From the tone of the passage we know that the author is . A) not serious about the private ownership of H-bombs B) concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons C) doubtful about the necessity of keeping H-bombs at home for safety D) unhappy with those who vote against the ownership of H-bombs Passage 2 About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked: "So, how have you been?" And the boy-who could not have been more than seven or eight years old-replied, "Frankly, I've been feeling a little depressed lately.’’ This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed until we were in high school. The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why? Human development is based not only on innate biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders. In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation machine has been installed in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information, and indiscriminately , to all viewers alike, be they children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures. Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practiced. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials. 1. According to the author, feeling depressed is . A) a sure sign of a psychological problem in a child B) something hardly to be expected in a young child C) an inevitable phase of children's mental development D) a mental state present in all humans, including children 2. Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world . A) through contact with society B) gradually and under guidance C) naturally and by biological instinct D) through exposure to social information 【查看更多】

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"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood. The happy childhood is hardly worth your while. "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood. And worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." That was Frank McCourt reading the opening lines of his book Angela's Ashes, released in 1996.

This Irish American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Angela's Ashes that recorded his poor upbringing, died of cancer on Sunday, The New York Times reported. He was 78.

Born in New York City, he was the eldest of the seven children born to Irish immigrant parents. Angela's Ashes was a memoir(回忆录)that captured an irresponsible, drunkard(酒鬼)father with a gift for story-telling. When not drunk, his father was absent, turning his back on a family so poor, McCourt wrote, that they were reduced to burning the furniture in their rented hut to keep warm. His mother struggled to raise her many children after his father left the family.

In Angela's Ashes, he wrote of hunger, a home flooded with rainwater and the unbearable humiliation(耻辱)of seeking handouts from charities in the Irish city. But he told the story in a way that is expressive, warm and light-hearted.

Frank McCourt left Ireland at the age of 19 to return to New York City where he was born. He earned a degree in English education and taught creative writing for nearly thirty years. After retiring in 1987, he decided to write about his childhood. "Angela's Ashes" became a huge success and brought McCourt a 1997 Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and other honors. Millions of copies of the book were sold worldwide and it was adapted into a 1999 movie starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle.

56. In the first paragraph, by saying "The happy childhood is hardly worth your while", the writer

really means that ________.

A. a lot of readers don't deserve happy childhood

B. his childhood is not worth of others' sympathy

C. his childhood is mixed with happiness and misery

D. smooth childhood surely will not draw readers' attention

57. From the passage, we know Frank McCourt's father is ________.

A. humorous and trustworthy B. alcohol-addicted but loves his family

C. poor but warm-hearted D. irresponsible but gifted in telling stories

58. Which of the statements about the book “Angela’s Ashes” is right?

A. This book is intended to show respect to McCourt’s father.

B. The author wrote the book in a sad and serious tone(语调).

C. The book enjoyed great popularity after it came out.

D. The author got two awards because of the book.

59. What's the text mainly about?

A. A brief introduction to Frank McCourt and one of his works.

B. A literary review(评论) on Frank McCourt's book.

C. An account of Frank McCourt's miserable childhood.

D. A comment on Frank McCourt's life experience.

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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

The art of pleasing is a very necessary one to possess; but a very difficult one to get. It can hardly be reduced to rules; and your own good sense and observation will teach you more of it than I can. Do as you would be done by, is the surest method that I know of pleasing. Observe carefully what pleases you in others, and probably the same things in you will please others. If you are pleased with the friendliness and attention of others to your humors, your tastes, or your weaknesses, depend upon it. The same friendliness and attention, on your part, to theirs will equally please them. Take the tone of the company, that you are in, and do not pretend to give it; be serious, gay, as you find the present humor of the company. Do not tell stories in company; there is nothing more boring and unpleasant; if by any chance you know a very short story, and suitable to the present subject of conversation, tell it in as few words as possible; and even then, show that you do not love to tell stories; but that the shortness of it attracted you. Of all things, dismiss the egotism(自大) from you conversation, and never think of entertaining people with your own personal concerns, or private affairs; though they are interesting to you, they are impolite and uninteresting to everybody else; besides that, one cannot keep one's own private affairs too secret. Whatever you think your own excellencies may be, do not show them in company; nor take the trouble, as many people do, to give that to the conversation. If they are real, they will surely be discovered some day, without your pointing them out yourself, and with much more advantage. Never continue an argument with heat and shout, though you think or know yourself to be in the right; but give your opinion modestly(谦虚地) and coolly, which is the only way to persuade; and, if that does not do, try to change the conversation, by saying with good humor, “We shall hardly persuade one another, nor is it necessary that we should, so let us talk of something else.”

1．According to this passage, what does the author suggest to us to please people?

[　　]

A．Try to make others pleased with your friendliness.

B．Remember what you are pleased with may be the same thing you could do to please others.

C．Forget who you are and do everything other people like.

D．Speak in a pleasing tone in company while you feel unhappy.

2．What is the author's opinion of private affairs?

[　　]

A．One shouldn't keep his own private affairs secret.

