We use an average of 158 liters of water a day in Britain, for which we pay a ba

We use an average of 158 liters of water a day in Britain, for which we pay a ba

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We use an average of 158 liters of water a day in Britain, for which we pay a bargain price of 28p a liter, but much of this is just cash down the drain, according to water companies.
Most are campaigning to cut the amount we use. And the frontline weapon in their campaign is the water meter (计量器). They want us all to have one and one company is seeking powers to make this compulsory.
The Government is anxious for us to use less water, too. Elliot Morley, the Environment Minister, says he is impressed by the savings when a meter is installed. In most homes, consumption drops by 20 percent.
He also thinks consumers get a good deal from meters. He said, “Most people would find that they would either be exactly the same or better off with water meters and it is a fairer way of paying for water.”
At present, only 25% of households have meters and most of those are in East Anglia. They are installed by water companies, and households then have about £43 added to each bill to cover the cost of installing and reading the meter.
Barrie Clarke, a spokesman for Water UK, said, “We want everyone to be more water wise—to think about the amount of water they use. But with our climate change and different weather patterns, over time it will make economic and environmental sense to think how we use water. This may mean meters.”
Mr. Clarke believes the easiest way to save water is to use less in the garden. In one hour, a sprinkler uses the same amount of water as the average family of four uses in a day—about 632 liters. He said that gardeners should water in the evening so that it dose not evaporate in the heat of the day and that every household should have a water butt to collect rainwater for use in the garden.
小题1:Which of the following is NOT the advantage of installing water meters?
A.Water consumption drops.
B.It’s fairer to pay for water.
C.They’re installed for free.
D.People are more water wise.
小题2:The passage implies that ________.
A.water meters are welcome by British people
B.people will be better off with water meters
C.everyone has become wiser to use water now
D.saving water is both good to economy and environment
小题3:How many liters of water does an average family of four use in a day after installing a meter in Britain?
A.about 126 litersB.about 158 liters
C.about 506 litersD.about 632 liters
小题4:The underlined word “evaporate” in the last paragraph means _________.
A.change into steam and disappears
B.absorb the heat of the day
C.sink into the soil
D.turn into ice
小题5:According to Mr. Clarke, some good ways to save water are as follows EXCEPT ________.
A.using less on the garden
B.using a sprinkler
C.watering in the evening
D.gathering rainfall for garden use

答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
解析

试题分析:本文讲述的是在英国建议人们安装the water meter (计量器)来节约用水,以保护环境节约资源。
小题1:C 细节题。根据文章第五段They are installed by water companies, and households then have about £43 added to each bill to cover the cost of installing and reading the meter.可知安装这样的设备是要花钱,不是免费的。故C项说法错误。
小题2:D 细节题。根据第6段2,3行But with our climate change and different weather patterns, over time it will make economic and environmental sense to think how we use water. This may mean meters.”可知这对于经济和环境都有很有大的好处的。故D正确。
小题3:C 计算题。根据第三段和最后一段In one hour, a sprinkler uses the same amount of water as the average family of four uses in a day—about 632 liters. 和In most homes, consumption drops by 20 percent.可知安装以后用水量减少了百分之20,大约506 l升。故A正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据He said that gardeners should water in the evening so that it dose not evaporate in the heat of the day and that every household should have a water butt to collect rainwater for use in the garden. 说明建议我们在晚上浇灌花园,而不是白天,因为白天的水要被蒸发。故该词是指蒸发,A正确。
小题5:B 细节题。根据文章最后一段In one hour, a sprinkler uses the same amount of water as the average family of four uses in a day—about 632 liters.可知使用sprinkler的用水量是很大的。故B说法不是节水的好方法。
点评:本文讲述的是在英国建议人们安装the water meter (计量器)来节约用水。本文以细节题的考查为主,细节题是针对文中某个细节、某句话或某部分具体内容设置问题,正确答案的根据一定可以在原文中找到,即原文的改写往往成为正确选项。通常细节题的正确选项有以下特征:对原文句子中的关键词进行替换。把原文中的一些词换成意义相近的词,成为正确选项。词性或者语态的变化。把原文中的一些词变换一下词性,或者改变原文句子的语态,给考生制造障碍。语言简化。把原文中的复杂语言现象进行简化,成为正确答案。正话反说。把原文中的意思反过来表达而成为正确选项(适用于寻找错误选项的题目)。
举一反三
D
Life is difficult.
It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties stand for a special kind of suffering especially forced on them or else on their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear.
These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes a lot of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we want to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct(指导).” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
小题1:Which sentence best express the central point of the passage?
A.Problems and difficulties represent a special kind of suffering.
B.We become stronger by facing and solving problems of life.
C.Life is difficult because our problems bring us pain.
D.People like to complain about their problems.
小题2:The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to ___.
A.save spaceB.persuade readers
C.make readers laughD.get readers’ attention
小题3:The main idea of paragraph 3 is that _________.
A.most people feel life is easy
B.the writer feel life is easy
C.the writer likes to complain about his problems
D.most people complain about how hard their lives are
小题4:According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in  order to ______.
A.encourage them to learn
B.teach them to fear the pain of solving the problems
C.help them learn to deal with pain
D.teach them how to respect problems
小题5:The saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that ______.
A.we do not learn from experience
B.we do not learn when we are in pain
C.pain teaches us important lessons
D.pain cannot be avoided

