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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Students will need to use all of their

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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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice.
小题1:These selections provide practice on employing different reading skills to get the message of the writer. They also give students practice in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for thorough comprehension, and critical reading.
Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is suitable when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or小题2:
Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. However, in this case the search is more concentrated. 小题3:When you read to find a particular date, or number you are scanning.
Reading for thorough comprehension is carefully reading in order to understand the total meaning of the passage. At this level of comprehension the reader is able to summarize the author’s ideas小题4:.
Critical reading demands that a reader makes judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reedit requires posting and answering questions such as “小题5:”, “Do I share the author’s point of view?” and “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?

A．Does my own experience support that of the author?

B．Reader’s Choice is one of the most popular magazines in the world.

C．but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas.

D．The book contains many types of selections on a wide variety of topics.

E To scan is to read quickly in order to find out specific information.
F. Do I know about the author?
G. when there is no time to read something carefully.

答案

小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C

解析

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举一反三

第二部分．阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
阅读下面五篇短文，从每题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。

The Worst Part

Mom is usually home on Sunday but this week she was going to a big golf game and I was all alone in the house.

I was mad at Mom for divorcing Dad.

I kept looking at the telephone until I couldn’t stand it any longer. I picked up the receiver and dialed Dad’s number over in Bakersfield. I even remembered to dial 1 first because it was long distance. “You promised to phone me this week but you didn’t,” I said, feeling I had to talk to him.

“Take it easy, kid,” he said. “I just didn’t get around to it. I was going to call this evening. The week isn’t over yet.”

I thought about that.

“Something on your mind?” he asked.

“I hoped you would call, so I waited and waited.” Then I was sorry I said it.

“There was heavy snow in the morning,” he said, “I had to chain up on highway 80 and lost time.”

I know putting chains on eight big wheels in the snow is no fun. I felt a little better, as long as we were talking. “How is Bandit?” I asked.

There was a funny silence. For a minute I thought the line was dead. Then I knew something must have happened to my dog.

“Well, kid—”, he began. “My name is Leigh!” I almost yelled. “I’m not just some kid you met on the street!”

“Keep your shirt on, Leigh,” he said. “When I had to stop along with some other truckers to put on chains, I left Bandit out of the cab, I thought he would get back … I have sent out a call to CB radio, but I didn’t get an answer yet.” I was about to say I understood when there came the bad part, the really bad part. I heard a boy’s voice say, “Hey, Bill, Mom wants to know when we’re going out to get the pizza?”

41．From the story we know that______ .

A．Leigh’s dad never had a rest on Sundays

B．Leigh was a deserted boy

C．Leigh’s dad lived in another city

D．Leigh’s mother often went to golf games

42．What happened to Bandit?

A．It was frozen to death. B．It was let out of the cab and got lost

C．It was killed by a truck. D．It ran off Highway 80 and into the mountain.

43．The underlined sentence “Keep your shirt on” probably means “ ______ ”.

A．Listen to reason B．Stop talking C．Calm down D．Keep warm

44．The worst part in Leigh’s eyes may be that______ .

A．his dad got remarried B．his parents got divorced

C．his dad didn’t love him D．his mom didn’t take him to pizza

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LINDA MAYNARD

11 Windrift Circle

Methuen, MA

978 – 555 – 4539

JOB OBJECTIVE

Seek special education, primary school, or middle school math teaching position.

EDUCATION

Rivier College, Nashua, NH

Bachelor of Arts in Education – May, 2006

Major: Elementary Education

Have successfully completed PRAXIS I and PRAXIS II. Meet highly qualified testing requirements for Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

November, 2005 – January, 2006

Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

Student Teacher

· Developed and completed student – centered lessons in all subject areas for various groups of fifth grade special

and regular education students.

·Adapted lessons to meet students’ needs by reviewing their backgrounds and learning needs through IEPs.

·Communicated with parents on a regular basis via newsletters, daily or weekly progress reports, phone calls, and email, resulting in increased parental participation at home.

September, 2005 – November, 2005

Charlotte Avenue Elementary Scho

ol, Nashua, NH

Student Teacher

·Taught reading and writing through Language Experience Approach methods.

·Introduced a Writer’s Workshop appropriate for first grade students to help them to develop their writing skills.

·Developed learning stations in reading and science, enabling students to be more independent learners.

Spring, 2005

Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

Designed and taught a unit on Insects and Spiders, based on New Hampshire Standards to 23 self －contained, third and fourth grade students with disabilities.

Fall, 2004

Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH

Taught a class of 24 third grade students with a wide range of abilities.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

·After-Scho

ol Aid, Amherst School District, Amherst, NH (2004 – 2005)

·Summer Camp advisor, YMCA, Nashua, NH (Summers, 2002 and 2003)

·Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer, Nashua, NH (2002 – 2005)

49．What kind of job does Linda want to get?

A．A Big Brother / Big Sister Volunteer.

B．A middle school math teacher.

C．A special educatio

n advisor.

D．A summer camp advisor.

50．Linda has worked for the following schools EXCEPT .

