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Mrs. Ohama spoke to the graduates of Martin luther King Jr. High School on Saturday in her only high school commencemenl (毕业典礼)speech this year. The ceremony___1____in the gymnasium of Tennessee State University.
"The first lady told her 170 ___2_____ that she spent too much of her time in college _____3___ on acadamic achievements. While her success in college and law school ____4____ a good job, she said, she ended up focusing on public service. “My message to you today is that don’t ____5______ a minute living someone else’s dream”she said. “It ______6___ a lot of real work to discover what brings you___7____ and you won’t find what you love simply by _____8_____ mailboxes or surfing the net."
She said MLK reminded her of her own high school ______9____ in Chicago. “My No. 1 _____10__ was to go to a high school that would push me and___11______me,” she said: “I wanted to go somewhere that would ____12_____achievement. ___13_____ schools like this don"t exist for every kid,” she said. “You are blessed.”
The first lady told graduates that__14____ may be a part of their college lives and careers, and that how they respond ___15_____ what they will became. “That’s when you ___16_____what you are really made of in those hard times,” she said. “But you can only do that if you’re willing to put yourself in a position ____17_____ you might fail.” Overcoming diffcultie has been the ____18_____of many great people,she said, “Oprah was demoted (降职)from her first job as a news reporter, and now she doesn’t even need a last name,” she said of media giant Oprah Winfrey.And then there’s this guy Barack Obama. I could ____19______a whole afternoon talking about his failures. He ___20____ his first race for Congress”.the first lady joked, “and now he gets to call himself my husband.
小题1:
A.happened toB.took placeC.occurred toD.came across
小题2:
A.graduatesB.teachersC.studentsD.teenagers
小题3:
A.dependingB.focusingC.decidingD.living
小题4:
A.led toB.referred toC.looked forward toD.occurred to
小题5:
A.spendB.spoilC.enjoyD.waste
小题6:
A.demandB.takesC.spendD.benefit
小题7:
A.energyB.powerC.joyD.laughter
小题8:
A.openingB.checkingC.writingD.designing
小题9:
A.experienceB.memoryC.failureD.events
小题10:
A.taskB.goalC.homeworkD.wish
小题11:
A.disappointB.encourageC.satisfyD.challenge
小题12:
A.celebrateB.congratulateC.applyD.analyse
小题13:
A.UnfortunatelyB.FortunatelyC.OccasionallyD.Unexpectedly
小题14:
A.happinessB.sadnessC.failureD.success
小题15:
A.affectsB.determinesC.dedicatesD.donates
小题16:
A.find outB.pull outC.beak outD.hold out
小题17:
A.whatB.whichC.whereD.that
小题18:
A.markB.shortcomingC.pointD.advantage
小题19:
A.turn onB.take onC.turn upD.take up
小题20:
A.abandonedB.lostC.wonD.obtain

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:A
小题14:C
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:D
小题20:B
解析
本文讲述了美国第一夫人在Martin luther King Jr. High School毕业典礼上的讲话的部分内容,她鼓励孩子们要正视失败,要把精力放到学业上。
小题1:考查动词短语辨析及语境理解。此处指毕业典礼在Tennessee State University体育馆举行,此处take place意为:举行。
小题2:考查名词词义辨析。此处graduates毕业生; teachers 教师;pupils学生;teenagers青少年。根据语境这里是第一夫人给中学的毕业生演讲。故最佳答案是A。
小题3:考查动词词义辨析。此处depending依靠;focusing集中精力做;deciding决定; living生活。在大学她花了很多时间集中精力于学业成就。
小题4:考查动词短语的用法。此处led to导致; referred to指,参阅;looked forward to 展望;occurred to发生。她在大学法学院的成功导致她找到好的工作。
小题5:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处spend 花费;spoil毁掉; enjoy 欣赏;waste浪费。这里指不要浪费时间生活在别人的梦想里。
小题6:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处demand需要;takes花费;spend花费;benefit受益。根据句型:it takes sth to do sth可知,选B。需要做很多工作才能发现什么能给你带来快乐。
小题7:考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处energy精力;power力量;joy快乐; laughter笑声。需要做很多工作才能发现什么能给你带来快乐。
小题8:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处opening打开;checking查看;. writing 写;designing设计。这里指:只是简单地查看邮箱和上网不会使你找到你所喜欢的东西。
小题9:考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处 experience经历; memory 记忆; failure 失败;events事件。MLK学校使她想起了她在芝加哥上学的经历。
小题10:考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处task任务; goal目标;homework 作业;wish愿望。我的第一目标是上高中,这是对我自己的挑战。
小题11:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处disappoint 使失望; encourage 鼓励;satisfy 使满意;challenge挑战。根据前文的push me可知,这里的challenge和它并列。
