大学英语专题题库-汉语言文学专业-山东师范大学

大学英语专题题库-汉语言文学专业-山东师范大学

Howdogo”八gchildrenleari^.tokavegoodvaluesHowcav\parentsteachtheir

childrenabouttkein华。rtMceofkMdncss,patience,aindself-disciplineAta

tiMCwhenav\dkvxore.parentsworryaboutthenegativea八4violent

images（暴力形象）theirchildrensec。八TV,MtheiMovies6mdl。八the以ter八况,

someairetum'ngtofairytales（童话）asawagtoteachtheiirg。“八goneshow

tobekaveinsociety.

Fairytaleswerenotalwaysintendedforchildren.Weknowthisbecause

SOMEofthesestorieskaveexistedforhundredsofyearsandwerepasseddown

fronAgek\eratioi^.togenerationthrough,songsMWdirai^a.Tk\eywere

consideredc八tert川认出c八tfore^eryoi^e,八0t。八/gforgoimgpeople.【八these

aincieintstones,,theZeroeswereextreme/yclever,fiercelyindepe八de八t,a八4

八evergaveup.Overtkeyears,someoftheheroes'qualitiesav\cLstoryIMeshave

Sc"changedtofittketi^es.

Psgchologiststhinkthatfairytaleskaveapositiveii^fluei^ce。八children

becausetheypresentthetwosidesofgood6mdevilvcirgclearly.Whenchil〃c八

kearthestoHcs,theydevelopsympatheticfeelingsfortkeheroiccharacters.1^

eacktalejtheycav\sectkatthereare,Mangdifferentkindsofpeopleiinthe

world,a八Wthatweallkaveachoiceaboutwhatkindofpersonwewai^ttobe.

WeCMMoosetodogoodaction,ratkerthanbadones,Mourlives.

Whatkindofvaluescav\childrenleairinfromfairytalesM"ThePrincess

av\dtkePea,"apoorlydressedgiWwhoinsistssheisaprincessisgive■八a

difficulttestbgtheQueen.Whenshepassesthetest,weIcariathatsheis

rewardedbecauseshestayed.truetoherself.Ii^."TheLittleMcrwuu'd/the

（美人鱼）wholivesunderthesea/。八gstohewiththekuha八s。八lai^d.

Tktrougkheircxpen'ences,welearinabouttkeii^portainceoflivingwithand

acceptingothercultures,tin"PMocchi。,"awoodenpuppet（木偶）turnsintoa

bogwhenhefinallylearnshowtotelltketruth.

Teackii^gvalues,istketreasonw^ostoftengivenfoirteachingliteratiAire

av\dencouragingreading.Theseoldstoriescainindeedteachus/ess。八sabout

ht4M4八relationshipsthataire“八2纳4/（普遍的）enoughtosurvive,throu^Mout

thecenturies.ThisMightbetkereasonwkgthegkaveSee八aroundforsolong

aindareim〃k叫todisappearMgtimesoon.

Whatdowelearnaboutfairytalesfromthepassage?

1A.Theyarewrittensolelyforchildren.r13.Theyteachuniversallessorsabouthuman

「datio八ships.rC.Tkegareallpasseddownthroughsongsai^ddrai^a.rD.TAegareadaptedto

TVaiadMoviesasentertai八八七

参考答案：B

Whydofairytaleshaveapositiveinfluenceonchildren?

lA.GoodqndevilarepresentedMawaytheycav^easily〃八derst〃八d./13.Tkecharactersareall

goodexamplesforthenAtofollow.C.Theheroesgothroughallki八dsofha以shipsbut八evergive

〃p.「p.Therearen/umgdifferentkMdsofcharactersfortkeMtoimitate.

参考答案：A

Someoftheheroes*qualitiesinfairytaleshavebeenchangedovertheyears.

厂A.toreflectthechangeofvaliAC$rB.tosuitthetastesofdifferentpeoplerC.toarousethe

interestoflittlechildrenrD.toadapttotheck4八geofthetildes

参考答案：D

Childrenwhohaveheardaboutthestoryofthelittlemermaidmight.

