The Basics of Math—Made ClearBasic Math introduces students to the basic concept
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The Basics of Math—Made Clear
Basic Math introduces students to the basic concepts of mathematics, as well as the fundamentals of more tricky areas. These 30 fantastic lectures are designed to provide students with an understanding of arithmetic and to prepare them for Algebra(代数) and beyond.
The lessons in Basic Math cover every basic aspect of arithmetic. They also look into exponents(指数), the order of operations, and square roots. In addition to learning how to perform various mathematical operations, students discover why these operations work, how a particular mathematical topic relates to other branches of mathematics, and how these operations can be used practically.
Basic Math starts from the relatively easier concepts and gradually moves on to the more troublesome ones, so as to allow for steady and sure understanding of the material by students. The lectures offer students the chance to “make sense” of mathematical knowledge that may have seemed so frightening. They also help students prepare for college mathematics and overcome their anxiety about this amazing—and completely understandable—field of study.
By the conclusion of the course, students will have improved their understanding of basic math. They will be able to clear away the mystery(神秘性) of mathematics and face their studies with more confidence than they ever imagined. In addition, they will strengthen their ability to accept new and exciting mathematical challenges.
Professor H. Siegel, honored by Kentucky Educational Television as “the best math teacher in America,” is a devoted teacher and has a gift for explaining mathematical concepts in ways that make them seem clear and obvious. From the basic concrete ideas to the more abstract problems, he is master in making math lectures learner-friendlier and less scary.
With a PhD in Mathematics Education from Georgia State University, Dr. Siegel teaches mathematics at Central Arizona College. His courses include various make-up classes and a number of lectures for future primary school teachers.
If the course fails to provide complete satisfaction to you, you can easily exchange it for any other course that we offer. Or you can get your money back.
小题1:What does the course Basic Math mainly cover?| A．Algebra. | B．College Mathematics. | | C．Arithmetic. | D．Mathematics Education. |
小题2:What benefits can students expect from Basic Math?| A．Stronger imaginative ability. | | B．Additional presentation skills. | | C．More mathematical confidence. | | D．Greater chances of becoming teachers. |
小题3:What can we learn about Professor H. Siegel?| A．He is a guest lecturer at Kentucky Educational Television. | | B．He is to deliver 30 lectures in Basic Math. | | C．He works in Georgia State University. | | D．He specializes in training teachers. |
小题4:Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?| A．A news report. | B．A book review | | C．A lesson plan. | D．An advertisement |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D |
解析
应用文，介绍了一门基础数学的课程，对课程的内容，上课的目的，师资进行了阐述。
小题1:考查细节题，题干关键词为Basic Math 和cover，定位到第二段首句，即：The lessons in Basic Math cover every basic aspect of arithmetic(基础数学涵盖算数的所有基础方面).故正确答案为C选项；A选项几何，B选项大学数学，D选项数学教育均为错误选项。
小题2:考查细节题，题干关键词为Basic Math 和benefit，定位到第四段。然后看四个选项中哪个是对原文的统一改写。A选项用ability到原文中定位，选项说imaginative ability(想象力)，原文中说the ability to accept new and exciting mathematical challenges(接受新的和令人激动的数学挑战的能力).犯了偷梁换柱的错误，故错；B选项中的presentation skills(做报告的能力) D选项中出现的become teacher(成为老师)此段中没有提到，犯了无中生有的错误；C选项是更多的数学方面的信心；原文为face their studies with moreconfidence than they ever imagined(比想象中的更加自信的去面对他们的学习)这是对原文的同义改写，故正确答案为C。
小题3:考查推理题，用人名定位到第五，六段。A选项说他是KET栏目的guest(嘉宾)；原文中说他在KET栏目中被honored as(被授予...荣誉)，故错；C选项说他在GS大学work(工作)；原文中说他在GS大学获得PhD(博士学位)，故错；D选项说他specialize(专门)培训老师, 原文提到给老师培训但是没有说专门，故错；B选项说他deliver 30 lectures ，原文中首段提到These 30 lectures, 五，六段可推知H. Siegel 是上课老师，故推出此人上30节课,故选B。
小题4:考查写作目的题，根据文章大意为：如果未能给您提供满意的课程可以换课或者拿回学费。通过此处可知D为正确答案。 |
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What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt? Or is it the look on the recipient"s face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?
