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If Confucius(孔子)were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles（蜡烛）. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out. While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes. But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China. In the past twenty years, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes(孔子学院) in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy(哲学). Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing(比赛)to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well. Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West. As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the west, even if his birthday is
1.
The opening paragraph is mainly intended to______
A.
provide some key facts about Confucius
B.
attract the readers’ interest in the topic
C.
show great respect for the ancient thinker
D.
prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations
2.
We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______
Slow parenting means parenting children in the contact of nature without any interference (干预) of materialistic influence. We can also term it as “self-raising”. In slow parenting children are allowed to do what they think proper and parents just keep a watch over the child. Curiosity of the child leads to exploring and discovering things. Parents provide little help only when it’s too necessary, otherwise keep themselves away from the child and just have a look on him/her: This brings about a feeling of self-dependency and they are encouraged to solve their problems. This is a natural way of learning. When a child is left to learn in a natural environment, the child’s natural development takes place. Influence of any materialistic way doesn’t let the mind develop naturally. Watching TV, playing video games or joining classes of dance, swimming or any other sports will not let the mind develop naturally. Here creativity of their mind is developed. They explore ideas. The logic behind this is that the kids of animals learn by nature, so can our kids. So let our children play in the garden, to watch flowers, plants, birds, butterflies and other gifts of nature. In the classes of dance, swimming etc. their creativity is influenced and their natural creativity is suppressed (压制). In these classes they are overburdened and can’t train their creativity. So let them play in the open air or garden without any burden instead of joining classes. Generally parents give toys to their children and explain how to operate them. But those parents who believe in slow parenting give toys and observe how the children are managing them. Their skill to learn and understand comes out. Maybe the process is slow, but it will be their exploration, which will make them self-dependent, and self-capable to learn.
1.
In slow parenting, parents ______.
A.
set limits to what their children do
B.
keep a close watch over their children
C.
give the whole directions to what their children do
D.
give their children freedom to do what they think proper
2.
What is the main advantage of slow parenting according to the passage?
A.
Arousing children’s curiosity.
B.
Helping children to be independent.
C.
Making children interested in exploring nature.
D.
Keeping children away from materialistic influence.
3.
We can infer from the third paragraph that______.
A.
children should join some classes
B.
slow parenting should be done in a logical way
C.
exploring nature is a good way of slow parenting
D.
children can’t learn by nature like the kids of animals
There are many ways to find a job. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses. Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers. Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month. Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career (职业) since it was first published in nineteen seventy. Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their advantages, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.
1.
What is the passage mainly about?
A.
Finding a job.
B.
College students’ part-time jobs.
C.
Craigslist Web site.
D.
The relation between study and work.
2.
By logging on the Craigslist Web site, you can ______.
A.
sell your old things
B.
do some shopping online
C.
create your own announcement board
D.
get useful information about 450 cities
3.
“What Color is Your Parachute?” is a book which gives tips to those who want to _____.
A.
work on the airplane
B.
buy a parachute
C.
publish a book
D.
find a suitable job
4.
How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?
A team of US psychologists have found that talking to another person for ten minutes a day helps with memory. "Socializing is just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in boosting memory and intellectual performance," Oscar Ybarra, a psychologist at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, said in a statement. In one investigation, they analyzed data on 3610 people, aged 24 to 96. They found that the higher their level of social interaction (交流), the better their cognitive (认知的) functioning. Social interaction includes getting together or having phone chats with relatives, freinds and neighbors. In another experiment, the researchers conducted lab tests on 76 college students, aged 18 to 21, to evaluate how social interactions and intellectual exercises affected the results of memory and mental performance tests. The students were divided into three groups: the social interaction group had a discussion of a social issue for 10 minutes before taking the tests; the intellectual activities group completed three tasks (including a reading comprehension exercise and a crossword puzzle) before the tests; and a control group (对照组) watched a 10-minute clip (电源片段) of the Seinfeld television show. "We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10 minutes improved participants’ intellectual performance as much as engaging in so-called ’intellectual’ activities for the same amount of time," Ybarra said. The study was expected to be published in the February issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
1.
The underlined word "boosting" in the second paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A.
improving
B.
decreasing
C.
preventing
D.
training
2.
Which is not included in social interaction?
A.
Having a talk with a neighbor.
B.
Attending a birthday party.
C.
Watching TV at home alone.
D.
Calling your classmates
3.
What’s the purpose of the experiment on 76 college students?
A.
To judge the effect of social interaction on memory and intelligence.
B.
To find out what is real social interaction.
C.
To learn how much time is needed for social interaction.
D.
To show the function of people’s cognition.
4.
Which of the following questions may be asked in the social interaction group in the experiment?
A.
What does the author want to show us?
B.
Do you like living in a big city or a small one?
C.
Which word can be used to fill in the blank?
D.
What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
5.
What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.
Intellectual exercises improve memory.
B.
Different people have different ways of communication
Secondhand smoke isn’t just a health threat to people.It can also hurt dogs and cats，veterinarians say. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention，more than 126 million Americans who don't smoke are exposed to secondhand smoke in their homes，vehicles，workplaces，and public places.This exposure causes thousands of lung cancer and heart disease deaths among nonsmokers every year，according to the California Environmental Protection Agency. “Making the leap from the effects of secondhand smoke on humans to their effects on pets isn't a big one,” says veterinarian （兽医专家） Carolynn MacAllister of Oklahoma State University. “There have been a number of scientific papers recently that have reported the significant health threat secondhand smoke poses to pets,” MacAllister said.“Secondhand smoke has been associated with oral cancer and lymphoma in cats，lung and nasal cancer in dogs，as well as lung cancer in birds.” Studies have also shown that dogs living in a smoking household are susceptible to cancers of the nose and sinus area，particularly if they are a long-nosed breed，because their noses have a greater surface area that is exposed to carcinogens and a greater area for them to accumulate.Dogs affected with nasal cancer normally don't survive for more than one year. “Short and medium-nosed dogs are more susceptible to lung cancer，because their shorter nasal passage aren't as effective at accumulating the inhaled secondhand smoke carcinogens,” MacAllister said.“This results in more carcinogens （致癌物质） reaching the lungs.” Birds are also at risk for lung cancer，as well as pneumonia，because their respiratory systems are hypersensitive to any type of air pollutant. To help prevent animals from being adversely affected by smoking，pet owners who smoke should have a designated smoking area that is separated from the home or stop smoking altogether，MacAllister said.
1.
From the passage，we can see secondhand smoke maybe not harmful to _______.
A.
smokers
B.
non-smokers
C.
pets
D.
trees
2.
What can be suggested according to the passage?
A.
Smokers can smoke anywhere.
B.
Smokers can smoke at any time.
C.
Smokers should smoke in the designated place.
D.
Smokers must give up smoking at once.
3.
What kind of dogs are likely to suffer from nasal cancer?
A.
Long-nosed dogs
B.
Short-nosed dogs
C.
Medium-nosed dogs
D.
Dogs without noses
4.
The best title of the passage is __________.
A.
Secondhand Smoke Causes Cancer in People
B.
Secondhand Smoke Causes Cancer in Birds
C.
Secondhand Smoke Causes Cancer in Pets
D.
Secondhand Smoke Causes Cancer in Cats
5.
What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “are susceptible to”?
