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Chelsea Clinton, the 31-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is stepping into her own spotlight.
According to the New York Times, NBC has hired Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent（记者） for NBC News. Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the “Making a Difference” series, which runs on “NBC Nightly News”. The sections attract people who volunteer to improve the lives of others in their communities.
When Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992, the first lady asked the press to keep Chelsea out of the public eyes. As a young adult, Chelsea continued to avoid media attention in order to attend college and quietly enter the business world. Once her mother decided to run for the presidency in 2007, however, Chelsea made hundreds of public appearances, mostly on college campuses, to support the campaign. More recently, she has worked for New York University and promoted her father’s latest book. She is currently pursuing a doctor’s degree at Oxford.
Clinton is the second daughter of a president hired by NBC News; Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former President George W. Bush, works as a correspondent for NBC’s “Today” show.
小题1: Chelsea Clinton continued to stay out of media attention to _____.| A．improve the lives of others | | B．help her father in the election | | C．study and go to the business circle | | D．support her mother for the presidency |
小题2: What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph 2?| A．is shown | B．flows | C．is managed | D．spreads |
小题3: Which is the right order of the events?
a. Chelsea helped to sell Bill Clinton’s latest book.
b. Chelsea pursues her doctor’s degree.
c. Chelsea supported her mother’s career.
d. Chelsea was out of the public attention.| A．d, a, c, b | B．c, d, b, a | | C．c, b, d, a | D．d, c, a, b |
小题4: According to the text, we can conclude that _____.| A．Chelsea Clinton is the second daughter of Bill Clinton | | B．Chelsea Clinton is in favour of her parents’ careers | | C．Chelsea Clinton always follows her mother’s advice | | D．Jenna Bush Hager is a correspondent for “NBC Nightly News” |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B |
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试题分析：本文叙述了美国前总统克林顿和现任国务卿的女儿切尔西逐渐步入公众的视野，据《纽约时报》报道，切尔西已经成为美国全国广播公司的一名通讯记者。
小题1:细节理解题。根据Chelsea continued to avoid media attention in order to attend college and quietly enter the business world.可知切尔西避开媒体的关注是为了上大学并进入商业圈，故选C。
小题2:词义猜测题。根据Her feature stories will reportedly be used in the “Making a Difference” series, which runs on “NBC Nightly News”切尔西的专题报道将被应用到“Making a Difference”系列节目中，这档节目在“NBC Nightly News”中播出，所以run意为（连续地）播出，故选 A。
小题3:细节理解题。根据文章第三段的内容可知，故选D。
小题4:推理判断题。根据第三段可知2007年，希拉里竞选总统时切尔西为其助阵；近来，切尔西又为克林顿的新书宣传。通过切尔西的这些举动，我们可推断出她非常支持她父母的事业，故选B。
点评： 词义猜测题旨在考查学生根据上下文对生词做出理解判断的能力。近几年来，阅读理解中的词义猜测题呈上升趋势。在阅读过程中根据选材、背景、及上下文等线索推测出生词词义是真实语言活动中的重要技巧。这一能力可以说是体现阅读理解能力的一项重要指标。 |
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That Upper class people generally have more educational opportunities, greater financial security, and better jobs than people from lower social classes, but that doesn’t mean they’re more skilled at everything. A new study finds, surprisingly, that lower class people are better at reading the emotions of others.
The researchers were inspired by observing that, for lower class people, success depends more on how much they can rely on other individuals. For example, if you can’t afford to buy support services, you have to rely on your neighbors or relatives to watch the kids while you’re busy.
One experiment researched on volunteers who worked at a university: some had graduated from college and others had not. Researchers used the educational level as an indicator（标志）for social classes. The volunteers did a test of emotion perception（感知）, in which they were instructed to look at pictures of faces and indicate which emotions each face was displaying. People with more education performed worse on the task than people with less education.
In another study, university students who were of higher social status had a more difficult time accurately（准确）reading the emotions of a stranger.
