swimming forwards

C.

swam back towords the shore

D.

was ready to fight the crocodile

(3)

Which of the following statements is true?

[  ]

A.

A crocodile attacked him when the boy and his mother were swimming.

B.

The crocodile bit the arms of the boy when it reached him.

C.

There is always an interesting story behind every scar.

D.

It was a farmer who shot the crocodile.

(4)

By saying the words(see the underlined sentence), the boy really wanted to show ________.

[  ]

A.

how deep the scars made by the crocodile were

B.

what a brave and courageous boy he was

C.

how many scars and scratches he had

D.

how great and beloved his mother was

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  The following diaries were written by an Australian boy named Tony.He was on holiday with his family in South Asia.

  27 December, 2010

  This morning I read an email about a boy in hospital looking for his father and I finally thought of a way to help.I took my camera to the hospital and took photos of the boy.Now I'm going to set up a website on my dad's computer, upload the photos and add his name and information of the hospital.

  Hopefully it will help!

  2 January, 2011

  At the end of the trip, I learned that the boy found his father! His Swedish uncle saw the email on my webpage and arranged the meeting.Is it my website that has made such a success? But at least I've done something.

  We're returning home tomorrow but I will remember the experience and tell my friends:No matter what we are.We can think of a way to help others.

(1)

Tony thought of the way to ________.

[  ]

A.

forget the experience

B.

take photos of the travelers

C.

set up a website for the hospital

D.

help the boy find his father

(2)

________ saw the email and photos on the webpage and arranged the meeting.

[  ]

A.

The boy's uncle

B.

Tony

C.

Tony's father

D.

The doctor

(3)

Tony was more likely to be ________ in South Asia.

[  ]

A.

living

B.

studying

C.

shopping

D.

traveling

(4)

It can be learned from the diaries that ________.

[  ]

A.

people are willing to set up websites

B.

Tony's father worked in the hospital there

C.

people can do something to help each other

D.

Tony went there to look for his family members

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