阅读理解 Is early childhood education really necessary?Early childhood education

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     Is early childhood education really necessary?Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning
through playing to develop the child"s physical, sensory, communicational and social development.Early
childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally
trained before they are old enough for kindergarten.
     There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education.Studies have shown
that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed
causing failure in school, and even in life.Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head
Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are
less likely to receive public help or go to prison.
     There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early.Time Magazine online explains that "the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with firstgrade work." I have
personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become
frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school.Yet parents have been sure that the
earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier.
     Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary
years, studies also show that this head start is really a "false start", as the gains are lost in middle and high
school years.It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life"s success than early education.Head Start
programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school
children.Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap.

1. The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is ________.

A. to develop the children"s communication
B. to give orphaned children good care and education
C. to get the children prepared for the kindergarten
D. to train the children formally and regularly

2. According to the studies, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Children with good early education may have a rich life.
B. The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life.
C. Children without early education can do well at school.
D. Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children.

3. "the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with firstgrade work." suggests that ______.

A. the early childhood education is helpless to the child"s grade
B. it is good for the young children to receive early education
C. the early education can help the children follow the grade
D. the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be

4. The author"s attitude toward the early childhood education is ________.

A. puzzling
B. negative
C. indifferent
D. proving

5. The main idea of the last passage is that ________.

A. the early childhood education is very necessary
B. Head Start programs have helped the children a lot
C. environment is the most important to life"s success
D. better ways should be found to help the poor children

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阅读理解    Camp memories last forever! We make sure they are unforgettable!
     Shadow Ridge Summer Camps offer so many exciting things for campers to do.Unlike other camp
programs that include horses as a small part of their program, at Shadow Ridge horses are the program! We are 100% horse from stable (马厩) management, nature walks, and track rides to bedroom furnishings.
     Horses help us achieve many of our aims.Girls can learn to develop responsibility, selfconfidence and
personal connections in their lives while having fun.Using horses as a wonderful tool for education, our
camps offer an interesting place for growth and learning.
     Imagine each girl having her very own horse to spend time with and a best friend to love and take
care of.Each camper is responsible for a horse for the week.Our riding program provides a lot of riding
and lesson time.Campers will learn how to take care of the horse and the tack (马具), as well as how to
ride.Days are filled with horserelated activities to strengthen the connection between each girl and horse,
as the girls learn to work safely around the horses.
    At Shadow Ridge we try to create a loving, caring family atmosphere for our campers.We have "The
Bunkhouse"(4 girls), "The Wranglers Roost"(4 girls), and "The Hideout"(2 girls) in our comfortable 177
yearold farm house.All meals are home cooked, offering delicious and healthy food for the hungry rider.
    Our excellent activities create personalized memories of your child"s vacation.Each child will receive a
camp Tshirt and a photo album (usually 300－500 pictures) of their stay at camp.
    Our camps are offered during June, July and August 2011, for small groups of girls aged 13－16
years, not only from Canada but also other parts of the world.
    We will send you full program descriptions at your request.

1. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To attract people to the camps.
B. To talk about camping experiences.
C. To describe the programs of the camps.
D. To explain the aims of the camps.

2. What do we know about the camp programs at Shadow Ridge?

A. Campers are required to wear camp Tshirts.
B. Horses play a central role in the activities.
C. Campers learn to cook food for themselves.
D. Horse lessons are offered all the year round.

3. The programs at Shadow Ridge mainly aim to help people ________.

A. understand horses better
B. enjoy a family atmosphere
C. have fun above other things
D. achieve an educational purpose

4. Which one of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The time of the camping.
B. The cost of the camping.
C. The advantages of the camping.
D. The effect of the camping.

