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We’d just finished John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. When we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did I. “Are you crying?” one girl asked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look. “I am,” I told her, “and the funny thing is I’ve read it many times.”
But they understood. When George shoots Lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen. In my 14 years of teaching in a New York City public middle school, I’ve taught kids with imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parents themselves; kids who are homeless; kids who grew up in violent neighborhoods. They understand, more than I ever will, the novel’s terrible logic—the giving way of dreams to fate (命运).
For the last seven years, I have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic works of literature(文学) with small groups of students from grades six to eight. I originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high school—one that often attracts the literary-minded (有文学头脑的) children of Manhattan’s upper classes—into a less competitive school. The daughter of immigrants (移民), with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates. I thought additional “cultural capital” could help students like her develop better in high school, where they would unavoidably meet, perhaps for the first time, students who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents had earned Ph.D.’s.
Along with Of Mice and Men, my groups read: Sounder, The Red Pony, Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. The students didn’t always read from the expected point of view. About The Red Pony, one student said, “it"s about being a man, it’s about manliness (男子气概).” I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth, nor had I heard Lady Macbeth’s soliloquies (独白) read as raps, but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious. Once introduced to Steinbeck’s writing, one boy went on to read The Grapes of Wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that “all these people hate each other, and they’re all white.” His historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening. Year after year, former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes.
Year after year, however, we are increasing the number of practice tests. We are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch (碰撞) but for text complexity. Yet, we cannot enrich the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts. We are teaching them that words do not amaze but confuse. We may succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach them that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.
小题1:The underlined words in Paragraph 1 probably mean that a book helps to________.
A.realize our dreams |
B.give support to our life |
C.smooth away difficulties |
D.awake our emotions |
A.Because they spent much time reading it. |
B.Because they had read the novel before. |
C.Because they came from a public school. |
D.Because they had similar life experiences. |
A.she was a literary-minded girl |
B.her parents were immigrants |
C.she couldn’t fit in with her class |
D.her father was then in prison |
A.creatively | B.passively | C.repeatedly | D.carelessly |
A.introduce classic works of literature |
B.advocate teaching literature to touch the heart |
C.argue for equality among high school students |
D.defend the current testing system |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
解析
试题分析:这篇文章通过作者的教书经历指出教文学一定要触及心灵,不要只停留于文字表面。
小题1:根据When we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did I.故选D。
小题2:根据They understand, more than I ever will, the novel’s terrible logic—the giving way of dreams to fate (命运).故答案应为D。
小题3:根据The daughter of immigrants (移民), with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates.故选C。
小题4:根据Once introduced to Steinbeck’s writing, one boy went on to read The Grapes of Wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that “all these people hate each other, and they’re all white.” His historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening.故选A。
小题5:根据全文内容以及We are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch (碰撞) but for text complexity. Yet, we cannot enrich the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts. We are teaching them that words do not amaze but confuse. We may succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach them that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them,故选B。
点评:本题型考查了对文章段落或某一板块的理解概括能力。先阅读问题,然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。在词义与句义理解的基础上,结合上下文总结归纳某一段或几段的大意,对于把握文章主旨,分析全文结构都是至关重要的。
核心考点
试题【Franz Kafka wrote that “A book must be the ax(斧子)for the frozen sea inside us.” 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Friends of the Earth (FOE) campaigns on a range of problems including rainforests, the countryside, water and air pollution and energy. Friends of the Earth International Secretariat P. O. Box 19199 1000 G. D. Amsterdam The Netherlands | Greenpeace uses peaceful but direct action to defend the environment. It campaigns to protect rainforests and sea animals, stop global warming and end pollution of air, land and seas. It also opposes nuclear (核) power. Greenpeace International 1016 DW Amsterdam The Netherlands |
BirdLife international is an organization which works to save endangered birds all over the world BirdLife International Wellbrook Court Girton Road Cambridge CB3 ONA England | WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature is the world’s largest private international organization for the protection of nature and endangered species. Information Officer WWF International Avenue du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland Switzerland |
A.call them | B.write them a letter |
C.visit them | D.send them an e-mail |
A.Overhunting ocean animals. |
B.Killing endangered birds. |
C.Heavy air pollution. |
D.Global warming. |
A.Friends of the Earth |
B.World Wide Fund For Nature |
C.BirdLife International |
D.Greenpeace |
A.It helps to protect nature and save endangered animals. |
B.It is the world’s largest international organization. |
C.It works for private companies and rich people. |
D.It is a private organization in the United States. |
A.Endangered animals |
B.Global traffic problems |
C.Environmental protection organizations |
D.Natural beauty |
The extent of the disaster in an earthquake depends on many factors. If you carefully build a toy house with an erect set (坚立架), it will still stand no matter how much you shake the table. But if you build a toy house with a pack of cards, a slight shake of the table will make it fall. An earthquake in Agadir was not strong, but it completely destroyed the city. Many stronger earthquakes have done comparatively little damage. If a building is well constructed and built on solid ground, it will resist an earthquake. Most deaths in earthquakes have been due to faulty building construction or poor building sites. A third and very serious factor is panic. When people rush out into narrow streets, more deaths will result.
