题目
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Vegetable gardeners agree that many home-grown vegetables picked at their best are superior to those vegetables purchased from markets. From spring through late fall, a well-planned and well-kept garden can prove a supply of fresh vegetables, thus increasing the nutrition of the family diet. Freezers make it possible to keep some of the vegetables to be enjoyed at a later date. Other vegetables can be stored for a few months in a cool area.
Having vegetables in the backyard makes home gardening appealing(吸收人的) for many people. In addition, vegetable gardening provides exercise and fun for both urban and suburban families.
Although the money spent for a garden may be little, one cannot escape the fact that gardening requires hard work and time. Many of the gardening tasks must be performed at times that are most inconvenient. Not doing jobs that should be done on a regular basis may result in failure and a negative feeling toward gardening.
One should not plant a garden that is too large for him to care for. A small, well-kept garden is more enjoyable and profitable than a large neglected one. Vegetables do well in full sunlight and need at least five or six hours of sun during the middle of the day. Too much shading results in poor plants and few vegetables. If possible, the garden should be near the house so the gardener can work in it at odd moments.
Soils for vegetables should be easily broken up and porous(能渗透的) for quick water drainage and good aeration(透气). A deep, fine, sandy good quality soil is best.
Usually the hoe owner has little choice in the soil type he can choose. Fortunately, many vegetables can be grown on poor soils if the soils are properly prepared.
小题1:Home-grown vegetables ___________.
A.can remain standing for a long time and need not be picked immediately. |
B.have to be eaten as soon as they are picked |
C.sell well in the market because of their good quality |
D.picked at the right moment are more nutritious than those bought from the market. |
A.it requires little money |
B.it is enjoyable and profitable |
C.they can work in the vegetable garden at odd moments |
D.it provides vegetables for the family all the year round. |
A.should be sunny | B.should be within walking distance |
C.should be large-sized | D.should consist of sandy soil |
A.Vegetable Gardening, an Escape from Boredom |
B.An Ideal Vegetable Garden |
C.Vegetable Gardening, a Worthwhile Activity |
D.The Best Soil for Growing Vegetables |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
小题1:细节题。本题考察考生对home-grown vegetables的认识。文章第二段第一句话说,在最佳时刻摘取的蔬菜比在超市购买的要好(superior),由此判断D为正确(这里表示为更有营养)。
小题2:推理题。本题根据第三段设问,种菜除了可以给人们带来物质上的享受之外,还能锻炼身体,提供乐趣。
小题3:细节题。文章第五段提到一个理想的菜园的标准:不能太大,可能的话不要离家太远,如果可以的话,土壤应该是透气好的沙土,还有一点那就是光照充足。四个选项里,B把一个非必要的条件说成了必要的,C是错误的,而D在最后一段也得到了排除。
小题4:主旨大意题。全文介绍了种菜的好处以及种菜要具备的条件,所以选择C,比较全面具体(在这个标题下,我们可以了解为什么它是ideal,也可以了解how to manage a vegetable garden)。而其他答案都是不全面的。
核心考点
试题【Vegetable gardening is the relaxing art and science of turning a love for growin】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Researchers used a cartoon cat Sylvester to study how language was reflected (反映) in the gestures people made. Dr. Sotaro Kita of the University of Bristol’s Department of Experimental Psychology (心理学), showed the cartoon to a group of native English, Japanese and Turkish speakers and then watched their gestures as they described the actions they had seen. He found speakers of the three different languages used different gestures to describe the same event, which appeared to reflect the way the structure of their languages expressed that event. For example, when describing a scene where the cat swings on a rope, the English speakers used gestures showing an arc trajectory (弧形轨迹) and the Japanese and Turkish speakers tended to use straight gestures showing the motion but not the arc.
Dr. Kita suggests this is because Japanese and Turkish have no proper verb to express the English meaning “to swing”. While English speakers use the arc gesture as their language can readily express the change of location and the arc-shaped trajectory, Japanese and Turkish speakers cannot as easily express the idea of movement with an arc trajectory so they use the straight gesture.
