【题目】She always differs me ________ how to spend the vacation. Which is wrong?
A. with ；in
B. from ；on
C. from ； over
D. with ； about
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【题目】 They've won their last three matches，__________ I find a bit surprising.
A. that B. when C. what D. which
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【题目】-Can I help you, Madam?
-Yes. I want a tie __________ for a man to wear at a formal party.
A. flexible
B. aggressive
C. appropriate
D. illegal
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【题目】__________ work has been done to improve people's living standard.
A. Many
B. A great many
C. A great deal of
D. A large number of
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【题目】Computer games have been criticised for quite some time over a whole range of issues. Some people say they are overly violent and encourage violent behaviour particularly in children. Others say that they make children unsociable and are bad for their eyes. Some have even attributed falling standards of literacy and a lack of interest in reading on them. Now, however, it seems that computer games have also become a feminist issue.
Game manufacturers have, for some time, been looking to increase the number of female game players. The vast majority of computer games still sell to a mainly male market. Perhaps this is because the violent nature of many of the games appeals more to males or perhaps because many of the main characters in the games are male. Manufacturers' attempts to produce more female characters increase their share of the female gaming market which has met with serious criticism from many women's groups.
While heroines such as Lara Croft of the Tomb Raider game are seen as providing positive role models of strong women, many believe that the character's unrealistic Barbies are subconsciously setting unattainable standards in the minds of young women. Perhaps a stronger criticism is that although many games now include female characters, their role is often secondary and they support the main, male, action characters within the games. Of course the nature of many of the games remains violent and destructive and this in itself could well continue to put off female gamers.
There are now, however, a number of web sites springing up on the World Wide Web to help women deal with this issue. Sites such as Game Girlz, Women Gamers and Game Gal offer game reviews, articles, discussion forums and even employment opportunities for women interested in becoming part of the rapidly expanding games industry. The games are reviewed by women from a very female perspective. Some rate the games from one to ten across a range of criteria which include the appearance of the female characters, the degree of intelligence attributed to them in the game and even the marketing attitude adopted by the company. The sites are obviously looking for games that move away from the very male dominated and violent nature of the majority of computer games. Many of them review games that are more constructive and developmental. Although the common fantasy themes of knights, witches and goblins（妖精） still exist within these games, the aims are often very different. Instead of destroying opposing armies，the aim of the game can be to make peace with them.
With this increased degree of awareness and involvement from women in the games industry many positive changes could be made that could encourage more women and young girls to become enthusiastic about technology. Perhaps we may even find more male gamers moving away from the traditional violent and destructive games towards the more positive values promoted by these more feminine role models, after all Tomb Raider is still one of the most popular computer games on the market, but perhaps that's too much to ask.
【1】What is paragraph 1 mainly about ?
A. The violence in computer games.
B. Common criticisms of computer games.
C. Children’s feeling in computer games.
D. The computer issues.
【2】Manufacturers want to produce more female characters in order to _______.
A. increase sales in the male market
B. help women learn how to play computer games
C. encourage more women to buy computer games
D. increase the number of male game players
【3】From the passage we know that Tomb Raider is _______.
A. a film which provides positive role models of strong women
B. a site which helps women to deal with many issues
C. a female role which is secondary in many games
D. a computer game which is very popular on the market
【4】Which would be the best title for the passage ?
A. Girls’ Games B. Computer Games
C. Children’s Games D. Games Industry
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【题目】The back-to-school season is upon us, and once again, parents across the country have loaded their kids’ backpacks up with snack packs and school supplies. It’s a good moment to reflect on what else we should be giving our kids as they head off to school.
American parents are feeling particularly anxious about that question this year. The educational process feels more than ever like a race, one that starts in pre-school and doesn’t end until your child is admitted to the perfect college. Most parents are more worried than they need to be about their children’s grades, test scores and IQ. And what we don’t think about enough is how to help our children build their character—how to help them develop skills like perseverance, optimism, responsibility, and self-control, which together do more to determine success than S.A.T. scores or I.Q.
There is growing evidence that our anxiety about our children’s school performance may actually be holding them back from learning some of these valuable skills. If you’re concerned only with a child’s G.P.A., then you will likely choose to minimize the challenges the child faces in school. With real challenge comes the risk of real failure. And in a competitive academic environment, the idea of failure can be very scary, to students and parents alike.
