When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A
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When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he in class.
When I took the first exam, I was to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained . I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his . One more test before the final exam. One more to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time, the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my did no good and everything as before.
The last hurdle(障碍) was the final. No matter what I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the goodbye. I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have with a test. A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.” I stared at him, that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head , as I had never done before. I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.
| 小题1: | | A．take | B．discuss | C．cover | D．get |
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| 小题2: | | A．sought | B．presented | C．exchanged | D．obtained |
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| 小题3: | | A．shocked | B．worried | C．scared | D．anxious |
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| 小题5: | | A．unchanged | B．unpleasant | C．unfriendly | D．unmoved |
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| 小题6: | | A．reflected | B．meant | C．improved | D．affected |
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| 小题7: | | A．quarreled | B．reasoned | C．bargained | D．chatted |
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| 小题8: | | A．attitude | B．mind | C．plan | D．view |
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| 小题9: | | A．choice | B．step | C．chance | D．measure |
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| 小题10: | | A．memorized | B．considered | C．accepted | D．learned |
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| 小题11: | | A．ambition | B．confidence | C．effort | D．method |
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| 小题12: | | A．stayed | B．went | C．worked | D．changed |
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| 小题13: | | A．grade | B．answer | C．lesson | D．comment |
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| 小题14: | | A．scholarship | B．course | C．degree | D．subject |
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| 小题15: | | A．helped | B．favored | C．treated | D．relaxed |
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| 小题16: | | A．fun | B．luck | C．problems | D．tricks |
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| 小题17: | | A．happened | B．proved | C．pretended | D．seemed |
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| 小题18: | | A．valued | B．imagined | C．expected | D．welcomed |
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| 小题19: | | A．remembering | B．guessing | C．supposing | D．realizing |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:B
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:D |
解析
试题分析:本文是一篇记叙文，记叙了当作者进入伯克利，希望自己能得奖学金，尽管自己非常努力，可是每次都考得不好的故事，分享这个故事，是每个人对自己和他人都要有责任。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. take 拿，接受，花费，B. discuss讨论，C. cover覆盖，涉及，D. get 得到，学习一门课程，修一门课程，习惯上都用take，如take a course/ class/ lesson，当然也可以take a suject。选A。
小题2:考查动词辨析：这里涉及的也是对于词本身的搭配，老师在课堂上所表达的观点思想，用present ideas。以老师做主语，动词用seek寻求，exchange交换，obtain获得，都不符合这里的含义。选B。
小题3:考查形容词辨析：第一段讲我对自己信心满满，可第二段来个大转折，第一次考试后，意外地发现竟然只得了77分，所以是shocked非常吃惊，而worried担心，scared害怕，anxious焦急，都不符合人物心理感受。选A。
小题4:考查连词辨析：A. but但是，B. so因此，C. for 为了，D. or或者，由于3和4两个空是在一个句子内的，所以必须连起来看，尤其这里考察的是连词问题，更要注意观察前后两个句子的逻辑关系，很容易发现，我之所以十分吃惊自己的成绩这么出乎意料的差，是因为我本身英语成绩是很好的，这里for表由于。选C。
小题5:考查形容词辨析：A. unchanged不改变，B. unpleasant 不愉快的，C. unfriendly不友好的， D. unmoved不被打动。我去找老师，有一番理论，不过老师的表现是，听完我的话，之后仍然... 这里，选A。
小题6:考查动词辨析：A. reflected反映，反思，B. meant意味着，C. improved提高，D. affected影响，本句重在理解句子内部的逻辑和含义，明白了就比较容易。我并不知道刻苦学习意味着什么，因为一直以来学习对我而言是很容易的。选B。
小题7:考查动词辨析：A. quarreled争吵，B. reasoned评理，C. bargained 讨价还价 D. chatted 闲聊，我再次遭遇77分，于是再次，去找老师理论，reason with sb. 与某人讲道理,说服某人。选B.