Dr. Kita said, “My research suggests that speakers of different languages cause different spatial (空间的) images of the same event in a way that matches the expressive possibilities of their own languages. In other words, language influences (影响) spatial thinking at the moment of speaking.”
68. 小题1:Researchers watched the gestures the people made because they wanted to know _____.
A.how language was reflected |
B.whether they could express the same idea |
C.whether they could describe what they had seen |
D.how the structure of language changed |
A.Japanese and Turkish people couldn’t express the meaning of “swing” |
B.English was obviously better than Japanese and Turkish |
C.no word in Japanese and Turkish could express some ideas of English |
D.every language had its own special way to describe things |
A.Differences between languages. |
B.Differences between gestures. |
C.How people use different gestures to express the same event. |
D.That language influences the way people think. |
I was coaching girls’ track in Iowa and there was a young discus(铁饼)thrower on the team with 36 potential(潜力). Here goes her story.
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At the end of our training 37 the district track meet, this discus thrower, Lucy, asked me if she 38 come to the school on Sunday for a little 39 training. I agreed. The year before, she had placed second at the district meet and 40 missed going to the state meet. She had won every discus event, 41 that district meet! And, her throws in the competitions had 42 been between 106’1” and 110’10”.
Something began to 43 me. Why couldn"t Lucy 44 to get the discus to 111 feet? I wondered if it was more a psychological barrier(心理的障碍) 45 a physical one. I decided to try something 46 . I made up my mind to 47 to Lucy.
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On Sunday, after her drills, I said, “Why don’t you throw five or six good ones for me to 48 ?” She began to throw again, but 49 were farther than what she had already thrown. But, I didn’t tell Lucy. As I was measuring the 50 one, I pulled out some more tape (量尺) and yelled out to her, “ Come to see this! This one is 51 ! ” It wasn’t. Lucy, thinking that this was a personal best, jumped wildly into the air in 52 .
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The next afternoon, at the district meet, Lucy 53 with a personal best throw of 114’10”! Just 24 hours after I had lied to her. However, this time she had 54 thrown the discus four feet further than she had ever thrown it before.
Sometimes we 55 our own barriers in our mind. So learn to take control of your mind.
21.A. little B. great C. no D. limited
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22.A. after B. during C. since D. before
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23.A. could B. must C. should D. would
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24.A. helpful B. extra C. real D. regular
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25.A. luckily B. completely C. narrowly D. probably
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26.A. except B. including C. despite D. with
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27.A sometimes B. always C. never D. seldom
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28.A. frighten B. please C. shock D. bother
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29.A. seem B. pretend C. need D. ask
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30.A. apart from B. rather than C. because of D. according to
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31.A. impossible B. familiar C. new D. easy
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32.A. lie B. turn C. reply D. call
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33.A. look B. measure C. match D. take
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34.A. many B. all C. some D. none
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35.A. worst B. closest C. first D. final
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36.A. higher B. farther C. bigger D. longer
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37.A. excitement B. anxiety C. puzzlement D. anger
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38.A. disappeared B. lost C. won D. arrived
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39.A. actually B. hardly C. nearly D. only
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40.A. break B. remove C. take D. set
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This finding suggests that taking steps to prevent northern forest fires to limit the release of greenhouse gases may warm the climate in northern regions. Usually large fires destroyed forests in these areas over the past decade. Scientists predict that with climate warming, fires may occur more frequently over the next several centuries as a result of a longer fire season. Sunlight taken in by the earth tends to cause warming, while heat mirrored back into space tends to cause cooling.
This is the first study to analyze all aspects of how northern fires influence climate. Earlier studies by other scientists have suggested that fire in northern regions speed up climate warming because greenhouse gases from burning trees and plants are released into the atmosphere and thus trap heat.
Scientists found that right after the fire, large amounts of greenhouse gases entered the atmosphere and caused warming. Ozone(臭氧) levels increased, and ash from the fire fell on far-off sea ice, darkening the surface and causing more radiation from the sun to be taken in. The following spring, however, the land within the area of the fire was brighter than before the fire, because fewer trees covered the ground. Snow on the ground mirrored more sunlight back into space, leading to cooling.
