Many women write to me perplexed(困惑的) about why they can"t form close friendship
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Many women write to me perplexed(困惑的) about why they can"t form close friendships.They try new approaches,put themselves in all the right places,see therapists,and read relevant selfhelp books.They consider themselves interesting,loyal,kind,and friendworthy people.But for reasons unknown to them,they have a tough time forming intimate relationships.Many admit to not having even one close friend. A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology offers some clues as to how both nature(personality) and nurture (experience) impact our friendships.Researchers at the University of Virginia and University of Toronto,Mississauga studied more than 7,000 American adults between the ages of 20 and 75 over a period of ten years,looking at the number of times these adults moved during childhood.Their study,like prior ones,showed a link between residential mobility and adult wellbeing:The more times participants moved as children,the poorer the quality of their adult social relationships. But digging deeper,the researchers found that personality—specifically being introverted (内向的) or extroverted (外向的)—could either intensify or buffer (缓冲) the effect of moving to a new town or neighborhood during childhood.The negative impact of more moves during childhood was far greater for introverts compared to extroverts. “Moving a lot makes it difficult for people to maintain longterm close relationships,” stated Dr.Shigehiro Oishi,the first author of the study,in a press release from the American Psychological Association,“This might not be a serious problem for outgoing people who can make friends quickly and easily.Less outgoing people have a harder time making new friends.” Families often have to relocate—across town,across the country,or across the globe.Yet,in many cases,their kids and young adolescents haven"t yet built up a bank of friendships.So the conventional wisdom is to try to minimize moves for the sake of your child,whenever possible,and to move at the end of the academic year. 小题1:The passage is written mainly to ________.A.offer advice to women on how to form intimate relationships | B.explain how nature and nurture impact our friendships | C.explain how moves during childhood affect children | D.tell us how to help children make friends | 小题2:Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?A.People who moved less during childhood have better social relationships. | B.The more people moved during childhood,the more friends they have. | C.The more people moved during childhood,the better they adjust to society. | D.There is no link between residential mobility and adult wellbeing. | 小题3:In order for children to maintain longterm close relationships,parents ________.A.should not relocate their homes | B.should relocate their homes within the town | C.had better move at the end of the school year | D.had better move when their children couldn"t build up a bank of friendships | 小题4:We learn from the fourth paragraph that moves during childhood ________.A.have a bigger impact on an introverted person compared to extroverts | B.have no impact on an outgoing person | C.are a big problem for both introverts and extroverts | D.help children better adapt to a new environment | 小题5:We can infer from the passage that ________.A.our friendships are mainly affected by our nurture | B.we can move when children have made a lot of friends | C.the impact of moves will disappear when one reaches adulthood | D.there is some way to minimize the impact of moves during childhood on children |
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小题1:B 小题2:A 小题3:C 小题4:A 小题5:D |
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本文主要说明了人们的性格以及后天的经历对人们交友的影响。 小题1:解析 主旨大意题。从第二段第一句可知,这个研究主要表明性格以及后天的经历对人们交友的影响。C项是童年时代搬家如何对人们交友产生影响,仅仅是后天的经历,概括不全面,故可排除。答案 B 小题2:解析 细节理解题。从第二段最后一句可知,人们童年时搬家次数越多,成年后的社会关系就越糟,反推可知A项正确。答案 A 小题3:解析 细节理解题。从最后两段可知,为了孩子与伙伴能维持长期的亲密友谊,父母最好在学期末搬家。答案 C 小题4:解析 细节理解题。从第四段可知,搬家对性格外向的人的影响要小于对性格内向的人的影响。答案 A 小题5:解析 推理判断题。从最后一段最后一句可知,有办法减少搬家对孩子造成的负面影响。答案 D |
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There are many things people do with their spare time.Have you ever thought about tuning(调音)your own piano for fun and profit?Are you a piano teacher or player who really does not want the expense of hiring a piano tuner and feels that you could do it yourself with a little training?Well,this is your lucky day.All you need are the right tools,a piano and patience. So,why would I want to tune my piano?There are many reasons for tuning your own piano. ·It is a very pleasant thing to do. ·You can make up to $80 each time tuning other people"s pianos. ·There are millions of pianos in the world and thousands of new ones are being sold every day.There are not enough piano tuners available to tune them all. ·You can provide a valuable service for friends,family and others. ·You can teach yourself very cheaply and then develop it into a parttime or fulltime business. You may have thought that only a trained expert could do this,someone who had devoted years of study and developed a sense of perfect pitch(音高).In the past,tuning a piano was as much an art form as it was a technology exercise,but now the balance is swaying(摇动) more towards the technology and the final result is as good or even better than tuning by ear. A few simple tools and a laptop computer with tuning software are all that are required.The real secret is the tuning software,which makes the whole process extremely easy.It means you do not have to train your ears but just look at the laptop screen to know when the piano string is in tune. I have put together an ebook in my website with all the information you need to get started tuning your own piano, where to get the free software and where to buy the tools. I hope I have inspired you to think about piano tuning and actually give it a go.You will find it a very rewarding and pleasant activity even if it remains just a hobby. 