三、完形填空 阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填在横线处的最佳选项。 Everybody knows how to learn. Learning is a natural thing. It begins the 1 we are born. Our first teachers are our families. At home we learn to talk and to dress and feed ourselves. We learn these and other skills by 2 . Then we go to school. A teacher tells us 3 to learn and how to learn. Many teachers teach us, and we pass many exams. Then people say we are educate. Are we really educated? Let's 4 the real meaning of learning. Knowing facts does not 5 being able to solve problems. Solving problem requires creativity, not just a good 6 . Some people who don't know many 7 can also be good at solving problems. Henry Ford is a good 8 . He left school at the age of 15. Later, when his company could not build ears 9 enough, he solved the problem. He thought of the assembly line. Today the answer seems simple. Yet, just think of the many university graduates who 10 solve any problems. What does a good teacher do? Does he 11 students facts to remember? Well, yes, we must sometimes remember facts. But a good teacher 12 how to find answers. He brings us to the stream of knowledge, so we can think for ourselves. When we are 13 , we know where to go. True learning combines intake with output. We take information 14 our brains. Then we use it. Think of a computer; it stores a lot of information, but it can't think. It only obeys commands. A person who only remembers facts hasn't really learned. Learning takes 15 only when a person can use what he knows.
A When teaching handwriting, one difficulty is teaching the left-handed child. The traditional policy has been to push all children to write with their right hands. Parents and teachers both try to prevent the child from using his left hand. On the other hand, psychologists have clearly shown that some persons are naturally left-handed and that it is much more difficult for them to do any skillful act with the right hand than with the left hand. Some believe, furthermore, that to force a left-handed child to write with his right hand may make him nervous and may cause speech problems. There seems to be some cases in which this is true, although in most children who change over to using their right hand, no negative effects are noticed. In addition to these difficulties, left-handedness sometimes seems to cause mirror writing from right to left and reversals in reading, as reading "was" for "saw."
1. Which of the following can be the title of this passage?
A.The problems of the left-handed child
B.Nervous aspects connected with hand-writing
C.A special problem in teaching hand-writing
D.Speech problem, mirror meriting and reversals
A B C D
A
[解析] 通读全文，可以发现整篇短文都围绕着左利手孩子该使用左手还是有手的问题，故本题选A。
2. What does the writer imply according to the passage?
A.Left-handed persons all have speech problems
B.Left-handed children need special consideration
C.Parents should not allow children to write with their left hand
D.Left-handed persons are less skillful than right-handed ones
B Bicycle sharing systems are also known as yellow bicycle programs, white bicycle programs, public bikes or free bikes. They are increasingly popular in Europe now. Paris has the world's largest urban cycle rental system. This is a bike rental station in Paris. The workers are showing how to use a new self-service bike. They say that Paris will become "a green capital of bikes" and they plan to park 20,000 bicycles at 1,600 stations. Paris created this plan to reduce waste gas displacement (废气排放量). At a rental station, you only have to put your credit card into the machine to rent a bike. It provides French, German, English and Chinese services. If you ride the bike for only 30 minutes to relax, you needn't pay for it. A two-hour bike rent only costs you 4 Euros. These stations work for 24 hours every day, so a bike is rented for f0 to 14 times a day. In this way there are 200,000 people using bikes a day. In the past few years, Paris has encouraged its people to ride bikes, but something unhappy has happened now and then. Some people break the traffic rules during rush hours. Some park their bikes everywhere. So how to park their bikes is a problem that Pairs will face, but this project is still a helpful way to improve its traffic environment.
3. According to the passage, the problem that Paris will deal with is how to ______.
A.ride their new bikes
B.park their bikes
C.borrow or lend bikes
D.rent public bikes
A B C D
B
[解析] 根据最后一段最后一句话可知，现在巴黎面对的是如何停放这些自行车的问题，故本题选B。
C Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Psychologists are studying this phenomenon in an attempt to better understand long-term loneliness. These researchers have already identified three different types of loneliness. The first kind of loneliness is temporary. This is the most common type. It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situational loneliness, is a natural result. For example, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year. Situational loneliness is easy to understand and to predict. The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the second type, chronic loneliness usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause. People who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing. Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition. Many researchers agree that the loneliest people are between the ages 18 and 25, so a group of psychologists decided to study a group of college students. They found that more than 50% of the students were situational lonely at the beginning of the term as a result of their new circumstances, but had adjusted after a few months. Thirteen percent were still lonely after seven months due to shyness and fear. They felt very uncomfortable meeting strangers, even though they understood that their fear was not reasonable. The situational lonely students overcame their loneliness by making new friends, but the chronically lonely remained unhappy because they were afraid to do so. Psychologists are trying to find ways to help habitually lonely people for two reasons. First of all, they are unhappy and unable to socialize. Secondly, researchers have found a connection between chronic loneliness and serious illness such as heart disease. While temporary and situational loneliness can be a normal, healthy part of life, chronic loneliness can be a very sad, and sometimes dangerous condition.
