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完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things   31 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe   32 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been   33  for years—often from   34  childhood. These stories may have no   35 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 36  my development? I was never   37  to work on cars or be around   38 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later,   39 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I   40  down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the   41  side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life   42  and told him about my   43  performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 44  is it that you can solve   45  mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 46  from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 47 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 48  my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true.   49 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost   50  we choose.

小题1:

A．away

B．off

C．up

D．down

小题2:

A．them

B．myself

C．yourself

D．others

小题3:

A．said

B．spoken

C．spread

D．repeated

小题4:

A．as long as

B．as far back as

C．as well as

D．as much as

小题5:

A．basis

B．plot

C．cause

D．meaning

小题6:

A．lead

B．improve

C．affect

D．change

小题7:

A．encouraged

B．demanded

C．hoped

D．agreed

小题8:

A．means

B．tools

C．goods

D．hammers

小题9:

A．therefore

B．somehow

C．instead

D．however

小题10:

A．settled

B．turned

C．took

D．got

小题11:

A．passive

B．active

C．negative

D．subjective

小题12:

A．experiences

B．trips

C．roads

D．paths

小题13:

A．unexpected

B．poor

C．excellent

D．average

小题14:

A．When

B．What

C．How

D．Why

小题15:

A．complex

B．advanced

C．common

D．primary

小题16:

A．arise

B．separate

C．suffer

D．come

小题17:

A．believe

B．suspect

C．adopt

D．receive

小题18:

A．weakening

B．strengthening

C．abandoning

D．accepting

小题19:

A．As a result

B．At the same time

C．In addition

D．On the contrary

小题20:

A．anything

B．something

C．nothing

D．all

答案

小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:A

解析

【解题导语】本文陈述了一个普遍存在的观念：人们常常不能正确认识和对待别人对自己的看法，产生消极、悲观的自我偏见。作者结合自身经历，分析这种偏见产生的原因，告诉读者：我们并没有什么天生的缺陷，能做好自己想做的任何事。
小题1:B。put off推迟。我总是把事情推后。
小题1:C。你也许已经用他们来描述你自己（yourself）。
小题1:D。根据后面for years和often from as far back as childhood，选repeated。
小题1:B。常常从遥远的童年就开始。
小题1:A。根据上文和下文But they can set low expectations for us，待选词的意思是“依
据”，故选A。
小题1:C。 affect“影响”某人的发展。故选C。
小题1:A。从搭配上只能填A
小题1:B。从前面to work on cars应填tools，表示围着工具转。
小题1:D。however与上文构成转折关系，故选D。
小题1:C。take down写下，同write down，put down。
小题1:C。与前面提到的positive构成对比关系。
小题1:A。experience表示生活经历。
小题1:B。由后文的you can’t solve simple mechanical problems可知他在军事测试中
的很差的表现。
小题1:D。why为什么。为什么你能解决复杂的数学问题
小题1:A。complex复杂的。与后面的simple构成对比关系。
小题1:C。suffer from患有遗传性缺陷(疾病)。
小题1:A。live out实现(已计划或想做的事)，根据上面所提到的选believe是表示“(我
自己宁愿去)相信”。
小题1:B。根据前后文在这里表示“使我的信念根深蒂固”之意。
小题1:D。On the contrary相反的。相反,如果我们不对待自己,好像我们是无法治愈的遗传缺陷。
小题1:A。anything任何事情。我们几乎可以做得很好我们选择的任何事情。

举一反三

Too many people want others to be friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last long. To have a friend, you must learn to be one. You must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous; be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friend starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you do not tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You do not have to give your lunch money or your clothes of course. Instead you have to learn how to share things you enjoy, like your hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them, you h

elp your friend know better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be the first step in solving the problem. So a friend must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are ever exactly alike. But true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friends, you must practice honesty, generosity, and understanding.
小题1:What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Three Important Points in Life

B．How to Be a Good Friend

C．Honesty Is the Most Important Quality

D．A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

小题2:Some friendships don’t last long because________.