小题1:The writer asks two questions in the first paragraph to ________.A.show his doubt on the topic | B.ask readers to answer the questions clearly | C.encourage readers to make comments on the topic | D.attract readers to more information on this topic | 小题2:According to the passage,why should you learn to tune pianos?A.To offer help to piano tuners. | B.To save money and earn money as well. | C.Because it can help you make a piano yourself. | D.Because it can help you learn how to play the piano. | 小题3:What makes piano tuning easier now?A.Advanced technology. | B.More effective training. | C.More chances of practicing. | D.Traditional tuning methods. | 小题4:If you want to get the tuning software and tools,you can ________.A.get them for free from the piano sellers | B.buy them from the writer"s online shops | C.make them yourself according to the passage | D.surf the writer"s website for the information | 小题5:In the last paragraph,the writer mainly wants to show that ________.A.one must be active to play the piano | B.piano tuning will be popular in the future | C.it"s valuable to take piano tuning as a hobby | D.it"s difficult to tune pianos without professional training |
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It was August 2nd,1927.The news had spread fast.A man named Ralph Peer was coming to the city of Bristol.He wanted to make recordings of local people singing and playing musical instruments.And he said he would pay fifty dollars for each song recorded.That was a lot of money in those days.Many people came to Bristol that day to play for Mr.Peer.But one group seemed to have just the sound that he was looking for.They were a man named A.P.Carter,his wife Sara,and her cousin Maybelle.They called themselves the Carter Family. Their first recordings were sent to radio stations throughout the United States.Many listeners were surprised at what they heard.Instead of classical or jazz songs that radio stations usually played,a new sound was born.The Carter Family sounded different.They did not sound as if they had taken music lessons.But it did not matter.The people in poor rural areas thought they sounded just like their neighbors. The Carters sang songs about living in the mountains of Virginia,Tennessee,and North Carolina.They sang about the love of a young man for a special girl.They sang about the beauty of nature.They sang about death and sadness.And they sang religious songs that told of the hope for a better life after death. A.P.Carter sang in the group and also searched for new songs.He often traveled long distances to small towns in the southeastern United States.He wanted to hear the songs that local people sang in their communities.He wrote down the words but kept the music in his memory.When he returned home,he helped Sara and Maybelle fit them to the Carter Family musical style. The Carter Family soon became famous.They recorded more songs.They traveled to many cities and towns in the eastern United States to perform.Thousands of people heard them sing and bought their recordings.Some people estimate that within three years,the Carter Family sold three hundred thousand recordings. 小题1:What does this passage mainly talk about?A.A family born for music. | B.A family singing differently. | C.The first family of country music. | D.A family singing in a group. | 小题2:When Mr.Peer heard the Carter Family"s songs,he most probably felt ________.A.disappointed | B.calm | C.confused | D.excited | 小题3:Many listeners were surprised when they heard the Carter Family"s singing because ________.A.the family did not seem to be good at singing | B.what the family sang sounded uncomfortable | C.the family sang classical and jazz songs in a very different way | D.the family sang something that they had never heard before | 小题4:What was A.P.Carter"s purpose in traveling to small towns in the southeastern United States? A.To ask for some advice on his music. B.To collect songs sung by the local people there. C.To introduce his music to the local people there. D.To see if the local people there had heard his music. |
I am a writer.I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke(唤起)an emotion,a visual image,a complex idea,or a simple truth.Language_is_the_tool_of_my_trade.And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California,I"ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks.Like others,I have described it to people as “broken” English.But I feel embarrassed to say that.It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than“broken”,as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed,as if it lacked a certain wholeness.I"ve heard other terms used,“limited English”, for example.But they seem just as bad,as if everything is limited,including people"s perceptions(认识)of the limited English speaker. I know this for a fact,because when I was growing up, my mother"s “limited” English limited my perception of her.I was ashamed of her English.I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say.That is,because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me:the fact that people in department stores,at banks,and at restaurants did not take her seriously,did not give her good service,pretended not to understand her,or even acted as if they did not hear her. I started writing fiction in 1985.And for reasons I won"t get into today,I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with:the English she used with me,which for lack of a better term might be described as“broken”:and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese,her internal(内在的)language,and for that I sought to preserve the essence,but neither an English nor a Chinese structure.I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show:her intention,her feelings,the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts. 