It’s sometimes hard to ________ one twin from the other.

A.occasionally

B.sometimes

C.always

186. Do you sometimes argue about what seems to you to be simple fact？ Do you argue whether it’s cold outdoors or whether the car in front of you is going faster than the speed limit？ If you get into such arguments, try to think about the story about the six blind men and the elephant. The first blind man who felt the elephant’s trunk said it was like a snake. The second who felt the elephant’s side said it was like a wall, while the third said it was like a spear as he touched the animal’s tusk. The fourth, who had hold of the elephant’s tail insisted that it was like a rope. The fifth man said it looked like a tree as he put his arms around one of the elephant’s legs. The sixth, who was tall and got hold of the elephant’s ears, said it was like a huge fan. Each man’s idea of the animal came from his own experience. So if someone disagrees with you about a “simple fact”, it’s often because his experience in the matter is different from yours. To see how hard it is for even one person to make up his mind about a “simple fact”, try this simple experiment. Get three large bowls. Put ice water in one. Put hot water in the second. Put lukewarm water in the third. Now put your left hand in the ice water. Put your right hand in the hot water. After thirty seconds, put both hands in the lukewarm water. Your right hand will tell you the water is cold. You left hand will tell you it’s hot! [共5题]

(1) What makes people think about simple facts differently？

(A) The fact that simple facts differ from one another.

(B) The fact that people have different experience in the same simple fact.

(C) The fact that people often disagree with on another.

(D) The fact that it’s hard to make up one’s mind about simple facts.

(2) Which of the following temperature is the closest to the meaning of the word “lukewarm” in the last paragraph？

(A) Above 0℃. (B) Above 40℃. (C) Above 20℃. (D) Below 0℃.

(3) The writer’s advice is ________.

(A) we should never think about simple facts

(B) we should never judge something with a one-sided view

(C) we should not agree about simple facts

(D) we must learn from the six blind men

(4) After reading the last paragraph, we may think of ________.

(A) Newton’s law

(B) Crallilao’s theory of falling objects

(C) Einstein’s theory of relativity

(D) Marx’s On Capital

(5) The main idea of this passage is ________.

(A) people often judge something according to his own experience

(B) people often agree about simple facts

(C) it’s hard for a person to make up his mind about a simple fact

(D) don’t care too much about simple facts

A.occasionally

B.sometimes

C.always

A. meet

B. meeting

C. to meet

D. to meeting

A.sometimes

B.other time

C.at other times

D.at times

概括段落大意和补全句子

阅读下面短文，请完成短文后的2项测试任务：(1)从第16—20题后所给的6个选项中为第①~⑤段每段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)从第21~ 25题后所给的6个选项中选择5个正确选项，分别完成每个句子，并将所选答案的代码(指A、B、C、D、E或F)填在答题纸的相应位.

Plagiarism(剽窃)

①You just found some good .stuff on the Web for your science report. You copy a paragraph and paste it into your report. Then you continue your research. But you just made a big mistake. You committed plagiarism. Plagiarism is when you use someone else' s words or ideas and pretend that they are yours. It' s not allowed in school, college, or beyond.

②The word" plagiarism" comes from Latin. It means stealing a person' s ideas. But it' s not

always easy to tell what is plagiarism and what is not. Sometimes, it's accidental. You really intended to do your own work, yet ended up with some sentences that sound just like something you’ve read.

③Though plagiarism can be accidental, it's sometimes done on purpose. That' s just being

lazy. By copying whole paragraphs from different places, you don't have to spend the time thinking about the subject, gathering your own thoughts about it, and then putting them into original words. Cut, paste, and you’re done.

④Most schools are pretty strict about plagiarism, If you’re caught, your graduation will be delayed or worse. At the very least, you’re probably going to fail the assignment. When you’re older and in college, some schools will kick out students who plagiarize. When you’re kicked out of one college, it can be hard to get into another.

⑤To be on the safe side, always make it clear where the information comes from. You need to write references. That’s a list of the sources you used for a project or report. To do that, you’re need to know the author, the title, and the date it was published. If you write something really great, maybe some day someone will quote you in a report.

Task 1

1. Paragraph①:

2. Paragraph②:

3. Paragraph③:

4. Paragraph④:

5. Paragraph⑤:

A. Purposeful plagiarism

B. The cost of plagiarism

C. The definition of plagiarism

D. Accidental plagiarism

E. Detecting plagiarism

F. Avoiding plagiarism

Task 2

6. You commit plagiarism when you ().

7. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether ().

8. Copying whole paragraphs can ().

9. Once caught for plagiarism, ().

10. If you publish something great, people may ().

A. you will be punished

B. you have great ideas

C. quote you in their reports

D. take others’ ideas as yours

E. save you much time

F. you plagiarize or not

Passage One

Sharon Keating was worried about her kids when she got a divorce. Her daughter, says, "I was feeling.., like down and sad and even though I didn't really show it."

