题目
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A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whom the gods would destroy they firstmake mad” “Keep cool”, says George Herbert, “for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.”
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “brings with folly(愚蠢) and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
Selfcontrol is man"s last greatest victory.
If a man lacks selfcontrol he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no selfconfidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks selfcontrol, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.
小题1:What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?
A.The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself. |
B.One"s moral freedom is based on the control of himself. |
C.To control oneself is the most difficult in one"s life. |
D.If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful. |
A.If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first. |
B.If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy. |
C.If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished. |
D.If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods. |
A.the very backbone and nerve of character |
B.the patience and power to control himself |
C.selfconfidence |
D.strong feelings |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
解析
试题分析:本文介绍了自控力在人生中的重要性。
小题1:推理题:根据第一段最后一句“Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral (道德上的) freedom”如果一个人被情感和冲动所支配,那么他就放弃了道德上的自由,由此可知一个人的道德自由就是建立在自控的基础上。故选B。
小题2:推理题:根据第二段中 “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad”上帝若想毁灭一个人,必先使其发狂,以及最后一句“for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault”狂怒会导致错误,可知如果你总是脾气失控了,会带来自身的灭亡。故选C。
小题3:推理题:根据文章最后一段内容可知当人失控时,提到了no patience, no power to govern himself, no selfconfidence,缺少the very backbone and nerve of character,因为他总是被强烈的感情(strong feelings)控制的。故选D。
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试题【“The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquere】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
A recent report says we spend an average of two hours and 40 minutes each day looking at a smart phone. That doesn’t mean making calls, but playing phone games and browsing the Web.
Nowadays we always find people checking emails in a restaurant, taking a picture of the food when it arrives, or checking a message during a conversation instead of traditional communication. It’s no secret that our lives are being affected by our smart phones obsession.
However, this phenomenon has never been presented so vividly as in the short YouTube film I Forgot My Phone. Despite only being online for a few days, it"s already been viewed more than 10.5 million times. Whether it will be screened in the cinema remains to be seen.
Ironically, YouTube’s data show that the site gets a billion views per day from mobile devices, so a lot of those people watched it on their phones.
The short film, written by and starring actress Charlene Deguzman, shows groups of people in various social situations, the majority of whom are absorbed in their phones instead of the world around them. To a certain extent, we all do it.
小题1:People prefer a smart phone to a common one, because the latter only can help us ______.
A.check emails | B.send messages | C.find the destination | D.watch a video |
A.devotion | B.contribution | C.addiction | D.emotion |
A.People spend as average of two hours and 40 minutes each day using smart phones. |
B.The film hasn’t been put on in the cinema. |
C.The film is written by an actor named Charlene Deguzman. |
D.The film has already been viewed more than 105 million times in the first few days. |
A.encouraged | B.depressed | C.proud | D.satisfied |
Now I will tell you about which states I believe are the best to live in. California is a nice state. Northern California especially has very good weather. As for me, I enjoyed the time I spent in Massachusetts, Virginia and Mary land. These states have a lot of history and culture. The weather is not so perfect as that in California, but is still quite nice. My favourite of America is the Midwest. Middle America, I think, is home to the true American sense of values. Besides, there are many good universities, too.
Also you need to think about your likes and dislikes and then research the different areas. You like sunshine and hate snow? Then you probably won’t like the Midwest or even the Northeast. Open space, nature, peace and quiet? Then you’d better stay away from America’s larger cities. Are you interested in government? Then Washington D.C. is the only place for you. Whatever you decide, put some thought into it.
小题1:From the first paragraph we can infer that in the USA .
A.all colleges and universities lie in big cities |
B.all colleges and universities lie in beautiful places |
C.famous colleges and universities lie in nice places |
D.famous colleges and universities may not lie in nice places |
A. The climate
B. The scenery
C. The study condition
D. The living condition
小题3:The writer likes Middle America best because .
A.he feels the real character of the nation here |
B.the weather is fine here |
C.the life is full of excitement |
D.he likes sunshine and hates snow |
A.tells us something about American universities |
B.gives us some advice on studying in America |
C.lets us know about America |
D.describes the scenery of America |
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted learning is a great website for children, and I know several teachers who rely on it for materials for their classrooms. Most of the information is free, but for $20.00 per year, you can purchase a membership that allows you to have access to the site without the advertising. The pages here are great. There are colored pages and worksheets for toddlers(学步儿童) and school-age children. They focus on learning language, science, animals, geography, astronomy, explorers, music, art and nursery rhymes.
Starfall
Starfall is another good educational website for small children. Teachers often use this website in classrooms. It emphasizes reading skills for early learners. The website is aimed at first grade level learners, but it has tools that can help all children from pre-K to second grade. The website has reading activities, worksheets to download, and a store where you can purchase educational materials for your children.
Sesame Street Workshop
Kids love Sesame Street, and it is always educational. This is one of the funniest websites online for children because it is very well animated and has great sound effects. The website has games and stories for small kids, and they can create letters at the post office and mail them to their favorite characters.
Sprout Online
Sprout has features on its television network, which are just for children. There are games, colored pages, recipes, music, videos, sign language activities and exercise videos for children. There are also online activities based on Sprout television shows. These include Roary the Race Car, the Wiggles, the Mighty Jungle and many others.
These are just a few of many educational websites for children. Small children love to use computers, so help them find some websites that contain fun and learning at the same time.
小题1:What’s the purpose of the author in writing this passage?
