根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上写出答案。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Riding a London subway, a person from China will notice one major difference: In London, commuters (乘车上下班的人) do not look at each other. 【小题1】 That's not rudeness— people are just too busy to bother looking.
Busy doing what, you ask? Well, they're certainly not using the time for a moment of quiet reflection. Nor are they reading a book. 【小题2】 Today the only acceptable form of book on the London Underground is an e-book.
【小题3】 Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, over 40,000－yes, that's 40,000－"apps" (programs downloaded for the iPhone) have been designed.
Commuters love them because they are the perfect time－filler. One "app"，called ishoot, is a game that features tanks. Another one, Tube Exits, tells passengers where to sit on the train to be closest to the exit of their destination. Isteam clouds the iphone screen when you breathe into the microphone. 【小题4】
For those without an iPhone, another Apple product, the iPod, may be the distraction of choice. It's not just teenagers who "plug in" to their music－iPods are a popular way to pass the time for all ages.
And if games, e－books and music aren't enough to keep you occupied. Then perhaps you would prefer a film? The development of palm DVD technology means many commuters watch their favorite TV show or film on the way to work.
【小题5】
| A．With this distraction, it’s amazing that people still remember to get off the train. |
| B．New technology has replaced quiet habits. |
| C．You can then write the “steam” on your phone screen. |
| D．Technology is changing the way London commuters spend their traveling time. |
F．Apple must earn a fortune from London commuters.
G．Modern Londoner are fancy victims.
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How to Read a Book
Books can be your best friends. 1 They can introduce you the things you may never see… But do you know how to read them in order to get the fullest enjoyment possible? The following tips should help.
1. Find a book. Look in the library or in one of the large bookstores. You could also ask friends if you could have a book at their book shelves. Search the shelves until you find a book that looks good．Read the first page to see how it reads, and the cover text on the back of the book, if it has any. 2
2. Buy or borrow it and take it home. Do not start to read it until you have the time. 3 And set aside time to do nothing else but read, as it can be, at times, suspenseful（悬疑的）, exciting and relaxing.
3. Get comfortable on the couch. Have a lamp behind you, lighting the area where you are reading. Make sure the television is off and that anything else that could distract you has been attended to. 4 __.
4. Start the book by turning the pages and really enjoy it. Do not think about anything else but what you are reading. Put yourself into the action or location in the story. Once you concentrate completely, it will be difficult to put the book down. And remember that reading is not running your eyes over a book. 5 . However, if you need to read the book quickly, then you do not need to pay attention to every word.
| A．If you are busy doing other things, you should wait until you have finished them． |
| B．Get warm if you are going to be sitting still for a few hours． |
| C．If you are already concentrating, then buy it or borrow it． |
| D．Try to imagine the story in your head． |
F. You should read it actively and enjoy it completely．
G. Otherwise, you will miss it．
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Back to School: Why Grit(毅力) Is More Important than Good Grades?
The back-to-school season is upon us, and once again, parents across the country have loaded their kids’ backpacks up with snack packs and school supplies. It’s a good moment to reflect on what else we should be giving our kids as they head off to school.
American parents are feeling particularly anxious about that question this year. The educational process feels more than ever like a race, one that starts in pre-school and doesn’t end until your child is admitted to the perfect college. Most parents are more worried than they need to be about their children’s grades, test scores and IQ. And what we don’t think about enough is how to help our children build their character—how to help them develop skills like perseverance, grit, optimism, conscientiousness, and self-control, which together do more to determine success than S.A.T. scores or I.Q.
There is growing evidence that our anxiety about our children’s school performance may actually be holding them back from learning some of these valuable skills. If you’re concerned only with a child’s G.P.A., then you will likely choose to minimize the challenges the child faces in school. With real challenge comes the risk of real failure. And in a competitive academic environment, the idea of failure can be very scary, to students and parents alike.
But experiencing failure is a critical part of building character. A recent research by a team of psychologists found that adults who had experienced little or no failure growing up were actually less happy and confident than those who had experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood. “Overcoming those obstacles,” the researchers assumed, “could teach effective coping skills, help engage social support networks, create a sense of mastery over past adversity, and foster beliefs in the ability to cope successfully in the future.”
By contrast, when we protect our children from every possible failure—when we call their teachers to get an extension on a paper; when we urge them to choose only those subjects they’re good at—we are denying them those same character-building experiences. As the psychologists Madeline Levine and Dan Kindlon have written, that can lead to difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood, when overprotected young people finally confront real problems on their own and don’t know how to overcome them.
In the classroom and outside of it, American parents need to encourage children to take chances, to challenge themselves, to risk failure. In the meantime, giving our kids room to fail may be one of the best ways we can help them succeed.
| Back to School: Why Grit Is More Important than Good Grades? | |
| Common phenomena | ◆Parents throughout America(1) their kids’ backpacks up with snacks and school supplies. |
| ◆Many American parents don’t(2) enough importance to their kids’ character building. | |
| The writer’s(3) | ◆Parents should pay more attention to their kids’ character building. |
| (4) and research findings | ◆Parents’ anxiety about their kids’ performance may(5) them from learning some valuable skills. |
| ◆Parents concerned only with a kid’s G.P.A. are (6) to minimize the challenges the child faces. | |
| ◆Adults who have experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood are (7) and more confident than those who haven’t. | |
| ◆Denying kids character-building experiences can(8) in difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood. | |
| The writer’s suggestions | ◆(9) kids to be risk-takers. |
| ◆Give kids room to experience(10) . | |
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About ten percent of spending on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. 【小题1】________States have been required to show progress through yearly testing.
But states say testing tells only part of the story about efforts by schools and students to improve. So the Obama administration has eased the limits on states in measuring performance.