There is one type of earthquake disaster that little can be done about. This is the disaster caused by seismic (地震的) sea waves, or tsunamis (海啸). These are often called tidal waves, but the name is incorrect. They had nothing to do with tides. In certain areas, earthquakes take place beneath the sea. These submarine earthquakes sometimes give rise to seismic sea waves. The waves are not noticeable out at sea because of their long wave length. But when they roll into harbors, they pile up into walls of water 6 to 60 feet high. The Japanese call them “tsunamis” meaning “harbor waves”, because they reach a sizable (相当大的) height only in harbors.
Tsunamis travel fairly slowly, at speeds up to 500 miles an hour. An earthquake warning system is in use to warn all shores likely to be reached by the waves. But this only enables people to leave the threatened shores for higher ground: There is no way to stop the oncoming wave.
小题1:Which of the following can NOT be concluded from the passage?
A.The number of earthquakes is closely related to the depth. |
B.Roughly the same number of earthquakes occur each year. |
C.Earthquakes are impossible at depths over 460 miles. |
D.Earthquakes are most likely to occur near the surface. |
A.faulty building construction |
B.an earthquake’s strength |
C.widespread panic in earthquakes |
D.ineffective instruments |
A.their high speed |
B.the wide shores |
C.their silent movements |
D.their long wave length |
A.help reduce fear |
B.find ways to stop them |
C.be warned early enough |
D.develop warning systems |
A.two | B.five | C.four | D.three |
First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. A computer will send the program directly to the television. On TV screen appear holograms(全息图), which are pictures with certain height, width and depth. We will be able to see, smell and touch the things that we see on television.
Water has become one of our most serious problems. Agriculture is changing and people are growing more fruit and vegetables to export. Demand for water will increase ten times in 2050. Some futurologists predict that water will be the cause of war if we don’t act now.
In transport, cars will run on new fuels and go very fast. A car will have computers to control its speed and there won’t be any accidents. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the earth in about three hours. People will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo by space plane in just half an hour.
In the field of technology, robots will have replaced people in factories. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere. They do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day.
Medicine technology will have conquered many diseases by 2050; we will be able to help blind and deaf people see again and hear again. Scientists have discovered how to control genes. They have already produced clones of animals and will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have. If you want all this to come true, you should study science and technology hard.
小题1:What is the main difference between today’s and 2050’s TV?
A.We can use a computer to turn off the TV set. |
B.We can talk with the characters appearing on TV. |
C.We can choose whatever we like to see on TV. |
D.We can touch the things we see on TV. |
A.Technology. | B.Medicine. | C.Movies. | D.Agriculture. |
A.The lack of water. | B.The less farmland. |
C.The shortage of robots. | D.The more space planes. |
A.people will spend less time in studying |
B.more and more people needn’t go to school |
C.people will have more time to relax or rest |
D.no patients will be found in the world |
Artistic roller skates are made up of a leather boot, very strong sole plate, and a jump bar that adds extra force. The boot sits a few inches above the ankle, providing more support for the foot.