'tohebetterself-disciplined"13.bemorelikelytotellthetrutMtk\aiatotell

（ies「C.leari^tostaytruetotke3sHvesallthe"lives〕'D.bebetterabletoacceptforeign

cultures

参考答案：P

Parentsencouragechildrentoreadfairytalessothatthey.

厂A.c〃八entcrt〃，八tkxeMSelveswithoutbatheringothersrB.cav\gettoknowgreatliteratureof

theworldrC.cav^stayawayfromviolenceshow八。八TVlD.ca八（camkowtohelaaveMsociety

参考答案：P

2.We'dgoneuptothecity,mykiAsbai^dav\d\}toseeafnb八dofhisfrokv\

college.HewasdolingwellforhiMse/f八。w,aSusMcssnA4八livingMahigh-class

aparti^ei^t。八theMagnificentMile.Itwasatreatforustogetawatj（ikethis,

。八therareoccasionwecouldgetababg-sitter.

Hemetusattheparkinggarage（停车库）he以（推荐）av\d

offeredtopayfor."Citylife'sgreat,"he以said,"exceptforfindingaparking

space."Therewastheslap。八thehackforme/husband,ai^dakiss。八thecheck

forme.Tkei^.heledusouttotkestreetforthetwo-blockwalk,tohis

apartkv\e^.t.

TheNorthSidercnnMdedmeofarefinedstreetfestivaltkatsumiAAernight

-crowdsofpeople,sohckowlookingwell-dressedcue八（认jeains,str。/〃八gup

av\ddownthesidewalks,stoppingMattkedozensofrestaurants.

Wewerewakingthreeabreast（并肩）dow八tkcsidewalk.Iwas。八theinside,

closesttothebuildings,andIsawhimoutofthecornerofmyege.

Hewasold,sittingonthedoorstepofastorealreadylockedforthenight.

Hewasbmindledupinadirtyjackettkatlookedwaytooheavgforsummer.

Everyfewseconds,hecalledouttothepassingpeople."Gotaquarter?""CM

yousparesomeckainge?"

We'dsec八peoplelike-hw\beforejofcourse.We'd（earnedi^ottolookthem

i八tkeege,tocloseourears,towalk。八by.Usuallythegexpectedtobeignored.

Someoftk\ew\triedtow<alce,youfeelguilty（内疚）,though,bgtellMgyoutkey

needed侬。八egtofeedtheiirkids.

SoIsteeledmgselfasweapproachedhim."GotMgloosechangeyoucav\

spare?"hepipedup.

"Getlost!"ourfiriendshouted,lookingstraightakead.

Aswebrushedbg,Igotalookathi*Craghair;acreased（有皱痕的）,worn

facethat,Mexplicablg（法解释地）,hadatoothlesssimile。八it.

The八wewerepastv\otMissingastep心oursteadystride."Igetsosick

ofthesegugsleechingoffofyou/'ourfriendgrui^bled1mderhisbtreatk.

Isloweddown,mystepsfaIter（犹豫）./kadsow\e,changeMpocket.

Icouldgetitout,runback,dropitintotheold.m<aiazs人4八4ai^dcatch.upwith

the.gugsbeforetheyevei^knewIwasgone.OirIcouldjusttell"I'llbe.Hgkt

backjgugs；waitformeasecond,“a八4gobackatmyleisiAire.ButthenI'd.kave

tolistentothe/ectureaboutbcMgtoosoft-hcairtcdai^d.kai^dii^goutM。八eg

toai^yguywithasobstorytotell.

Welearnfromthefirstparagraphthattheauthorandherhusband.

厂A.oftenwe八土uptothecitytovisittheirWie八dsrB.rarelyhadt/metogoout（~C.livedfar

awayfroMthecitycenterD.weredoingverywellfinancially

参考答案：13

Acommoncomplaintamongpeopleinthecityis.

