阅读理解。 Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do
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| 阅读理解。 |
Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the
purpose of educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that by free education for all-one
can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for
all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degree; they refuse
to do what they think “low” work; and, in fact, work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such
countries. But we have only to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely uneducated farmer
is far more important than that of a professor; we can live without education, but we die if we have no food.
If no one cleaned our streets and took the rubbish away from our houses, we should get terrible diseases in our
towns.
In fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to fit us for life, it means that we must be educated in
such a way that, firstly, each of us can do whatever work suited to his brains and ability and, secondly, that
we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that is very bad to be ashamed of one"s work. Only
such a type of education can be considered valuable to society. |
| 1. The writer of the passage thinks that _____. |
A. education can settle most of the world"s problems
B. free education for all probably leads to a perfect world
C. free education won"t help to solve problems
D. all the social problems can"t be solved by education |
| 2. The writer wants to prove that _____. |
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A. our society needs all kinds of jobs
B. our society needs free education for all
C. a farmer is more important than a professor
D. work with hands is the most important |
| 3. The purpose of education is _____. |
A. to choose officials for the country
B. to prepare children mainly for their future work
C. to let everyone receive education fit for him
D. to build a perfect world |
| 4. The passage tells us about _______ of the education. |
A. the means
B. the system
C. the value
D. the type |
答案
| 1-4: DABC |
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| 阅读理解。 |
The horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world"s first widely
used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were
no units for measuring power.
Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that init one
horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.
He discovered that a horse could lift a 3,300-pound weight 10 feet into the air in one minute. His engine
could lift a 3,300 pound weight 100 feet in one minute.
Because his engine did ten times as much work as the horse, Watt called it a ten-horsepower engine. |
| 1. Watt made the world"s first _____. |
A. train
B. engine
C. steam engine
D. bus |
| 2. Watt wanted to find a way _____. |
A. to lift a 3,300-pound weight
B. to show how useful his steam engine was
C. to tell people exactly how powerful his steam engine was
D. to measure the weight of his steam engine |
| 3. What does one horsepower mean? It means _____. |
A. one horse"s power
B. what one strong horse can do in one minute
C. what one horse can do in a day
D. what work one horse can do as much as possible |
| 4. Which is not true? |
A. Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute.
B. Watt decided to make the world"s first widely used horse engine.
C. He wanted to find a way to tell people exactly how powerful his engine was.
D. He wanted to measure the work his engine could do. |
| 5. The best headline for the article is _____. |
A. Horsepower
B. Watt"s steam engine
C. A ten-horsepower engine
D. The beginning of horsepower |
| 阅读理解。 |
Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy. After all, you
probably sing or whistle when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy. However, they
sing most of the time for a very different reason. Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay
out of their territory.
Do you know what a "territory" is? A territory is an area that an animal,usually the male, claims (声称)
as its own. Only he and his family are welcome there.No other families of the same species (物种) are
welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your family and friends are welcome. If a
stranger should enter your territory and threaten you,you might shout. Probably this would be enough to
frighten him away.
If so, you have actually scared the stranger away without having to fight him. A bird does the same thing.
But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting (筑巢) season. So he is screaming all the
time,whether he can see an outsider or not. This screaming is what we call a bird"s song,and it is usually
enough to keep an outsider away.
Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a mate and warn others not to enter the
territory of theirs.
You can see that birds have a language all their own. Most of it has to do with attracting mates and setting
up territories. |
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| 1. Some scientists believe that most of the time birds" singing is actually _____. |
A. an expression of happiness
B. a way of warning
C. an expression of anger
D. a way of greeting |
| 2. What is a bird"s "territory"? |
A. A place where families of other species are not accepted.
B. A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.
C. An area for which birds fight against each other.
D. An area which a bird considers to be its own. |
| 3. Why do birds keep on singing at nesting season? |
A. Because they want to invite more friends.
B. Because their singing helps frighten outsiders away.
C. Because they want to find outsiders around.
D. Because their singing helps get rid of their fears. |
| 4. How does the writer explain birds" singing? |
A. By comparing birds with human beings.
B. By reporting experiment results.
C. By describing birds" daily life.
D. By telling a bird"s story. |
| 阅读理解。 |
One is not born able to speak a language. One is born able to make a noise. I have heard babies cry in
America and in China. I can"t tell any difference. But when I hear someone from America speak English
and hear someone speak Chinese, I can tell you there are a lot of differences.
I believe a common problem with Chinese students" learning English is that they were not taught to think
in English. They have an idea spoken in English and want to translate the idea into Chinese, Then they think
in Chinese of the proper reply and translate it into English. After a long period of speaking the language, one
begins to think in the foreign language naturally. You will learn faster if you begin to think in English at the
very beginning of your study. Many students ask me: What can I do to improve my spoken English?
