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Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality(现实) of life.
In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable(不合情理的) thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling(四脚朝天).
When it doesn’t get up, the process is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time on its shaky(摇晃的) legs. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.
Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.
Stone was once asked if he had found something that runs through the lives of all these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out(着手) to do .”
1.What does the underlined part “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A．A happy thing. B．A difficult task.
C．A big dream. D．A beautiful scene.
2.What does the book A View from the Zoo talk about?
A．A new-born giraffe’s first lesson.
B．A mother giraffe’s story.
C．The lives of some great people.
D．The way for a giraffe to stand up.
3.Why were some great people mentioned in the passage?
A．Because they all worked hard.
B．Because they all liked to read some special stories.
C．Because they were born with some illnesses.
D．Because they were similar to giraffes in some ways.
4.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
A．This passage is a description of giraffes’ living habits.
B．Baby giraffes can’t stand up until three months old.
C．Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying and writing stories about great people.
D．The great people can’t stand up after they’re knocked down for years.
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A．How to Raise a Baby Giraffe.
B．Learning to Get Back Up.
C．Stories about the great people.
D．A Mother Giraffe and Its Baby Giraffe.
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My cousin gave me a nice toy. What sentence element is the underlined part?
A. Direct object B. Indirect object C. Adverbial D. Attributive
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The poor countries have some difficult problems. Sometimes the land is too poor to grow 32 on. People there have 33 rich land nor enough water. The land 34 be made better, but a lot of things must be done. The people must be taught and water must 35 .
But rich countries have problems, too. There are not always good places to 36 . Sometimes the air is not clean and the rivers are too 37 to swim in or to drink. The roads and streets are full of people and cars. Cars and buses have to move 38 . Noise is too much. Some people have no houses to live in. Something must be done about these problems. The air and the rivers must be cleaned and be 39 clean. More houses have to be built. 40 these things cannot be done easily.
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Learning a foreign language is difficult for many learners. The following tips may help you learn a foreign language quickly.
Reading aloud
When you start learning a foreign language, you should read aloud. Reading aloud instead of reading lowly only to yourself helps you in remembering. It helps with pronunciation, too.
Building your vocabulary
You’ll have to make a few word lists, you have to memorize and review them regularly. You may review the word lists at least once a day for two weeks.
Learning grammar
Learning the grammar of a foreign language is a dry and boring task. But it can speed your language learning. Don’t jump to learn tenses(时态), it’s better to be done after you’ve learned some of the language. The most important thing is that you shouldn’t worry about the mistakes you’ll make when you start. If you do like this, you’ll learn the language better.
Watching TV and movies
This is a wonderful way to learn a foreign language quickly. You can watch TV shows in the language you are learning. They’ll help you a great deal with the vocabulary as well as catching what others say and also your pronunciation.
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【小题1】 Reading aloud while learning a foreign language helps in ____________.
| A．talking to people | B．understanding words |
| C．learning grammar quickly | D．pronouncing words correctly |
| A．Writing the words again and again. | B．Listening to tapes in the language. |
| C．Reviewing words from time to time | D．Reading more articles in the language. |
| A．learn tenses first | B．try not to make mistakes |
| C．make at least one word list | D．learn from the mistakes you make |
| A．much | B．little | C．a few | D．never |
| A．Traditional ways of learning English |
| B．Some advice on learning a foreign language |
| C．The important of learning a foreign language |
| D．How to deal with difficulties in learning a language |