These results suggest that people of upper-class status aren’t very good at recognizing the emotions other people are feeling. This is because they remember their upper status and they think they can solve their problems without relying on others.
In the third experiment, people were made to feel that they were at a lower social class than they actually were, and they got better at reading emotions.
“The differences between upper-class people and lower-class people are not something ingrained（根深蒂固的）,” Kraus says. “It’s the cultural environment leading to them.” This work helps show that the traditional image of the classes is wrong. “It’s not true that a lower-class person, no matter what kind of person, is going to be less intelligent than an upper-class person. It’s all about the social environment the person lives in, and the specific challenges the person faces. If you can change the environment even temporarily, social class differences in lots of behaviors can be removed.”
小题1:According to the passage, when lower-class people meet problems, they tend to ______.| A．turn to others | B．work even harder | | C．feel more frustrated | D．learn from upper-class people |
小题2:Why did people perform better in emotion perception in the third experiment?| A．Because they became less independent. | | B．Because they didn’t know they were cheated. | | C．Because they felt they must ask for help from other. | | D．Because they were made to understand lower-class people. |
小题3:What does the passage mainly talk about?| A．Upper-class people are not skilled at everything. | | B．Upper-class people have trouble recognizing others’ emotion. | | C．Lower-class people need to be given more employment opportunities. | | D．There are many differences between upper-class people and lower-class people. |
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First lady Michelle Obama urged students to visit China at the “100,000 Strong” China Study Abroad Forum at Howard University.
President Barack Obama announced the “100,000 Strong” Initiative（十万强计划）during his 2009 visit to China. The program aims to increase the number of American students studying in China by making study abroad more affordable.
During the event at Howard, Mrs. Obama spoke about the importance of studying abroad. “Studying in a country like China is about so much more than just improving your own prospects（前途） in the global market. The fact is that with every friendship you make and every bond of trust you establish you are shaping an image of America projected to the rest of the world and making America known better.” she said.
Mrs. Obama encouraged students to set aside the opinion that studying abroad is for “rich kids only” or for those attending “certain schools”. The first lady also announced that the Chinese government is giving 10,000 “Bridge Scholarships” to cover costs for American students studying in China.
Some students who had studied in China shared their experiences. David Marzban from Pepperdine University recalled a time when he formed a cross-cultural bond with a complete stranger at a restaurant near Fudan University in Shanghai. He noticed a young chef signaling him to come over. “He pressed the play button on his media player and started singing California Dreaming and wanted me to sing along with him,” Marzban said. “At that time I knew a great friendship had started during my first two weeks in China.”
Nicole Baden from Howard University recalled how her time in China really helped her master the language. “You have to experience the culture while learning the language to really master it to understand why things are how they are compared to your own culture,” Baden said.
12-year-old Sarah Davis, who studied in China last summer, said she was very excited to hear Michelle Obama talk about the country. “I love Chinese. Out of all the languages I’ve learned, Chinese is the most difficult and interesting.” She said.
小题1: According to the passage, the “100,000 Strong” Initiative ______.| A．provides convenience for American students to study in China | | B．was made by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009 | | C．got little support from the Chinese government | | D．isn’t well-accepted among American students |
小题2:According to Mrs. Obama, ______.| A．American students used to be unable to study abroad | | B．Studying in China can make American students’ future better | | C．the Chinese government will offer all the US students scholarships | | D．American students’ studying in China helps improve the relationship between China and the US |
小题3:Three examples are given mainly to indicate that ______.| A．American students are very popular in China | | B．Chinese is the most difficult to learn in the world | | C．Many US young people have actually been studying in China | | D．American students’ studying in China is important and worthwhile |
小题4: What is the best title for the passage?| A．A great program for American students to study in China | | B．Michelle Obama encourages students to study in China | | C．More American students will go to China to study | | D．China is attracting more and more American students |
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When talking with young Swedish students, Mo Yan showed respect for Chinese authors that he learned writing from, particularly Shen Congwen, who was twice nominated（提名）for the Nobel Prize.