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The concept of solitude (独处) in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be    小题1:  . Solitude can be hard to discover once it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have    小题2:   our culture.
The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(an)    小题3:   as we’ve known. People have become so    小题4:   in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted even if they’d rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog to share our ideas, not only from our    小题5:  , but from our mobile phones as well.  
Most developed nations have become    小题6:   on digital technology simply because they’ve grown accustomed to it, and at this point not    小题7:   it would make them an outsider.    小题8:  , many jobs and careers require people to be    小题9:  . From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a    小题10:   to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.  
I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who really wants it. Computers can be shut down and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be “connected” and “on” has many    小题11:   , as well as disadvantages. Travelers have ended up    小题12:   on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. They can also make people feel    小题13  and forced to answer unwanted calls or reply to unwanted texts.
Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society    小题14   according to different generations. Some find today’s technology a gift. Others consider it a    小题15】  . Regardless of anyone’s view on the subject, it’s hard to imagine what life would be like without keeping up with the advancements in technology.
小题13:
A.updatedB.receivedC.sharedD.collected
小题14:
A.respectedB.shapedC.ignoredD.preserved
小题15:
A.edgeB.stageC.endD.balance
小题16:
A.sensitiveB.intelligentC.considerateD.reachable
小题17:
A.mediaB.computersC.databasesD.monitors
小题18:
A.bentB.hardC.keenD.dependent
小题19:
A.finding B.usingC.protecting D.changing
小题20:
A.AlsoB.InsteadC.OtherwiseD.Somehow
小题21:
A.connectedB.trainedC.recommendedD.interested
小题22:
A.pleasureB.benefitC.burdenD.disappointment
小题23:
A.aspectsB.weaknessesC.advantagesD.exceptions
小题24:
A.hiddenB.lostC.relaxedD.deserted
小题25:
A.amusedB.excitedC.confusedD.trapped
小题26:
A.varyB.ariseC.spreadD.exist
小题27:
A.presentB.tendencyC.progressD.curse

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A
For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?
Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. 
In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the dilemma. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesn’t matter what the topic is — politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg — the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority — someone who actually knows something — and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.
小题1:Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?
A.Both can continue for generations.
B.Both are about where to draw the line.
C.Neither has any clear winner.
D.Neither can be put to an end.
小题2:What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.
B.The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.
C.The teens accuse their parents of misleading them.
D.The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents.
小题3:Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ________.
A.give orders to the otherB.know more than the other
C.gain respect from the otherD.get the other to behave properly
小题4:What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?
A.Causes for the parent-teen conflicts.
B.Examples of the parent-teen war.
C.Solutions for the parent-teen problems.
D.Future of the parent-teen relationship.
小题5:Where do you think this passage can be found?
A.In a report.B.In a letter.
C.In a novel.D.In a textbook.

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C
So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake everything to do for children that only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that “reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”.
Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity. It can be seen and observed.
Learning to read, however, involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny.
If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest (探索) for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. “Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.”
When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.
小题1:The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that
________.
A.it is one of the most difficult school courses
B.students spend endless hours in reading
C.reading tasks are assigned with little guidance
D.too much time is spent in teaching about reading
小题2:The teaching of reading will be successful if ________.
A.teachers can improve conditions at school for the students
B.teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading
C.teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading
D.teachers can make their teaching activities observable
小题3:The underlined word “scrutiny” most probably means “________”.
A.inquiryB.observationC.controlD.suspect
小题4:According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when
________.
A.children become highly motivated
B.teacher and learner roles are interchangeable
C.teaching helps children in the search for knowledge
D.reading enriches children’s experience
小题5: The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A.teachers should do nothing in helping students learn to read
B.teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible
C.reading ability is something acquired rather than taught
D.reading is more complicated than generally believed

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(D)
You can not see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. The moon, for example, does not give off any light of its own. It is non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moon light is only second hand sunlight.
When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.
Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.
小题1:You can see the book because_______.
A.your eyes are close to it B.it reflects some of the sunlight
C.it has light of its ownD.your eyesight can get to it
小题2:The underlined word “luminous” means_______.
A.visibleB.all colorsC.giving off lightD.sunlight
小题3:________ have light of their own.
A.The sun and the moonB.The stars and the earth
C.The sun and the starsD.The moon and the earth
小题4:Which of the following is true?
A.All the things you can see give off light.
B.Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon.
C.The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes.
D.Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.
小题5:This article is probably from _________ .
A.a science magazineB.a medical magazine
C.a biographyD.a story book.

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