A．some people don’t treat friendship seriously

B．there are too many people who want to make friends

C．they don’t share their lunch money

D．some people only receive friendship but don’t give friendship back

小题3:In the 2nd paragraph the underlined phrase “count on” probably means _______.

A．calculate

B．trust

C．matter

D．include

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That year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners……
Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.
Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.
However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him……
It was the new teacher!
The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.
小题1:根据短文第二三段描述，可知这位新老师的工作很有创造性，故选A。
小题2:根据短文最后一段Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.描述，可知选B，这个所谓的最蠢的学生其实比其它学生知道的多。
小题3:根据Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school.描述，可知选B。
小题4:联系上文To do this they used all kinds of stuff :可知选C。
小题5:The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teacher’s ___________.

A．creativity

B．imagination

C．responsibility

D．curiosity

小题6:The passage implies that the stupidest child____________________________.

A．was in great need of math teacher’s help after class

B．knew much more about math than other classmates

C．had no much gift for math and was slow to learn it

D．disliked both the new math teacher and his lessons

小题7:According to the passage, Lewis followed the stupidest in order to ______________.

A．learn about where he lived	B．find out if he felt upset
C．say something to comfort him	D．make friends with him

小题8: What does the underlined word “this” in the third paragraph refer to ?

A．To find the stupidest kid’s mistakes.

B．To think up the most original ways to explain.

C．To use all kinds of stuff.

D．To follow him home after school.

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Kids who receive special education are, without doubt, the hardest working children in any school. When they are having difficulty learning basic literacy and number concepts, when they break rules, when they need more services, support and adult attention than their peers, then they are struggling the hardest. In psychology, we are trained to think that if we are feeling angry or confused when sitting with a patient, then we are probably feeling just what our patient is feeling. The same is true for students with disabilities. Whatever we feel when we work with them, they are probably feeling as they work with us.
If you have a disability that affects your education, then you have a brain disorder. Because education, even in mathematics, is largely verbal（用言辞）, most brain disorders responsible for educational disabilities affect language, and how you process words and ideas in written and oral form. To i

magine how much effort a child with a language disability spends each school day, imagine yourself attending a school today taught in a language you had a basic understanding of. Imagine though, that while you seem fluent to others, you have trouble when people talk too fast, use idioms or expressions.
When adults and classmates blame, or criticize kids who receive special education, they are struggling with their own confusion. It is difficult to imagine the world as it is lived by someone with an educational disability. It is difficult to understand how someone who can be so "normal" can have so many problems. It is so easy to imagine that if they just tried harder... without understanding that just to do the ordinary, kids with disabilities are making an extraordinary effort.
小题1:What is the purpose of the author by writing the passage?

A．to introduce how hard to be a special education teacher.

B．to think highly of the children with disabilities.

C．to show the disabled have much trouble in understanding.

D．to call on the society to care for the disabled.

小题2: If a disabled kid learns number concepts, he __________.

A．won’t work as hard as a normal.

B．will work double as hard as a normal.

C．will be as patient as the normal.

D．will think of his disability first.

小题3:If a kid has a disability affecting his education, he will ________.

A．have a hard time using the language.

B．be too foolish to learn maths .

C．not

understand what others are saying.

D．have a lot of trouble in remembering words.

小题4:Before you intend to blame a kid receiving

special education, __________.

A．you should try to understand what he is saying.

B．you should imagine the world he lives in.

C．you should imagine yourself in his shoes.

D．you should think of the education he has received.