小题12:考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。此处celebrate庆祝;congratulate 祝贺; apply应用; analyse分析。这里指:我想找个地方庆祝一下我的成就。
小题13:考查副词词义辨析。此处Unfortunately不幸地; Fortunately 幸运地;Occasionally 偶然地;Unexpectedly意外地。根据后文don"t exist for every kid可知,选A。不幸的是,学校不存在这样的地方。
小题14:考查名词词义辨析及语境理解。此处happiness幸福; sadness悲伤;failure 失败; success成功。第一夫人告诉毕业生们:失败是他们学习生活的一部分,但他们对失败的反应决定他们将成为什么样的人。
小题15:考查动词词义辨析。此处affects影响;determines 决定;dedicates 奉献;donates捐赠。第一夫人告诉毕业生们:失败是他们学习生活的一部分,但他们对失败的反应决定他们将成为什么样的人。
小题16:考查动词短语的含义。此处find out查清,弄明白;pull out拆除; beak out 爆发;hold out伸出。这里意为:那是你弄明白你在困难时刻应该具备什么品质的时候。
小题17:考查连接词的用法。根据前面的a position可知,这里是where引导的定语从句。
小题18:考查名词词义辨析。此处mark标志;shortcoming缺点; point点;advantage优势。这里意为:克服困难已经是伟人的标志。
小题19:考查动词短语的含义。此处turn on 打开;take on呈现;turn up出现;露面;take up占用。这里指占用一整下午的时间谈他的失败。
小题20:考查动词词义辨析。此处abandoned抛弃; lost输掉;won 赢得;obtain获得。根据前文的I could take up a whole afternoon talking about his failures中的failures可知,此处选B。
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Climate change is making it harder than usual for scientists to figure out what the future will bring and what impact weather changes will have on society and the economy. An upsurge of severe weather events has already destroyed homes, businesses and lives. Some fairly simple changes may reduce the toll.
In a laboratory test, a house built with conventional techniques is falling apart in hurricane-force winds.
The survivor has stronger shingles, thicker roof boards, and metal straps holding floors together.
Wind tunnel tests were done by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety. It says stronger construction costs a little more, but holds up much better to extreme weather.
The growing number of unusually strong storms, like Typhoon Haiyan, has convinced the Chairman of the U. S. Senate Homeland Security Committee, Tom Carper, that extreme weather is the “new norm标准).”
"Extreme weather events have increased in frequency over the past 50 years and are expected to become even more common, more intense, and more costly," said Carper.
Hurricane Sandy hit beachfront businesses along the U.S. East Coast, including Carper"s home state. Insurance companies had to pay out huge claims. To limit such losses, the insurance industry can raise premiums(保险费) for businesses in vulnerable(易受攻击的)locations and offer discounts to clients who make their buildings more resilient with upgraded construction techniques.
Managing risks is the job of insurance brokers like Kevin Connelly of the Graham Company, who spoke to VOA via Skype.
“We are either going to price your insurance at a huge markup, or we are not going to write (sell it) it at all, which is just as bad obviously," said Connelly.
Drought is another suspected consequence of climate change, and dry ground means more wildfires in California. Current mathematical models of climate change do a poor job of predicting the economic impact of drought and other weather events, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Robert Pindyck, who spoke via Skype.
“I think all we can do, taking all of that into account, is come up with some very rough numbers, very rough estimates, "said Pindyck. "Consensus estimates that maybe experts provide, that give us a view of what would the catastrophic outcome look like if we don’t do anything?”
To help deal with this serious problem, Pindyck says policymakers should take actions such as imposing a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. A carbon tax would encourage companies and families to use less energy and generate fewer of the gases thought to be driving changes in the climate. But other analysts say it is unlikely a new tax will get approval in the U.S. Congress any time soon.
小题1:What can be inferred from the passage?
A.There are many severe weather events destroying homes, businesses and lives.
B.Stronger construction will save the expense in the long run.
C.Government should be totally responsible for the weather change.
D.Typhoon Haiyan hit Tom Carper"s home state.
小题2:What natural disasters are not mentioned in the passage?
A.DroughtB.HurricanesC.earthquakesD.wildfires
小题3:In a laboratory test , what kind of houses can stay up?
