1、 1 2017 (A B C D) Reading poems is not exactly an everyday activity for most people. In fact, many people never read a poem once they get out of high school. It is worth reminding ourselves that this has not always been the case in America. In the nineteenth century, a usual American activity was to
2、 sit around the fireside in the evening and read poems aloud. It is true that there was no television at the time, nor movie theaters, nor World Wide Web, to provide diversion. However, poems were a source of pleasure, of self-education, of connection to other people or to the world beyond one s own
3、 community. Reading them was a social act as well as an individual one, and perhaps even more social than individual. Writing poems to share with friends and relations was, like reading poems by the fireside, another way in which poetry has a place in everyday life. How did things change? Why are mo
4、st Americans no longer comfortable with poetry, and why do most people today think that a poem has nothing to tell them and that they can do well without poems? There are, I believe, three culprits( ) poets, teachers, and we ourselves. Of these, the least important is the third: the world surroundin
5、g the poem has betrayed us more than we have betrayed the poem. Early in the twentieth century, poetry in English headed into directions unfavorable to the reading of poetry. Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night, that they belonged where other difficult-to-
6、read things belonged. Poets failed the reader, so did teachers. They want their students to know something about the skills of a poem, they want their students to see that poems mean something. Yet what usually occurs when teachers push these concerns on their high school students is that young peop
7、le decide poems are unpleasant crossword puzzles. 1. Reading poems is thought to be a social act in the nineteenth century because . A. it built a link among people B. it helped unite a community C. it was a source of self-education D. it was a source of pleasure 2. The underlined word diversion (in
8、 Paragraph 2) most probably means . A. concentration B. change C. amusements D. stories 3. According to the passage, what is the main cause of the great gap between readers and poetry? 2 A. Students are becoming less interested in poetry. B. Students are poorly educated in high school. C. TV and the
9、 Internet are more attractive than poetry. D. Poems have become difficult to understand. 4. In the last paragraph, the writer questions . A. the difficulty in studying poems B. the way poems are taught in school C. students wrong ideas about poetry D. the techniques used in writing poems 1 A Reading
10、 them was a social act as well as an individual one, and perhaps even more social than individual. Writing poems to share with friends and relations was, . A 2 C It is true that there was no television at the time, nor movie theaters, nor World Wide Web, to provide diversion. However, poems were a s
11、ource of pleasure, C 3 D Readers decided that poems were not for the fireside or the easy chair at night, that they belonged where other difficult-to-read things belonged. D 4 B Poets failed the reader, so did teachers. They want their students to know something about the skills of a poem, they want
12、 their students to see that poems mean something. B 2014 A B C D Watson entered Mr. Smiths office. The boss was a hard man. He fired people who didnt do well without giving them a second chance. “Watson,“ said Mr. Smith, “this past year your department hasnt earned money. Were going 3 but youll have
13、 to go.“ “But, sir if I just had a little more time. For the moment I need the job to keep my son at Riverside School.“ “Whats that!“ said the boss. “Riverside! I didnt know you had a boy there. Thats an expensive school for a man with your salary.“ “I know, sir. But he likes it there so much! Hes a
14、 star athlete and the best boxer in the school. The boys call him Champ there.“ The boss sat perfectly still for a long time a faraway ( ) look in his eyes. Then, suddenly, he said, “Weve got to close your department, Watson. But youll take over a new job in another department. It means longer hours
15、 maybe more pay. Now get out. Youre here for life.“ Watson got out, with surprise on his face. Then the boss took a letter from the top drawer of his desk. It was Herbies last letter from Riverside School written a few days before he died. He had read it over and over again with sick pain. The lette
16、r read: the boys here are any nicer to me than the others were. I guess its the same everywhere when youre a cripple ( ). But dont worry about me, Dad. Theyve got a good boxing champ ( ) and just tops in chemistry. The boys call him Champ. He made them stop throwing my books around. And he knocked a
17、 boy down who hit me. He is the best friend I ever had. Dad, when I grow up, 1 want to do something for Champ. Something big Your son, Herbie 1. Mr. Smith wanted to fire Watson because _. A. Watson would take over a new job in another department B. Watson had his son study in Riverside School C. Wat
18、sons son knocked a boy down who hit Herbie D. Watsons department didnt earn money that year 2. We can learn from the text that _. A. Mr. Smith didnt know that Champ was Watsons son at first B. Mr. Smith was told not to fire Watson by Herbie C. Mr. Smith decided to give Watson another chance in no ti