'A.i七认002'7sverydifficulttofindaparkingspaceB.therearetooMai^ybeggarsmthe

eveni八glC.ituOO2-7stoo八。isgwhereveryougorP.t/iereistoomuchtrafficduringtheday

参考答案：A

Howdomostpeoplebehavewhentheymeetbeggarsonthestreet?

A.Thegstoptogivet^\cw\alook.B.ThegfishoutSOMCs^vxallckai^ge.rC.Tkeypretendv^ot

tosee七广P.TkeyMurrypa^tthena.

参考答案：C

Whatdidtheauthor'sfriendmeanwhenhesaid"Getlost!"tothebeggar?

广A.Helosthisway.CB.Hedid八认O。27thave小。八C.Hcwassick.「D.Hcwas〃八八。ged.

参考答案：P

WhatcanbeinfeiTedabouttheauthorfromthepassage?

:A.Shew〃softeiacriticizedbyherkasb〃八dforbeingsoft-hearted.「B.SkcbOO27dkavegiven

theold八SOMCchangeifske〃。。27dbee八a/。八e.「CSl^eusedtohandoutmoneytoai^yoM

withasadstorytotelIXD.Skewasjealousofherhixsba八4IAOO27sfriend,forhishighlivingstyle.

参考答案：13

3.Mai^.yofusbelievethatapekson'sHAWbecomeslessactiveashegrows

older.Butthisisnottrue,accordingtoPr.Jairvikjprofessorofpsychiatryat

tkeUniversityofCalifornia.Sheh4sstudiedthew\ev^ta{functioningofaging

personsforseveralyears.Forexample,oneofherstudiesconcerns136pairs

ofidenticaltwins,whowerefirstex4nAMedwhentkeywerealready(oOyears

old.AsPr.Jarvik.continuedthestudyofthetwMsMt。tkeiir70sand2Os,

tkeir⑼认dsdidi^otgenerallydeclineaswasexpected.

However,tkerewassomedecIMeMtkeiirpsgek。-Motorspeed.ThisMeans

tkatittook/CMloggertoaccomplish,MC他i/tasks协Mitusedto.Butwhen

speedwasnotafactorjtheglostverylittleintellectualabilityovertheyears.

以generaljPr.Jarvik'sstudieskaveshowntkatthereis八。declineM

knowledgeorrcas。八(认gability.Thisistruenot。八/gwith.thoseintheir3Osand

4Os,hutwiththoseintheV60sai^d70saswell.

Itistruetkatolderpeoplethemse/vesoftencoi^xplaii^.thattkeirw\e,w<ortjis八。七

asgoodasitoncewas.Howeue匕muchofwhatwecall"lossofi^e^ory"isv\ot

thatatall.TheylASuallyaireMcompletc/e4mingintkefirstplace.Forexample,

theolderpersonperhapskadtroublekeen认g,orpoorvision,orM4tte八tig

orwastirgingtoIcariathenewthingattoofastapace.Ii^thecaseswherethe

olderpedon'smWreallyseemstoWecag,it>s^.otnecessarilyasig八ofdecay

due,tooldage.Oftenitissimplyasignofdepressede^otioi^alstate.

AccordingtoPr.Janik'sstudies,middle-agedaiadolderpersonswouldexpectedto一

广A.rcwvewxber/essr13.reasonbetterrClose八。ii^tellectiAalability^D.leamfewernewthings

参考答案：C

Mentaldecayduetoagingis__

厂A.COHAM。八厂B.mucMmoreCOMHA。八tk〃八mostpeoplebelieverC.MUCI^(esscommont^av\

MostpeoplebelieverP.trueofthoseoversixty

参考答案：C

Along-termstudyof136pairsoftwinsshowedthat___

厂A.theglostalittleabilitytoreasonoverthegears.0B.协eo八Igfactor,wkickdeclinedover

七heyears,wastkeiirspeedwithwhichtoperformMentaltasks.rC.thcVMemorywasi^ot〃s

goodasithad。八ccbeeia.rP.the/rMindsbecameabitmoreactiveastheygrewolder.