小题1:By saying“Language is the tool of my trade”,the author means that ________.A.she uses English in foreign trade | B.she is fascinated by languages | C.she works as a translator | D.she is a writer by profession | 小题2:The author used to think of her mother"s English as ________.A.impolite | B.amusing | C.imperfect | D.practical | 小题3:The author gradually realizes her mother"s English is ________.A.well structured | B.in the old style | C.easy to translate | D.rich in meaning | 小题4:What is the passage mainly about?A.The change of the author"s attitude to her mother"s English. | B.The limitation of the author"s perception of her mother. | C.The author"s misunderstanding of “limited” English. | D.The author"s experiences of using broken English. |
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I do a lot of hiking.And I can step out of my house and within minutes reach a beautiful forest where I walk for exercise every day.I see many photography subjects such as parrots,snakes,hares,big trees and flowers.There are so many different flowers around my place that once I decided to see how many types I could count in a onehourlong walk,and I counted over 100. Needless to say,as a keen amateur photographer,I always take a camera with me.I have three favorites: a Pentax Optio RZ10,a Sony Alpha 390 and a Panasonic Lumix FZ100.I mostly take the Pentax pocket camera with me.This Pentax pocket camera takes images as good as those from much more expensive Single Lens(镜头)Reflex cameras.It allows you to get to just 1 cm from the subject,and these images are of astonishing clarity(清楚).I can stick the camera right into a flower.And the photo shows fantastic details. The Pentax is also good at taking landscapes.The color is natural and price again the details even of distant objects are great.Sometimes,even when I have one of my other cameras with me,I still just use the Pentax pocket camera.About half of all the images on my website were taken with the Pentax. The Pentax takes quality images in poor light and the zoom works well.You have to work hard to get a blurry(模糊的)shot.This is an especially good feature at parties and gatherings.You get fantastic photos of people.You don"t have to wait for them to keep still. Keep this camera in your pocket or in the car.It takes up little room;it"s light and you"ll never regret it! 小题1:Why does the author walk through the beautiful forest every day?A.He takes exercise to keep fit. | B.He goes there to count flowers. | C.He takes photos in the forest. | D.He goes to see photography subjects. | 小题2:Which of the following cameras did the author use most?A.The Sony Alpha 390. | B.The Pentax Optio RZ10. | C.The Panasonic Lumix FZ100. | D.The Single Lens Reflex camera. | 小题3:We can infer from the passage that________.A.the author is a professional photographer | B.the author took blurry photos at gatherings | C.the author has put half of his photos on his website | D.it is good to take a quick photo with the Pentax | 小题4:In the last paragraph the author advised us to________.A.buy a very small camera | B.take photos of our friends | C.keep a Pentax at hand | D.take photos wherever we are |
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Ereading and ebooks are slowly conquering the world.Compared to traditional paper books,ebooks in some schools and universities attract more interest because the information flow seems much easier to manage and comes in a greatly higher quantity. Japan is known for the reformminded attitude towards the gadget(精巧装置) world and for the fact that it is one of the first countries that encouraged in the educational system the emailing of homework. The digital textbook looks like the logical step in the world of learning.It is natural but it is also completely untraditional. The plan of the largest publishing companies to get in line with the trend is to save a large quantity of paper and make the kids become interested in learning using a cool gadget.Many USA universities and colleges have made students be used to the procedure of downloading the courses and of course the procedure involves interactive software and also the chance of using the computer. The traditional education system is still unwilling when it comes to giving up books.The standard approach of information taught out of a book and Shakespeare read out of an old school novel makes studying English as traditional as it can be. In a world where kids would rather see the movie than read a book,the digital age has brought along a completely different flavor to reading.Bringing that flavor in school will make teaching a greener and also a completely different matter. 小题1:Why are ebooks so popular in the world?A.It"s cheap to buy. | B.It"s effective to use. | C.It"s convenient to bring. | D.It"s the latest fashion. | 小题2:Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “reformminded” in the second paragraph?A.Oldfashioned. | B.Aggressive. | C.Rejecting. | D.Progressive. | 小题3:In America,the students are encouraged to________.A.apply the procedure of downloading the courses | B.communicate with their teachers using computer | C.research some interactive software for their studies | D.do their homework in computer instead of in paper | 小题4:What"s the author"s attitude to the digital textbooks?A.Being against. | B.Being for. | C.Not mentioned. | D.Being neutral. |
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