19、me D. Mr. Smith wanted to realize Champs dream 3. According to the text, which words can best describe Mr. Smith? 4 A. Selfish and greedy. B. Sympathetic and grateful. C. Hardworking and strict. D. Easy-going and optimistic. 4. The author wrote the text in order to _. A. share a moving story with us
20、 B. make our children enjoy life C. provide us with tips on work D. help us to deal with our boss 1.D 2.A 3.B 4.A Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York-he in computers, she in special education. “Teaching means everything to us,“ Tim would say. In April
21、1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about lifes purpose. Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton s foundation ( ) that mailed a book every month to child
22、ren from birth to age five in the singers home town of Sevier, Tennessee. I could do something like this when we retire,“ Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, “as a reminder.“ Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com.
23、 The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts. The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richter. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dolly wood for a look- The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dolly w
24、ood board members- ay and newer books like Anna Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mothe The Richter spend about 5 ( ) 1.What led Tim to think serio
25、usly about the meaning of life? A. His health problem. B. His love for teaching. C. The influence of his wife. D. The news from the Web. ( ) 2.What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library? A. Give out brochures. B. Do something similar. C. Write books for children D. Retire from
26、being a teacher. ( ) 3.According to the text, Dolly Parton is . A. a well-known surgeon B. a mother of a four-year-old C. a singer born in Tennessee D .a computer programmer ( ) 4.Why did the Richter go to Dolly wood? A. To avoid signing up online. B. To meet Dolly wood board members. C. To make sur
27、e the books were the newest. D. To see if the books were of good quality. ( ) A. He needs more money to help the children. B. He wonders why some people are so busy. C. He tries to save those waiting to die. D. He considers his efforts worthwhile. Richter Imagination Library 61. A 1 he learned he wo
28、uld need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about lifes purpose. 6 People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in distinguishing facial expressions and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why. Rachael Jac
29、k, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly( ) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners fix their attention on the eyes. “We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,“ Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and t
30、he mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect ( ) the mouth.“ According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human communication of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recogn
31、izable cannot be used to reliably convey emotion in cross-cultural situations. The researchers studied cultural differences in the recognition of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and p
32、ut them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral. They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies. It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made significant
33、ly more errors than did Westerners. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,“ Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.
34、“ 7 In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, examining how cultural factors have diversified these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Ea
35、sterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation. ( ) 1. The discovery shows that Westerners . A. pay equal attention to the eyes and the mouth B. consider facial expressions universally reliable C. observe the eyes and the mouth in different ways D. have more difficulty in recognizi
36、ng facial expressions ( ) 2. What were the people asked to do in the study? A. To make a face at each other. B. To get their faces impressive. C. To classify some face pictures. D. To observe the researchers faces. ( ) 3. What does the underlined word “they“ in Paragraph 6 refer to? A. The participa
37、nts in the study. B. The researchers of the study. C. The errors made during the study. D. The data collected from the study. ( ) 4. In comparison with Westerners, Easterners are likely to . A. do translation more successfully B. study the mouth more frequently C. examine the eyes more attentively D
38、. read facial expressions more correctly ( ) 5. What can be the best title for the passage? A. The Eye as the Window to the Soul B. Cultural Differences in Reading Emotions C. Effective Methods to Develop Social Skills D. How to Increase Cross-cultural Understanding 66. A 8 erners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and neglect ( 67. C cording the eye movements of 13 Western Caucasian and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of. expressive faces and put them into categories: happy,
