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The new driving test seems to be challenging, so the chances ______he can pass it at the first attempt are small.

       A.how                                                B.whether                                

       C.that                                       D.where

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Speakers of different languages not only describe the world differently but think about it differently too, according to a new study.

 Researchers used a cartoon cat Sylvester to study how language was reflected (反映) in the gestures people made. Dr. Sotaro Kita of the University of Bristol’s Department of Experimental Psychology (心理学), showed the cartoon to a group of native English, Japanese and Turkish speakers and then watched their gestures as they described the actions they had seen. He found speakers of the three different languages used different gestures to describe the same event, which appeared to reflect the way the structure of their languages expressed that event. For example, when describing a scene where the cat swings on a rope, the English speakers used gestures showing an arc trajectory (弧形轨迹)  and the Japanese and Turkish speakers tended to use straight gestures showing the motion but not the arc.

Dr. Kita suggests this is because Japanese and Turkish have no proper verb to express the English meaning “to swing”. While English speakers use the arc gesture as their language can readily express the change of location and the arc-shaped trajectory, Japanese and Turkish speakers cannot as easily express the idea of movement with an arc trajectory so they use the straight gesture.

Dr. Kita said, “My research suggests that speakers of different languages cause different spatial (空间的) images of the same event in a way that matches the expressive possibilities of their own languages. In other words, language influences (影响) spatial thinking at the moment of speaking.”

68. Researchers watched the gestures the people made because they wanted to know _____.

A. how language was reflected

B. whether they could express the same idea

C. whether they could describe what they had seen

D. how the structure of language changed

69. After watching the gestures of speakers of the three different languages, Dr. Kita concluded that _____.

A. Japanese and Turkish people couldn’t express the meaning of “swing”

B. English was obviously better than Japanese and Turkish

C.no word in Japanese and Turkish could express some ideas of English

D. every language had its own special way to describe things

70.What is mainly discussed in the text?

 A. Differences between languages.

 B. Differences between gestures.

 C. How people use different gestures to express the same event.

 D. That language influences the way people think.

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科目:高中英语 来源:2012届安徽省宿州二中高三第四次检测英语卷 题型:阅读理解

If you were to walk up to Arthur Bonnet and say, "Hey, Butterfly Man," his face would break into a smile. The title suits him. And he loves it.
Arthur Bonnet works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back thanks to him. But years ago if you'd told him this was what he'd be doing someday, he would have laughed, "You're crazy." As a boy, he used to be a little tough guy on the streets". At age thirteen, he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man.
"I knew it had hurt my mom," Bonner said after he got out of prison. "So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again."
One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat for an endangered butterfly called E1 Segundo blue.
"I saw the sign 'Butterfly Habitat' and asked, 'How can you have a habitat when the butterflies can just fly away?'" Bonner recalls. "Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass (放大镜) , "Look at the leaves. ' I could see all these caterpillars (蝴蝶的幼虫) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, 'Without the plant, there are no butterflies. '"
Weeks later, Bonner received a call from Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly that needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then he's been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragals, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat.
The butterfly's population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonnet, he earned something more: he turned his life around.
For six years now Bonnet has kept his promise to stay out of prison. While he’s bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.
【小题1】When he was young, Arthur Bonner

A.broke the law and ended up in prison
B.was fond of shooting and hurt his morn
C.often offered necessary help to other people
D.often caught butterflies and took them home
【小题2】Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he ______.
A.found the butterfly had died out
B.won many prizes from his professor
C.met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biology
D.collected butterflies and put them into a lab
【小题3】 From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has ______
A.made Bonner famousB.changed Bonner's life
C.brought Bonner wealthD.enriched Bonner's knowledge
【小题4】 Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A.A Promise to MornB.A Man Saved by Butterflies
C.A Story of ButterfliesD.A Job Offered by Dr. Mattoni

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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年江苏涟水中学高三第一次质量检测英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解

The title of next James bond film is Skyfall, which has already started filming. The film will be on in the UK on 26 October 2012 and in the United States on 9 November 2012. It has been 50 years since Sean Connery was announced as the first man to play Bond in the film named Dr No. Do you expect Skyfall which is the 23rd film in the 007 series?

At London’s Corinthi a Hotel, the official gave a little information about the storyline: Bond’s loyal attitude toward his boss Miss M will be tested when one of her past staff comes back to hurt her. As MI6 (英国陆军情报六局) is in danger, 007 needs to solve problems and protect MI6 whatever it costs.

Mendes, who won a best director Oscar for 1999’s American Beauty, told fans that Skyfall would have all the features of a classic Bond movie, such as a lot of action. “Daniel Craig is back for a third time as 007 along with Dame Judi Dench as his boss Miss M.” said Mendes. Many famous actors and actresses who have Oscar wins and nominations (提名)are included, but the filmmakers remain keeping their roles in the film secret.

