Reading 1

I will do the same with my children because I don’t want them to have the same experience as my mother. If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can carry on their lives without me.
51. The writer’s mother learned cooking_______.
A. from the writer’s grandmother    B. all by herself  
C. by taking cooking classes         D. from cooking books
52. The writer’s mother taught the writer how to cook because________.
A. she wanted the writer to be more independent (独立)
B. the writer was interested in cooking
C. she thought it a must for a woman to learn
D. she needed more help when she was cooking
53. The underlined(下面划线的) word “recipes” in this passage most probably means________.
A. instructions（说明）on how to prepare food      
B. experiences of cooking food
C. some well-known cooks     
D. she needed more help when she was cooking
54. We can learn from the passage that the writer’s children will________.
A.hate cooking B.learn cooking C.teach cooking D.forget cooking
55. The writer must think cooking is________to learn in life.
A.interesting   B.difficult   C.enjoyable   D.important

Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes? Some students at Winter Park High School just quickly get up and go to class in their own bedrooms. Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer.

The Florida High School, the state's only on-line school, has 250 students who are taking classes at home by computer.     

"I'm a lot more comfortable at home," says Luke Levesque, a 16-year-old who is taking a computer class on line. He thinks(A) the school's computer lab is so noisy that he can't study well. "Home is much better, "he says.    

Students in this first on-line program take classes in math, American government, chemistry, computer, and Web-page design. They also have to go to regular(正规的) school to attend other classes.    

When a student is ready to begin in class, he or she (B)______the computer reads the teacher's instructions, and begins working on the lesson for the day. What happens if a student has a question for the teacher? Or the teacher wants to say something about the work a student is doing? The student and the teacher talk to each other every day through e-mail or by telephone.     

Is it easy for students to cheat on tests(考试作弊) when they're working at home? (C) The teachers have already though about this. They make students take their final exams in person in the classroom．

“You see most of the same things On-line that you see in a regular classroom，”says teacher" Linda Hayes．

    If this first On—line program goes well，in three years Florida High School students will be able to take all their classes by computer．When that happens，students will be able to get their high school diplomas(毕业证书)without having to(D)走进教室．

1．在空白处填上适当的词成为A句的同义句。

the school’s computer lab is _______noisy for _______to study well．

2．在(B)的空白处填入一个适当的词语_______

3．将画线部分(C)译成汉语_______

    4．将画线部分(D)译成英语_______

    5．在正文中找出能够说明主题的短语_______

Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes ? Some students at Winter Park High School just quickly get up and go to class in their own bedrooms. Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer.

The Florida High School, the state’s only on-line school, has 250 students who are taking classes at home by computers.

 “I’m a lot more comfortable at home,” said Luke Levesque, a 16-year-old who is taking a computer class on line. He thinks (A) the school’s computer lab is so noisy that he can’t study well.” Home is much better,” he says.

Students in this first on-line program take classes in math, American government, chemistry, computer, and Web-page design. They also have to go to regular( 正规的) school to attend other classes.

When a student is ready to begin in class, he or she (B) _______the computer, reads the teacher’s instructions, and begins working on the lesson for the day. What happens if a student has a question for the teacher ? Or the teacher wants to say something about the work a students is doing ? The student and the teacher talk to each other every day through e-mail or by telephone.

Is it easy for students to cheat on tests(考试作弊) when they’re working at home ? (C) The teachers have already thought about this. They make students take their final exams in person in the classroom.

“You see most of the same things on-line that you see in a regular classroom,” says teacher Linda Hayes.

If this first on-line program goes well, in three years Florida High School students will be able to take all their classes by computer. When that happens, students will be able to get their high school diplomas(毕业证书) without having to (D) 走进教室。

1.将划线部分(A)改写成 the school’s computer lab is_______noisy for_______to study well.

2.在(B)的空白处填入一个适当的词语________________________

3.将划线部分(C)译成汉语__________________________________________________

4.将划线部分(D)译成英语_____________________________________________________

5.在正文中找出能够说明主题的短语

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