_________ the deaf children, the young lady has little time to care for her own daughter.

A．Devoted to teach	B．Devoted herself to teach
C．Devoting herself to teaching	D．Devoting to teach

 

For the most part, schools are designed to produce people who fit into society, not people who set out to change it. However, schools, particularly universities, may not only spread culture; they may add to the cultural heritage(遗产). Today American society places a good deal of emphasis on the development of new knowledge, especially in the physical and biological sciences , medicine, and engineering. In the recent years, the nation’s leading universities have increasingly become research centers.

An emphasis（强调）on research has led universities to judge professors not by abilities as teachers, but as researcher. promotions(提升), salary increases , and other benefits have long been dependent on research and publication. However, the most important is no longer publishing. To be successful these days, professors have to bring in money provided by government and private industry. Critics claim that academic(学术) success is most likely to come to those who have learned to“ignore”their teaching duties to pursue research activities. Defenders say that even when students themselves are not involved in research projects they benefit from such an emphasis on research.

Major research universities like the Massachustts Institute of Technology have also cooperated with industrial companies to develop technology and products with commercial potential(潜能).With university-industry ties continuing to grow, debate（辩论）has increased about the consequences for basic science, academic openness, the control of information, the direction of research, and the influence on students.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT emphasized by today’s American society?

A. Physical science.          B. Biological science.

C. Engineering.            D. Computer science.

2. In the present standard, a successful professor is one who can____.

A. teach well             

B. get financial support for research

C. get the highest salary    

D. have many publications

3. Supporters of the present emphasis on research argue that_____.

A. it involves more students in it.

B. it does good to students anyway.

C. it has a direct good effect on teaching

D. it earns a lot of money for a university

4. The author seems to be_____ the move of emphasis to research.

A. totally against   B. sorry to see      C. in favor of    D. neutral (中立) about

 

There were times when it was only schoolchildren who felt sick before they got their grades．But now teachers in Germany are scared, too, as they are being graded by their students.

Many teachers are opposed to it．They don’t mind being evaluated．But they are upset because the results are then being posted on the Internet and accessible to millions of Internet users．On the website www. spickmich.de during the past four months students have posted evaluations of 100,000 teachers.

The teachers are graded on categories such as “motivated”, “good instruction,” “easy examinations”, or even “sexy.” Many teachers think that their privacy has been violated.

The creators of the website say that the students are only being offered the chance to provide teachers with some feedback about their classroom instruction．Bernd Dicks, who founded the website with three friends, says that the students are largely quite satisfied with their teachers．On a grading scale of one to six, the teachers’ average grade is 2.7 and it has been improving lately．He often says the impression is that students are bullying（欺负） their teachers．But there is also bullying of the students by teachers.  

“Teachers must also learn to live with criticism,” he added．But still, the website is not totally immune from manipulation（操纵）, as one teacher near the northern city of Hanover recently proved．He registered himself on the website as a student and then rated his own teaching colleagues highly．Within a few days, seven of his colleagues were listed in the top 10 rankings of Germany’s best teachers.

45. Many teachers are opposed to the website because        .

A．their privacy has been violated         B．they are afraid of being assessed

C．their evaluations are unfair       D．the results are not satisfying

46．The founders of the website intended to         .

A．get the students to know their teachers better

B．conduct a survey on teachers’ performances

C．help the teachers to improve their teaching

D．change the teachers’ ways of giving instructions

47．From what the teacher in Hanover did, we can infer         .

A．he intended to help his colleagues

B．there was some disadvantage of the website

C．his colleagues were more popular than him

D．he wanted to know how he was evaluated

48．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．Teachers get graded by pupils  B．Teachers are angry with website

C．Teachers need self-assessment        D．New invention in assessing teachers

It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen  36  for almost a month. The crops were dying. Every day, my husband 37  to get water to the fields. But  38  we saw some rain soon, we would lose everything.

However, one day I learned the true lesson of   39  and witnessed the only miracle I had  40  seen before. I was cooking in the kitchen when I saw my son, Billy,   41  toward the woods. He was walking   42  with effort, trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the  43 , he came running back. I went on cooking, 44  that whatever he had been doing was finished. Moments later,  45 , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour. Finally I couldn’t help  46  him and saw the most amazing 47 .

Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I 48  screamed(尖叫) for him to get away, because a huge deer was dangerously 49  to him at that time. But the deer didn’t even move as Billy knelt down(跪下). I saw a tiny  50  lying on the ground, obviously suffering from 51 , lifting its head to drink the water cupped in Billy’s hands. When the water was 52 , Billy ran back to get more. It then became quite  53  to me what my son was doing.

I stood there, watching my  54  boy working so hard to save another life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God himself was weeping with pride. The rain that day 55 our farm.

1.                A．water          B．cloud          C．rain  D．storm

 

2.                A．decided        B．chose          C．tried D．offered

 

3.                A．before         B．unless          C．until D．if

 

4.                A．sending        B．sharing         C．forgiving  D．begging

 

5.                A．never          B．ever           C．once D．yet

 

6.                A．running        B．jumping         C．walking   D．riding

 

7.                A．slowly          B．quickly         C．hurriedly D．dangerously

 

8.                A．plants          B．flowers         C．woods    D．vegetables

 

9.                A．thinking        B．wondering      C．worrying  D．dreaming

 

10.               A．though         B．besides         C．however  D．too

 

11.               A．beating         B．following       C．teaching   D．hoping

 

12.               A．scene          B．field           C．world D．sign

 

13.               A．almost         B．already         C．just   D．even

 

14.               A．weak          B．close          C．ill    D．brave

 

15.               A．horse          B．crop           C．baby  D．deer

 

16.               A．thirst          B．diseases        C．heat  D．pain

 

17.               A．gone          B．cleaned        C．lost   D．dried

 

18.               A．comfortable     B．clear           C．acceptable D．simple

 

19.               A．kind           B．clever          C．naughty   D．honest

 

20.               A．hit            B．washed         C．ruined    D．save

 

 

Knowing the best way to study will help you to be a better student. By using your time properly, you can do your homework more quickly. Learning to study is not difficult.

The first thing to remember is that you must be willing to learn. It doesn’t mean that you must always like the subject. It does mean, however, that you must be willing to do whatever is necessary to learn. Try to understand why it is important and how it will help you now and later to do and learn other things. Knowing mathematics facts will be useful in your whole life.  Knowing how to spell makes any kind of writing easier. Sometimes subject that you think is going to be uninteresting will be exciting when you begin to work at it and understand it more clearly. Learning things can be fun if you are willing to work with them.

Here’s some advice for you: have a certain time each day and a quiet place with good lighting for study, so that you can concentrate on your study without interruptions(中断); have everything ready before you sit down to study, a dictionary, paper, a pen and books; be sure you understand what you should learn before you start; read carefully and pay special attention to the most important things; when memorizing, first find out the main parts and then recite the whole thing; check your homework after you finish it; never forget the importance of review and preview.

1.The main purpose of the article is______

A．to prove that learning is not difficult

B．to make the readers be interested in study

C．to tell the importance of self teaching

D．to tell the students how to study well

2.We learn things because______

A．our parents want us to learn

B．every student learns at school

C．we may use these things in the future

D．we like the subjects

3.Which of the following is NOT the advice given in the article?

A．To put a pen, paper and books beside you before study.

B．To study at any possible time and place.

C．To review and preview.

D．To pay attention to the most important things.