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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    When my daughter was in the fifth grade, she came home from school almost every night with three or more hours of homework. It was my duty to help her get it done. One night she worked until midnight doing her homework.
    I felt annoyed, but I didn’t want the teacher to think I was lazy. So I never complained. I wasn’t sure, but it seemed to me that five hours of homework was a bit too much for a fifth grade student.
    Later, I found out that parents and educators have discussed about homework for more than a century. Parents who like more homework want to give their children every advantage to succeed in today’s world. Some educators see homework as a way to help students perform better in tests.
    Other parents dislike the recent trend toward more homework. They don’t want to stay up until midnight helping their children. They would prefer to spend their time going to the park or reading some really good books with their children. Added to the opposition(反对)are those who say that homework increases the gap(差距)between the rich and the poor. That’s because middle class families do better when it comes to helping their children with their homework.
    So, who is right? Is homework an enemy or a help? According to experts, the truth lies somewhere in the middle

    1. 1.

      The author thought that her daughter’s homework _________

      1. A.
        was too difficult
      2. B.
        was too much to finish
      3. C.
        was done more carefully than other students’
      4. D.
        could be done as long as she helped her daughter
    2. 2.

      The author never complained to the teacher because _________

      1. A.
        she was too angry to talk with the teacher
      2. B.
        she did not like complaining
      3. C.
        she was afraid of being thought lazy by the teacher
      4. D.
        her daughter would be annoyed if she complained
    3. 3.

      In the last paragraph, experts __________

      1. A.
        think middle school students should do lots of homework
      2. B.
        haven’t come up with any idea to solve this problem
      3. C.
        think homework should be given, but not too much
      4. D.
        support the idea that homework is good for students

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station

    1. 1.

      From the story we know that the policeman______.

      1. A.
        was kind but didn’t understand the writer
      2. B.
        told the writer where to take a train
      3. C.
        knew what the writer really meant
      4. D.
        was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
    2. 2.

      What can we learn from the last paragraph?

      1. A.
        The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.
      2. B.
        The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.
      3. C.
        The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.
      4. D.
        The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed
    3. 3.

      In your opinion, what was the writer’s real trouble?

      1. A.
        He didn’t know the city at all
      2. B.
        He couldn’t speak the language.
      3. C.
        He went too far in the wrong bus
      4. D.
        He followed the policeman’s direction

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    In her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World,” Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Wroclaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students’ test scores from significantly below average to well above it. Polish kids have now outscored American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Wroclaw is that the latter has no football team, or, for that matter, teams of any kind.
    That American high schools lavish more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. This is not a matter of how any given student who plays sports does in school, but of the culture and its priorities. This December, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment(PISA) results are announced, it’s safe to predict that American high-school students will once again display their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like South Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers.
    Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader—a mother with three children in the school—was asked about the school’s flaws. When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really?” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean?”
    One of the ironies of the situation is that sports reveal what is possible. American kids’ performance on the field shows just how well they can do when expectations are high. It’s too bad that their test scores show the same thing.

    1. 1.

      Tom decides to spend his senior year in Poland because _______

      1. A.
        he intends to improve his scores
      2. B.
        Polish kids are better at learning
      3. C.
        sports are not supported at schools in Gettysburg
      4. D.
        there are striking differences between the 2 countries
    2. 2.

      According to Paragraph 2, we know that _______

      1. A.
        PISA plays a very important role in America
      2. B.
        little time is spent on sports in Japanese schools
      3. C.
        American high schools complain about sports time
      4. D.
        too much importance is placed on sports in America
    3. 3.

      The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _______

      1. A.
        low expectations result in American students’ poor PISA performance
      2. B.
        high expectations push up American students’ academic performance
      3. C.
        American students’ academic performance worries their parents a lot
      4. D.
        lacking practice contributes to American students’ average performance
    4. 4.

      The purpose of this article is to _______

      1. A.
        compare Polish schools with those in America
      2. B.
        call on American schools to learn from the Polish model
      3. C.
        draw public attention to a weakness in American school tradition
      4. D.
        explain what is wrong with American schools and provide solutions

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    To win an Oscar is an achievement at any age. To do so at 22, as Jennifer Lawrence has, is just amazing. Recently, the American star won Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards for her role in the film The Silver Linings Playbook. According to Time magazine's Richard Corliss, Lawrence is that rare young actress who "lends a mature intelligence to any role".
    Though Lawrence has found great success through her big screen work, Lawrence wasn't sure what she really liked doing before the age of 14. She thought she'd go to college and maybe find a career as a doctor or a travel agent.     
    Lawrence's two brothers were star athletes and one of them was a straight-A student. Unlike them, she suffered through school, never quite finding where she belonged. However, during a trip to New York, Lawrence suddenly realized that she wanted to be an actress. When she was enjoying the beautiful city, a model seeker asked if he could take her picture, and the next day he called her in for an audition (试镜).      
    "I read the script and it was the first time I had that feeling like I understand this," Lawrence said. "Within 20 minutes, in the cab ride from the hotel room, I decided I didn't want to be a model. In fact, I wanted to be an actress." Having appreciated this young lady's performance, the agency was so impressed with her reading that they signed her on the spot. But she insisted on finishing high school so she could give her full attention to her acting career.        
    Lawrence burst onto the Hollywood scene last year with The Hunger Games, which established her as the highest-grossing (票房最高的) female action hero of all time. Rolling Stone called her “the most talented young actress in America"

    1. 1.