This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father. My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming. and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.
I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad recited it as much as he did the other. I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood. I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.
Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad"s face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.
小题1:The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was______.| A．doing shopping | B．having a debate | | C．reading a message | D．leaving for Wyoming |
小题2:The author"s inspiration for the gift came from_____.| A．a photo of a flower | B．a story about a kid | | C．a call from the mother | D．a text about Christmas |
小题3:The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by_____.| A．the father | B．the author | | C．William Blake | D．Edgar Allan Poe |
小题4:The author made the gift by_____.| A．searching for the poems online | | B．drawing the background by hand | | C．painting the letters in three colors | | D．matching the words with pictures |
小题5:What is the main purpose of the passage?| A．To show how to design images for gifts. | | B．To suggest making gifts from one"s heart. | | C．To explain how computers help create gifts. | | D．To describe the gifts the author has received |
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We all know something about Thomas Edison. He was a great American 21 .He was in school for only a short time. 22 , he had to leave the school and 23 himself at home and learned a lot. When Edison grew up, he had his own lab. He worked hard and hardly 24 to have a rest.
One day a friend of his brought a young man into his lab. He 25 the young man to Edison. He said the young man had studied in a famous university in Germany and had a lot of 26 of physics and maths. Edison was glad to work with a man like him and 27 him as a helper. A few weeks later, the young 28 about Edison’s past. He began to look down on him. Edison 29 about it, but he said 30 .
Once the young man came into the lab while Edison 31 an important experiment. He stood near the table 32 he didn’t help him. Edison stopped 33 out a bottle and said, “Go to calculate (计算)its volume(容积)and tell me the 34 in two hours.”
At first the young man thought it easy to do it. Soon he 35 it difficult. Two hours later Edison went into his office and saw a lot of paper and books on his desk. Of course he couldn’t compute the volume in the time 36 .
“Why not pour some 37 into the bottle?” said Edison. “Then you’ll 38 calculate its volume!” Having heard this, the young man’s 39 turned red, and he knew Edison was really 40 than him!
| 小题1: | | A．doctor | B．player | C．writer | D．inventor |
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| 小题2: | | A．Soon | B．After | C．Later on | D．Soon after |
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| 小题3: | | A．teach | B．play with | C．study | D．enjoy |
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| 小题4: | | A．forgot | B．remembered | C．finished | D．observed |
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| 小题5: | | A．showed | B．pushed | C．introduced | D．threw |
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| 小题6: | | A．news | B．books | C．knowledge | D．dictionaries |
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| 小题7: | | A．employed | B．asked | C．made | D．watched |
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| 小题8: | | A．beard | B．learned | C．read | D．told |
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| 小题9: | | A．told | B．was told | C．said | D．was said |
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| 小题10: | | A．something | B．everything | C．nothing | D．all |
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| 小题11: | | A．did | B．had | C．was doing | D．was having |
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| 小题13: | | A．bringing | B．to bring | C．taking | D．to take |
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| 小题14: | | A．result | B．way | C．idea | D．opinion |
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| 小题15: | | A．knew | B．saw | C．learned | D．found |
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| 小题16: | | A．given | B．followed | C．said | D．taken |
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| 小题18: | | A．carefully | B．slowly | C．easily | D．quietly |
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| 小题20: | | A．more polite | B．stricter | C．more kind-hearted | D．cleverer |
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It was lunchtime and I walked into a small branch office on the West Side. I had come to 36 a checking account. The only officer on 37 was a fortyish black man, standing 38 a small counter from a young white boy who was wearing a V-necked sweater. I think I was especially 39 of the boy because he looked more like a kid from a prep school than a 40 in a West Side bank.
