题目
题型：不详难度：来源：
There are 39 independent(独立的) colleges at Oxford, attracting students and learned men from across the world. There are over 100 libraries for the students and learned men to use. At University of Oxford, they also provide a number of money for the best students. Of course, if you want to study here, first you have to reach a certain level of English language.
College life at Oxford is very exciting but busy. The groups of college provide a friendly and welcoming home for students while the college are strict with students about their studies. Many Chinese students are studying here. The number of Chinese students at the university has grown quickly over the past 10 years.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（共3小题，每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）
小题1:What do you have to do first if you want to ask fir studying at Oxford? You have to________.
| A．be independent |
| B．pass a certain level test of English language |
| C．study English hard |
| D．be the best students |
| A．excitement; much school work to do |
| B．excitement; no school work to do |
| C．attraction; no school work to do |
| D．attraction; a little school work to do |
| A．The College Life |
| B．The Famous Learners at Oxford |
| C．The Chinese Students at Oxford |
| D．The University of Oxford |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
解析
试题分析：本文介绍了世界著名的牛津大学的情况，有39个独立的学院，有100多个图书馆，供学生借阅书籍，但是要想进入这个大学英语需要达到一定的水平。中国的许多学生在这里学习。
小题1:细节理解题。根据if you want to study here, first you have to reach a certain level of English language.英语必须达标，故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据College life at Oxford is very exciting but busy.学生的学习有趣，但是作业多，故选A。
小题3:标题归纳题。根据University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world ，综观全文是介绍的牛津大学的情况，故选D。
点评：标题归纳题时还要遵循三个原则，即注意题的醒目性、概括性和针对性。醒目性——我们所判断的标题如果放在文章的最前面，应该能使读者一看到标题就对其内容发生兴趣，即，吸引读者的眼球；概括性——指标题应最大限度地覆盖全文，囊括文章的主要内容，体现文章的主题；针对性——我们所选的标题不能偏题，必须指向具体文意，因此也应具备强烈的针对性。
核心考点
试题【University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
The study, conducted by neuroscientists （神经学家）and psychologist from the University of Maryland, concluded that women talked more because they had more of the Foxp2 protein. The research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, found that higher levels were found among humans that were women but in rats that were males. Their findings came after it was previously claimed that ladies speak about 20,000 words a day – over 13,000 more than men. "This study is one of the first to report a sex difference in the expression of a language-associated protein in humans or animals,” said Prof Margaret McCarthy, who led the study. In their study, the researchers attempted to determine what might make male rats more vocal than their female friends.
They separated four-day-old rats from their mothers and then counted the number of times they cried out in the “ultrasonic range”, the frequencies higher than humans can hear, over five minutes. While both sexes called out hundreds of cries, the males called out twice as often, they found. But when the pups were returned to their mother’s cage, she fussed over her sons first. Tests conducted on the parts of the brain known to be associated with vocalcalls showed the male pups have up to twice as much Foxp2 protein as the females. The researchers then increased the production in the brains of female pups and reduced it in males. This led to the female rats crying out more often and their mothers showing more interest to them. In contrast, males became less “talkative”.
The researchers then tested samples from ten children, aged between three and five, which showed that females had up to 30 per cent more of the Foxp2 protein than males, in a brain area key to language in humans.
“Based on our observations, we assume higher levels of Foxp2 in girls and higher levels of Foxp2 in male rats is an indication that Foxp2 protein levels are associated with the more communicative sex,” said Prof McCarthy.
"Our results imply Foxp2 as a component of the neurobiological basis of sex differences in vocal communication in mammals."
小题1:From the second paragraph, we can learn that ________.
| A．women always speak more words than men |
| B．men and male rats have low levels of language protein |
| C．women and male rats have similar levels of Foxp2 |
| D．McCarthy isn’t the first to find females more talkative |
| A．paid attention to | B．related to | C．put pressure on | D．counted on |
| A．test which part of the brain is key to language in rats and humans |
| B．prove the levels of Foxp2 protein in humans and rats are different |
| C．determine the reason why female rats are more talkative than male rats |
| D．discover the association between Foxp2protein and vocal communication |
| A．Tests on humans and rats | B．Why women are the talkative sex |
| C．Sex differences in Foxp2 protein | D．Foxp2 protein determines oral ability |
Speaking, of course can"t go without listening．If you want to pronounce a word correctly, first you must hear it correctly．The sounds of Chinese and English languages are not exactly the same．If you don"t listen carefully, you"ll find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakers．
Well, what about writing﹖ Like speaking, it"s to exchange ideas．People usually use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writing．
The important thing is to make your idea clear in your mind and then to write it in a clear lively language．
Chinese students read too slowly．If you read fast, you understand better．If you read too slowly by the time you have reached to the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about．When you meet with new words don"t look them up in the dictionary．Guess the meaning to form the context. You may not guess quite correctly the first time but as new words appear again and again in different context their meaning will become clearer and clearer. If you look up every word you"ll never finish a book．
Students of a foreign language need a particular knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose language they"re studying. They should study those subjects in the foreign language not only in translation．In this way one can kill two birds with one stone: learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time．
小题1:In England Lenin ．
| A．could be understood by Englishmen |
| B．could understand Englishmen |
| C．and Englishmen couldn"t understand each other |
| D．and Englishmen could understand each other |
| A．how to speak English |
| B．how to read and write |
| C．why English people couldn"t understand the Lenins |
| D．spoken English is important |
| A．how to guess the meaning of the words |
| B．how to read fast |
| C．how to look up new words in the dictionary |
| D．how to read carefully |
| A．to get some particular knowledge |
| B．to get more than what one pays |
| C．the stone is very useful |
| D．the birds are blind enough |
| A．to kill two birds with one stone |
| B．to learn two languages at the same time |
| C．to study all the subjects in a foreign language |
| D．to get some knowledge of the foreign country whose language we are studying |
A Winter Adventure
Beep, beep. Beep-beep: the alarm clock rang. Slowly, I got out of warm bed down onto the wooden floor which the winter had thrown its cold upon. The bitter cold temperature penetrated （穿透）my socks and I hurried to put my feet in shoes.
