Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order．A baby giraffe falls 10 feet from its mother"s
womb (子宫) and usually lands on its 1_．Within seconds it rolls over and tucks(缩拢) its legs
under its body．Gary Richmond describes how a newborn giraffe learns it first 2 in his book,
A View from the Zoo．
The mother giraffe 3 her head long enough to take a quick look．Then she _4 herself
directly over her calf．She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most 5 thing．She
swings her long leg outward and kicks her baby．
If the baby giraffe doesn"t 6 , the violent process is repeated over and over again．The _7
to rise is very important．As the baby calf grows 8 , the mother kicks it again to stimulate(激励)
its efforts．Finally, the calf stands for the first time on its 9 legs．
Then mother giraffe does the most remarkable thing．She kicks it off its feet again． 10 ?
She wants it to remember how it got up．In the wild, baby giraffes must be able to get up as 11
as possible to stay with the herd(鹿群), where there is 12 ．Wild animals and hunting dogs all 13
young giraffes, and calves would be punished if the mother didn"t 14 her calf to be watchful and
get up quickly．
Irving Stone 15 this．He spent a lifetime studying 16 , writing novelized biographies of
such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, and Charles Darwin．
Stone was once asked if he had found a 17 that runs through the lives of all these exceptional
people．He said, "They are 18 over the head, knocked down, and for years they still get 19 ．
But every time they are knocked down, they stand up．You cannot 20 these people.And at the
end of their lives they"ve accomplished some modest part of what they set out to do．
( )2．A．look
( )3．A．raises
( )4．A．throws
( )5．A．difficult
( )6．A．get up
( )7．A．demand
( )8．A．excited
( )9．A．strong
( )10．A．Why
( )11．A．slowly
( )12．A．danger
( )13．A．hate
( )14．A．teach
( )15．A．accepted
( )16．A．kindness
( )17．A．history
( )18．A．injured
( )19．A．nowhere
( )20．A．change
B．move
B．lowers
B．finds
B．greedy
B．work on
B．struggle
B．worried
B．dusty
B．When
B．quickly
B．love
B．punish
B．urge
B．remembered
B．greatness
B．record
B．beaten
B．anywhere
B．support
C．lesson
C．pulls
C．points
C．unreasonable
C．lie down
C．request
C．surprised
C．weak
C．Where
C．carefully
C．silence
C．enjoy
C．remind
C．declared
C．nature
C．thread
C．killed
C．everywhere
C．blame
D．class
D．draws
D．positions
D．uncreative
D．come up
D．failure
D．tired
D．short
D．Which
D．frequently
D．safety
D．watch
D．allow
D．understood.
D．expectation
D．means
D．hurt.
D．somewhere
D．destroy
that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child"s low self-control
can predict poor health,money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.
Researchers have been studying this group of children for decades now. They observed the
level of self-control the youngsters displayed. Parents,teachers,even the kids themselves,scored
the youngsters on measures like "acting before thinking" and "Persistence in reaching goals."
The study led by Moffitt of Duke University and colleagues followed 1,000 children from
birth to age 32 in Dunedin,New Zealand.
"The children who had the lowest self-control when they were age three to ten,later on had
the most health problems in their 30s," Moffitt said,"and they had the worst financial situation.
They were more likely to have a criminal record and to be raising a child as a single parent on a
very low income. Moffitt explained that self-control problems were widely observed,and weren"t
just a feature of a small group of misbehaving kids.
Moffitt said it"s still unclear why some children have better self-control than others,though she
said other researchers have found that it"s mostly a learned- behavior,with relatively little genetic
influence. But good self-control can be set to run in families because children with good
self-control are more likely to grow up to be healthy and prosperous parents. But the good news,
Moffitt said,is that self-control can be taught by parents,and through school curricula that have
been shown to be effective.
B. self-control was assessed by children"s intelligence
C. self-control in kids tends to determine their future
D. children"s self-control is almost the same at early age
B. get good school performance
C. have better financial planning
D. become wealthy in later life
B. willpower as a child really influences people"s chances of adulthood
C. self-control in childhood has nothing to do with criminal activity
D. scientists know well why some children have better self-control
B. The study is restricted within few participants.
C. Good parenting can improve self-control and life success.
D. It"s never too late to deal with self-control problems.
B. Child"s self-control predicts future health,success
C. Children"s development cannot be changed by teachers
D. How to teach the kids a bit of self-control in schools
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Cheating is common in various kinds of exams in college. Students don"t feel shame to cheat in exams.
They know that if caught cheating in an exam, the punishment will not be serious. This leads to frequent
cheating in exams.
At the University of Nevada, after students photographed test questions with their cellphone cameras,
transmitted them to classmates outside the exam room and got the answers back in text messages, the
university put in place a new monitoring system.
With their electronic tools, students these days find it easier to cheat. So college officials find themselves in a new game of cat and mouse, trying to gain an advantage over would-be cheats this exam season with a
range of strategies-cutting off Internet access from laptops, or demanding the surrender of cellphones before tests.
Mr. Dapremont said technology had made cheating easier, but added that plagiarism in writing papers
was probably a bigger problem because students can easily lift other people"s writings off the Internet.
Still, some students said they thought cheating these days was more a product of an attitude, not the tool at hand. Pressure to succeed sometimes clouds everything and makes people do things that they shouldn"t
do. Students today feel more pressure to do well in order to graduate from school and secure a job.
Whatever the reasons for cheating, college officials say the battle against it is wearing them out. First,
people who cheat in exams will lose interest in studying. Second, they believe studying isn"t meaningful.
