题目
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That’s difficult. And so they come from around the world to attend the Charles W. Howard School in Midland, Mich. The school offers a three-day, 40-hour course for Santas hoping to be excellent. There’s a real range to what Santas earn, from big bucks for large events to no pay for charities①. One thing for them all is a pure love for children.
A former Macy’s Santa named Charles Howard founded the Michigan school in 1937. “Many people will think if you have a suit and you’re a Santa,” said Tom Valent, the school’s current dean. “It’s more than that.” So with a pet reindeer②, his properly named wife Holly and a workshop full of wonder.
The school teaches everything from breathing techniques for carol singing to the beard maintenance. There are lessons in child psychology, sign language and even media training for talk-show appearances and call-in shows. Santas also need to make sure they know all the names of the reindeer. What’s harder to deal with, however, is children who ask for Christmas gifts like bringing daddy home or making mommy happy again.
After spending time in the classroom, Weir went to the mall to test his training. However, at one point, his hat fell off, and he was unsure how to react. “You’re the real Santa,” Valent said. “Pick that hat up, slip it back on, keep smiling and do your job. You’ve got to stay on top of your game. Even the last one at night, when you’re tired, you’ve got to remember: This one’s forever, so do a good job.”
Notes:
① charity n. 慈善，慈善团体
② reindeer n. 驯鹿
小题1:According to the passage, good Santas should be the ones that ________.
| A．can offer the children some gifts | B．help adults look after their children |
| C．have ability to make children happy | D．should be perfect in the mind of children |
| A．lots of money | B．many gifts | C．loves for children | D．gifts from children |
| A．train the pet reindeer for the Santas | B．earned money from its students |
| C．train perfect Santas for the world | D．show the world’s concern to the poor |
| A．Weir was short of experience | B．Weir was not fit for the job as a Santa |
| C．Weir did very badly in the game | D．Weir was not a good student in school |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
小题1:细节理解题。从文章的第一段第二句可知。
小题2:词义猜测题。由该句前面的动词“earn”和该句后面的“no pay for charities”可知。
小题3:推理判断题。由文章的第三、四、五段可知，这所学校教给这些人有关圣诞老人的各种技能和知识，很明显目的就是要使他们成为合格的圣诞老人。
小题4:推理判断题。由文章的最后一段可知，Weir在处理突发事件时缺乏经验。
核心考点
试题【There are good Santas and there are bad Santas. The good Santas all realize one 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.
My daughter Carla’s fifth - grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students received less than a prefect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed.
You can use the same technique when you evaluate （评价）your child’s work at home. Don’t always scold and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasn’t done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad.
Learning is a process（过程）of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.
小题1:The whole passage deals with ________.
| A．social education | B．school education |
| C．family education | D．pre - school education |
| A．there is no way to get children to help at home |
| B．the more encouragement and praise you give, the more responsible and helpful children will become |
| C．it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework |
| D．children can be forced to help with housework |
| A．praise his success | B．promise him a trip |
| C．give him a punishment | D．promise him a ball game |
| A．learn from himself, for he has a good way of teaching |
| B．take pride in Carla’s fifth - grade teacher |
| C．do as what Carla’s teacher did in educating children |
| D．follow Carla’s example because she never fails in the test |
| A．pride goes before a fall |
| B．practice makes perfect |
| C．no pains, no gains |
| D．failure is the mother of success |
The Pine Street Foundation conducted its research on the belief that cancer cells give off a different type of metabolic(新陈代谢) waste product than normal cells. According to the study, the difference is so great that it can be detected by a dog’s sense of smell, including both early and late stages of the disease.
In the conclusion of the study the Pine Street Foundation said that even ordinary dogs may be trained to identify the presence of cancer with only a breath sample. The organization also said that dogs can recognize the disease with astonishing amount accuracy and, finally, that the dog’s detection was not hindered(妨碍) by the presence of age, smoking or stage of cancer.
The Pine Street Foundation plans to continue their research and is currently seeking funding to launch new studies.
小题1:If we want to add several different detecting examples to the passage, we should write them
__________.
| A．between paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 | B．between paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 |
| C．between paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 | D．before paragraph 1 or after paragraph 4 |
| A．Dogs may smell cancer | B．Why dogs can smell cancer |
| C．A Study on dogs’ special ability | D．A study on breast cancer |
| A．they can detect faster than man | B．their sense of smell is very sensitive |
| C．dogs metabolize the food slowly | D．patients give off bad smell |
| A．all dogs can be used to smell cancer |
| B．it’s not easy to find out cancer in the early stage |
| C．most of the research experiments are successful |
| D．dogs detect cancer by breathing and feeling |
The town was there first. Two Roman roads crossed there, and there are signs of building before Roman times (earlier than A.D. 43). Cambridge became a center of learning, and the authority of the head of the university was recognized by the king in 1226.
