All of us go through some difficult times as we approach teenage years. It"s the
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All of us go through some difficult times as we approach teenage years. It"s the age when we have to deal with the most ____ in our life. This transition (过渡) from childhood to adulthood is ____ for some, but rough for others. The most important thing about being a teenager is ____. When we are teenagers, we would get blamed or even punished for anything wrong we do.
It"s all not so ___ about being a teenager though. We don"t have to have our ____ take us to somewhere we want to go or we couldn"t go before. We can have ____ with friends or even alone, which we couldn"t have because we were too ___ to know what pleasure is! It"s a very enjoyable time of life. During this age, we are old enough to ____ what is good for us, and make decisions without ____ others.
But like the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue ___.” During this period, we are having much ____ for our studies. If we don"t pass, we won"t get jobs, and things will take a turn for the ____. With the present world economy in ___， we have to do really, really well in our ____ for a job. Adults say that their ____ is the hardest part of life. But I think the transition from a kid to an adult is much ____ than being already an adult. What we do in our teenage years will ____ what we become and how we lead our life in the future.
In conclusion, it is quite ____ that parents put much pressure on an already stressed out teenager. If they realized that, living condition for teenagers would be much better. ____ for the teens ourselves we should get to know what is best for us. What"s more, we should understand the right ____ of life we choose at this age can make us happy for the rest of our existence.
| 小题1: | | A．chances | B．changes | | C．feelings | D．expectations |
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| 小题2: | | A．smooth | B．practical | | C．demanding | D．necessary |
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| 小题3: | | A．knowledge | B．independence | | C．confidence | D．responsibility |
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| 小题4: | | A．easy | B．strange | | C．bad | D．interesting |
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| 小题5: | | A．guides | B．partners | | C．parents | D．friends |
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| 小题6: | | A．fun | B．trouble | | C．relation | D．business |
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| 小题7: | | A．proud | B．young | | C．smart | D．mature |
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| 小题8: | | A．predict | B．remember | | C．imagine | D．understand |
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| 小题9: | | A．guiding | B．helping | | C．inviting | D．consulting |
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| 小题10: | | A．occasionally | B．briefly | | C．forever | D．naturally |
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| 小题11: | | A．pressure | B．passion | | C．motivation | D．panic |
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| 小题12: | | A．better | B．worse | | C．fewer | D．more |
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| 小题13: | | A．decline | B．hope | | C．increase | D．debt |
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| 小题14: | | A．contribution | B．education | | C．application | D．qualification |
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| 小题15: | | A．promotion | B．work | | C．experience | D．age |
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| 小题16: | | A．harder | B．happier | | C．easier | D．lighter |
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| 小题17: | | A．reflect | B．confirm | | C．determine | D．identify |
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| 小题18: | | A．vital | B．urgent | | C．common | D．unnecessary |
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| 小题19: | | A．Or | B．Otherwise | | C．But | D．Because |
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| 小题20: | | A．experience | B．way | | C．condition | D．power |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:D
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:B |
解析
文章大意：在青少年到成人这一个过渡期是非常重要。对将来的工作和生活有重要的决定作用。要让孩子知道这些，但是不能过分的给孩子施加压力。
小题1:B 本题考查名词词义辨析。根据下文讲了从青少年，过渡期和成年人可知应该是变化。故选B项。
小题2:A 本题考查形容词词义辨析。根据后面的but rough for others.可知是rough 的反义词smooth。所以选smooth，意为“平坦的，顺利的”。
小题3:D 本题考查名词词义辨析。从后文“我们是青年时，我们犯的错误会受到责备或者惩罚”，所以青少年最重要的事情是“责任”。responsibility“责任”；knowledge“知识”；independence“独立”；confidence“信心”。
小题4:A 本题考查形容词词义辨析。根据前面的When we are teenagers, we would get blamed or even punished for anything wrong we do.可知尽管我们的生活不那么容易。故选A项。