The boy continued to 41 my attention because of what happened next. He was holding an open savings-account book and 42 an expression of disappointment. “But I don’t understand. I opened the account myself, so why can’t I 43 any money?” the boy said, his voice breaking.
“I know it is, but those are the rules. I’ve already explained to you that a fourteen-year-old is not 44 to withdraw money without a letter from his parents,” the officer explained patiently.
Suddenly I noticed the account had a series of small deposits and withdraws. Then I questioned the officer, “How do you 45 that? Why did you let him withdraw money before, but not now?” He looked 46 . “Because the tellers were not aware of his age before and now they are. It’s really very 47 .” I turned to the boy with a shrug. “You’re really getting 48 ,” I said. “You ought to get your parents to come in here and 49 .” The boy looked destroyed. 50 , he put his savings book in a rear-pocket and walked out of the bank.
The officer turned to me. “You know,” he said, “you really shouldn’t have got 51 .” I couldn’t believe what this idiot was saying. “We were 52 this morning that some neighborhood bully has been shaking down (敲诈) this boy for more than a month. The other guy was 53 him to take money out every week and hand it over. The poor kid was 54 too scared to tell anyone. Anyway, the police are on the case and they’ll probably make a(n) 55 today."
“You mean there is no rule about being too young to withdraw money from a savings account?”
“Not that I ever heard of. Now, sir, what can we do for you?”
| 小题1: | | A．make | B．open | C．buy | D．choose |
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| 小题2: | | A．duty | B．board | C．display | D．show |
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| 小题3: | | A．on | B．after | C．over | D．across |
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| 小题4: | | A．sure | B．proud | C．aware | D．afraid |
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| 小题5: | | A．guard | B．customer | C．clerk | D．manager |
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| 小题6: | | A．attract | B．pay | C．attach | D．control |
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| 小题7: | | A．putting | B．writing | C．saying | D．wearing |
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| 小题8: | | A．borrow | B．deposit | C．withdraw | D．use |
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| 小题9: | | A．told | B．inspired | C．encouraged | D．allowed |
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| 小题10: | | A．argue | B．explain | C．answer | D．declare |
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| 小题11: | | A．annoyed | B．disappointed | C．excited | D．amused |
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| 小题12: | | A．easy | B．amazing | C．fantastic | D．simple |
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| 小题13: | | A．arranged | B．convinced | C．cheated | D．caught |
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| 小题14: | | A．protest | B．promise | C．prohibit | D．prepare |
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| 小题15: | | A．Excitedly | B．Silently | C．Cheerfully | D．Nervously |
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| 小题16: | | A．interacted | B．interrupted | C．involved | D．infected |
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| 小题17: | | A．asked | B．discovered | C．suggested | D．informed |
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| 小题18: | | A．rushing | B．forcing | C．requesting | D．begging |
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| 小题19: | | A．hardly | B．unwillingly | C．apparently | D．eagerly |
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| 小题20: | | A．arrest | B．sentence | C．apology | D．difference |
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The little boy turned to the old woman next to him, ‘‘Granny, are you sure I don’t have enough money?’’ She nodded. The little boy was still 36 the doll (洋娃娃) in his hand.
I walked toward him, 37 who he wished to give this doll to. “Sister. She was sure that Santa Claus would bring a doll to her.” I told him that maybe Santa Claus would do so. But he replied to me 38 . “No, Santa Claus(圣诞老人) can’t bring it to her 39 she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she 40 there. My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, 41 I thought she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.’’
The little boy looked 42 at me, “I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. I 43 she didn’t have to leave me, but Daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.” Then he looked 44 at the doll with sad eyes.
I quickly 45 for my wallet. “Let’s check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll!” “OK. I hope I do have enough.” I added some of my money to 46 without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and 47 some spare money. “Thank you God for giving me enough money!” He looked at me and 48 , “I wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my Mommy, but I didn’t dare to ask God 49 too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My mommy loves white roses.”
50 I remembered a local newspaper article two days ago, mentioning a drunk man in a truck hit a car 51 by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl 52 right away and the mother was 53 in a critical state.