B．One's private affairs can surely entertain others.

C．One can talk with other people about his interesting private affairs.

D．One should keep his private affairs as secret as possible.

3．What is the author's suggestion about what to do with argument?

[　　]

A．If one knows that he is in the right, he may continue the argument with heat.

B．Do not change the conversation unless you persuade the others.

C．If you are not quite confident in yourself, give your opinion modestly.

D．Talk something else when you can't persuade the others.

4．What is the best title of this passage?

[　　]

A．The Art of Pleasing.

B．What One Should Talk about in Company.

C．Getting Rid of Egotism.

D．The Art of Speech.

5．If you think you are right in an argument, you will ________.

[　　]

A．you will persist in arguing with your company.

B．you will continue the argument with heat and shout.

C．you should give your opinions modestly and coolly.

D．you should stop the argument immediately.

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

The art of pleasing is a very necessary one to possess; but a very difficult one to get. It can hardly be reduced to rules; and your own good sense and observation will teach you more of it than I can. Do as you would be done by, is the surest method that I know of pleasing. Observe carefully what pleases you in others, and probably the same things in you will please others. If you are pleased with the friendliness and attention of others to your humors, your tastes, or your weaknesses, depend upon it. The same friendliness and attention, on your part, to theirs will equally please them. Take the tone of the company, that you are in, and do not pretend to give it; be serious, gay, as you find the present humor of the company. Do not tell stories in company; there is nothing more boring and unpleasant; if by any chance you know a very short story, and suitable to the present subject of conversation, tell it in as few words as possible; and even then, show that you do not love to tell stories; but that the shortness of it attracted you. Of all things, dismiss the egotism (自大) from your conversation, and never think of entertaining people with your own personal concerns, or private affairs; though they are interesting to you, they are impolite and uninteresting to everybody else; besides that, one cannot keep one's own private affairs too secret. Whatever you think your own excellencies may be, do not show them in company; nor take the trouble, as many people do, to give that to the conversation. If they are real, they will surely be discovered some day, without your pointing them out yourself, and with much more advantage. Never continue an argument with heat and shout, though you think or know yourself to be in the right; but give your opinion modestly (谦虚地) and cooly, which is the only way to persuade; and, if that does not do, try to change the conversation, by saying with good humor, “We shall hardly persuade one another, nor is it necessary that we should, so let us talk of something else.”

1．According to this passage, what does the author suggest to us to please people?

[　　]

A．Try to make others pleased with your friendliness.

B．Remember what you are pleased with may be the same thing you could do to please others.

C．Forget who you are and do everything other people like.

D．Speak in a pleasing tone in company while you feel unhappy.

2．What is the author's opinion of private affairs?

[　　]

A．One shouldn't keep his own private affairs secret.

B．One's private affairs can surely entertain others.

C．One can talk with other people about his interesting private affairs.

D．One should keep his private affairs as secret as possible.

3．What is the author's suggestion about what to do with argument?

[　　]

A．If one knows that he is in the right, he may continue the argument with heat.

B．Do not change the conversation unless you persuade the others.

C．If you are not quite confident in yourself, give your opinion modestly.

D．Talk something else when you can't persuade the others.

4．What is the best title of this passage?

[　　]

A．The Art of Pleasing.

B．What One Should Talk about in Company.

C．Getting Rid of Egotism.

D．The Art of Speech.

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　　Money doesn't buy happiness

　　As part of the environmental group on campus, my friends and I recently invited a recent college graduate, Colin Davis, to lecture about his deeds in climate change．

　　Davis graduated from Trinity College last spring．Despite a tempting(诱人的)internship(实习期)from Goldman Sachs that thousands of people dream about．Davis chose to ride a bike across the US to interview environmental experts．

　　Davis wasn't a born environmentalist．To prove his bike ride, he had to find a“trendy(新潮的), sexy and good cause”．The cause was climate change．But Davis became more concerned than ever about this issue after the cross-country bike ride．He read hundreds of books on climate change and environmental consulting．Now, he works for non-profitable organizations and serves as a consultant for energy efficiency．

　　One of his messages during his talk,“shopping with a moral in mind”occurred in my mind again and again throughout the day．

　　Facing two similar products in a market, do we stop and read the back before throwing the product into our cart(推车)?We all live in a fast-paced society, but it doesn't mean that we shouldn't take a minute to choose a product that's safer for our bodies and better for the environment．Davis made me know how important it is to be a smart consumer, by supporting organic(有机的)food and green products instead of only looking at the brands．

　　With little age gap and his unique way of presenting serious messages in a light tone, Davis captured the attention of most non“hardcore(中坚的)environmentalists”students．Davis said,“Working for a good cause makes me feel better than being an investment(投资)banker．”

(1)

The bike ride across the US ________．
[　　]
A．	realized Davis's long-time dream of finding out more about climate change
B．	had Davis regretting refusing the internship from Goldman Sachs
C．	made Davis all the more fascinated by the issue of climate change
D．	satisfied Davis because he had made it trendy and profitable

(2)

