Andy is the most unreasonable, pigheaded life form in the world, and he makes me so angry I could scream! Of course, I love him like a brother. I have to because he is my brother. More than that, he is my twin! That’s right. Andy and Amy(that’s me) have the same curly(卷曲的) hair and dark eyes and equally stubborn character. Yet, though we may look alike, on most issues(事情) we usually take completely opposite positions. If I say day, you can count on Andy to say night.
Just this week, the hot topic in school was all about the PTA’S proposal(提议) to adopt a school dress principle. Every student would be required to wear a uniform. Uniforms! Can you imagine? Oh, they would be uniforms in color. The dress style would be sort of loose and free.
I think a dress principle is a good idea. The reason is simple. School is tough enough without worrying about looking cool every single day. The fact is, the less I have to decide first thing in the morning, the better. I also wouldn’t mind not having to see guys wearing oversized jeans and shirts. And I certainly would welcome not seeing kids showing off designer clothes.
Andy is surprised at my opinion. He says he can’t believe that I would be willing to give up my all-American teenage birthright by dressing like — well, like a typical teenager. Last night, he even dragged out Mom and Dad’s high school photo albums. What a couple of peace-loving hippies(嬉皮士) they were!
The vote for or against uniforms took place later that day. The results of the vote and the headmaster’s decision will be announced next week. I wonder what it will be. I know how I voted, and I’m pretty sure I know how Andy voted.
How would you vote—for or against?
小题1:The story is about___________.| A．a school policy decision that will affect parents and students | | B．a personal experience and is told in the first person | | C．a historical event and is told in the third person | | D．a conflict of opinions between boys and girls |
小题2:Amy’s position on school uniforms is most likely based on________.| A．logical conclusions drawn form her own observation and personal experience | | B．an aggressive reaction to what she has been told by people in authority | | C．her preference for designer-labeled clothes | | D．not liking anything her brother likes |
小题3:Which of the following is the best statement of Andy’s position?| A．School clothing should reflect parents’ values. | | B．Teenagers should never follow the latest fashions in dress. | | C．How one dresses should be an expression of one’s individuality. | | D．Wearing school uniforms means one less decision every morning. |
小题4:What is the best title for the text?| A．A School Dress Principle. | | B．My Stubborn Twin Brother | | C．Endless Fights with My Brother | | D．For or Against?--- That Is the Question |
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D |
试题分析：文章讲述了一对孪生兄妹，他们之间在很多事情上意见不一致，总是发生冲突。就最近学校的一个热门话题来说，学校要为学生定制校服，我认为，学校定制校服是很好的事情，学生不应该穿奇装异服，而他则认为，这样不好，学生每个人都要穿着有个性。
小题1:B综合理解题。本文讲述了这对孪生兄妹在很多事情上意见不一，同时用学校买校服这一具体事情为例。a school policy decision that will affect parents and students本句的意思是：影响父母和学生的一项学校政策，由文意可知是错误的；a historical event and is told in the third person意思为：一件历史事件，是以第三人称叙述的，也是错误的；a conflict of opinions between boys and girls句意为：男生和女生之间观点上的冲突。本文只是说明孪生兄妹在一些事情上的观点不同，不能扩大范围，故也是错误的，所以答案为B，意思是个人的经历是以第一人称讲述的。
小题2:A细节理解题。I think a dress principle is a good idea. The reason is simple. School is tough enough without worrying about looking cool every single day. 本句的意思是：我认为，校服是一个很好的产意，学校的学习是很紧张的，不要去担忧每一天看起来是不是很酷。另外，第三自然段的大意是我不喜欢看到学生穿着很肥胖的那种牛仔裤还衬衫，还有那些名牌服装，所以答案应为A，Amy’的立场是基于自己的观察和个人的经历而得出的符合逻辑的结论。
小题3:C段落大意题。Andy is surprised at my opinion. He says he can’t believe that I would be willing to give up my all-American teenage birthright by dressing like — well, like a typical teenager. Last night, he even dragged out Mom and Dad’s high school photo albums. What a couple of peace-loving hippies(嬉皮士) they were!大意为：Andy对我的观点很吃惊，他说，他相信，我不会乐意放弃所有青少年追求美丽的这种与生俱来的权利的，他拿出爸爸妈妈在高中的相册来证明他的观点是正确的。故答案应为C，How one dresses should be an expression of one’s individuality.一个人的穿着应该是他个人的展示。
小题4:D文意概括题。文章讲述了针对学校的校服这对孪生兄妹而进行的争论，校服到底是好还是坏，观点不一样，所以答案应为D，支持还是反对？---这还是一个问题。A意为：学校校服的规定；B为我固执的孪生兄弟；C为我和弟弟无休止的战争，从文章的整体看这三个选项属于同一类型的错误，即片面性。
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试题【Andy is the most unreasonable, pigheaded life form in the world, and he makes me】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36 up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was 37 jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 38 a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s 39 was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40 happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of 41 .
