1Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词)

1.Climb up to the _________ floor, and you can enjoy a better view. (eleven)

2._________, Grace made up her mind to live abroad with her daughter. (final)

3.It is a very __________ book for language learners to improve writing skills. (use)

4.Don’t worry about your son. He is old enough to be independent and live by _________. (he)

5.The movie KungFu Panda II is sure to __________ a large number of teenagers. (attractive)

6.If you don’t go on a diet, it is __________ for you to lose weight. (possible)

7.The local people had to move away because of the serious _______. (pollute)

8.The great _______ gave his first show in Shanghai and the tickets sold out in minutes. (art)

 

Britain’s smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper reported in May.
The newspaper said the six-year-old girl’s parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.
The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former（前任的）teacher retired and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary（中等的）school. The new teacher, Ms. Puckey was to start teaching the girl and reopen（再次打开）the school.
But the girl’s mother is keeping her daughter at home.
“I was not pleased with the new teacher,”the mother said. “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms. Puckey got the job, my child would not be going to school.”
The school lies on an island off the northeast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television, and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.
【小题1】The reading is about          .

A．the smallest school that was closed down

B．the only pupil in the smallest school

C．the new teacher and her teaching

D．the old teacher who just retired

【小题2】“Turn up”in the reading means “        ”。

A．pass an exam	B．go to school
C．pay money	D．hand in homework

【小题3】From the reading we can know that the school          .

A．is too far for the students

B．does not have enough teachers

C．does not have many pupils

D．is new but small

【小题4】Before the school was closed down,          .

A．the girl’s mother wanted to teach her daughter at home

B．the only pupil had to move to a secondary school

C．a famous newspaper had written something about it

D．the girl’s mother had a talk with the former teacher

【小题5】The reading does not say but we can infer          .

A．the girl’s mother had only one child

B．the new teacher was not kind to the girl

C．the old teacher was fit to teach the girl

D．the parents were unhappy with the school

Mrs Black is sixty-nine years old. She has only a daughter named Sandra. Mr Black died twelve years ago. She was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years later her daughter had a baby. The woman was busy all the time and no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with with them.

The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.

Last autumn Mrs Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn’t do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to tired (讨厌)of her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn’t know what to do.

One morning Mrs Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden(木制的)for her grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised(惊讶的) and asked “Why did you buy two plates, son”

“One is for my grandma,” answered the boy. “The other is for you.” She cried for long. She’s kind to her mother as she did before.

1. Sandra asked her mother to live with them because________

 A. the old woman lived alone

B. she needed her help

C. the old woman couldn’t look after herself

D. the old woman could give her much money.

2.The family liked Mrs Black because_________

A. she was rich

B. she could watched their door

C. she could do the housework for them

D. she was friendly to them all

3.Mrs Black was afraid ________,so she couldn’t leave her daughter’s house.

A. she had no house to live in

B. she couldn’t look after herself

C. Sandra couldn’t go to see her any more

D. she couldn’t buy a house and none takes care of her[来源:学#科#网Z#X#X#K]

4.Sandra was afraid ________,so she told her son to buy a wooden plate for her.

A. her mother could broke another plate

B. her mother didn’t want to live

C. her husband could be tired of her mother

D. her mother couldn’t do anything at home

5.Sandra is friendly to her mother again because________

A. she knows she did wrong

B. she was afraid of her son

C. the old is poor

D. it’s her duty

 

Nora, a 17-year-old American, notices that when she has to do a paper for school and researches it on the Internet, she rarely reads a whole page and does deep reading. “I’ll read the beginning of a paragraph and then I'll skip(跳过) the rest,” she says.

   While Nora's mother, Martha, loves sitting down with a good book and reading carefully, her daughter may be the wave of the future.

  “Deep reading”, or slow reading, is a process in which people think carefully while they read. With most, that means slowing down --- even stopping and rereading a page or paragraph to really understand what the author is trying to say.

   Last summer, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he was concerned about what he sees as a decline（衰退）in slow reading. Instant messages and 140-character tweets（微博）appear to be reducing out ability to concentrate on a single idea or theme of a book, he told Foreign Policy Magazine.

   It's easy to forget the benefits of deep reading in an age when anything worth doing is done fast. Experts warn that without deep reading, it is impossible to be an educated person of the world, a knowledgeable voter or even an imaginative thinker.

  “If you want to have a deep relationship with a text and understand a complex idea, then slow reading is a preferred style. It is good for pleasure, too. It is not a rushed experience and you can lose yourself in a text,” said Canadian writer John Miedema, the author of the book Slow Reading.

  US' Ohlone College English professor Cynthia Lee Katona says reading is a highly social activity that builds the mind and social connections. If you read, she says, you simply know more and have more to talk about with friends, partners and people you know.

   Deep reading can also take a reader on a trip around the world even if they are sitting in a living room armchair, Katona says. Also, deep reading helps people develop thinking, writing and conversation skills.

  “If you like beautiful things, authors put words together that are really beautiful and expressive,” she says. “If you want to write well--- and there are lots of reasons to express yourself clearly --- you should read.”

1.The comparison（对比）between Nora and her mother's reading habits _______.

   A. introduces the wave of future

B. adds a lot of fun for readers

   C. explains what deep reading is

D. calls attention to deep reading

2.What leads to the decline of deep reading, according to Eric Schemidt?

   A. The fast pace of modern society.

   B. The lack of desire for knowledge

   C. The weakening ability to concentrate.

   D. The wide use of instant messages and tweets.

3.What does the underlined word “it ” refer to in paragraph 6?

   A. A deep relationship.              B. A complex idea.

   C. Slow reading.                   D. A preferred style.

4.According to the article, Cynthia Lee Katona's opinion of deep reading is that _______.

   A. it makes sure you a better paid job

B. it makes you a better writer

   C. it is better than travelling

D. it helps build better family relationship

5.What is the main point of the article?

   A. The importance of deep reading.

B. How to improve reading skills.

   C. The benefits of different reading styles.

D. The secrets of a knowledgeable person