参考答案：B

u

Accordingtothepassage,allthefollowingare泗CMCCSofi^coiMplete(caMMg”

except

广A.poorhe〃力八g/B.badegeb/ght「C.theattemptto他4rH.八gnewthings。P.lackof

attei^tioi^

参考答案：C

Whatwecallmentaldecayisusuallyasignof___

厂A.oldage广WOHSC八Mgstateofhealth，C.alow-spiritedstatedP.nervous笈八si。八

参考答案：C

4.MgfriendMikewasshakinghisheadMdisbelief."Thatgou八gwon/14hwho

Justwaited。八hesaid,pointingtoav\employeeofthefastfood

restaiAfra^twkeirewewereeating,“hadtocallso&e。八eovertohelphercount

change.ThecashregistershowedherIneededqqcents,butshecoMirCtfigure

outhowtocoui^touttkecoins."(uindeirstoodMike'sconcern.VJhatwekave

dovxe,inthiscotmtr%although”八比tcW。八a/回istocreateseveralgejaerdons

ofindividualsmostofw/^omkave八。ideahowtoreason;howtodosimple

34仇howtodoiresearck;orfMallg,Mowtobecreative.Thereasonforthisis

。八

ouroveruseofMforwvatitech八。(ogg：videogaw\e,s}televisigdigitalwatches,

calculatorSjandcomputers.li^foiri^.atioi^tech八。loggfeedsusi八forwurti。八

withoutKequirkgustothinkaboutitaindletusperformoperationwithout

HinderstaindiingtMem.

Itistiw\ewetookahardlookatMeducationalsgstenAthat。八/gteachesour

childrenhowopushbuttons.Ouirkidsca\rCttelltiw\eiftheclockhashands.

Theycav\usecalcixlatorSjbutcavw^otadd,subtractjdivide,ormultiply.Video

ganAeskavetakei^theplaceofactive}imaginativeplag.AlthoughmostoftMem

aretechnically(iterate,thegchoosev\ottoread.Theyairesousedtotelevision

av\dmoviesthat协egca^otusetMefr秘4gMa力•。八tostaginterestedMabook.

Itisnotenoughtoirccognizcthataexists.Whatweneedisasolution.

TheoneIofferissimpletosuggest,butkv\aybeimpossibletocarryout.We

mustb（八pbgourckildre^..Ifwed。八匕thegwilli^ever/camhowtosolve,

problem.Theywilli^everIcariaeve八basicreasoningskillsav\dwillcertainly八。t

developcreativity.伉steadoffillingclassroomswithdecWocics,let's

coince^tirate。八foodold-fashionedliteracy-----忆a4Mgbooks.Studentsmust

betaugktnottoperformcomputeroperationsbyrote,buttofigureaind

reasonfor协CMSC/VCS.Tkegmustsee.howthingsworkandMowprocesseslead

toresults,thegw\ustalsostiretektkeiirii^agiinatio^.

Whatistheproblemwiththeemployeeofthefastfoodrestaurant?

/A.Skedoes八。tknowkowtooperatethecnskregister.B.SkeisunabletosolvesimplewatM

probleM.CCSk\elackscoinsforcustomers'ck〃八ge,rD.Shedoesnotknowhowtocouiatcoins.

参考答案：B

WhatisMike'sconcern?

厂A.Peop/e八。wrelytooMuck。八mform^t/on.technology,B.Mak\yrestaurantsnowdo八ot

providegoodservice.C.VJearecreatingpeoplewk。cavCtthickfortke3sekes,「P.Modem

tec^ologyfeedsustooHAUCMmformation.