5. The passage is written mainly for ________.

A. horse riders
B. teenage girls
C. Canadian parents
D. international travelers

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阅读理解    Teens don"t understand the big fuss (小题大做). As the first generation to grow up in a wired world,
they hardly know a time when computers weren"t around, and they eagerly catch the chance to spend
hours online, chatting with friends, so what?
    But researchers nationwide are increasingly worried that teens are becoming isolated, less skillful at
persontoperson relationships, and perhaps numb to the cheatings that are so much a part of the email
world."And a teen"s sense of self and values may be changed in a world where personal connections can
be limitless," said Shetty Turkle.
     Another researcher, Robert Kraut, said he"s worried about the "opportunity costs" of so much online
time for youths.He found that teens who used computers, even just a few hours a week, showed
increased signs of loneliness and social isolation."Chatting online may be better than watching television,
but it"s worse than hanging out with real friends," he said.
    Today"s teens, however, don"t see anything strange in the fact that the computer takes up a centra
l place in their social lives."School is busy and full of pressure.There"s almost no time to just hang out,"
said Parker Rice, 17."Talking online is just to catch up time."
     Teens say they feel good about what they say online or taking the time to think about a reply.Some
teens admit that asking someone for a date, or breaking up, can be easier in message form, though they
don"t want to do so.But they insist there"s no harm.

1. The researchers argue that ________.

A. teens may develop a different sense of values
B. nothing is wrong with teens" chatting online
C. teens can manage their social connections
D. spending hours online does much good to teens

2. Teens think that talking online can help them ________.

A. use computers properly
B. improve their school work
C. develop an interest in social skills
D. reduce their mental pressures

3. The text mainly deals with ________.

A. teens" pleasant online experience
B. teens" computer skills and school work
C. the effects of the computer world on teens
D. different opinions on teens" chatting online

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Teens are more skillful at persontoperson relationships.
B. Teens showed decreasing signs of loneliness and social isolation.
C. Chatting online is worse than hanging out with real friends.

D. Asking someone for a date, or breaking up, can be more difficult in message form.

5. The purpose of the text is to ________.
A. describe computer research results
B. draw attention to teens" computer habits
C. suggest ways to deal with problem teens
D. discuss problems teens have at school

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首先请阅读下列几种学习英浯的方法:

A. Practice speaking as often as you can-even speaking to yourself is good practice.Try recording
yourself whenever you can.
B. It helps if you can learn with someone else.If you can persuade a friend or family member to study
with you, it will make you keep working.Agree times to meet and set goals for the week.And test each
other regularly.
C. Practice improvising (即兴的) ways of getting your meaning across, even if you don"t know the exact
words or phrases.Think of things you might want to say whenever you have time.An example is the use
of tenses.Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to get your meaning across.
D. Guesswork is important in learning a new language.When listening to recorded material, you aren"t
expected to understand everything the first round.If you play the same piece several times, you will most
probably understand something new each time.Learn to make maximum (最大限度) use of all the clues (提示) you can pick up.
E. A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning, but don"t try to learn too much
vocabulary at once.
F. If you are the person on the bus, street or restaurant asking how you can improve your English, you
are on the right track.The only way to improve your speaking is by speaking.Don"t worry about a bad
accent or forgetting words or not being understood.
以下是学习者在学习英语中所遇到的闲难.请将这些困难与他们所对应的学习方法匹配起来.
1. Jack"s vocabulary is very small.He is very anxious to improve his English.Therefore, he wants to
enlarge his vocabulary in a short time and tries his best to memorize new words as many as possible at a
time.
2. Margret"s pronunciation is poor.And she doesn"t know how to improve her pronunciation.She is very
worried and doesn"t know what to do.
3. Alice has difficulty in understanding the meaning of the English text.So she looks up the new words in
the dictionary in order to understand everything.However, she made little progress in English.
4. Although Peter wants to communicate with people on the bus when he is on the way home, he is
afraid of being laughed at because of his poor accent.
5. Lynne can"t express herself clearly in English because she sometimes forgets some key words and
doesn"t know the tenses exactly.

