We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday
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We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests" coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.
The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.
Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.
I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big "to do" over the younger one because she"s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.
But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.
I said, "What are you doing, my dear?"
She turned to me with a sad expression and said, "Mommy, why don"t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I "m not pretty? Is that why they don"t say nice things about me as much?"
I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.
Now, whenever I visit a friend"s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.
56．The underlined expression " make a big "to do" over" (paragraph 4) means ______.
A．show much concern about B．have a special effect on
C．list jobs to be done for D．do good things for
57．The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her ______.
A．beautiful hair B．pretty clothes
C．lovely smile D．young age
58．Kristen felt sad and cried because ______.
A．the guest gave her more coats to carry
B．she didn"t look as pretty as Kelly
C．the guests praised her sister more than her
D．her mother didn"t introduce her to the guests
59．We can conclude from the passage that ______.
A．parents should pay more attention to the elder children
B．the younger children are usually more easily hurt
C．people usually like the younger children more
D．adults should treat children equally
60．Which of the following saying is right?
A．Kristen and Kelly are not getting along with each other.
B．Kristen is older than Kelly.
C．The mother likes Kristen more than Kelly.
D．People usually talk more to Kelly than they do to Kristen. |
答案
| 56.A. 57.D．58．C．59．D．60．B． |
解析
56．选A．show much concern about。从第四段because she"s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.可以推出答案A 。
57．选 D．young age。从第三段They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.可以推出答案D。
58．选C．the guests praised her sister more than her。从Kristen would feel she was being outshined.可以推出答案C。
59．选D．adults should treat children equally。综观全文，得出结论要一视同仁。
60．选B．Kristen is older than Kelly.从第三段Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one,可以推出答案B。 |
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When a group of children politely stop a conversation with you, saying: “We have to go to work now,” you’re left feeling surprised and certainly uneasy. After all, this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is just unthinkable. That is, until you are told that they are all pupils of stage schools, and that the “work” they go off to is to go on the stage in a theatre.
Stage schools often act as agencies（代理机构）to supply children for stage and television work. More worthy of the name “stage school” are those few places where children attend full time, with a training for the theatre and a general education.
A visit to such schools will leave you in no doubt that the children enjoy themselves. After all, what lively children wouldn’t settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary school work, and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day?
Then of course there are times for the children to make a name and make a little money in some big shows. Some stage schools give their children too much professional work at such a young age. But the law is very tight on the amount they can do. Those under 13 are limited to 40 days in the year; those over 13 to 80 days.
The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the profession for which they are being trained. So what happens to those who don’t make it? While all the leading schools say they place great importance on children getting good study results, the facts seem to suggest this is not always the case.
小题1:People would stop feeling uneasy when realizing that the children they’re talking to________.
| A．attend a stage school | B．are going to the theatre
| C．have got some work to do | D．love singing and dancing |
小题2: In the writer’s opinion, a good stage school should ________.
A．produce star performers
| B．help pupils improve their study skills
| C．train pupils in language and performing arts
| D．provide a general education and stage training. |
小题3:“Professional work” as used in the text means ________.
| A．ordinary school work | B．money-making performances
| C．stage training at school | D．acting, singing or dancing after class |
小题4: Which of the following best describes how the writer feels about stage schools?
A．He thinks highly of what they have to offer.
| B．He favours an early start in the training of performing arts.
| C．He feels uncomfortable about children putting on night shows.
| D．He doubts the standard of ordinary education they have reached. |
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We do not know exactly how many whales there are in the sea because we can’t count them. But we believe at the beginning of the eighteenth century there were 105,000 humpback whales and 120,000 right whales. At the beginning of the twentieth century there were 75,000 humpbacks and 80,000 rights.
Since 1900 their numbers have fallen very quickly. Between 1935 and 1950 the number of humpbacks fell from 20,000 to 10,000 and since 1950 the number has fallen to only 6,000. The number of right whales has fallen even faster. In 1935 there were 25,000. The number fell to 6,000 in 1950 and since 1950 the number has fallen to 4,000. Men have always been hunters. Thousands of whales have become victims(牺牲品). It’s time to do something to protect whales.
小题1:Which of the following is true?| A．We know the exact number of whales in the sea. | | B．It’s easy for us to count whales in the sea. | | C．We find it impossible to count whales in the sea. | | D．We don’t want to know how many whales there are in the sea. |
小题2:The number of right whales has fallen _______.| A．more slowly than that of humpback whales | | B．faster than that of humpback whales | | C．as slowly as that of humpback whales | | D．as fast as that of humpback whales |
小题3:The passage is mainly about _______.| A．the number of humpback whales | | B．the number of right whales | | C．hunting whales | | D．the necessity of protecting whales |
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Before the early 1960’s people interested in the differing roles of the left and right hemispheres(半球) of the brain depended almost entirely on facts drawn from animal research, form studies of patients with one-sided brain damage. But it was possible to find out which brain hemisphere was most involved in speech and other functions in normal people by having them listen to two different words coming to the two ears at the same time. This became known as the “dichotic listening” procedure. When several word pairs are given in a row, people are unable to report them all, and most right-handers prefer to report, and report more correctly, words given to their right ears. This seems to be related to the fact that signals from the right ear, although sent to both hemispheres, are better sent to the left hemisphere which controls speech. People who have speech represented(回忆) in the right hemisphere, a very unusual occurrence even in left-handed people, more correctly report what their left ears hear.
In contrast to the right-ear advantage for speech, there is generally a left-ear advantage for another type of auditory(听觉的) signal: music. When right-handed people listen to melodic patterns they report them better from the left ear.