参考答案：c

Forchildrentobeinterestedinreading,theymust.

iA.I^avealargee八。vocabularyrB.begive八theHghtbooksrC.tumofftheirtelevision

sets〕D.k\aveav\imaginativeMii^d

参考答案：13

VJl^atsolutiondoestheauthorsuggesttoourcki&。八'sproblem?

1A.GetoffTVav\dcoi^pixteratschool.rB.Tumoffallelectroiaicequ/pMe八tat

sck。。/.，C.TeacI^tMemkowto他〃匕八fromvideog〃hcs.rP.Givefreedomintheuseof

coi^piAters.

参考答案：A

Wecanseefromthepassagethattheauthorbelieves.

广^.electronicslaas八。place(认theclassroomrB.moderntechnologyhelpsustodothiiagswe

doi^teve八〃八dedt”八d/C.readingbenefitsckAdre八Moretlaai^a八gthingeke「P./^formation.

tech八o(oggisbeingoverused

参考答案：A

二.Vocabularyai^dStructure

SDun'nghissolovotjage,,Ckickesterkadexperiencedfearlikewumgother

a.d.VCV\.tuKCKS.(A.doubtful13.doubtC.undoubtedlyD.dou况fu〃g参考答案：C

(a.Uinabletoswimshecould.donothingbutwatchastheboystruggled

despc『4te/gM协Cwater.A.MpB.Mplessly'C.Mpful^D.ke/pfMg参考答案：B

7.Mobodijcav\workwellifhe

IS/A.distractioin.B.distracted.Cdistracting,D.d汝rac便参考答案：B

8.WasthenarratorMhisoffertopurchaseapuddingfortheold

m(aja?A.si^cerely13.sincereCsinccritg'D.sincen.tics参考答案：8

q.Mostworkingevwirov\w\evvtsareimprovedbytheofafewplantsav\d.

