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If you look for a book as a present for a child, you will be spoiled for choice even in a year when there
is no new Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling"s wizard is not alone: the past decade has been a harvest for good
children"s books, which has set off a large quantity of films and in turn led to increased sales of classics
such as The Lord of the Rings.
Yet despite that, reading is increasingly unpopular among children. According to statistics, in 1997 23%
said they didn"t like reading at all. In 2003, 35% did. And around 6% of children leave primary school each
year unable to read properly.
Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computer games. Maybe the books boom has
affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Gordon Brown plans to change things for
the bottom of the class. In his pre-budget report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to
help the children struggling most.
Reading Recovery is aimed at six-year-olds, who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes
with a specially trained teacher. An evaluation earlier this year reported that children on the scheme made 20
months" progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months"
progress, and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.
International research tends to find that when British children leave primary school they read well, but read
less - often for fun than those elsewhere. Reading for fun matters because children who are keen on reading
can expect lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success. According
to the OECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage. |
| 1. Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1? |
A. Many children"s books have been adapted from films.
B. Many high-quality children"s books have been published.
C. The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.
D. The sales of presents for children have increased. |
| 2. Statistics suggested that ___. |
A. the number of top students increased with the use of computers.
B. a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading.
C. a minority of primary school children read properly.
D. a large percentage of children read regularly. |
| 3. What do we know about Reading Recovery? |
A. An education of it will be made sometime this year.
B. Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.
C. It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.
D. Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading. |
| 4. Reading for fun is important because book-loving children ____. |
A. takes greater advantage of the project.
B. shows the potential to enjoy a long life.
C. is likely to succeed in their education.
D. would make excellent future researchers. |
| 5. The aim of this text would probably be ____. |
A. to overcome primary school pupils" reading difficulty.
B. to encourage the publication of more children"s books.
C. to remind children of the importance of reading for fun.
D. to introduce a way to improve early childhood reading. |
答案
| 1-5: BBDCD |
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Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to warrant time in front
of the television have been devised in the UK.
The shoes-named Square Eyes-contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to
record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to
a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves,
based on the day"s efforts.
The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British
teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University
in London, UK. "We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out," she says. "And I
wanted to tackle that with my design."
Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically
switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.
Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts
of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours
of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV
time.
Existing pedometer (计步器) normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by
measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking.
But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. "It is possible, but it would be a lot of
effort," she says. "That was one of my main design considerations." |
| 1. According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to _____. |
A. keep a record of the steps of the wearer.
B. deal with overweight among teenagers.
C. enable children to resist the temptation of TV.
D. prevent children from being tricked by TV programs. |
| 2. Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes? |
A. They regulate a child"s evening TV viewing time.
B. They determine a child"s daily pocket money.
C. They have raised the hot issue of overweight.
D. They contain information of the receiver. |
| 3. What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion? |
A. The exact number of steps to be taken.
B. The precise number of hours spent on TV.
C. The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.
D. The way of changing steps into TV watching time. |
| 4. Compared with other similar products, the new design ___. |
A. make it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat.
B. counts the wearer"s steps through shaking.
C. records the sudden movement of the wearer.
D. sends teenagers" health data to the receiver. |
| 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? |
A. Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time
B. Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise
C. Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise
D. Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight |
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Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability (能力). They feel
hopeless about it. Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?
To be sure, people are different. You cannot to do everything as well as certain other people do. It al the
students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor;
and many would be in between. But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are
guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice. It is the same with reading. Some seem to enjoy reading
and to read well without any special help. Others find reading a slow and tiring job. In between, there are all
degrees of reading ability.
Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability. In these
experiments, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability. After some of the causes of their poor
reading were discovered, they were given special instruction and practice in reading. After a few months,
another test of the same kind was given. In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores. |
| 1. With the example of basketball players, the author shows _____. |
A. why certain people are poor readers
B. that there are differences in people"s abilities
C. why some people are good basketball players
D. that good basketball players can be good readers |
| 2. With the example of basketball players, the author shows _____. |
A. why certain people are poor readers
B. that there are differences in people"s abilities
C. why some people are good basketball players
D. that good basketball players can be good readers |
| 3. The experiments mentioned in the text show that _____. |
A. good readers seem to enjoy reading
B. almost all poor readers can make progress
C. causes of poor reading are difficult to find out
D. tests help people improve their reading ability |
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Sorry to say, our brains naturally start slowing down at the Cruelty young age of 30. It used to be
thought that this couldn"t be helped, but new studies show that people of any age can train their brains
to work faster. "Your brain is a learning machine," says University of California scientist Dr. Michael
Merzenich. Given the right tools, we can train our brains to act like they did when we were younger.
All that"s required is the practice designed just for the purpose: a few exercises for the mind.
Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to speed up the process(过程) in which
the brain deals with information (positscience.com). Since much of the data we receive comes through
Over the course of training, the program starts asking you to distinguish (辨别) sounds (between "dog"
and "bog", for example) at an increasingly faster speed. It"s a bit like tennis instructor, says Merzenich,
hitting balls at you ~faster and faster to keep you challenged (受到挑战). You may start out slow, but before
long you"re pretty quick.
The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If
you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process.
To keep your brain young and plastic you can do one of a million new activities that challenge and excite
you: playing table tennis or bridge, doing crossword puzzles, learning a language.... "When it comes to
preventing ageing, you really do "use it or lose it"," says Barbara Sahakian, professor at Cambridge University. |
| 1. Dr. Merzenich"s training method mainly depends on ______. |
A. speech training
B. computer languages
C. the activities one joins in
D. the information being dealt with |
| 2. By saying "the brain at any age is highly plastic", the writer probably means the brain can be_____. |
A. used
B. mastered
C. developed
D. researched |
| 3. What can we learn from the text? |
A. Practice makes a quick mind.
B. Brain research started ten yeas ago.
C. Dr. Merzenich is a scientist in computer.
D. People believed nothing could stop the brain slowing down. |
| 4. Which of the following agrees with the writer"s idea? |
A. The training methods work better for the old.
B. People should use the brain to stop it from ageing.
C. The training of the brain should start at an early age.
D. It"s necessary to take part in as many activities as possible. |
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In meditation (冥想),people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath. As they breathe in and
out, they attend to their feelings. As thoughts go through their minds. they let them go. Breathe. Let go.
Breathe. Let go.
According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, three months of
training in this kind of meditation causes a market change in how the brain allocates (分配) attention. It
appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly
changing things and events in the outside world. Expert mediators are better than other people at catching
such fast-changing stimuli (刺激), like facial expressions.
The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can
learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice. everything from driving to playing the piano. The study
has shown that meditation is good for the brain, It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of
well-being.
In an experiment, 17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three
months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day. A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for
20 minutes a day over the same period. Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group
of letters. As both group looked for the numbers, their brain activity was recorded.
Everyone could catch the first number. But the brain recordings showed that the less experienced
mediators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it, so they missed the second number. Those with
more experience gave less attention to the first number. as if letting it go, which led to an increased ability
to grasp the second number, This shows that attention can change with practice.
Just ask Daniel Levision, who meditated for three months as part of the study. " I am a much better
listener," he said. "I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying." |
| 1. The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 1 refers to ______. |
A. feelings
B. minds
C. people
D. thoughts |
| 2. Meditations manage their daily tasks better because they ______. |
A. are given less pressure
B. allocate their attention better
C. have more stimuli for life
D. practice them more frequently |
| 3. In the experiment, volunteers doing meditation for longer hours ______. |
A. were more likely to catch both of the members
B. were used to memorizing numbers in groups
C. usually ignored the first number observed
D. paid more attention to numbers than to letters |
| 4. The study proves that ______. |
A. meditation improves one"s health
B. brain activity can be recorded
C. human attention can be trained
D. mediators have a good sense of hearing |
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When people want to know about the weather, they usually go to their radios, TVs, newspapers, or to the
Internet. However, you can also find many weather signs among wildlife, because of their highly developed
senses. Drops in air pressure (压力) produce an effect on small animals in many ways. Mice and deer are
good weather indicators. People who spend a lot of time outdoors have observed that, before a storm, field
mice come out of their holes and run around. Deer leave high ground and come down from the mountains.
Birds are especially good weather indicators because they also show the effect of a pressure drop in many
ways. For example, some birds become irritable (急躁的) and quarrelsome and will fight over a piece of bread.
Other birds chirp (叽叽喳喳) and sing just before a storm. It seems they know they won"t get another chance
for an hour or two. Birds also seek safe places before a storm. You will sometimes see birds settling in trees
or gathering together on a wire close to a building. Pre-storm low pressure makes the air so thin that birds
have difficulty flying.
It is unusual to see many birds flying overhead in the summertime, rather than during the periods in the
spring or autumn. Watch for other weather signs if you see this. If they fly in the wrong direction, they may
be flying ahead of a storm.
By paying closer attention to some important signs in nature, we can become better prepared for any kind
of weather. |
| 1. The word "indicators" in paragraph 1 probably means _____. |
A. maps
B. services
C. signs
D. stations |
| 2. There will be a storm if birds _____. |
A. make more noise than usual
B. fly in different directions
C. come down from tall trees
D. share a piece of bread |
| 3. How can birds sense the coming of a storm? |
A. By feeling a drop in air temperature.
B. By noticing the change of wind directions.
C. By feeling a drop in air pressure.
D. By noticing the movements of other animals. |
| 4. The best title for the text would be _____. |
A. Signs of a Storm
B. Drops in Air Pressure
C. Animals" Sharp Senses
D. Nature"s Weather Signs |
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