阅读理解。 "Congratulations, Mr. Jones, it"s a girl." Fatherhood is going to
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| 阅读理解。 |
"Congratulations, Mr. Jones, it"s a girl."
Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and brings forth a different answer from every man who
bears these words. Some feel proud when they receive the news, while others worry, wondering whether
they will be good fathers. Although there are some men who like children and may have had considerable
experience with them, others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with them. Many fathers
and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time. For other couples, pregnancy
was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or unwillingly.
Whatever the reaction to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the shift from the role of husband to that of
father is a difficult task. Yet, unfortunately, few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this
remobilization process. Although numerous books have been written about American mothers, only recently
has literature focused on the role of a father.
It is argued by some writers that the transition to the father"s role, although difficult, is not nearly as great
as the transition the wife must make to the mother"s role. The mother"s role seems to require complete
transformation in daily routine and highly innovative adaptation; on the other hand, the father"s role is less
demanding and immediate. However, even though we mentioned the fact that growing number of women are
working outside the home, the father is still thought by many as the breadwinner in the household. |
| 1. According to the author, being a father _____. |
A. brings a feeling of excitement to males
B. has a different meaning for those who have daughters
C. makes some men feel proud and others uneasy
D. means nothing but more responsibilities |
| 2. The transition to the mother"s role requires that the wife _____. |
A. change her lifestyle in a highly innovative way
B. make a complete change in her everyday life to deal with the new situation
C. stay at home to take care of the baby
D. help her husband in his remobilization process |
| 3. Some writers argue that with respect to the change of roles, fathers, compared with mothers, _____. |
A. have to shoulder more burdens
B. have to make more difficult adaptations
C. have an easier job to do
D. can usually do a better job |
答案
| 1-3: C B A |
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| 阅读理解。 |
About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy
sat down at the next table. I couldn"t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman
asked, " So, how have you been?" And the boy, who could not have been more than seven or eight years old,
replied, "Frankly, I"ve been a little depressed lately."
This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far
as I can remember, my friends and I didn"t find out we were "depressed" until we were in high school.
The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don"t seem childlike
anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used
to.
Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no
longer exists, why?
Human development is based not only on innate (天生的) biological states, but also on patterns of access
to social knowledge. Movement from one social role (作用) to another usually involves learning the secrets of
the new status. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: we tell sixth graders
things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been brought in 98 percent of
American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all viewers alike, indiscriminately (不
加区分地). Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less
challenging, more vivid moving pictures.
Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social
information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbol that must
be memorized and practiced. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials. |
| 1. Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world ____. |
A. through contact with society
B. naturally and by biological instinct (本能)
C. gradually and under guidance
D. through exposure to social information |
| 2. The phenomenon that today"s children seem adult like is due to ____. |
A. the widespread influence of television
B. the poor arrangement of teaching content
C. the fast pace of human intellectual development
D. the constantly rising standard of living |
| 3. Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children? |
A. It enables children to gain more social information.
B. It develops children"s interest in reading and writing.
C. It helps children to memorize and practice more.
D. It can control what children are to learn. |
| 4. What does the author think of the change in today"s children? |
A. He feels amused by their premature (早熟) behavior.
B. He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note.
C. He considers it a positive development.
D. He seems to be upset about it. |
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阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。 注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 |
Beggars are often seen sitting by the side of a street with heads bowed as people pass them by. Some
ask people passing by for a small amount of money and some just sit and wait to be given money. A few
use aggressive(侵略性的) behaviour to earn money.
To solve the problem of aggressive begging, an "alternative giving" plan has been suggested. Ten blue
money boxes will be placed in busy places such as the market and the railway station. It is aimed at
encouraging people not to give money directly to beggars but instead to give money generously to local
homeless causes.
Supporters of this plan think it will be an effective way to solve the beggars" alcohol and drug problems.
But the police are against the plan. They argue that beggars who do not receive cash may commit crimes
to satisfy their own needs. The homeless. charity (慈善机构) says that the success of any plan will depend
on its style. They think that in a certain degree imaginative and positive plans may help to create local
understanding and sympathy (同情). Most of the beggars dislike the plan because they think they will not
get enough money from the boxes for their showers, food and clothes.
Begging is a big social problem both in developing and developed countries. Governments must play an
active part in solving this problem. Training beggars to work and helping them to find appropriate jobs is
one choice. This is especially true for developing countries where many low-skill jobs exist.