pictures.A.additiom.al'B.additionC.add.D.add.itioi^ally参考答案：B

2.0.1cai^trecallthe/butIdidmeetMer

before.「A.occasion。/®13.occasionalC.occasion'D.occasioned参考答案：C

iX.TMeytkewa匕althoughitcostthe^i^iillioi^sof

IlVCS./^.defeated.B.w。八C.beaten.D.ovcrcanAC参考答案：B

工2.1gavetheTVseta协"。ughbeforeIbought

it.A.inspectorB.inspectC.ikxspectio^D.inspectcd参考答案：C

13.T/aecatwatchedthew\ouseholewith

gv~C(XtSA.pntient'B.iMpatie^ceC.impatientD.patie八ce参考答案：D

24.J。人八wastogooutinthestorm,bmthewent

4ngW4g.A.reluctance'B.reluctantC.reluctai^tly(D.irrMuctaht参考答案：13

25.Mgattitudetoagingisthatit'ssothere'sverylittlewecaindoabout

it.A.iMvitableB.psyckologicalC.cov\tagious^steady参考答案：A

IG.Ifgoukavetogothroughastroke-filledarea,you'dbetterwithyour

headlow.A.crawf13.retreatC.proceed.D.drag参考答案：A

27.S“SMisneverknowntobe_tofollowfashions,koweverattractivetheg

l/v\.aySCCIAA.A.gmntcdB.promptedC.tciM.ptedD.addicted.参考答案：C

J-8.Mothermybrotkeirtokeephisvoicedownbutheignored

Mer.A.rehA^rke^'B.MotionedCsluggedD」iv\p%ssed参考答案：B

工q.Db(丫i^gthetalksbathsidesagreedto____possihleof

CO-operationA.registerB.exploreC.coi^cliAdeD.〃八d。参考答案：B

20.Weshouldseeourselvesas,partofmature,iratkerthanMwith

it.A.n阳u3Cht'B.co八八ection'C.conflictD.crask参考答案：C

2人.Thegstartedtoplacethehoi^hs,hixtas,theaircraftwerewidelyJthis

tooktlW\.Cin.thedark.A.rcinforcedB.dispcrsed'C.irelayed.D.displagcd参考答案：

0

22.Wei^eveirloseheartwhenwedifficultiesinour

Work.A.c八gageB.co^flictC.catchD.encoimtcr参考答案：P

23Tkcseschoolscow\eimdcrtkesupervisionoflocally

COHAHAfttcCS.A.appoMtedB.rotated.C.c。八sistedD.coiM.posed参考答案：A

Z4.Tkereis八。tosuggesthigh-protcindietsimproveourperformanceat

SchoolA.cHdenccB.intelligenceC.indicationD.〃kc布。。d参考答案：A

1.HowdogoungchildrenIcariatokavegoodvaluesHowCMparentsteach

tkeirchildrenabouttheii^portainceofkindness,patience,andself-discipline.

Atatiw\ewk。moreai^dkvxoreparentsworryabouttkenegativeai^dviolent

images（暴力形象）tkeircki/d%八see。八TV,iinthemowes4八d,。八theIinternet,

SOMCairetum认gtofairytales（童话）asawaytoteachtheirgotmgoneshow

tobekave/society.

Fairytaleswere八。七alwaysintcededforchildire八.Wcknowthisbecause

SOIAACofthesestorieskaveexistedfoirho（八Medsofyearsai^dwerepasseddown

frokvxge^eratiointogenerationthroughsongsav\ddraw\a.Theywere

coinsideiredente心M3e八tfore'/eryoi^eJinoton®forgoungpeople.Mthese

ai^ciei^tstoriesjtheheroeswereextremelyNever,fierce©Mdcpc八de叫av\d

八CKCKgaveup.OvertheyearSjsomeoftheheroes'qualitiesa八4story仇cshave

See八changedtofitthetiw\es.

PsychologiststhinkthatfairytaleskaveapositiveMf/ue八cc。八children

becamethegpresentthetwosidesofgooda八4evilveryclearly.Whenchild%八

hearthesto/ies,协egdevelopsympatheticfcc/Mgsfortkeheroiccharacter.Ii^.

eachtalc,thegcaiaseethatthereareMangdifferentkindsofpeopleinthe

worldaindtkatweallkaveachoiceaboutwhatkindofpersonwcwanttobe.

Wecav\choosetodogoodaction,ratkeirthanbadones,Mourlives.

Whatkindofvalues,cav\childireiaIcariafroHAfairytalesM"ThePrMccss

MdthePea,"apoorlydressedgirlwhoinsistssheisap/Mcessisgive八a

difficulttestbgtheQueen.Whenshepassesthetest,wcIcariathatsheis

rewardedbecauseshestagedtruetoherself.【八"TkeLittleMen^aid,“the

w\e,rw\aid（美人鱼）wholives”八dcrthesealongstobewithtkehamans。八lai^d.

Thiroughherexperiences,weleairi^.abouttheii^portai^ceoflivingwithand

acceptingothercultures.Iin"Pinocchio,"awoodenpuppet（木偶）turnsivvtoa

bogwhenhefinally/camshowtotellthetrutk

Teackii^gvalues,istkereasonMostoftengive八forteachingliterature

Md"c。"4gMgreading.TheseoldstoriescainMdecdteachus/css。八sabout

kuwumrelationshipsthataire“八A/c&i/（普遍的）enoughtosurvivethroughout

thecenturies.ThisMightbethereasonwhgtheykaveSee八around.forso/。八g

andareunlikelytodisappearainyt沁esom

Whatdowelearnaboutfairytalesfromthepassage?

广A.Theyarewrittensolelyforchild丫。八.广B.Thegteackuniversallessorsabout

relationships,^C.Tkegareallpasseddowntkrougksongsav\ddrai^a.rD.Thegareadaptedto

TVai^d.Moviesase^tert^/nmen.t.

参考答案：13

Whydofairytaleshaveapositiveinfluenceonchildren?

厂A.Goodav\d.evilarepresentedMawaythcgcav\easily〃八八d.1B.Thecharactersareall

r

goodexamplesforthe^v\tofollow.C.Theheroesgothroughallkindsofha以shipsbut八evergive

up.CP.Thcrearedifferentkindsofcharactersfortoimitate.

