I’m a teacher. But there are days, like today, when I wonder why. The results of an English quiz taken by my fifth-graders were depressing. Despite my best efforts, the world of pronouns remains a mystery to them. How I wish there were a way to make the study of our language as exciting as a computer game, so the glazed (目光呆滯) looks would not appear in their eyes at the mention of the word “grammar.” I remember my husband’s words: “Why don’t you quit? You’d probably make more money by doing something else, and you wouldn’t have papers to grade every night.”
Tonight I have a stack of papers to grade, which I promised my students I would return tomorrow. But a friend, whom I haven’t seen in a year, is visiting from Belgium, and I told her I would keep this evening free.
Sitting in traffic behind a distant stoplight, it’s hard not to replay the day. A voice reports the body of a local youngster, missing for weeks, has been identified.
This missing child has had a deep effect on my students. They wondered, “If it happened to her, could it happen to me?”
My children had found the answer themselves. They got out their pencils, markers and made cards. Cards were written with words of compassion and love for a mother and father they didn’t know. Cards were filled with red hearts, golden crosses, flowers and angels. Their cards, intended to comfort others, comforted the children themselves by leading them past the anxiety, back into the world of security (安全) that should be theirs.
And then I remember why I’m still teaching. It’s the children. They’re more important than a lifetime filled with quiet evenings and more valuable than a pocket filled with money. My classroom, a child-filled world of discovery, of kindness and of caring is the real world.
It’s time to call my friend. I have promises to keep. She’ll understand. After all, she’s a teacher.
小題1:The writer wonders why she is a teacher because _____.
A．her students often play games in class
B．teaching is not a well-paid job
C．her students feel bored with grammar
D．she feels frustrated at teaching
小題2: The students’ attitude to the missing child’s parents might be that of _____.
A．doubtB．unconcern C．sympathy D．tolerance
小題3:What is the most important according to the writer?
A．A pocket filled with money.
B．The kind and caring children.
C．A lifetime filled with quiet evenings.
D．The freedom to control her own time.
小題4:What promise will the writer keep?
A．To grade papers that night.B．To help a student with homework.
C．To accept her husband’s advice.D．To meet her old friend.

小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:A

小題1:D 第一題詢問作者對自己教師的身份懷疑的原因，文章第一段提到The results of an English quiz taken by my fifth-graders were depressing，由此可以得知是因為她對教學感到灰心才會有此想法，故選擇D
小題1:C 理解題。學生們的態(tài)度被作者總結(jié)為intended to comfort others，即他們想要安慰過世孩子的父母，可推測知他們是出于同情，故選擇C
小題1:B 第三題詢問對于做著什么是最珍貴的，文章提到. It’s the children. They’re more important than……所以在作者心中學生比一切都重要，所以選擇B
小題1:A 細節(jié)題。作者許了兩個諾言，一是批改試卷，二是接待朋友，但從最后一段的She’ll understand. After all, she’s a teacher可以得知作者決定遵守與學生的諾言，故選擇A
練習冊系列答案
相關(guān)習題

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解


　  Animals can move from place to place, but plants cannot. When an animal is under attack, it can run away or fight back. Plants certainly cannot run away, and they lack teeth and claws. But plants can defend (保護) themselves by using both physical and chemical means.
　　Some plants have their own ways to keep animals away. For example, the leaves of the holly plant have sharp spines (刺) that discourage grass-eating animals. Holly leaves on lower branches have more spines than leaves on upper branches. This is because the lower leaves are easier for most animals to reach.
　　Some plants, such as the oak tree, have thick and hard leaves that are difficult for animals to eat. Some grasses may contain a sandy material; eating such grasses wears down the animal's teeth.
　　Many plants also have chemical defenses. Some plants produce chemicals that taste bitter or cause an unpleasant reaction. Some plants may fight against an attack by increasing the production of these chemicals. When a caterpillar (毛蟲) bites a tobacco leaf, the leaf produces a chemical messenger. This messenger sends to the roots the information to produce more nicotine. The higher levels of nicotine discourage the caterpillar.
Many plants depend on both physical and chemical defenses. A certain plant in China, for instance, has prickly (多刺的) leaves, and each prickle contains poisonous venom (毒液) A single experience with this kind of plant will teach an animal to stay away from it in the future. 
小題1:To defend themselves, oak trees use________.
A．chemical means B．physical means
C．bitter chemicals D．sandy materials
小題2:How does tobacco protect itself against an attack from a caterpillar?
A．Its leaves fight against the attack by physical means.
B．Its roots send a messenger to discourage the caterpillar.
C．Its roots increase the production of nicotine when it is attacked.
D．Its leaves produce poisonous sand to drive the caterpillar away.
小題3:What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Plants and Animals
B．How Plants Defend Themselves
C．Attacks and Defenses
D．How Animals Eat Plant Leaves

