题目
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Reports tell of abuse at referees(裁判), players and coaches and fight breaking out on the touchline.
Enough is enough Peter Wright, a keen referee of junior soccer, finally hung up his boots last season. He decided to walk away for good. He said “Every week I have had to take abuse and I’ve had enough of it.”
“Parents’ behaviour is reducing many school teachers, referees, coaches and volunteers to despair.”
The kids are suffering Jim Peter, a referee, said, “We are getting desperate and the kids are suffering.” He described the way spectators(观众)behave as abysmal and getting worse year by year. The big question is why so many parents shame their children in this way. Aggressive Behavior Contracts may have to be introduced to stop the violence and abuse. If not, the game will suffer.
Sign up to good conduct Last season players and parents were made to sign a new good behavior contract. “If a parent breaks the contract, I take his or her child off the pitch and get him or her to explain why I have done so to the child,” said Marc Nash, Wallsend’s assistant leader.
“The next step is to ban both the parent and the child, but happily, so far this has not been necessary.”
小题1:A number of junior soccer matches were abandoned last season because .
A.players abused spectators in the matches |
B.parent fans swore and fought outside the pitch |
C.school teachers persuaded the government to call them off |
D.referees and coaches fought on the touchline |
A.Marc Nash. | B.Jim Peter. | C.Peter Wright. | D.Wallsend. |
A.extremely bad | B.weak | C.disappointing | D.impolite |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
解析
小题1:细节题。根据第一段because parent fans were swearing or even fighting on the touchline.可知B正确。
小题2:细节题。根据said Marc Nash, Wallsend’s assistant leader.可知A正确。
小题3:猜测词义题。根据本句He described the way spectators(观众)behave as abysmal and getting worse year by year.可知这个词表示不好。后面才会有更坏。故A正确。
核心考点
试题【Parent fans, both dads and mums, are shaming British football with their bad beh】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually a residential area nearby, too. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so many people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows.
In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see many huge skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.
But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages.
小题1:The underlined phrase “a residential area” means an area ________.
A.where people can buy things |
B.which is near a city center |
C.where people can do business |
D.which is suitable for living in |
A.Because they can live more comfortably there. |
B.Because they mainly want to find work there. |
C.Because they are sure of having a better life there. |
D.Because they like noisy life better than peaceful life. |
A.Big companies usually have their main offices in the business district. |
B.People usually work and live in the skyscrapers in the cities. |
C.A business district usually lies not far away from the city center downtown. |
D.It’s reasonable for a business district without a park for children to play in. |
A.has been going on for more than 2,000 years |
B.will surely continue in the future |
C.may not continue in the future |
D.has now stopped already |
A recent study published in the Journal of personality and Social Psychology offers some clues as to how both nature (personality) and nurture (experience) impact our friendships. Researchers at the University of Virginia and University of Toronto, Mississauga studied more than 7,000 American adults between the ages of 20 and 75 over a period of ten years, looking at the number of times these adults moved during childhood. Their study, like prior ones, showed a link between residential mobility and adult well-being: The more times participants moved as children , the poorer the quality of their adult social relationships.
But digging deeper, the researchers found that personality—specifically being introverted (内向的) or extroverted (外向的) — could either intensify of buffer (缓冲) the effect of moving to a new town or neighborhood during childhood. The negative impact of more moves during childhood was far greater for introverts compared to extroverts.
“Moving a lot makes it difficult for people to maintain long-term close relationships,” stated Dr. Shigehiro Oishi, the first author of the study, in a press release from the American Psychological Association, “This might not be a serious problem for outgoing people who can make friends quickly and easily. Less outgoing people have a harder time making new friends.”
Families often have to relocate — across town, across the country, or across the globe. Yet, in many cases, their kids and young adolescents haven’t yet built up a bank of friendships. So the conventional wisdom is to try to minimize moves for the sake of your child, whenever possible , and to move at the end of the academic year.
小题1:The passage is written mainly to .
A.offer advice to women on how to form intimate relationships . |
B.explain how nature and nurture impact our friendships. |
C.explain how moves during childhood affect children. |
D.tell us how to help children make friends. |
A.People who moved less during childhood have better social relationships. |
B.The more people moved during childhood, the more friends they have. |
C.The more people moved during childhood, the better they adjust to society. |
D.There is no link between residential mobility and adult well-being. |
A.should not relocate their homes |
B.should relocate their homes within the town |
C.had better move at the end of school year |
D.had better move when their children couldn’t build up a bank of friendships |
A.have a bigger impact on an introverted person compared to extroverts. |
B.have no impact on an outgoing person |
C.are a big problem for both introverts and extroverts |
D.help children better adapt to new environment |
A.our friendships are mainly affected by our nurture |
B.we can move when children have made a lot of friends |
C.the impact of moves will disappear when one reaches adulthood |
D.there is some way to minimize the impact of moves during childhood on children |
Homeric laughter
The "Homer" in this expression is the Greek poet. People laugh differently. Some laugh silently, while others tend to laugh loudly. "Homeric laughter" refers to laughter of the latter kind. It is at times uncontrollable, and the entire body shakes during the process. This kind of laughter is called Homeric laughter because this is how the gods laughed in Homer"s classics.
