In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satell
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In Canada and the United States, there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.
Asians are immigrating (移民) to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result, Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.
The problem is that when Asians arrive, they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also, they find that they are very lonely, and that they miss their homes. For these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West. Therefore, these children become “satellite kids”, and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.
Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kid” problem. Because these children do not speak English and because their parents are not there to take care of them, they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also, it means to grow up lonely, because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.
小题1:Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________.| A．they hope their children may easily find a job there | | B．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries | | C．all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries | | D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends |
小题2:“Satellite kids” refer to Asian kids ________.| A．without parents | B．living abroad alone | | C．with university education | D．speaking no English |
小题3:Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ________.| A．want to leave their own country | B．want them to go to university | | C．return to their countries to work | D．want them to be independent |
小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?| A．Parents want better education for their kids. | | B．Parents feel lonely and miss their families. | | C．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem. | | D．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D |
解析
试题分析：本文讲述了在 美国西部出现的“Satellite kids”他们远离父母，在学习和生活上有很多的问题，他们需要父母的关爱。
小题1:B 细节题。根据第一段5,6,7行In Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Korea, it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However, in Canada and the United States, it is easy to go to university, and anyone who wants to go can go.说明很多的父母把孩子送到这里上学是因为在自己国家里读大学很困难，而在美国，要容易得多，故B正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据文章第一段1,2行there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”, who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.说明这样的孩子是指那些在国外和父母分开住的孩子，故B正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据第二段3,4行For these two reasons, most Asian parents decide to go back to work while their children study in the West.说明很多父母都回去了，把孩子留在了西部，故C正确。
小题4:D 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的就是在国外的生活的孩子在远离父母以后会出很多的问题，他们需要父母的关心和帮助，故D正确。
点评：本文介绍了“Satellite kids”的现象。文章内容较为简单，考查细节题为主，答题时在文章找到对应的地方，用笔进行标记，这有利于后期有时间检查时可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔细理解作者所讲的意思，再结合选项，通过排除法和自己对全文的把握，选出正确答案。 |
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Teens’ lives hit by economy
Some teenagers are crossing their dream colleges off their lists. Others are thinking of skipping（略过）their senior trips or reducing prom(毕业舞会)costs. Many are finding their work hours cut while their expenses rise.
So, who exactly is punishing them？Is it their parents, teachers or employers？No, it’s the economy（经济状况）.
If you are like most teenagers, you probably don’t understand what “recession”, “negative economic growth” and “subprime mortgage crisis (次贷危机)”actually mean. And you probably don’t spend your days watching the ups and downs of the stock market.
It’s safe to say that most teens don’t know much about the economy except for one thing：it’s bad. But just how exactly is the economy affecting teens?
“The single largest thing I have noticed is the recession’s ability to affect my college choice, “said Heather Richars from Downey High School in California, US. “With the economic situation the way it is, I have thought less about going to a private or out-of-state university, and more about public schools in California, mainly because of the price of tuition, “said Richars. “I had been a fan of attending a private school up until this year.”
The economy cuts into other areas of teenagers’ lives, too.
Joey Camarda, a student at Modesto High School in California, who works at an ice cream store, said,“ Probably due to the economy, I have been getting less hours at my job, and because of that, I am not getting enough money to help pay for college.”
Tara Mooney, a senior at Beyer High School, has also begun to notice that money is tight.
“Things are getting expensive,” she said. “When it comes to applying for colleges and wanting to go on senior trips, I have to pick and choose instead of doing it all.”
小题1:The purpose of writing the passage is mainly to tell us ________.| A．the economic recession has had a big effect on teens’ work, life and study | | B．teenagers are now having difficulty in deciding which colleges to apply for | | C．teenagers don’t know much about the economic recession | | D．teenagers are considering giving up their senior trips to save money |
小题2:Because of the bad economic situation, Heather Richars will most probably ________.| A．go to a private university | | B．attend an out-of-state college | | C．attend a public college in California | | D．find a good university as he planned |
小题3:How has Joey Camarda found the recession affects him?| A．He has to find more part-time jobs. | | B．He has to help his mother do more chores. | | C．He has found that he had more time to study. | | D．His plan to pay for college will be hard to realize. |
小题4:What can we conclude from the passage?| A．Parents punish their teens by giving them less money. | | B．Most teens understand what negative economic growth means. | | C．Teenagers are finding it harder to do what they want than before. | | D．Teenagers have realized the importance of managing their own money. |
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Several recent studies have found that being randomly (随机地) assigned to a roommate of another race can lead to increased tolerance but also to a greater likelihood (可能性) of conflict.
Recent reports found that lodging with a student of a different race may decrease prejudice and force students to engage in more ethnically diverse friendships.
An Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers. Researchers believe this may be caused by social pressure.
In a New York Times article, Sam Boakye – the only black student on his freshman year floor -said that "if you"re surrounded by whites, you have something to prove."