小题8:考查名词辨析：attitude态度，mind想法，plan计划，view观点。这里，老师听完之后，再次无动于衷，他没有改变他的... attitude迷惑性最大，注意，这里探讨的还是分数能不能更改的事，而change one"s mind是英语中一个比较常见的搭配，意为“改变一个人的想法或决定”，相对于态度，改分数的事更多是关于改变决定的。选B。
小题9:考查名词辨析：A. choice选择，B. step台阶，C. chance 机会，D. measure 措施，本段前两句是同一个句式的重复，再考一次，也就意味着再一次提高分数的机会，其他选项比较不着边际。选C。
小题10:考查动词辨析：. A. memorized记忆，B. considered考虑，C. accepted接受，D. learned学习， 这一次，我显然是拼了老命了，那么是真的第一次learn了解到啥叫“彻底”了，而不是accept接受。learn是个老词，作为了解的含义，很常见。选D。
小题11:考查名词辨析：A. ambition野心，抱负，B. confidence自信，C. effort努力，D. method方法， 但是这次还是没啥效果，当然是my effort did no good，努力貌似比较白费。选C。
小题12:考查动词辨析：A. stayed保持，B. went去，C. worked工作，D. changed改变， 11和12照例要连在一起看。努力都白瞎了，当然一切还跟原来一样了， everything goes well，一切都很顺利，这里是一切都像从前一样，用go就很合理了，选B。
小题13:考查名词辨析：. A. grade分数，年级，B. answer回答，C. lesson 功课，D. comment 评论，这回彻底郁闷了，我想，无论得个啥分数，都无法挽回了。grade表示分数，选A。
小题14:考查名词辨析：A. scholarship 奖学金，B. course课程，C. degree学位，D. subject 科目。我一直费这么大劲，计较的还不是奖学金吗？我想，这么着估计是得提前跟奖学金说拜拜了。选A。
小题15:考查动词和固定搭配，A. helped帮助，B. favored赞同，C. treated对待，D. relaxed放松， treat sb. to + 饭/娱乐活动，请某人吃饭娱乐等。I even treated myself to a movie，考前很放松，自己掏钱去看电影。选C。
小题16:考查名词：发现这时我是很放松的，甚至考试的时候，决定把考试当作一种fun乐趣，而与luck运气，problems问题，trick把戏技巧，没有关系。选A。
小题17:考查动词辨析：happen to碰巧意外；prove to证明，pretend to假装，seem to好象似乎，一周后，惊喜地发现自己居然得了A，跑去找老师，发现老师老师好象早料到我会来，所以在等。选D。
小题18:考查动词辨析：A. valued重视，B. imagined想象，C. expected期待，D. welcomed欢迎，老师说，如果我原来给了你所期望的成绩A，那么你就不会这么努力付出了。所以是expect期待期望，其他的都不通。选C。
小题19:考查动词辨析：A. remembering记得，B. guessing猜想，C. supposing猜测，D. realizing意识到，我看着他，这时才真正明白了他的用心。选D。
小题20:.考查副词辨析。A. out外面，B. over越过，C. on 在…上面，D. off离开，work one‘s head off“拼命学习”，选D。 |
举一反三
Going on holiday not only makes you feel good while you’re there, you also gain the health benefits for months, new research shows．
Jetting off to destinations such as the Maldives cuts your blood pressure, helps you sleep better and bounce back from stress, it found．The benefits last at least a fortnight longer than the vacation and can be felt for months in some cases where it is claimed．Experts say workers should always take their full holiday entitlement（权利）each year, but as many as one in three don’t．
The study compared key health markers in holidaymakers visiting Thailand, Peru or the Maldives, with people who stayed at home and continued working．The average blood pressure of those on holiday dropped by six percent while the workers saw their blood pressure rise by two percent over the same period．The sleep quality of holidaymakers improved by 17 percent while that of the non-holidaymakers deteriorated by 14 percent．
The study also found the ability of vacationers to recover from stress, known as the stress-resilience test improved by 29 percent．There was a 71 percent fall in stress resilience scores among workers．Tests showed a fall in blood glucose levels, reducing the risk of diabetes （糖尿病）, trimmer waistlines and improved mood and energy levels, with the effects sustained for at least two weeks after returning home．
The Holiday Health Experiment was conducted by tour operator Kuoni and Nuffield Health, the UK’s largest healthcare charity．
小题1:According to the passage, how many people go on holiday? | A．Two thirds． | B．One third． | | C．17 percent． | D．A quarter． |
小题2:Which of the following can we infer from the passage?| A．The further you go, the better you get the benefits． | | B．Most people like to stay at home during the holiday． | | C．The result of the study is mostly based on the description from the people involved． | | D．Holiday makers are more adaptable than non-holidaymakers． |
小题3:The author intends to tell us that ________．| A．we have to go on holiday as much as possible | | B．you’ll certainly get depressed if you don’t go on holiday | | C．we had better go on holiday for the benefits of health | | D．it is best to go to foreign countries like Maldives |
小题4:The best title of the passage is ________．| A．A Holiday Health Experiment | | B．Health Benefits from Holiday | | C．Health Problems of Having Holiday | | D．Key Health Markers in Holidaymakers |
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Eight in 10 Americans eat fast food at least once a month and half eat it every week according, to a Gallup Poll. Yet most people who eat fast food know it’s bad for them. So why do they keep eating it?
