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To be sure, only children experienced some things differently from those with sisters and brothers. Many feel more pressure to succeed. In the absence of brothers and sisters, only children also tend to look more exclusively to their parents as role models.
In India, 10-year-old Saviraj Sankpal founded a support group for the tiny minority of only children. Among other things, the group does volunteer work to counter the myth that they are not responsible. “People think we’re treated too kindly and ruined,” says Sankpal, a computer engineering student. “But I’d like to remind them how lonely it can get.”
Most only children, however, say they wish for sisters or brothers only when it comes to caring for aging, unhealthy parents. Britain’s David Emerson, coauthor of the book The Only Child, says that such a person bears a terrible burden in having to make all the decisions alone. Emerson knows from experience: After his father died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable(易受攻击的) to house breakers, to a new one with more security. “The move was quite hard on her, and she might feel that I pushed her into it,” he says. “After all, I am left with that responsibility.”
In the future, more and more only children will likely face similar choices. With working mothers increasingly the rule, many families are finding they simply don’t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. As only children become common, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.
小题1:It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards only children is 　　　.

A．critical

B．objective

C．hostile

D．unjust

小题2:It can be inferred from the passage that only children’s parents should 　　　.

A．find a support group for their only children

B．do volunteer work to help their only children

C．let their only children make all the decision alone

D．set good examples for their only children

小题3:Emerson decided to move his elderly mother to a new house because he 　　　.

A．is the only one who cares about her

B．doesn’t want to leave her alone

C．wants to share the responsibility with her

D．is worried about her safety

小题4:It is quite usual now for a working mother to 　　　.

A．spend all her time and money on her only child

B．be responsible for bringing up her only child

C．have and bring up only one child

D．devote all her energy to her job

答案

小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:C

解析

试题分析：本文叙述了现代的社会独生子女的孩子较多，独生子女由于没有兄弟姐妹，所以就以自己的父母为榜样来学习，所以父母应该为孩子做好榜样。由于职业母亲没有多余的时间和精力，所以一般情况下，她们只生养一个孩子。

小题1:推理判断题。A. critical批评的； B. objective客观的； C. hostile敌视的； D. unjust不公平的。根据As only children become common, perhaps the world will realize that the charge made against them is unjust.作者只是客观的叙述了独生子女的情况，没有给出他自己的观点，故选B。
小题2:推理判断题。根据In the absence of brothers and sisters, only children also tend to look more exclusively to their parents as role models.独生子女，因为没有兄弟姐妹，所以把父母看成自己学习的榜样，所以父母应该为孩子做好榜样，故选D。
小题3:细节理解题。根据After his father died, he chose to move his elderly mother from their family home, where she was vulnerable(易受攻击的) to house breakers, to a new one with more security.因为Emerson 担心母亲的安全，故选D。
小题4:细节理解题。根据With working mothers increasingly the rule, many families are finding they simply don’t have the time, money or energy to have more than one child. 对于职业母亲来说抚养一个孩子是普遍的，故选C。
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Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in different cultural experiences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. But three typical characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness of being unclear.
Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm when things do not go as one wants them to, or as one hopes they would, or even as one was sure they would. Impatience sometimes brings improvements in relations with other people, but usually it does not.
A person with a sense of humor is less likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor in his own reaction than a humorless person. The value of a sense of humor really needs to be paid more attention to.
“The awareness of being unclear” is a more difficult concept to understand than patience and a sense of humor. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear as they are newcomers. That is, they do not know what is happening in a certain situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know how some system or organization works, or they can’t be sure of different people’s roles in what is going on. “It’s like that I just got here from the moon,” a Chinese graduate student who newly arrived in the United States said. “Things are just so different here.”
小题1:The passage mainly tells us ______.

A．about some uneasy traveling experiences in foreign countries

B．about the three main ways to communicate with foreigners

C．about some typical characteristics in different cultural experiences

D．how to show your characters to foreigners

小题2:According to the passage, which characteristic should be focused on most?

A．The ability to keep cool.	B．The sense of humor.
C．Patience.	D．The awareness of being unclear.

