题目
.Our son doesn't know what to _______ at the university; he can't make up his mind about his future.
A) take in B) take up C) take over D) take after
第1题
A.environment doesn't affect our life4
B.we don't need to improve our environmentu
C.germs may make us ill。
D.if the environment is better, germs will be more
第2题
Hello, is that service center? The elevator of our apartment doesn't work.()
A. Oh, I don't know what's wrong with it.
B. Sorry,I'll have it checked out at once.
C. OK, I see.
第3题
Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational-repair shops—adult-literacy programs, such as the one where I teach basic grammar and writing. There, high-school graduates and high-school dropouts pursuing graduate-equivalency certificates will learn the skills they should have learned in school. They will also discover they have been cheated by our educational system.
I will never forget a teacher who got the attention of one of my children by revealing the trump card of failure. Our youngest, a world-class charmer, did little to develop his intellectual talents but always got by. Until Mrs. Stifter.
Our son was a high-school senior when he had her for English. "He sits in the back of the room talking to his friends," she told me. "Why don't you move him to the front row?" I urged, believing the embarrassment would get him to settle down. Mrs. Stifter said, "I don't move seniors. I flunk(使…不及格) them." Our son's academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever threatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good about this. It was a radical approach for these times, but, well, why not? "She's going to flunk you," I told my son. I did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority(头等要事) in his life. He finished out the semester with an A.
I know one example doesn't make a case, but at night I see a parade of students who are angry for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of average intelligence or better, they eventually quit school, concluding they were too dumb to finish. "I should have been held back," is a comment I hear frequently. Even sadder are those students who are high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class, "I don't know how I ever got a high-school diploma."
Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior. by saying kids can't learn if they come from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids don't put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They'd rather be sailing.
Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they've got. They have a healthy fear of failure.
People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so. Young people generally don't have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.
What is the subject of this essay?
A.view point on learning
B.a qualified teacher
C.the importance of examination
D.the generation gap
第4题
"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."
"There's something you should know," the son continued, "he was injured pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine(地雷) and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to live with us."
"We're sorry to hear that, son. But, maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."
"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."
"Son," said the father, "you don't know what you're asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden to us. We have our own lives to live, and we can't let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He'll find a way to live on his own."
At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building. The police believed he had killed himself.
The grief-stricken(悲痛欲绝的) parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue(太平间) to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn't know, their son had only one arm and one leg.
221.The soldier called his parents from San Francisco()..
A.before going to fight in Vietnam
B.after having fought in Vietnam
C.after writing a letter to his friend
D.before making his mind to stay in the army
222.The soldier told his parents that he wanted them to().
A.meet his friend in the army
B.find a place for his wounded friend to live in
C.move to San Francisco
D.agree to his plan that he would bring his wounded friend home and live with them
223.His father considered his plan().
A.unacceptable
B.wise
C.useful
D.selfish
224.A few days later().
A.the parents were told by the police that their son had been sent to prison
B.the parents were told by the police that their son had killed himself
C.the parents heard something more from their son
D.the parents received a telegram from the San Francisco police
225.The son killed himself because().
A.he was unable to find a job
B.his father's words greatly disappointed him and he didn't want to be a burden to his parents
C.his parents didn't agree to his plan
D.he had lost everything in Vietnam
第5题
ty television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last yes.
As a writer I know about winning contest, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.
第6题
A.But garlic wasn’t only for slaves and athletes.
B.It was supposed to make a cold or fever go away.
C.In China,people also used garlic to keep meat fresh.
D.Maybe you don’t know that garlic has a long history.
E.Recent research shows that garlic is bad for our health.
F.Other people say it tastes great and it’s good for you, too. G. However, we can’t accept every idea about garlic from the past.
第7题
A. is he
B. isn’t he
C. does she
D. doesn’t she
第8题
1. The purpose of the passage is to help people know the tips how to pay less tax.()
2. According to the chart, if a person’s monthly is 3600 yuan, he doesn’t need to pay tax.()
3. How much income tax a person pays each month depends on how much his/her income is.()
4. The underlined word “evade” in the last paragraph means increase.()
5. Personal income taxes are included in a government’s revenue.()
第9题
In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last yes.
As a writer I know about winning contest, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.
Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?
A) She believed she possessed real talent for writing.
B) She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.
C) She wanted to share her stories with readers.
D) She had won a prize in the previous contest.
第10题
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