Producers are showing no signs of cutting off the cost of Skyfall. “It is at the same level as the 2008’s Quantum of Solace, which cost about $200m. The film will be made in the Whitehall, Scotland, China and Turkey, as well as Pinewood Studios.” Said a producer.

Why has 007 been popular for so long? Professor James Chapman of Leicester University, the author of the book A Cultural History of the James Bond Films, said, “They manage to let each new film meet the changes not just in society but in the popular taste of film culture. That lets each generation get their own Bond.”

1.The first film of the 007 series is      .

A.American Beauty                       B.Quantum of Solace

C.Dr No                                D.Skyfall

2.The task of James Bond in the new James Bond film is to      .

A.let MI6 be famous around the world         B.show off himself as a hero

C.protect MI6 when it’s in trouble           D.manage the cost of Skyfall

3.Which is true about the actors and actresses in Skyfall?

A.They are all new faces for audiences.

B.Many of them have achieved a lot in acting.

C.They have played in all the films of the 007 series.

D.They are fans of James Bond and Mendes.

4.According to Professor James Chapman, what keeps the 007 films popular for so long?

A.Handsome actors and beautiful actresses.     B.The great and exciting action scenes.

C.The interesting story and famous director.     D.Successful changes for each generation.

 

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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届江苏省高二上学期中考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解

Cell Phones Are the New Cigarettes

When you get in your car, you reach for it.When you’re at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it.When you get into a lift, you play with it.

Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it’s the third most addictive thing in modern life, the cell phone.And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curbtheir longing to hug  it more tightly than most of their personal relationships.

With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, its air of complexity, the cell phone  connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away.In just the past  couple of years, the cell phone has challenged individuals, employers, phone makers and  counselors(顾问)in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined.

The costs are becoming even more evident, and I don’t mean just the monthly bill.Dr.Chris  Knippers, a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of  cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality.

Sounds extreme, but we’ve all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him.

Is it just rude, or is it a kind of unhealthiness? And pardon me, but how is this improving the quality of life?

Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell-phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation.He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with.Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don’t have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends,” he says.

If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it’s because it has become very widespread.Consider that in 1987, there were only 1 million cell phones in use.Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them.They far outnumber wired phones in the United States.

1.Which of the following best explains the title of the passage?

A.Cell phone users smoke less than they used to.

B.Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes.

C.More people use cell phones than smoke cigarettes.

D.Using cell phone is just as cool as smoking cigarettes.

2.The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 2 means ____.

A.rescue           B.ignore            C.develop           D.control

3.The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that           

A.women use cell phones more often than men

B.talking on the phone while driving is dangerous

C.cell phones do not necessarily bring people together

D.cell phones make one-on-one personal contact easy

 

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科目:高中英语 来源:2013届江西省高二下学期第三次月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解

A new reading tool was put on the market this week for the two-to five-year-old set. It is sold for at least $389, an expensive purchase for a kid – and that doesn’t even include a $99 annual subscription (订阅) fee for games, e-books, and age-appropriate software.

That might be fine for parents willing and able to pay thousands for private nursery schools, but will the tool actually help kids learn language and reading skills more effectively than traditional books?

Probably not, said Dr. Michael Rich, director of the Center for Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston. “There is a sensory components (感官因素) to books that isn’t there with e-books,” he explained. “You can smell it, turn the pages, and taste it, as young kids are likely to do.”

That might help little ones become more familiar with the books, helping them learn from them, but far more important is whether a person is actually sitting with them while they’re looking at the pages.

Researchers have shown time and again that kids learn better when they’re having interaction (互动) with real people, rather than electronic voices reading to them from a computer or speaking to them from the TV.

A Georgetown University study found that kids who learned to put on gloves from watching a video took six times as long to learn the process as those who watched it shown by an adult standing in front of them.

“I’m a big believer in teaching kids to live in the digital society and use what the rest of the family uses, but they do need to be supervised,” said Dr. Gwenn O’Keeffe, a Boston-based children’s doctor and spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “We don’t recommend that young kids use any type of technology for very long since they have the attention span (注意力持续时间) of a butterfly.”

1.According to the text, the new tool        .

A.is mainly used to entertain kids

B.can be accepted by most families

C.is designed for preschool kids

D.can download games for free

2.Why is Dr. Michael Rich against the new tool?

A.Because it doesn’t really involve many of the senses.

B.Because it does great harm to kids’ eyesight.

C.Because kids can’t communicate with it.

D.Because traditional books are cheaper.

3.The study mentioned in Paragraph 6 aims to        .

A.show the disadvantage of kids’ watching videos

B.prove the importance of interaction with people

C.ask parents to teach their kids to learn

D.prove using e-books saves much time

4.The underlined word “supervised” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “     ”.

A.punished

B.watched

C.encouraged

D.understood

5.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A.To introduce a new electronic device.

B.To teach kids how to live in a digital world.

C.To show parents how to help kids gain knowledge.

D.To throw new light on kids’ use of electronic tools.

 

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