Looking out of the window, I watched the white snow, soft and thick, drop onto rooftops and trees. Half an hour later, finishing the last of my hot chocolate, I prepared to enter the adventure that waited for me outside. I buttoned my jacket and fastened my boots. Hat on, I opened the door and was greeted by the winter coldness.
In the depths of winter, the early morning did not have the rush of the rest of the year. Most of my neighbours were put off by the cold, and stayed in bed until the sun had climbed higher into the sky.
Unseen by those who remained locked inside their homes, warm in their beds, I enjoyed being alone with the beauty of the wintertime. Those indoors were unable to appreciate the snow-scapes, ice crystals, frost and the crisp（清新的）breeze. For them, the coming of winter meant just the arrival of the cold.
Appreciation depends on contrasts. One cannot love the warmth of April if one has not known the freezing cold of winter. Later that year, the heat of the sun on my skin would be all the more wonderful for my memories of that cold morning and others like it.
小题1:The underlined word “adventure” refers to____________.
| A．getting out of bed on the cold winter morning. |
| B．enjoying the loveliness of the winter outdoors |
| C．going skiing on the cold winter morning |
| D．throwing snowballs with friends. |
| A．didn’t work in winter | B．stayed up late in winter |
| C．missed the beauty of winter | D．enjoyed the seasons except winter |
| A．Of all the seasons, the writer loves winter most. |
| B．The writer regrets that he went out on the freezing cold winter morning. |
| C．The writer believes contrast makes our experiences of the seasons lovelier. |
| D．The writer values the autumn and summer more than the winter |
| A．To share some winter thoughts with readers. |
| B．To show readers how to work on a winter story. |
| C．To inspire readers to take more exercise in winter |
| D．To tell readers how to appreciate the beauty of winter. |
You might find it hard to believe that you could actually "print" an object like you would a picture. But it is not that hard to understand how it would work. Just as a traditional printer sprays (喷) ink onto paper line by line, modern 3-D printers spread material onto a surface layer by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape.
Instead of ink, the materials the 3-D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin (树脂)and certain metals. The thinner each layer is --- from a millimeter to less than the width of a hair --- the smoother and finer the object will be.
This may sound like a completely new technology, but the truth is that 3-D printing has been around since the late 1980s. Back then, it was barely affordable for most people, so few knew about it.
Last year, though, saw a big change in the 3-D printing industry--- printers became much cheaper. For example, 10 years ago a desktop 3-D printer might have cost £20,000 (200,000 yuan), while now they cost only about £ 1,000, according to the BBC.
Taken out of the factory and introduced to more diverse and common uses, 3-D printing can create just about anything you can think of ---flutes (笛子), bikinis, jewelry, aircraft parts and even human organs. In fact, scientists from Cornell University in New York have just made an artificial ear using a 3-D printer, according to Science Daily. The fake ear looks and acts exactly like a natural one.
However, as 3-D printing becomes more commonplace, it may bring about certain problems --- such as piracy. "Once you can download a coffee maker, or print out a new set of kitchen utensils (餐具) on your personal 3-D printer, who will visit a retail (零售的) store again?" an expert in 3-D printing told Forbes News. Even more frightening, what if anyone in the world could use a 3-D printer to print out a fully functioning gun?
小题1:According to the article, in the future, the 3-D printing technology will ___.
| A．enable people to make better purchases online |
| B．be applied as widely in our daily lives as computers |
| C．change the way we make many products |
| D．shorten the time it takes for people to get what they buy online |
| A．The 3-D printing technology was taken out ofthe factory. |
| B．The 3-D printer became more affordable forconsumers. |
| C．The 3-D printer was used for medical treatmentfor the first time. |
| D．3-D printing technology began to be used invarious fields. |
| A．By analyzing a cause and an effect. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By giving examples. | D．By presenting research findings. |
| A．Printing out everything | B．Technology in the future |
| C．Online shopping disappearing | D．Great demand for 3-D printers |
The study results also indicate that pessimism can be linked to increased risk for sudden death from accidents or violence, according to the report published in the March issue of Psychological Science.