      What can we know about Jennifer Lawrence from Paragraph 3?

      1. A.
        Her parents were really strict with her
      2. B.
        She seemed not to fit in with her school days well
      3. C.
        Her school performance made her today's fame
      4. D.
        Her two brothers were doing well in all school subjects
    2. 2.

      Lawrence made up her mind to be an actress because of ______

      1. A.
        a model interview
      2. B.
        her brothers' examples
      3. C.
        the taxi-ride to her hotel room
      4. D.
        the beautiful scenery of New York
    3. 3.

      From the text we can know that Lawrence is an actress of great ______

      1. A.
        confidence
      2. B.
        ambition
      3. C.
        independence
      4. D.
        talent
    4. 4.

      What is the best title of the text?

      1. A.
        Choosing Right
      2. B.
        Acting Wisely
      3. C.
        Winning Young
      4. D.
        Following Dreams

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    Picture a typical MBA lecture theatre twenty years ago. In it the majority of students will have conformed to (符合) the standard model of the time: male, middle class and Western. Walk into a class today, however, and you’ll get a completely different impression. For a start, you will now see plenty more women—the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female. You will also see a wide range of ethnic groups and nationals of practically every country.
    It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved. But, increasingly, this apparent diversity (多样化) is becoming a mask for a new type of conformity. Behind the differences in sex, skin tones and mother tongues, there are common attitudes, expectations and ambitions which risk creating a set of clones among the business leaders of the future.
    Diversity, it seems, has not helped to address fundamental weaknesses in business leadership. So what can be done to create more effective managers of the commercial world? According to Valerie Gauthier, associate dean at HEC Paris, the key lies in the process by which MBA programmes recruit (招聘) their students. At the moment candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior (以前的) academic and career performance, and analytical and problem solving abilities. This is then coupled to a school’s picture of what a diverse class should look like, with the result that passport, ethnic origin and sex can all become influencing factors. But schools rarely dig down to find out what really makes an applicant succeed, to create a class which also contains diversity of attitude and approach—arguably the only diversity that, in a business context, really matters.
    Professor Gauthier believes schools should not just be selecting candidates from traditional sectors such as banking, consultancy and industry. They should also be seeking individuals who have backgrounds in areas such as political science, the creative arts, history or philosophy, which will allow them to put business decisions into a wider context.
    Indeed, there does seem to be a demand for the more rounded leaders such diversity might create. A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been eradicated (根除) completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management—at least in America and Europe. Perhaps most significant, according to Mannaz, is the increasing interest large companies have in more collaborative (合作的) management models, such as those prevalent (流行的) in Scandinavia, which seek to integrate the hard and soft aspects of leadership and encourage delegated responsibility and accountability

    1. 1.

      What characterizes the business school student population of today?

      1. A.
        Greater diversity
      2. B.
        Exceptional diligence
      3. C.
        Intellectual maturity
      4. D.
        Higher ambition
    2. 2.

      What is the author’s concern about current business school education?

      1. A.
        It will arouse students’ unrealistic expectations
      2. B.
        It will produce business leaders of a uniform style
      3. C.
        It focuses on theory rather than on practical skills
      4. D.
        It stresses competition rather than cooperation
    3. 3.

      What aspect of diversity does Valerie Gauthier think is most important?

      1. A.
        Age and educational background
      2. B.
        Attitude and approach to business
      3. C.
        Social and professional experience
      4. D.
        Ethnic origin and gender
    4. 4.

      What does Mannaz say about the current management style?