A.a house built with conventional techniques
B.A house with stronger shingles
C.A house with thinner roof boards
D.a house with metal floors .
小题4:What won’t insurance companies do to limit such losses?
A.pay out huge claims
B.raise premiums(保险费) for businesses in vulnerable(易受攻击的)locations
C.offer discounts to clients who make their buildings more resilient with upgraded construction techniques.
D.price insurance at a huge markup
小题5:What is the attitude of other analysts towards the new tax on carbon dioxide emissions?
A.supportiveB.doubtfulC.indifferentD.positive

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Dyslexia(失读症)is a learning disorder, it interferes with the ability to recognise words, and for some readers to understand what they have read.
Experts say dyslexia affects about five to ten percent of the population of the United State. Researchers have long known that people with dyslexia write or read words and letters backwards in the wrong order.
But a new study shows that people with dyslexia may have trouble redirecting(重新传入) their attention between senses, from seeing something to hearing something. The study suggests something that might help dyslexic people learn more quickly - play video games.
Vanessa Harrar of Britain"s University of Oxford led the study. She reported the findings in the journal Current Biology. The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear. Doctor Harrar calls this a "sluggish shifting of attention across the senses."
"So, if you are trying to read something and then trying to listen to somebody who"s reading aloud and you"re trying to follow along with what they are reading -- they have to switch their attention from hearing what they are saying to looking at the piece of paper and back again. So we found they have quite sluggish shifting of attention across the senses," said Harrar.
In the study, Doctor Harrar tested 17 people with dyslexia, and 19 others without reading problems. The volunteers were asked to push a button as quickly as possible when they heard a sound, saw a light or experienced both together. Doctor Harrar compared the speed of their reactions.
She found that people with dyslexia were just as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound. But the dyslexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time.
Doctor Harrar feels like playing action video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly. She adds that images in video games force the eyes to move and focus quickly.
"Video game types of things pop out of here and there, they move your eyes around the screen quite quickly in response to things quite quickly, and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing. So, the video game is really training the attention system to move quickly," said Harrar.
The study also shows that dyslexic people have the most difficulty going between what they saw and what they heard, this may have an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.
When children learn the alphabet,they usually see the letter first and then hear the sound, or they see and hear the letter at the same time. The study shows that dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.
小题1:What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Video Games are good for children.
B.Study Suggests Video Games Might Help Dyslexics
C.A study about Video Games is being carried out.
D.Children with Dyslexics can learn better by playing video games.
小题2:People with Dyslexia have the following problems except_________.
A.writing or reading words and letters backwards in the wrong order.
B.redirecting their attention between senses, from seeing something to hearing something.
C.moving quickly from what they read to what they hear.
D.seeing a picture or hearing a sound.
小题3:What does the underlined word“sluggish”in Paragragh 4 mean?
A.slowB.wrongC.specificD.accurate
小题4:Why can playing video games help dyslexic people learn more quickly?
A.While playing video games, people will train their reading and hearing.
B.While playing video games, people will have a good knowledge of the system.
C.While playing video games, people should move their eyes around the screen quite quickly train the attention system to move quickly.
D.Video games can arouse their interest in reading.
小题5:What is the importance of the finding?
A.The finding will prove video games are not necessarily bad for children.
B.People with Dyslexia will be cured by playing video games.
C.People with Dyslexia will not be made fun of by others.
D.The finding may have an effect on the way to teach dyslexic children how to read.

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Read a lot, I mean a lot! You have to increase your ability for reading. Many students are in the habit of reading only when their exams are approaching while some others read only what they are taught or things that must be read because it is in their curriculum. But listen to me now, I am telling you from my own experience that it is a very bad habit and it is not enough to improve your intelligence.
You have to learn and get ready to become versatile in your reading. The fact that you are studying medicine in school does not mean that you should not know one or two things on politics.
Many people have complained to me that they find it hard to read stuffs like novels but I just shake my head in pity for them because it is obvious they have failed to realize the truth in that wise saying by Margaret Fuller that “today a READER, tomorrow a LEADER!”
When you read, you get to “see” so many places and it will be as if you have visited those places in real life. This is because reading will improve your imagination and creativity and understanding. You also get experience from learning about how people dealt with their various problems thereby saving you from going through the pains and difficulties they must have gone through!