“Lu Xun, Lao She, Mao Dun and Shen Congwen, they are more qualified（有资格的）for the Nobel Prize than me,” he said,. Among the writers he learned from, he said he especially felt close to Shen Congwen, as they have similar life experiences.
Both of them left school early and did not get formal education. Shen quit after high school and Mo only finished the fifth grade. They both joined the army after school. “ We both learned from the book of life,” said Mo.
The themes of their writing are also similar. Both writers have their hometown as the theme and root of their writings. Shen’works are mostly about his hometown, Xiangxi, and most of Mo’s stories are set in his hometown, Gaomi, in Shandong Province.
Mo said he also learned from Shen how to deal with characters in a fiction. Unlike most Chinese writers, Shen has a humanistic（人文主义的） touch towards all of his characters. Said Mo, “In his works, there are no particularly bad person or good person. Even gangsters（匪徒） and thieves have their humane（仁慈的）side,” he said.
“I try to use the same approach in my writing. It shows the ability of a novelist when he treats all the characters as humans,” he said.
Mo said he also learned Lu Xun’s depth and Lao She’s humor. “They are all my teachers, and I am the student,” he said. “I feel ashamed from my heart that teachers did not get the prize, but the student got it.”
小题1:Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the similarity between Mo Yan and Shen Congwen?| A．Writing themes | B．Sense of humor | | C．Life experiences | D．Approaches in writing |
小题2:By saying “We both learned from the book of life”, what did Mo Yan mean?| A．They both love reading throughout their life. | | B．They both earned their living by writing books. | | C．They both got nutrition（营养）from life. | | D．They both experienced many difficulties. |
小题3:According to Mo Yan, Shen Congwen was special in the way _________.| A．he described bad persons | B．he created characters | | C．he made sentences | D．he told stories |
小题4:From what Mo Yan said in the last paragraph, we can learn that ________.| A．he is a modest person | B．he feels shy | | C．Lu Xun’s depth influenced his early life | D．he thinks he doesn’t deserve the prize |
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A 34-year-old mother has spoken of how she woke up thinking she was 15 years old and living in 1992.
Naomi Jacobs, from Manchester, was convinced she was still a teenager. In her mind, John Major was Prime Minister and George Bush Sr. was running the White House. She also showed how she screamed when a boy appeared and called her “Mum”. Mobile phones and e-mails were puzzling and Google, Facebook and YouTube sounded like made-up words, she said.
Ms. Jacobs, who had no memory of the years, was told by doctors that she had Transient Global Amnesia (TGA). She has now written a book about the experience which happened in 2008.
“I fell asleep in 1992 as a brave, very confident know-it-all-15-year-old, and woke up as a 32-year-old single mum living in a rented house,” Ms. Jacobs said. “The last thing I remember was falling asleep in my bed, dreaming about a boy in my class. When I woke up, I looked in the mirror and had the fright of my life when I saw an old woman with wrinkles staring back at me. Then a little boy appeared and started calling me Mum. That’s when I started to scream. I didn’t know who he was. I didn’t think he was much younger than I was, and I certainly didn’t remember giving birth to him. I began sobbing uncontrollably. I just wanted my mum. I couldn’t get my head around going to bed one night and waking up in a different century.”
TGA is a rare type of amnesia which can occur suddenly, affecting around three people per 100,000 each year. Fortunately, permanent memory loss is rare. Ms. Jacobs’ memory started to return after eight weeks.
Some people who often suffer from migraines (偏头痛) also appear to be more likely to have TGA. The cause of TGA is unknown. Some think that it may be caused by a temporary cut of blood flow to parts of the brain involved in memory.
小题1:When a little boy came to call her “Mum”, Naomi Jacobs was _____.| A．excited | B．frightened | C．worried | D．embarrassed |
小题2:What was the last thing Naomi Jacobs could remember?| A．She was a brave and confident girl. | | B．She met an old woman with wrinkles. | | C．George Bush Sr. was elected President. | | D．She fell asleep dreaming of a boy in her class. |
小题3:According to the text, TGA _____.| A．is quite common | B．is caused by brain injuries | | C．results in permanent memory loss | D．causes people to lose part of their memory |
小题4:What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Naomi Jacobs has a poor memory.