A three-ring circus
When you refer to a situation as being a three-ring circus, you are saying that it is a situation of complete confusion. There are so many activities taking place all together that they leave you confused or annoyed. The expression comes from the world of entertainment — the circus. The area where the artists perform their acts is called the "ring". In the past, some of the circuses were so grand that they had three acts taking place simultaneously in three different "rings". The audience had to decide which "ring" they wanted to focus on.
In the swim (of things)
When someone is in the swim of things, the individual is actively participating in the things happening around him, as in "I"ve been ill, but soon I’ll be back in the swim of thing." In the world of fishing, fishermen use the word "swim" to refer to the section of the lake/river where fish can be found in plenty. So, if you are a fisherman and wish to catch a lot offish, where would you be? You would be "in the swim".
Chickens have come home to roost
The word "roost" refers to the place where birds rest. It could be anything — the branch of a tree, a henhouse, etc. The expression is normally used to mean that the bad things that someone did in the past have come back to bite or upset the individual. In other words, one has to face the consequences of the deeds done in the past. The original form of this 700-year-old expression was "curses are like chickens; they always come home to roost".
小题1:Which of the following can best describe the picture?
![](http://img.shitiku.com.cn/uploads/allimg/20191217/20191217005340-80886.jpg)
A.Homeric laughter | B.A three-ring circus |
C.In the swim (of things) | D.Chickens have come home to roost |
A.At the same time. | B.Step by step. |
C.All of a sudden. | D.One after another. |
A.www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/China.html |
B.www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/university.html |
C.www.chinadaily.com.cn/culuture/language.html |
D.www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/fashion.html |
A.tell readers some old and interesting stories |
B.indicate the development of English phrases |
C.correct some misunderstandings about words |
D.explain the meanings and origins of some phrases |
We can see then that there are good reasons for regarding it as desirable that married women should have some occupation outside the home. However, there are serious objections. Schools do not keep children occupied the whole day and school holidays are long. The mother’s working day will almost certainly end well after the school day and her holiday will not begin at the same time as her children’s. There will be therefore a period when children are not taken care of unless a substitute for the mother can be found, or unless it becomes more generally possible for women to work part-time. There seem to be some grounds for believing that there is more bad behavior among the children of working mothers than among those of mothers who stay at home, but more evidence is required before we can be certain of this. What we can be certain of, however, is that many more will continue to do so.
小题1:According to the writer, women nurses and teachers ought to carry on their occupation after marriage because______.
A.they are not allowed to give up their jobs |
B.their training should not be wasted |
C.they want to make a living by themselves |
D.they must still improve themselves as mothers |
A.schools keep children occupied the whole day |
B.their mothers change their occupation |
C.their mothers do not work full time |
D.their mothers should stay at home |
A.if someone takes over the mother’s occupation |
B.if no mother works all day |
C.if no one takes care of the children for the mother |
D.if someone takes care of the children for the mother |
A.possibly less than | B.about the same as |
C.a little greater than | D.certainly more than |
1. Visiting places Americans enjoy: parties, churches, restaurants, parks and sports clubs.
2. Be willing to take the first step. Don’t wait for them to get close to you. Americans in China may not know you speak English. They may be uncomfortable if they can’t speak your language.
3. Use small talks to open the conversation. Ask them where they’re from, why they come to China, etc. . Remember: Be careful not to ask personal questions about age, salary and so on.
4. Show an interest in their culture, their country or their job. Americans like to talk about themselves!
5. Invite them to join you for dinner or just for coffee or tea. Try to set a specific(明确的)time. Americans sometimes make general invitations like “Let’s go out for dinner sometime. ”Often this is just a way to be friendly. It is not always a real invitation.
6. Don’t expect too much at first. Maybe they’re being friendly. But maybe they want to be your good friends. It will take time to tell.
小题1:According to the text, Americans like to visit the following places except____.
A.shopping centers | B.parks |
C.sports clubs | D.churches |
A.What’s your age? |
B.How much do you get in a month? |
C.Nice to meet you! Are you from America? |
D.Let’s get together sometime. I want to ask you some questions. |
A.It’s very important to be a good friend of an American. |
B.Some advice on how to make friends with Americans. |
C.Something about the friendship in America. |
D.Friendship is the most important in our life. |
A.To ask him if he is willing to make friends with you. |
B.To spend a long time learning about him. |
C.To wait until he tells you his thoughts. |
D.To ask him to join you for dinner. |
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