This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers(young people aged from13~19)from a
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This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers(young people aged from13~19)from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected—much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual(个人). Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.
“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize(批评)American schools,” he said. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”
小题1:This year ________teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and other countries.| A．twenty-three hundred | | B．thirteen hundred | | C．over three thousand | | D．less than two thousand |
小题2:The whole exchange programme is mainly to__________.| A．help teenagers in other countries know the real America | | B．send students in America to travel in Germany | | C．let students learn something about other countries | | D．have teenagers learn new languages |
小题3: Fred and Mike agree that__________.| A．America food tasted better than German food | | B．German schools were harder than American schools | | C．Americans and Germans were both friendly | | D．There were more cars on the streets in America |
小题4:What is particular in American schools is that________.| A．there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings | | B．there are a lot of after-school activities | | C．students usually take fourteen subjects in all | | D．students go out side to enjoy themselves in a car |
小题5:Which of the following is not true according to this passage?
A. There were few outside activities in Germany.
B. Fred had his own car when he was in America.
C. Subjects seemed easy for Mike in the USA.
D. All family activities were around the individual in Germany. |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:B
小题5:D |
解析
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People who traveled in the past had to put up with many discomforts which we do not have nowadays, and of course they traveled far more slowly. Roads were bad indeed and you often found you could not get along at all because of the mud. In dry weather many places were thick in dust and when it was stormy, trees might fall across the road and it was nobody’s business to clear them away.
Ordinary people traveled on foot or on horseback, but everyone who could afford it kept a private coach. There were public coaches too. called “stage coaches” because long journeys took several days and were done in stages, with stops over night at inns. Some stage, coaches ran only in the summer months. Others all the year around. They were very slow and crowded and passengers often became in on the way because of the swaying (摇晃).
Break downs were frequent, since many roads were not smooth. So a coach might very easily turn right over. Early in the century coach and wagon builders were encouraged to put very wide wheels on their vehicles. So that these might level the roads a little. But many people complained of this since it slowed travel down a good deal.
Most travelers during the 18th century wrote bitterly about the state of the roads. One visitor to Sussex took six hours to travel nine miles in his coach; another wrote to a friend that on time of his journeys “almost every mile was marked by the overturn of a carriage”.
小题1:Which of the following mainly prevented people from travelling fast in the past? | A．Falling trees | B．Thick dust | | C．Muddy road | D．Many discomforts |
小题2: The underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refers to _____.| A．the discomforts | B．the blocked roads | | C．the dusty places | D．the fallen trees |
小题3: Public coaches were called “stage-coaches” because ______. | A．the long journey was broken into several parts | | B．they were slow and crowded | | C．they stopped for meals at inns | | D．they served public people only |
小题4: The sentence “almost every mile was marked by the overturn of a carriage” suggests that ______. | A．the coaches were of poor quality | | B．the writers liked to describe the road bitterly | | C．the road condition was really poor | | D．travelling about in the past was extremely slow |
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Newcomers（新来的人） to the United States are often 36 by the schools. American schools 37 seem so different from the schools they know in 38 parts of the world. American education is based on the 39 that children 40 to learn to think 41 themselves. The school should be the 42 where they learn to do this. 43 , children learn the “three R’s” [(Reading, Writing and Arithmetic(算术)], history and government (often called Social Studies) and many other 44 . They also learn 45 be independent(独立的)，how to make their own judgement(判断), and how to develop their own 46 and interests. The American teacher does not 47 the children in her class to sit 48 hands folded quietly and to say 49 . She wants them to listen attentively(专心地) to ask questions. She knows that 50 children learn from books is 51 . She also knows that it is necessary for them to know how to use this 52 for their 53 and development. During Open School Week, parents have a 54 to see how American education 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．happy | B．afraid | C．glad | D．surprised |
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| 小题2: | | A．some time | B．sometime | C．sometimes | D．some times |
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| 小题3: | | A．other | B．the other | C．another | D．all |
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| 小题4: | | A．opinion | B．idea | C．promise | D．conclusion |
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| 小题5: | | A．need | B．needed | C．dare | D．dared |
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| 小题7: | | A．place | B．space | C．room | D．area |
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| 小题8: | | A．From school | B．out school | C．By school | D．In school |
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| 小题9: | | A．lessons | B．knowledge | C．subjects | D．object |
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| 小题10: | | A．when to | B．how to | C．what to | D．where to |
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| 小题11: | | A．ability | B．skill | C．abilities | D．skills |
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| 小题13: | | A．with | B．across | C．over | D．above |
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| 小题14: | | A．something | B．anything | C．nothing | D．much |
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| 小题15: | | A．that | B．which | C．where | D．what |
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| 小题16: | | A．important | B．unimportant | C．necessary | D．useless |
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| 小题17: | | A．study | B．work | C．learning | D．aim |
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| 小题18: | | A．growing | B．growth | C．future | D．tomorrow |
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| 小题19: | | A．ability | B．possibility | C．interest | D．chance |
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| 小题20: | | A．develops | B．learns | C．goes | D．works |
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As motorways become more and more blocked up with traffic, a new generation on flying cars will be needed to ferry people along skyways. That is the conclusion of engineers from the US space agency and aeronautical firms, who envision future commuters traveling by “skycar”.