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.Loneliness and illnesses
B.Three kinds of loneliness
C.Loneliness and shyness
D.Three causes of loneliness
A B C D
B
[解析] 通读全文，可以发现整篇短文都在介绍三种孤独，故本题选B。
2. All the following are true EXCEPT that ______.
A.37% of the students can overcome loneliness easily
B.temporary loneliness does not need special attention
C.chronic loneliness can cause problems in socializing
D.situational loneliness can cause physical problem
第二节 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入横线处的最佳选项。并将所选答案的字母填入下面对应的横线处。选项中有两项为多余选项。 A sense of humor helps us from several aspects. As awareness of the benefits of humor increases, most of us want to get all the laughs we can. It seems that almost every day there is another new discovery about the power of humor to help us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. 1 . 2 . Many people mistakenly believe that we are born with a sense of humor. They think that when it comes to a sense of humor, "either you've got it or you don't." This is false. What is true, however, is that the ability to laugh and smile is actually something we are born with. For example, we laugh when we are tickled under the arm, even without thinking about how to react. A sense of humor can be developed in our life. The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth in human infants, but that is not the same thing as having a sense of humor. (After all, when a baby laughs in his small bed we don't rush over and say, "That kid has a great sense of humor.") 3 . Don't be nervous before others and try to laugh at yourself—then you will make them laugh too. A sense of humor means more than telling jokes. Humor includes a lot more than laughing and joke telling. 4 . More than jokes, a sense of humor requires being willing and able to see the funny side of life's situations as they happen. In fact, one of the best definitions of a sense of humor is "the ability to see the non-serious element in a situation". A sense of humor helps people to better enjoy life. There may be a thousand different ways to express your sense of humor, but joke telling is only one of those ways. As more is discovered about how humor benefits our life, more people will be able to see and enjoy the humor when they are in a difficult situation. 5 . A. A sense of humor is not an inborn ability B. A sense of humor can be expressed in two ways C. Your sense of humor is something you can develop over a lifetime D. Every system of the body responds to laughter in some important or positive way E. Life depends on air, food and water, but it is made easier to live with a good sense of humor F. Many people are worried about no good sense of humor because they aren't good joke tellers G. Some people doubt their intelligence and emotion because they aren't good at telling stories
第三节 阅读下面材料，在横线处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。 Guinea pigs are intelligent and quiet animals. They may develop a close bond with you and may reward you with chirps, purrs, squeaks or whistles. Guinea pigs do not 1 very much if you do not spend much time with them. However, if you spend time with them, they will become more responsive towards you. Guinea pigs are very active and they enjoy running through 2 (tunnel) and mazes. If you give them a toy, they will play with it. 3 you have more than one guinea pig, you may observe that they like to play games of chase with each other. Guinea pigs are social animals. They like to interact with others. However, be 4 (carefully) not to overcrowd their homes. This is because it is very stressful for them and they may attack each other. Do not change their food or environment as they do not like changes. So still interested in having a guinea pig as a pet? Just remember to 5 note of the above points.
1. 根据下面提示，请用英语写一篇100字左右的小短文，标题已给出。 1．有的人喜欢参加旅行社旅游(package tours)； 2．有的人喜欢自助旅游(travelling individually)； 3．比较两种旅游方式。你喜欢哪一种? Which Mode of Travel Do You Like?
Which Mode of Travel Do You Like?
Traveling in vacation has become the mainstream for people to release their work pressure. When it comes to travel, different people have different opinions, some people hold the opinion that traveling individually is the first choice, while others are more prefer to package tours. In my point of view, I prefer traveling individually. If you traveling individually, you are capable to select your own itinerary. As we all know, the biggest disadvantage of package tour is that the tourists have to follow exactly the travel agency's schedule. On the contrary, you are free to stay in the scenic spots as long as you want during the traveling individually. In addition, the case of tour guide force tourists to buy souvenir is always on the news. By contrast, if you choose traveling individually, you don't have to worry about this problem. It's your choice to buy souvenir or not. To sum up, given the factors that I have just outlined, it is wise to support the statement that chooses traveling individually.
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