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In the past, going to a piano teacher was the most popular way to learn how to play the piano. You could get one-to-one teaching and have the opportunity to learn as much as the teacher knew. If you didn’t have private lessons, you could still learn the piano, but you would have to teach yourself. This was easy for some, but very difficult for most. However, with technology developing today, there is at last another way that you can take piano lessons. You can take an online course.
An online course is much cheaper than a private lesson. If a private lesson costs 30-40 dollars per week, just think about how quickly that adds up. You can take a whole online course in piano for just a fraction(小部分) of the money that you would spend on weeks of private lessons. Also, private lessons are usually only one hour per week. So you would have to wait for your next lesson to continue your learning. However, online piano courses are quite different.
With an online piano course, you can work at your own pace. You can also take as many lessons per week as you want, or go back and listen to your last lesson if you have forgotten anything. Most adults who want to learn how to play the piano enjoy being able to go back and listen to the lessons again.
Of course if you need someone to sit beside you and offer you immediate feedback(反馈) as you are playing, you might not get that from an online piano course. However, the lessons online can be viewed（观看） at any time, or as often as you’d like, which means that you can get your own type of feedback from an online piano course.
小题1:This passage mainly tells us ______.| A．the disadvantages of the traditional ways of learning to play the piano | | B．the differences between traditional piano courses and online courses | | C．why people prefer online piano courses to traditional piano courses | | D．the advantages of learning to play the piano through an online course |
小题2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 want to tell us?| A．That private piano lessons shouldn’t be that expensive. | | B．That taking private piano lessons really costs a lot. | | C．That not everyone can afford to take piano lessons. | | D．That the price for private piano lessons has increased greatly. |
小题3:How did the writer make his points clear?| A．By giving detailed data. | | B．By giving many examples | | C．By writing about his own experiences | | D．By comparing with the old ways. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D |
解析
试题分析：在过去，人们学钢琴都要找钢琴老师，还要四处奔波。现在，我们可以在网上学习钢琴了，更方便，更快捷，更人性化的符合你的需求。
小题1:主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了在网上学习钢琴的优势，因此这是在为在线学习钢琴做广告。故选D。
小题2:句意猜测题。本段讲了在线学钢琴一大优势就是便宜，因此是在说请私人钢琴教师花费是巨大的，而且还在不断涨价中。故选B。
小题3:主旨大意题。作者为了说明在线钢琴学习的优势，一直在与传统的方式，也就是请私人钢琴教师相比较。故选D。 |
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Most parents and teachers would get angry when they hear that teenagers listen to their iPods while preparing for exams. But pupils who listen to music when doing their homework may be, in fact, working hard.
Thirty three schools have downloaded specially written pop and rock songs for their 10,000 pupils who are studying for GCSE (初级毕业证书). The professionally recorded music, based on texts in English literature, teaches teenagers about themes in the GCSE curriculum (课程). Two young men set up “Revise”, the company that produced the songs, and worked with teachers to make sure the lyrics (歌词) reflected the curriculum. Some of the songs were written by Geraint Brown, a director, and they are performed by professional singers and musicians.
Songs for the GCSE science and maths lessons are also being developed in 36 schools. They have also started using the program, called, “LearnThruMusic”.
Dave Matthews, the head of Hawthorn High School in the South Wales valleys, said the program aimed at helping teenagers who are unwilling to study. He said, “There are lots of pupils who don’t have a high level of home support. It’s almost cool to say you have no need to find a support and we have got to change that. With this, they don’t have to be sitting at their desk at home. They can be outside, walking around or even listening to it on the bus, which is very convenient for them.” Everyone has a phone, MP3 or CD player, and they’re more likely to listen to these than pick up a book. “I think everyone would agree that music had an important influence on us when growing up. Both boys and girls are very good at remembering the words and dancing to the music in the charts. There’s no one thing that will successfully engage (使…产生兴趣) every child, and some of them will make little or no use of this. But the fact that they don’t have to do any extra work makes this a very good deal for a kid,” Dave Matthews added.
小题1:The pop and rock songs used in 36 schools ________. | A．were written for the students to relax themselves | | B．made most parents and teachers angry | | C．were specially written for hardworking students | | D．were closely related to the curriculum |
小题2:Which benefit of the program is NOT mentioned in the passage? | A．It saves students much extra work. | | B．It offers different ways of learning. | | C．It makes remembering easier. | | D．It improves family support to kids. |
小题3:Which of the following can be inferred in the passage? | A．The program is not expected to have equal effect on every student. | | B．Some students used the song as an excuse for not reading textbooks. | | C．It’s more difficult to create songs for science and maths lessons. | | D．Students involved in the program needn’t go to school every day. |
小题4:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? | A．Special-written Songs — A Reason Why Students Should Listen to IPods. | | B．Special-written Songs — A New Way to Learn the Curriculum. | | C．Special-written Songs — A Substitution for Textbooks. | | D．Special-written Songs — Mothers’ New Concern. |
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Although websites such as Facebook and MySpace experienced rapid growth during the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, some users remain unaware of the fact that the information they post online can come back to haunt them. First, employers can monitor employees who maintain a blog, photo diary, or website. Employers can look for controversial(引起争议的) employee opinions, sensitive information disclosures, or wildly inappropriate conduct. For example, a North Carolina newspaper fired one of its features writers after she created a blog on which she wrote about the strange things of her job and coworkers without signing her real name.