My reply is: The more English you speak, the better English you will speak. There are many things you
can do to improve your spoken English. Of course, the best way is to live where English is spoken as a
language of the country. |
| 1. The cries of American and Chinese babies are ______. |
A. different
B. the same
C. not like each other
D. like each other |
| 2. The underlined sentence ( in Paragraph 2 ) means that _______. |
A. some teachers didn"t teach students to think in English
B. teachers never gave the students the way of learning English
C. students didn"t remember the way teachers taught them
D. teachers didn"t want their students to think in English |
| 3. The underlined word "they" ( in Paragraph 2 ) refers to "______". |
A. Chinese students
B. English students
C. Chinese teachers
D. English teachers |
| 4. According to the article, which of the following is TRUE? |
A. You must think in English all the time.
B. If you translate a sentence into Chinese, you should think about the meaning of the sentence
in Chinese carefully first.
C. After speaking English for a long time, you may probably think in English naturally.
D. The best way of learning English is to live in America. |
| 完形填空。 |
My disability is in reading. Most of the time I hate reading because I think people will 1 me if I get
words wrong. Sometimes I feel like crying. I get 2 because I can"t read as well as I would like to. My
reading disability also gets 3 the way with my tests because I sometimes can"t 4 the meaning of the
questions in my tests.
5 most kids, I also find that if a book doesn"t interest me, I easily get 6 and reading becomes a
bigger 7 to me. When I read, I try to read where it is quiet so I can concentrate better. 8 , I have to
readthe sentences over and over again.
I have happy days and sad days. The 9 days are when I am asked to read, and I don"t 10 any of
the words wrong. My dark 11 are when I have my hand up to read and my teacher doesn"t 12 me, but
later calls on me to read a difficult part that is beyond (超出) my ability.
I used to think I was the only one who couldn"t read. You can"t 13 if someone can or can"t read by
looking at them. 14 knew I had trouble in reading until I attended a class with a girl and she found out
my 15 . Then I found out she couldn"t read very well. I was 16 to find out we had something in 17 .
Together we learned there were ways to get information other than by 18 . There are books on tape,
video and people who 19 read to us. Having trouble in reading doesn"t 20 we can"t learn from one
another and make friends. |
( ) 1. A. laugh at
( ) 2. A. glad
( ) 3. A. on
( ) 4. A. carry out
( ) 5. A. Different from
( ) 6. A. disappointed
( ) 7. A. stress
( ) 8. A. Otherwise
( ) 9. A. rich
( ) 10. A. recite
( ) 11. A. days
( ) 12. A. see
( ) 13. A. understand
( ) 14. A. Everyone
( ) 15. A. illness
( ) 16. A. anxious
( ) 17. A. general
( ) 18. A. reading
( ) 19. A. should
( ) 20. A. affect | B. dislike
B. frightened
B. by
B. take out
B. Like
B. bored
B. suffering
B. Instead
B. unforgettable
B. pronounce
B. times
B. notice
B. imagine
B. People
B. weakness
B. ready
B. particular
B. speaking
B. must
B. influence | C. upset
C. angry
C. in
C. deal with
C. Expect for
C. lost
C. challenge
C. However
C. cheerful
C. speak
C. hours
C. pick
C. tell
C. Classmates
C. reality
C. happy
C. short
C. writing
C. need
C. mean | D. ignore
D. surprised
D. across
D. figure out
D. Compared with
D. hurt
D. fear
D. Fear
D. attractive
D. choose
D. years
D. trust
D. explain
D. Nobody
D. prevention
D. discouraged
D. common
D. listening
D. will
D. determine | | 阅读理解 。 | It"s the lunchtime break at Shanghai Xianxia Middle School. No mobile phones can be heard ringing
anywhere. The common sight of crowds of children chatting on their phones or sending short messages
has disappeared.
A grade-2 student said , "I couldn"t concentrate during classes if the cell phone was with me. I couldn"t
help checking if there were messages or missed phone calls. I even played games on the phone sometimes."
The school authorities say they feel the ban (禁令) is necessary to keep order in class. They even gave
out an open letter to remind parents not to let their children bring mobile phones to school. More than 96
percent of parents say they welcome the school decision. The school is also being flexible (灵活的) in
implementing the ban. Those students who live far from school are allowed to bring mobile phones to
contact their parents. But they still have to switch them off in classrooms.
Medical experts have also welcomed the school decision. They say too much dependence on mobile
phones can cause many psychological problems in teenage students. | | 1. The grade-2 student thought that _______. | A. the mobile phone should be on during classes
B. it is good to play cell phone games sometimes
C. the mobile phone is helpful to her studies
D. it is no good to use the cell phone at school | | 2. According to the passage, the students use their mobile phones except _______. | A. contacting their parents
B. cheating in exams
C. sending short messages
D. playing games | | 3. Which of the following is true according to the passage? | A. All the parents welcome the school decision.
B. Some students can bring mobile phones to school.
C. Medical experts are against the school decision.
D. No one is allowed to bring his mobile phone to school. | | 4. What does the underlined word "implementing" in paragraph 3 probably mean? | A. Carrying out.
B. Giving up.
C. Making up.
D. Finding out. | | 5. The passage mainly tells us _____. | A. the mobile phone is a big trouble to teenage students
B. the use of the mobile phone can cause mental problems
C. about a ban on the mobile phone in a middle school
D. a story happening at Shanghai Xianxia Middle School | 最新试题
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