Hanukkah Hanukkah (光明节) is a Jewish festival. It is celebrated on the 25th day o
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Hanukkah
Hanukkah (光明节) is a Jewish festival. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev (犹太教历), which is usually sometime in December. It is often called the festival of lights. The festival celebrates the time, over 2,000 years ago, when the Jewish people fought against an emperor who would not let them follow their own traditions and religion. When the Jewish people won back their temple in Jerusalem, they found there was only enough holy oil to keep the sacred light burning for one day. However, to their surprise, this small amount of oil kept the light burning for eight days and nights, until the people had time to make more oil.
At the center of the Hanukkah celebrations is a candlestick (called a Menorah) that holds nine candles. On the first night of Hanukkah the first candle is lit, and each day this candle is used to light another candle, until on the eighth day, the last day, all the candles are lit. During Hanukkah, people go to the synagogue (犹太教堂) to pray and to remember the miracle (奇迹) of the holy oil. Hanukkah is a time for family and friends to come together. People exchange gifts and greeting cards, and children go to parties. Parents often give their children money at Hanukkah. Potato cakes, called latkes, are a traditional Hanukkah food.
小题1:For how many days does Hanukkah last?小题2:According to the passage, what is necessary when celebrating Hanukkah nowadays? | A． Candles. | B．Money. | C．Oil | D．Cards. |
小题3:What does the Menorah remind Jewish people about?| A．The war that they fought 2,000 years ago. | | B．The God that they honored best. | | C．The miracle of the holy oil that happened 2,000 years ago. | | D．The church they built 2,000 years ago. |
小题4:The passage mainly tells us about _____.| A．the history of Hanukkah and how it is celebrated | | B．why Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah | | C．why Jewish people protect their traditions | | D．the miracle of the holy oil in the Jewish temple |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：文章介绍犹太人的光明节的历史，和光明节是如何庆祝的。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：to their surprise, this small amount of oil kept the light burning for eight days and nights, until the people had time to make more oil.可知光明节持续8天。选 D
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：At the center of the Hanukkah celebrations is a candlestick (called a Menorah) that holds nine candles.可知在光明节庆祝活动上需要蜡烛。选A
小题3:细节题：从第二段的句子：During Hanukkah, people go to the synagogue (犹太教堂) to pray and to remember the miracle (奇迹) of the holy oil.可知Menorah 使人们想起2000年前的神圣的油，选C
小题4:主旨题：第一段主要是光明节的历史，第二段主要是光明节是如何庆祝的。选A
点评：文章基本上是考查细节题，对此类题型考生可以首先从问题中找到关键词，然后以此为线索，运用略读及查阅的技巧在文中迅速寻找这一细节，找到后再把这一部分内容仔细阅读一遍，仔细比较所给选项与文中细节的细微区别，在准确理解细节的前提下，最后确定最佳答案。 |
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As prices and building costs keep rising, the“do-it-yourself”(DIY)trend(趋势)in the U.S. continues to grow.
“We needed furniture(家具)for our living room,” says John Ross,“and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420.“I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you
want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
小题1:We can learn from the text that many married people_________.| A．find it hard to pay for what they need | | B．have to learn to make their own furniture | | C．take DIY courses run by the government | | D．seldom go to a department store to buy things |
小题2:When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim_________.| A．makes shoes in his home | | B．does extra work at night | | C．does his own car and home repairs | | D．keeps house and looks after his children |
小题3:Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself when__________.| A．his car repairs cost too much | | B．the car repair class was not helpful | | C．he could not possibly do two jobs | | D．he had to raise the children all by himself |
小题4:What would be the best title for the text?| A．The Joy of DIY | B．You Can Do It Too! | | C．Welcome to Our DIY Course | D．Ross and Hatfield Believers in DIY |
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A serious problem for today"s society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.
Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.
In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.
One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?| A．The problems faced by the old in society. | | B．Why we should take responsibility for the old. | | C．How we can improve the lives of the old. | | D．Where the old can go to get their pensions. |
小题2: The underlined word "viable" most probably means" ".| A．impossible | B．practical | C．useful | D．important |
小题3:What is the writer"s main purpose in writing this article?| A．To point out the need for government support for old people. | | B．To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people. | | C．To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem. | | D．To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life. |
小题4:The text is most likely to be found in a book about____. | A．social science | B．historical events | | C．political problem | D．political systems |
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Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV, according to results of a survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) published Thursday.
The survey, of citizens of five Chinese cities, found that 79 percent of interviewees use the internet for information, and 55.1 percent to read news on the internet. About 63 percent of the interviewees use e-mail. The average times spent surfing the net and watching TV were 2.73 hours and 1.29hours, respectively.
Only 10.4 percent reported use the internet primarily to send and receive email; 65.9 percent read online news; 62.2 quite often play games on-line. More and more people have taken an interest in the entertainment opportunities online. Up to 56.5 percent of interviewees quite often download music, and 53.5 percent get entertainment messages from the internet.
Yet the survey found that television is still the dominant mass medium. Seventy-nine percent of interviewees choose to watch TV to get information, and another 75 percent take newspapers as important as TV.
Five major web sites in the Chinese language, namely Sina, Sohu, Netease, Baidu and Yahoo are still ranked top ones by web users, and those that voted for Sina as the best among them were 30.9 percent.
Authorized statistics showed that web users in China have already exceeded 100 million, second to that of the United States.
