题目
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Directions:Read the following passage.Answer the questions according to the information
given in the passage.
in 1930 in La Paz, Bolivia. He taught math and science in his home country for twelve years.
In the 1960s, Jaime Escalante and his wife Fabiola came to the United States. During the next several
years, he learned to speak English and repeated his college education and teacher training.
In 1974, Mr. Escalante was hired at Garfield High School to teach mathematics. The school was in a
poor area of Los Angeles, California. Many of the students in the school had serious problems with illegal drugs, gangs and violence. The school was in danger of losing its official approval to operate.
Mr. Escalante"s students were mostly MexicanAmericans from a Spanishspeaking area of the city.
Many were the worst students at the school and thought to be "unteachable". But Mr. Escalante pushed
the group to work hard. He told them basic math was too easy and that they had the ability to do harder
work.
Jaime Escalante started an advanced math program with a small group of students. Advanced Placement is a program of collegelevel classes and tests. In 1982, eighteen of his students took the Advanced Placement test in calculus(微积分学). They all passed.
The officials at the testing company suspected the students of cheating. Mr. Escalante protested(抗议). He said the students were being rejected because they were from a poor school. He urged his students to
take the test again.
Twelve of the students repeated the test. And again, They all passed. Five earned top scores. Mr.
Escalante"s students went on to become engineers, scientists and university professors.
Jaime Escalante received many teaching awards. A movie about his success, Stand and Deliver, was
released in 1988. It influenced other teachers to use his methods.
Jaime Escalante retired from teaching in 1998 and later moved back to Bolivia with his wife. He died
when he was seventynine years old.
1. What did Jaime Alfonso Escalante do in the first several years after he moved to the US?(No more
than 11 words)
________________________________________________________________________
2. Why was Garfield High School faced with the risk of being closed down when Jaime Escalante
joined it? (No more than 15 words)
________________________________________________________________________
3. What made Alfonso Escalante"s teaching methods get around? (No more than 9 words)
________________________________________________________________________
4. According to the passage, how long did Jaime Escalante take up teaching all his life? (No more
than 4 words)
________________________________________________________________________
答案
2．Because many of its students had serious problems with illegal drugs, gangs and violence.
3．The release of the movie Stand and Deliver.
4．For 36 years.
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试题【阅读理解 Directions:Read the following passage.Answer the questions according to】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first
person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize
winner.
Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies" two daughters. Along with nine
other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her
mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of S?vign? in
Paris.
Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics.
When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities (设备) to
help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in
military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her services were recognised in the form of a Military"s
Medal by the French government.
In 1918, Irene became her mother"s assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic
Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in
love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five
years later.
Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel
Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia
because of her work with radioactivity(辐射能). Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17,
1956.(www.yygrammar.com)
B. Because she contributed to saving the wounded.
C. Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic.
D. Because she worked as a helper to her mother.
B. At the Universityof Paris.
C. At a military hospital.
D. At the Collegeof S ?vign ?.
B. In 1927.
C. In 1897.
D. In 1926.
B. Irene combined family and career.
C. Irene won the Nobel Prize once
D. Irene died from leukemia.
with the rich and famous and doing meaningful work for charity. All who work with her admire and
respect her. But Heather"s life hasn"t always been so easy. When Heather was only 9 years old,
her mother abandoned her and her two brothers. At the age of 13, she ran away from home and
ended up living on the streets in London. Eventually, however, her exceptional beauty led to a career
in modeling. At that time, Heather also began helping with the war relief efforts in former Yugoslavia.
Through her modeling and relief work, she soon became famous.
But in August 1993, at age 25 her life changed once again. She was crossing the street in London
when a motorcycle crashed into her. She was so badly injured that the doctors had to cut off her left
leg. After that, she discovered she frequently needed to change her artificial limbs. It was expensive
and she felt it was a waste to just throw away the old one. It occurred to her to set up an organization
that could deliver used artificial limbs to Yugoslavia and other war-torn countries. It was through her
charity work that she met her husband Paul McCartney.
Throughout her life, Heather has risen above problems and focused on helping others. Her work
with artificial limbs even earned her a nomination(提名) for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996. Heather"s
persistence and determination are what impresses anyone who knows her. Heather believes anyone
can make a positive difference in the world.
B. Heather"s contribution to the world
C. Heather"s success in her work
D. Heather"s belief in life
B. after her brothers abandoned her
C. because of her excellent intelligence and performances
D. because she was especially beautiful
B. Heather began her charity work while working as a model.
C. Her artificial limbs had to be replaced continuously.
D. Heather lost her left leg due to an accident.
B. she was a world-famous model
C. she is determined and never gives in
D. she made the greatest difference in the world
On March 10, 2002, Angelina Jolie adopted (领养)her first child, Maddox, whom
Jolie usually calls "Mad". Maddox got a lot of public attention and was named "the cutest
(聪明/漂亮的) celebrity (著名人士)kid by a famous magazine.