The answer is simple: the benefits of eating fast food outweigh the long-term implications for most people. However, once you read these reasons why all those trips to the drive through may be slowly killing you, you may just want to stop eating fast food after all.
1. Fast food makes you fat.
A 15-year study of over 3,000 people found that eating fast food is linked to weight gain and insulin resistance. In others words, fast food makes you fat and increases your risk of type 2 diabetes. You probably know this already. But here’s something you may not know.
2. Fast food is addictive.
The more you eat fast food, the more you crave it. One study found that fast food is “a potentially addictive substance that is most likely to create dependence in vulnerable populations.” If you eat fast food once a week or more, you may be addicted to it.
3. Fast food is affecting your kids.
According to the CDC, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years. Kids have an amazing ability to recall ads they’ve seen. Fast food marketers know this, and design ads accordingly. Research shows strong associations between increases in advertising for non-nutritious foods and rates of childhood obesity.
4. Fast food “burgers” don’t have much burger in them.
One study found that most fast food burgers are composed of about 50 percent water and the actual meat content is only 2.1 to 14.8 percent. So what makes up the rest of it, you ask? Chemical fillers and preservatives, mostly. That’s why we see read horror stories about burgers that don’t go bad.
5. Even “healthy” fast food isn’t that healthy.
Fast food restaurants are catering to consumer demands to produce healthier options. The problem is, their definition of “healthy” is quite lax. One of the healthiest dishes at Burger King, the Garden Fresh Salad Chicken Caesar with TENDERGRILL Chicken and dressing, still has almost 500 calories and 28 grams of fat, and nearly a day’s worth of sodium.
6. Fast food is inhumane to animals.
Okay, this one may not be a reason why fast is killing you, but it’s still a compelling reason to stop eating fast food. 9 billion animals were slaughtered in the US alone in 2012 and much of that meat is for your fast food burgers and chicken sandwiches. Large factory farms resemble more of a “business” than a “farm.” Animals suffer in crowded spaces where they rarely have access to the outdoors or sunlight. They are pumped full of antibiotics to combat disease, which runs rampant in these conditions. Livestock is one of the biggest sources of pollution and environmental negligence, according to the UN.
7. Fast food sodas are loaded with sugar.
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is the cheap sweetener most fast food restaurants use in their sodas, desserts, and many other products. Princeton University researchers linked HFCS consumption to obesity in an animal study. Rats given HFCS gained more weight and body fat than those given table sugar.
小题1:How many factors are mentioned which can account for the reason why fast food is slowly killing you?| A．Seven. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
小题2:According to the text, we know that_____.| A．many people keep eating fast food because they know nothing about the harm which fast food will bring them | | B．fast food plays a key role in children’s growth | | C．eating fast food is connected to weight gain and insulin resistance. | | D．many fast food restaurants are can offer a good and healthy meal to consumer |
小题3:What is the purpose of the passage?| A．To help us make right decisions | B．To advise us to stop eating fast food | | C．To tell us how to keep fit | D．To encourage us to be humane to animals |
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Last summer, when Amanda R of Anaheim Hills, California, was running on a cross-country course with her team, she blacked out. “I got really dizzy,” she says. “I was out for a few minutes.” At first, Amanda thought she was just tired and didn’t think she had a health problem. She did go to the emergency room, where she was fine after tests, but she fainted (昏厥) again several days later as she was talking with her coach. Another doctor guessed that Amanda had blacked out “because we were in heat so much with not enough water and not enough of the right kind of foods”.
Teens often don’t want to stop and take a break or don’t notice when they start to feel bad, doctors say. However, paying attention if you’re not feeling well is important, as Amanda learned.
As a result, Amanda has changed her habits. “I drink a lot more water,” she says. “And put more salt in my diet. I’m eating more balanced meals.” Amanda advises teen athletes to trust their coaches and speak up when they’re not feeling well. “And recognize the difference between when you’re tired and when there’s something really wrong.”
Some people － up to 3 percent of the population － sweat too much, even in cold weather. The condition, called hyperhidrosis (多汗), can affect many parts and it often runs in families － hands down from generation to generation. Too much sweating over the whole body could be a symptom of another medical condition. Doctors aren’t sure what causes hyperhidrosis, but using special medications or other treatments can help.