B. Naomi Jacobs gets an amazing career after TGA.
C. Naomi Jacobs wakes up with the memory of her youth.
D. Naomi Jacobs succeeds in overcoming the disease.
小题5:According to the passage, we know _______.| A．Ms. Jacobs’ memory returned to normal now | | B．Ms. Jacobs often doesn’t remember things | | C．Ms. Jacobs has not got married yet | | D．Ms. Jacobs is very young now in deed |
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Researchers at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology say they have found further proof that the wolf ancestors of today’s dogs can be from southern East Asia -- findings that are contrary to theories placing the birth place in the Middle East. Dr Peter Savolainen, KTH researcher in evolutionary genetics, says a new study released Nov. 23 confirms that an Asian region south of the Yangtze River was the principal and probably the only region where wolves were domesticated（驯化）by humans.
Research data show clearly that dogs are descended from wolves, but there’s never been scientific agreement on where in the world the domestication process began. “Our analysis of Y-chromosomal（染色体）DNA now confirms that wolves were first domesticated in Asia south of Yangtze River -- we call it the ASY region -- in southern China or Southeast Asia,” Savolainen says.
The Y data supports previous evidence from mitochondrial（线粒体）DNA. “Taken together, the two studies provide very strong evidence that dogs appeared first in the ASY region,” Savolainen says.
Archaeological data and a genetic study recently published in Nature suggest that dogs originate from the Middle East. But Savolainen rejects that view. “Because none of these studies included samples from the ASY region, evidence from ASY has been overlooked,” he says.
Peter Savolainen and PhD student Mattias Oskarsson worked with Chinese colleagues to analyse DNA from male dogs around the world. Their study was published in the scientific journal Heredity.
Approximately half of the gene pool was universally shared everywhere in the world, while only the ASY region had the entire range of genetic diversity. “This shows that gene pools in all other regions of the world most probably originate from the ASY region,” Savolainen says.
“Our results confirm that Asia south of the Yangtze River was the most important -- and probably the only -- region for wolf domestication, and that a large number of wolves were domesticated,” says Savolainen.
In separate research published recently in Ecology and Evolution, Savolainen, PhD student Arman Ardalan and Iranian and Turkish scientists conducted a comprehensive study of mitochondrial DNA, with a particular focus on the Middle East. Because mitochondrial DNA is inherited only from the mother in most species, it is especially useful in studying evolutionary relationships.
“Since other studies have indicated that wolves were domesticated in the Middle East, we wanted to be sure nothing had been missed. We find no signs whatsoever that dogs originated there,” says Savolainen.
In their studies, the researchers also found minor genetic contributions from crossbreeding between dogs and wolves in other geographic regions, including the Middle East.
“This subsequent dog/wolf hybridisation（混合淡化技术）contributed only modestly to the dog gene pool,” Savolainen explains.
小题1:What does Dr. Peter Savolainen believe?
A. Dogs’ ancestors came from the Middle East.
B. Wolves were probably first trained to work for humans in the ASY region.
C. Analysis of Y-chromosomal DNA should be combined with mitochondrial DNA.
D. Samples of the previous studies are enough to support the conclusion.
小题2:We can learn from the passage that _______. | A．there is a universal agreement on the place of first domestication | | B．data from ASY may highlight where dogs came from | | C．Dr. Savolainen’s research mainly focuses on the Middle East | | D．the dog/wolf hybridization makes up most of the dog gene pool |
小题3:What is special about mitochondrial DNA? | A．It is only used in studying evolutionary relationships. | | B．It alone can provide hard evidence for Savolainen’s research. | | C．It is the most useful in finding out the birth place of dogs. | | D．It comes from the mother of most animals and plants. |
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