Even though they don"t do anything, they can still pass. Third, people who cheat in exams will influence
others.
Plenty of hard working people will see that their results are lower than people who cheat in exams. Thus,
we must prevent cheating in exams. We reduce the opportunities for cheating in exams.
The vast majority of Americans still believe that honesty is an important part of the American character.
For that reason, there are numerous watchdog committees at all level of society. Although signs of dishonesty in school, business, and government seem much more numerous in recent years than in the past, could that because we are getting better at revealing such dishonesty?
Many educators feel that as students gain confidence in themselves and their abilities, they are less likely
to cheat. Surprisingly, some efforts to prevent cheating may actually encourage cheating-a person may feel " they don"t trust me anyway", and be tempted to " beat the system". Distrust can be contagious(传染的).
But, so can trust.
Title: Cheating in exams in college
| Facts | ●Cheating in exams is common in college. ●Students don"t take cheating in exams as 1 behaviour |
| Means of cheating and plagiarism | ●Use 2 . ●Surf the Internet. |
| 3 for cheating | ●Cheats are not 4 seriously. ●The latest technology makes it 5 for students to cheat. ●Heavy pressure makes students want to do well so as to ensure 6 and a job. |
| 7 of cheating | ●People will become 8in studying. ●People will believe studying doesn"t make 9_. ●People cheating in exams will influence others negatively. |
| Solution | ●Educators and students should 10each other. |
Long ago, operation usually had to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best to save him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched. Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called "laughing gas". Laughing gas became known in America. Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing, but one man at a party, Horace Wells, noticed that people didn"t seem to feel pain when they were using this gas. He decided to make an experiment on himself．He asked a friend to help him． Wells took some of the gas, and his friend pulled out one of Wells" teeth. Wells felt no pain at all. As he didn"t know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out. Wells tried again, but this time he gave too much of the gas, and the man died. Wells never forgot this terrible event. | |
| 1. Long ago，when the sick man was operated on, he ______. | |
| A. could feel nothing B. could not want anything C. could feel all the pain D. could do anything | |
| 2. Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to ______. | |
| A. be afraid of anything B. feel pain C. want to go to the parties D. be ill | |
| 3. If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on, he ______. | |
| A. felt nothing B. felt very comfortable C. still felt pain D. would die | |
| 4. One who took too much of the laughing gas ______. | |
| A. would laugh all the time B. would be very calm C. would never feel pain D. would die. | |
| Their round bodies, round flat noses and large ears often remind us of bears every time we see koalas. Probably that"s why these animals are often referred to as koala bears. Koalas are natives of Australia. However, they aren"t found all over the continent. The habitat of koala bears is eastern regions of Australia and South Australia. Koalas are found where there are enough forests of eucalyptus(桉树) trees. The association of koalas and eucalyptus trees is due to the fact that these animals feed on the leaves of eucalyptus trees. But that"s not all. In addition, the trees also serve as the homes of the koalas. Koalas grow around 27 to 36 inches tall and weigh 5 to 9 kilograms on average. Male kaolas are larger than the females. Life can stretch up to 17 years. Like many other animals, the habitat of koala bears is fast decreasing due to deforestation and quick urbanization(都市化). However, efforts by some scientists and animal lovers have successfully introduced these creatures back in certain parts of Australia. | |
| 1. What do Koalas look like ? (回答词数不超过3个) | |
| 2. Where is the main habitat of koala bears in the world? (回答词数不超过8个) | |
| 3. What do eucalyptus trees provide koalas with ? (回答词数不超过3个) | |
| 阅读理解。 | |
| Spider webs are one of the most fascinating examples of animal architecture. The most beautiful and structurally ordered are the round webs. The main function of the web is to stop and hold flying insects, long enough for the spider to catch them. In order to do so,the threads of the web have to stand the forces from large and heavy insects as well as environmental forces from wind and rain for at least a day in most cases. The round web is found to have two main characteristics. The first is its geometry,which consists of an outer frame and a central part from which threads radiate outward. Enclosed in the frame are capture spirals winding round and round from the web center out to the frame. The whole web is in tension and held in place by anchor threads,which connect the frame to the surrounding plants or objects. The second and perhaps most important characteristic is the material with which it is built. Spider silk is a kind of natural material that gives this lightweight fiber a strength comparable to that of steel, while at the same time making it very elastic(有弹性的). Two types of silk threads are used in the web. One is highly elastic and can stretch to almost twice its original length before breaking and, for most types of spiders,is covered in glue. This type is used in the capture spiral for catching and holding insects. The other is stiffer and stronger,and is used for the radius,frames and anchor threads,which allows the web to stand forces and to keep its structural strength through a wide range of environmental conditions. | |
| l. What does the word"so"in the first paragraph refer to? | |
| A. To catch and keep small creatures. B. To find a good material for the web. C. To make the webs beautiful and well ordered. D. To make the threads long enough. | |
| 2. Which of the following is used for catching and holding insects? | |
| A. The center of the web. B. The capture spirals. C. The anchor threads. D. The radius. | |
| 3. Which of the following correctly gives the names of the numbered threads in the picture? | |
| A. ①capture spiral ② radius B. ①radius ② capture spiral C. ①anchor thread ② frame thread D. ①frame thread ② anchor thread | |
| 4. Which of the following best describes the threads used in the capture spiral? | |
| A. Natural and lightweight. B. Strong and stiff. C. Smooth and elastic. D. Strong,sticky and elastic. | |
| 5. What is this passage mainly about? | |
| A. The wisdom of spiders. B. The function of round spider webs. C. The structure of round spider webs. D. The challenges for spider webs. |