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解


You are here: Experts > Science > Science/Nature for Kids > Science for Kids > Life Science for teens<>
Expert: Science Adviser - <>3/21/2011
QUESTION: Dear Marie,
Do you have some good suggestions of biology: plant, animal, human science experiments that would work well with teenagers? Scientific methods must go with the experiments. Thanks! <
Donna
ANSWER: Dear Donna,
Marie is not online and I’ll help you instead of him. There are a lot of little things that can be done, but do you mean lab experiment or statistical analysis, etc.? Let us know what can be suitable for you teens, and we will do our best to send you some experiments to do.
Best，
Gloria
Expert: Science Adviser - 3/23/2011
QUESTION: Dear Gloria,
I need lab experiments. The teenage students and I will use data from these experiments to make charts, graphs, tables, etc. and to provide claims and evidence to explain more about the results. Thank you very much.
Donna
ANSWER:
Hi there,
Your best and easiest way is to do some chemistry experiments. Those are very easy and most probably you can do it in the lab and have charts, etc. for you. I do not have any particular one at the top of my head because I do cancer research and it is a bit more difficult than research for teenagers. I think you can look through these and see if you find something useful for you. http://www.siraze.net/chemistry/sezennur/experiments.htm
If not, get back to me and Marie, and we’ll look more. The good thing about this site is that it has the procedures that you can follow.
Good luck，
Gloria
小題1:How many Science Advisers are there working for this website?
A．Only one.B．At least two.C．About three.D．Over five.
小題2:According to Donna, she and the teenage students need ___________.
A．experiments in the labB．statistical analysis
C．chemistry experimentsD．charts and evidence
小題3:Who is this text for?
A．Teenagers.B．Teachers.C．Parents.D．Experts.
小題4:According to Gloria, Donna and the teenage students should __________.
A．turn to others for helpB．do cancer researches
C．look through a websiteD．tell who will be helped

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1．5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給題的四個選項（A 、B、C 、和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
A philosophy professor loved to teach students about important theories of the subject．Once, while his 21  was about to begin, he just closed the book and  22  stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him． Students were curious but the professor without looking at them 23  a very large and empty jar．And then he started to 24  it with small rocks．25 the jar appeared full, the professor asked his students whether the jar was full
The entire class 26   that jar was indeed full．Next, the professor picked up some  27   and began pouring them into the jar．The moment pouring was 28  , he shook the jar lightly．As a result of that, all the small rocks 29 the open areas between the rocks comfortably． 
Professor again asked the students if the jar is full．Same  30   from the class like before．Professor  31   a bit but silently, and this time he picked up a box of sand．He poured the box into the jar and sand filled the entire 32  spaces．At the same time, professor 33  his question to the class, if the jar was full? Yes again．
Professor now  34 towards the class and said, this jar  35  your life．All the things in the jar I poured mean some important lessons．The rocks are the most important things,  36  is family, your partner, health and your  37 ．Even if everything else in your life goes away but the rocks remains there, your life would still be full  38  the most important things are still present in your life．Pebbles represent other significant things like car, house and job etc．And the sand is the small stuff or everything else．
If your time and 39 is spent on small stuff then there is no 40 for the pebbles or the rocks or in other words, most important things of your life．
小題1:
A．lectureB．talkC．speechD．letter
小題2:
A．thoughB．besidesC．otherwisD．instead e
小題3:
A．pointed toB．picked upC．took outD．sent up
小題4:
A．fillB．fixC．putD．turn
小題5:
A．SoonB．Instantly C．LuckilyD．Hopefully
小題6:
A．a(chǎn)rguedB．told C．suggestedD．a(chǎn)greed
小題7:
A．rocksB．stonesC．sandD．water
小題8:
A．understandableB．completeC．reliableD．a(chǎn)djustable
小題9:A rolled into      B．．fell out     C．mixed with        D．turned up
小題10:
A．response B．commentC．order D．content
小題11:
A．spokeB．criedC．scoldedD．smiled
小題12:
A．left B．a(chǎn)vailableC．gettingD．remaining
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)skedB．a(chǎn)nsweredC．repeatedD．discussed
小題14:
A．turnedB．lookedC．walkedD．moved
小題15:
A．meansB．representsC．competesD．matches
小題16:
A．whichB．that C．whatD．it
小題17:
A．wealthB．businessC．childrenD．friends
小題18:
A．becauseB．ifC．onceD．while
小題19:
A．energyB．moneyC．powerD．strength
小題20:
A．hopeB．needC．room D．doubt

