科目:高中英語 來源:2011屆寧夏銀川一中高三第二次模擬考試英語卷 題型:閱讀理解
At a primary school in a small town in the east of South Carolina, second-grade teachers Garneau and Lynne are convinced that separating elementary-age boys and girls produces immediate academic improvement in both genders(性別).
David Chadwell, South Carolina’s expert of single gender education says, “Boys and girls learn, hear and respond to their surroundings differently.We can teach boys and girls based on what we now know.”
Male and female eyes are not organized in the same way, he explains.The organization of the male eye makes it sensitive to motion and direction.“Boys understand the world as objects moving through space,” he says.
The male eye is also drawn to cooler colors like silver and black.It’s no accident that boys tend to create pictures of moving objects instead of drawing the happy colorful family, like girls do in their class.
The female eye, on the other hand, is drawn to warmer colors like red, yellow and orange.To attract girls, Chadwell says, the teacher doesn’t need to move as much as in boy’s class.Using descriptive phrases and lots of colors in presentations or on the blackboard gets their attention.
Boys and girls also hear differently.“When someone speaks in a loud tone, girls understand it as yelling,” Chadwell says.“They think you’re mad and can shut down.” Girls are more sensitive to sounds.He advises girls’ teachers to watch the tone of their voices.Boys’ teachers should sound more forceful, even excited.
A boy’s nervous system causes him to be more cautious when he is standing, moving, and the room temperature is around 69 degrees Fahrenheit.Stress in boys, he says, tends to increase blood flow to their brains, a process that helps them stay focused.Girls are more focused when seated in a warmer room around 75 degrees Fahrenheit.Girls also respond to stress differently.When exposed to threat and conflict, blood goes to their guts(腸道), leaving them feeling nervous or anxious.
These differences can be applied in the classroom, Chadwell adds.“Single gender programs are about making the best use of the learning.”
【小題1】What is David Chadwell’s attitude toward separating elementary-age boys and girls while learning?
A.Supportive | B.Worried | C.Concerned | D.Uninterested |
A.must have a moving object in this hand |
B.needs to wear clothes in warm color |
C.has to speak politely |
D.had better move constantly while teaching |
A.A boy sitting in a warm room | B.A standing boy who is faced with stress |
C.A girl standing in a cold room | D.A girl who is facing a lot of pressure |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2011屆廣東省六校高三第一次聯(lián)考英語卷 題型:閱讀理解
At a primary school in a small town in the east of South Carolina, second-grade teachers Garneau and Lynne are convinced that separating elementary-age boys and girls produces immediate academic improvement in both genders(性別).
David Chadwell, South Carolina’s coordinator of single gender education says, “Boys and girls learn, hear and respond to their surroundings differently. We can teach boys and girls based on what we now know.”
Male and female eyes are not organized in the same way, he explains. The composition of the male eye makes it sensitive to motion and direction. “Boys interpret the world as objects moving through space,” he says.
The male eye is also drawn to cooler colors like silver and black. It’s no accident boys tend to create pictures of moving objects instead of drawing the happy colorful family, like girls do in their class.
The female eye, on the other hand, is drawn to warmer colors like red, yellow and orange. To attract girls, Chadwell says, the teacher doesn’t need to move as much as in boy’s class. Using descriptive phrases and lots of colors in presentations or on the blackboard gets their attention.
Boys and girls also hear differently. “When someone speaks in a loud tone, girls interpret it as yelling,” Chadwell says. “They think you’re mad and can shut down.” Girls are more sensitive to sounds. He advises girls’ teachers to watch the tone of their voices. Boys’ teachers should sound more forceful, even excited.
A boy’s nervous system causes him to be more cautious when he is standing, moving, and the room temperature is around 69 degrees Fahrenheit. Stress in boys, he says, tends to increase blood flow to their brains, a process that helps them stay focused. Girls are more focused when seated in a warmer room around 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Girls also respond to stress differently. When exposed to threat and conflict, blood goes to their guts(腸道), leaving them feeling nervous or anxious.
These differences can be applied in the classroom, Chadwell adds. “Single gender programs are about maximizing the learning.”
【小題1】What is David Chadwell’s attitude toward separating elementary-age boys and girls while learning?
A.Supportive | B.Worried | C.Concerned | D.Uninterested |
A.must have a moving object in this hand | B.needs to wear clothes in warm color |
C.has to speak politely | D.had better move constantly while teaching |
A. | B. |
C. | D. |
A.Ways of teaching boys and ways of teaching girls |
B.Boys and girls should be separated |
C.How boys and girls learn differently |
D.How to teach more effectively |
A.A boy sitting in a warm room | B.A standing boy who is faced with stress |
C.A girl standing in a cold room | D.A girl who is facing a lot of pressure |
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科目:高中英語 來源:2014屆福建漳州薌城中學高二上期期末考試英語卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
There is very simple way of measuring the height of a water-tower, which we cannot measure by climbing.
Suppose, for example, that we wish to find out the height of the water-tower, AB, in a factory. We first of all go to where the water-tower is standing and measure a distance of, say, 25 feet from it. Then we take a stick, and stand it in the ground at the spot we have just marked.
Let us suppose the stick we are using is 4 feet in height. We now walk farther away from the water –tower in the same straight line as when we measured off the distance of 25 feet. We go from the water-tower until we come to point E, where with our head on the ground, we see the top of the stick and the top of the water-tower in the same height line---that is, the top of the stick just covers the highest part of the water-tower. Every schoolboy can work out the height of the water-tower now.
Suppose that the line CE is five feet. We know that the stick is 4 feet high and the distance BE is 30 feet. Thus, 5 is to 4 as 30 is to AB.
