Dear editor, I am writing to ask what has happened to our young people.They are
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Dear editor,
I am writing to ask what has happened to our young people.They are not as polite or hard-working as my generation（一代人I will give you two examples.
Last Friday, I got on the underground at 9:15 a.m. It was very crowded so there was no free seat.There were some boys sitting on the seats near me.I didn"t know why they were not at school.They were talking and laughing loudly. It was difficult for me to read my newspaper with all the noise.At the next stop, a pregnant（***的）woman and her daughter got on with lots of shopping bags.I expected the boys to let them sit down.They saw the woman but they did nothing.I had to ask them to give the woman and her daughter seats. They did so but gave me a rude look.
Last Saturday, I had dinner with my friend’s family.I was glad to see his children, who I hadn"t seen for ten years.During the dinner, I started talking about world politics with the children.It soon became clear that they didn"t know much about it.They couldn"t tell me the name of the King of Spain or President of Italy.All they knew about was the Internet or which singers were the most beautiful.In my days, students knew the kings, the queens and the presidents of every country in Europe.
I worry about the future of Germany.How could these young people become good workers and parents? They sit around McDonald"s after school instead of going to the library like I did at their age.Maybe they have too much money.Perhaps some readers can give us some ideas about what to do with this “lost generation”.
Yours sincerely,
Frantz Vogts.
小题1:Mr. Vogts writes this letter to the editor to _______.| A．show how rude the boys were | | B．express his worry about his friend’s children’s future | | C．show how lazy young people nowadays are | | D．complain the way some young people acted |
小题2:When Mr Vogts met the boys on the underground , he_______.| A．knew there was no hope for him to get a seat | | B．felt he would be in trouble | | C．thought they should have been studying instead of staying there | | D．expected that they would get off at the next stop |
小题3:Mr Vogts was disappointed at the dinner because _______.| A．he was not politely treated | | B．he had different opinions on the world politics from his friend | | C．the children cared more about the Internet than he | | D．the children did not know much about world politics |
小题4:By saying “lost generation”, Mr Vogts refers to ________.| A．the fact that he is angry with young people today | | B．the people at his age | | C．his worry about these young people | | D．today’s young people |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:D |
解析
小题1:推理题，由第一段的主要意思“做这些这是想问一下，对于年轻人发生了什么，他们的行为没有我们那一代有礼貌”，所以选D
小题2:推理题，由第二段的第二行I didn"t know why they were not at school.They were talking and laughing loudly可以推出答案，所以选C
小题3:细节题，由倒数第二段的第三行They couldn"t tell me the name of the King of Spain or President of Italy.All they knew about was the Internet or which singers were the most beautiful.In my days, students knew the kings, the queens and the presidents of every country in Europe.
可以知道答案，所以选D
小题4:推理题，由全文的意思“讲述现代年轻人的一些行为”，所以选D
点评：本文主要讲述了现代年轻人一些行为，没有以前的人有礼貌和刻苦学习，首先要阅读全文，然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。本文主要考查推理题，要求学生有很强的推理能力。 |
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How to protect children Web fans from unsuitable material on-line while encouraging them to use the Internet has long been discussed in the US.
For some parents, the Internet can seem like a jungle, filled with danger for their children. But jungles contain wonders as well as danger. With good guides, some education, and a few precautions(预防 ), the wilds of the Internet can be safely navigated. “Kids have to be on-line. If we tell our kids they can’t be allowed to surf the Internet, we’re cutting them off from their future,” said an expert.
Most kids have started to use search engines. Many of them are great for finding tons of interesting Internet sites, and they can also locate places where you might not want your kids to go. There are search engines designed just for kids. A certain software contains only sites that have been selected as safe. The most popular way would be to use what is known as a “content screener”. But this can’t be wholly reliable(可靠 ), and the best thing parents can do is to talk to their kids and let them know what is OK or not OK to see or do on the Internet. Another way is that mum or dad is nearby when the child is surfing the Internet.
A few other tips:
—Do not put the PC in a child’s room but keep it in an area where mum or dad can keep an eye on things. That also makes the Internet more of a family activity.
