The American book Who Moved My Cheese has bee a bestseller all over the world. I
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The American book Who Moved My Cheese has bee a bestseller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. Now its author Spence Johnson has written a book just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our lives, like a new school or new friends, don"t be afraid. Instead, use this change to make a better life. The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students.
Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two “little people” and some cheese.
The four are in amaze looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people, however, can’t do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese
After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself.
小题1:The book Who Moved My Cheese is __________.| A．read across the world | B．written all over the world | | C．sold only in America | D．loved only by teens |
小题2:What does the text mainly discuss?| A．Never change in our life. | B．Change when you like to do. | | C．Change with the changes. | D．Pay attention to the changes, |
小题3:The underlined word “four”（paragraph 3）refers to __________.| A．Mice and little people | B．Students | C．Cheese | D．Readers |
小题4:In our lives, we should learn from __________.| A．Mice | B．Little people | C．Chris | D．Spence Johnson |
小题5:Which of the following statements is true?| A．The author is Britain. | | B．There are three terms in every school. | | C．Most teens don"t understand Chris" story. | | D．The book tells teens how to face changes in their lives. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:D |
解析
试题分析：文章主要讲述了一本畅销书中的故事，并且告诉我们要善于随着人生改变而改变的道理。
小题1:A 细节题。文章第一段提到Who Moved My Cheese has been a bestseller all over the world,说明在世界各地都有人阅读，故选择A
小题2:C 主旨大意题。文章想要告诉我们的道理是to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly,即遇到改变时要及时改变。所以选C
小题3:A 词义推断题。根据划线词上一段的内容可以得知这里的four指的是two mice, two “little people”,所以选择A
小题4:A 细节题。关于文章的主旨，在原文中有提到老鼠的做法是The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese，他们的做法获得了成功，所以我们应该向老鼠们学习，所以选A
小题5:D 细节题。根据文章内容，我们得知青少年可以理解这个故事，并且文章中举得例子只是一个个案，并不是全部，而第一段也提到这本书是American book，所以ABC都错误，选D
点评：本文所设试题主要考查细节查找，对于文章中的细节题，要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。 |
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There is one word that is on the lips of Americans, day and night: “Sorry.”
One time as I was walking on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly, brushing against my handbag. Even as he continued on his way, he turned back and said “sorry” to me. Even in a rush, he didn’t forget to apologize. One day, after I bought a mango, the salesman was giving me the change, but I wasn’t ready for it and a coin dropped to the ground. “I’m sorry,” he said while bending down to pick it up. I was puzzled—why would he apologize when it is my fault?
Another time, I stepped on a man’s foot in an escalator, at the same time, we both said “sorry”. I thought it interesting, was it really necessary for him to apologize? Later on, an American friend explained to me that according to the American mentality, the escalators a public place, and everyone should be able to stand in it. After someone occupies a position in the elevator, making it difficult for someone else to find a place to stand, isn’t it necessary to express an apology?
If you go to the movies and the tickets happen to be sold out, the ticket seller will say: “Sorry, the tickets are sold out.” Whenever one of your hopes goes unfulfilled, an American will say “sorry” as a sign of sympathy.
During my stay in America, I often came across situations in which I was supposed to say “sorry”. Gradually, I realized that when friction（摩擦）appears in daily life, Americans don’t care much about who is wrong; If someone is troubled, a “sorry” is always necessary. When this happens, even if the other person is hurt, the “sorry” cools tempers and human kindness is shown. Perhaps this is why I never saw anyone quarreling on the buses, subways or streets of America.
小题1:How many examples are given to show that Americans like to say “sorry”?小题2:When the author was walking on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly ______.| A．and took away his bag | B．and touched his bag | | C．to help him with his bag | D．to brush his bag |
小题3:Which of the following plays a different role in the passage?| A．Paragraph 2 | B．Paragraph 3 | C．Paragraph 4 | D．Paragraph 5 |
小题4:At last, the author’s attitude towards the Americans’ “sorry” seems to be ______. | A．angry | B．interested | C．approving(赞成) | D．disappointed |
小题5:The best title for the passage can be “_______”.| A．My life in America | B．Americans’ “sorry” | | C．My experience in an escalator | D．The meaning of “sorry” |
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Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business!