Two days 54 this encounter (偶然相遇) with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young 55 had passed away.
| 小题1: | | A．raising | B．holding | C．hiding | D．tearing |
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| 小题2: | | A．considering | B．understanding | C．watching | D．asking |
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| 小题3: | | A．proudly | B．hurriedly | C．sadly | D．angrily |
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| 小题4: | | A．where | B．what | C．who | D．when |
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| 小题5: | | A．comes | B．finds | C．goes | D．leaves |
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| 小题8: | | A．think | B．wish | C．imagine | D．find |
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| 小题9: | | A．then | B．sadly | C．again | D．now |
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| 小题10: | | A．reached | B．looked | C．searched | D．charged |
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| 小题11: | | A．myself | B．him | C．his | D．them |
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| 小题12: | | A．still | B．yet | C．also | D．even |
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| 小题13: | | A．nodded | B．added | C．laughed | D．showed |
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| 小题15: | | A．Now | B．Therefore | C．However | D．Then |
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| 小题16: | | A．occupied | B．controlled | C．attacked | D．owned |
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| 小题17: | | A．left | B．died | C．came | D．killed |
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| 小题18: | | A．knocked | B．treated | C．left | D．kept |
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| 小题19: | | A．after | B．since | C．until | D．before |
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Oprah Winfrey, the American media queen, is undoubtedly one of the most successful women in the world. She’s the host and owner of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which continuingly wins high ratings, and the founder of Harpo Productions, which produces her television shows and movies.
Certainly Winfrey feels right these days. Early on, however, Winfrey seemed more like a candidate for welfare rolls than film roles. She stayed with her grandmother after birth and moved to Wisconsin to live with her mother at 6, and hence began the most difficult period in her life. They lived in the low-income community and her mother showed her less attention. Her classmates came from families with more money and she couldn’t participate with them in a lot of activities.
The young girl had held too much anger and pain inside and she rebelled. She repeatedly ran away from home and got into various troubles. During that time, she turned heavy smoker, became addicted to alcohol and drug and was sent to a juvenile detention home(青少年拘留所) at the age of 13.
Fed up, Oprah’s mother sent her to Tennessee to live with her father. To a large extent, this man saved Oprah’s life and helped pave the way for her success. She received a full scholarship to Tennessee State University where she majored in Speech and Performing Arts. After graduation, she landed a job as a news reader at a television station, where she did not do well at first. But she did not give up; instead, she worked harder. She put in long hours and prepared carefully before going on camera.
Her hard work paid off: she moved up swiftly to news reader and reporter in Baltimore and was offered her own talk show in 1977. From then on, her career began to take off.
Some people are handed money at birth and are nurtured into success; other people create their own success, and Oprah Winfrey definitely belongs to the latter. “There is no such thing as failure in my life,” she concluded, “Life is a marathon. I think the ones who survive in life do it by hammering at it one day at a time.” Well, by doing so, she won the game.
小题1:By mentioning “Winfrey seemed more like a candidate for welfare rolls than film roles” in Paragraph 2, the author indicates that ______.| A．she was interested in acting and applied for roles in many films, but failed. | | B．she was more interested in working for charities than in films. | | C．she lived a poor life and had to depend on the government for food. | | D．the film companies wouldn’t offer her roles because she was too poor. |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT the cause of her bad behaviors as a teenager?| A．Her mother had no time to take good care of her. | | B．Her classmates’ families were very rich. | | C．She couldn’t take part in activities with her classmates. | | D．She had too much anger and pain inside. |
小题3:Oprah Winfrey succeeded at last chiefly due to _______.| A．her hard childhood living with her grandmother. | | B．her hard work and the spirit of not giving up. | | C．her good performance in the juvenile detention home. | | D．her major in Speech and Performing Arts in college. |
小题4:Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?| A．Oprah Winfrey, from a problem girl to the American media queen. | | B．Oprah Winfrey, from a news reader to a marathon winner. | | C．Even famous people have a disgraceful past. | | D．All that glitters is not gold. |
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