The second unintended use of information from social networking websites is employers who check on prospective employees. A June 11, 2006 New York Times article reported that many companies use search engines and social networking websites such as MySpace, Xanga, and Facebook to conduct background checks on college campuses. Although the use of MySpace or Google to check a student’s background is somewhat unsettling to many undergraduates, the Times noted that the use of Facebook is especially shocking to students who believe that Facebook is limited to current students and recent alum(校友).
Corporate employers are not the only people interested in college students’ lives. The third unintended use of social networking websites is college administrators who monitor the Internet — especially Facebook — for student bad behavior. For example, a college in Boston’s Back Bay expelled (除名) its student Government Association President for joining a Facebook group highly critical of a campus police sergeant. In addition, fifteen students at a state university in North Carolina faced charges in court for underage drinking because of photos that appeared on Facebook.
Although more users of websites such as Facebook are becoming aware of the potential dangers of online identities, many regular users still fail to take there basic security precautions(警惕). First, only make your information available to a specific list of individuals whom you approve. Second , regularly search for potentially harmful information about yourself that may have been posted by mistake or by a disgruntled
(不满的)former associate. Thrid, never post obviously offensive material will likely make its way to the wider world. By taking these simple steps, members of the digital world can realize the many benefits of e-community without experiencing some of the damaging unintended consequences.
小题1:The main purpose of the passage is to _____.| A．explain the growth of the digital world from the view of privacy | | B．discuss the risks of the digital world and suggest ways to protect yourself | | C．propose steps Facebook, MySpace and Google can take to protect user privacy | | D．illustrate(说明) potential unintended uses of private information |
小题2:The writer implies that users should take all of the following actions to protect their online privacy EXCEPT _____.| A．know to whom you make your online information available | | B．actively hunt for damaging information posted about you or under your name | | C．speak with employers to inform them of any misinformation published about you | | D．avoid uploading information that would be extremely damaging if it were discovered |
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following does the author imply?| A．Information obtained unwillingly from the Internet is permitted in court. | | B．It is impossible to protect yourself from unintended uses of information online. | | C．Even if you restrict who can view your data, the government may still access it. | | D．Done properly, posting offensive information about oneself brings no risk. |
小题4:In the last paragraph the author mainly _____.| A．offers detailed examples to support previous viewpoints | | B．further explores the ill-effects of the Internet on the protection of privacy | | C．summarizes the points of the above paragraphs | | D．provides suggestions to overcome the previously mentioned problems |
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It is generally believed that we are getting cleaned when we step under a shower. We are, but we’re also giving a home to lots of tiny little creatures we didn’t even know about. A showerhead carries thousands of bacteria called Mycobacterium．These can cause problems like coughs and tiredness, and a general feeling of poorliness (身体不舒服). When you turn on the water, the bacteria go from the showerhead onto and into your body.
This is a finding of Norman R. Pace and his team at the University of Colorado, in the US. The scientists investigated bacteria in all kinds of human environment, including showers．Pace"s team looked at 45 showerheads in nine American cities. They discovered that 30 percent of them had large amounts of flying Mycobacterium.
But Pace said that they pose few threats to the health．Only those with a weak immune system might need to worry．He told the New York Times that the bacteria are not as unpleasant as might be thought．He said that having a shower is no more dangerous than anything else we do in the morning．
But for those who feel sick about the idea of all those microorganisms (微生物), he had some advice. Let the water run for 30 seconds before getting into the shower. Why? The number of bacteria is smaller than that when the water is just turned on. If that seems like a waste of water, he added that you could also change your showerhead every few months.
However, Pace had good news too. He has also been testing the air in US subways. Apart from iron particles (粒子), which are ground off the track by the wheels of trains, subway air is fresh. The reason is that a train’s movement pumps fresh outdoor air into the tunnels.
Pace explained that he wanted to understand the natural microbial environments of public places. This kind of knowledge might help discover the microbes to be used in a bioterrorist (生物恐怖分子) attack.
