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1-5: CBDCA 6-10: ABDAC 11-15: DACBD 16-20: BADBC | |||
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Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person"s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways. It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth. Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence. | |||
1. Which of these sentences best describes the writer"s point in Paragraph 1? | |||
A. To some extent, intelligence is given at birth. B. Intelligence is developed by the environment. C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid. D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment. | |||
2. It is suggested in this passage that ______. | |||
A. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence B. close relations usually have similar intelligence C. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence D. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence | |||
3. Brothers and sisters are likely to ______. | |||
A. have similar intelligence B. have different intelligence C. go to the same university D. go to the same factory | |||
4. The best title for this article would be ______. | |||
A. On Intelligence B. What Intelligence Means C. We Are Born with Intelligence D. Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence | |||
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How to improve my life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They"ll | |||
1. According to the woman mentioned in Para.3, her life _______. | |||
A. Doesn"t need improving B. couldn"t be improved C. will be better some day D. Will be worse in the future | |||
2. What does the author think of the woman"s life? | |||
A. positive B. satisfying C. colorful D. passive | |||
3. Which of the following statements is the author"s opinion? | |||
A. Your temporary problem is not discouraging. B. Your luck can be changed by your efforts C. You can only achieve success when God wills it. D. You should treat yourself in the way you treat friends. | |||
4. In Para.5, the author emphasized the importance of _______. | |||
A. positive action B. positive thinking C. hope for the best D. intention to succeed | |||
5. The text is mainly written to advise you to _______. | |||
A. understand yourself B. improve your life C. believe in yourself D. change your normal way | |||
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I"ve been writing for most of my life. The book Writing Without Teachers introduced me to one distinction(区别) and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so. Trying to criticize writing on the fly is possibly the single greatest barrier to writing that most of us encounter. If you are listening to that 5th grade English teacher correct your grammar while you are trying to capture a fleeting (稍纵即逝的) thought, the thought will die. If you capture the fleeting thought and simply share it with the world in raw form, no one is likely to understand. You must learn to create first and then criticize if you want to make writing the tool for thinking that it is. The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls"free writing." In free writing, the objective is to get words down on paper non-stop, usually for 15-20 minutes. No stopping, no going back, no criticizing. The goal is to get the words flowing. As the words begin to flow, the ideas will come from the shadows and let themselves be captured on your notepad or your screen. Now you have raw materials that you can begin to work with using the critical mind that you"ve persuaded to sit on the side and watch quietly. Most likely, you will believe that this will take more time than you actually have and you will end up staring blankly at the pages as the deadline draws near. Instead of staring at a blank start filling it with words no matter how bad. Halfway through your available time, stop and rework your raw writing into something closer to finished product. Move back and forth until you run out of time and the final result will most likely be far better than your current practices. | |||
1. When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind "cannot work in parallel" in the writing process, he means _____. | |||
A. one cannot use them at the same time B. they cannot be regarded as equally important C. they are in constant conflict with each other D. no one can be both creative and critical | |||
2. What prevents people from writing on is _____. | |||
A. putting their ideas in raw form B. ignoring grammatical soundness C. attempting to edit as they write D. trying to capture fleeting thoughts | |||
3. What is the chief objective of the first stage of writing? | |||
A. To organize one"s thoughts logically. B. To get one"s ideas down. C. To choose an appropriate topic. D. To collect raw materials. | |||
4. One common concern of writers about "free writing" is that _____. | |||
A. it overstresses the role of the creative mind B. it does not help them to think clearly C. it may bring about too much criticism D. it takes too much time to edit afterwards | |||
5. In what way does the critical mind help the writer in the writing process? | |||
A. It allows him to sit on the side and observe. B. It helps him to come up with new ideas. C. It saves the writing time available to him. D. It improves his writing into better shape. | |||
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Google on Tuesday said it reached a settlement in a group action suit(诉讼)against the search giant over privacy breakings related to its Buzz socials networking program. In the settlement, Google agreed to pay $ 8.5 million into a fund (基金)for privacy education the company made clear that the agreement did not include cash payments to users. Buzz, started last February as an application within Gmail, in some cases exposed the lists of persons touched and other data of users to other Gmail users. How did the company warn users that they were included in the settlement? By Gmail of course. "Google rarely inform Gmail users via email, but this time we let you know that we"ve reached a settlement regarding Google Buzz," the firm said in messages sent to its U. S. users. Some analysts think the company has 170 million Gmail users worldwide. "The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users"concerns," Google wrote. Google said that everyone in the United States who uses Gmail was included in the settlement unless they decide to take no party before December 6, 2010. On January 31, 2011 the U. S. distriet Court for the Northem District of California in San Jose will hold a fairness hearing on the settlement. Google is under increasing pressure from federal regulators (监管者) for privacy problem involving Buzz and its Street View mapping service. Last week, the FTC closed its looking into Google"s collection of Wi - Fi data with Street View mapping cars, saying the company had made sufficient promises to get rid of data it collected and strengthen its privacy training among employees. | |||
1. "the search giant" in the first paragraph refers to _____. | |||
A. Buzz B. Gmail C. Google D. Street View | |||
2.What will Google do to protect its users" privacy? | |||
A. Further educate its staff. B. Pay cash to its users. C. Hold a fairness hearing. D. Stop collecting its users" data. | |||
3. According to the passage, _____. | |||
A. Google was accused of cheating its users. B. Google users are all affected by the settlement C. Google often sent a message to its users throughout the world D. Googles" Street View mapping service is questioned by federal regulators | |||
阅读理解。 根据短文内容,从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。 | |||
A.The secret of the writer"s success B. A write with enduring popularity C. Well-received creation to encourage Brits D. The insight into human nature E. Writing styles in different stages F. The story appreciate for school students | |||
1. ( ) Charles Dickens is often thought of as one of England"s great writers. Yet for many his language is old-fashioned and his story plots often improbable. Why, Dickens, out of so many other great English writers, has made the list? How then to explain Dickens"s enduring popularity? 2. ( ) One reason undoubtly is the British government"s insistence that every child studies a Dickens novel at school. Alongside Willian Shakespeare, Charles Dickens is a compulsory (必读的) writer on every English literature school reading list. His stories, though often over-long by today"s standard,are superbly written moral tales. They are filled with colorful characters. 3. ( ) But what makes his books stand out from other English writers is his insight into human nature. Dickens, like Shakespeare, tells us truths about human behavior that are as true to citizens of the 21st century as they were to his readers in the 19th century. Readers have returned to Dickens"s books again and again over the years to see what he has to say about readers"own time. 4. ( ) The BBC adapted one of his less well-known novels, Little Dorrit, into a popular television drama that introduced many Brits to the novel for the first time. A dark story about greed and money, it was the perfect story to illustrate the bad times. No surprise then that it was Dickens Britons turned to, during the economic crisis last year, to make sense of world rapidly falling apart. 5. ( ) Readers of the 19th and early 20th century usually prized Dickens"s earlier novels for their humor and pathos (悲痛). While recognizing the virtues of these books, critics today tend to rank more highly the later works because of their formal coherence and acute perception (洞察力) of the human condition. For as long as Dickens"s novels have something to say to modern audiences, it seems likely that he will remain one of Britain"s best loved writers. |