小题1:What caused the happening mentioned in the passage during Amanda’s running?| A．She couldn’t breathe in enough air in the race. | | B．She didn’t eat anything before the race. | | C．She had been running all summer without a rest. | | D．She neither drank enough water nor ate enough of the right kind of foods. |
小题2:What can we infer from Paragraph 4?| A．There is no need to worry when sweating too much, even in cold weather. | | B．Hyperhidrosis may have a bad effect on your health. | | C．Doctors have discovered why people get hyperhidrosis. | | D．Hyperhidrosis is a serious disease and no treatment can help. |
小题3:The purpose of writing this passage is to____________.| A．tell teens the proper ways to take exercise in summer. | | B．tell teens not to run in hot summer. | | C．tell teens to pay attention to hyperhidrosis in the summer exercise | | D．tell teens how to keep healthy. |
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Doctors say obesity，also known as severe overweight，is a complex condition.A doctor may advise medical interventions(医疗干预) in addition to changes in behavior.But experts say the more successful weightloss plans include a wellbalanced diet and exercise.
People who want to avoid weight gain have to balance the number of calories they eat with the number of calories they use.To lose weight，you can reduce the number of calories you take in，or increase the number you use，or both.Experts at the National Institutes of Health say to lose weight，a person should do some moderate or intensive physical exercise most days of the week.This could include fast walking，sports or strength training.
A recent study looked at four of the most popular dieting plans in the United States.Researchers at Stanford University studied more than three hundred overweight women，mostly in their thirties or forties.Each woman went on one of the four plans：Atkins，The Zone，Ornish or LEARN.The women attended diet classes and received written information about the food plans.At the end of a year，the women on the Atkins diet had lost the most，more than four and a half kilograms on average.
Christopher Gardner led the study，reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He said the Atkins diet may be more successful because of its simple message to lower the intake of sugar.Also，he said the advice to increase protein in the diet leads to more satisfying meals.
But last week，another report suggested that only a small minority of people have longterm success in dieting.Researchers at the University of California found that most dieters regained their lost weight within five years.And often they gained back even more.But those who kept the weight off generally were the ones who exercised.
小题1:All the following is helpful to lose weight EXCEPT________.| A．a healthy diet | B．physical exercise | | C．medical interventions | D．being polite to others |
小题2:You are most likely to gain too much weight if________.| A．you eat the same number of calories as the number you use | | B．you take in less calories than the number you use | | C．you take in more calories than the number you use | | D．you take exercise regularly on the weekdays |
小题3:The third paragraph mainly tells us that________.| A．there are four popular dieting plans in the USA | | B．the Atkins diet has the best effect on losing weight | | C．lots of women attended diet classes every day | | D．dieting plan is the most important |
小题4:Which one of the following is NOT right according to this passage?| A．The change of your life habits can help you lose weight. | | B．You’d better exercise once a week to lose some weight. | | C．The Atkins diet may be good because of lowering the intake of sugar. | | D．Some people gain weight back for their unhealthy diet. |
小题5:Which one of the following is the best title for this passage?| A．Successful Weightloss Plans | B．Four Popular Dieting Plans | | C．What Is the Atkins Diet? | D．Few People Fail in Losing Weight |
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Computers can injure you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example, if you fall off a bike and break your arms, it happens very quickly. But computer injuries happen slowly.
You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now learn to use a computer safely.
Your eyes--Too much light can injure your eyes, so never sit too close to a computer screen. Your eyes should be at least 50 centimeters (厘米) from the screen. Remember to look away from it sometimes. This gives your eyes a rest.
When you use a computer, the window should be on your left or your right. If it is behind you, the light will reflect (反射) on the screen. If the window is in front of you, the sun and the screen will both shine into your eyes.
Your hands--Hand injuries can happen because the hands are moved in the same way hundreds of times. If you use a keyboard for a long time, follow this rule: Stop sometimes and exercise your hands and fingers in different ways.
Your back--Some people sit for many hours in front of a computer. If you sit in the wrong way, you can injure your back and your neck. So you should sit with your back straight. The top part of the screen should be in front of your eyes. If you are sitting for a long time, get up every 30 minutes and exercise your arms, legs and neck.
Enjoy your computer, but use it safely.
小题1:How many kinds of computer injuries are mentioned in this passage?| A．One. | B．Two | C．Three. | D．Four. |
小题2:A computer screen may injure your eyes if .| A．you sit 60 centimeters away | | B．you remember to look away | | C．your eyes are too close to it | | D．the window is on your left or right |
小题3:Your eyes and hands will be safe if _________.| A．you work near a window | | B．you often take rests from working | | C．you use a keyboard for a long time | | D．the window is behind you |
小题4:Which sentence is NOT true according to this passage?| A．You should sit with your back straight while you work on a computer. | | B．Staying in front of a computer too long may injure your eyes. | | C．When you work on a computer, your hands almost move in the same way. | | D．The writer thinks that computer is bad for your health. |
小题5:What would be the best title for the text?| A．How to protect your eyes | | B．How to protect your hands | | C．How to use a computer safely | | D．How to protect your back |
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