参考答案：A

Someoftheheroes*qualitiesinfairytaleshavebeenchangedovertheyears.

rr

广A.toreflectthechangeofvaluesB.tosuitthetastesofdifferentpeopleC.toarousethe

interestoflittlechildrenrD.toadapttothechangeofthetildes

参考答案：P

Childrenwhohaveheardaboutthestoryofthelittlemermaidmight.

:AJe"八tobebetterself-disciplined^B.bemorelikelytotellthetruth协6mtotdl

〃es「C.Icariatostagtrueto协alltheirlivesrD.bebetterabletoacceptforeign

cultures

参考答案：P

Parentsencouragechildrentoreadfairytalessothatthey.

厂A.c«八e八tertokthemselveswithoutbothcH八gothers〕B.cav\gettoknowgreatliteratureof

theworldrC.ca\astayawayfroMviolenceshow八。八TV「D.c”八/e4K八howtohel^aveksociety

参考答案：P

2.We'dgoneuptothecity,mykiAsbai^daindI,toseeafriendofhisfrokvxcollege.

HeWASdoingwc"forh'kviselfnow,aSIXSMCSSM4八livingiinahigh-class

apartkv\ekit。八theMagnificentMile.Itwasatreatforustogetawaylikethis,

。八therareoccasionwecouldgetababy-sitter.

Hemetusattkeparkinggarage（停车库）ke'dre,cow\w\e,v\ded（推荐）and

offeredtopayfor."Citylife'sgreat"he'dsaid,"exceptforfindingaparking

space."Therewastheslap。八thebackformyandakiss。八thecheck

forme.The八heledusouttothestreetforthetwo-blockwalktohis

aparti^xei^t.

TheNorthSide七⑼'八dedmeofarefinedstreetfestivaltkatsummernight

-crowdsofpeople,somehowlookingwell-dressedeve八injeagstirolli八gup

av\ddowntkesidewalks,stoppinginattkedozensofrestaurants.

Wewerewakingthreeabreast（并肩）dow八thesidewalk.Iwas。八theinside,

closesttotkebuildings.andIsaw人际outofthecornerofmyege.

Hewasold,sitting。八tkedoorstepofastorealreadylockedforthenight.

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ofthesegugsleechingoffofg。”/ourfriendgrumbled"八dcrhisbreatk.

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thegugsbeforetkeycue八knewIwasgone.OrIcouldjusttell"I'llbe.irigkt

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tolist©八tothelectureaboutbeingtoosoft-hearted.ai^dkanWMgout侬。八eg

toa八ggiAtjwithasobstorytotell.

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厂A.。化。八we八七uptothecitytovisitthe"fnb八dsrB.rarefyhadtimetogooutrC.livedfar

awayfroHAthecitycenterD.weredoingverywellfii^ai^cially

参考答案：B

Acommoncomplaintamongpeopleinthecityis.

1A.it认0027sverydifficulttofindaparkingspace。B.therearetoomanybeggarsMthe

evenY八g「C.ituOOZ7stoo八oisgwhereveryougorD.tkereistoohAuchtrafficduH八gtheday

参考答案：A

Howdomostpeoplebehavewhentheymeetbeggarsonthestreet?

rA.Theystoptogivetk\CMalook.<*"B.TheyfishoutSOMCsma//ch4八ge.「C.Thegpiretei^diaot

toseetMem.<"P.TMeyhurrypasttke^v\.

参考答案：C

Whatdidtheauthor'sfriendmeanwhenhesaid"Getlost!'*tothebeggar?

「A.Helosthisway.rB.Hedid^uOOZ7t^\ave侬。八cg.「C.Hewassick.D.Hewasa^oyed.

参考答案：P

Whatcanbeinferredabouttheauthorfromthepassage?

