Audrey is a Chinese-American student. She has found many value differences betwe
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Audrey is a Chinese-American student. She has found many value differences between Chinese and Americans.
About money
Americans would like to spend more than they have, so many of them are always in debt(欠债). Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them have money left in the bank.
American kids love to make money by themselves. Chinese kids always ask their parents for money.
American parents think it is not useful to send their children to an expensive university. Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to a good university and that might make them very poor sometimes.
About school
Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while Chinese girls take part in academic groups.
Some American students think that “B” is a gift while Chinese students think that “B” is terrible.
American parents and Chinese parents
American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out to have some part-time jobs in their free time or at the weekends. Chinese parents usually don’t allow their children to do so in middle or high schools.
小题1:What would a Chinese middle school student probably NOT do at the weekends according to the passage?| A．Study at home | B．Do part-time jobs | | C．Take part in sports groups | D．Do chores |
小题2:Some Chinese people have money left in the bank because _______.| A．they usually spend less than they have | | B．they spend more than they have | | C．they don’t like spend money at all | | D．they make a lot of money |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?| A．Chinese parents usually give their kids money. | | B．American children love to make money by themselves. | | C．The reason why Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities. | | D．Americans usually spend more money than they have. |
小题4:The underlined word “academic” probably means _________ in Chinese.小题5:The best title for the passage would probably be _______.| A．Differences between Chinese and Americans. | | B．Chinese students and Americans | | C．Chinese parents and American parents. | | D．Chinese values and American values |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D |
解析
试题分析：这篇短文主要用对比的方式，介绍了美国人和中国人不同的价值观念。
小题1:根据Chinese kids always ask their parents for money.描述，可知中国学生不可能自己做兼职工作挣钱。故选B。
小题2:根据Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them have money left in the bank.描述，可知选A。
小题3:根据短文描述，可知没有提到为什么中国的家长会不计代价的要送孩子上好的大学。故选C。
小题4:联系前文美国学生喜欢参加运动，跳舞和唱歌。可知此处指的是中国孩子喜欢参加学术小组。故选A，学术的。
小题5:这篇短文主要介绍了美国人和中国人不同的价值观念。故选D。
点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。 |
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Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature"s (自然) most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1. 5 metres(4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimetres wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colours, from yellow to black to green.
Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools( 厨房用具). Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.
Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.
In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes( 管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.
小题1:How is bamboo like grass?| A．It grows quickly. | B．It"s wood.` | C．it is easy to cut. | D．It is very thin. |
小题2:Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn"t grow . | A．in China | B．in Europe | C．on mountains | D．in Africa |
小题3:Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers? Because .| A．it is cheap | B．it has different colours | | C．it is strong | D．it has been used by Asians |
小题4:Bamboo pipes can . | A．make money | B．be trees | C．grow quickly | D．carry water |
小题5:In Asia, bamboo has been used for . | A．a short time | | B．many thousands of years | | C．many hundreds of years | | D．about 100 years |
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Basketball is still a young game. It"s over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn"t play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.
Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
小题1:How long is it since basketball was invented? | A．1000 years | B．More than 100 years | | C．1100 years | D．Less than 100 years |
小题2:The students felt unhappy because _______. | A．they had much homework to do | | B．they often got into fights | | C．they couldn"t play outdoors | | D．they had little time to study |
小题3:Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game? | A．Some students | B．Some teachers | | C．Some students" parents | D．Some of his friends |
小题4:When a student ______ , he makes a score.| A．receives the ball. | | B．throws the ball to another student | | C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand | | D．throws the ball into the basket |
小题5:Which sentence is right?| A．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit baskets to throw the ball. | | B．It was easy to invent the game. | | C．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad. | | D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet above the floor. |
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If you want to become a better reader, here are four important points to remember about rate or speed(速度)of reading:
First, knowing why you are reading and what you are reading to find out will often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.
Second, some things should be read slowly. Examples are directions for making or doing something; arithmetic(算术)problems, science and history books. They are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important step and understand each idea.
Third, some things should be read rapidly. Examples are simple stories for enjoyment, news, letters from friends, items or bits of news from local or hometown paper, telling what is happening to friends and neighbors.
Fourth, in some of your readings, you must change your speed from fast to slow, and slow to fast, as you read. You’ll need to read certain pages rapidly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas which should be remembered.
小题1:A tale about fairies(神话) should be read_________.| A．slowly | B．carefully | C．rapidly | D．to change one’s speed fast to slow |
小题2:A book about knowledge of the nature should be read _____________.| A．either rapidly or slowly | B．rapidly | C．neither rapidly nor slowly | D．slowly |
小题3:__________should be read slowly.| A．Novels | B．Letters | | C．Some things full of important information | D．Newspapers and magazines |
小题4:In this passage the author advises us to ____________.| A．read more books | B．be better readers | | C．fit our speed to our needs | D．change our speed of reading now and then(不时地) |
小题5:According to this passage, one must pay attention to _______in your reading.| A．why you are reading | B．what you are reading | | C．the speed of reading | D．careful reading |
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The first way to make friends is to smile. When you smile, people think you are __1___ and easy to talk to. It may not be easy at first to smile. But, you can practice in the mirror(镜子). When you look at yourself, think if you’d like to __2___ to your smiling face or your usual face. Of course the smiling face. Most people stay away from an __3___ face.
One easy way to start a conversation with someone is to say __4___ nice about them. For example, you could talk about an interesting __5___ to a teacher’s question, good match at the ball field, pretty shirt, etc…. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to __6___ talking to that person?
Ask your new friends questions about themselves. Such as: “Who’s their favorite singer?” “Where do they live, who’s their teacher?” “What do they do after school?” … etc. They are all good questions to start a __7___.
When someone asks you a question, do have an answer for them. If you don’t __8___ who your favorite singer is, or what your hobbies are, think about it. There’s nothing that will __9___ a conversation quicker than a shrug(耸肩) for an answer.
Shy kids often have some trouble with complements. When someone says something nice, shy kids often say nothing. This leaves the other person __10___ if they said something wrong. The best and easiest reply to a complement is a simple “thank you”.
| 小题1: | | A．funny | B．strang | C．crazy | D．friendly |
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| 小题3: | | A．honest | B．old | C．angry | D．exciting |
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| 小题4: | | A．anything | B．something | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题5: | | A．answer | B．book | C．decision | D．invention |
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| 小题6: | | A．have | B．prefer | C．finish | D．keep |
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| 小题7: | | A．discussion | B．conversation | C．meeting | D．game |
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| 小题8: | | A．meet | B．believe | C．know | D．guess |
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| 小题10: | | A．wondering | B．forgetting | C．hearing | D．knowing |
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Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say if a person wants to be successful he has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks(手艺). They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rain in summer may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
小题1:If a person without lots of money wants to buy a car, he or she has to ______. | A．treat the dog well | B．live with lots of dogs | | C．work like a dog | D．become sick as a dog |
小题2:The saying you can never teach an old dog new tricks tells us older people ______.| A．have more ways to do things | B．do things more slowly | | C．dislike to learn new things | D．know wonderful tricks |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?| A．Many dogs are loved and treated well by people in America. | | B．“Every dog has its day” means dogs are the most successful animal. | | C．“It rains cats and dogs” has the same meaning as “It rains heavily”. | | D．There are many expressions with the word dog in English. |
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