No matter how long your life is, you will, at best, be able to read only a few b

No matter how long your life is, you will, at best, be able to read only a few b

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No matter how long your life is, you will, at best, be able to read only a few books of all that have been written, and the few you do read should include the best. You can be pleased with the fact that the number of such is relatively small.
It is to be expected that the selections will change over time. Yet there is a surprising uniformity (一致性) in the lists which represent the best choices of any period. In every age, the list makers include both ancient and modern books in their selections, and they always wonder whether the moderns are up to the great books of the past.
What are the signs by which we may recognize a great book? The four I will mention may not be all there are, but they are the ones I’ve found most useful in explaining my choices over the years.
Great books are probably the most widely read. They are enduring best sellers. Gone with the Wind has had relatively few readers compared to the plays of Shakespeare or Don Quixote. It would be reasonable to estimate that Homer Iliad has been read by at least 25,000,000 people in the last 3000 years.
Great books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. Whether they are philosophy or science, or history or poetry, they treat of human, not academic problems. They are written for men, not professors. To read a textbook for advanced students, you have to read an elementary textbook first. But the great books can be considered elementary in the sense that they treat the elements of any subject matter. They are not related to one another as a series of textbooks, graded in difficulty or in the technicality of the problems with which they deal.
Great books are always contemporary, the most readable and instructive.
Great books deal with the continuously unsolved problems of human life. There are mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Inquiry not begins with wonder, but usually ends with it also. Great minds acknowledge mysteries only honestly. Wisdom is encouraged, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations.
小题1:Which is not the criterion in the following when considering a great book?
A.Although not a best seller, it must be the most widely read.
B.A great book can be read without any effort.
C.Great books are never out of date.
D.Great books will not disappoint you if you try to read them well.
小题2:According to the author, Gone with the Wind is     .
A.a best sellerB.disliked by readers who like Shakespeare
C.read more often than Don QuixoteD.a great book
小题3:In the passage the underlined word “pedantic” means        
A.showing the feelings, esp., those of kindness, which people are supposed to have
B.serving as practical examples
C.being elementary
D.paying too much attention to details in books
小题4:The best title for this passage is        .
A.Great Books in Your LifeB.Great Books in Your Specialty
C.How to Find a Great Book?D.What Is a Great Book?

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小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:D
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Drinking Water: Bottled or From the Tap(水龙头)?
In America, people will include a case or two of bottled water when buying the week"s groceries(日用杂货).When they are going to a soccer game or activity, it"s common for them to grab a cold bottle of water out of the fridge with them.In fact, Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world, about 29 billion bottles a year.
But all these plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels and pollute the environment.In order to make all the 29 billion bottles, producers use 17 million barrels of crude oil, which is enough to keep a million cars going for 12 months.
So why don"t people drink water straight from the tap? Some people have a strong belief that bottled water is better than water out of the tap, but that"s not necessarily true.In the US, the local governments make sure water from the tap is safe.There is also growing concern that chemicals in the bottles themselves may go into the water.
People love the convenience of bottled water.But maybe if they realized the problems it causes, they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a reusable steel container instead of plastic.
Some argue that plastic bottle recycling can help.Recycled bottles can be turned into items like carpeting or clothing.Unfortunately, only one in six bottles is recycled.The rest make it to landfills(垃圾填坦场) or end as trash in other places.Plastic bottles take hundreds of years for them to disintegrate.
Water is important for you, so keep drinking it.But think about how often you use water bottles, and see if you can make a change.
And yes, you can make a difference.Remember this: Recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours.
小题1:How many cars can be kept going for a year by the crude oil used to make 29 billion bottles?
A.100. B.I,000.C.100,000.D.I,000,000.
小题2:Why do Americans prefer bottled water?
A.Bottled water is better than water from the tap.
B.Bottled water is cheaper than water from the tap.
C.Bottled water contains beneficial chemicals in it.
D.Bottled water is more convenient than water from the tap.
小题3:What does the underlined word "disintegrate" in the fifth paragraph probably mean^
A.Be well recycled.B.Become less poisonous.
C.Break into small pieces.D.Go down below a surface.
小题4:The author"s intention of writing this passage is to recommend Americans
A.drink more water from the tap
B.send plastic bottles to landfills.
C.use water bottles to power light bulbs
D.buy bottles filled with water from the tap

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After we meet people, it is up to us to make them our friends.Let us stop a moment and consider what really makes a friend. The major qualities like faithfulness, devotion, friendliness,flash through our minds. But it is the large number of very small particular qualities that make up one’s whole character, such as cheerfulness, friendliness and punctuality. After all, “to make a friend, be a friend” is not such a big and difficult order. There are particular favorable qualities, which attract others to us, and some fundamental psychological do’s and don’ts.
If you are in the presence of a shy person, talking and asking casual questions may bring him out of his shell. Think of what would be most acceptable to the other person for you to talk, or to listen. Either way, the goal is to make yourself pleasant.
Always remember to listen, but listen intelligently. To have anyone “hang on our words” is the most unnoticeably clever way in the world to please somebody.For a few extremely happy seconds we are the center of attraction,but when it is our turn to be audience,let us remember how we felt as the actor,and let’s be genuinely interested in what the other fellow is saying.
Other people will like us, if we like them. If you want friends, keep your mind and heart open to friendship. Be alive to the other person’s world.
小题1:This passage is mainly about________.
A.the way of talking to a shy person
B.some favorable qualities to be a psychologist
C.how to make yourself attractive to listeners
D.how to make a friend and be a friend
小题2: The underlined part “bring him out of his shell” in the second paragraph most probably means________.
A.make him become activeB.make him feel more nervous
C.help him understand the question betterD.help him listen intelligently
小题3:According to the passage,an important way in making friends is to________.
A.attract themB.be attractedC.listen attentivelyD.talk widely
小题4:Of the qualities in a friend,which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.Faithfulness.B.Devotion.C.Punctuality.D.Unselfishness.