Christopher Peterson of the University of Michigan and his colleagues analyzed data from the Terman Life-Cycle Study, which began by studying California public-school children with high IQs in 1921 and followed them through their life. Most of the 1,528 children were teenagers when the study began. Those still living are now in their 80s. In 1936 and 1940, participants were asked to complete a questionnaire designed to obtain information about difficult life events and their effect on overall outlook. One such question was, “What do you regard as your most serious fault of personality or character?”
Pessimists were defined as fatalistic(宿命论的)people who tend to blame themselves when things go wrong and who believe that one bad event can ruin the rest of their life. They also tend to expect bad things to happen to them and feel that they have little or no ability to change their situation.
Males were more likely than females to be classified as pessimistic. Compared with individuals with a more cheerful and optimistic outlook, pessimists were more likely to die from accidents and violence (including suicide).
A pessimistic personality may lead to poor problem-solving ability, social difficulties and risky decision-making. Taken together, these variables put the pessimist at higher risk of untimely(不适时的) death, say the researchers. Such a person is less likely to avoid or escape potentially dangerous situations, the researchers concluded. “A pessimistic way of thinking in which people worry too much about bad events, predicts untimely death decades later,” according to Peterson.
小题1:According to the passage, you may be a pessimistic person, if one failure makes you feel________.
| A．other people have been unfair to you. |
| B．other people will help you. |
| C．you cannot change a bad situation. |
| D．you can do better next time. |
| A．helpless when faced with difficulties. |
| B．cheerful when faced with troubles. |
| C．hopeless when one bad event occurs. |
| D．guilty when things go wrong. |
| A．Pessimists believe that everything in life depends on fate. |
| B．There are more pessimists among women than among men. |
| C．Most pessimists will end up committing suicide. |
| D．All pessimists will eventually die from accidents. |
| A．people over 70 years old. |
| B．people since their childhood. |
| C．pessimistic people over 80 years old. |
| D．only younger people. |
| A．will die from violence if they learn to be optimistic. |
| B．will more likely die from violence than optimistic people. |
| C．will die from violence because their IQs are low. |
| D．will die untimely if they are not able to learn to be cheerful and optimistic. |
最新试题
- 1若a+b=0，则=（ ）
- 2我国在经济发展过程中出现了一系列问题：如资源短缺，环境污染，生态破坏等，要解决这些问题必须A．把GDP作为衡量经济建设成
- 3短文填空： 根据上下文和括号里的汉语提示，在下面短文的空白处写出正确的单词或短语，使短文意思完整。
- 4【题文】中新社北京9月21日电：距离2008年北京奥运会开幕还有1 417天，今晚18时，位于天安门广场东侧国家博物馆门
- 5全面建设小康社会的目标，是中国特色社会主义经济、政治、文化全面发展的目标，实现这一目标在经济建设方面的要求有①人均国内生
- 6设{an}是等差数列，a1＞0，a2007+a2008＞0，a2007•a2008＜0，则使Sn＞0成立的最大自然数n是
- 7阅读理解。 The teacher who did the most to encourage me was,
- 8关于光路可逆性原理下列说法正确的是（ ）A．只有在光的直线传播过程中遵守B．只有在镜面反射中遵守C．漫反射不遵守D．光
- 9求方程2x2+3=22x-4的二次项系数，一次项系数及常数项的积．
- 10计算机的存储单位有：字节B，千字节KB，兆字节MB，1MB=1024KB，1KB=1024B，两个字节相当于一个汉字，那
热门考点
- 1He is a table tennis player Wang Tao.A、call
- 2已知等差数列{an}，若a1+a2=4，a3+a4=16，则该数列的公差为（ ）A．2B．3C．6D．7
- 3如果黄赤交角变大 ( )A．五带范围不变 B．热带范围将变大C．温带的范围变大D．寒带的范围将变小
- 4观察下列各式：12+1=1×2，22+2=2×3，32+3=3×4，…，请你将猜测到的规律用含自然数n（n≥1 ）的等式
- 5已知梯形中位线长为5cm，面积为20cm2，则高是（ ）A．2cmB．4cmC．6cmD．8cm
- 6计算（1-x-1x+1）•（x2-1）的结果是______．
- 7唐朝时期成就最高、影响最大的三位诗人按年龄大小排列顺序，正确的是[ ]A．杜甫—李白—白居易B．白居易—李白—杜
- 8已知a=，b=，用含a、b的代数式表示，这个代数式是 [ ]A.a+b B.ab C.10a D.2b
- 9写出下列各句的问题。1. My name is Dale.______________________________
- 10用所给单词的适当形式填空。1. Mr Green buys many ______ (toy) for his litt