小题1:From the finding of Norman R. Pace, after taking a shower, we might cough or feel tired because .| A．it’s easy to get a cold when taking a bath | | B．the showerhead carries many bacteria causing illness | | C．we don’t get cleaned while showering | | D．we don’t get a weak immune system |
小题2:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?| A．Hot water could kill most of bacteria in showerheads. | | B．Of 45 showerheads surveyed in nine cities, 30 carried large amounts of Mycobacterium. | | C．Changing showerheads is the only way to avoid microorganisms. | | D．Shower water contains much less bacteria after being left to run for 30 seconds. |
小题3:We can learn from the third paragraph that .| A．having a shower in the morning is more dangerous than at other time | | B．the bacteria always threat people’s health | | C．there is no reason to fear microorganisms for people with strong immune system | | D．it is better to do some exercise in the morning than have a shower |
小题4:The underlined word “pose” in the third paragraph probably means “______”．| A．cause | B．avoid | C．describe | D．promise |
小题5:What contributes to fresh air in US subways?| A．The train’s movement. | B．Iron particles． | | C．Train wheels. | D．Air conditioners on the trains． |
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Although cats may be one of the most popular pets today, little is known about how and when humans and cats set up their close relationship.
The earliest evidence for human–cat interaction dates back to prehistoric Cyprus（史前塞浦路斯）, where the remains of a wild cat and a human — dated 9,500 years old — were found buried together.
A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has confirmed the first direct evidence of a human–domestic cat relationship among Chinese farmers 5,300 years ago. Researchers studied the bones of cats, dogs, deer and other animals unearthed in an excavation (挖掘) near a village in Central China. By using some ways, scientists showed that the cats were living on a mostly millet(黍)–based diet, just like the domesticated dogs and pigs from the site.
"The most reasonable explanation for a high consumption of millet–based food is that the cats had formed a stable and mutual relationship with humans and could easily feed on rodents (啮齿动物) around human villages, find leftover food or even have been fed by people intentionally," said Hu Yaowu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, whose research focuses on the relationship between humans and domesticated animals.
"It is very interesting for us to find the consumption of millet-based foods by the cats, since this kind of evidence had long been missing.” Hu explains. Since cats usually eat meat, such a diet would be unexpected, unless the cats were being fed by people, the study argues. The researchers also found that one of the cats survived to reach old age, implying that it had a safe place to live and enough to eat.
Why the farmers wanted to keep cats nearby or make them "pets" could be answered by other evidence. Chinese archaeologists found some storage containers were specifically designed to keep out rodents — a vermin (害兽) that cats could certainly have helped with.
The simplified theory is that rats were attracted to the food of farmers, and so were harmful to farmers. Cats were attracted to the rats, and so farmers formed a mutually beneficial relationship with cats, taking care of them in return for pest control.
小题1:The evidence found in the remains dating back to prehistoric Cyprus means .| A．human made cats pets as early as 9,500 years ago | | B．human interacted with cats very early | | C．cats didn’t appear until prehistoric Cyprus | | D．when cats became domesticated |
小题2:Apart from cats, Hu Yaowu and his teams may also study .| A．the preventions of pests from grains | | B．the history of Chinese farming | | C．the dogs and pigs | | D．the ways to keep pets |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT the evidence of Chinese farms’ keeping cats?| A．Cats didn’t feed on meat. | | B．The cats consumed large amounts of millet–based foods. | | C．One of the cats survived to reach old age. | | D．Some storage containers were specifically designed to keep out rodents. |
小题4:What are the reasons for farmers to keep cats?| A．Helping keep other domesticated animals. | | B．Not letting cats eat food. | | C．Supplying meat for human. | | D．Helping reduce the amount of pests. |
小题5:In which part of a newspaper would be the passage most probably appear .| A．Entertainment | B．Environment | | C．Human and Science | D．Life and fashion |
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When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower（人力资源） for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.
Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and the famous law of diminishing(逐渐减少的) returns begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary for those truckers was $24000 while the full professors managed to earn just $23030.
A doctorate is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a future which is not bright. There are more doctors unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.
If you become a doctor in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.
Thousands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater(闭塞) college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns.
You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
小题1:According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ______.| A．will not be a disgrace to society | | B．will become loyal citizens | | C．can take care of themselves | | D．can meet the nation’s demand as a source of manpower |
小题2:Many doctors are out of job because ______. | A．they are improperly educated | | B．they are of little commercial value to their society | | C．there are fewer jobs in high schools | | D．they prefer easier jobs that make more money |
小题3:The nation is only interested in people ______.| A．with diplomas | | B．who specialize in physics and chemistry | | C．who are valuable to the gross national product | | D．who receive little education |
小题4:Which of the following is NOT true? | A．Bernard Shaw didn’t finish high school, nor did Edison. | | B．One must think carefully before pursuing a master’s degree. | | C．The higher your education level, the more money you will earn. | | D．If you are too well-educated, you’ll be overeducated for society’s demands. |
小题5:The writer sees education as ______.| A．a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country’s demands for technical workers | | B．a way to broaden one’s horizons | | C．more important than finding a job | | D．an opportunity that everyone should have |
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