Everyone has got two personalities(性格)—the one that is shown to the world and th
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Everyone has got two personalities(性格)—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don"t show your secret personality when you"re awake because you can control your behavior(行为), but when you"re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. The important position is the one that you sleep in.
If you go to sleep on your back , you’re a very open person . You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas . You don’t like to upset people , so you never express your real feelings . You are quite shy and you aren’t very confident .
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive (不坦率的) person. You worry a lot and you"re always easily upset. You"re very stubborn(顽固), but you aren"t very ambitious(抱负的). You usually live for today not for tomorrow. This means that you enjoy having a good time.
If you sleep curled up (卷曲), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and so you"re often defensive (防御性的). You"re shy and you don"t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You"re easily hurt.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You"re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don"t often get depressed. You always say what you think even if it annoys people.
小题1:Point out which sentence is used to show the personality of a person who is used to sleeping on his or her stomach?| A．He or she is careful not to make others angry. | | B．He or she doesn"t want to stick to his or her opinion. | | C．He or she can"t be successful in any business. | | D．He or she likes to bring others happiness. |
小题2:Maybe you don"t want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up. Why?| A．He or she would rather be alone than communicate with you. | | B．He or she is rarely ready to help you. | | C．He or she prefers going out to staying at home. | | D．He or she wouldn"t like to get help from you. |
小题3:It appears that the writer is possible to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because _______.| A．he or she always shows sympathy (同情) for people | | B．he or she is confident, but not stubborn | | C．he or she has more strengths than weaknesses | | D．he or she often considers annoying (使烦恼) people |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述的是人们进行的一项调查，也就是人们睡觉的姿势说明他的性格的另外一方面，并作出了详细地说明。
小题1:C 推理题。根据文章第三段If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive (不坦率的) person. You worry a lot and you"re always easily upset. You"re very stubborn(顽固), but you aren"t very ambitious(抱负的). You usually live for today not for tomorrow.可知这样的人是没有抱负的，没有雄心壮志，说明他难以成功。故C正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据文章倒数第二段You have a low opinion of yourself and so you"re often defensive (防御性的). You"re shy and you don"t normally like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You"re easily hurt.可知这样的人是不适合交朋友的，故A正确。
小题3:B 推理题。根据文章最后一段1,2行If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You"re usually careful. You have a confident personality.可知这样的人是很自信的，人们对这样的人评价很高。故B正确。
点评：本文讲述的是人们进行的一项调查，也就是人们睡觉的姿势说明他的性格的另外一方面，并作出了详细地说明。测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。 |
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A group of eight public high school students in Massachusetts, aged l5 to l7，designed and ran their own school within a school. They named their practice the Independent Project. They represented the usual range: two were close to dropping out before they started the project，while others were honors students.
Their guidance teacher was their adviser, consulting with them when the group encountered difficulties. Though they sought advice from English，math and science teachers， they were responsible for monitoring one another’s work and giving one another feedback. There were no grades, but at the end of the term，the students wrote evaluations of their classmates.
The students also designed their own course. In addition to some regular courses，they each took on an ‘individual project’，learning to play the piano or to cook，writing a novel or making a video about domestic(国内的) violence. At the end of the term，they performed their new skills in front of the entire school. The last part of their self - designed course was to do a ‘collective project’ that had social significance. Because they felt the whole experience had been so life – changing，they ended up making a film showing how other students could start and run their own schools.
The project was a success. After returning to their traditional study，the students have high motivation and are doing well. One student who had failed all of his previous math courses spent three weeks teaching the others about probability. The lesson learned here is that if students are given the opportunity to take control or contribute significantly to their own learning they will become more accomplished，more engaged and more knowledgeable.
The students in the project are remarkable because they demonstrate the kinds of learning and personal growth that are possible when teenagers feel ownership of their high school experience，learn things that matter to them and learn together.
小题1:Which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．Some students might drop out of high school. | | B．The teachers monitored the students’ homework. | | C．The students themselves solved all their problems. | | D．The teachers evaluate the students’ performances. |
小题2:The students involved in the Independent Project .| A．didn’t need to learn common lessons | | B．tended to escape from the whole society | | C．were unwilling to share their experiences | | D．focused on self-study and working together |
小题3:According Paragraph 4，we know that .| A．the traditional study is better than the project | | B．all the students had failed their math courses | | C．the students have freedom to design their lessons | | D．the project was mainly concerned with math courses |
小题4:The project made the students outstanding because .| A．they are unusually talented | | B．they have better backgrounds | | C．they have supportive teachers | | D．they are owners of their education |
小题5:What would be the best title of the text?| A．Structure the kids’ days to the minute | | B．Let kids rule their own school within a school | | C．Offer students few opportunities to do anything | | D．Provide traditional education to the students |
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Which is sillier: denying we ever went to the moon or trying to convince the true non-believers?