—Ask your child what he or she has been doing and about any friends they make on-line.
―Tell your child not to give on-line strangers personal information, especially like address and phone number.
And tell your children never to talk to anyone they meet on-line over the phone, send them anything, accept anything from them or agree to meet with them unless you go along.
小题1:What is the best way to protect children from improper material?| A．To talk to the children and persuade them to tell right from wrong. | | B．To be nearby when the children are surfing the Internet. | | C．To fix a content screener on the computer. | | D．To buy some search engines for children. |
小题2:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?| A．Surfing the Internet is the best way of educating children. | | B．Using a content screener is most reliable for keeping children from having ways to the Internet. | | C．Searching engines can help children to select materials fit for them. | | D．Children’s not having chances to go to the Internet may have effect on their progress. |
小题3:According to the passage, we can infer that ____.| A．softwares that are fit for children who want programming | | B．the Internet contains a lot of harmful sites | | C．the Internet will be protected by law | | D．a child who is on-line is in danger |
小题4:What does the passage tell us most?| A．Education | B．Good guides | C．Precautions | D．Software |
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Runners in a relay race pass a stick in one direction．However，merchants(商人) passed silk，gold, fruit，and g1ass along the Silk Road in more than one direction．They earned their living by traveling the famous Silk Road.
The Silk Road was not a simple trading network. It passed through thousands of cities and towns. It started from eastern China, across Central Asia and the Middle East, and ended in the Mediterranean Sea. It was used from about 200 B.C. to about A.D.1300, when sea travel offered new routes (路线). It was sometimes called the world’s longest highway. However, the Silk Road was made up of many routes, not one smooth path. They passed through what are now 18 countries. The routes crossed mountains and deserts and had many dangers of hot sun, deep snow and even battles. Only experienced traders could return safe.
The Silk Road got its name from its most prized product. Silk could be used like money to pay taxes or buy goods. But the traders carried more than just silk. Gold, silver, and glass from Europe were much found in the Middle East and Asia. Horses traded from other areas changed farming practices in China. Indian merchants traded salt and other valuable goods. Chinese merchants traded paper, which produced an immediate effect on the West. Apples traveled from centre Asia to Rome. The Chinese had learned to graft(嫁接) different trees together to make new kinds of fruit. They passed this science on to others, including the Romans. The Romans used grafting to grow the apple. Trading along the Silk Road led to world-wide business 2,000 years before the World Wide Web.
The People along the Silk Road did not share just goods. They also shared their beliefs．The silk Road provided pathways for learning，diplomacy(外交)，and religion.·
小题1:It’s probable that traders along the Silk Road needed__________.| A．to remember the entire trade route | | B．to deal with a lot of difficulties | | C．to receive certain special training | | D．to know the making of products |
小题2:The Silk Road became less important because___________.| A．sea travel provided easier routes | | B．silk trading became less popular | | C．it was made up of different routes | | D．people needed fewer foreign goods |
小题3:New technologies could travel along the Silk Road because people_________·| A．traded goods along the route | B．shared each other’s beliefs | | C．1earned from one another | D．earned their living by traveling |
小题4:What is the best title for the passage?| A．The Silk Road: Pathways for Learning | | B．The Silk Road：Past and Present | | C．The Silk Road: Routes Full of Dangers | | D．The Silk Road：East Meets West |
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When you watch TV programs about wild animals, it is surprising to see how an antelope can escape a lion’s attack. In the wilderness, everyone has a stunt. Even plants have their own ways of fighting off enemies.
Over millions of years of evolution, plants have developed a unique defence system. Chemicals are wildly used for survival. By making their leaves, flowers, roots and fruits distasteful or poisonous(有毒的) to enemies, plants can fight back.
One such plant is the Golden Wattle tree. The British scientist David Cameron has found when an animal eats the tree’s leaves, the amount of poison increases in the other leaves. “It’s like the damaged leaves telephoning the others telling them to fight together against the enemy, ” he said.
The tree also sends defence messages to neighboring plants by giving out a special smell. Golden Wattle trees in the surrounding 45 meters will get the message and produce more poison within 10 minutes. Now, if an enemy eats too many of the trees’ leaves, it will die.
