Children find meanings in their old family tales．When Stephen Guyer’s three chil
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Children find meanings in their old family tales．
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker, 1 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times 2 his strong-minded grandfather was nearly 3 , he loaded his family into the car and 4 them to see family members in Canada with a 5 , “there are more important things in life than money”.
The 6 took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to 7 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 8 that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset．To his surprise, they weren’t. 9 , their reaction echoed (共鸣) their great-grandfather’s．What they 10 was how warm the people were in the house and how 11 of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding that family stories have surprising power to help children
12 hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing 13 in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in storytelling events and festivals.
A university 14 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to 15 parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The 16 is telling the stories in a way children can 17 . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that 18 , “ When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow.” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s 19 , and make eye contact (接触) to create “a personal experience”. We don’t have to tell children 20 they should take from the story and what the moral is.
| 小题1: | | A．missed | B．lost | C．forgot | D．ignored |
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| 小题2: | | A．when | B．while | C．how | D．why |
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| 小题3: | | A．friendless | B．worthless | C．penniless | D．homeless |
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| 小题4: | | A．fetched | B．allowed | C．expected | D．took |
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| 小题5: | | A．hope | B．promise | C．suggestion | D．belief |
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| 小题6: | | A．tale | B．agreement | C．arrangement | D．report |
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| 小题7: | | A．large | B．small | C．new | D．grand |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprised | B．annoyed | C．disappointed | D．worried |
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| 小题9: | | A．Therefore | B．Besides | C．Instead | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题10: | | A．talked about | B．cared about | C．wrote about | D．heard about |
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| 小题11: | | A．much | B．many | C．little | D．few |
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| 小题12: | | A．beyond | B．over | C．behind | D．through |
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| 小题13: | | A．argument | B．skill | C．interest | D．anxiety |
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| 小题14: | | A．study | B．design | C．committee | D．staff |
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| 小题15: | | A．provide | B．retell | C．support | D．refuse |
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| 小题16: | | A．trouble | B．gift | C．fact | D．trick |
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| 小题17: | | A．perform | B．write | C．bear | D．question |
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| 小题18: | | A．means | B．ends | C．begins | D．proves |
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| 小题19: | | A．needs | B．activities | C．judgments | D．habits |
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| 小题20: | | A．that | B．what | C．which | D．whom |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:C
小题18:C
小题19:A
小题20:B |
解析
试题分析：文章通过Stephen Guyer给他的三个孩子讲述他们祖父艰苦创业的故事而未引起孩子们的共鸣的例子说明了一个观点：在给孩子们讲故事时，要采用眼神的交流和孩子们易于接受的形式，不要只是一味的讲道理。
小题1:B 根据后一分句中的动词lose可知此处选B。
小题2: A 引导定语从句，先行词是times，指时间，也可指物，关系词做从句的状语，用when，选A。
小题3: C 根据本句中的darkest times可知此处选C。
小题4: D 由本句中的he loaded his family into the car可以推断出此处选D。
小题5: D 根据后文的直接引语可以推断出所填词意思是：信念，选D。
小题6: A 由文章首句可知此处选A。
小题7: B 根据downsize可知此处选B。
小题8:D 句子意思是：他担心他15岁的女儿和22岁的双胞胎儿子会沮丧。选D。
小题9: C 此处用副词，表转折，意思是：而是，选C。
小题10: B talk about：谈论，讨论；care about：注意，关心；对……感兴趣；write about：写关于…的事；hear about：听说。由句意可知此处选B。
小题11:A how+ 形容词修饰heart，由其修饰词their可知此处heart是不可数名词，故选A。
小题12:D 所填介词与hard times构成搭配，意思是：度过艰难时期，选D。
小题13:C 本句意思是：故事专家们说此现象反映了人们对讲述家庭故事越来越大的兴趣，……。选C。
小题14:A 根据上下文意思可知此处所填词意思是：研究，选A。
小题15: B句子意思是：一项大学对于65个有14到16岁孩子的家庭的研究表明：的孩子们复述父辈艰苦故事时，能体验到父辈困境的几率很低。所填词意思是：复述，选B。
小题16:D 由句子意思可知所填词意思是：技巧，计谋，选D。
小题17:C 句子意思是：讲这种故事的技巧是用一种孩子们能容忍的方式来讲。选C。
小题18:C 由后文的直接引语可知这是故事的开头，故此处选C。
小题19:A 由本句的谓语动词suit可以推断出此处选A。
小题20:B 所填词引导宾语从句，引导词在从句中做take的宾语，指物，选B。
点评：文章通过Stephen Guyer给他的三个孩子讲述他们祖父艰苦创业的故事而未引起孩子们的共鸣的例子说明了一个观点：在给孩子们讲故事时，要采用眼神的交流和孩子们易于接受的形式，不要只是一味的讲道理。 |
举一反三
Cheektowage Central Middle School can be a lot of fun. It has game nights and student dances, after-school activities, and sports teams. However, students at the school must earn the right to join in the fun. If they don’t do their homework, participate in class, and behave at all times, they’re banned(禁止) from participating in after-school activities.