Researchers also observed problems resulting from pairing interracial students in residences.
According to two recent studies, randomly assigned roommates of different races are more likely to experience conflicts so strained that one roommate will move out.
An Indiana University study found that interracial roommates were three times as likely as two white roommates to no longer live together by the end of the semester.
Grace Kao, a professor at Penn said she was not surprised by the findings. "This may be the first time that some of these students have interacted, and lived, with someone of a different race," she said.
At Penn, students are not asked to indicate race when applying for housing.
"One of the great things about freshman housing is that, with some exceptions, the process throws you together randomly," said Undergraduate Assembly chairman Alec Webley. "This is the definition of integration."
"I"ve experienced roommate conflicts between interracial students that have both broken down stereotypes(模式化形象) and strengthened stereotypes," said one Penn resident advisor (RA). The RA of two years added that while some conflicts "provided more multicultural acceptance and melding (融合)," there were also "jarring cultural resistance."
The RA said that these conflicts have also occurred among roommates of the same race.
Kao said she cautions against forming any generalizations based on any one of the studies, noting that more background characteristics of the students need to be studied and explained.
小题1:What can we learn from some recent studies?| A．Conflicts between students of different races are unavoidable. | | B．Interracial lodging may have diverse outcomes. | | C．Students of different races are prejudiced against each other. | | D．Interracial lodging does more harm than good. |
小题2:What does the Indiana University study show?| A．Few white students like sharing a room with a black peer. | | B．Roommates of different races just don"t get along. | | C．Interracial roommates are more likely to fall out. | | D．Assigning students" lodging randomly is not a good policy. |
小题3:What does Alec Webley consider to be the "definition of integration"?| A．The school randomly assigns roommates without regard to race. | | B．Students of different races are required to share a room. | | C．Interracial lodging is arranged by the school for freshmen. | | D．Lodging is assigned to students of different races without exception. |
小题4:What can be inferred from Grace Kao’s saying about interracial lodging?| A．Schools should be cautious when making decisions about student lodging. | | B．Students" racial background should be considered before lodging is assigned. | | C．Experienced resident advisors should be assigned to handle the problems. | | D．It is unscientific to make generalizations about it without further study. |
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More than half of teachers in a UK survey said they thought plagiarism from the Internet is a problem.
Some students who steal essays wholly from the Web, they said, are so lazy they don’t even bother to take the ads off the cut-and-pasted text. 58 percent of the teachers interviewed in the Association of Teachers and Lectures(ALT) questionnaire had come across plagiarism among their pupils. Gill Bullen from Itchen College in Southampton, for example, said pieces handed in by two students were the same and significantly better than either of them could have done.” “Not only that, the essays given in didn’t quite answer the title question I had set.” A teacher from Leeds said, “ I had one piece of work so obviously ‘cut and pasted’ that it still contained ads from the Web page” Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College, Stockton, said, “ With less able students, it is easy to spot plagiarism as the writing style changes mid-assignment, but with more able students, it is sometimes necessary for teachers to carry out Internet research to find out the source of the plagiarism.” Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ALT, said, “Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut-and-pasting to spot whether work was the student’s own or plagiarism.” She called for strong policies to oppose plagiarism, and asked for help from the government in providing resources and techniques to delete cheats.
小题1:What does the underlined word “plagiarism” in Para 1 probably mean?| A．making quotations | | B．stealing others’ works or ideas | | C．cutting and pasting on the Internet | | D．surfing others’ works or ideas |
小题2:According to Para 2 some students are so lazy that they don’t_______.| A．bother to remove the ads | | B．want to steal the whole essay | | C．check the mistakes on the Internet | | D．bother to do the work of cutting and pasting |
小题3:According to Mary Bousted, we can learn that_______.| A．the government doesn’t complete its duty to stop plagiarism | | B．it’s very easy for teachers to spot plagiarism | | C．plagiarism causes the teachers great trouble | | D．only the government can find cheats |
小题4:What can be the best title for the passage?| A．UK students are lazy | | B．punishment on plagiarism | | C．Internet plagiarism –a problem in UK | | D．Hard to prevent plagiarism from the Internet |
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If there"s a child in your house who likes pixies（精灵）, nature, or magic, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure is sure to be a hit． This beautifully animated film is a first class production in every way, and features the familiar voices of Kristin Chenoweth, Anjelica Huston, Jane Horrocks, Lucy Liu, and Raven Symone．The movie offers up an adventure that"s easy enough to follow, but complex enough to hold one"s
attention, and even throws in a nice little moral about friendship．What can I say? I"m pleasantly surprised．