小题3:“The awareness of being unclear” refers to “______” .

A．not knowing what is happening in a situation

B．not understanding the local language well enough

C．being aware that the situation is unclear

D．not knowing how some system or organization works

小题4:By what the Chinese graduate student said, we can learn that ______.

A．he is not used to the culture of America

B．he went to the United States to study the moon

C．he is a person with a sense of humor

D．he has just returned from the moon

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A capsule inn is a kind of cheap and small hotel where people just sleep in rectangular containers(容器). After experiencing popularity in Japan for more than 30 years, capsule inns have now entered the Chinese market. This new style is becoming popular with many visitors, but some are less than what they expected. The capsule inn covers an area of more than 300 square meters, with 68 very small bedrooms for guests to rest. Each room is 2.2 meters long and about 1 meter wide.
As small as the capsules are, they provide more than enough daily necessities(必需品) for visitors. They do have plenty of functions. Each includes independent power sockets, clocks, lights, and flat screen televisions. People can also enjoy wireless Internet service. The basic fee(费用) for each capsule is 28 yuan, and guests will be asked to pay an extra 4 yuan every hour. The highest cost could reach 88 yuan per day.
Ta Zan, capsule inn Manager, said, “Capsule inns are similar to Internet cafes. When they first appeared more than 10 years ago, people thought they might not succeed. But now it’s a common thing in our lives.” He believes that more capsule inns will open around the nation very soon. He is sure about the future of his business.
小题1:How much will you pay if you want to stay in a capsule inn for 12 hours?

A．88 yuan

B．76 yuan

C．28 yuan

D．4 yuan.

小题2: What does the underlined word “functions” mean in Chinese?

A．价格

B．功能

C．方法

D．需求

小题3:For whom, a capsule inn is a good choice while traveling around?

A．A family who like to cook by themselves.

B．A young student who likes watching TV or surfing on the Internet.

C．An old man who would like to stay in a big house with his wife.

D．A business man who wants to have a meeting with others.

小题4:Why does the manager compare(比较) his inn to Internet cafes?

A．Because he thinks they are similar in shape.

B．Because he knows Internet cafes were popular 10 years ago.

C．Because he thinks capsule inns are a common thing in our lives.

D．Because he believes both will have good development.

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Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today’s star, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine. They are at the center of much of the world’s attention. Paparazzi camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal lives. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature.
According to psychologist Christina Villarreal, celebrities—famous people—worry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. “Over time,” Villarreal says, “they feel separated and alone.”
The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B.C., painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.
Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.
If fame is so troublesome, why aren’t all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.
Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.
小题1:It can be learned from the passage that stars today___________.

A．are often misunderstood by the public

B．can no longer have their privacy protected

C．spend too much on their public appearance

D．care little about how they have come into fame

小题2:What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．Great heroes of the past were generally admired.

B．The problem faced by celebrities has a long history.

C．Well-known actors are usually targets of tabloids.

D．Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers.

小题3:What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today?

A．Availability of modern media.

B．Inadequate social recognition.

C．Lack of favorable chances.

D．Huge population of fans.

小题4:What is the author’s attitude toward modern celebrity?

A．Sincere.

B．Skeptical.

C．Disapproving.

D．Sympathetic.