“Shopping with a moral in mind”means that ________．
[　　]
A．	one should be a smart consumer by calculating the product's value against price
B．	we should stop and read the instructions about calories or health ingredients
C．	we should choose more environmentally-friendly products
D．	it's a good point to buy brand products

(3)

From the text, we can see the author is ________．
[　　]
A．	a college student who is seeking advice about his career
B．	interested in getting a job in Goldman Sachs
C．	a fresh-out-of-college graduate
D．	an enthusiastic environmentalist

(4)

It can be inferred from the passage that ________．
[　　]
A．	nowadays American young people prefer working for a good cause to a high-paid company
B．	Davis did a great job in raising environmental awareness
C．	you have to be rich enough to support organic food
D．	brand products are not always quality products

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The bedroom door opened and a light went on, signaling an end to nap time．The toddle（初学走路的婴儿）, sleepy-eyed, clambered to a swinging stand in his crib．He smiled, reached out to his father, and uttered what is fast becoming the cry of his generation: "iPhone!"
Just as adults have a hard time putting down their iPhones, so the device is now the Toy of Choice for many 1-, 2- and 3-year-olds．The phenomenon is attracting the attention and concern of some childhood development specialists．
Natasha Sykes, a mother of two in Atlanta, remembers the first time her daughter, Kelsey, now 3 but then barely 2 years old, held her husband's iPhone．"She pressed the button and it lit up．I just remember her eyes．It was like 'Whoa!' "The parents were charmed by their daughter's fascination．But then, said Ms．Sykes （herself a Black Berry user）, "She got serious about the phone．" Kelsey would ask for it．Then she'd cry for it．"It was like she'd always want the phone," Ms．Sykes said．
Apple, the iPhone's designer and manufacturer, has built its success on machines so user-friendly that even technologically blinded adults can figure out how to work them, so it makes sense that sophisticated children would follow．Tap a picture on the screen and something happens．What could be more fun?
The sleepy-eyed toddler who called for the iPhone is one of hundreds of iPhone-loving toddlers whose parents are often proud of their offspring's ability to slide fat fingers across the gadget's screen and pull up photographs of their choice．
Many iPhone apps on the market are aimed directly at preschoolers, many of them labeled "educational," such as Toddler Teasers: Shapes, which asks the child to tap a circle or square or triangle; and Pocket Zoo, which streams live video of animals at zoos around the world．
Along with fears about dropping and damage, however, many parents sharing iPhones with their young ones feel guilty．They wonder whether it is indeed an educational tool, or a passive amusement like television．The American Academy of Pediatrics is continually reassessing its guidelines to address new forms of "screen time．" Dr．Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, a member of the academy's council, said, "We always try to throw in the latest technology, but the cellphone industry is becoming so complex that we always come back to the table and wonder- Should we have a specific guideline for them?"
Tovah P. Klein, the director of a research center for Toddler Development worries that fixation on the iPhone screen every time a child is out with parents will limit the child's ability to experience the wider world.
As with TV in earlier generations, the world is increasingly divided into those parents who do allow iPhone use and those who don't. A recent post on UrbanBaby.com, asked if anyone had found that their child was more interested in playing with their iPhone than with real toys. The Don't mothers said on the Website: "We don't let our toddler touch our iPhones ... it takes away from creative play." "Please ... just say no. It is not too hard to distract a toddler with, say ... a book."
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, a psychology professor who specializes in early language development, sides with the Don'ts. Research shows that children learn best through activities that help them adapt to the particular situation at hand and interacting with a screen doesn't qualify, she said.
Still, Dr. Hirsh-Pasek, struck on a recent visit to New York City by how many parents were handing over their iPhones to their little children in the subway, said she understands the impulse (冲动). "This is a magical phone," she said. "I must admit I'm addicted to this phone."

1.
The first paragraph in the passage intends to ______
1. A.
  get us to know a cute sleepy-eyed child in a family
2. B.
  show us how harmful the iPhone is
3. C.
  lead us to the topic of the toddlers' iPhone-addict
4. D.
  explain how iPhone appeals to toddlers
2.
According to the author, iPhones are popular with both adults and young kids because they are______
1. A.
  easy to use
2. B.
  beautiful in appearance
3. C.
  cheap in price
4. D.
  powerful in battery volume
3.
The underlined word "them" in the seventh paragraph refers to ______
1. A.
  televisions
2. B.
  cellphones
3. C.
  iPhones
4. D.
  screens
4.
The tone of the author towards parents sharing iPhones with their children is ______
1. A.
  negative
2. B.
  subjective
3. C.
  objective
4. D.
  supportive
5.
The passage mainly tells us ______
1. A.
  children's iPhone addict is becoming a concern
2. B.
  iPhone is winning the hearts of the toddlers
3. C.
  Apple is developing more user-friendly products
4. D.
  ways to avoid children's being addicted to iPhone games

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The first paragraph in the passage intends to ______

According to the author, iPhones are popular with both adults and young kids because they are______

The underlined word "them" in the seventh paragraph refers to ______

The tone of the author towards parents sharing iPhones with their children is ______

The passage mainly tells us ______