Jam Skates
Jam skates are the most different roller skates because of their special low-cut design and lack of toe stop. That’s right: there is no brake. But the original jam skate design was different, resembling an artistic skate. Jam skating is more about personal expression rather than speed skating. The free-flowing movements of jam skating have been given many names. But regardless of its name, jam skating has always been about expression and passion.
Speed Skates
A speed skate resembles a shoe. The cut of the boot is lower. Speed skates typically offer lightweight plates to reduce exhaustion for skating long distances. Jam skates have preferred speed skates because they offer a similar design and freedom of movement. The most obvious difference is that a speed skate features a toe stop, unlike a jam skate that uses a toe plug.
Rhythm Skates
Rhythm skates are similar to jam skates. The difference between them lies in the boot design. In fact, the boot design looks very similar to an artistic skate, essentially providing you with the ankle support benefits of an artistic skate, but the freedom of movement of a jam skate. If you want a skate that allows you to move to the beat, which added ankle support, the rhythm skate is the ideal choice.
小题1:Which of the following is NOT a feature of jam skates?
A.They have no brake |
B.They lack a toe stop |
C.They have no toe plug. |
D.They have a unique, low-cut design. |
A.Rhythm skates | B.Jam skates | C.Speed skates | D.Artistic skates |
A.they have a high boot cut |
B.they allow free-flowing movement. |
C.they are able to stabilize the foot |
D.they can help jam skates reduce tiredness. |
A.They both offer some support for the ankles. |
B.They both have a similar boot design. |
C.They are both suitable for free-flowing movement. |
D.They are both about personal expression and passion. |
A.The original jam skate design has hardly changed. |
B.The original jam skate design was similar to an artistic skate. |
C.Jam skates have gradually become a type of speed skate. |
D.Jam skating has many names because it’s about expression and passion. |
The next generation of the robots will be wireless, and will explore inside your body on their own--- not attached to any cables. For now, they are powered by cables that humans control. Experts say the day is coming when some robots will roam around the body on their own. But the experts in robotics say the new creations work best when they are designed for very specific tasks.
Howie Choset has been researching and building robots, particularly snake robots. He believes that his snake robot and others like it can help reduce medical costs by making complex surgery faster and easier. Choset says his new design is smaller and more flexible than earlier models.
The size of surgical robots allows surgeons to operate with far less damage to the body, helping the patient heal faster. Choset has also built larger snake robots designed for search and rescue, or just exploration. They can climb poles and trees and then look around through a camera in the head and slither through places that humans cannot reach.
“ We sent our snake robots into these caves in the Red Sea to look for evidence of ancient Egyptian ships,” he said. “ To me, archeology is like search and rescue, but everyone has been dead for 5,000 years.”
The doctors are very excited about the potential for surgical robots to do things that humans can’t do. The variety of sensors available for surgical robots keeps expanding. As they get smaller, maybe one day they will be able to test chemicals or blood in the body, or even the electrical connections in nerves.
小题1:What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A.The doctors carry out surgery using snake robots mainly for heart disease. |
B.The doctors are very satisfied with the new snake robots during surgery. |
C.Snake robots are completely free of human control today. |
D.Other supplementary appliances will be added to snake robots. |
A.Snake robots are only used in the medical field. |
B.Snake robots can reduce the patients’ medical costs. |
C.Scientists are uncertain about the prospects for snake robots. |
D.Scientists are forced to spend a lot of time researching snake robots. |
A.When they carry tiny cameras, scissors and forceps. |
B.When they are operated by experienced doctors. |
C.When they are given a wireless function. |
D.When they are designed for particular tasks. |
A.He thought snake robots of different sizes can be used for different types of surgery. |
B.He thought patients’ pain had been slightly reduced with the help of snake robots. |
C.He also made snake robots for search, rescue and exploration. |
D.He is very interested in researching ancient Egyptian ships. |
A.optimistic | B.doubtful | C.objective | D.negative |
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