Once upon a time—July 20, 1969, to be specific – two men got out of their little spaceship and wandered around on the moon for a while. Ten more men walked on the moon over the next three and a half years. The end.
Unfortunately, not quite. A fair number of Americans think that this whole business of moon landings really is a fairy tale. They believe that the landings were a big hoax (骗局) staged in the Mojave Desert, to convince everyone that U.S. technology was the “best” in the whole wide world.
Which is the harder thing to do: Send men to the moon or make believe we did? The fact is that the physics behind sending people to the moon is simple. You can do it with computers whose entire memory capacities can now fit on chips the size of postage stamps and that cost about as much as, well, a postage stamp. I know you can because we did.
However, last fall NASA considered spending $15,000 on a public-relations campaign to convince the unimpressed that Americans had in fact gone to the moon. That idea was mostly a reaction to a Fox television program, first aired in February 2001, that claimed to expose the hoax. The show’s creator is a publicity hound (猎狗) who has lived up to the name in more ways than one by hounding Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon. Mr. X (as I will call him, thereby denying him the joyous sight of his name in print) recently followed Buzz Aldrin around and called him “a thief, liar and coward” until the 72-year-old astronaut finally lost it and hit the 37-year-old Mr. X in the face.
Anyway, NASA’s publicity campaign began to slow down. The nonbelievers took the campaign as NASA’s effort to hide something while the believers said that $15,000 to convince people that the world was round — I mean, that we had gone to the moon — was simply a waste of money. (Actually, the $15,000 was supposed to pay for an article by James E. Oberg, an astronomy writer who, with Aldrin, has contributed to Scientific American.)
If NASA’s not paying Oberg, perhaps it could put the money to good use by hiring two big guys to drag Neil Armstrong out of the house. Armstrong is an extremely private man, but he is also the first man on the moon, so maybe he has a duty to be a bit more outspoken about the experience. Or NASA could just buy Aldrin a commemorate plaque (纪念匾) for his recent touch on the face of Mr. X.
小题1:We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that some Americans believe _______.| A．moon landings were invented | | B．U.S. technology was the best | | C．moon landing ended successfully | | D．the Mojave Desert was the launching base |
小题2:According to the writer, which of the following is to blame for the story about the hoax?| A．NASA’s publicity campaign. | B．The Fox television program. | | C．Buzz Aldrin. | D．James E. Oberg. |
小题3:The believers think that NASA’s publicity campaign is ________.| A．proof to hide the truth | | B．stupid and unnecessary | | C．needed to convince the non-believers | | D．important to develop space technology |
小题4:What is implied in the last paragraph?| A．NASA should not bother with the non-believers. | | B．Armstrong was a very private and determined person. | | C．Armstrong should be as outspoken as Buzz Aldrin. | | D．NASA should send more astronauts to outer space. |
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They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy’s popular beaches.
Hundreds of specially trained dogs from Italy’s corps of canine(犬类的) lifeguards set out each summer to help swimmers in need of rescue.
These "life dogs" wear a harness that victims can grab to be dragged back to shore, and unlike human lifeguards, they can easily jump from helicopters and speeding boats to reach swimmers in trouble.
With millions flocking to Italy’s crowded beaches each summer, the Italian Coast Guard says it rescues about 3,000 people every year —and their canine helpers have saved several lives.
It takes three years for the canines to reach expert rescue status, and currently 300 dogs are fully trained for duty, said Roberto Gasbarri, who directs the Italian School of Canine Lifeguards program.
"Dogs are of good physical strength. They can increase the speed at which victims are rescued," Gasbarri said.
"The dog becomes a sort of intelligent lifebuoy(救生圈). It is a buoy that goes by itself to a person in need of help, and comes back to the shore also by himself, choosing the best landing point and swimming through the safest currents," he said.
The school will train any breed, as long as they weigh at least 30 kilograms, but New found lands and golden retrievers are most commonly used because they are good at swimming. Each dog works together with a human lifeguard, who also acts as the animal’s trainer.
"Being retrievers, they set out to pick up anything we tell them, be it a human being, an object, or a fish, and they bring it back to the shore," said lifeguard Monia Luciani. "They do not associate it with a physical activity, but it is rather a game for them."
小题1:The dogs wear a harness so that __________.
小题2:The dogs are helpful to _________.
小题3:Why does the school usually choose to train the New found lands and golden retrievers?
___________________________________.
小题4:How do the dogs regard the pickup training?
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Which is sillier: denying we ever went to the moon or trying to convince the true nonbelievers?
Once upon a time – July 20, 1969, to be specific – two men got out of their little spaceship and wandered around on the moon for a while. Ten more men walked on the moon over the next three and a half years. The end.
Unfortunately, not quite. A fair number of Americans think that this whole business of moon landings really is a fairy tale. They believe that the landings were a big hoax (骗局) staged in the Mojave Desert, to convince everyone that U.S. technology was the “bestest” in the whole wide world.