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The regular use of text messages and e-mails can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana (大麻). That is the statement of researchers who have found that tapping away on a mobile phone or computer keyboard or checking for electronic messages temporarily knocks up to 10 points off the user’s IQ. This rate of decline in intelligence compared unfavorably with the four-point drop in IQ associated with smoking marijuana, according to British researchers, who have described the phenomenon of improved stupidity as “infomania”. The research conducted by Hewlett Packard, the technology company, has concluded that it is mainly a problem for adult workers, especially men.
It is concluded that too much use of modern technology can damage a person’s mind. It can cause a constant distraction of “always on” technology when employees should be concentrating on what they are paid to do. Infomania means that they lose concentration as their minds remain fixed in an almost permanent state of readiness to react to technology instead of focusing on the task in hand. The report also added that, in a long term, the brain will be considerably shaped by what we do to it and by the experience of daily life. At a microcellular(微蜂窝，微孔的) level, the complex networks of nerve cells that make up parts of the brain actually change in response to certain experiences.
Too much use of modern technology can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social relationship. 1100 adults were interviewed during the research. More than 62 percent of them admitted that they were addicted to checking their e-mails and text messages so often that they scrutinized work-related ones even when at home or on holiday. Half said that they always responded immediately to an e-mail and will even interrupt a meeting to do so. It is concluded that infomania is increasing stress and anxiety and affecting one’s characteristics. Nine out of ten thought that colleagues who answered e-mails or messages during a face-to-face meeting were extremely rude.
The effects on IQ were studied by Dr. Glenn Wilson, a psychologist at University of London. “This is a very real and widespread phenomenon,” he said. “We have found that infomania will damage a worker’s performance by reducing their mental sharpness and changing their social life. Companies should encourage a more balanced and appropriate way of working.”
小题1:We can learn from the passage that “infomania” __________.

A．has a positive influence on one’s IQ

B．results in the change of part of the brain

C．lies in the problem of lack of concentration

D．is caused by too much use of modern technology

小题2:The research mentioned in the passage is most probably about ________.

A．the important function of advanced technology

B．the damage to one’s brain done by unhealthy habits

C．the relevance between IQ and use of modern technology

D．the relationship between intelligence and working effectiveness

小题3:The underlined word “scrutinized” probably means “___________”.

A．examined carefully	B．copied patiently
C．corrected quickly	D．admitted freely

小题4:w hich of the following shows the structure of the passage?

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Ridgewood is a small, quiet town 20 miles from Manhattan. It is a typical suburban town, perfect for raising children away from the fast pace of the city. However, some Ridgewood kids feel as upset as if they were on the city’s busy streets. In addition to hours of homework, Ridgewood’s children are occupied with afterschool activities — from swimming to piano to religious classes.
Out of desperation one day, the town decided to schedule another activity. This one was called “Ridgewood Family Night — Ready, Set, Relax!” Instead of schedules filled with sports, music, or overtime at the office, some of the town’s 25,000 residents decided to take the night off and stay home. For a few months before Family Night, a committee of volunteers worked hard to spread the word. Younger students took “Save the Date for Me” leaflets home to their parents. The mayor issued a statement, and schools and clubs agreed to cancel homework and meetings so families could relax and be together.
The tension between a hope for a more relaxed lifestyle and the knowledge that the benchmark for success has been raised in recent years weighs heavily on the minds of the townspeople. Some parents like to recall a different kind of childhood, one without so many scheduled afterschool activities. However, these same parents feel obliged to make sure their children are prepared to survive in today’s high-pressure work environment. They are afraid that any gap in their children’s physical or intellectual development might mean they won’t be admitted to the “right” universities and won’t succeed in a more and more competitive world.
Nevertheless, it seems that Family Night worked, at least to a point. Cars moved easily around Ridgewood’s normally busy downtown streets, and stores and restaurants saw a drop in business. Some families ate supper together for the first time in months.
Initially, there was great hope of taking back their lives. But sadly, few families believe that one night will change their lives. Many are sure that they will fall back into the habit of over-scheduling their children to be overachieving adults.
小题1:The writer describes Ridgewood as a town where ________.

A．residents take little notice of education

B．children are stressful and over expected

C．parents are concerned about children’s safety

D．children lead a life of relaxed, ordinary rhythms

小题2:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the Family Night?

A．Schools assigned no homework.

B．Fewer people ate in the restaurants.

C．The streets were less crowded.

D．People enjoyed meeting each other.

小题3:According to the passage, the parents in Ridgewood ________.

A．have conflicting desires about what experiences to offer their children

B．are happy with the lifestyle they have chosen for themselves and the children

C．believe that it is their duty to make a change for the stressful life style

D．are worried about their children’s lacking of big ambition

小题4:We may get the conclusion from the passage that ________.

A．the concept of Family Night will become a regular part of life in Ridgewood

B．Ridgewood people believe the Family Night will change their way of living

C．Family Night is not as popular as people have originally thought

D．schools are worried about students being given too much free time

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