Telling stories about the past, present and future may be an effective way to enrich your
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第1题
Mother ______ us stories when we were young.
A) used to tell B) used to telling
C) was used to tell D) is used to telling
第2题
A.used to tell
B.was used to tell
C.used to telling
第3题
The youngest readers will quickly develop good reading skills if they ______.
A.learn to associate the words in a text with pictures
B.are exposed to modem teaching techniques
C.are encouraged to ignore pictures in the text
D.learn the art of telling stories
第4题
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A.She was an excellent student at college.
B.She works in the entertainment business.
C.She is fond of telling stories in her speech.
D.She is good at conveying her message.
第5题
Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in paragraph 7? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A.Incomplete physiological development may partly explain why hearing stories does not improve long-term memory in infants and toddlers.
B.One reason why preschoolers fail to comprehend the stories they hear is that they are physiologically immature.
C.Given the chance to hear stories, infants and toddlers may form. enduring memories despite physiological immaturity.
D.Physiologically mature children seem to have no difficulty remembering stories they heard as preschoolers.
第6题
To: Reiko Ono
From: Junko Lee
Re: Transfer
Hi Reiko,
I heard the news this morning about your transfer. I was sad to learn that you will be moving to the Yokohama warehouse. It seems like half of the staff is leaving for one reason or another. I considered (144) , too, but my husband would never agree to it.
If you need any help packing or making arrangements in Yokohama, let me know. I have many relatives in Yokohama if you and your husband need anywhere to stay for a short time (145) you are looking for a new home. Of course, those arrangements may already have been made by the company.
I will miss our conversations in the staff room. You always tell the best stories about your family members, and I feel like I know them personally. I'm sure you will be busy this month, but I'd love to get together for lunch or dinner before you go if you can spare the (146) Tuesdays or Thursdays are the best days for me. If you can't make lunch or dinner, I hope we can at least make one last date for coffee.
Talk to you soon,
Junko
(44)
A.transfer
B.to transfer
C.transferring
D.will transfer
第7题
In a significant【C2】______of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a【C3】______bill that will propose making payments to witnesses【C4】______and will strictly control the amount of【C5】______that can be given to a case【C6】______a trial begins.
In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said be【C7】______with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not.【C8】______sufficient control.
【C9】______of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a【C10】______of media protest when he said the【C11】______of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges【C12】______to Parliament.
The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which【C13】______the European Convention on Human Rights legally【C14】______in Britain, laid down that everybody was【C15】______to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.
"Press freedoms will be in safe hands【C16】______our British judges." he said.
Witness payments became an【C17】______after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995, Up to 19 witnesses were【C18】______to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised【C19】______witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to【C20】______guilty verdicts.
【C1】
A.as to
B.for instance
C.in particular
D.such as
第8题
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph. D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens of gender(性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus(相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture(培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my month came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I don't talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn't want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don't study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women's college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don't dismiss those concerns. Still, I don't tell them "war" stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that's a sight worth talking about.
Why doesn't the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A.She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
B.She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.
C.She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
D.She finds space research more important.
第9题
第二节 短文理解1
阅读下面短文,从[A](Right)、[B](Wrong)、[C](Doesn't Say)三个判断中选择一个正确选项。
Mark Twain was a famous American writer. He wrote many famous stories and they are still told in many countries today. Mark Twain always liked to tell funny stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and to play jokes(开玩笑)on his friends. One day, one of his friends didn't have money and asked Mark Twain to pay for his train ticket.
"But I don't have enough money to buy both your ticket and mine, "Mark Twain said.
The friend did not know what to do. He was very sad. "We can do this, "said Twain. "We can get on the train first and when the conductor(售票员)comes to take the tickets, you can hide (躲藏)under my seat. "
Later, however, on the train, when the conductor came to take the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets—one for himself and one for his friend. Then Mark Twain said, " My friend here is a very strange man. When he travels on a train, he does not like to sit on the seat. He likes to lie on the floor under the seat. "
Everybody on the train then looked at the poor man under the seat and started to laugh.
Mark Twain was good at telling stories and playing jokes.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Doesn't say
第10题
Passage Two
I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how may of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
62. Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
A) She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.
B) She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.
C) She is not good at telling stories of the kind.
D) She finds space research more important.