阅读理解 I"m usually fairly skeptical about any research that concludes that peo

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阅读理解     I"m usually fairly skeptical about any research that concludes that people are either happier or
unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago. While any of these
statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove scientifically. Still, I was struck by
a report which concluded that today"s children are significantly more anxious than children in the
1950s. In fact, the analysis showed, normal children aged 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of anxiety
today than children who were treated for mental illness 50 years ago.
     Why are America"s kids so stressed? The report cites two main causes: increasing physical
isolation(隔离) brought on by high divorce rates and less involvement in community, among other
things and a growing perception that the world is a more dangerous place.
      Considering that we_can"t_turn_the_clock_back,_adults can still do plenty to help the next
generation.
     At the top of the list is nurturing(培育) a better appreciation of the limits of individualism. No
child is an island. Strengthening social ties helps build communities and protect individuals against
stress.
      To help kids build stronger connections with others, you can pull the plug on TVs and computers.
Your family will thank you later. They will have more time for facetoface relationships, and they will
get more sleep.
     Limit the amount of virtual(虚拟的) violence your children are exposed to. It"s not just video
games and movies; children see a lot of murder and crime on the local news.
     Keep your expectations for your children reasonable. Many highly successful people never attended
Harvard or Yale.
     Make exercise part of your daily routine. It will help you cope with your own anxieties and provide
a good model for your kids. Sometimes anxiety is unavoidable. But it doesn"t have to ruin your life.

1. According to the analysis, compared with normal children today, children treated as mentally ill 50
    years ago ________.
A. probably suffered less from anxiety
B. were considered less individualistic
C. were less isolated physically
D. were probably less selfcentered

2. What does the author mean by saying "we can"t turn the clock back" in the third paragraph?
A. It"s impossible to forget the past.
B. The social reality children are facing cannot be forgotten.
C. It"s impossible to slow down the pace of change.
D. Lessons learned from the past should not be forgotten.

3. The author thinks that the conclusions of any research about people"s state of mind are ________.
A. illogical
B. confusing
C. surprising
D. questionable

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. To children, anxiety is completely avoidable.
B. TV and computer play an important role in isolating children from the real world.
C. Exercise does not help to lessen children"s anxiety.
D. Sometimes local news about crime and murder also affects children a little.

5. The first and most important thing parents should do to help their children is________.
A. to lower their expectations for them
B. to set a good model for them to follow
C. to get them more involved socially
D. to improve them with a safer environment

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1-5: ABDBC

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阅读理解     Japanese high school students either walk or ride bicycles if the distance is not too great. In other
cases, students must take public buses and trains. After junior high school, students attend schools
based on their high school entrance examination scores. So some students travel a great distance to
attend the school.
     ________
     The school day begins at 8:30. Then students assemble in their homeroom classes for the day"s
studies. Each homeroom has an average of 40-45 students. Students stay in their homeroom
classrooms for most of the school day. Only for physical education, laboratory classes, or other
subjects requiring special facilities(设备) do students move to different parts of the school. Between
classes and at lunchtime, classrooms can be noisy, lively places. Some schools may have a cafeteria(自
助餐厅), but most do not. In most schools, students bring a box lunch from home, prepared by the
mother in the early morning hours.
     Japanese students spend 240 days a year at school, 60 days more than American students. Students
in hig h schools take three years" each of the following subjects mathematics, social studies, Japanese,
science, and English. Other subjects include physical education, music, art, and moral(道德的) studies.
All the students in one grade level study the same subjects. Given the number of required subjects,
electives(选修科目) are few.
     Afterschool Activities
     Club activities take place after school every day. Students can join only one club, and they rarely
change clubs from year to year, so the clubs are relatively stable. Clubs are made up of sports clubs
(baseball, soccer, judo, kendo, etc.) and culture clubs(English, broadcasting, science, etc.). New
students usually are encouraged to select a club shortly after the school year begins in April. Clubs
meet for two hours after school each day and many clubs continue to meet during school vacations.

1. Most Japanese high school students often have their lunch________.
A. in restaurants
B. in school cafeterias
C. at home
D. in homeroom classrooms

2. Students in the USA go to school________days a year.
A. 180
B. 200
C. 240
D. 300

3. The underlined word "rarely" in the fourth paragraph means "________".
A. always
B. never
C. seldom
D. often

4.From the passage we know that________.
A. there are less than 40 students in each class in Japanese high schools
B. students must stay in homeroom classrooms for physical education
C. there are few subjects for students to choose except the required ones
D. there will not be any club activities during school vacations

5. The best subtitle for the second and third paragraphs may be "________".
A. At school
B. In class
C. Subjects
D. Homerooms

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    阅读短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题.
     It"s a fine line parents walk as they try to guide their kids into adulthood. You want to protect but not
treat too kindly, advise but not control and let them live their own lives-with some input, of course.
     If your child asks you to tie a particular hardtotie knot(绳结)for a project she is working on,just tie
the knot. Don"t start helping with the rest of the project or making suggestions on how to do it. She wants
to do it herself, in her own way. Before offering help or advice which your child has not asked for, count
to ten. Perhaps in those seconds you"ll decide that the advice would do no good,or isn"t really that
important,and you"ll drop it. If the advice still seems important, you will give it,but the pause may lead you
to give it in a more thoughtful way.
    Remember that your child is not you and is not a reflection of you. We make a serious mistake if we
try to shape our children into copies of ourselves, or if we think of them as extensions or reflections of
ourselves. We need to help them to be them, not try to turn them into us or into something that we think
will make us look good.
     Our primary responsibility to our children is not that of telling them momenttomoment or daytoday
how to behave but providing them with a healthy environment in which to develop. For example, one of
the best ways you can help your kids is to work with your community to create safeenough outdoor
places to play in your neighborhood.

1. What"s the best title of this text? (No more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________
2. What is the primary responsibility of parents to their children?(No more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________
3. What is the meaning of the underlined word "reflection" in Paragraph 3?(No more than 5  words)
________________________________________________________________________
4. Make a list of three mistakes that we parents usually make in guiding the kids.(No more than 20 words)
(1)________________________________________________________________________
(2)________________________________________________________________________
(3)________________________________________________________________________
5. What should a parent do when his/her child asks for help or advice according to the passage?(No more than 15 words)
________________________________________________________________________

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The Shenzhou Ⅶ astronauts Liu Boming, Zhai Zhigang and Jing Haipeng all returned safe and sound
at 5?37 p.m.yesterday afternoon with a solid touchdown in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.The
process was broadcast live 1 national television.

     Spaceship commander and spacewalker Zhai Zhigang told China Central Television shortly after he
and his crew   2 (help) out of the reentry capsule:"It was a glorious mission (使命), full of challenges
with a perfect ending.I feel   3 (pride)of our motherland."The   three  heroic astronauts will have to
wait    4   this  morning  before they  can  return  to  their homes.Before then, they were arranged for a
full night"s rest in Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia.Zhai, a 42yearold astronaut from Heilongjiang
Province, got his place in the history books with    5   20minute spacewalk on Saturday."Greetings to
the Chinese  people and the people of the world, "Zhai said as he floated  out of Shenzhou Ⅶ   6
(slow).Liu stayed inside the orbital  module to assist him    7 Jing monitored the operation from   the
reentry capsule.
     President Hu Jintao watched the spacewalk from the  Beijing center   8   a number of other State
leaders.Shortly  afterward, Hu told the astronauts in a televised telephone exchange:"Your   9 (succeed)
represents a breakthrough in our manned space program, the motherland and the people  are  10 (thank)
to you."

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阅读理解      Of the thousands of different kinds of animals that exist in the world man has learned to make friends
with an enormous number.Some are pets, offering him companionship；some give protection, and some
do hard work which man cannot do for himself.Others, unfortunately, are kept as food.Dogs, which serve man in all four capacities(Korea and China are big dog eaters), are foundin various breeds(品种)in all
countries of the world.The Husky can live in the cold polar regions, and the Saluki is at homein the hottest parts of Central Africa.The inhabitants ofcertain countries are dependent for their very lives on the camel.
In the West Indies the little donkey, strong and surefooted, carrying heavy loads even in mountainous
places, is a familiar sight.
      Trained and tamed for many generations, domestic animals are not accustomed to roaming in search
of food and shelter.They look to their masters to provide for their needs, and as long as these are supplied, they are content to do what their masters require.
     All domestic animals need proper food.It must be suitable for them, sufficient in quantity, fresh and
clean.Some people feed a pet dog or cat on leftover food, and then wonder why the animal seems listless(倦怠的)and dull.The quantity of food depends on the size of the animal and the amount of exercise it
takes.Overfeeding is as bad as underfeeding.Containers for food and water must be washed regularly if
the animal is to maintain good health.
     Even wellcaredfor animals may sometimes fall ill.If this happens, the wise master seeks the best advice he can get.All sorts of medicines and treatments are available for sick animals, and in some countries
organizations exist to provide them free or at a cheap price.Useful, friendly and hardworking animals
deserve to have some time, money and attention spent on their health.