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

   Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concerts that the nature offers you? And with the timely(及時地) rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident(信心) in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success”.
Attitude(態(tài)度) decides everything. With an optimistic(樂觀) attitude life is easy and pleasant. Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
小題1: People sometimes complain _________.
A．the sky is always darkB．their studies are successful
C．they see the world with their heartD．life is tiring
小題2:When we face failure, we ___________.
A．must be confident in ourselvesB．shouldn’t be afraid of it
C．shouldn’t give up hope　D．All of the above
小題3:The best title for the passage is_______.
A．Smile and the World Smiles to YouB．Complaining about Life
C．Failure is the Mother of SuccessD．It is Very Hard to Succeed

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly (完全地)，four things are necessary. First, we must understand the language when we hear it spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves, correctly with confidence(自信) and without hesitation (猶豫). Thirdly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are correct in grammar.
There is no short way to succeed in language learning. A good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. It is no much use learning by heart long lists of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language. If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. We must “Learn through use”. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and writing the language whenever we can.
小題1:The most important things to learn a foreign language are      .
A．understanding and speakingB．hearing, speaking, reading and writing
C．writing and understandingD．memorizing and listening
小題2:Which of the following is the most important in learning a foreign language?
A．A good memory.B．Speaking.C．Practice.D．Writing.
小題3:“Learn through use” means       .
A．we use a language in order to learn it
B．we learn foreign language in order to use it
C．we can learn a language well while we are using it
D．both B and C

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

WASHINGTON --- It’s a great achievement that inspires concepts of robots with consciousness and independent minds.
When people or animals get hurt, they can usually compensate for minor injuries and keep limping along, but for robots, even slight damage can make them stumble and fall. However, a recently made robot has demonstrated a new ability: it can heal its own damage.
The new robot, which looks like a splay-legged (弓形腿的), four-footed starfish, can sense injury to itself and adapt. That ability sets the new robot apart from earlier machines. Because the robot can recover from unfamiliar places.
“There is a need for planetary robotic rovers (行星機器探測車) to be able to fix things on their own,” says Josh Bongard, a professor in the University of Vermont, who is one of the device’s creator. “Robots on other planets must be able to continue their mission without human help if they are damaged and cannot communicate their problem back to Earth.”
A typical robot functions according to a computer program, but the new robot works differently. First, sensors in its four legs observe the robot’s movements and signals to its built-in computer. From the information it collects, the robot creates its own programs that allow it to adapt to different situations. For example, when the researchers shortened one of the robot’s legs, the smart machine simply adjusted its way of walking—it used three legs instead of four.
The researchers are looking for other places to put the resilient robot to work. One spot is the ocean floor. That dark and dangerous undersea area might be a good choice for a robot that the scientists call the Starfish. “We never officially named the robot, but we usually refer to it as the Starfish, even though a real starfish has five rather than four legs,” says Bongard. “Also, a real starfish is much better than our robot at recovering from injury, because it can actually grow its legs again.” Scientists have created robots that help humans in many ways: by exploring space, fighting fires, and even performing surgery.
小題1:The newly designed robot distinguishes itself from the former ones because it________.
A．can communicate with people on the earth about their problems
B．works according to a certain computer program
C．can find its problems and solve them automatically
D．can explore unfamiliar places
小題2:An example is given in the fourth paragraph in order to explain that the robot ________.
A．is used to create new programs
B．has typical robot functions
C．has sensors to observe its movements
D．can gather information and adapt to new conditions
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE about the robot “Starfish”?
A．It was spoken highly of by people for its special ability.
B．It will stumble and fall if damaged.
C．It can grow its legs again once they are broken.
D．It has started to work on the ocean floor.
小題4:What might be the best title of the passage?
A．How the Starfish Robot Works
B．Do-It-Yourself Robot Repair
C．Robots Designed to Work on Other Planets
D．New Robot Helping Us in Many Ways

