阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。 A From good reading we can derive pleasure, companionship, experience, and instruction. A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity. Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life. It increases our contentment when we are cheerful, and lessens our troubles when we are sad. Whatever may be our main purpose in reading, our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction. With a good book in our hands we need never be lonely. Whether the characters portrayed are taken from real life or are purely imaginary, they may become our companions and friends. In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times. The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances. Our human friends sometimes may bore us, but the friends we make in books need never weary us with their company. By turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings. When human friends desert us, good books are always ready to give us friendship, sympathy, and encouragement. One of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experience. Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences, but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books. Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place, a book will help us when nothing else can. To travel by book we need no bank account to pay our way; no airship or ocean liner or stream-lined train to transport us; no passport to enter the land of our heart's desire. Through books we may get the thrill of hazardous adventure without danger. We can climb lofty mountains, brave the perils of an Antarctic winter, or cross the scorching sands of the desert, all without hardship. In books we may visit the studios of Hollywood; we may mingle with the gay throngs of the Paris boulevards; we may join the picturesque peasants in an Alpine village or the kindly natives on a South Sea island. Indeed, through books the whole world is ours for the asking. The possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited. The beauties of nature, the enjoyment of music, the treasures of art, the triumphs of architecture, the marvels of engineering, are all open to the wonder and enjoyment of those who read. 1. Why is it that we sometimes forget our surroundings and even our identity while reading? A. No one has come to disturb you. B. Everything is so quiet and calm around you. C. The book you are reading is so interesting and attractive. D. Your book is overdue; you are finishing it at a very fast speed. 2. How would you account for the fact that people like their acquaintances in books even more? A. They resemble human friends
exactly. C. They never desert
us. 3. Which of the following is true? A. Your wish to visit some far-off place can be realized through the pages of the books. 4. The word “weary” means ______. 5. “... the whole world is ours for the asking” implies that ____________. A. in books the world is more accessible to us B. we can ask to go anywhere in the world C. we can make a claim to everything in this world D. we can make a round-the-world trip free of charge B Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, there's a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job's pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas;
2) How do you handle change? Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don't happen so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine. 3) Do you enjoy working with computers? 4) What type of work environment do you enjoy? 5) How do you like to get paid? 6. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? 7. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph one mean? 8. What is the missing word about a job search in the following chart? A.
Design.
9.What is the best title for this passage? A. Lifestyles and Job
Pay C Jack London had endured more hardships by the age of twenty-one than most people experience in a lifetime. His struggles developed in him sympathy for the working class and a lasting dislike of hard work and provided inspiration for his career as a writer. London grew up in San Francisco in extreme poverty. At an early age, he left school and supported himself through a succession of un skilled jobs ----working as a paper boy, in bowling alleys, on ice wagons, and in canneries(罐头食品厂) and mills. Despite working long hours at these jobs, London was able to read constantly, borrowing travel and adventure books from the library. The books London read inspired him to travel, and his job experiences led him to become active in fighting for the fights of workers. He sailed to Japan on a journey aiming at catching seals and joined a cross-country protest march with a group of unemployed workers. After being arrested for vagrancy near Buffalo, New York, London decided to educate himself and reshape his life. He quickly completed high school and entered the University of California. After only one term, however, the appeal of fortune and adventure proved uncontrollable. London gave up his studies and traveled to the Alaskan Yukon in 1897 in search of gold. Jack London was among the first of these miners. He may have searched for more than gold, however. London once commented, “ True, the new region was mostly poor; but its several hundred thousand square miles of coldness at least gave breathing space to those who else would have choked at home.” Although he was unsuccessful as a miner, London’s experiences in Alaska taught him about the human desire for wealth and power and about humankind’s inability to control the forces of nature. While in Alaska, London also absorbed memories and stories that would make him known one hundred years later. Once back in California, London became determined to earn a living as a writer. He rented a typewriter and worked up to fifteen hours a day, spinning his Alaskan adventures into short stories and novels. According to legend, London’s piles of rejection slips from publishers grew to five feet in height! 10._________made Jack London reconsider his life in the future.
11. What is TRUE about Jack London?
Alaska adventures. 12. After the experience in Alaska, Jack London ________________.
13. In paragraph 4, the sentence “True, the new region was
mostly poor; but its several hundred thousand square miles of
coldness at least gave breathing space to those who else would have
choked at home.”
14. Which one of following works doesn’t belong to Jack London according to the passage?
15. What can we learn from Jack London’s final success?
D If your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery, a small reward like a sticker for taking even a taste may help get them to eat previously disliked foods, a UK study said.
Researchers randomly assigned(分派)173 families to one of these groups. In one, parents used stickers to reward their children each time they took a tiny sample of a disliked vegetable. A second group of parents used verbal praise. The third group, where parents used no special vegetable-promoting methods, served as a “control”. Parents in the reward groups offered their children a taste of the “target” vegetable every day of 12 days, Soon after, children in the sticker group were giving higher ratings to the vegetables-and were willing to eat more in the research lab, going from an average of 5 grams at the start to about 10 grams after the 12-day experience. The turnaround also seemed to last, with preschoolers in the sticker group still willing to eat more of the once disliked vegetable three months later. Why didn’t the verbal praise work? Wardle said the parents’ words may have seemed “insincere” to their children. 16.The purpose of writing the passage
is A.to introduce a practical method of making children eat vegetables B.to show the procedure of an experiment on children’s diet C.to explain why children hate to eat vegetables D.to present a proper way of vernal praise to parents 17.The underlined word “backfire” in Paragraph 2 probably means
“ A.shoot from behind the
back C.produce an unexpected
result 18.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A.Most children are born to dislike carrots or celery. B.It remains a question whether rewarding is a good way to get children to eat vegetables. C.Oral praise wokrs quite well in encouraging children to eat vegetables. D.Children in the sticker group will never lose interest in eating vegetables. 19.How did the researchers get their conclusion from the experiment? A.By
comparison. C.By giving
examples, 20.What can we learn from the last paragraph? A.Children like rewards, not verbal praise. B.Parents should praise their children in a sincere tone. C.Children are difficult to inspire. D.Parents should give up verbal praise.
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