'A.Shewasoften.criticizedbyherhusbandforbeingsoft-hearted.r3Ske〃。。27dhavegiven

theoldK/umsomech6mgeifske”。。27dbee八aloi^e.rC.Skeusedtoha八4out四。八egtoai^yoM

withasadstorytoD.Shewasjealousofherhasba八4IAOO27sfriendforhishighlivingstyle.

参考答案：B

3.MyfriendMikewasshakinghisheadMdisbelief."ThatgotmgWOMMwho

justwaited。八侬也"hesaid,pointingtoav\employeeoftkefastfood

restaiAfra^twkeirewewereeating,“hadtocallso^eoineovertohelphercouint

change.ThecashregistershowedherIneededqqcents,butshecoMirCtfigure

outhowtocoui^touttkecoins."(uindeirstoodMike'sconcern.VJhatwekave

doneinthiscotmtr%although,irninte八七'。八a®istocreateseveralgenerations.

ofindividualsmostofwhonAkave八。ideahowtoreasonhowtodosimple

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ouroveruseof^formationtech八。(ogg：videogaw\es,}television,digitalwatches.

calculatorSjandcomputers.Ii^foiri^.atioi^tech八ologgfeedsusi八forwurti。八

withoutrequiringustothinkaboutitaindletusperformoperationwithout

tmdcks"八山认gtMem.

Itistiw\ewetookahardlookatMeducationalsgstc&that。八/gteachesour

childrenhowopushbuttons.Ouirkidsca\rCttelltiw\eiftheclockhashands.

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ganAeskavetakei^theplaceofactive,imaginativeplag.Althoughmostofthem

aretechnically(iterate,thegckoose八。ttoread.Theyaires。usedtotelevision

av\dmoviesthat协egca^otusetMefr秘4gMa力•。八tostaginterestedMabook.

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mustimpbgourchildren.Ifwed。八匕tkeywillineveirIcariaMowtosolve

problem.Theywilli^.everleari^.evev\basicwas。。认gskillsairtdwillcertainlynot

developcreativity.以steadoffillingclassroomwithdectKO八ics,let's

concentrate。八foodold-fashionedliteracy-----readingbooks.Studentsw\iAS,t

betangktnottoperform.computeroperationsbgetc,buttofigureaind

reasonfortke^elves.TheymustseeMowthingsworkai^dhowprocesseslead

toresults,thegmustalsostretch.tkeirii^agiinatioin.

VJl^atistheproblemwiththeemployeeofthefastfoodrestaurant?

广A.Shedoes八。tknowhowtooperatethecashregister.B.Sheisunabletosolvesimplei^ath

problem.?C.ShelackscoMsforcustoMer^ckahge.rD.Skedoesv\otknowkowtocoui^tcoms.

参考答案：13

WhatisM汰e'sconcern?

/A.Peop加八。wrelytooMuck。八i^for^atioiatechnologyB.M“八grestaurants八owdo八。t

providegoodservice.广C.Wcarecreatingpeoplewk。cav^tthinkfortkekse"es.「P.Modem

technologyfeedsustooMuckMfo^Matio八.

参考答案：C

Forchildentobeinterestedinreading,theymust.

厂A.AQVCalarge。八。vocabularyrB.begiventheMghtbooksrC.turnoffthei-television

setsrD.kaveav\imaginativekind

参考答案：B

VJl^atsolutiondoestheauthorsuggesttoourchi(dr。八'sproblem?

1A.GetoffTVai^dcomputeratschool.广B.TumoffallelectroniceqiAtpi^e^tat

sckoo/.rC.TeacI^tMemkowto他〃匕八fromvideog〃hcs.rP.Givethei^\freedomintheuseof

computers.

参考答案：A

Wecanseefromthepassagethattheauthorbelieves.

/A.dects八icshas八。placeMtheCSSSHOOM厂B.moderntecki^ologyhelpsustodothingswe

dov^teven〃八derst〃八d'C.readingbe八efitschi/dre八moreth〃八