Reading will also help you in improving your vocabulary because you will certainly start coming across so many new words which you will try as much as possible to get accustomed to with the help of the dictionary! The good thing about increasing your vocabulary is that it will also improve your thinking ability. After all, we think in words and the more words you know, the easier it will become for you to express yourself or your thoughts.
And when you read, make sure you read so wide because the more you read, the more you know and the more you know the more intelligent you can become.
小题1:According to the author, what should students do in terms of reading?
A.They needn’t read unless the exams come.
B.They should read books about intelligence.
C.They must read about politics when their major is medicine.
D.They should read as wide as possible.
小题2:The underlined word “versatile” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _____.
A.interested B.many-sidedC.contentD.confident
小题3:What is the best title for the passage?
A.Increase your ability for reading
B.Read wide and improve your vocabulary
C.Reading improves your intelligence
D.Reading makes you a leader tomorrow
小题4:What is the benefit of knowing more words?
A.You will get used to referring to the dictionary when meeting with new words.
B.You will have less difficulty expressing your opinions.
C.Vocabulary will improve your creativity.
D.You can pass your exams with ease.

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Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don’t. With help from their parents, children can learn techniques(技巧) to improve their reading skills.
“A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them,” Donna George said. “They are sadly mistaken.”
George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable(有价值的) thing parents can do. “It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are,” George said. “Parents are their child’s first teacher.” Parents help their children build listening, phonics(拼读法), comprehension(阅读理解) and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.
Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy----television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joiners said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.
Parents who do not read themselves should not depend on their children being enthusiastic about it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents’ job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.
小题1:The underlined word “distraction” means something that     .
A.can improve children’s reading.
B.can make children interested
C.can make children not pay their attention
D.can help children’s right way of reading
小题2:In the fourth paragraph     is the most important.
A.reading speedB.reading environment
C.reading skillsD.reading materials
小题3:If the passage is not completed, what will be written after the passage?
A.What TV programs children can watch during reading.
B.Advice is given to control their children.
C.Parents choose reading materials for their children.
D.How children improve their reading by themselves.
小题4:Which one would be the best title for the passage?
A.Parents Are Their Child’s First Teacher.
B.How to Improve Children’s Reading Ability.
C.Children Spend More Time Reading with Parents.
D.How Parents Make Their Child a Better Reader.

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How the Grand Canyon (大峡谷) was created remains one of the geology’s greatest mysteries. Some evidence suggests that the process was a gradual one in which the Colorado River (which runs through the canyon) slowly cut deeper and deeper into the ground over millions of years. But volcanic rock samples taken from the canyon now suggest that the canyon was down-cut instead.
Down-cutting is when a flood of water rushes over a landscape (地形) with enough force to cut deeply into the ground and leaves behind a canyon. Such a flood is usually released when a natural or man-made dam (堤坝) bursts.
Robert Webb, a research geologist, says natural dams seem to have formed and broken across the Colorado River several times during the last million years. The dams were built when lava(熔岩) from the eruptions of nearby volcanoes flowed into the river. The lava hardened into hard rocks and blocked the river, causing it to back up and form a lake. Each time the lake grew so huge that it broke the rock dam, releasing a flash flood that furthered the down-cutting process and deepened the canyon.
Down-cutting is not just an earthly event. Satellite photos sent back from Mars suggest that the process has happened there, too, say many other researchers.
The photos, taken by the Mars Global Surveyor, indicate that an enormous lake existed on Mars 3.5 billion years ago. The lake spilled into a large nearby hole. One edge of the hole broke, releasing a flash flood that quickly carved out a grand canyon.
The existence of down-cutting on Mars is just one more piece of evidence that the cold, dry planet was once warm and wet.
小题1:In the past, deep canyons were believed to have formed _______.
A.as a result of a sudden break of volcanoes
B.due to river flows over millions of years
C.owing to the burst of artificial dams
D.thanks to our ancestors’ creative work
小题2:According to the passage, which of the following statements is TURE?
A.Several volcanoes broke out on Mars directly creating grand canyons.
B.Several great lakes existed on the upper parts of the Colorado River.
C.People built high dams on the upper parts of the Colorado River.
D.The Colorado River crossed the Grand Canyon to form down-cutting.
小题3:From the last three paragraphs we learn that _______.
A.there are great lakes on Mars
B.there are active volcanoes on Mars
C.there might be cities on Mars
D.there might be life on Mars
小题4:The passage can be titled as _______.
A.Lakes on Earth and Mars
B.The Cause of Lake Formation
C.The Force of Dam Breaking
D.Canyons—Results of Flood Cutting

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