阅读理解。 Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly?
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| 阅读理解。 |
Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something
just because the salesman talked you into it?
Are you afraid to ask someone for a date? Many people are afraid of assert themselves, that is to say dare
not state their opinions confidently. Dr. Albert, author of Stand up, Speak Out, and Talk Back, thinks it is
because their self-respect is low."Our whole set up (体制) is designed to make people distrust themselves,"
says Albert. "There is always "superior" around - a parent, a teacher, a boss-who"knows better". These superiors often gain when they chip (削弱) away at your self-image."
But Alert and other scientists are doing something to help people assert themselves. They offer "assertiveness training" courses-AT for short. In the AT courses people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They
learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be more active without hurting other people.
In one way, learning to speak out is to overcome fear. A group taking an AT course will help the timid
person to lose his fear. But AT uses an even stronger motive the need to share. The timid person speaks out in
the group because he wants to tell how he feels.
Whether or not you speak up for yourself depends on your self-image. If someone you face is more
"important" than yon, you may feel less of a person. You start to doubt your own good sense.
You go by the other person"s demand. But, why should you? AT says you can get to feel good about
yourself. And once you do, you can learn to speak out. |
| 1. What is the best title for this passage? |
A. Assertiveness Training
B. The importance of self-image
C. Development of Self-respect
D. How to Feel Good of Yourself |
| 2. The underlined word "timid" in this passage probably means"_______"? |
A. brave
B. active
C. angry
D. shy |
| 3. Which of the following problems is mainly discussed in this passage? |
A. People are easily cheated when they buy something
B. Some people usually think too low of themselves
C. People are usually afraid of their superiors
D. Some people are not used to making their ideas public |
| 4. We may infer from the passage that the writer"s attitude towards the whole set up is _______. |
A. positive
B. negative
C. appreciative
D. aggressive |
答案
| 1-4: ADBB |
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| 阅读理解。 |
Exercise is one of the few factors with a positive role in long-term maintenance (保持) of body weight.
Unfortunately, that message has not gotten through to the average American, who would rather try switching
to "light" beer and low-calorie bread than increase physical exertion (体能). The Centers for Disease Control,
for example, found that fewer than one-fourth of overweight adults who were trying to remove pounds said
they were combining exercise with their diet.
In rejecting exercise, some people may be discouraged too much by caloric-expenditure (卡路里的消耗)
charts; for example, one would have to actively walk three miles just to work off the 275 calories in one
delicious Danish pastry (小甜饼). Even exercise professionals admit half a point here. "Exercise by itself is a
very tough way to lose weight," says York Onnen, program director of the President" s Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports.
Still, exercisers supporting role in weight reduction is important. A study at the Boston University Medical
Center of overweight police officers and other public employees confirmed (证实) that those who dieted
without exercise regained almost all their old weight, while those who worked exercise into their daily routine
(常规)maintained their new weight.
If you have been sedentary (极少活动的) and decide to start walking one mile a day, the added exercise
could burn an extra 100 calories daily. In a year"s time, supposing no increase in food intake, you could lose
ten pounds. By increasing the distance of your walks gradually and making other dietary adjustments, you may
lose even more weight. |
| 1. What is said about the average American in the passage? |
A. They usually ignore the effect of exercise on losing weight.
B. They prefer"light" beer and low calorie bread to other drinks and food.
C. They know the factors that play a positive role in keeping down body weight.
D. They tend to overemphasize the healthful effect of"light" beer. |
| 2. Some people dislike exercise because ________. |
A. they find it hard to exercise while on a diet
B. they don"t think it possible to walk 3 miles every day
C. they think it is physically exhausting
D. they find consulting caloric-expenditure charts troublesome |
| 3. What was confirmed by the Boston University Medical Center"s study? |
A. Weight reduction is impossible without exercise.
B. Even occasional exercise can help reduce weight.
C. Controlling one"s calorie intake is more important than doing exercise.
D. One could lose ten pounds in a year"s time if there"s no increase in food intake. |
| 4. What is the author"s purpose in writing this article? |
A. To stress the importance of maintaining proper weight.
B. To support the statement made by York Onex.
C. To show the most effective way to lose weight.
D. To introduce the study of the Boston University Medical Center. |
| 完形填空。 |
I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has 1 me with plenty of
opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest 2 , my mother is telling me, "Don"t watch the 3
when you say"I"m sorry". Hold your head up and look the person in the 4 , so he"ll know you 5 it."