      1. A.
        It is eradicating the tough aspects of management
      2. B.
        It encourages male and female executives to work side by side
      3. C.
        It adopts the bully-boy chief executive model
      4. D.
        It is shifting towards more collaborative models

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    ‘Student Voice’ is a student-run education conference discussing education in the 21st century. This event aims to gather the views and opinions of students not only in Victoria and Australia, but around the globe. On Sunday 29 July 2012 students will discuss a series of questions regarding the role of education in the 21st century. By the end of the day they will hopefully have comprehensive answers to be shared with schools around the state and maybe even the world.
    Students from Preshill would like to invite a group of 5-10 students from your school to participate in this free forum（讨论）. The event is being held on Sunday 29 July 2012 from 10am-2.30pm at the Hawthorn Town Hall, 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn. They are inviting students who are enthusiastic on any of our topics of discussion to present a keynote speech on the day.
    If you can’t make the day, they welcome your written or recorded thoughts on our questions, which will be on display at the event.
    The topics for discussion:
    Key Question: What is the ideal 21st century education?
    1. Is it a school’s place to teach ethics, values, morals, confidence, self-esteem?
    2. What are the effects of a uniform national curriculum(课程)?
    3. How can we make education more engaging?
    4. Should students be compared and ranked against each other?
    5. What is the place of social networking and new media technology in education?
    6. What is the best way to determine student knowledge?
    Visit their Facebook page (see below) for updates, to communicate with organizers and other participants, and to indicate your interest in making a keynote speech.
    The Student Voice Organizing Committee Facebook Page URL:
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Student-Voice-The-Student-Education-Conference/101834233239391?sk=info

    1. 1.

      What is the aim of the Student Voice Conference?

      1. A.
        To gather students' ideas about education and share these ideas with schools
      2. B.
        To discuss the ideal 21st century education with students
      3. C.
        To invite some students to participate in a free forum about education
      4. D.
        To create a chance for students to communicate with each other
    2. 2.

      Who can participate in the Student Voice conference?

      1. A.
        Anyone working on education
      2. B.
        Students only from Australia and Victoria
      3. C.
        Students who are free on Sunday 29 July 2012
      4. D.
        Any student interested in education in the 21st century
    3. 3.

      Which of the following topics will be discussed in Student Voice conference?

      1. A.
        How to carry out the ban on drunk driving
      2. B.
        The development of international economics
      3. C.
        The effects of a uniform national curriculum
      4. D.
        Advantages of shopping on line
    4. 4.

      How can you communicate with the organizers ?

      1. A.
        By telephone
      2. B.
        By writing letters
      3. C.
        By visiting their Facebook Page
      4. D.
        By email

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    Almost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for. We do know, however, that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia.
    The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia. It is over 5,100 years old. Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didn't become popular for a while, though. This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around.
    But it could also be because of a difficult situation. While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces weren't going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them. Eventually, road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later. There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modem road design.
    In the mid-1700s, a Frenchman came up with a new design of road—a base layer (层) of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones. A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong, lasting road surface became a reality. At around the same lime, metal hubs (the central part of a wheel) came into being, followed by the pneumatic tyre(充气轮胎) in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmac roads (柏油路). As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster

    1. 1.

      What might explain why transport wheels didn't become popular for some time?

      1. A.
        The existence of transport wheels was not known
      2. B.
        Humans carried farming tools just as well
      3. C.
        Animals were a good means of transport
      4. D.
        Few knew how to use transport wheels
    2. 2.

      What do we know about road design from the passage?

      1. A.
        It provided conditions for wheel design to develop
      2. B.
        It was easier than wheel design
      3. C.
        It was promoted by fast-moving vehicles
      4. D.
        It improved after big changes in vehicle design
    3. 3.

      How is the last paragraph mainly developed?

      1. A.
        By giving examples
      2. B.
        By making comparisons
      3. C.
        By following time order
      4. D.
        By making classifications
    4. 4.

      What is the passage mainly about?

      1. A.
        The beginning of road design
      2. B.
        The history of public transport
      3. C.
        His invention of fast-moving vehicles
      4. D.
        The development of transport wheels

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    It’s easy to see how to help others, but what about those whose needs aren’t so obvious? This story may have happened a while back, but it was a lesson which has stayed with me and helped me ever since.
    It was Thanksgiving and I was volunteering with my parents at a shelter for the poor. We stood behind the counter dishing out hot food to whoever came in. Most of our dinners looked like they had been having hard times, their clothes old, worn and dry. In short, they looked poor!
    Then, a man came in, who looked anything but poor. He was well dressed, wearing an expensive suit. I wondered what he was doing there and my jaw dropped in amazement when he joined the line for food. The closer he came to my service station, the more I muttered(咕哝着). What was this man doing? I wanted to know. Surely he wasn’t going to take food.
    Then my mother quietly took me to one side. She said, “You have assumed that the needs of the people who come here must be purely physical: hunger, no enough shelter and needs are excitable? What if he needs comfort, friends, or just to be among other human beings?” Her words hit me like a ton of bricks! I felt like I should apologize to the man, but I didn’t.
    About a week later the shelter received a large donation from an anonymous(匿名的) source. I can’t help but wonder if it came from that man.
    Now, whether I meet others, I remember my mother’s words and try to send kindness and blessings to them, regardless of how they look.
    Needs aren’t always visible. But kindness always makes a difference

    1. 1.