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bikes to work every day. In New York, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They declare that if more people rode bikes to work, there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown part of the city and so less dirty air form car engines.
For several years, this group had been trying to get the city government to help bike riders. For example, they want the city to draw special lanes(車道) for bikes on some of the main streets, because when bike riders must use the same lanes as cars there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bikes.
But no bike lanes have been drawn. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea—they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets don’t like the idea—they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business.
The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Park—the largest place open ground in New York— is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bikes only.
小題1:In New York, a group of bike riders__________.
A．a(chǎn)re keeping practicing for health
B．have no cars of their own
C．a(chǎn)re complaining there are not enough buses
D．a(chǎn)re trying to settle the problem of air pollution
小題2: The bike riders suggest that __________.
A．bikes should be used instead of carsB．bike lanes should be drawn
C．fewer buses or cars should be usedD．the number of special lanes should be decreased
小題3:The advantage of the special lanes is that__________.
A．they will make cars and buses run slowly
B．they will make it easier for bike riders to go to parks
C．they will make the city more beautiful
D．they will prevent accidents

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A Southampton University team found that people who were vegetarians by 30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10. Researchers said it could explain why people with a higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was connected to lower heart disease and obesity rates. The study of 8,179 people was reported in the BritishMedicalJournal.
Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the participants said they were vegetarians — although more than 100 reported eating either fish or chicken.
Men who were vegetarians had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for non-vegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for non-vegetarians. There was no difference in the IQ scores, between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken.
Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education and higher class, but it remained statistically significant after adjusting for these factors.
Vegetarians were more likely to be female, to be of higher social class and to have higher academic or vocational qualifications than non-vegetarians. However, these differences were not reflected in their annual income, which was similar to that of non-vegetarians.
Lead researcher Catharine Gale said, “The findings that children with greater intelligence are more likely to report being vegetarians as adults, together with the evidence on the potential benefits of a vegetarian diet on heart health, may help to explain why a higher IQ in childhood or adolescence is linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease in adult life.
But Dr Frankie Phillips of the British Dietetic Association said，“It_ is_ like _the _chicken  _and _egg. Do people become vegetarians because they have a very high IQ or is it just that they are clever enough to be more aware of health issues？”
小題1: What’s the result of the research mentioned in the text?
A．Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life.
B．Children with a higher IQ are less likely to have heart disease later in life.
C．Intelligent children tend to belong to higher social class later in life.
D．Children with a healthier heart tend to have a higher IQ later in life.
小題2:It was found in the research that________.
A．most of the participants became vegetarians 20 years after the IQ tests were carried out
B．vegetarians who ate fish or chicken were of similar intelligence with strict vegetarians
C．female vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians
D．vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians
小題3:What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A．Intelligence is linked to not just being a vegetarian but to many factors.
B．The rate of getting heart disease is linked to your lifestyle.
C．The link between a high IQ and being a vegetarian is still uncertain.
D．The link between a healthy heart and diet remains to be proved.
小題4:What’ s the best title for the text?
A．Get more IQ points!
B．Be a vegetarian, please!
C．Vegetarian diet cuts heart risk
D．A high IQ is linked to being a vegetarian

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習冊答案