I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 42 an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 43 I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor. 44 that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was 45 than that, for I felt I had become a part of their 46 .
Freda stayed at home with the kids, 47 I would often see her in the morning 48
them to school. And I’d be there when they 49 home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 50 them grow up. Now I was fired, but the 51 thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.
I left Freda’s 52 relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I 53 them? As a matter of fact. I’m 54 an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted 55 of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.
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| 小题2: | | A．hanging | B．making | C．changing | D．wearing |
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| 小题3: | | A．washed | B．cleaned | C．swept | D．brushed |
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| 小题5: | | A．never | B．seldom | C．already | D．yet |
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| 小题6: | | A．loss | B．surprise | C．fear | D．regret |
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| 小题7: | | A．started | B．improved | C．developed | D．broken |
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| 小题8: | | A．why | B．what | C．that | D．which |
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| 小题10: | | A．less | B．more | C．least | D．most |
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| 小题11: | | A．story | B．life | C．activity | D．experience |
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| 小题13: | | A．taking | B．bringing | C．meeting | D．calling |
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| 小题14: | | A．left | B．marched | C．went | D．returned |
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| 小题15: | | A．found | B．noticed | C．watched | D．realized |
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| 小题16: | | A．possible | B．great | C．proper | D．strange |
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| 小题17: | | A．meaning | B．result | C．nature | D．importance |
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| 小题19: | | A．merely | B．certainly | C．probably | D．hardly |
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| 小题20: | | A．member | B．person | C．relative | D．companion |
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Collecting information about pre-employment and filling out an application form are closely connected, However, filling out an application form is much easier because you have total control and have enough time to think and plan.
That you are given a form to fill out does not necessarily mean that you have to answer all the questions in it. If the form contains unclear questions or terms and conditions, you can make some changes before signing(签约)it, or refuse to answer some of the questions. What you must realize is that those terms and conditions have been written by highly paid lawyers. Each word is important, or it would not be there; and you can be sure that there is not anything there that is written with your interests in mind.
I know what I speak of because, as a lawyer for Litton Industries. I wrote the terms and conditions that were printed on the back of order forms, I wrote the most tiring terms and conditions anyone has ever seen. Still, 90 percent of the buyers would just sign on them without questioning anything. If anyone questioned them, we would reach an agreement on something that was acceptable to both sides.
So when you see a preprinted application that contains questions or terms and conditions, read it all and read it slowly. If you don’t like something, you can simply change the parts you don’t like, Remember that everything can be settled by discussion. To what degree it can be settled depends on your position, of course, and that is something only you can determine.
小题1:Filling out application forms is much “easier” because_______.| A．everything connected with application forms is easier | | B．you can control the form filling with enough time | | C．you can plan and have control of the needed time | | D．it is easier to collect information about pre-employment |
小题2:We can learn from the underlined part “Each word is important” that _______.| A．questions in a form must be answered | | B．everything in a form must be read carefully | | C．the conditions that interest you are changeable | | D．something of your interests is most important |
小题3:It can be inferred from the 4th paragraph that_______.| A．you must change a preprinted application before it is discussed | | B．questions in a form are more important | | C．you have little right to determine the conditions you like most | | D．it depends on yourself to settle things in a form |
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Dear Michelle,
Why can"t my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.
He consumes every waking minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.
His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.
I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!
A worried mother
Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl,
Hmmmmm. What"s the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye Birdie"?
Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills. Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, nor should it be.
Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experience, there would be little of it.
Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.
When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that are specifically designed for students at the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend"s influence.
It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, there might be some adolescent wisdom in her behavior after all.
Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.
Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.