The public should also be educated to see a beggar not as dirty and dangerous, but as people who need
understanding and help. |
| Begging problem | | 阅读理解。 | Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people. In fact, many people never read
a poem once they get out of high school.
It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America. In the nineteenth
century, a usual American activity was to sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloud.
It is true that there was no television at the time, nor movie theaters, nor World Wide Web, to provide
diversion. However, poems were a source of pleasure, of self-education, of connection to other people
or to the world beyond one"s own community. Reading them was a social act as well as an individual
one, and perhaps even more social than individual. Writing poems to share with friends and relations
was, like reading poems by the fireside, another way in which poetry has a place in everyday life.
How did things change? Why are most Americans no longer comfortable with poetry, and why do
most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and that they can do well without poems?
There are, I believe, three factors: poets, teachers, and we ourselves. Of these, the least important is
the third: the world surrounding the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poem. Early
in the twentieth century, poetry in English headed into directions unfavorable to the reading of poetry.
Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair. at night, and that they belonged
where other difficult-to-read things belonged.
Poets failed the reader, so did teachers. They want their students to know something about the skills
of a poem, they want their students to see that poems mean something. Yet what usually occurs when
teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young people decide poems are
unpleasant crossword puzzles. | | 1. Reading poems is thought to be a social act in the nineteenth century because _____. | A. it built a link among people
B. it helped unite a community
C. it was a source of self-education
D. it was a source of pleasure | | 2. The underlined word "diversion" most probably means _____. | A. concentration
B. change
C. amusements
D. stories | | 3. According to the passage, what is the main cause of the great gap between readers and poetry? | A. Students are becoming less interested in poetry.
B. Students are poorly educated in high school.
C. TV and the Internet are more attractive than poetry.
D. Poems have become difficult to understand. | | 4. In the last paragraph, the writer question _____. | A. the difficulty in studying poems
B. the way poems are taught in school
C. students" wrong ideas about poetry
D. the techniques used in writing poem | 短文填词。
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：(1)汉语提示；(2)首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一
个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。 | | 阅读理解。 | More than one in ten UK teenagers has been left without a job or college place, despite 11 years of
compulsory education, figures show.
The number of 16-t0 18-year-olds branded as "Neet"-not in education, employment or training-has
risen amid growing fears that school-leavers are bearing the brunt of job shortages in the recession.
Some 261,000 young people had no job or training place, according to official data. The figure rose
to 1,082,000 among 16-to 24-year-olds.
The Conservatives branded the figure "shocking".
David Willetts, the shadow skills secretary, said:"It is a damning indictment of the Government"s
failure to help young people during the recession."
"Despite all Cordon Brown"s guarantees and pledges, the number of young people neither earning nor
learning is increasing at a rate of more than 9,000 a week. Ministers must stop making empty gestures
that do so little to help young people."
The Government has a target to reduce the proportion of young Neets to 7.6 per cent by next year.
The latest annual data from the Department for Children, Schools and Families put the figure at 10.3
per cent by the end of 2008.
The percentage of 16-t0 18-year-olds who fall into the same bracket remained higher in the past year
than in the previous 12 months, it was revealed.
"In a further disclosure, figures for the third quarter of this year show almost a fifth of 16 to 24-year-
olds were in the category-more than at any point since 2005.
Iain Wright, the Schools Minister, said:"We are giving all l6 and 17-year-olds the opportunity to stay
in education or training so they can gain the skills they need to succeed in an increasingly competitive
labour market."
"We must not repeat the mistakes that were made in recessions of the past and abandon a whole
generation of young people. We recognize that we need to carry on helping young people through this
tough economic climate."
He said the Government would offer every Neet 16 and 17-year-old a place on an "Entry to Employment"
course in January. | 1. According to what David Willetts said, the number of young people neither earning or learning will increase
____ in a year. | A. 261,000
B. 1,082,000
C. 9,000
D. 432,000 | | 2. The author develops the passage mainly by ____. | A. providing typical examples
B. telling an interesting story
C. comparing opinions from different fields
D. presenting a problem and possible solutions | | 3. What David Willetts said indicates that ____. | A. the government has tried its best to solve the problem
B. the problem is unavoidable during the recession
C. what the government has done is far from satisfactory
D. he is sure the government can solve the problem | | 4. Which of the following is NOT true according to Iain Wright? | A. The government has realized how serious the problem is and will take effective measures.
B. Young people are facing a tough economic climate.
C. The government responded too late in face of the situation.
D. It will be difficult for young people to be employed if they don"t have relevant skills. | 最新试题
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