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） 一、完形填空 A 议论文 Education ought to give students the tools for dealing with real-life situations . In today’s ever-changing world, critical-thinking skills are extremely 1 for young people beginning new careers. Successful employees don’t just 2 facts and stuff their minds with details like ducks or parrots. 3 , they analyze situations. They understand how different facts fit together to make one big picture , 4 a jigsaw puzzle. They know which facts are more important than others and what makes one event lead to the 5 . Some education officials have begun to realize that too much memorizing has 6 effects on students. Stuffing facts without appreciating their connection makes students 7 learning. When students learn only to confirm, they lose their valuable sense of 8 . Successful societies encourage people to think for themselves and to 9 the world around them. Such attitudes need to be encouraged at school. On the bright side, students can be happy that China is adjusting 10 educational system toward these goals. 1. A. agreeable B.impossible C.remarkable D.valuable 2. A. check B.face C.hide D.repeat 3. A. Besides B.Instead C.Nevertheless D.Therefore 4. A. at B.for C.like D.with 5. A. first B.last C.next D.second 6. A. great B.negative C.powerful D.same 7. A. fond of B.good at C.satisfied with D.tired of 8. A. curiosity B.direction C.humour D.safety 9. A. ask B.inquire C.question D.reply 10. A. its B.his C.our D.their
二、阅读理解 B 教育类 Doreen Sykora is now a junior at McGill University. She had a difficult time when she first began college. She said, “I was always well prepared for my examinations. But when I go into class to take the exam, I would fall apart. I could just blank out because of nervousness and fear.” Hitoshi Sakamoto, an anthropology(人类学) student at Temple University in Tokyo reports similar experiences.
These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is stressed(加压力于) about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly because of the severe tension and nervousness. Now there are special university courses to help students. In these courses, advisors and psychologists try to help students by teaching them to manage test anxiety. Such a course helps students learn to live with stress and not fail because of it. First students take a practice test to measure their worry level. If the tests show that their stress level is high, the students can take a short course to manage the fear. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. They get training to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work more easily. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test. Doreen Sykora saw immediate results after taking such a course. She now has enthusiasm about the relaxation methods. “Mostly, what I do is imagine myself in a very calm place. Then I imagine myself picking up a pencil. I move slowly and carefully. I breathe easily and let all the tension out. With each breath, more worry leaves me. It really works too. My grades have improved greatly! I’m really doing well at McGill now. This relaxation method works not only on examinations, but it has improved the rest of my life as well.” For Hitoshi in Tokyo, the results were much the same. He is enjoying school a lot more and learning more. 1. What is the similarity between Doreen Sykora and Hitoshi Sakamoto? A. They are students from the same university. B. They failed in all the examinations. C. They both had experiences of test anxiety. D. They both had the same poor studying habits. 2. The phrase “blank out” in Paragraph 1 refers to “_______.” A. lose interest in the exam B. refuse to take the exam C. get an extra paper D. be unable to think clearly 3. What’s the purpose of some special university student-help courses? A. To help students to reduce test anxiety. B. To show a stress level experienced by students. C. To learn more knowledge about test anxiety. D. To have a better understanding of test anxiety. C 故事类 The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.” “If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.” “I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.” I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?” “We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.” “So when it goes down, you go down with it.” “That’s good, sir.” “How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know. “I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us.” After the girl told me they had no backup(备用) computer, I said. “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They’re still flying, aren’t they?” “I couldn’t tell without asking the computer.” “Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington, ” I suggested. “I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have