Students and parents say the threat of being excluded(排除在外) appears to be working. Kenny T. of Reno, Nev., says it taught him that actions have consequences: “I learned that I need to be balanced in both my work and athletics to be rewarded for working hard.” Parent Sondra LaMacchia told The New York Times that her 14-year-old daughter is learning responsibility at Cheektowaga Central. The teen used to perform poorly in her studies, but then she was banned from a school dance. The message got through loud and clear. “It’s nobody’s fault but hers,” LaMacchia said.
Although exclusion may help teach responsibility, some psychologists say it can also be threatening, especially for students who often cause, or may cause, trouble in school. They might become more aggressive and antisocial, which is exactly what schools like Cheektowaga Central want to prevent.
Should schools exclude students from activities to get them to behave? I believe teens need school activities and that inclusion can be the answer. For some troubled students, activities can be their motivation to stay in school. “Activities such as sports may be the only thing keeping certain students in school,” says Duace Wood, a teacher at Mohonasen High School in Rotterdam, N.Y. Getting involved in after-class activities keeps troublesome students in class. Even if they don’t do as well as their classmates, they are still learning. The more time they spend at school, the less time they have to even think about starting trouble. Teams also provide support and role models, and they help build the confidence that students need to succeed. If students who don’t behave are banned from activities, they might give up on school altogether.
小题1:Paragraph 2 is developed by _______.| A．analyzing causes | B．giving examples | | C．examining differences | D．following the time order |
小题2:Parent Sondra LaMacchia supports the policy of exclusion because _______.| A．it provides role models | | B．her daughter is aggressive | | C．her daughter hates taking exercise | | D． it helps teach responsibility |
小题3:In Paragraph 3 and 4, the author mainly talks about________.| A．students who are good at sports | | B．students who often cause trouble | | C．teens who do well in their studies | | D．teens who always behave themselves |
小题4:What is the author’s attitude towards the school’s policy of exclusion?| A． Negative | B．Sympathetic | C．Satisfied | D．Supportive |
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The scientific world continues to be amazed by the speed of the development of cloning. Some scientists now suggest that the cloning of humans could occur in the near future. Despite the benefits of cloning, however, certain ethical (道德的) questions concerning the possible abuse (滥用) of cloning have been raised. At the heart of these questions is the idea of humans influencing life in a way that could harm society, either morally or in a real physical sense. Some people object to cloning because it allows scientists to "act like God" in the handling of living organisms.
The cloning of Dolly raised the debate over this practice to a whole new level. It has become obvious that the technology for cloning Dolly could also be used to clone humans. A person could choose to make two or ten or a hundred copies of himself or herself by the same techniques used with Dolly. An active debate about the morality of cloning humans arises. Some people see benefits from the practice, such as providing a way for parents to produce a new child to replace one dying of a fatal disease. Other people worry about humans taking into their own hands the future of the human race.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, many scientists say the controversy over the ethics of cloning humans is overstressed because of the unpredictability (不可预测性) of cloning in general. While scientists have cloned animals such as sheep, mice, cows, pigs, and goats, fewer than 3 percent of all those cloning efforts have succeeded. The animal clones that have been produced often have health problems. Scientists believe the rapid reprogramming in cloning can introduce random (任意的) errors into a clone’s DNA. Those errors have altered individual genes in minor ways, and the genetic defects (缺陷) have led to the development of major medical problems. Some scientists say this should make human cloning out of the question, but others argue that cloning humans may actually be easier and safer than cloning animals. Whatever, I agree that further research in the field of cloning is needed.