Michelle
小题1:From the mother"s letter we can learn that her daughter .| A．is being fooled by the boy | | B．has fallen behind in her studies | | C．doesn"t talk much with her mother | | D．has chosen which college to attend |
小题2:According to Michelle, 17-year-old teenagers .| A．are too young to manage their life | | B．are old enough to live their own life | | C．should have management before experience | | D．have reached the age of an adult |
小题3:The underlined word "puppy-love" refer to .| A．false love | B．foolish love | | C．pure love | D．adolescent love |
小题4:Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally .| A．come up with the right decision | | B．follow her boyfriend"s advice | | C．worry her parents for unconscious reasons | | D．influence her boyfriend"s behavior |
小题5:The best title for the passage would be .| A．College of kids" own choice | | B．How can I help my girl? | | C．How to manage teenagers" life? | | D．A 17-year-old girl and her mother |
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If you are living in the city, have you ever thought of going to live in the country for a change? Many people want to move from the country to the city because they think life in the city is more exciting and better than that in rural (农村的) areas, especially young people who like new and modern things.
Often people feel that they can find the latest styles only in the city. Other people are interested in technological (科技的) things and high-tech jobs and think they can find them only in a big city. If they want to find a job, especially a good position in a company, they feel they have to live in a city. To get these jobs, they are willing to put up with many of the disadvantages (不利因素) of city life such as heavy traffic and pollution.
However, it is now possible to enjoy a higher quality of life in the countryside and still enjoy some of the advantages (好处) of living in the city.
Nowadays, travel is fast and information is available (可获得的) on the Internet, so many people are able to do their work in home offices.
Because they have e-mail and personal computers, they don"t have to be in big cities to do their business. It is not important where they actually work because the results of their work can be sent everywhere with technology. Now they can enjoy life in the countryside and still be able to do good business and successful careers.
小题1:The underlined phrase “put up with” (in Para. 3) probably means “_____”.| A．change | B．stand | | C．be angry with | D．be pleased with |
小题2:Now people can enjoy life in the countryside and still be able to do good business and successful careers _____.| A．because of the Internet and fast travel | | B．because of e-mail and personal computers | | C．because travel is fast | | D．because the rural areas are developing faster than cities |
小题3:What is the author"s opinion?| A．She / he prefers to live in the countryside rather than live in the city. | | B．She / he prefers to live in the city rather than live in the countryside. | | C．She / he likes both city life and countryside life. | | D．It is not clear which life she / he prefers. |
小题4:What would be the best title for this passage?| A．Life in the city | B．Life in the country | | C．Go and live in the city | D．Go and live in the country |
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What’s in name? Well, apparently, our general happiness. Psychologists say that what we are called has a direct connection with our happiness.
Those called Judy and Joshua are the happiest, while Lynn or Ben is likely to be the unhappiest, according to research. Psychologist Dr David Holmes found that this can cause the association(联想) that others make with the name. Hearing the name Judy may make them think of actress Judi Dench or TV presenter Judy Finnigan, and people who are considered good-natured and happy. On the other hand, people think Paulines are unhappy because of the character Pauline Fowler from the TV programme East Enders. The research claims that this association influences the person with the name and so their personality is shaped to fit in. Dr David Holmes said, “This also has some relation with the original meaning of the name, for example, the original meaning of Judy is ‘praised’.”
Certain names also work well in certain aspects of life. In the workplace Richard and Judy are the happiest, while those called Ruth and Carly are the happiest in relationships. At the other end of the scale the unhappiest workers are Stuart and Liz, with the unhappiest in relationships being Frank and Harriet.
Dr Holmes said, “The relation we have with certain names, particularly important namesakes (同名者), also shapes how we see ourselves and so may have an effect on our confidence. Names are like product brands in having a powerful effect on attitudes and should therefore be chosen with care.”
“Other names are connected with being brave, outgoing or serious. Therefore, many celebrities change their names to ones which reflect these characteristic. This, in turn, influences parents when they choose names for their babies,” said Dr Holmes, “while names connected with ordinary people are rarely chosen for their babies.”
小题1:What’s the main idea of this passage?| A．How to choose a good name for babies. | | B．The relation between names and happiness. | | C．How to have a name connected with celebrities. | | D．The relation between names and success. |
小题2:According to the passage, which of the following names are better?| A．Joshua and Ben. | B．Pauline and Frank. | | C．Richard and Stuart. | D．Ruth and Joshua. |
小题3:The author may continue the passage with _________.| A．names and product brands | | B．famous people’s names | | C．names and personality | | D．parents’ choices of baby names |
小题4:Which of the following is connected with names according to the passage?| A．Personality and self-confidence. | B．Self-confidence and position. | | C．Position and characteristic. | D．Personality and appearance. |
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