But experiencing failure is a critical part of building character. Recent research by a team of psychologists found that adults who had experienced little or no failure growing up were actually less happy and confident than those who had experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood. “Overcoming those obstacles,” the researchers assumed, “could teach effective coping skills, help engage social support networks, create a sense of mastery over past adversity, and foster beliefs in the ability to cope successfully in the future.”
By contrast, when we protect our children from every possible failure—when we call their teachers to get an extension on a paper; when we urge them to choose only those subjects they’re good at—we are denying them those same character-building experiences. As the psychologists Madeline Levine and Dan Kindlon have written, that can lead to difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood, when overprotected young people finally confront real problems on their own and don’t know how to overcome them.
In the classroom and outside of it, American parents need to encourage children to take chances, to challenge themselves, to risk failure. In the meantime, giving our kids room to fail may be one of the best ways we can help them succeed.
Back to School: Why Perseverance Is More Important than Good Grades? | |
Common phenomena | Parents throughout America【1】 their kids’ backpacks up with snacks and school supplies. |
Many American parents don’t【2】 enough importance to their kids’ character building. | |
The writer’s【3】 | Parents should pay more attention to their kids’ character building. |
Evidence and 【4】 findings | Parents’ anxiety about their kids’ performance may【5】 them from learning some valuable skills. |
Parents concerned only with a kid’s G.P.A. have a【6】 to minimize the challenges the child faces. | |
Adults who have experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood are 【7】 and more confident than those who haven’t. | |
Denying kids character-building experiences can【8】 in difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood. | |
The writer’s suggestions | 【9】 kids to be risk-takers. |
Give kids room to experience【10】 . | |
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【题目】Talking plants might sound like characters in a fairy tale. But recent scientific studies have shown that plants communicate with each other and with other living things in a surprising number of ways. To understand them, scientists say, we just have to learn their language. Farmers are especially interested in what plants have to say.
“Plants are able to communicate with all sorts of organisms(有机体). They can communicate with giant bacteria, with other plants and with insects. They do this chemically, ”said Cahill, an Ecology Professor of the University of Alberta in Canada.
Plant scientists are just beginning to understand this chemical “language”. Cahill says studies have shown, for example, that plants can evaluate conditions in their immediate environment and take appropriate actions. Plants have an ability, for example, to signal pain or discomfort caused by anything from temperature extremes to an insect attack. Jack Schultz, a professor of chemical ecology at the University of Missouri, says when a plant senses that it’S being eaten, it cannot walk away from trouble；on the contrary, it will release a chemical vapor that alerts other plants nearby.
“Their language is a chemical language, and it involves chemicals that move through the air, which are easily to be changed, and most of all are smells that we are familiar with, ” Schultz explained.
“All plants responded to the attack by changing their chemistry to defend themselves, ” Schultz recalled. “But we were quite surprised to find that nearby plants also changed their chemistry to defend themselves, even though they were not part of the experiment. ”
Studies have also shown that plants under attack release pleasant chemicals. Those chemicals attract friendly insects that attack the pests eating the plant.
In the end, plants’ability to communicate their needs－and our ability to understand them－could help farmers reduce the use of poisonous chemicals, cut operating costs and limit damage to the environment.
【1】The recent scientific studies have shown that plants can __________.
A. communicate with other living things in a chemical way
B. hardly react to any sudden change in temperature
C. use a very special chemical language which is familiar to us
D. respond to the attack by giving off poisonous chemicals
【2】When being eaten by a pest, the plant will ___________.
A. walk away from trouble
B. change its chemistry to kill the insect
C. release a chemicaI vapor to “ask” other plants for help
D. give off nice chemicals to attract friendly insects to a tack the pest
【3】The underlined word “alerts” most probably means “___________”.
A. warns B. protects
C. threatens D. allows
【4】Which would be the best title for the passage?
A. Communication between Plants
B. A Chemical “Language”
C. Plants Can Talk
D. How Plants Protect Themselves
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【题目】They were excited and in an unguarded moment __________ their secret.
A. gave away
B. gave up
C. gave in
D. gave out
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【题目】Without proper lessons, you would __________ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A. pick up B. catch up C. keep up D. give up
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