小题5:C 本题考查名词词义辨析。根据后面的with friends or even alone可知我们没有必要让父母带我们去我们不想去的地方。故选C项。
小题6:A 本题考查名词词义辨析。根据后面…know what pleasure is! It"s a very enjoyable time of life 可知这儿是have fun with sb.和某人玩得开心。故选A项。
小题7:B 本题考查形容词词义辨析。根据前面being a teenager though.可知太年轻。故选B项。
小题8:D 本题考查动词词义辨析。根据上下文可知这儿的句意：我们足够大到我们能明白什么是对的。故选D项。
小题9:D 本题考查动词义辨析。根据上文，我们足够大到我们能明白什么是对的，不用去咨询别人，故选D项。consult“商量，商议”；guide“引路，指导”；help“帮助”；invite“邀请”。
小题10:C 本题考查副词词义辨析。根据前面的All good things must come to an end。中的come to an end 可知后面所有坏的东西永远继续下去。故选C项。
小题11:A 本题考查名词词义辨析。根据In conclusion, it is quite __57__ that parents put much pressure on an already stressed out teenager. 中的暗示，故选A项。
小题12:B 本题考查形容词词义辨析。根据we won"t get jobs，那说明情况会很糟糕。故选B项。take a turn for the worse“恶化，逆转”。
小题13:A 本题考查动词词义辨析。根据上下文可知现在世界上的经济处于下滑趋势，故选A项。decline“下降，衰退”符合句意。
小题14:B 本题考查名词词义辨析。根据前面During this period, we are having much __51__ for our studies.在学习中会有压力，故这儿推知是“教育”，故选B项。
小题15:D 本题考查名词词义辨析。根据后面的But I think the transition from a kid to an adult中应该是成年人说他们这个时期是他们一生中最困难的时期。故选D项。
小题16:A 本题考查形容词词义辨析。根据前面Adults say that their __55__ is the hardest part of life. 可知过渡期比真正成为一个成年人要难得多，故选A项。
小题17:C 本题考查动词词义辨析。根据前面What we do in our teenage yearswill __57__ what we become and how we lead our life in the future.可知我们在青少年所做的将会决定我们成为什么样的人将来会怎样引导我们的生活。故选C项。determine“决定”。
小题18:D 本题考查形容词辨析。根据上下文，父母给那些已经压力重重的孩子再施加压力是没有必要的，故选D项。
小题19:C 本题考查连词词义辨析。前后两句话是转折关系，故选D项。
小题20:B 本题考查名词词义辨析。在这个时期，我们应该明白正确的生活方式能够使我们的存在更快乐。故选B项。 |
举一反三
A Simple Lesson
“Another bad day at school？” my father asked as I came into the room.
“How could you tell? I didn"t shut the door heavily or anything，” I replied. Over the past two months I had either done this or thrown my backpack across the room every time I came home from school. Papa thinks it has something to do with moving to a new house.
“I know this move has been hard on you. Leaving your friends and cousins behind is tough，” Papa said, as he put his arm around my shoulder. “What you must remember is that, with a lot of hard work and some time, you will make new friends.”
“You don"t know how hard it is. This year my baseball team would have won the championship. They won"t even give me a chance to pitch (投球) here. All I get to play is right field, and that"s the worst！”
Papa turned toward me. “Things will get better, I promise you. Let me ask you, do you know why you were named David Lorenzo？”
“Yes, your name is David and grandfather"s name is Lorenzo.”
“Very good, and what makes your grandfather so important？”
“He was the first in the family to come to this country and all that，” I answered.
“That is only partly correct. Your grandfather was a very great man. In Mexico, he had been a teacher. When he came to America he could only get lowpaid labor jobs because he didn"t speak the language. It took him two years before he spoke English well enough to be allowed to teach here, but he did it. He never complained because he knew change could be difficult. Did he ever tell you that？” my father asked.
I looked down at my feet, ashamed at my behavior. “No. That must have been hard，” I said sheepishly.
“Your grandfather taught me that if you let people see your talent, they will accept you for who you are. I want you to always remember what my father taught me, even if it takes a few years for people to see who you are，” said Papa.
All I could say was, “Okay.” Then I asked, “What should I do now？”
Laughing, Papa said, “How about you pitch a few to me? You need some work.”
小题1:Why was the author unhappy that day? | A．Because he moved to a new country. | | B．Because his baseball team lost the game. | | C．Because he wasn"t offered a chance to pitch. | | D．Because he quarreled with his friends at school. |
小题2:The father successfully changed his son"s mood by ________.| A．asking him to train harder | | B．playing baseball with him | | C．telling his grandfather"s story | | D．introducing him some new friends |
小题3:The underlined word “sheepishly” probably means ________.| A．shyly | B．patiently | | C．clumsily | D．cautiously |
小题4:What can we infer about the author?| A．He thinks his father lives in the past. | | B．He"d rather live with his grandfather. | | C．He will continue to dislike school and everything. | | D．He will try his best to adapt to the new environment. |
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Art robbery and art forgery (仿造) are both major themes in crime movies and literature.In the 2012 comedy movie Gambit, British actor Colin Firth plays an art curator who cheats his abusive boss into buying a fake Monet. In reality, art crimes are no less interesting and exciting.