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We all know how important human life is—it’s priceless. It doesn’t matter where you are from or what the color of your skins is—all people are human beings. Firstly, we can tell you that the lives of your relatives could depend on your ability to give first aid. If you think highly of human’s life, this website is for you! Here you can find information about first aid.
The very first thing that you should do when you see an accident is to evaluate the situation and prevent further dangerous incidents. First of all, you have to recognize what has happened and what the dangers to rescuers and victims are. Think about how to take care of the victims.
Helping usually takes place in very difficult conditions and injuries can be very bad. Therefore, you cannot be too afraid of making mistakes to help. Sometimes you have to face the fact that regardless of your actions and your efforts the victim’s condition might not improve—he or she could even die. In some cases even professional medical aid may not succeed. If you have done everything you think you should do, you shouldn’t feel guilty.
Do not expose yourself to danger. Giving first aid can be dangerous. While trying to help a victim, do not forget about your own safety. If something happens to you, you won’t be able to help anyone.
Call for help after you find out the condition of a victim. But remember if a victim faints due to breathing failure caused by drowning, choking or poisoning, you should first take actions that help to bring back the heart beat and breathing. While calling, talk shortly but clearly. Always provide the following information: the location of the accident, the kind of accident, the number of the injured and your full name and phone number and so on.
小题1:The passage is probably taken from _________.

A．a newspaper

B．the Internet

C．a textbook

D．a guide book

小题2:The underlined word “ evaluate” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.

A．leave

B．protect

C．avoid

D．judge

小题3: What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．You should learn some professional knowledge about first aid.

B．You shouldn’t feel guilty if you don’t know about first aid.

C．Try your best to give first aid and don’t be afraid of making mistakes

D．Don’t make mistakes when you are giving first aid.

小题4:The author thinks that helping a victim can be ____________.

A．risky

B．shocking

C．exciting

D．boring

小题5:It can be inferred from the passage that __________.

A．young people must learn how to give first aid

B．you should forget about your own safety while giving first aid.

C．when you see an accident you should do nothing but call the police.

D．when calling for help you should give all relevant details.

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Your children’s teacher will be providing extra time for test preparation. This school year’s test will be held on January 8 and 9. The test preparation time is open to all students, and we strongly encourage your children to attend.
This year we are changing the time for our test preparation: it will be on Thursday mornings from 8:10 to 8:50. This helps children who ride the bus and cannot stay for the after-school period. It also helps avoid conflicts with after-school activities.
Danielle and Marina will be working with the recent new test takers 6 days on the following Thursdays: 15^th, Nov; 29^th, Nov; 6^th, Dec; 13^th, Dec.; 20^th, Dec. and 3^rd, Jan.
Besides the test preparation lectures on these dates, teachers are already putting test preparation into their usual courses. We are finding that we can help our students to be both skillful and whole-hearted readers and test takers — after all, we all know that the best test preparation is good reading and writing training.
What can you do at home? Again, the best and most effective test preparation for the ELA test is reading and more reading. The research is quite clear — students who do well in the tests are those who are good readers. Reading not only builds reading ability, it also helps build confidence — important for successful test taking! But do discourage your children from spending too much time on books that are too hard or even a bit too hard. Children best develop comprehension skills when they are reading books just right for them (too easy doesn’t hurt here either).
Finally, on Friday, December 7, we will have a morning lecture on the ELA. Please pay attention!
小题1:The text is mainly about ________.

A．how teachers will provide more time for test preparation

B．the reason why time for test preparation will be changed

C．how teachers have put test preparation into their usual courses

D．test preparation information that parents should know about

小题2:The time for test preparation has been changed to _________.

A．make it more convenient for the students to attend

B．help the new test-takers have more time to read

C．avoid disagreement in time between different years of students

D．avoid conflicts between preparation time and the usual courses

小题3:From the passage, we know that ________.

A．Danielle will help students prepare for different tests

B．the school year test will be on a Tuesday

C．all the children must take part in the test preparation

D．the students can learn how to write well in the test preparation

小题4: Parents should _____ at home.

A．prepare good meals for their children

B．read more books with their children

C．ask their children not to spend too much time on reading

D．encourage their children to read more books fit for them

小题5:Why did the school encourage all the students to take part in the test preparation?

A．Test preparation is what they always do.

B．The students will learn what will be included in the final exam.

C．Test preparation helps students to be more interested in reading and confident.

D．The test is a long way off and there are better things to do.

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