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Can you remember a world before the Internet? If you answer is “no,” then you are probably a millennial. Millennials are the new generation of young Americans. They were born between 1982 and 1992. There are 33 million of them, and they are just starting to enter the workforce(劳动力). Many experts believe that millennials are different from young Americans of past generations. They also believe that millenials will change the workforce in important ways.
How are millennials different? They are the first generation born in the computer age. The internet has always been a part of their lives. They spend about 16 hours a week on the Internet, and this doesn’t include e-mail. And they spend 72 hours a week using other electronic media(媒体), including mobile phones and video games. They are “nation speakers” of the language of the computer age. People who were born earlier will never be native speakers of that language. Why not? They did not grow up “speaking” it.
How will millennials change the workforce? To answer that question, it is important to understand how millennials use the Internet. They use the Internet to communicate. They visit website such as FaceBook and MySpace every day. They share(分享)ideas, music, information, games, and friendships with people all over the world. When they start working, they will want to share their work and ideas with others.
It is also important to understand the way millennials grew up. Thair parents and teachers gave them a lot of attention. They taught them that their opinions were valuable(有价值的). As a result, amny millennials are very cinfident. At work, they will expect their co-workers and bosses to listen to their opinions.
Millennials also grew up with a lot of structure in their lives. Many of them went to school from the age of two or three and played on sports teams. At work, they will expect the rules to be clear. They will also expect a strong but fair boss, like a coach on a sports team. They will follow the person in charge (主管) if he or she is fair. But they will not follow an unfair boss. They will also expect their work to be fun and creative, similar to their experience on a sports team.
These are a few of the changes that experts believe millennials will bring to the American workforce. But the world is changing very fast. There will probably be more changes that are difficult to imagine today.
小题1:According to the first paragraph of the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．Millennials belong to a new generation.

B．Millennials were born about ten years ago.

C．Millennials are entering the workforce.

D．Millennials know little about the world before the Internet.

小题2:Which is the main reason that make the experts believe millennials are different from young Americans of past generations?

A．Millennials can speak a better native language.

B．Millennials grow up with computers and Internet.

C．Millennials use mobile phones and e-mails often.

D．Millennials spend long hours playing video games.

小题3:Why do the millennials experct to share their work and ideas with others?

A．Because they know how to use the Internet to make new friends.

B．Because they understand how to communicate with new friends.

C．Because they grow up sharing ideas, music, information, games, and friendships with others by the Internet.

D．Because the Internet can provide all the information they need.

小题4:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．Millennials grow up with more attention from their parents and teachers.

B．Many millennials are showing more confident than others at work.

C．Many millennials give more valuable opinions to their co-workers and bosses.

D．Many of the millennials have had fun and creative experiences when they are on sports teams.

小题5: From the passage we know that ______.

A．the number of the millennials had come to 33 million by the end of 1982

B．most of the millennnials learn native computer language in schools.

C．millennials require their bosses to be healthier and the rules clearer at work

D．more changes will probably be brought to the American workforce by millennials

答案

小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:D

解析

小题1:细节题;从第一段的句子：They were born between 1982 and 1992.可知他们不是十年前出生的。答案是B
小题2:细节题;从第二段的句子：They are the first generation born in the computer age. The internet has always been a part of their lives.可知答案是B
小题3:细节题;从第三段的句子：They share(分享)ideas, music, information, games, and friendships with people all over the world. When they start working, they will want to share their work and ideas with others.可知答案是C
小题4:推理题;从第五段的句子：They will also expect their work to be fun and creative, similar to their experience on a sports team.可知他们在运动团队的时候不是那么开心的，答案是D
小题5:细节题;从最后一段的句子：These are a few of the changes that experts believe millennials will bring to the American workforce.可知答案是D

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Most middle school students find it boring to learn English. But students in Yat Sen middle school in New York, US, don’t think so. Why? Because they are in the school of One Program, which asks students to work on their own or in small groups on computers to have math lessons.
“The program gives the students a new learning style. No traditional classroom can compare with it. We give each lesson according to the students’ interest and their strong and weak points,” said JoelⅠ. Klein, the school’s head teacher, “we’re looking for a new way that interest students children.”
Students enjoy these math lessons, especially lessons with video games. They must find out the answers to math problems to get through the game. One such game is Dimension M. As students move through mazes(迷宫) with their keyboards, some questions come up.
Caleb Deng had to answer the question: What is 5+ (6×3)? He calculated on paper quickly because there was just a minute left to play.
“ I was right,” said Deng, 14, as he ended the game with a high score (高分). “this really makes math lessons more exciting, since we are fighting to learn better.”
小题1:Students in Yat Sen Middle School like math because __________.

A．they work in large group

B．they can work on computer

C．the teachers are interesting

D．math questions are easy there

小题2:Which is NOT true of the program?

A．It is very successful.

B．It is boring to most students.

C．It makes learning math more interesting.

D．It gives the students a new way to learn.

小题3:The underlined word “calculated” in Paragraph 4 most probably means __________.

A．worked out

B．wrote down

C．threw away

D．gave up

小题4:Caleb Deng’s story serves as an example to show ___________.

A．how students work in small groups

B．how to end a game with a high score

C．how the question 5+(6×3) should be solved

D．how students learn math through video games

小题5:This article is mainly about ___________.