A．Rivier College, Nashua, NH

B．Wilkins Elementary School, Amherst, NH

C．Charlotte Avenue Elementary School, Nashua, NH

D．Amherst Street Elementary School, Nashua, NH

51．What can we know about Linda accord

ing to the passage?

A．She was merely interested in developing student’s math abilities.

B．She was not active in participating in after – school activities.

C．She is permitted to teach in any high school of New York.

D．She has plenty of experience in teaching.

52．Which of the following is NOT included in the ways Linda used to communicate with the______ students’ parents?

A．Newsletters. B．Phone calls.

C．Face-to-face talks. D．Daily or weekly progress reports.

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As you dash outdoors in the middle of winter, you might make it halfway down the block before realizing that your ears are freezing because you forgot your hat.
Now, scientists have shown that even though you’ve had an apparent memory lapse(丧失), your brain never forgot what you should have done.
Memory works mainly by association. For example, as you try to remember where you left your keys, you might recall you last had them in the living room, which reminds you that there was an ad for soap on television, which reminds you that you need soap, and so on. And then, as you’re heading out of the door to buy soap, you remember that your keys are on the kitchen counter. Your brain knew where the keys were all along. It just took a round-about way to get there.
Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are studying associative memory in monkeys to figure out just how this complicated process works.
First, the researchers trained a group of monkeys to remember arbitrary(任意的) pairs of symbols. The researchers showed the monkeys one symbol(cold weather) and then gave them the choice of two other symbols, one of which (a hat) would be associated with the first. A correct choice would earn them a sip of their favorite juice.
Most of the monkeys performed the test perfectly, but one kept making mistakes.
“We wondered what happened in the brain when the monkey made the wrong choice, although it apparently learned the right pairing of symbols,” said study leader Thomas Albright.
Albright and his team observed signals from the nerve cells in the monkey’s inferior temporal cortex (ITC), an area of its brain used for visual pattern recognition and for storing this type of memory.
As the monkey was deciding which symbol to choose, about a quarter of the

activity in the ITC was due to the choice behavior.
Meanwhile, more than half the activity was in a different group of nerve cells, which scientists believe represent the monkey’s memory of the correct symbol pairing, and surprisingly, these cells continued to fire even when the monkey chose the wrong symbol.
“In this sense, the cells ‘knew’ more than the monkeys let on in their behavior,” Albright said. “Thus, behavior may vary, but knowledge endures.”
57．The example of the keys and soap is given to explain the relationship between __________.
A．memory lapse and human brain      B．memory and association
C．memory and television ads         D．memory and our daily life
58．Which of the following best expresses the general idea of the text?
A．Your brain may forget something, but not always.
B．Activity is a round-about way to memory.
C．Your brain remembers what you forget.
D．Monkeys have better memory than us.
59．The researchers believe the monkey that made the wrong choice ________.
A．also knew the correct answer         B．had the worst memory
C．failed to see the objects well          D．had some trouble with its nerve system
60．The underlined word “endures” may be best replaced by __________.
A．disappears B．increases       C．improves        D．remains

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第二节根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。（注意：61—65题涂到卡上 E="AB   " F="AC   " G=AD）
A：Hello, Simon. Have you seen Billy this afternoon ?
B：No, Maria. Why ?
A：Oh, dear. I can’t find him anywhere. I don’t know what to do. He should have been back an hour ago.   61
B：Don’t worry, Maria. He could have, but he probably didn’t. Did anything happen this morning?   62
A：His birthday party.
B：Is it possible that you said something to upset him ?
A：I must have. I told him we hadn’t received Mr. White’s reply to our invitation.
B： 63
A：No, he left home right after that.    64
B：Maria, I’m sure there is nothing to worry about. He is probably on his way to see Mr. Smith, or else he is with Mr. White.
A：Oh, wait! There he is ! And Mr. Smith is with him.   65  He must have been to Mr. Smith’s.
A．I suppose I should have called you earlier.
B．Anything else?
C．I wonder if he could have had an accident.
D．I’m afraid he might have an accident.
E．Where could he have been?
F．You are right, Simon.
G．What were you talking about before he left?

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第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are．
Take the taxi drivers for example．Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer．You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare．The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety．
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners．Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals．The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter．With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge．
The Finnish workers are paid by the hour．They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate．From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly．
With so many loopholes（漏洞） in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”．But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms．And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in．As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”．
In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?
56．While taking a taxi in Finland, a passenger __________．
A．can go anywhere without having to pay the driver
B．only pays two US dollars for a taxi ride
C．can never be turned down by the taxi driver wherever he wants to go
D．needs to provide good faith demonstration before leaving without paying
57．We can know from the passage that in Finland __________．
A．both hotel guests and outside diners are served food free of charge
B．big hotels provide meals for all kinds of diners
C．guests can enjoy free food once they stayed in the hotel
D．big hotels are mostly poorly managed
58．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Generally speaking, in Finland, workers can get more pay by working long hours．
B．The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay．
C．The workers are always honest with their working hours．
D．The bosses are too busy to check the working hours of their employees．
59．It can be concluded that _________．
A．Finnish people are really foolish in daily life
B．Finland has been a good place for cheats
C．the Finnish society is of very high moral level
D．all the Finns are rich and therefore honest

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