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Butwhatcantheydoifstudentsdonothaveachancetowriteabouttheirfearsimmediatelybeforeanexamorpresentation?ProfessorBeilocksaysstudentscantryitthemselvesathomeorinthelibraryandtheycanstillimprovetheirperformance. 61.Inwhichparagraphdoestheauthorintroducethebackground(背景)ofhisstudy? A.Inthelastparagraph.B.Inthesecondparagraph. C.InthethirdparagraphD.Inthefirstparagraph. 62.AccordingtoSianBeilock,ifyouwanttosucceedinanexamyoushould______. A.focusyourattentionontheexamB.beasseriousasyoucanabouttheexam C.setclearstudygoalsandkeepthemD.makeacarefulpreparationfortheexam 63.Wecaninferfromthestudythatstudentswhositquietlybeforetheexam______. A.aremorelikelytogetbetterexamresults B.worrymoreabouttheexamintheirmind C.haveapositiveattitudetowardsexamresults D.haveastrongwilltobesuccessfulintheexam 64.Theunderlinedword“it”inthelastparagraphrefersto“______”. A.lookingforachanceB.preparingfortheexam C.writingaboutthefeelingsD.takingtheexam 65.Ifastudentwritesabouthisfeelingsbeforeanexam,he______. A.willimprovehisexamresultB.cankeepagoodmemoryoftheexam C.willgetsupportfromhisteachersD.willforgetwhathehaspreparedfortheexam C ManypeopleknowthenamesAlexanderGrahamBellandThomasEdison.However,mostpeopledon’tknowthenameofthemanwhoinventedthetelevision,PhiloFarnsworth. PhiloFarnsworthwasbornin1906andgrewuponapotatofarm.Asaboy,helovedtolearnaboutscience,andhereadalotofsciencebooks.Whenhewasonlythirteenyearsold,hedrewapictureofamachinethatcouldsendpicturesasradiosendssounds.Hegottheideafromthewaythepotatoeswereplantedinthefield.Thepotatoesgrewinlonglines,sidebyside.ThismadeashapeinPhilo’smind.ThisshapehelpedPhilothinkofawaytosendtheTVpictureontoapieceofglass.Buthewaspoor,soPhilocouldnottrytomakehisideaintoamachineatthattime. Later,Philoworkedatmanydifferentjobs.Heworkedwithtrees.Heworkedonbrokenradios.Heworkedontrains.Healsoworkedasastreetcleaner.Atlast,tworichmenheardabouthisideafortelevision,andtheygavehimthemoneytomakeit.OnSeptember7th,1927,theywatchedPhilotestthemachinehebuilt.WhenPhiloturnedonthemachine,asmalllinecouldbeseenontheglass.Philosaid,“Thereyouhaveit,electrictelevision.” Later,abigcompany,RCA,saidtheyhadmadethefirsttelevision.Philohadtospendalotofmoneyonlawyerstofightthem.Finally,hewon.Then,WorldWarTwostartedin1939.Duringthewar,PhilospentalotofmoneyhelpingtheUSarmyinsteadofbuildinguphistelevisioncompany.Afterthewar,otherbigger,richercompaniesstartedmakingtelevisions.Intheend,Philohadtosellhiscompany. 66.WhydoestheauthormentionBellandEdisonatthebeginningofthetext? A.Torememberbothofthem.B.Toprovetheirwisdom. C.Tointroducethetopicofthetext.D.Toexplaintheirrelationships. 67.Accordingtothetext,howoldwasPhilowhenhefinishedhisinventionofTV? A.27yearsold.B.21yearsold.C.33yearsoldD.39yearsold 68.PhiloFarnsworthgottheideaforTVfrom______. A.theradioB.sciencebooksC.potatofieldsD.amachine 69.Theunderlinedpart“buildingup”inthelastparagraphprobablymeans“______”. A.startingB.sellingC.puttingupD.makingbigger 70.Whichisthecorrectorderofthefollowingevents? a.TworichmengavePhilomoneytodoexperiments. b.Philosoldhisowncompany. c.PhilobeatRCAinlaw. d.Philofixedbrokenradios. e.Philoshowedhisinventiontoothers. A.d,a,e,c,bB.e,d,c,b,aC.d,c,e,b,aD.a,c,b,d,e PartIVWriting(45marks) SectionA(10marks) Directions:Readthefollowingpassage.Fillinthenumberedblanksbyusingtheinformationfromthepassage. WriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer. Chineseareverygenerous(慷慨)whenitcomestoeducatingtheirchildren.Parentsoftensendtheirchildrentothebestschoolsorevenabroad.Theyalsowanttheirchildrentotakeextra-courseactivities.TheChinesebelievethatthemoreexpensiveaneducationis,thebetteritis.Soparentswillspendunreasonableamountofmoneyoneducation.Evenpoorcoupleswillbuyacomputerfortheirsonordaughter. Asaresult,parentscanseethattheirchildrenhavesomeskillsthatothersdon’thave.Andtheirchildrenwillprobablydobetterinstudyinthefuture. Buttheproblemisthatparentsarenoteducatingthemthemostimportantskillstheyneed—tobeconfident,happyandcleverinlife. Infact,thebesteducationcanalsobeverycheap.Parentscanachievethisbyteachingpracticalskillslikecooking,sewinganddoingotherhousework. (责任编辑：admin) |