【小题2】________This new measurement tool is called the Colorado Growth Model. The idea is to show academic growth, not just achievement on tests. It combines test scores, family income levels, school size, the ethnicity of the student and many other factors.
【小题3】_______The graph shows a school’s average score on standardized tests as well as its academic growth.
On average, students enter sixth grade at WEST Denver Prep performing below grade level. 【小题4】________.
The new assessment method shows that, each year, the average West Denver Prep student learns more math than ninety-four percent of all the students in Colorado. 【小题5】________.
Josh Smith says perhaps the most important thing they should learn is to believe in themselves.
| A．The results from schools across the state are shown online on a graph. |
| B．Reading and writing scores also show growth. |
| C．For ten years now, federal law has tied this spending to student performance. |
| D．Therefore, the government feels it a great pressure. |
F.However, the limits don’t work at all.
G.The western state of Colorado, for example, has a new assessment method.
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| A．How do we get the names for the days? B．The origin of division of the times. C．How did men invent the week? D．The Jews names the seven days. E．How did the Egyptians and the Romans name the days? F．Reason for no names of the days. |
Do you know how the days of the week get their names? There was a time in the early history of man when the days had no names! The reason was quite simple：men had not invented the week.
2. _____________
In those days, the only division of times was the month, and there were too many days in the month for each of them to have a separate name. But when men began to build cities, they wanted to have a special day on which to trade, a market day. Sometimes these market days were fixed at every tenth day, sometimes every seventh or every fifth day. The Babylonians decided that it should be every seventh day. On this day they didn't work, but met for trade and religious festivals.
3. _____________
The Jews followed their example, but kept every seventh day for religious purposes. In this way the week came into existence. It was the space between market days. The Jews gave each of the seven days a name, but it was really a number after the Sabbath day(which was Saturday). For example, Wednesday was called the fourth day (four days after Saturday)．
4. _____________
When the Egyptians adopted the sevenday week, they named the days after five planets, the sun, and the moon. The Romans used the Egyptian names of their days of the week: the day of the sun, of the moon, of the planet Mars(火星), of Mercury(水星), of Jupiter(木星), of Venus(金星), and of Saturn(土星)．
5. _____________
We get our names for the days not from the Romans but from the AngloSaxons, who called most of the days after their own gods, which were roughly the same as the gods of the Romans. The day of the sun became Sunnandaeg, or Sunday. The day of the moon was called Monandaeg, or Monday. The day of the Mars became the day of Tiw, who was their god of war. This became Tiwesday, or Tuesday. Instead of Mercury's name, that of the god Woden was given to Wednesday. The Roman day of Jupiter, the thunderer, became the day of the thunder god Thor, and this became Thursday. The next day was named for Frigg, the wife of their god Odin, and so we have Friday. The day of Saturn became Saeterndaeg, a translation from the Roman, the Saturday.
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。
W: Hello, Jack. You're getting ready for tomorrow's school, aren't you?
M: Yes, I'm a bit nervous. 【小题1】_
W: I understand how you're feeling. You'll make a lot of friends very soon.
M: Thank you. I'll try my best to get used to my new school life as soon as possible. 【小题2】
W: At 8 o'clock. 【小题3】_
M: Say it, please.
W: Before class we have 10 minutes to hand in homework and then 20 minutes for morning reading.
M: That's to say, we must get to school at 7:25. Five minutes later we'd hand in homework. Right?
W: Right. 【小题4】_
M: Well, I hear that lunch time is nearly 12 o'clock and I'll be starving by then.
W: Don't worry. 【小题5】
M: That's great.
| A. So I suggest you get up before 7:00. B. By the way, what time does the first class begin? C. How long will it take us to finish our homework? D. But there is some other suggested time you should remember. E. During the break after the second class, we can buy something to eat. F. I have no idea what'll happen in class and how I'll get along with my classmates. G. I really don't know what to do after class. |
阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。
每个人都有烦心事，下面5个人也碰到了自己的问题，根据他们的信息，从A—F中找出合适的建议来对他们进行引导。
| A．Find some new friends or colleagues to help you to ease (缓解) the working pressure and loneliness. Making friends is a great pleasure. At the same time, call your family regularly and tell them you are fine here. |
| B．It is very important to take care of yourself. Caring more about your own body will help you be more energetic to take care of your family members. So treat yourself well. |
| C．It is a good lifestyle to eat fresh vegetables and fruit. Have a backup plan for the days when you plan to eat well. And sometimes physical exercise will do good to your health, so do regular activities often. |
| D．Give yourself a reward when you get some small success, which will lead to achieving your overall goals. And celebration takes active part in successful changes. So make a list of some more interesting reasons to keep you go on fighting for your own future. |
F. You should trust yourself and your ability, and have a positive (积极的) attitude to work. Sometimes you can list some past success, which can help you to remind that you are an able man. So self-confidence is very important to you.
阅读下列人物信息，并试为其选择合适的建议。
1.Mike is an engineer of computer, but he doesn’t’ believe in his own working ability. He actually works very hard but he doesn’t get a rise in his company. So he feels very sad.
2. Cedric is alone in this company, and he doesn’t’ t like to stay at the dorm, which he thinks will make him more homesick and miss his family in Sichuan.
3. Vicky doesn’t have outside work. Actually she is a housewife. She uses almost all of her time to cook the meal, clean the house and take care of her babies. She feels very tired and she thinks her health condition is getting worse and worse.
4. Cathy is a busy businesswoman, but her business is not very successful. She cares little about her success and she doesn’t’ have any motivation(动力) to improve her business.
5. Fiona has worked for 4 weeks without having a rest. So she feels very worried about her young daughter, who is only 8 years old. She is very tired now and she misses her family very much.