小题1:Some people are against cloning of humans because they think _________.
A．the practice takes too much time and money
| B．the cloning technology is still not mature
| C．humans control the future of the human race
| D．the population in the world will be too large |
小题2:Some scientists think the debate over ethics of cloning humans is overstressed because ____.
A．cloning of human beings is completely impossible
| B．the result of cloning can’t be predicted in general
| C．cloning of animals is a failure
| D．there are big errors in a clone’s DNA |
小题3:We can learn from the text that _______.
A．cloning of humans is a very controversial issue
| B．the cloning of Dolly begins to raise the debate over cloning of humans
| C．there are medical problems in cloning animals
| D．cloning humans is easier and safer than cloning animals |
小题4:The text is mainly about _______.
A．the benefits of cloning
| B．the ethics of cloning
| C．the history of cloning
| D．the defects of cloning |
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Your Car Is Ready for Take-off
The flying car has been talked about for many years，but now it appears that the idea is about to become a reality.
An international company has built a two-seater plane that, at the touch of a button ，transforms into a car perfectly suitable for driving on public roads. It has been designed so that the wings fold up automatically； and it takes just 15 seconds to switch between flying and driving. With its wings fully open and the propeller(螺旋桨）spinning, it can take off from any airfield.
Flying cars are quicker than traditional ones for travelling from city to city，and they can run on ordinary fuel. Another big advantage is that they are cool ，like something you would see in an action film. At the moment 9 however, the flying car’s wheels are illegal to leave the ground. That is not because of technical reasons or problems with the design. It is because the various road and aircraft authorities simply cannot agree on whether it is a car or a plane.
“The government and the authorities have never thought seriously about a flying car, says Alan Price ，the president of the company that has developed it. “I wanted a car that could fly and drive ，but it is difficult to find an organization prepared to insure the vehicle against accidents.
Nevertheless ? the company hopes to produce and deliver its first flying car soon. The company already has orders for 40 of them. The majority the potential customers are older and some are retired。There have even been orders from some people who have no pilot"s license.
The flying car will cost around $ 200.000. “For an airplane ， that’s a very reasonable price， but for a car, It"s quite expensive，” explains Alan. “But it just is not possible to make a $ 10，000 flying car yet. ”
This latest means of transport will not become a mass-market item in the near future，but in the long term it has the potential to change the way you travel. It will become no more expensive than driving your car on the motorway. Travel time could be reduced by more than half.
So the next time you are told to fasten your seat belt, it may be to prepare for take-off.
小题1:We know from the passage that the flying car______| A．has to run on special fuel | B．will replace traditional planes | | C．is popular with the rich | D．can shift between two forms |
小题2:The flying car is presently forbidden to take off because______.| A．many people think driving it not very safe | | B．it’s hard to decide whether it"s a car or a plane | | C．the government and the authorities don’t accept it | | D．there are still some technical problems to be solved |
小题3:We can learn from the passage that______.| A．few people will be able to afford a flying car | | B．flying cars may share the market in the future | | C．traffic jams will disappear because of flying cars | | D．driving a flying car doesn’t require a pilot’s license |
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The use of lotteries (彩票) to allocate (分配) school places is to be reviewed by the British government because more than 20 percent of children are failing to get into their first-choice schools in parts of the country.
The struggle for secondary school places has reached record levels this year, increasing anxiety for hundreds of thousands of families. A report from 43 local authorities suggests that in many areas, up to a fifth of children face disappointment. Families in London are the hardest hit.
This week is admissions week, when about 570,000 families will receive notice about their child’s secondary school acceptance. As the recession (不景气) forces more parents to consider a state education rather than a private one for their children, more than a third of local authorities have noted rises in the number of applications for secondary school places.
This year, just 62 percent of children in Richmond-upon-Thames got into their parents’ first-choice school, down from 64 percent last year. The council said this was caused by an increase in applications.
In another London authority, Tower Hamlet, 71.1 percent of children were admitted to their parents’ first choice school. In Leeds and Warwickshire, 85 percent were successful. In Derby the figure was 81 percent, while in Wiltshire, Stockport and Lincolnshire, the figure was 89 percent.