On July 6, 2005, Jolie adopted a six-month-old girl named Zabara, which means "flower".
Her birth mother died of AIDS and her rather is unknown.
On May 27, 2006, Jolie gave birth to a daughter named Shiloh, which means "the
peaceful one". As the child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, the girl got a lot of attention. The
parents altogether collected ＄10 million from parts of the world for their daughter"s photos.
All the money was given to a charity.
As early as 2001, while Jolie was filming Tomb Raider 《古墓丽影》in some poor
areas, she worked as a UN Goodwill Ambassador. She visited poor people, helped
homeless children and gave money to those who were in trouble or homeless. She has done
a lot for those who need help.
Mother love is great. But what is greater is the love for people all over the world.
C. is the natural mother of two D. is the natural mother of all
B. those who have adopted homeless children
C. those who have been working for people all over the world.
D. none of the above
B. Zahara"s father died of AIDS.
C. Shiloh is the child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
D. In 2001, Jolie filmed Tomb Raider.
States, has died at age 114 years,294 days.She died yesterday at a nursing home in Westmoreland but
was active until about two weeks before her death, her granddaughter Katherine Ray said.
"She just enjoyed life.She never thought of dying at all, "Katherine Ray said."She was planning for her
birthday party."
Ray was the oldest person in the United States and the second oldest in the world,
according to the Gerontology Research Group.She was also recorded as the oldest person ever to live in New Hampshire.
Ray was born on May 17,1895, in Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada.She moved to the
United States at the age of 3.She lived for 60 years in Anson, Maine.She lived in Florida, Massachusetts
and elsewhere in New Hampshire before she moved to Westmoreland in 2002 to be near her children.
Ray"s husband, Walter, died in 1967.Survivors include 2 sons,8 grandchildren,1
3 greatgrandchildren and5 greatgreat grandchildren.
The oldest living American is now Neva Morris of Ames, Iowa, at age 114 years,216 days.The
oldest person in the world is Japan"s Kama Chinen at age 114 years,301 days.Morris, the Iowa woman
now believed to be the oldest US resident (居民), lives at a care center.Only one of her four children, a
son in Sioux City, is still alive.
B. The oldest person in the US died for no reason.
C. The oldest person in the US wanted to live longer.
D. The oldest person in the US was happy at a nursing home.
B. She died at the age of 114 years,294 days.
C. She was still very active in her last two weeks.
D. She was not at her own home when she died.
B. didn"t like holding a birthday party
C. was afraid nobody would come to her birthday party
D. was not troubled by the thought of dying
B. Mary Josephine Ray lived a very hard life.
C. Mary Josephine Ray had a very big family.
D. Mary Josephine Ray lived with her children until 2002.
e world?B. Neva M
orris.C. Kama Chinen.
D. Walter.
his first music teacher.As a young man, he co
ntinued his music study in Indianapolis, Indiana.In 1930, he completed more musical education at Columbia University in
New York City.Then he moved to Washington.For fifteen years, he taught music at Howard University in Washington.At that
time, not many black musicians were known for writing or performing classical music.Teaching at
Howard gave Duncan the chance to share his knowledge of classical European music with a mainly
black student population. He taught special ways to present the music.These special ways became
known as the Duncan Technique.
Besides teaching, Duncan sang in several operas with performers who were all black.But it seemed
that he always would be known mainly as a concert artist.However, his life took a different turn in the
middle 1930s.At that time, the famous American music writer George Gershwin was looking for
someone to play a leading part in his new work Porgy and Bess.The music critic (评论家) of the New
York Times newspaper suggested Todd Duncan.Duncan had almost decided not to try for the part as
he knew it would not be easy to get it.But he changed his mind.He sang a piece from an Italian opera
for Gershwin.He had sung only a few minutes when Gershwin offered him the part.He became famous
because of the part in Porgy
and Bess.Todd Duncan gained fame as an opera singer and concert artist.But his greatest love in music was
teaching.When he stopped teaching at Howard, he continued giving singing lessons in his Washington
home until the week before his death.
B. How Robert Todd Duncan became famous.
C. Robert Todd Duncan and his works of music.
D. A brief introduction to Robert Todd Duncan.
B. opened doors for other black classical singers
C. had the chance
to know many famous black musiciansD. became known for writing and performing classical music
B. He was introduced by the New York Times in detail.
C. He was asked to be in charge of the opera Porgy and Bess.
D. He was given a big opportunity to become an opera singer.
B. he was not interested in it
C. he was not confident enough
D. he didn"t want to become famous
B. Writing music.
C. Singing opera.
D. Teaching music.
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