The promising Mae Whitman voices Tinker Bell herself, a far more dynamic character than we met in Peter Pan．Though Tinker still possesses her fiery temper, it doesn"t manifest itself immediately, and takes a backseat to this pixie"s many good qualities． As it turns out, Tinker Bell is extremely skilled at tinkering （修补 ）, so she is a natural choice to build a special scepter（拐杖）,for Pixie Hollow"s Autumn Celebration．The scepter will hold the moonstone through which the light of the Blue Moon will pass, supplying Pixie Hollow with enough pixie dust for the year ahead．
For days, Tinkers works hard on the perfect scepter design while her good friend Terrence does his best to assist． When Terrence accidentally breaks the Moon Stone, Tinker Bell "explodes and sends him away．One of Tinker"s more literal friends finds this extremely concerning, as she doesn"t" quite understand
that the outburst was emotional rather than physical - very funny indeed．
After hearing the legend of the lost treasure, Tinker Bell strikes out on her own to find a new Moon Stone．She faces many difficulties and meets new friends along the way, but when Terrence comes to the rescue at Tinker"s darkest hour, she realizes the value of a truly loyal friend． Though the film offers a positive message to young viewers, it"s the animation that makes Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure stand out．Pixie Hollow is a charming, visually stunning world basked in lush colors．It"s so lovely, so detailed, so
three - dimensional that you almost want to step inside．
小题1:From the first paragraph, we can learn that ．| A．many famous actors acted important roles in the film | | B．the plot of the film is attractive and easy to understand | | C．the write feels surprised at the message of friendship in the film | | D．the film Tinker Bill and the Lost Treasure may disappoint you if you love magic tales |
小题2:The underlined word "manifest" in the second paragraph means "_ "| A．occur | B．hide | C．display | D．contradict |
小题3:What"s the correct order of the following details?
a． Tinker Bell realizes the value of a truly loyal friend．
b．Terrence breaks the Moon Stone by accident．
c． Tinker Bell is determined to build a special scepter．
d． Terrence comes to the rescue when Tinkers was in trouble．| A．c b d a | B．b．c d a | C．b c a d | D．c d a b |
小题4:In the writer"s opinion, the characteristics of Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure are the following EXCEPT ．| A．the attractive details | | B．the lively animation characters | | C．the three - dimensional animation | | D．the moving love story between Tinker Bell and Terrence． |
小题5:The article picked from a website is a（n） .| A．movie poster | B．movie review | | C．introduction to a book | D．person introduction |
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Taiwanese fishing boats that sailed to the Diaoyu Islands to protest Japan"s "purchase" of part of the islands completed their voyage Tuesday morning and have set sail for home.
Local media reported that the boats finished their protest at 9:15 a.m. and are expected to return to a port in northeast Taiwan"s Yilan county at noon Wednesday.
Although the boats originally numbered 75，they were joined at sea by other boats from different parts of Taiwan, raising the total number to about 100 vessels. Organizers said the voyage was made to protect Taiwanese fishing rights in nearby waters and to protest Japan"s "purchase" of part of the Diaoyu Islands.
The Japanese government announced a plan to "purchase" part of the islands earlier this month despite repeated protests from the Chinese government. The action aroused demonstrations across China as well as consumers" boycott of Japanese products in recent weeks. Local authorities in Taiwan have also protested the move.
"Japan"s purchase and nationalization of China"s Diaoyu Islands are putting China-Japan economic and trade ties at risk due to man-made factors." An official spokesman from Beijing warned .
China-Japan economic and trade relations was back on track in 1952 when the two countries signed their first non-governmental trade agreement. Currently, China has been Japan"s largest trade partner since 2007 while Japan is China’s fourth largest trade partner, after the EU, U.S. and the ASEAN. Meanwhile, China is the biggest destination for Japanese exports and biggest source of imports. In the first half of 2012, Japan"s exports to China totaled 73.54 billion U.S. dollars, down 6.2 percent from the same period last year, while its import from China was 91.29 billion U.S. dollars, up 7 percent from the same period last year.
Now, China-Japan economic and trade relations are at a crossroads. Negotiation could be the way out of the rift.
小题1:Why are China-Japan economic and trade relations at a crossroads?| A．Because Taiwan fishing boats sailed to the island to protest Japan. | | B．Because Taiwanese are deprived of their fishing right. | | C．Because Japan is not China"s largest trade partner. | | D．Because Japan announced to purchase China"s Diaoyu Islands. |
小题2:We can infer from the passage that _____.| A．About 100 boats joined the original team later. | | B．Negotiation will bring both countries out of the conflict. | | C．Japan"s “purchase”has cast a shadow on China-Japan export and import. | | D．Japan"s exports to China totaled 78 billion U.S. dollars in 2011. |
小题3:What does the underlined word “rift” in the last paragraph mean?| A．gap | B．conflict | C．crash | D．quarrel |
小题4:What is the main idea of this passage?| A．Japan declared to purchase China"s Diaoyu Islands. | | B．Japan"s purchase of Diaoyu Islands aroused nationwide protest. | | C．The Diaoyu Islands belong to China! | | D．China plays an important part in Japan"s economy development. |
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