In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy）, was sold for $ 1, 248, 000.
Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called “found photographs”—a loose term given to everything from discarded(丢弃的） prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger’s family album. The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”, has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since 1982. In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographs of family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.
Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion (捍卫) found photographs. One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper(雨刷） an angry note intended for some else: “Why’s your car HERE at HER place?” The note became the starting point for Rothbard’s addictive publication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such a poster discovered in our drawer.
The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions. Perhaps one of the most difficult is: can these images really be considered as art? And if so, whose art? Yet found photographs produced by artists, such Richard Prince, may riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how did Prince create this photograph? It"s anyone"s guess. In addition, as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists, like Schmid, have collated (整理）, we also turn toward our own photographic albums. Why is memory so important to us? Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves? Will they mean anything to anyone after we"ve gone?
In the absence of established facts, the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely. That, above all, is why they are so fascinating.
小题1:The first paragraph of the passage is used to _________.| A．remind readers of found photographs | | B．advise reader to start a new kind of business | | C．ask readers to find photographs behind sofa | | D．show readers the value of found photographs |
小题2:According to the passage, Joachim Schmid _________.| A．is fond of collecting family life photographs | | B．found a complaining not under his car wiper | | C．is working for several self-published magazines | | D．wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs |
小题3:The underlined word "them" in Para 4 refers to __________.| A．the readers | B．the editors | | C．the found photographs | D．the self-published magazines |
小题4:By asking a series of questions in Para 5, the author mainly intends to indicate that ________.| A．memory of the past is very important to people | | B．found photographs allow people to think freely | | C．the back-story of found photographs is puzzling | | D．the real value of found photographs is questionable |
小题5:The author’s attitude towards found photographs can be described as _________.| A．critical | B．doubtful | C．optimistic | D．satisfied |
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On a hot African morning, Leila was lying on her stomach and an elephant was walking towards her. Leila waited. Then she pushed the button on her camera. “And I got my best photo of an elephant ever, by lying under my car,” Leila explained. “I wanted to get close to the elephants, but of course this was dangerous; they had their babies with them. So every morning I used to park my car in the open near the path (小道). They used to take the same path every morning when they left the water hole. After a week, they were used to seeing my car. So the next morning, I lay under it and got my photo!”
Many of the best wildlife photos come from good planning. In Africa, photographers set up their hides (隐匿处) near water holes. They also set up hides near forest paths, as animals use the same paths every night. For bird-watching, many lakes have hides. Inside the hides, bird-watchers can watch all day in the shade (荫处) out of the wind and rain.
Good wildlife photos are needed for books, postcards, magazines and newspapers. But a success rate of 1 in 20 is good.
小题1:Why did Leila lie under her car on the stomach?| A．Because she wanted to sleep. | | B．Because she wanted to take photos but was afraid of the animals. | | C．Because it’s easy to see the elephants. | | D．Because it’s very comfortable. |
小题2:How can photograpers take good photos?| A．By making good preparation. | B．By going into the forest at night. | | C．By walking around the holes. | D．By going to the nearest lake. |
小题3:Which of the following statements is right according to the passage?| A．All animals go to water holes at night. | | B．Lakes are good places for bird-watching. | | C．Leila used her car to prevent the sunshine. | | D．Animaals pay no attention to photographers. |
小题4:What can we know from the underlined sentence?| A．The successf rate of taking wildlife photos is 50% at most. | | B．Photographers who take wildlife photos need more practice. | | C．To take good wildlife photos is not difficult. | | D．It’s hard to take good wildlife photos. |
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Battle of the Books
Each year in April, the “Battle of the Books” teams from each school meet for the Semi-Battle competition. The top three teams from each division go on to the Final Battle to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The gold medal winners go on to compete in the Regional Championship.