1.What does the author mainly want to convey in the first paragraph?
A. There exist thousands of species of animals in the world.
B. Man came to establish a close relationship with a number of animals.
C. In some regions dogs seem to be more closely related to man.
D. Most animals existing in the world are kept by humans now.

2.Which of the following is NOT a domestic animal, according to the passage?
A .A wolf kept in a zoo.
B. A cattle raised for farming.
C. A tiger performing in circus.
D. A fish living in the river.

3.Which of the following is NOT true of dogs according to the passage?
A. They can act as friends, guards, and servants to man.
B. They have great adaptation for the environment.
C. There live a great variety of breeds of dogs on the globe.
D. The Husky and the Saluki are the strongest breeds ever known in the world.

4.To keep a domestic animal physically fit, its owner is advised   ___ .
A. not to hesitate to spend enormous amount of money on it
B. to be wise about their feeding
C. not to allow it to take too big amounts of exercise
D. to join some sort of petkeeping organizations

5.Which of the following would be the best TITLE for this passage?
A. Domesticated Animals-Man"s Best Friends
B. Proper Diet for Healthy Animals
C. The Advantages of Raising Domestic Animals
D. Some Tips on Petkeeping

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      Just like humans, birds too rely on sound to communicate.However, they do not have a "language" in
the true sense of the word and instead produce a variety of sounds to convey different emotions.
     Often, birds recognize their mates (or young) by sound rather than sight.Hungry young birds use
begging calls to let their mothers know it is feeding time.Alarm calls, flight calls and warning calls are other sounds made frequently by adults.
    A new study shows that songbirds rehearse (排演) their songs even in their sleep.The activity in the
brain of the birds when asleep is similar to the brain activity when the birds were awake and singing.The
team used tiny recording devices to measure the activity of individual brain cells in four songbirds both
when they were singing and when they were asleep.
     Apparently the bird stores a song after hearing it, and then rehearses it later in its sleep.Scientists now
believe the birds "dream of songs and tunes" to help them master the fine art of singing and that sleep
plays a key role in the learning process!
     Many songbirds learn to sing listening to adult birds of the same species.However, if separated from
the adults, the young birds develop sounds which are hard to understand instead of normal song patterns.
Researchers carried out an experiment in which a male bullfinch (灰雀) was raised by a female canary
(金丝雀). The bullfinch soon learned the canary"s song and when it was later mated to a female bullfinch, Mr.Bullfinch taught his children the canary"s songs.
     Last year, a British survey of London"s songbirds showed that the city"s birds are losing their tunes.
Birds could hardly hear one another, over the traffic noise；as a result, instead of copying the sweet
notes of the adults, young birds were copying the sounds they heard most often, namely car horns and
beeping cellphones!

1. According to the passage, birds recognize their mates by ________.
A. using their own words
B. listening to their sounds
C. looking at their appearances
D. singing the same songs

2. What kind of calls might a young bird make most often according to the passage?
A. Flight calls.
B. Alarm calls.
C. Begging calls.
D. Warning calls.

3. The story of Mr.Bullfinch suggests that ________.
A. young birds learn to sing from whom they live together with
B. birds only learn how to sing from the same adult species
C. it"s not easy for adult birds to teach young birds songs
D. a canary"s song is more beautiful than a bullfinch"s

4. From the last paragraph we know that ________.
A. traffic noise makes young birds become deaf
B. birds in the city can sing as sweetly as those in the wild
C. birds in the city recognize their mates mainly by sight
D. noise pollution causes much trouble for birds in the city

5. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The eyesight of songbirds is very poor in most cases.
B. There"s no brain activity when a bird is sleeping.
C. Birds have something in common with humans in terms of communication.
D. Different songbirds usually develop the same song patterns.

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