“We need to find out all possible ways to reduce the growth of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” Scientists tracked the change in the amount of radiation entering and leaving the climate system as a result of the fire, and found a measurement closely related to the global air temperature. Typically, fire in northern regions occurs in the same area every 80 to 150 years. Scientists, however, found that when fire occurs more frequently, more radiation is lost from the earth and cooling results. Specifically, they determined when fire returns 20 years earlier than predicted, 0.5 watts per square meter of area burned are soaked up by the earth from greenhouse gases, but 0.9 watts per square meter will be sent back into space. The net effect is cooling. Watts are used to measure the rate at which energy is gained or lost from the earth.
小题1:According to the new findings, taking steps to prevent northern forest fires may __________.
A.result in a warming climate |
B.cause the forest fires to occur more frequently |
C.lead to a longer fire season |
D.protect the forests and the environment there |
A.large amounts of greenhouse gases enter the atmosphere |
B.the levels of ozone which is a type of oxygen increase |
C.snow on the ground mirrors more sunlight back into space |
D.ashes from the fire fall on the ice surface and take in more radiation from the sun |
A.analyze all aspects of how northern fires influence climate |
B.indicate that forest fires will pollute the atmosphere |
C.suggest that people should take measures to protect environment |
D.suggest that the fires will speed up climate warming |
A.released | B.absorbed | C.created | D.distributed |
A.warm the climate as the supposition goes |
B.allow more snow to reflect more sunlight into space and thus cool the climate |
C.destroy large areas of forests and pollute the far-off sea ice |
D.help to gain more energy rather than release more energy |
Merzenich has developed a computer-based training method to speed up the process(过程) in which the brain deals with information (positscience.com). Since much of the data we receive comes through speech, the Brain Fitness Program works with language and hearing to better speed and accuracy (准确性).
Over the course of training, the program starts asking you to distinguish (辨别) sounds (between "dog" and "bog", for example) at an increasingly faster speed. It"s a bit like tennis instructor, says Merzenich, hitting balls at you ~faster and faster to keep you challenged(受到挑战). You may start out slow, but before long you"re pretty quick.
The biggest finding in brain research in the last ten years is that the brain at any age is highly plastic. If you ask your brain to learn, it will learn. And it may even speed up while in the process.
To keep your brain young and plastic you can do one of a million new activities that challenge and excite you: playing table tennis or bridge, doing crossword puzzles, learning a language.... "When it comes to preventing ageing, you really do "use it or lose it" ," says Barbara Sahakian, professor at Cambridge University.
小题1:Dr. Merzenich’s training method mainly depends on ________.
A.speech training | B.computer languages |
C.the activities one joins in | D.the information being dealt with |
A.used | B.mastered | C.developed | D.researched |
A.Practice makes a quick mind. |
B.Brain research started ten yeas ago. |
C.Dr. Merzenich is a scientist in computer, |
D.People believed nothing could stop the brain slowing down. |
A.The training methods work better for the old. |
B.People should use the brain to stop it from ageing. |
C.The training of the brain should start at an early age. |
D. It"s necessary to take part in as many activities as possible. |
People also tend to forget magic"s failures and to be impressed by its surface successes. They may consider magic successful if it appears to work only 10 per cent of the time. Even when magic fails, people often explain the failure without doubting the power of the magic. They may say that the magician made a mistake in reciting the spell or that another magician cast a more powerful spell against the magician.
Many anthropologists(人类学家) believe that people have faith in magic because they feel a need to believe in it. People may turn to magic to reduce their fear and uncertainty if they feel they have no control over the outcome of a situation. For example, farmers use knowledge and skill when they plant their fields. But they know that weather, insects, or diseases might ruin the crops. So farmers in some societies may also plant a charm or perform a magic rite to ensure a good harvest.
小题1:From the passage, we can learn that the writer of the passage may be _______.
A.a hunter | B.a farmer | C.a magician | D.an anthropologist |
A.Magic and Hunting. | B.Magic and Farming. |
C.Why Magic Works? | D.Why People Believe in Magic? |
A.magic words. | B.magic events. | C.words or expressions | D.magicians. |
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