Every species of plant or tree is good at the production of a particular set of chemicals. A herbivore that can safely eat the leaves of one tree may be poisoned by its neighbor.
In this way, plants have developed not only individual defence system, but also shared it with others. This makes it impossible for a single animal to destroy even a small area of forest.
小题1: Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?| A．Plants Fight back with Poisons | | B．Plants Can Kill Animals | | C．Animals and Plants | | D．Lions and Antelopes |
小题2:According to the study, if one Golden Wattle tree is attacked by animals, it can________.| A．tell other trees to protect it | | B．produce more poison within 10 minutes | | C．send defence messages to the neighboring plants | | D．kill the animals with its leaves |
小题3: In this passage the underlined word “herbivore” probably means animals which ________.| A．live on both animals and plants | B．feed on smaller animals | | C．live on trees | D．feed on plants or grass |
小题4:The last paragraph of the passage suggests that this kind of defence system________.| A．does great harm to the animals | B．does good to the forests | | C．is helpful to some animals | D．harms the forests |
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There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day，feeling very sad and lonely， she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the Butterfly. Instead of flying away， the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed(擦) her eyes in disbelief.“For your wonderful kindness，” the good fairy said to the girl，“I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied,“I want to be happy.”The fairy whispered（耳语） in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up， there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer，“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed ,the neighbors gathered around her，they said to her “Tell us， please，” they begged，“Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said,“She told me that everyone， no matter how secure they seemed， no matter how old or young，how rich or poor, had need of me.”
小题1:______ the girl felt sad and lonely.| A．There was nobody to love her so | B．There were many friends | | C．There was nothing to do | D．Seeing the butterfly was caught |
小题2: Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn，the orphan girl ______.| A．failed to help it release from the thorn | | B．felt sorrow，but she didn’t go up to help it | | C．fell down on it too | | D．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn |
小题3: The butterfly ______ after it was saved by the little girl.| A．flied away | | B．changed into a fairy | | C．still died | | D．was more beautiful than before |
小题4:The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.| A．to be rich | B．to have her own parents | | C．to have a lot of friends | D．happiness |
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When a child is told he is "uncool", it can be very painful. He may say he doesn"t care, and even act in ways that are opposite of cool on purpose. But ultimately, these are simply ways to handle sadness by pretending it"s not there.
Helping a child feel better in school had to be careful. If you say, "Why are you worried about what other children think about you? It doesn"t matter!" Children know that it does matter. Instead, an active way may be best. You could say, "I"m going to do a couple of things for you to help you feel better in school."
If a boy is having trouble making friends, the teacher can help him. The teacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities to contribute to class projects. This is how the other children learn how to value his good qualities and to like him. A teacher can also raise a child"s popularity in the group by showing that he values that child. It even helps to put him in a seat next to a very popular child, or let him be a partner with that child in activities, etc.
There are things that parents can do at home, too. Be friendly when your child brings others home to play. Encourage him to invite friends to meals and then serve the dishes they consider "super". When you plan trips, picnics, movies, and other shows, invite another child with whom your child wants to be friends.
What you can do is to give him a chance to join a group that may be shutting him out. Then, if he has good qualities, he can start to build real friendship of his own.
小题1:A child who has been informed of being "uncool" may ________.| A．care nothing about it | B．develop a sense of anger | | C．do something uncool purposely | D．pretend to get hurt very much |
小题2:A teacher can help an unpopular child by ________.| A．seeing the child as the teacher"s favourite | | B．asking the child to do something for partners | | C．forcing other children to make friends with the child | | D．offering the child chances to show his good qualities |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?| A．Children don’t care others" comments on them. | | B．It"s only teacher"s work to make children popular. | | C．Parents should take their children out for picnic and shows more often. | | D．Inviting children"s friends to family activities is good for them to make friends. |
小题4:The passage mainly talks about ________.| A．how to help an unpopular child | | B．why some children are unpopular | | C．who is responsible for unpopular children | | D．how to find out good points of unpopular children |
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