Which is the harder thing to do: Send men to the moon or make believe we did? The fact is the physics behind sending people to the moon is simple. You can do it with computers whose entire memory capacities can now fit on chips the size of postage stamps and that cost about as much as, well, a postage stamp. I know you can because we did.
However, last fall NASA considered spending $15,000 on a public-relations campaign to convince the unimpressed that Americans had in fact gone to the moon. That idea was mostly a reaction to a Fox television program, first aired in February 2001, that claimed to expose the hoax. The show’s creator is a publicity hound (猎狗) who has lived up to the name in more ways than one by hounding Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon. Mr. X (as I will call him, thereby denying him the joyous sight of his name in print) recently followed Buzz Aldrin around and called him “a thief, liar and coward” until the 72-year-old astronaut finally lost it and hit the 37-year-old Mr. X in the face.
Anyway, NASA’s publicity campaign began to slow down. The nonbelievers took the campaign as NASA’s effort to hide something while the believers said that $15,000 to convince people that the world was round — I mean, that we had gone to the moon — was simply a waste of money. (Actually, the $15,000 was supposed to pay for an article by James E. Oberg, an astronomy writer who, with Aldrin, has contributed to Scientific American.)
If NASA’s not paying Oberg, perhaps it could put the money to good use by hiring two big guys to drag Neil Armstrong out of the house. Armstrong is an extremely private man, but he is also the first man on the moon, so maybe he has a duty to be a bit more outspoken about the experience. Or NASA could just buy Aldrin a commemorate plaque (纪念匾) for his recent touch on the face of Mr. X.
小题1:We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that some Americans believe _______.| A．moon landings were invented | | B．U.S. technology was the best | | C．moon landing ended successfully | | D．the Mojave Desert was the launching base |
小题2:According to the writer, which of the following is to blame for the story about the hoax? | A．NASA’s publicity campaign. | B．The Fox television program. | | C．Buzz Aldrin. | D．James E. Oberg. |
小题3:According to the writer, Mr. X _______.| A．told a faithful story | B．was not treated properly | | C．was a talented creator | D．had a bad reputation |
小题4:The believers think that NASA’s publicity campaign is ________.| A．proof to hide the truth | | B．stupid and unnecessary | | C．needed to convince the non-believers | | D．important to develop space technology |
小题5:The tone of the article is _______.| A．angry | B．conversational | C．humorous | D．matter-of-fact |
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At 10 years old, Flynn Mc Garry became sick of the meals his mother cooked for him. So the Los Angeles native took matters into his own hands and started making his own dinners. One of his specialties? Trout with braised leeks(韭葱炖鲑鱼).
Now 13, the young chef is being praised as a “food prodigy(神童)”. He will spend his summer apprenticing with some of the best chefs at LA’s famous restaurants, MSNBC Nightly New reports.
Mc Garry began making a name for himself in the culinary(烹饪) world when John Sedlar, owner of the trendy Playa Restaurant, let Mc Garry take over the kitchen for a special nine-course meal. The meal sold out almost instantly.
“Flynn is a very unusual young man, and he’s very, very passionate,” owner John Sedlar told MSNBC.
By usual teenage boy standards, it’s true. So strong is his passion for cooking that the young man has turned his bedroom into an experimental kitchen laboratory.
Instead of video game consoles, baseball trophies and movie posters, Mc Garry’s room is lined with mixers, pots and pans, cutting boards and a stainless steel worktable. It’s where Mc Garry cooks his monthly pop-up dinners, which are served from his family’s dining room, a monthly supper club he calls Eureka.
Mc Garry is deft(灵巧的) and confident in the kitchen, with skills he’s been practicing since he was a child. What started out as a means of self-preservation from his mom’s unsatisfactory cooking has turned into a passion that the teen hopes to develop into a career.
“My goal? Michelin three stars, a restaurant in the top 50 list,” he told MSNBC. “Hopefully the top five.” Meanwhile, Mc Garry’s 13-year-old resume is already richer and more impressive than most cooks many times his age.
Mc Garry isn’t the only talented young prodigy to surprise experts in his field in recent years. At just 17 years old, physicist Taylor Wilson is already teaching graduate-level courses in physics and has built a functioning nuclear reactor.
小题1:Mc Garry first started cooking ___________.| A．for himself | B．as an experiment | | C．in his own bedroom | D．with a teacher’s guidance |
小题2:Compared with many adult chefs, Mc Garry ________.| A．has the best cooking equipment in his kitchen | | B．is inventive and has many new specialties to his name | | C．has much and impressive cooking experience for his young age | | D．wants to open his own Michelin three-star restaurant |
小题3:The author mentions Taylor Wilson in the last paragraph to ______.| A．prove that Flynn’s success is not a rare case | | B．compare his talent to that of Flynn Mc Garry | | C．introduce a young talent in a different field | | D．suggest experts should be trained at a young age |
小题4:Where does this text probably come from?| A．A recipe book | B．A restaurant introduction | | C．A career guide | D．A news report |
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