With about 8,250 undergraduates and over2,000 postgraduates, the city is a busy place in “full term” .Undergraduates are not allowed to keep cars in Cambridge, so nearly all of them use bicycles. Don’t try to drive through Cambridge during the five minutes between lectures. Your bicycle must go through a boiling sea of other bicycles hurrying in all directions, if you are in Cambridge at five minutes to the hour any morning of full term, you know that you are in a university town.
小题1:What is called a university town?
A. A town with a university in it
B. B. A university with a town in it.
C. One where there is no clear separation between a university and a town.
D. One where there are both a university and a town.
小题2:How many students does Cambridge have?
| A．Eight thousand, two hundred and fifty. | B．Two thousand. |
| C．Ten thousand. | D．More than ten thousand. |
| A．the university is all over the town |
| B．the town came earlier than the university |
| C．during the five minutes between lectures, your bicycle must go through other bicycles hurrying in all directions. |
| D．the teachers have many strange ways of making their lectures lively and interesting. |
| A．Cambridge—A University Town. | B．Cambridge – A Centre of Learning |
| C．Cambridge with Many Students. | D．Cambridge with a Long History |
A professor’s teaching method is another factor that determines the degree and type of student participation. Some professors prefer to control discussions while others prefer to guide the class without controlling it. Many professors encourage students to question their ideas. Students who object to the professor’s point of view should be prepared to prove their positions.
In the teaching of science and mathematics, the controlling mode of instruction is generally traditional, with teachers presenting formal lectures and students taking notes. However, new educational trends have turned up in the humanities and social sciences in the past twenty years. Students in education, society, and history classes, for example, are often required to solve problems in groups, design projects, make presentations, and examine case studies. Since some college or university courses are “practical” rather than theoretical, they pay more attention to “doing” for themselves.
小题1:“Participation in the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the student” in ____
class.
| A．the humanities and social sciences | B．the science and mathematics |
| C．the theoretical lessons | D．the strictly controlled courses |
| A．has not changed much in the past twenty years |
| B．pay attention to students’ studying instead of teachers’ teaching |
| C．is much more important than that of science and mathematics |
| D．has become more practical than theoretical. |
| A．these professors are often not well prepared before class |
| B．these professors want to stress “doing” |
| C．these professors want to test the students abilities |
| D．these professors are not willing to teach theory |
| A．Student participation is not common in many courses like society and history classes. |
| B．Some professors want to control the classroom discussion. |
| C．Some of students are wanted to attend the lecture of science and mathematics. |
| D．New educational trends have turned up in the teaching of natural sciences such as |
Until now the only information about the behavior of the creatures which measure up to 18 meters (59 feet) in length has been based on dead or dying squid washed up on shore or captured②in commercial fishing nets.
But Tsunemi Kubodera, of the National Science Museum, and Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, both in Tokyo have captured the first images of Architeuthis attacking bait③900 meters below the surface in the cold, dark waters of the North Pacific. “We show the first wild images of a giant squid in its natural environment,” they said in a report in the journal Proceedings B of the Royal Society.
Little is known about the creatures because it has been so difficult to locate and study them alive. Large ships and specialist equipment, which is costly, are needed to study deep sea environments.
The Japanese scientists found the squid by following sperm whales, the most effective hunters of giant squid, as they gathered to feed between September and December in the deep waters off the coast of the Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific. They used a remote long-line camera and depth logging system to capture the giant squid in the ocean depths.
The most dramatic character of giant squids is the pair of extremely long tentacles④, distinct from the eight shorter arms. The long tentacles make up to two-thirds of the length of the dead specimens⑤to date. The giant squid appear to be a much more active meat-eating animals than researchers had thought.
Notes:
① squid n. 鱿鱼
② capture vt. 捕获
① bait n. 鱼饵
② tentacle n. 触角，触须
③ specimen n. 标本，样本
小题1:The passage mainly tells us that ________.
| A．Scientists captured a giant squid alive |
| B．Scientists captured a giant squid on camera |
| C．giant squids are special meat-eating animals |
| D．giant squids mainly live in the deep sea |
| A．a scientist | B．the sperm whale | C．a big ship | D．the giant squid |
| A．They like living the cold and deep waters. |
| B．They mainly feed on the dead fish. |
| C．They like playing, using their tentacles. |
| D．They have only eight arms around the mouth. |
| A．through a remote long-line camera |
| B．by using depth logging system |
| C．by following sperm whales |
| D．by using the bait to attract them |
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