These could look much like the concept skycar shown in the picture, designed by Boeing research and development. However, such vehicles could be some 25 years from appearing on the market. Efforts to build flying vehicles in the past have not been very successful. Such vehicles would not only be expensive and require the skills of a trained pilot to fly, but there are significant engineering challenges involved in developing them. “When you try to combine them you get the worst of both worlds: a very heavy, slow, expensive vehicle that’s hard to use,” said Mark Moore, head of the personal air vehicle(PAV) division of the vehicle systems program at Nasa’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, US. But Boeing is also considering how to police the airways-and prevent total pandemonium(吵杂狂乱的喧闹)-if thousands of flying cars enter the skies.
“The neat, gee-whiz part is thinking about what the vehicle itself would look like,” said Dick Paul, a vice president with Phantom Works, Boeing’s research and development arm. “But we’re trying to think through all the consequences of what it would take to deploy(散开) a fleet of these.”
Past proposals to solve this problem have included artificial intelligence systems to prevent collisions between air traffic. Nasa is working on flying vehicles with the initial goal of transforming small plane travel. Small planes are generally costly, loud, and require months of training and lots of money to operate, making flying to work impractical for most people. But within five years, Nasa researchers hope to develop technology for a small plane that can fly out of regional airports, costs less than $100,000(£55,725), is as quiet as a motorcycle and as simple to operate as a car.
Although it would not have any road-driving capabilities, it would bring this form of travel within the grasp of a wider section of people. The new technology would automate many of the pilot’s functions. This Small Aircraft Transportation System(Sats) would divert pressure away from the “hub-and-spoke(中心辐射型)” model of air travel. Hub-and-spoke refers to the typically US model of passengers being processed through large “hub” airports and then on to secondary flights to “spoke” airports near their final destinations.
小题1:The best title for this text would be .| A．Developing Skycars | B．The Traffic Jams in the Sky | | C．How to Guide Flying Cars in the Sky | D．What Flying Cars Will Look Like |
小题2: The underlined word “envision” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “ ”.| A．see | B．expect | C．think | D．announce |
小题3:When engineers develop the skycars, they have to deal with the following difficulties except .| A．how to fly out of regional airports | | B．how to prevent the disorder of the airways | | C．how to reduce expenses and the vehicle’s weight | | D．how to fly the skycars to enter skies |
小题4: Now Nasa researchers’ aim is to .| A．make big flying cars | | B．work out the plan——how to transform small plane travel | | C．develop a new kind of small plane different from the traditional one | | D．build a new kind of small plane with road-driving abilities |
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It is time for students to sell such things as chocolate bars and greeting cards to raise money for their school, class or club．It is inevitable that they will knock on your door and you will easily hand over your cash for overpriced items that you really do not want．That is okay, though, because there are many reasons why children should be allowed to raise money for their schools and clubs．
Fundraising is a great way to help children learn social skills．It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask him for his money．They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school．If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride（不特别费力地）, and that is a learning lesson as well．
Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising．Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned into the school．However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson．Dealing with more Fundraising helps improve their schools．It is the children’s school．They have to learn there and grow there．Why not let them help in making it a better place?
Fundraising allows for more life experiences for the child．The raised money is used towards things like parties, trips, or for the music club to go to see a Broadway play．The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money．Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed．
In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways．
小题1:The underlined word “inevitable” in the first paragraph means “_______”．| A．unlikely | B．improper | C．unavoidable | D．unrealistic |
小题2:One of the important indications that children are grown up is that __________．| A．children learn to care for others | | B．children can deal with money | | C．children like to make up | | D．children make a date with friends of the other sex |
小题3:The author thinks that fundraising _______．| A．adds to the family’s burden | | B．wastes the learning time | | C．builds up the children’s bodies | | D．helps to develop the children’s character |
小题4:Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
CP: Central point P: Point Sp: Sub-point C: Conclusion |
In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. Now this is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters who have never been close by during of the birth a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.
Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we send them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally (晚期的）in patients— even when those patients are their parents. This deprives（剥夺）the dying patient of family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.
Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed about 500 terminally in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.
It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients’ communication in order to truly understand their needs, fears and fantasies . Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their great need to be informed, to be kept up - to - date on their medical condition and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the coming of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance before death.
小题1: The elders of today"s Americans _______ .| A．are often absent when a family member is born or dying | | B．are unfamiliar with birth and death | | C．usually see the birth or death of a family member | | D．have often experienced the fear of death as part of life |
小题2: Children in America are deprived of the chance to________.| A．visit a patient at hospital | B．visit their family members | | C．learn how to face death | D．look after the patients |
小题3: The need of a dying patient for people to accompany him shows________.| A．his wish for communication with other people | B．his fear of death | | C．his unwillingness to die | D．he feels very upset about his condition |
小题4: It may be concluded from the passage that________.| A．dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition | | B．dying patients are afraid of being told of the coming of death | | C．most patients are unable to accept death until it can’t be avoided | | D．most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need |
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