My mother thus made the key point of a(n) 6 apology: it must be direct. You must never 7 to
be doing something else. You do not 8 a pile of letters while apologizing to a person 9 in position
after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your 10 . You do not apologize to a hostess,
whose guest of honor you treat 11 , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad 12 .
One of the important things you should do for an 13 apology is readiness to 14 the responsibility
for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no 15 for the other person to
16 us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 17 about
themselves. That, after all, is the 18 of every apology. It 19 little whether the apologizer is wholly or
only partly at fault: answering for one"s 20 encourages others to take their share of the blame. |
( )1.A.provided
( )2.A.dreams
( )3.A.side
( )4.A.mind
( )5.A.imagine
( )6.A.useful
( )7.A.pretend
( )8.A.hold on
( )9.A.poorer
( )10.A.fault
( )11.A.cruelly
( )12.A.manners
( )13.A.active
( )14.A.raise
( )15.A.situation
( )16.A.advise
( )17.A.wiser
( )18.A.purpose
( )19.A.cares
( )20.A.facts | B.mixed
B.courses
B.ground
B.soul
B.enjoy
B.successful
B.forget
B.put away
B.weaker
B.reason
B.freely
B.excuses
B.effective
B.perform
B.need
B.forgive
B.warmer
B.method
B.matters
B.states | C.compared
C.memories
C.wall
C.face
C.mean
C.equal
C.refuse
C.look through
C.worse
C.result
C.roughly
C.efforts
C.extra
C.admit
C.sign
C.warn
C.better
C.end
C.depends
C.rights | D.treated
D.ideas
D.bottom
D.eye
D.regret
D.basic
D.expect
D.pick up
D.lower
D.duty
D.foolishly
D.roles
D.easy
D.bear
D.room
D.blame
D.cleverer
D.advantage
D.remains
D.actions | | 阅读理解。 | There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D.C. has
the National Gallery of Art (美术馆); Paris has the Luvre; London, the British Museum. Florida International
University (FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see. And it does so without a building, or even a wall for
its drawings and paintings. FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States.
You don"t have to visit the University to see the art. You just need a computer linked to a telephone. You can
call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it. All of the art is stored
in the school computer. It is computer art, produced electronically by artists on their own computers. In only a
few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.
Robert Shostak is director of the new computer museum. He says he starts the museum because computer
artists had no place to show their works.
A computer artist can only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy discs, to others
to see on their computers. He can also put his pictures on paper. But to print good pictures on paper, the
computer artist needs an expensive laser printer.
Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities. Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students. Mr Shostak said the FIU museum will make
computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it. He says artists enjoy their work
much more if they have an audience. And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge
audience for the electronic museum. | | 1. The main purpose of this text is to give information about _____. | A. museums throughout the world
B. an electronic art museum in Miami, U.S.A.
C. art exhibitions in Florida International University
D. latest development of computer art | | 2. To see the art in FIU museum, you need _____. | A. floppy discs
B. a computer and a printer
C. pictures and drawings on paper
D. a computer connected to the museum by telephone line | | 3. The museum was started when _____. | A. Robert Shostak wanted to do something for computer scientists
B. Robert Shostak wanted to help computer artists
C. art students needed a place to show their works
D. computer scientists wanted to do something about art | | 4. The words "an audience"in the last paragraph refer to _____. | A. art students
B. computer owners
C. exhibits in the museum
D. those who will enjoy art | | 完形填空。 | Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always 1 such people, but I also explain that
there"s a big 2 between "being a writer" and"writing".