1.If we want to know how high a tall tree is,_______.
A. we have to climb up the tree
B. we have no way out
C. we must cut down the tree
D we needn’t climb up the tree
2. According to the passage, which of the following is correct?
3.It is clear from this that the problem can be settled by _________.
A. a child
B. the boy who has little schooling
C. everyone
D. a girl at middle school
4.To measure a water-tower in this way, _________.
A. no tool is needed
B. Besides a stick, tape-measure (卷尺) or at least a ruler is necessary.
C. we have to use nothing but a stick
D. we have to prepare a set of expensive tools
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科目:高中英語 來源:2012-2013學年浙江省樂清市高三第四次月考英語試卷(解析版) 題型:閱讀理解
You hear the comment all the time: the U.S. economy looks good by figures, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Wealthy Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, who died recently at 97.
The Wealthy Society is a modern classic because it helped describe a new moment in the human condition. For most of history, “hunger, sickness, and cold” threatened nearly everyone, Galbraith wrote. “Poverty (貧窮) was found everywhere in that world. Obviously it is not of ours.” After World War II, the fear of another Great Depression gave way to an economic growth. In the 1930s unemployment had averaged 18.2 percent; in the 1950s it was 4.5 percent.
To Galbraith, materialism (物質(zhì)主義) had gone mad and would cause discontent. Through advertising, companies conditioned consumers to buy things they didn’t really want or need. Because so much spending was artificial, it would be unsatisfying. Meanwhile, government spending that would make everyone better off was being cut down because people wrongly considered government only as “a necessary bad.”
It’s often said that only the rich are getting ahead; everyone else is standing still or falling behind. Well, there are many undeserving rich — overpaid chief managers, for instance. But over any meaningful period, most people’s incomes are increasing. From 1995 to 2004, people feel “squeezed” because their rising incomes often don’t satisfy their rising wants — for bigger homes, more health care, more education, and faster Internet connections.
The other great disappointment is that it has not got rid of insecurity. People regard job stability as part of their standard of living. As company unemployment increased, that part has gradually become weaker. More workers fear they’ve become “the disposable American,” as Louis Uchitelle puts it in his book by the same name.
Because so much previous suffering and social conflict resulted from poverty, the arrival of widespread wealth suggested utopian (烏托邦式的) possibilities. Up to a point, wealth succeeds. There is much less physical suffering than before. People are better off. Unfortunately, wealth also creates new complaints.
Advanced societies need economic growth to satisfy the multiplying wants of their citizens. But the search for growth cause new anxieties and economic conflicts that disturb the social order. Wealth sets free the individual, promising that everyone can choose a unique way to self-accomplishment. But the promise is so unreasonable that it leads to many disappointments and sometimes inspires choices that have anti-social consequences, including family breakdown. Figures indicate that happiness has not risen with incomes.
Should we be surprised? Not really. We’ve simply confirmed an old truth: the seeking of wealth does not always end with happiness.
1.The Wealthy Society is a book ________.
A.a(chǎn)bout poverty in the past
B.written by Louis Uchitelle
C.indicating that people are becoming worse off
D.a(chǎn)bout why happiness does not rise with wealth
2.According to Galbraith, people feel discontented because ________.
A.materialism has run wild in modern society
B.they are in fear of another Great Depression
C.public spending hasn’t been cut down as expected
D.the government has proved to be necessary but ugly
3.Why do people feel“squeezed”when their average income rises considerably?
A.They think there are too many overpaid rich.
B.There is more unemployment in modern society.
C.Their material demands go faster than their earnings.
D.Health care and educational cost have somehow gone out of control.
4.What does Louis Uchitelle mean by “the disposable American” ?
A.People with a stable job.
B.Workers who no longer have secure jobs.
C.Those who see job stability as part of their living standard.
D.People who have a sense of security because of their rising incomes.
5.What has wealth brought to American society?
A.Stability and security.
B.Materialism and content.
C.A sense of self-accomplishment.
D.New anxiety, conflicts and complaints.
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科目:高中英語 來源:湖南省20092010學年度高一下學期期末測試試題(英語) 題型:填空題
第Ⅱ卷(共45分)
第四部分:寫作(共二節(jié),滿分45分)
第一節(jié) 閱讀表達(共5小題;每小題3分,滿分15分)
閱讀下面的短文,并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題(請注意問題后的字數(shù)要求)。
Courage is admitting that you are afraid and facing the fear directly. It’s being strong enough to ask for help and humble enough to accept it.
Courage is standing up for what you believe in without worrying about the opinions of others. It’s following your own heart, living your own life, and settling for nothing less than the best for yourself.
Courage is daring to take the first step, a big leap, or the different path. It’s attempting to do something that no one else has done before and all others think impossible.
Courage is keeping in the face of disappointment and looking at defeat not as an end but as a new beginning. It’s believed that things will ultimately get better even as they get worse.
Courage is your own actions and admitting your own mistakes without placing blame on others. It’s not relying on others for your success, but on your own skills and efforts.
Courage is refusing to quit even when you are threatened by impossibility. It’s choosing a goal, sticking to it, and finding solutions to the problems.
Courage is thinking big, aiming high, and shooting far. It’s taking a dream and doing anything, risking everything, and stopping at nothing to make it a reality.
76.What’s the best title of this passage?
_______________________________________________________________________________
77.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
Courage is supporting what you trust without being influenced by others.
_______________________________________________________________________________
78.Please fill in the blank in proper words.( within 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
79.What definition of courage do you most agree? Why? (within 30 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
80.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
_______________________________________________________________________________
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