A.To introduce some educational websites to parents for their kids. |
B.To let parents distinguish between good and bad websites. |
C.To attract the readers to download some useful information. |
D.To enrich young children’s spare time with some Internet games. |
A.With a membership, you can get the information for free. |
B.You can download materials you want for free with a membership. |
C.With a membership, you can have access to the site without the ads. |
D.You can look through more pages with a membership. |
A.Enchanted Learning. | B.Starfall |
C.Sesame Street Workshop. | D.Sprout Online. |
A.Because it has games and stories for young kids. |
B.Because children can mail letters to their favorite characters. |
C.Because it is always educational, and children love it.. |
D.Because it has great sound effects and animation. |
A.Enchanted Learning has reading activities and worksheets to download. |
B.Starfall is designed for learners from pre-K to second grade |
C.the Wiggles and the MightyJungle are not based on television shows. |
D.websites that involve joy and learning are beneficial to kids. |
“When a person goes on probation or parole he is supervised(监督) by an officer. The question is ‘what level of supervision is appropriate?’” said Berk. It used to be that parole officers used the person’s criminal record, and their judgment to make decisions.
“This research replaces those seat-of-the –pants calculations,” he said.
Technology helps determine level of supervision. On average there is one murder for every 100,000 people. Even among high-risk groups the murder rate is one in 100. Predicting such a rare event is very difficult, but advances in computer technology works.
Years ago, the researchers made a dataset of more than 60,000 various crimes. Using the software they developed, they found some much more likely to commit murder when paroled or probated. They could identify eight future murderers out of 100.
Berk’s software examines roughly two dozen variables(可变因素), from criminal record to geographic location. The type of crimes, and more importantly, the age at which that crime was committed, were two of the most predictive variables.
“People assume that if someone murdered then they will murder in the future,” said Berk. “ What really matters is what that person did as a young individual. Predicting future crimes sounds well. But we aren’t anywhere near being able to do that.”
“Berk’s scientific answer leaves policymakers with difficult questions. By labeling one group of people as high risk, and supervise them closely, there should be fewer murders, which the potential victims should be happy about. It also means that those high-risk individuals will be supervised more aggressively. For human rights advocates, that means punishing people who, most likely, will not commit a crime in the future,” said Bushway. “It comes down to a question of whether you would rather make these errors or those errors.”
小题1:The underlined words(in Para.3) probably mean___.
A.calculations based on subjective opinions |
B.calculations based on widespread voting |
C.calculations made by advanced technology |
D.calculations based on serious considering |
A.6.5. | B.13. | C.52. | D.65. |
A.the technology developed by Richard Berk will soon be widely used in the US |
B.the technology would not be widely accepted in the short term |
C.whether a person murders or not largely decided by his upbringing while young |
D.if a person murdered when he was fifty, he is sure to murder again while on probation |
A.positive | B.negative | C.objective | D.indifferent |
A.Closely Supervise Potential Murders |
B.Measures Taken to Prevent Criminal Behavior |
C.Technology Revolutionizes Judges’ Way of Working |
D.Software is Developed to Predict Criminal Behavior |
Charles Wiesenthal, who was born in Germany, designed and received a patent on a double-pointed needle that eliminated the need to turn the needle around with each stitch (缝合) in England in 1755. Other inventors of that time tried to develop a functional sewing machine, but each design had at least one serious imperfection. ,科Frenchman Barthelemy Thimonnier finally engineered a machine that really worked. However, he was nearly killed by a group of angry tailors when they burned down his garment factory. They feared that they would lose their jobs to the machine.
American inventor Elias Howe, born on July 9, 1819, was awarded a patent for a method of sewing that used thread from two different sources. Howe’s machine had a needle with an eye at the point, and it used the two threads to make a special stitch called a lockstitch. However, Howe faced difficulty in finding buyers for his machines in America. In frustration, he traveled to England to try to sell his invention there. When he finally returned home, he found that dozens of manufacturers were adapting his discovery for use in their own sewing machines.
Isaac Singer, another American inventor, was also a manufacturer who made improvements to the design of sewing machines. He invented an up-and-down-motion mechanism that replaced the side-to-side machines. He also developed a foot treadle(脚踏板) to power his machine. This improvement left the sewer’s hands free. Undoubtedly, it was a huge improvement of the hand-cranked machine of the past. Soon the Singer sewing machine achieved more fame than the others for it was more practical, it could be adapted to home use and it could be bought on hire-purchase. The Singer sewing machine became the first home appliance, and the Singer company became one of the first American multinationals.
However, Singer used the same method to create a lockstitch that Howe had already patented. As a result, Howe accused him of patent infringement(侵犯). Of course, Elias Howe won the court case, and Singer was ordered to pay Howe royalties(版税). In the end, Howe became a millionaire, not by manufacturing the sewing machine, but by receiving royalty payments for his invention.
小题1:Barthelemy Thimonnier’s garment factory was burned down because _____________.
A.people did not know how to put out the fire |
B.Elias Howe thought Thimonnier had stolen his invention |
C.the sewing machines was couldn’t work finally |
D.workers who feared the loss of their jobs to a machine set fire |
A.Singer is an American inventor and manufacturer. |
B.The Singer sewing company became more practical. |
C.The foot treadle helped to make the sewer’s hands free. |
D.Singer made improvements to the design of sewing machines. |
A.Because the judge was against Singer for his surly attitude. |
B.Because Howe had already patented the lockstitch used by Singer. |
C.Because Singer had borrowed money from Howe and never repaid it. |
D.Because Singer and Howe had both invented the same machine. |
A.A Stitch in Time Saves Nine |
B.The Case between Howe and Singer |
C.Patent Laws on the Sewing Machine |
D.The Early History of the Sewing Machine |
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