In many authorities, the figures are similar to those of last year. Exceptions include Brighton and Hove, which introduced a lottery system to allocate oversubscribed places last year. This year, it has seen a 3.5 percent increase in the number of children obtaining their first choice, bringing the total to nearly 88 percent. However, more than 5 percent of children in this area have been allocated a place at a school that was not among any of their choices.
Lotteries are being used at the government’s suggestion by a small number of oversubscribed schools in around twenty-five local authorities. They were meant to prevent middle-class parents from abusing the system by buying or renting homes close to the best schools.
小题1:According to the passage, more and more parents in Britain prefer to send their children to _______.| A．a state school | B．a private school | | C．a school in London | D．a school in Brighton |
小题2:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?| A．The lottery system is certainly a good way to allocate school places. | | B．Over one in five children fail to get into their first-choice schools in parts of Britain. | | C．The lottery system is welcomed by parents around twenty-five local authorities. | | D．The number of applications for secondly school places is falling this year. |
小题3:In the following places, the highest preferred school admission rate is in _______.| A．Richmond-upon-Thames | B．Brighton and Hove | | C．Lincolnshire | D．Derby |
小题4:The purpose of using lottery system is to ________.| A．keep middle-class parents buying or renting homes close to the best schools. | | B．increase the number of children obtaining their first choice | | C．decrease the number of applications for some good schools | | D．create equality between children from different social classes |
小题5:The passage is most probably taken from _______.| A．a survey on education | B．a textbook on science | | C．a speech on radio | D．an essay on economy |
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The forces that make Japan one of the world"s most earthquake-prone(有…倾向的) countries could become part of its long-term energy solution．
Water from deep below the ground at Japan"s tens of thousands of hot springs could be used to produce electricity．
Although Japanese high-tech companies are leaders in geothermal(地热的) technology and export it, its use is limited in the nation．
"Japan should no doubt make use of its resources of geothermal energy," said Yoshiyasu Takefuji, a leading researcher of thermal-electric power production．
The disastrous earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 caused a reaction against atomic power, which previously made up 30 percent of Japan"s energy needs, and increased interest in alternative energies, which account for only 8 percent．
Artist Yoko Ono has called on Japan to explore its natural energy, following the example of Iceland which uses renewable energy for more than 80 percent of its needs．
For now, geothermal energy makes up less than 1 percent of the energy needs in Japan, which has for decades relied heavily on fossil fuels and atomic power．
The biggest problem to geothermal energy is the high initial cost of the exploration and constructing the factories．Another problem is that Japan"s potentially best sites are already being developed for tourism or are located within national parks where construction is forbidden．
"We can"t even dig 10cm inside national parks．" said Shigeto Yamada of Fuji Electric, adding that regulations protecting nature would need to be relaxed for geothermal energy to grow．
Researcher Hideaki Matsui said, "Producing electricity using hot springs is a decades-long project．We also have to think about what to do for now as energy supplies will decrease in the short term．"
The Earth Policy Institute in Washington, US, believed Japan could produce 80,000 megawatts（兆瓦）and meet more than half its electricity needs with geothermal technology．
Japanese giants such as Toshiba are already global leaders in geothermal technology, with a 70 percent market share．In 2010, Fuji Electric built the world"s largest geothermal factory in New Zealand．
小题1:What would be the best title for the text?| A．Alternative energies in Japan | | B．Japan thinks of geothermal energy | | C．Japan takes the lead in geothermal technology | | D．World"s largest geothermal plant |
小题2:What percentage of Japan"s energy needs is geothermal energy?| A．About 8%． | B．Around 30%． | C．Below 1%． | D．Over 80%． |
小题3:According to Shigeto Yamada, the growth of geothermal power in Japan needs ____．| A．high technology | B．financial support | | C．local people"s help | D．a change of rules |
小题4:Geothermal energy is considered as a long-term program by _____．
A．Hideaki Matsui B Yoshiyasu Takefuji． C．Shigeto Yamada D．Yoko Ono
小题5:It can be learned from the last two paragraphs that _____．| A．the world"s biggest geothermal plant was built by America | | B．Japan will not export its geothermal technology | | C．it is hard to find geothermal energy in Japan | | D．the potential of Japan"s geothermal energy is great |
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