In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, 3 the long hours spent alone 4 .
"You"ve got to want to write," I say to them,"not want to be a writer."
The 5 is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by 6 there are
thousands more whose longing is 7 rewarded. When I 8 a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard to
become a freehand writer, I had no prospects (前景) at all. What I 9 was a friend who found me a room in
a New York apartment building. It didn"t 10 matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. I immediately
bought a (an) 11 manual typewriter and 12 a genuine writer.
After a year or so, 13 , I still hadn"t gotten a break and began to 14 myself. It was so hard to sell a
story that I 15 made enough to eat. But I knew I 16 write.
I had dreamed about it 17 . I wasn"t going to be one of those people who die 18
"What if?" I would keep putting my dream to the 19 even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear
of failure. This is the Shadow Land of 20 , and anyone with a dream must learn to live there. | ( )1. A. advise
( )2. A. step
( )3. A. and
( )4. A. in the room
( )5. A. reality
( )6. A. writing
( )7. A. never
( )8. A. began
( )9. A. had had
( )10. A. ever
( )11. A. used
( )12. A. felt like
( )13. A. consequently
( )14. A. scold
( )15. A. almost
( )16. A. planned to
( )17. A. for years
( )18. A. regretting
( )19. A. point
( )20. A. time | B. encourage
B. advance
B. but
B. typewriting
B. idea
B. readers
B. always
B. found
B. have had
B. just
B. new
B. acted as
B. therefore
B. doubt
B. partly
B. ought to
B. long ago
B. wondering
B. best
B. death | C. tell
C. gap
C. not
C. with a novel
C. news
C. fortune
C. sometimes
C. left
C. am having
C. even
C. useful
C. typed like
C. unluckily
C. beat
C. poorly
C. was able to
C. since then
C. dreaming
C. test
C. hope | D. warn
D. difference
D. for
D. for a desk
D. reason
D. others
D. only
D. put
D. did have
D. greatly
D. old
D. performed as
D. however
D. hate
D. barely
D. wanted to
D. once again
D. depressing
D. most
D. life | | 阅读理解。 | Critics say Microsoft Windows 95 must be able to do what the company has said or sales will fall sharply.
This could mean the public would reject future Microsoft products. The public would lose trust in the company. Some people say this will not happen. They say Microsoft sent out several thousand copies of their new product to computer experts to test several months before it was released. Problems that these testers found were
immediately corrected. Microsoft representatives are working to solve all the other problems buyers find when
they try the new system. Computer industry experts say that if there are no major problems Microsoft can
expect to earn about 7 thousand million dollars from Windows 95 in the first two years. The experts say this
could be just a beginning for Microsoft and the whole computer industry. The experts say Windows 95 can
help the user do many different and difficult tasks. They say this means the sale of more powerful computers
and other computer products will increase as people learn about the new Microsoft product. Other companies
say Windows 95 is not a big improvement. The Apple Computer Company says its Mackintosh Operating System has been able to do many of the same things since 1989. For example, it has been able to let users work two
different programs at the same time. The Amega Computer also has offered this for almost ten years. And IBM
says the operating system it developed about 7 years ago is very similar. | | 1. In the passage the writer _____. | A. thinks Windows 95 will be a success
B. is doubtful about what Microsoft Company has promised
C. shows no opinion of his own
D. is advertising Windows 95 for Microsoft Company | | 2. Some believe that Windows 95 will not only bring in a lot of money but also _____. | A. replace the older products
B. threat (威胁) other computer companies
C. help sell other products produced by Microsoft Company
D. bring about changes in other fields | | 3. All the following show Windows 95 is important to Microsoft Company except _____. | A. Windows 95 will build up people"s faith (信心) in the country"s future products
B. Windows 95 will bring about a great change in the whole computer industry
C. other companies don"t think highly of Windows 95
D. Windows 95 will help sell more powerful computers | 最新试题
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