小题1:Which of the following is not true?| A．Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the net than watching TV. | | B．There are more Chinese people using the internet for information compared with those reading news on the internet. | | C．There are more people using e-mail compared with those searching information on the internet. | | D．There are more people using e-mail compared with those reading news on the internet. |
小题2:The survey shows that .| A．Only 10.4% reported use the internet to send and receive email. | | B．Less than half of the people use the internet for enter fain-ment. | | C．All of the people reported like to play games on-line. | | D．Most of the people reported read online news. |
小题3:Which will you choose if you want to chat with your friends on the internet?| A．TV | B．Sina | C．telephone | D．QQ |
小题4:The underlined word “exceeded” means .| A．increased to | B．increased by | C．risen | D．decreased |
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When it comes to human resources, hiring highly-skilled staff is not usually enough for a company to function successfully. Besides the knowledge in their particular fields, employees must always have additional skills-----those of co-operation. In the case that work tasks can only be carried out by communicating with people, accepting common decisions, solving problems, sharing information and helping one another, teamwork skills are important.
While some jobs may require talent, the ability to work as a team is learned. There are no complicated formulas(规则); you don"t need to have any special qualities or exceptional mental abilities. Individuals can be effective as a team if they have developed certain behaviors or habits of communication. Many companies, clubs and organizations use team building activities. Team building activities may include a number of teamwork elements. They are aimed at encouraging active participation in task accomplishment while all members have their roles as individuals and are able to co-operate towards a common goal as a team.
Many team building activities focus on problem solving and discussing team issues; thus argument as a way to common consensus (共识) is encouraged. Team building activities often involve recognition and identification of team member skills, talents, knowledge, and experiences which allow the team members to learn more about each other and fully utilize (利用) those skills where appropriate（合适的）. Many team activities are focused on developing keys to trust during challenging times.
小题1:In the author"s opinion, which of the following is important for a company to be successful?| A．Specialized knowledge. | B．Highly-skilled staff. | | C．Exceptional talent. | D．Teamwork skills. |
小题2:According to the second paragraph, co-operation skills______.| A．require special qualities and abilities | | B．are learned while working in a team | | C．need exceptional mental abilities | | D．are quite complicated to learn |
小题3:Team building activities are good for______.| A．hiring employees with special talent | | B．encouraging employees to co-operate | | C．helping employees work independently | | D．training employees in their special fields |
小题4:What is the best title of the passage?| A．Team Building | B．Problem Solving | | C．Communication Skills | D．Company Management |
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
It’s 10:30 p.m., and 11-year-old Brandon Blanco is sound asleep at home. Suddenly, a loud noise (1)____ him up. Naturally, Brandon (2) ____ his cell phone. He blinks twice, and the message on the screen becomes clear: “R U awake?”
The (3) ____ text does not annoy Brandon since he gets frequent (4) ____ and calls, even after bedtime. And he can’t imagine life without them. “If I didn’t have a cell phone, I wouldn’t be able to talk to my friends or family as often,” he told the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Brandon’s use of (5) ____ doesn’t stop there. He also has a computer, a TV and three video-game consoles（控制台）in his room. With so many (6) ____, it is no surprise that when he is not at school, he spends nearly every (7) ____ minute using one or more of these devices. Brandon is hardly (8) ____. According to a recent study by TFK, kids aged 8 to 18 are spending more time than ever before using (9) ____ devices. How much time? More than seven and a half hours a day (10) ____, the study found. That’s about an hour more than just five years ago.
The jump is the result of a huge explosion in mobile devices, says Victoria Rideout, the lead author of the study. “These devices have opened up many more (11) ____ for young people to use media, whether it’s on the bus, on the way to school or waiting in line before the cashier,” says Rideout.
Often, kids (12) ____, or use more than one device at a time. “If you’ve got a chance to do something on your (13) ____ and take a phone call and have the TV on at the same time, why not?” Media expert Cheryl Olson says. Most experts agree technology has much to (34) ____ kids. But some worry the kids could be (15) ____ other (16) ____ like playing outside or (17) ____ with friends. “It’s a matter of balance,” says Olson.
Multitasking while (18) ____ is another concern. Some kids listen to music, watch TV or use the phone while doing their homework. “It’s important to make sure that you should (19) ____ one thing deeply,” says Rideout.
With new and exciting devices hitting stores every year, keeping technology use (20) ____ is more important than ever. “Kids should try,” adds Rideout. “But parents might have to step in sometimes.”
| 小题1: | | A．wakes | B．takes | C．makes | D．gets |
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| 小题2: | | A．reaches for | B．takes out | C．puts out | D．turn off |
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| 小题3: | | A．early | B．afternoon | C．morning | D．night |
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| 小题4: | | A．books | B．messages | C．letters | D．passages |
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| 小题5: | | A．cell phones | B．papers | C．technology | D．words |
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| 小题6: | | A．friends | B．assignments | C．devices | D．interrupts |
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| 小题7: | | A．working | B．speaking | C．sleeping | D．waking |
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| 小题8: | | A．happy | B．alone | C．tired | D．worried |
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| 小题9: | | A．electric | B．useful | C．electronic | D．fashionable |
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| 小题10: | | A．on average | B．in total | C．for fun | D．without stop |
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| 小题11: | | A．jobs | B．machines | C．rooms | D．opportunities |
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| 小题12: | | A．like | B．enjoy | C．hate | D．multitask |
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| 小题13: | | A．computer | B．desk | C．own | D．time |
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| 小题14: | | A．employ | B．offer | C．attract | D．tell |
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| 小题15: | | A．setting up | B．missing out | C．working with | D．relying on |
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| 小题16: | | A．methods | B．ways | C．chances | D．activities |
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| 小题17: | | A．helping out | B．fighting with | | C．hanging out | D．looking after |
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| 小题18: | | A．listening to music | B．watching TV | | C．using phone call | D．doing homework |
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| 小题19: | | A．looking for | B．concentrate on | | C．staring at | D．writing down |
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| 小题20: | | A．in check | B．at the same time | C．more often | D．less often |
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