According to The New York Times, over the past 15 years, Glafira Rosales fooled two local commercial art galleries into buying 63 false works of art for more than $30 million.She passed off fake paintings as works by 20th century modernist masters such as American artists Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock.But in fact, these so called “newly discovered works” were all produced by a single man, a Chinese immigrant named Qian Peishen.
The art world was shocked by Rosales" deception.But to the public, it was amusing and most satisfying to see wealthy people get tricked.
So what decides the value of a piece of art? Is it beauty? Is it the artist"s talent and craftsmanship? Or is it just because the artist is famous?
We should take beauty out. If the buyers were buying paintings only for their beauty, they"ll be content displaying good fakes on their walls. They wouldn"t be so upset when a forgery is exposed.
The art market claims that great artists are inimitable, and that this inimitability justifies the absurd price of their works. We can"t deny that most famous artists are good at what they do, but forgers like Qian show that their works are imitable.Otherwise, the difference between the original and the copycats would be obvious and Rosales would not be able to fool anyone.
According to an article in the Economist, expensive paintings are what economists call positional goods. They are valuable because other people can"t have them. With other goods, a higher price reduces demand.But art turns down the laws of economics. “When the goods that is really being purchased is evidence that the buyer has paid a lot, price increases cause demand to boom，” explained the article.
That"s why scarcity and authenticity are so important in the art market. Artists sometimes forget this.Demien Hirst, the British pop artist, is famous for his spot paintings. But they dropped in value when it became clear that they had been produced in quantities so vast that nobody knew how many were out there.The art market lost faith in these paintings because no one could be sure which of them were authentic and which were fake.
小题1:The first paragraph is meant to tell the readers that ________.| A．movies and literature will be popular with art involved in them | | B．art crimes are as interesting and exciting in reality as in movies | | C．Gambit is a good movie with art forgery as the major theme | | D．real art crime in reality can be adapted into popular films |
小题2:Who is amused and satisfied to see the rich buy forged works of art?| A．The public. | | B．Glafira Rosales. | | C．Qian Peishen. | | D．Mark Rothlo and Jackson Pollock. |
小题3:What kind of art buyers should not be unhappy with its high prices when a forgery is exposed according to the author?| A．Those who buy only for its beauty. | | B．Those who buy for its inimitability. | | C．Those who "buy for its authenticity. | | D．Those who buy for its scarcity. |
小题4:What is the law of economics theory behind art goods according to the economists?| A．They are valuable goods. | | B．High prices reduce the demand of art goods. | | C．High prices increase the demand of art goods. | | D．They are produced in quantities to satisfy people. |
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Some students get so nervous before a test; they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious testtakers.
Sian Beilock: “They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry，it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam.”
Professor Beilock and another researcher，Gerardo Ramirez，have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam，highly anxious testtakers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
Sian Beilock: “What we think happens is when students put it down on paper，they think about the worst that could happen and they reappraise the situation. They might realize it"s not as bad as they might think it was before and，in essence(本质上)，it prevents these thoughts from popping up when they"re actually taking a test.”
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of twelve percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.
Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.
Prefessor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B＋，compared to a B－ for those who did not.
Sian Beilock: “What we showed is that for students who are highly testanxious，who"d done our writing intervention(排解)，all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most likely to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who don"t normally get nervous in these testing situations.”
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE? | A．The result in the math test agrees with that in the biology test. | | B．In the first math test, students who sat quietly performed better. | | C．In the second math test, students who wrote about their feelings did worse. | | D．Some college students are highly anxious testtakers while others are not in the tests. |
小题2:What may happen if students have the problem of test anxiety? | A．Test anxiety is sure to cause students to fail the test. | | B．Test anxiety can improve students" performance to some degree. | | C．Students" attention and memory resources run out when worried. | | D．Students may not be admitted into their favorite college if worried. |
小题3:The result of the research suggests that ________.| A．proper amount of burden may turn out to be a good thing | | B．facing the fears bravely may help one to achieve more | | C．avoiding facing the problem may contribute to relaxation | | D．taking no action before difficulty may result in success |
小题4:What is the main idea of the passage? | A．It is important for students to overcome test anxiety. | | B．Anxious students overcome test anxiety by writing down fears. | | C．It is a common practice for students being worried before a test. | | D．Being worried before tests does harm to students" performance. |
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The best of Bali in 48 hours
Bali(巴厘岛) is home to most of Indonesia"s Hindu minority. Here"s how to get the most out of a 48hour visit：
FRIDAY
3pm—There"s nothing like a good meal. La Lucciola is the place to go, with its good food, great service and a beautiful view of the sea.
You can hire a car for some 450,000 rupiah per day. This will help you have more to spare during your trip there.