小题1:Which of the following would be the most proper title for the passage?| A．An Introduction to Speech Damage in Patients with Brain Damage. | | B．An Investigation into the Role of the Brain’s Hemispheres. | | C．An Analysis of Left and Right-handed People. | | D．An Examination of “Dichotic Listening”. |
小题2:The “dichotic listening” procedure could best be described as hearing _______.| A．two different words in the same ear twice | | B．the same word twice in the same ear | | C．two different words in different ears | | D．two different words twice in two ears |
小题3:according to the passage, right-handed people normally _______.| A．have better hearing in their both ears | | B．have little difficulty in reporting words given to their right ears | | C．are unable to report word pairs given to their left ears | | D．correctly report word pairs given in a row |
小题4:according to the passage, music is best appreciated when heard by _______.| A．the left ear of right-handers | | B．people with a left-ear advantage | | C．left-handers in their right ears | | D．right-handed people who understand melodic patterns |
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"Reduce, reuse and recycle, this familiar environmentalist slogan tells us how to reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfills and waterways.
The concept is being used to deal with one possibly dangerous form of waste – electronic junk (电子垃圾), such as old computers, cell-phones, and televisions. But this process for managing e-waste may be used in an unscrupulous way more often than not used, a recent report suggests.
“A lot of these materials are being sent to developing nations under the excuse of reuse – to bridge the digital divide,” said Richard Gutierrez, a policy researcher.
One of the problems is that no one proves whether these old machines work before they hit the seaways. Because of this, the report says, e-waste is a growing problem in Lagos, Nigeria, and elsewhere in the developing world. Much of the waste ends up being thrown away along rivers and roads. Often it’s picked apart by poor people, who may face dangerous exposure to poisonous chemicals in the equipment.
Businessmen also pay workers a little money to get back materials such as gold and copper. This low-tech recovery process could expose workers and the local environment to many dangerous materials used to build electronics. According to Gutierrez, this shadow economy exists because the excuse of recycling and reusing electronics gives businessmen “a green passport” to ship waste around the globe. “Developing nations must take upon some of the responsibility themselves,” Gutierrez said. But, he added, “A greater portion of this responsibility should fall on the exporting state.”
China, for example, has become a dumping place for large amounts of e-waste. The nation is beginning to take action to stop the flow of dangerous materials across its borders. The Chinese government, after many years of denial, is finally beginning to take the lead.
小题1:The underlined word “unscrupulous” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.| A．unsafe | B．tricky | C．wrong | D．immoral |
小题2:What does the fourth paragraph mainly discuss?| A．Old computers and TVs still work before they are sent abroad. | | B．Poor people break up e-waste to collect some valuable materials. | | C．A lot of e-waste is dumped in developing countries. | | D．The problem of e-waste is growing in developing countries. |
小题3:From what Gutierrez said we can learn that ________.| A．exporting countries should mainly be responsible for this problem. | | B．neither rich nor poor countries should be blamed for this problem | | C．developing countries should be responsible for this problem | | D．poor countries should blamed for this problem |
小题4:It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.| A．China has hidden a large amount of e-waste in many secret places | | B．China has greatly changed hre idea about the problem of e-waste | | C．China has prevented poisonous materials from entering China for a long time | | D．China is falling behind other countries in dealing with e-wast |
小题5:The passage mainly tells us that _______.| A．developing countries are facing serious environmental problems | | B．e-waste is a growing problem in developed countries | | C．e-waste is sent to developing countries under the excuse of reuse | | D．developing countries are making full use of e-waste |
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Few people would defend the Victorian attitude on children, but if you were a parent in those days, at least you knew where you stood: children were to be seen and not heard. Freud and his colleagues did away with all that and parents have been puzzled ever since. The child’s happiness is all- important, they say, but what about the parents’ happiness? Modern child-rearing manuals（抚养孩子手册）would never permit cruelty to children .The trouble is you are not allowed even to shout. Who knows what deep psychological(心理的)wounds you might cause? The poor child may never recover from the dreadful experience. So it is the parents that bend over backwards to avoid giving their children complex which a hundred years ago hadn’t even been heard of. Certainly, a child needs love, and a lot of it. But the excessive permissive(纵容) of modern parents is surely doing more harm than good.
Psychologists(心理学家) have succeeded in weakening parents confidence in their own authority. And it hasn’t taken children long to get wind of the fact. In addition to the great modern classics on child care, there are countless articles in magazines and newspapers. With so much advice flying about, mum and dad just don’t know what to do any more. In the end, they do nothing at all. So, from early childhood, the kids are in charge and parents’ lives are regulated according to the needs of their kids. When the little dears develop into teenagers, they take complete control. Lack of authority over the years makes teenagers rebellion against parents all the more violent. If the young people are going to have a party, for example, parents are asked to leave the house. Their presence merely spoils the fun. What else can the poor parents do but obey?
小题1:The author says that today’s parents _______.| A．are bombarded with excessive amounts of child-care literature. | | B．draw a distinction between permissiveness and carelessness. | | C．are only towards children from happy home backgrounds. | | D．weigh their children’s knowledge rather than intelligence. |
小题2:The phrase “get wind of” (Para.2) most likely means _______ .| A．become used to | B．try to avoid | | C．realize | D．become puzzled of |
小题3:Which of the following can be inferred from this passage?| A．Victorian child rearing is a model for parents to follow. | | B．Psychologists have much to answer for today’s problems on child care. | | C．With the help of so much advice, raising children is easier than ever. | | D．Parents like to enjoy the freedom when there is a party in the house. |
小题4:What’s the main idea of this passage?| A．The excessive permissiveness of today’s parents is harmful to children. | | B．Psychologists shouldn’t interfere so much with child care. | | C．Parents should hold the Victorian attitudes towards children. | | D．Children are too sensitive to be hurt. |
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