      The task of the author at the shelter was to_______

      1. A.
        decide whether dinners looked poor
      2. B.
        learn life experience there
      3. C.
        serve hot food to the poor
      4. D.
        help parents order dishes
    2. 2.

      When the man waited in line, how did the author feel?

      1. A.
        Surprised
      2. B.
        Pitiful
      3. C.
        Excited
      4. D.
        Angry
    3. 3.

      What can we infer from the last paragraph?

      1. A.
        We should show others kindness whatever their needs are
      2. B.
        Some needs can’t be known clearly at times
      3. C.
        Needs can always be met by kindness
      4. D.
        We should find out others’ needs

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    I woke up this morning. There is an empty feeling that I have had so many times before and it seems to be coming back into my mind. What is it? I can’t figure it out.
    I got ready for work. On the way I decide to stop and get a cheese from the little shop just down the road. I have never been there before but I was hungry and it would be 5 hours before I got off work.
    The owner of the store took my order. He asked me what I wanted and I told him I heard he made a great cheese. He seemed pleased to hear that.
    As I was sitting in the small space，there was an elderly gentleman finishing his breakfast. He paid the waitress, received this change and made a small joke. As he turned to get up, which was quite a difficult feat for this gentleman, he looked over at me. I gave a small smile.
    He looked again in my direction for a moment and said to me, “Has anyone ever told you, you have the most beautiful brown eyes?”
    Seeing as I have blue eyes, I can’t say I have ever heard that before. I humored him and said, “No, I can’t say anyone has ever told me that before.”
    He smiled, and said,“Well since they are blue you wouldn’t have heard that, but you have beautiful blue eyes.”
    I laughed and said thank you very much. He began to tell me a few one liner jokes so I smiled and laughed at his jokes.
    He tried to get up to leave again and looked at me and said“Your smile really brightens a room, do you know that?”I said,“Thank you very much.”
    He proceeded to get up, which took him quite some time. As he got up he said,“Take care of that smile.”
    I felt a sense of comfort wash over me and I reflected on my morning and that empty feeling I had. For a moment in time it seemed to be filled

    1. 1.

      Before the writer went to work, he felt________

      1. A.
        sleepy
      2. B.
        energetic
      3. C.
        sick
      4. D.
        unhappy
    2. 2.

      From the text, we can infer the old man _________

      1. A.
        was optimistic about life
      2. B.
        liked to play a joke on others
      3. C.
        was unwilling to leave
      4. D.
        had difficulty in hearing
    3. 3.

      By saying“since they are blue”, the old man meant“__________”

      1. A.
        because they feel cold
      2. B.
        because they are sad
      3. C.
        because they have blue eyes
      4. D.
        because they are hungry
    4. 4.

      What lesson can we learn from the story?

      1. A.
        We should find comfort from stranger
      2. B.
        We should pay attention to our own business
      3. C.
        We should laugh off our worries in life
      4. D.
        We should show respect to the old people

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    科目： 来源： 题型：阅读理解

    Confucius (551BC～479BC), a Chinese philosopher，one of the most influential men in the history of China. Confucius was born in a noble family in the state of Lu. However，his parents were poor. His father died when Confucius was only three  years old. In 527 BC he began his life as a teacher，usually traveling about and teaching the followers that were around him. Confucius worked as an official of the state of Lu. However，he soon left office to travel and teach. In 484 BC he returned to Lu，where he lived until his death.
    Living in the turbulent(动荡的)period，Confucius believed that people must go back to the principles of the ancient wise men. He therefore lectured to his pupils on the classics and taught them how to behave properly in society. Confucius did not write down the principles of his philosophy. The Analects (《论语》)，a work written by some of his followers，is considered the most faithful source of information about his life and teachings.
    The teachings of Confucius were practical and moral，rather than religious. He said that man's behavior should be based on five virtues：kindness, uprightness(义)，decorum(礼)，wisdom and faithfulness(信)．He asked everyone to fulfill their duties carefully toward the state. In the centuries after his death，his teachings，known as Confucianism，had a more powerful influence on the Chinese nation

    1. 1.

      At about what age did Confucius begin his teaching？

      1. A.
        51
      2. B.
        27
      3. C.
        48
      4. D.
        24
    2. 2.

      The Analects is________

      1. A.
        considered to have been written by Confucius
      2. B.
        about the principles of the ancient wise men
      3. C.
        about Confucius' life and his teachings
      4. D.
        considered to be practical in tricks and evils
    3. 3.

      It can be inferred that________

      1. A.
        Confucius was born in a very rich family
      2. B.
        Confucius served as an official in his lifetime
      3. C.
        the teachings of Confucius are religious
      4. D.
        Confucianism was more popular after Confucius died

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