（2010·安徽模擬）

Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.

The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes “the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don’t seem to learn from history ”.Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this.

A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can not even understand who we are and where we are without history, much less try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.

I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. In doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.

1.What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A. Many people aren’t clever enough to learn well from the past.

B. Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes.

C. Many people feel it hard to understand history.

D. Many people have no interest in studying history.

2.In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because_____.

A. it makes the current political situation go smoothly

B. it helps us realize the importance of historical events

C. it helps us understand why things are the way they are

D. it helps people accept the present situation where they live

3. Some historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show_____.

A. people can be inspired to do good, while also learning to fight against evil

B. people may also learn from bad historical figures

C. more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements

D. today’s people can also achieve what they achieved

4.What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

A. How to teach history effectively.         

B. Some negative reasons for studying history.

C. How to get more people to study history.  

D. Some bad historical figures.

 

 

（2010·安徽模擬）

Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.

The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes “the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don’t seem to learn from history ”.Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this.

A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can not even understand who we are and where we are without history, much less try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.

I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. In doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.

What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A. Many people aren’t clever enough to learn well from the past.

B. Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes.

C. Many people feel it hard to understand history.

D. Many people have no interest in studying history.

In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because_____.

A. it makes the current political situation go smoothly

B. it helps us realize the importance of historical events

C. it helps us understand why things are the way they are

D. it helps people accept the present situation where they live

Some historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show_____.

A. people can be inspired to do good, while also learning to fight against evil

B. people may also learn from bad historical figures

C. more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements

D. today’s people can also achieve what they achieved

What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

A. How to teach history effectively.         

B. Some negative reasons for studying history.

C. How to get more people to study history.  

D. Some bad historical figures.

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（2010·安徽師大附中高三第二次模擬考試）
某英文網(wǎng)站正在開展關(guān)于填報志愿時首先考慮專業(yè)還是學(xué)校的討論。請你根據(jù)下面所給的要點提示，用英語寫一篇短文，描述學(xué)生中存在的兩種看法，并談?wù)勀阕约旱目捶�，將此文在該網(wǎng)站的BBS上發(fā)表。

	觀點	理由
1	首先選擇專業(yè)	1．可以學(xué)習(xí)自己感興趣的東西； 2．便于將來從事自己喜愛的工作。
2	首先選擇大學(xué)	1．學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境對人的成長很重要； 2．名牌大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生在求職時常會受到青睞。
3	你的看法（內(nèi)容由考生自己擬定）

注意：1. 詞數(shù)：100左右。開頭已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)；
2. 內(nèi)容可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，注意行文連貫。
Every student will be faced with the question after he passes the college entrance examinations: Should we choose a good major or a good university first? ________________
___________________________________________________________________________

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（2010·安徽師大附中高三第二次模擬考試）

某英文網(wǎng)站正在開展關(guān)于填報志愿時首先考慮專業(yè)還是學(xué)校的討論。請你根據(jù)下面所給的要點提示，用英語寫一篇短文，描述學(xué)生中存在的兩種看法，并談?wù)勀阕约旱目捶�，將此文在該網(wǎng)站的BBS上發(fā)表。

	觀點	理由
1	首先選擇專業(yè)	1．可以學(xué)習(xí)自己感興趣的東西； 2．便于將來從事自己喜愛的工作。
2	首先選擇大學(xué)	1．學(xué)習(xí)環(huán)境對人的成長很重要； 2．名牌大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生在求職時常會受到青睞。
3	你的看法（內(nèi)容由考生自己擬定）

注意：1. 詞數(shù)：100左右。開頭已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)；

2. 內(nèi)容可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，注意行文連貫。

Every student will be faced with the question after he passes the college entrance examinations: Should we choose a good major or a good university first? ________________

___________________________________________________________________________

（2010·安徽師大附中高三第二次模擬考試） 24. The Niagara Waterfalls, __________ is shaped like a semicircle, are 670meters wide, and fall 56 meters in an awesome white sheet of water.

A. what            B. where           C. the largest of which      D. in which