At what age do most children start school?A.At 7.B.At 6.C.At 5.D.At 8.
At what age do most children start school?
A.At 7.
B.At 6.
C.At 5.
D.At 8.
At what age do most children start school?
A.At 7.
B.At 6.
C.At 5.
D.At 8.
第1题
A.From religious organisations.
B.From public sources.
C.From corporate sources.
D.From research grants.
第2题
听力原文:M: Hello. How are you today?
W: Not so good. My leg's playing me up. Awful pains in my leg and my toothache!
M: Oh, dear! I've got toothache too and the dentist says he simply can't see me before next week. But what gets me is my headache.
W: I know what you mean, but at least you can do the garden. I can't even do that with my back — the doctor says I mustn't lift or bend.
M: You poor thing. There's nothing worse than back trouble. But I don't do much in the garden now because I've hurt my ann. It's really painful.
W: Like my ankle. It's all swollen up.
Which age group do the two speakers most likely belong to?
A.Young.
B.Middle-aged.
C.Old.
第3题
There are places in the world where people are alleged (被认为) to live much longer and remain more vigorous in old age than in most modern societies. I have visited the best known of these regions, all relatively remote and mountainous. A striking feature common to all three cultures is the high social status of the aged. Each of the very elderly persons I saw lived with family and close relatives—often an extensive household—and occupied a central and privileged position within this group. The sense of family continuity is strong. There is also a sense of usefulness. Even those well over 100 for the most part continue to perform. essential duties and contribute to the economy of the community. These duties included weeding in the fields, feeding the poultry (家禽), tending flocks, picking tea, washing the laundry, cleaning house, or caring for grandchildren, all on a regular daily basis. In addition, the aged are esteemed for the wisdom that is thought to derive from long experience, and their word in the family group is generally law. In none of the three communities is there any forced retirement age, and the elderly are not shelved, as occurs in most of our industrialized society. Khfaf Lasuria, the former tea picker, had retired only two years before I met her. When I asked Seliac Butba, age 121, if he was helping in the construction of a new house springing up next to his own, he responded, "Of course, they cant do without me. " Many of the centenarians emphasized the importance of being independent and free to do the things they enjoyed and wanted to do, and of maintaining a placid (平静的) state of mind free from worry or emotional strain. "Now everywhere people dont live so long because they dont live a free life," commented Sonia Kvedzenia of Atara, age 109. "They worry more and dont do what they want. " Gabriel Chapnian, 117, of Gulripshi expressed a similar thought when told that few Americans attain his age. His response: "Hmm...too literate. " Expectation of longevity may also be important. In America the traditional life-span is three score and ten years. But when we asked the young people of Abkhazia how long they expected to live, they generally said, "To a hundred". Dr Georgi Kaprashvili of Gulripshi confirmed that the public has the notion that the normal life-span of man is 100 years. For exaggeration, when proposing toasts, they say 300 years, but everyone expects to be 100.
What does the word "centenarian" (Line 1, Para. 6) mean in this passage?
A.Person who has 100 family members.
B.Person who is 100 or more years old.
C.Person who is the central figure.
D.Leader of a unit of 100 soldiers.
第4题
听力原文:M: Hello. How are you today?
W: Not so good. My leg's playing me up, awful pains in my leg and my toothache!
M: Oh, dear! I've got toothache too and the dentist says he simply can't see me before next week. But what gets me is my headache.
W: I know what you mean, but at least you can do the garden. I can't even do that with my back, the doctor says I mustn't lift or bend.
M: You poor thing. There's nothing worse than back trouble. But I don't do much in the garden now because I've hurt my arm. It's really painful.
W: Like my ankle. It's all swollen up.
Which age group do the two speakers most likely belong to?
A.Young.
B.Old.
C.Middle-aged.
第5题
At what age will most children enter a grammar school or a secondary school?
A.Ten
B.Eleven.
C.Twelve.
D.Sixteen.
第6题
Once people believed it was 19) that the human brain was fully developed by the age of three. According to this theory, teenager behaviors like risk-taking, a lack of sensitivity to how their actions 20)both themselves and others, increased aggressive deeds, 21) concentration and a negative attitude were thought to be due to bad parenting or changes in body chemistry.