5pm—About an hour away from La Lucciola is Uluwatu. This southern tip of the island is famous for its temple that lies on the edge, high above the sea. Fire dance is performed here daily at sunset.
8pm—To finish off the evening, head to Jimbaran Bay where restaurants offer candles, dances, boys singing songs. Kick off your shoes, feel the sand, and enjoy the night.
SATURDAY
9：30am—Start the day with another taste of culture by heading for a “barong and keris” dance performance. It"s held in many places. One is the Catur Eka Budi in Denpasar, capital of Bali.
12pm—About 50km from Denpasar is Kintamani, a favorite with tourists for the view of active volcano Mt. Batur. It"s a good idea to reach Kintamani early as it gets cloudy after 3pm. Have lunch at a local restaurant with a view of Mt. Batur. Tourists can climb to Mt. Batur to catch the sunrise.
6：30pm—Spa(温泉疗养)time! Spa Hati is a good place. Book ahead.
SUNDAY
6am—It"s time to go to the sea. Don"t forget the camera.
10：30am—Another halfday trip to two of the most famous temples in Bali. Drive down to the Taman Ayun temple at Mengwi.
12am—Next up is the Tanah Lot temple, perhaps the most famous of them all. Built on a rock, it"s best seen in the afternoon when it"s against the sun or at sunset.
小题1:How can you save time during your trip in La Lucciola according to the text?| A．Having a pair of good shoes. | | B．Preparing early and well. | | C．Joining a tour group. | | D．Hiring a car. |
小题2:Where can you enjoy fire dance?| A．In La Lucciola. | B．In Uluwatu. | | C．At Mengwi. | D．In Denpasar. |
小题3:Which of the following is probably a better time to visit the famous temple built on a rock?| A．5 am. | B．4 pm. | C．11 am. | D．9 pm. |
小题4:Which of the following needs to be booked in advance?| A．Joining in a “ barong and keris” dance. | | B．Visiting the Tanah Lot temple. | | C．Having a spa in Spa Hati. | | D．Having lunch in Kintamani. |
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Now, I know it"s not always easy to do well in school. I know you have a lot of _ in your lives right now that can make it hard to on your schoolwork.
I get it. I know what it’s like. My father my family when I was two years old ,and I was by a single mom who had to work and who struggled to pay the hills and wasn"t always to give us the things that other kids had. There were times when I having a father in my life. There were times when I was and I felt like I didn"t fit in.
So I wasn"t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I"m not of, and I got in more trouble than I should .And my life could have taken a turn for the worse.
But I was ，I got a lot of second chances, and I had the opportunity to go to college and law school and follow my .
Some of you might not have those . Maybe you don"t have adults in your life who give you the that you need. Maybe someone in your family has lost their job and there"s not enough money to the daily expenses. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don"t feel safe, or have friends who are you to do things that you know aren"t right.
But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life are, of those is an excuse for ignoring your homework or having a bad in school. That"s no excuse for talking back to your , or dropping out of school. There"s no excuse for not trying.
| 小题1: | | A．changes | B．challenges | C．attractions | D．activities |
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| 小题2: | | A．concentrate | B．depend | C．reflect | D．comment |
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| 小题3: | | A．supported | B．hated | C．loved | D．left |
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| 小题4: | | A．raised | B．adopted | C．taught | D．comforted |
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| 小题5: | | A．on time | B．in time | C．at times | D．behind time |
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| 小题6: | | A．able | B．glad | C．generous | D．ready |
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| 小题7: | | A．enjoyed | B．missed | C．considered | D．regretted |
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| 小题8: | | A．lonely | B．guilty | C．clumsy | D．silly |
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| 小题9: | | A．afraid | B．sure | C．proud | D．aware |
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| 小题10: | | A．simply | B．truly | C．actually | D．easily |
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| 小题11: | | A．independent | B．lucky | C．brilliant | D．honest |
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| 小题12: | | A．steps | B．fortunes | C．instructions | D．dreams |
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| 小题13: | | A．moods | B．feelings | C．advantages | D．difficulties |
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| 小题14: | | A．right | B．support | C．energy | D．freedom |
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| 小题15: | | A．sure | B．avoid | C．cover | D．have |
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| 小题16: | | A．permitting | B．forcing | C．inspiring | D．reminding |
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| 小题17: | | A．whichever | B．however | C．wherever | D．whatever |
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| 小题18: | | A．none | B．any | C．neither | D．either |
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| 小题19: | | A．impression | B．experience | C．memory | D．attitude |
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| 小题20: | | A．parent | B．classmate | C．friend | D．teacher |
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