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It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble.That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville.As I got onto  Highway 40,blue lights and sirens(警笛)going.I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway.The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me.He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder.”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him.Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders,so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident.But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove,hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car.As it turned out,keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult.Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination(目的地).At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene.His help wasn’t needed.Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird,who by this time had developed something new to panic about.
“Just about that time,” Hyde said,“I saw fire coming out from under that car,with blue smoke and oil going everywhere.He’d blown his engine.Now he had to stop.”
“After I arrested him.I asked him why he was running.He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license(执照).”
That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty---a thousand dollars for the new engine---not to mention the charges for driving without a license,attempting to run away,and dangerous driving.
小题1:The underlined word“panicked”in Paragraph 2 means       .
A.fearedB.hatedC.excitedD.satisfied
小题2:The driver of the Firebird suddenly speeded down the highway because         .
A.he was racing with another driver on the road
B.he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene
C.he thought the police officer wanted to stop him
D.he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder
小题3:Which of the following statements is true?
A.Someone else was taking care of the injured person.
B.The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene.
C.Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car.
D.The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40
小题4:Choose the best title for the passage.
A.Going My Way?B.Help on the Way?
C.Fun All theWay?D.Losing His Way?

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We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong.A day may begin well enough,but suddenly everything seems to get out of control.It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen.Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time.The telephone rings and this means your troubles are beginning.While you are on the phone,the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table,destroying your half-prepared meal.You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby.Meanwhile,the meal gets burnt.As if this were not enough to bring you to tears,your husband arrives,unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
Things can go wrong on a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue.The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner.She suddenly got into a panic(恐慌)and stopped her car.This made the driver following her stop suddenly.His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake.As she was thrown forward,the cake went right through the window and landed on the road.Seeing a cake flying through the air,a truck-driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden.The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck on the road.This led to yet another angry argument.Meanwhile,the traffic piled up behind.It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again.In the meanwhile,the truck-driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident,for they were happily having what was left of the cake.It was just one of those days!
小题1:In the writer’s opinion         .
A.accidents may happen anytime
B.troubles always come in groups
C.a small matter may cause great trouble
D.anyone may have trouble any day
小题2:What did the police do after the accident?
A.They helped the driver clean up the road.
B.They helped the drivers to go on with their journey.
C.They tried to stop the people from arguing.
D.They would find out who should be responsible for(有责任的)the accident.
小题3:When the telephone rings        .
A.you’d better have your baby a little distant from your table before going to answer the phone
B.you’d better just let it ring all the way
C.you should never go to answer it in a hurry
D.you should answer it right away
小题4:From the story we can see_________.
A.some drivers are too careless
B.such accidents are rather strange
C.such accidents are very common
D.we don’t know why such accidents happen

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In 2004,I was 22 years old and had just come back to Brazil after 14 months in England,holding my Cambridge Proficiency certificate.After nervously  21  a short training course,I began to give classes to my 12 students,all of them older than I was. I  22  hard to remain clam in class and  23  they wouldn"t find out how unconfident I felt most of the time.I was quite _24_,actually,until the end of  25  and the night of the final oral test.
The test was going to start at 7 pm,and at 6:50, I_ 26  myself in the teachers bathroom to  27  all the test questions again.I really wanted to learn the 28  by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester.The  29  is,I actually locked myself in the bathroom.I  30  couldn"t get out!The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the noise in the halls  31  the students went to their rooms.I tried hard to 32  the bathroom door,but failed.
I heard the cleaning lady’s voice and asked for help as  33  as I could, However, she wasn"t exactly a thoughtful person, and started  34 :“Diana’s locked in the bathroom!”Shame had fallen upon me!  35  , the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and,  36  ,my students gathered outside too, happily saying things like“Aren’t we  37 ! No test today!”All I could do was 38  , and my entire  39  was waiting for me outside, naughty smiles on their faces.“ 40 !Teacher.”They said,“We know you are human too!”
They all passed their test.True to the Brazilian style, we all went out for a beer afterwards, and laughed the whole thing off.
小题1:
A.holdingB.takingC.gettingD.giving
小题2:
A.performedB.learnedC.workedD.tried
小题3:
A.thoughtB.hopedC.guessedD.realized
小题4:
A.successfulB.fortunateC.happyD.satisfied
小题5:
A.the classB.the courseC.the dayD.the year
小题6:
A.tidiedB.washedC.lockedD.reminded
小题7:
A.rewriteB.answerC.go overD.put forward
小题8:
A.questionsB.instructionsC.answersD.steps
小题9:
A.situationB.conditionC.trickD.problem
小题10:
A.probablyB.simplyC.sadlyD.nearly
小题11:
A.asB.beforeC.openD.push
小题12:
A.knockB.kickC.openD.push
小题13:
A.quietlyB.hurriedlyC.excitedlyD.crazily
小题14:
A.scoldingB.runningC.laughingD.shouting
小题15:
A.At firstB.Soon enoughC.In the endD.Right now
小题16:
A.to my amazementB.to my delightC.to my surpriseD.to my horror
小题17:
A.luckyB.comfortableC.anxiousD.regretful
小题18:
A.watchB.smileC.waitD.worry
小题19:
A.classB.staffC.groupD.school
小题20:
A.SorryB.CongratulationsC.Don’t be angryD.Don’t worry

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