However, new technology has allowed researchers to examine the healthy brain at work. What they have discovered is something 22) : Not only does the brain continue to grow beyond the age of three, but the research also23) that the brain of a teenager is larger than that of an adult.
As teen brains are 24) with chemicals during adolescence phase, the brain grows. However, only the cells that are used the most will 25) the competition within the brain. Those that are used less begin to die off until the brain reaches what will be its adult size.
The way that teens spend their time 26) influences which connections remain and which disappear. On the basis of this knowledge, experts advise parents to be 27) on how their teenagers spend their time. What teens do today will affect their brains for the rest of their lives.
A) diminished
B) demonstrated
C) alert
D) radical
E) surrender
F) survive
G) affirms
H) afford
I) affect
J) effect
K) soaked
L) soaped
M) sensitive
N) sensible
O) somehow
第7题
听力原文:W: Did you go to a State primary school?
M: Yes, I did. I went to a nursery school first at the age of four, but this was purely voluntary.
W: Can you still remember it?
M: Yes, I have faint, but very pleasant memories of it. It was a delightful place, full of fun and games.
W: You probably don't remember but you must have missed it when you left.
M: Yes, but you know, before seven, school life was very pleasant. It was only later in the Junior School we began to have more formal lessons and even worry about exams.
W: Really? Did you have to do exams at that age?
M: Yes, we used to then. We had to take an exam at the age of eleven called the "eleven- plus" to see what kind of secondary school we would get into. But this exam is slowly disappearing nowadays.
W: There are four main types of secondary school, aren't there?
M: Yes. Most of the brighter children go to a grammar school, some go to a technical school, and the majority go to a secondary modem school. And then there are the comprehensive schools which cater for all levels of academic ability. These are becoming more and more important.
W: I must say I find your educational system rather complicated, 'and to make matters worse, you call your private schools public schools!
M: Yes, I suppose it is all rather confusing. But like so many other things in Britain our educational system is deeply rooted in tradition and .yet it's changing all the time.
W: Really? In what ways is it changing?
M: Well, in nearly every way. There is a strong movement towards comprehensive schools, where all children go for secondary education no matter what their ability or background. And they are no longer tested by examination at the age of eleven.
W: But won't the wealthy always be in a privileged position? They'll always be able to send their children to the best private schools in the country.
M: Not necessarily. If independent schools join the State system and we do away with the idea of grammar schools for the clever and secondary modern schools for the less bright, then every child should have an equal opportunity to do well and go on to higher education.
(23)
A.At the age of 4.
B.At the age of 6.
C.At the age of 7.
D.At the age of 11.
第8题
【T12】
A.UNTIL
B.LEARNING
C.WHEN A.DOES NOT MATURE【T7】_______ABOUT THE AGE OF TWO
B.REMEMBER【T8】_______TO WALK
C.【T9】_______THEY SEARCH THROUGH THEIR MENTAL FILES WHAT"S YOUR EARLIEST CHILDHOOD MEMORY? CAN YOU 【T10】______? OR TALK? THEFIRST TIME YOU HEARD THUNDER OR WATCHED A TELEVISION PROGRAM? ADULTS SELDOM RECALL EVENTS MUCH EARLIER THAN THE YEAR OR SO BEFORE ENTERING SCHOOL, JUST AS CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN THREE OR FOUR RARELY RETAIN ANY SPECIFIC, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. A VARIETY OF EXPLANATIONS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR THIS "CHILDHOOD AMNESIA" (儿童失忆症), ONE ARGUES THAT THE HIPPOCAMPUS, THE REGION OF THE BRAIN WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMING MEMORIES,【T11】______.BUT THE MOST POPULAR THEORY MAINTAINS THAT, SINCE ADULTS DO NOT THINK LIKE CHILDREN, THEY CANNOT REFLECT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.ADULTS THINK IN WORDS, AND THEIR LIFE MEMORIES ARE LIKE STORIES OR NARRATIVES—ONE EVENT FOLLOWS ANOTHER AS IN A NOVEL OR FIL
M.BUT【T12】______FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES TOADD TO THIS VERBAL LIFE STORY, THEY DON"T FIND ANY THAT FITS THE PATTER
N.IT"S LIKE TRYING TO FIND A CHINESE WORD IN AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY.