An idea that started in Seattle"s public library has spread throughout America a

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An idea that started in Seattle"s public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same tome.
In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit (追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched (发起）the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998. Her original program used author visits,study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong kong.
In Chicago, the mayor(市长）appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighbourhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character.
The only problem arose in New York ,where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns,where a greater sense of unity(一致）can be achieved .Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point ,putting all their energy
And passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.
Ultinatel was Nancy points out,the level of sucicess is not meastured by how many people read a book,but by how many people are enriched by the process.or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.
小题1:What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?

A．To invite authors to guide readers.

B．To encourage people to read and share.

C．To involve people in communnity service.

D．To promote the friendship between cities.

小题2:Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the projict?

A．They had little interest in reading.

B．They were too busy to read a book.

C．They came from many different backgrounds

D．They lacked support from the locat government

小题3:According to the passage,where would the project be more easily carried out?

A．In large communities with little sense of unity

B．In large cities where libraries are far from home

C．In medium-sized cities with a diverse population

D．In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached

小题4:The underlined words“shared a word”in Paragraph 5 probably mean

A．exchanged ideas with each other

B．discussed the meaning of a word

C．gamed life experience

D．used the same language

小题5:According to Nacy,the degree of students of the project is judged by

the careful selection of a proper book
the growing popularity of the writers
C.the number of people who benefit from reading.
D.the number of books that each person reads.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C

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Competition is a common phenomenon in our social life. We compete when we play games and when we try to do better than others in our study. There is constant competition for academic degrees, jobs, customers, money and so forth. In a sense, __56__ is one of the motive forces to the development of society.
In the natural world, the weak will be replaced by the strong and the __57__ can live; therefore, the only way to survive is to be competitive. Growing in a competitive __58__ is important for a child because future adult life is difficult. Today, most people try to get good education through __59__ ways. The quality of people is rapidly

increasing. Competition of finding a job is more violent than it used to be. The potentially successful job applicant has to be prepared in a stronger __60__ by gaining more __61__ and experience. In the sports contests, the strongest will come out as winners. In the business world, to __62__ your competitors, you must be better than the other employees. In fact, the only way our world __63__ people is to give laurels to the winners, not to the losers. What is more, by attempting to compete at different activities, we learn to win and lose, gain experience and know our strengths and __64__.
To go ahead, to acquire possessions, we should be competitive. To us, industriousness and ambition are positive values. Whether in games, in study or in business, the aim is to win the game, the degree, the trophy, and the contract. Learning to be __65__ is clearly the best preparation for the tough life.
小题1:

A．science

B．commerce

C．education

D．competition

小题2:

A．fittest

B．top

C．

biggest

D．best

小题3:

A．background

B．environment

C．atmosphere

D．setting

小题4:

A．various

B．uncountable

C．numerous

D．countless

小题5:
.

A．position

B．point

C．spot

D．place

小题6:

A．requirements

B．qualifications

C．abilities

D．conditions

小题7:

A．beat .

B．hit

C．blow

D．fight

小题8:
.

A．returns .

B．rewards

C．benefits

D．pays

小题9:

A．weaknesses

B．defeats

C．difficulties

D．faults

小题10:

A．strong

B．competitive

C．confident

D．academic

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To learn English well you must learn about yourself. You must discover what your own special needs are in English. You should pick o

ut what makes English different from your own language and concentrate on those parts. And above all, you should pick out your own personal weaknesses in English, pick out your own special problems, find out what mistakes you most often make and make a list of them.
It will be best if, in your preparation, you can practise doing the various sorts of work you will be asked to do in examination. You should then make a careful note of any mistakes you make more than once. Count up how many times you make each mistake, and the mistake you make most oft

en should be at the top of your list, the next most common in second place, and so on.
For example, if your own language is Japanese, you may find the problem of articles comes at the top of your list. If you speak German, you may find using some of the conjunctions is your biggest problem. If your mother tongue is French, you find you are always having trouble with some of prepositions. And if Italian is your language, you may constantly forget to use a suitable pronoun when you should.
But these are only examples of mistakes typical of certain languages. They may or may not
be your particular personal mistakes. As I say, these personal ones are the most important of all to discover.
小题1:
To learn English well the most important thing is to ______.

A．learn about yourself as much as possible

B．discover your own special needs in the language

C．find out the difference between your own language and English

D．pick out your own personal weaknesses in English

小题2:
The writer advises the readers to ______ .

A．spend as much time on English as possible

B．take examinations of various sorts

C．find out their own problems in doing selected exercises

D．keep a notebook with the important languages points in it

小题3:
The first item on the list should be the mistake you make ______ .

A．more than once

B．many times

C．most often

D．very often

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One often hears that children should arrive at school “ready to learn.” For most children, the acquisition of reading and math skills starts in the first grade. In states where kindergarten is compulsory, it begins even earlier.
Many parents, teachers, and politicians maintain that preschool is the best way to prepare children to learn. There is no real consensus, however, about how this preparation should be achieved.
For some, early childhood education relates to the development of the whole child. They think that preschool should encou

rage exploration and discovery. Group activities teach positive social behaviors such as sharing, kindness, and patience. Time spent alone encourages independence. Learning letters and counting is important only for children who show an interest in them. Advocates of this approach stress that each child is unique and should learn at his or her own pace.
Other people refer to research showing that children are ready to absorb basic academic concepts by age 3 or 4. They claim that early introduction to letters and numbers lays the foundation for later academic excellence. Since the 1980s, many people have stressed the value of preschool an

