题目内容
Kelly is a smart girl called herself “MM” and the other students | 66__________ |
have got used to laughing at her when she makes some funny mistake. | 67__________ |
One day morning, the classroom was extremely quiet and everyone was | 68__________ |
ready for class .The teacher is already standing in the front of | 69__________ |
the classroom. Suddenly Kelly hurried to the door from outside, paused | 70__________ |
for a while, and looked everyone carefully. Then she started to shout | 71__________ |
loudly “Stand up!” To his surprise, nobody listened to her and all remained | 72__________ |
seated. After she understood what was wrong, the whole class burst into | 73__________ |
laughter. She became more than confused and even fell kind of angry | 74__________ |
for laughed at in class. However, what she didn’t understand was that although | 75__________ |
it was her turn to be on duty, the teacher had already started class ahead of time. |
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66 called→ calling 67 mistake→ mistakes 68 去掉day or morning
69 is→ was 70 Correct 71 在looked后面加at
72 his →her 73 After→ Before
74 fell→ felt 75 在for 与laughed之间加being
We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.
The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.
Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.
I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big “to do” over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.
But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.
I said, “What are you doing, my dear?”
She turned to me with a sad expression and said, “Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I’m not pretty? Is that why they don’t say nice things about me as much?”
I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.
Now, whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.
【小题1】The underlined expression make a big to do over (paragraph 4) means _____.
| A.show much concern about | B.have a special effect on |
| C.list jobs to be done for | D.do good things for |
| A.beautiful hair | B.pretty clothes |
| C.lovely smile | D.young age |
| A.the guest gave her more coats to carry |
| B.she didn’t look as pretty as Kelly |
| C.the guests praised her sister more than her |
| D.her mother didn’t introduce her to the guests |
| A.parents should pay more attention to the elder children |
| B.the younger children are usually more easily hurt |
| C.people usually like the younger children more |
| D.adults should treat children equally |
At one time, computers were expected largely to remove the need for paper copies of documents (文件) because they could be stored electronically. But for all the texts that are written, stored and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper.
It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced, the printers start working overtime. "I feel in my bones this revolution is causing more trees to be cut down," says Ted S
mith of the Earth Village Organization.
Perhaps the best sign of how computer and Internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as one of its most promising new markets. Several Internet companies have been set up to help small businesses print quality documents from a computer. Earlier this week Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a plan to develop new technologies that will enable people to print even more so they can get a hard copy of a business document, a medical record or just a one-line e-mail, even if they are nowhere near a computer. As the company sees it, the more use of the Internet the greater demand for printers.
Does all this mean environmental concerns (环境问题) have been forgotten? Some activists suggest people have been led to believe that a lot of dangers to the environment have gone away. " I guess people believe that the problem is taken care of, because of recycling (回收利用) " said Kelly Quirke, director of the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco. Yet Quirke is hopeful that high-tech may also prove helpful. He says printers that print on both sides are growing in popularity. The action group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other than wood, such as agricultural waste.
【小题1】 The growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to ________.
| A.the rapid development of small businesses |
| B.the opening up of new markets |
| C.the printing of high quality copies |
| D.the increased use of the Internet |
| A.to encourage printing more quality documents |
| B.to develop new printers using recycled paper |
| C.to find new materials for making paper |
| D.to plant more fast-growing trees |
| A.people are concerned about the environment |
| B.printers in many offices are working overtime |
| C.small companies need more hard copies |
| D.they see a growing market for printers |