Judith Wallerstein says problems from divorce can stay for many years. They can show up when the kids are adults. As adults the kids have trouble.

Wallerstein studied 93 children over a generation. The results can only be found in her book.

She says children of divorce are more likely to have problems with drugs. They are far more likely to seek therapy. About 40-percent of them do not marry. Their marriages fail at nearly twice the usual rate. It is hard for them to trust. They are afraid of failing.

Critics say Wallerstein had too few children in her study. Other things may be the cause of the kid's problems. The study does not compare kids from divorced families with kids from "healthy" families.

Wallerstein's families divorced a generation ago. Times have changed. People feel different about divorce. Today programs like Kid's Turn try to lessen some of the effects of divorce with family counseling. Talking about their feelings helps the kids get through it.

Since they know more about the problems, maybe the kids will be able to handle it.

31. Children of divorce ______.

A. are always happy

B. Sometimes feel sad but don't really show it

C. are not affected

D. are always very angry

Passage Five

Some people hate everything that is modern. They cannot imagine how anyone can really like modern music; they find it hard to accept the new fashions in clothing; they think that all modern painting is ugly; and they seldom have a good word for the new buildings that are being built everywhere in the world. Such people look for perfection in everything, and they take their standards of perfection from the past. They are usually impatient with anyone who is brave enough to experiment with new or to express himself or the age in materials original ways. It is, of course, true that many artists do not succeed in their work and instead produce works that can only be considered as failures. If the work of art is a painting, the artist's failure concerns himself alone, but if it is a building, his failure concerns others too, because it may damage the beauty of the whole place. This does sometimes happen, but it is completely untrue to say, as some people do, that modern architecture is nothing.

We can't judge every modern building by the standards of the ancient time, even though we admire the ancient buildings. Technologically, the modern buildings are more advanced. The modern architect knows he should learn from the ancient works, but with his greater resources of knowledge and materials, he will never be content to imitate the past. He is too proud to do that.

51. Some people hate everything that is modern because ______.

A. they are aged

B. they find it hard to accept modern things

C. they take their standards of perfection from the Greek

D. they look at things by the standards of the past

Life learning (sometimes called un-schooling or self-directed learning) is one of those concepts that are almost easier to explain by saying what it isn’t, than what it is. And that’s probably because our own schooled backgrounds have convinced us that learning happens only in a dedicated building on certain days, between certain hours, and managed by a specially trained professional.

Within that schooling framework, no matter how hard teachers try and no matter how good their textbooks, many bright students get bored, many slower students struggle and give up or lose their self-respect, and most of them reach the end of the process unprepared to enter into society. They have memorized a certain body of knowledge long enough to rush back the information on tests, but they haven’t really learnt much, at least of the official curriculum.

Life learners, on the other hand, know that learning is not difficult, that people learn things quite easily if they’re not compelled and forced, if they see a need to learn something, and if they are trusted and respected enough to learn it on their own timetable, at their own speed, in their own way. They know that learning cannot be produced in us and that we cannot produce it in others—no matter what age and no matter whether we’re at school or at home.

Life learning is independent of time, location or the presence of teacher. It does not require mom or dad to teach, or kids to work in workbooks at the kitchen table from 9 to noon from September to June. Life learning is learner-driven. It involves living and learning— in and from the real world. It is about exploring, questioning, experimenting, making messes, taking risks without fear of making mistakes, being laughed at and trying again.

Furthermore, life learning is about trusting kids to learn what they need to know and about helping them to learn and grow in their own ways. It is about providing positive experiences that enable children to understand the world and their culture and to interact with it.

It is implied in the text that it is hard to ______.

A．carry life learning though

B．tell the nature of life learning

C．learn without going to school

D．find a specially trained teacher

Marine it's that time of year when you start thinking about taking a vacation.Part of the work involves choosing an ideal location while the hard part can be making travel arrangements. （26） While those methods may be your first thoughts, train travel is a wonderful option that sometimes gets overlooked.

In recent years, train travel has increased greatly. A 2010 poll said 62 percent of Americans would probably choose to travel by train. The group responsible for most of the increase in train travel is senior citizens.（27）

The first advantage of traveling by train is not having to worry about driving or the stresses of flying. Today, taking a plane can be quite annoying.（28） In addition, some aren't fond of heights and instead enjoy feeling safe on the ground.

The second advantage of train travel is it allows passengers to enjoy beautiful scenes during the fide. （29） What's more, people can enjoy drinks, food, movies, and games on the train.

（30） It may bring back wonderful memories to those who rode trains with their families as children. Overall, train travel is both comfortable and relaxing. It is a wonderful way of traveling for senior citizens.

A. You don't have to keep your eyes on the road.

B. And they choose trains for a number of reasons.

C. Traveling by train can be t/ring and time-consuming.

D. Finally, railroad travel can be a timeless option for seniors.

E. How are you going to get there perhaps by plane, car, or bus？

F. One needs to check in bags and be subject to various security measures.