d point to the success of programs -such as Head Start - that target low-income children.
Is there proof that an academic curric

ulum in preschool will lead to academic success? Studies have not been conclusive. In the short term, evidence suggests that middle-class children who attend preschool are ahead of their peers in maths and language skills as well as in social skills, when they enter school. However, the same studies show that the gap narrows considerably by the time children reach age 8.
Children living in poverty are a different matter. Those enrolled in programs such as Head Start seem to do better than impoverished children who do not attend a preschool. For instance, youngsters in one group enrolled in the program, tracked until the age of 21, earned higher scores on intelligence tests, were more likely to graduate from high school, and demonstrated more interest in higher education.
The idea of public preschool raises many issues. Providing Head Start for all children would be a financial burden on communities that already struggle to fund current school programs. Also, where would a sufficient number of teachers trained in early childhood development be found?
小题1:
Advocates of the development of the whole child believe school readiness is______ .

A．showing eagerness in exploration and discovery

B．learning basic skills, such as knowing letters and counting

C．showing great interest in basic academic concepts

D．demonstration of intellectual , social and emotional skills

小题2:
According to the passage, Head Start is most probably______ .

A．a preschool program that supports disabled children

B．a program that helps impoverished children attend a school

C．an organization that aims to improve current school programs

D．a program that helps design the academic curriculum in preschool

小题3:
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Preschool benefits middle-class children more than poor children.

B．Most children start school with similar language and social skills.

C．Providing Head Start for all children has encountered great difficulties.

D．All children are ready to absorb basic academic concepts by age 3 or 4.

小题4:
Which of the following may best summarize the main idea of the passage?

A．An academic curriculum in preschool will lead to academic success.

B．Preshool is helpful, despite the disagreement about what it should offer.

C．Children enrolled in preschool demonstrate more interest in learning.

D．Preschool education shouldn"t be a financial burden on communities.

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Restaurant owners should not use disposable chopsticks for the good of their health and the environment , an official of the China Cuisine Association（中国烹饪协会）said.
Bian Jiang, its secretary general, recently called on restaurant owners to say no to one-off tableware(餐具), especially wooden chopsticks. “The country produces and throws away over 45 billion pairs of wooden chopsticks every year, at a cost to the environment of about 25 million tree.” Bian said.
“That’s a heavy blow to the county’s shrinking(正在减少的) forests,” he said, “We should not turn a deaf ear to the call for environmental protection. We should stop using disposable tableware from now on.”
In order to discourage the use of wooden chopsticks and to protect wooden resources, the government put a 5% tax on them in April.
The use of disposable chopsticks has been discussed for years. Their supporters say that both restaurant owners and consumers prefer them, and that an industry has grown up around their production.
. 小题1:
The secretary general suggests that wooden chopsticks be stopped from being used because .

A．they cause a lot of pollution of the environment

B．the environment is no longer gre

C．the government is not happy with that

D．too many trees are cut

小题2:
From the text we know that the idea of no disposable tableware will be .

A．hard to put into practice	B．welcomed by a lot of people
C．receiving indifferent attitudes	D．rejected by some people

小题3:
What does the underlined word “disposable” in the first paragraph mean?

A．Waste

B．Expensive

C．Man

D．One-use

小题4:
What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Many people support the idea of saying no to using wooden chopsticks.

B．The government calls on people to stop using wooden chopsticks.

C．Disposable tableware wastes a lot of forests and does damage to the
environment.

D．People are aware of the cost of using disposable tableware

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For some kids, old photos and baby pictures are embarrassing. For others, they are cherished keepsakes (纪念品). But for thousands of children living in orphanages (孤儿院) worldwide, these records of the past simply don"t exist. Either the kids" parents weren"t around to snap photos, or the pictures have been lost. Whatever the reason is, the Memory Project is giving orphans a lasting document of their youth.
Over the last two years, the Memory Project has provided hand-painted portraits to more than 4,000 children living in orphanages in poor countries. Ben Schumaker, 24, got the idea when he was visiting an orphanage in Guatemala in Central America. But he"s not creating the portraits(肖像) alone. Students in hundreds of high school art classes across the U.S. paint them using photos sent from the orphanages.
Schumaker believes that the artists benefit from the project as much as the orphans do. “There are two purposes of the Memory Project,” he said. “One is to offer a special gift to the child abroad. The other is to help open the eyes of the student who is painting.” Staring into the eyes of another person, Schumaker believes, it creates a real connection. This connection raises awareness in U.S. schools about the needs of the world"s poor children. “It"s about planting a seed,” he said.
Schumaker is also working on Books of Hope, a project in which students of all ages put together homemade books for children in Uganda and India. He hopes that one day children in Uganda and India will send books to the U.S. “It"s important to me to have it be a two-way exchange,” Schmnaker says.
小题1:
Old photos and baby pictures are clearly unavailable to .

A．the kids in rich families	B．the kids in common families
C．the kids in expanded families	D．the kids without parents

小题2:
How can the orphans in Guatemala get a continuing record of their youth?

A．By hand-painted portraits that Ben Schumaker painted.

B．By the photos the orphanage taken for them.

C．By the photos taken by the U.S. students in high schools.

D．By the Memory Project started by Ben Schumaker.

小题3:
What does the third paragraph mainly tell us?

A．The special gifts that the world"s poor children received.

B．The benefits that the Memory Project brings.

C．The need of the US schools.

D．How to help the orphans.

小题4:
According to the passage, Schumaker helps the kids in poor countries.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

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