Battle of the Books Rules and Goals
Goals:
Students: Have fun reading good books from a wide variety of authors and genres(体裁).
Educators: Encourage reading, foster friendly competition, and nurture the love of books in young people.
Rules:
One team of six students from grades 7 or 8 will represent each school.
1. Each team will have a spokesperson. While the team is encouraged to discuss possible answers, team answers will only be accepted from the spokesperson.
2. The Semi-Finals will consist of three rounds of play, and the Finals will have one round. Each round features a Regular Battle and a Lightning Battle.
3. Regular Battle questions will be addressed to teams alternately(轮流地), regardless of the last correct answer. There will be 12 Regular Battle questions per round. When asked a question, teams will have 20 seconds to provide the book’s title and author.
4. Five points will be given if the team correctly identifies the exact title, and three points will be awarded for correctly identifying the author’s surname. The author’s first name does not need to be identified.
5. The Lightning Battles will be featured at the end of each round. Lightning Battles consist of a 2 minutes, 30 seconds time period during which each team is asked up to 12 questions. These questions concern details of the books and will not require teams to identify titles or authors. Each correctly answered Lightning Battle question will be worth three points.
PLEASE NOTE:
A warm-up practice question will be given to each team at the beginning of its first Semi-Battle and at the beginning of the Final and Regional Final Battles.
There may be no assistance from the coordinators and audience members.
Teams will not be punished for incorrect answers.
Any team demonstrating poor sportsmanship will not be invited back.
小题1:According to the text, “Battle of the Books” is an activity ______. | A．where students are inspired to write books | | B．where books are used as arms in the battle | | C．where friends compete with each other | | D．where readers are motivated to love books |
小题2:How many questions will be asked in the Semi-Finals?小题3:What information can we get from the text?| A．Teams are given 20 minutes to answer a question. | | B．A competitor gets 18 points for 6 correct titles. | | C．Each round ends with the Lightning Battles. | | D．A correct first name will be given 5 points. |
小题4:If a team doesn’t compete fairly, it ______. | A．won’t be given a warm-up practice | B．won’t get help from audience members | | C．will be reduced in its points | D．won’t be allowed to compete next time |
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Mark Twain is a name not usually connected with Broadway(百老汇), but now his play “Is He Dead” will receive its first public performance on November 29.
“Is He Dead” was written by Mark Twain in 1898 but was never performed. It was rediscovered in 2002 by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, an English professor and director of the American Studies Program at Stanford University. It was published the following year by the University of California Press.
The story is about a group of poor artists who fake the death of their friend in order to increase the value of his work.
“Is He Dead” is set in France in the 1840s and centers on the French painter Jean-Francois Millet. “Millet was probably the most popular European painter in the United States in Twain’s lifetime,” Fishkin said in a telephone interview. “Americans greatly admired him because he focused on the life of the common man and the common woman.”
According to Fishkin, “Is He Dead” is a satire(讽刺) about how value is created in the art world. Twain wrote the play when he was coming out of the hardest time of his life.
小题1:What’s “Is He Dead” about?| A．The death of a poor artist in the 1840s. | | B．A trick played by a group of poor artists. | | C．A story about the French painter Jean-Francois Millet. | | D．An experience Mark Twain had gone through. |
小题2:From the second paragraph we learn that ______.| A．the play was one of Mark Twain’s early works | | B．no one knew the play until 2002 | | C．Fishkin is an expert on Mark Twain’s works | | D．the play was published in 2002 |
小题3:According to Fishkin, Jean-Francois Millet was admired by Americans because ____.| A．he was a famous French painter at that time | | B．he focused on the life of ordinary Americans | | C．his works showed respect for ordinary people | | D．Mark Twain agreed on his thoughts |
小题4:We can infer from the passage that Mark Twain ______.| A．had experienced several difficult times for no money | | B．was a good novelist but a bad playwright(剧作家) | | C．was a writer who only cared about ordinary people’s life | | D．was dissatisfied with some methods of creating the value of art work |
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