A．how to learn math well

B．an interesting math lesson

C．a new way to learn math

D．kids in Yat Sen Middle School

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Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用浆划)a bathtub（浴缸）145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29, 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon ,Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Brunt field Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.
Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney, Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28 1989.The climbers carried a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain .When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood; however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.
小题1:According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?

A．A record for paddling a bathtub.

B．A record for climbing a mountain.

C．A record for pushing a hospital bed.

D．A record for swimming across a river.

小题2:What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?

A．The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney.

B．Only nine people held the highest dinner party.

C．They had a meal on the mountain.

D．They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party.

小题3:Which of the following show the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage?
a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.
b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.
c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.
d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.

A．a-b-c-d

B．d-b-c-a

C．a-d-b-c

D．b-a-d-c

小题4:Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?

A．Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh.

B．People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things.

C．Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given.

D．Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain.

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Many people think it is very exciting and admirable(令人羡慕的) to be an actor. The actors often wear the most beautiful and fashionable clothes and they can make a lot of money. Many people like them and they have so many fans. But in fact, the job of an actor can be very tiring and hard. To make good movies, for example, action movies, the actors need to go to some remote(偏远的) places. There they don"t have good places to stay or nice food to eat. They often have to get up early and go to bed very late. When they are too busy, they don’t have time to sleep or relax. It"s very hard.
小题1:Why do so many people think it is admirable to be an actor?

A．They think actors are fashionable.

B．They think actors are rich.

C．They think their clothes are beautiful.

D．All of the above.（以上都是）

小题2:The author(作者) thinks actors’ life is ________.

A．fashionable

B．exciting

C．tiring and hard

D．good

小题3:The actors find it difficult to sleep well or relax because________.

A．they don"t like sleeping.

B．they are too hungry to sleep well

C．they sleep in clod rooms

D．their job is too busy

小题4:Which is NOT true?

A．Sometimes, the life of actors is not so exciting.

B．Actors often have nothing to eat.

C．Actors often work late at night.

D．Many people think it is good to be an actor.

小题5:What’s the topic(主题) of this passage?
A. An actor’s life is exciting.
B. B. How can actors make much money?
C. The life of actors.
D. What does an actor eat and wear every day?

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Different people have different colors of skin. Some have black skin, some have yellow skin and some have white skin. There is a woman in Alaska. Her skin is orange. It is almost the color of orange juice. How did her skin become orange? She ate lots of tomatoes, carrots and squash(南瓜). She ate too many orange things. That’s why her skin turned orange.
The woman doesn’t want her skin to be orange, so she goes to see the doctor. The doctor says, “ Stop eating orange things, Eat some green things.”
The woman did so, and her skin isn’t orange any more.
小题1:The woman in this story has___________.

A．orange eyes and hair

B．orange skin

C．oranges

D．yellow skin

小题2:The woman’s skin became orange because ________.

A．she ate only oranges

B．she atetoo much orange food

C．she fell in orange juice

D．she likes that color

小题3:This story is mainly about __________.

A．a woman in Alaska

B．tomatoes and carrots

C．a doctor

D．different people with different colors of skin

小题4:The woman goes to see a doctor because _________.

A．She doesn’t feel well

B．She needs some orange things

C．oranges make her sick

D．she doesn’t like the color of her skin

小题5:The doctor tells her ____________.

A．to eat more orange things

B．to drink orange juice

C．not to eat any green vegetables

D．to eat some green food

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What is “Walk to school”?

Now we are working on a program of “walk to school”. We would like as many parents and children as possible to take part, even if in a small way. Children who walk to and from school along with their parents can learn essential(基本的) road safety and life skills.
You can take part by…
● Walking to and from school with your child every day.
● Walking for one or two days during the week.
● Encouraging others to walk, if you have already done.
Walking is great!
● Walking is great exercise! A walk is good for your body and can keep you fit.
● You won’t have to waste time looking for a parking site(停车点).
● It’s free. You’ll save money by not using the car.
● It’s pollution free.
● It’s a good chance to your children and to meet other parents, too.
Enjoying walking to school!
Here are some suggestions to help you and your child enjoy walking to school.
● Plan a safe route together.
● Teach children what a kerb(马路牙子) is and what it means.
● Encourage your child to help you choose the safest places to cross the road.
● Look at and discuss the things you see on your way—especially road signs and what they mean.
Walk to school! Thousands of parents and children have already taken part, could you?
Please go to WWW.walkschool.org.uk for more information.
小题1:“Walk to school” may be _________.

A．a relaxing advertisement	B．an interesting sign
C．a meaningful program	D．a colorful picture

小题2:Who are encouraged to take part in Walking to school?

A．Parents and children	B．Drivers and workers.
C．Teachers and students.	D．Mothers and fathers.

小题3:Walking to school can help you __________.

A．how to walk to school quickly

B．save time to get to school

C．draw some pictures of the kerb and road signs

D．learn essential road safely and life skills

小题4:Which is NOT the benefit(好处) of walking to school?

A．It can keep you fit.

B．It can save money.

C．It won’t pollute the air.

D．It can’t help you make new friends.

小题5:According to the writer, you can learn more about “walk to school” by?

A．reading a newspaper	B．going to the Internet.
C．making a phone call	D．having a traffic lessons.

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