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    David Anderson says . A. men make better secretaries than women do B. he received encouragement and acceptance from the women secretaries C. he encountered some discrimination and ridicule when he was working as a secretary D. men can do well in a female-dominated field? 【查看更多】

     

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    　　What shapes a man's ability and skill was always a question to psychologists until a few decades ago when findings show that they for the most part come from practice-repetitive and endless practice．

    　　The psychologist K．Anders Ericsson of the University of Florida and his team, based on a survey of a violin class in a college of music, have found that the students whose levels are rated as “A” have spent on average over 10,000 hours on violin-practice, those with level B a bit less than 8,000 hours, and those with average or lower levels no more than 5,000 hours．

    　　The result of the survey is widely preferred because it suggests that practice makes perfect, that is, the distinction between “excellent” and “good” lies more in hard work than in natural intelligence．Malcolm Gladwell points out in his latest book Outliers：The Story of Success：“Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good．It's the thing you do that makes you good．” Besides, he thinks IQ plays little part in the formation and development of ability．“When one has an IQ of 120,” writes he, “what is beyond it does not make an evidential difference in real life．”

    　　However, scientists' experimental results are quite different from the psychologists'．Their findings show success in many areas depends on intelligence-and not a little．David Lubinski and Camilla Benbow of Vanderbilt University, with their research group, carried out a milestone research．They selected from Youth Talented Search 2000 teenagers of or under 13 whose SAT results ranked top1％．After tracking the achievements the 2,000 “wonder children” made in academy and career, Lubinski and Benbow's group found that those ranking top 1％ have more possibility(averagely by two to four times)to get a doctor's degree, a certificate, and publish academic theses and works than those ranking top 9％．As a conclusion, it's a great advantage in the real world to have a high IQ．

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    Psychologists apply violin-practice as an example to support the idea that ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    common people have more chances to become skilled

    B．

    practice plays a key role in the development of ability

    C．

    a man's ability has little to do with one's intelligence

    D．

    even a high IQ man can not succeed without practice

    (2)

    Psychologists' conclusion is popular among people probably because ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    everyone sees a chance to succeed through practice

    B．

    hard work plays as important a part in success as IQ

    C．

    they are told that IQ makes no difference in real life

    D．

    there is no difference between “excellent” and “good”

    (3)

    Scientists' conclusion differs from the psychologists' in that they think ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    success has much to do with intelligence

    B．

    both hard work and high IQ lead to success

    C．

    practice makes up for a lack of intelligence

    D．

    success depends a lot on early development

    (4)

    What is the writer's attitude to psychologists' and scientists' conclusions about man's ability and skill?

    [　　]

    A．

    He is more in favor of psychologists'．

    B．

    He prefers scientists' to psychologists'．

    C．

    He takes an objective attitude to both．

    D．

    He supports both conclusions equally．

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    David apologized to me yesterday. __, I won't forgive him for it was not the first time that he had hurt me.

    A. If so               B. If ever            C. Even so           D. Even though

     

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    David said that it was______ his strong interest in literature_____ he chose the course


    1. A.
      because of; that
    2. B.
      because; so
    3. C.
      because; that
    4. D.
      why; because

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    Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas Plans. With each day passing, everyone became more __1___ waiting for the final school bell. Upon its ___2___ everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.

    David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often ___3___ what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so __4__ for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David __5___. I can still remember he was always _6__ a smile and willing to help. He always __7__ after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He ___8___ just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly __9__ home.

    Weeks passed and the __10__ over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of __11__ before the holiday break. I smiled in __12__ as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David __13__ standing by my desk.

    “ I have something for you,” he said and __14__ from behind his back a small box __15__ it to me, he said anxiously, “open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my __16__ saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s __17__.”

    “Oh no it isn’t,” said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”

    Tears filled my eyes__18__ I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given __19__ to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning __20__ the little empty box set on my desk.

    1.                A．anxious         B．courageous      C．serious   D．cautious

     

    2.                A．warning        B．ringing         C．calling    D．yelling

     

    3.                A．scolded        B．wondered       C．realized  D．learned

     

    4.                A．modestly        B．naturally        C．inaccurately   D．inappropriately

     

    5.                A．popular        B．upset          C．special   D．funny

     

    6.                A．expressing      B．delivering       C．wearing  D．sharing

     

    7.                A．practiced       B．wandered       C．studied   D．stayed

     

    8.                A．would          B．should          C．might D．could

     

    9.                A．aim at          B．turn to         C．put off   D．head for

     

    10.               A．argument       B．excitement      C．movement D．judgment

     

    11.               A．school         B．year           C．education  D．program

     

    12.               A．relief          B．return         C．vain  D．control

     

    13.               A．weakly         B．sadly           C．quietly    D．helplessly

     

    14.               A．searched       B．found          C．raised D．pulled

     

    15.               A．holding         B．handing        C．sending   D．leaving

     

    16.               A．delight         B．expectation     C．appreciation    D．surprise

     

    17.               A．cheap          B．empty          C．useless    D．improper

     

    18.               A．as             B．until           C．because   D．though

     

    19.               A．advice         B．support        C．attention  D．command

     

    20.               A．from           B．behind         C．over  D．towards

     

     

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    For many of us, printed books are satisfying in ways beyond the words they contain． Billions of printed books have been published, read and saved in the 600 years since movable type was invented, so why mess with a good things?

             Sony Electronics is doing just that, betting that readers will be won over by the convenience of readability of its new electronic book devices． Sony's reader, the PRS-505, can hold 160 books in its fixed memory, enough to line the shelves on a good-sized wall in the average American home． The $299 device is about the size of a paperback book, but a half-inch thick and weighs less than a pound．

    The Sony book reader is revolutionary not only in its storage capacity． The font（字体） is highly readable and adjustable by size． Unlike laptop computers, you can put the Sony in your purse, read it in direct sunlight and even bookmark the pages． And you can connect it to your PC to download books．

    Surprisingly, though the reader has liberated the book from paper, electronic books aren't always a bargain． For example, David Baldacci's "Stone Cold" download retails（零售） for $15．19 at the Sony site, while Amazon（卓越网） will deliver a hard copy to your mailbox for $16．19．

    The Sony reader also lets you store and play or display music． So what's not to like about the Sony? Well, for many bibliophiles, a lot． Book lovers like to have, hold and keep their volumes, which don't need charging． You can write notes in the margins, and enjoy the ambience they provide on your book shelves．The need for electronic reading devices is likely to grow as more people worried about the billions of tons of paper used for printed material． Many believe the time will come when devices like the Sony reader are as common as printed newspapers and magazines today．

    1.According to the passage, the Sony book reader _________．

             A． is as light as a laptop computer

        B． can hold more than 200 books

             C． is convenient to carry around

             D． cannot be connected to a PC

    2.What is the author’s point when he mentions “Stone Cold”?

                A． Amazon’s printed books are very cheap

                B． “Stone Cold” can be got from the Sony site and Amazon

                C． The Sony book reader is not very cheap to use

                D． The Sony book reader can benefit its buyers a lot

    3.The underlined word “bibliophiles” in Paragraph 5 refers to “__________”．

                A． music lovers                                                          B． book lovers

                C． electronic reading devices                                D． Sony readers

    4.According to the author, what’s the future for the electronic reading devices?

                A． They’ll replace printed newspapers and magazines

                B． They’ll still be more expensive than printed newspapers

                C． They’ll become a must in people’s daily life

                D． They’ll become more popular as time goes on

     

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