We can achieve knowledge either actively or passively（被動地）．We achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning．

We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else．Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive．Conditioned as we are to passive learning, it’s not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and co-workers．

Unfortunately, passive learning has a serious problem．It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor（謠言）．

Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesn’t show it to anyone．Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person．That person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game．The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it．Then the two written statements are compared．Typically, the original message has changed．

That’s what happens in daily life．The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story．Then, too, most people listen imperfectly．And many enjoy adding their own creative touch to a story, trying to improve on it, stamping（打上標記）it with their own personal style．Yet those who hear it think they know．

This process is also found among scholars and authors: A statement of opinion by one writer may be restated as a fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts．

According to the passage, passive learning may occur in _______．

     A．doing a medical experiment    B．solving a math problem

     C．visiting an exhibition          D．doing scientific reasoning

The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to _____．

     A．a(chǎn)ctive learning        B．knowledge

     C．communication        D．passive learning

The author mentions the game Rumor to show that _____．

     A．a(chǎn) message may be changed when being passed on

     B．a(chǎn) message should be delivered in different ways

     C．people may have problems with their sense of hearing

     D．people tend not to believe in what they know as rumor

What can we infer from the passage?

     A．Active learning is less important．       

       B．Passive learning may not be reliable．

     C．Active learning occurs more frequently．    

       D．Passive learning is not found among scholars．

根據(jù)漢語意思完成下列句子 （每空0.5分，共10.分）

每當霍亂爆發(fā)時，就有成千上萬驚恐的老百姓病死。

Thousands of ___________ people died _________ __________ there was an  __________ of cholera.

為了方便起見，英格蘭大致可以分為三個地區(qū)。

For convenience, England is ________ _______ ________three zones.

事實證明，急救知識能發(fā)揮重要的作用。

It is proved that ________ ______________of first aid can ________ ________ _________.

一張桌子和幾把椅子從地板下面升了起來，好像變魔術(shù)似的。

A table and some chairs rose from under the floor ________ _______ _______ ________.

使游客們大為驚訝的是，這個堅實的用石頭砌的方形塔已經(jīng)屹立在那兒1000年了。

___________ to the tourists’ _____________, this solid stone, square tower has __________ ____________ there for one thousand years. 

—Can I come to ask for some advice at any time?

— Yes, of course. _______

A. If you’re convenient.                              B. At your convenience.

C. Don’t worry.                                     D. Don’t mention it.

Tom邀請Lisa參加他這周的生日宴會，但Lisa的父母出差要到下周才回來，奶奶生病在床，需要人照顧，而且英語考試即將來臨。因此無法前去參加生日宴會。Lisa感到十分抱歉，只好寫信辭謝。（信的開頭和結(jié)尾已經(jīng)寫出，不計入句數(shù)。）

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Dear Tom,

Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party. ________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Lisa

將下列句子翻譯為英語，必須用所提示的英語單詞或提示單詞的派生形式。

病人被交給專科醫(yī)生治療。(refer)

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我們的老師從來不允許考試作弊。(tolerate)

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我把成功歸功于我所受到的教育。(owe)

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他的言行不一致。(correspond)

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外出忘記帶傘是他的特點。(typical)

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你對這部電影感興趣嗎？(appeal)

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他被禁止駕車六個月。(ban)

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他最近被任命為委員會成員。(appoint)

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他對我們總是坦誠相待，他從不灰心喪氣。(give way to)

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另一方面，經(jīng)常處于廣告的包圍之中，我們的想法有可能隨著時間的流逝而發(fā)生變化。(be exposed to)

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The old house of this area had to be ______ immediately so that the government could carry its flower-style-city programmer out.

A. torn up      B. torn down      C. torn away     D. torn out

(  )25. We should be able to do the job for you quickly， 　　　　 you give us all the necessary information.

A.in case   B.provided that   C.or else   D.as if

 E-mail, as well as telephones, ______ an important part in daily communication.

   A. is playing        B. have played      C. are playing     D. play

－In modern times, girls like beautiful clothes

    －Yes,       and        boys. After all, our life has been greatly improved

A. so do they; so do you                  B. so they do; so you do       

C. so do they; so you do                  D. so they do; so do you

Tom worked very hard,  ______ that he would be able to buy a car of his own in two years.

   A. hoped         B. to hope          C. hoping         D. and hoping