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阅读理解     BRISBANE-Australian Olympic chief John Coates has said Greek athlete Katerina Thanou should
not be awarded the Sydney Olympics 100 metres gold medal handed back by Marion Jones.
     Jones, who this week admitted to steroid(类固醇)use in the build up to the Sydney Games, has
returned the three gold medals and two bronzes she won in 2000.
    But Thanou, the silver medalist in Sydney, was herself banned for two years after she failed to appear
for a drug test at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
     "I"d like to think that Katerina Thanou would not be awarded the gold medal," Coates told the
Australian Associated Press on Tuesday, "but there may be some legal difficulties for the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) to overcome in order to reach that conclusion."
     Jamaica"s Tayna Lawrence won the 100m bronze medal in Sydney behind Jones and Thanou.
Coates also said he expected the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to hand back the medals
won by the women"s 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams.
     Two of Jones"s team mates in the 4x100m team which finished third in Sydney, Torri Edwards and
Chryste Gaines, have also served doping(兴奋剂)bans.
     The U.S. women"s 4x100m relay team won the gold medal ahead of Jamaica and Russia.
     "On the relays, it"s my expectation that the United States Olympic Committee will be required to also
hand back the medals won by the other ladies who competed with Jones in the two relays," Coates said.
     "That is normal practice."
     The United States Olympic Committee (USCO) has publicly apologized to the organizers and
competitors of the 2000 Sydney Games and the Australian public for Jones"s actions.
    As part of the USOC"s apology, president Peter Ueberroth promised that the U.S. would send a clean
team to next year"s Beijing Olympics.

1. Thanou get the Sydney gold medal because________.

A. she didn"t pass the drug test.
B. she served doping ban at Sydney Olympics.
C. she didn"t take the drug test at Sydney Olympics.
D. she ran the first at Sydney Olympics.

2. Which of the following statements is True?

A. Jones has got five gold medals at Sydney Olympics.
B. The USCO has returned medals in the two relays.
C. Jones also took part in the women"s 4x100m relay race.
D. Thanou should receive Sydney gold medal.

3. Why did Coates expect the USOC to hand back the medals won in the relay races?

A. Because the IOC required them to do so.
B. Because some of the runners of the U.S served doping bans.
C. Because they didn"t take the first place in the relay races.
D Because they felt sorry for Jones"s actions.

4. What would probably happen next according to the passage?

A. Thanou would receive Sydney gold.
B. Fewer or no American athletes will serve doping drugs in Beijing Olympics.
C. Jamaica"s Tayna Lawrence would receive Sydney gold.
D. Thanou wouldn"t be allowed to take part in the Beijing Olympics.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Thanou should not receive Sydney gold
B. Jones has returned the Sydney medals
C. Beijing Olympics
D. The U.S would send a clean team to Beijing Olympics.

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阅读理解     June 26, 2000 - the Human Genome(基因组) Project, a great $3 billion, 15-year task aimed at
drawing the genetic(遗传的) map of humans, is now more than 90 percent completed. The scientific
and medical communities are very excited about the chances genetic research provides for getting rid
of diseases and prolonging(延长) human life. But those communities and policymakers also are careful
about the scientific door they are opening as the project uncovers the mysteries of life.
     For the last few years, the genetic advances in the developing field of biotechnology(生物技术) have
provides material for all kinds of work, but the developments of modern science in unlocking the secrets
of the human genetic code have opened a world of possibilities for human health, as well as for the
popular imagination.
   While European and Japanese researchers are making rapid progress in decoding(解码) human DNA,
the leading organization for genetic research is in the United States, which began in 1990, is "unlocking
the code" of the human body to learn how to defeat fatal diseases . Already, the Human Genome Project
has become widely known and praised for finding the genes connected with terrible diseases as yet, and
making progress toward separating the genes that show a sign of breast cancer or AIDS.
     Once these genes are found and studied, researchers can develop new ways to attack infections and
genetic diseases. Medical companies are very interested in mapping the human genome, as they expect to develop a lot of new drugs for these illnesses.

1. Why did the scientists work hard at mapping the human genome?

A. Because the human genome can help us live longer.
B. Because they wanted to be better known than others.
C. Because the human genome can provide a lot of money
D. Because the human genome"s completion can help them get rid of many diseases.

2. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. If the genes can be found, scientists can study many new ways to cure illnesses.
B. The scientists have made great progress in connecting the genes with the cancers.
C. Many medical companies show great interest in drawing the human genome map.
D. The United States began the Genes Study early in the 19th century.

3. Which country studied the genes most rapidly in the world?

A. Japan.
C. The United States  .
B. British England
D. China.

4. We can conclude that the Human Genome Project can cause _______.

A. the policy makers to feel very happy.
B. the scientists to work harder
C. many people to live longer.
D. a lot of companies to produce many new drugs

5. What" the best title of the passage?

A. unlocking genetic code
B. the genes" discovery
C. human genome"s science
D. the genes and the scientists

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