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 (確認) my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed”, that is, in low spirits, until we were in high school.
Undoubtedly 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 depended not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of gaining social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new social positions. 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 (揭示) machine has been equipped in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation (誘惑) , many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures.
Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information which children will gain. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.
According to the author, feeling depressed is ________.
A．a sure sign of a mental problem in a child
B．a mental state present in all humans, including children
C．something that cannot be avoided in children’s mental development
D．something hardly to be expected in a young child
Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world _________.
A．through connection with society
B．gradually and under guidance
C．naturally without being taught
D．through watching television
According to the author, that today’s children seem adultlike results from ______.
A．the widespread influence of television
B．the poor arrangement of teaching content
C．the fast pace of human scientific development
D．the rising standard of living
What does the author think of communication through print for children?
A．It enables children to gain more social information.
B．It develops children’s interest in reading and writing.
C．It helps children to read and write well.
D．It can control what children are to learn.
優學名師名題系列答案科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
Many people like the feeling of the gentle wind in spring. Many like to see the falling leaves dancing in the wind in autumn. But sometimes, when the wind becomes a storm, it can be very destructive (毀滅性的).
A series of such storms struck the US last month and caused very serious damage and human pain.
Every year, major storms cause many problems around the world. There is nothing people can do to stop these powerful forces of nature. But new techniques are helping scientists to predict how, when, and where big storms will happen. The more exact scientists’ warnings are, the better people can prepare for the storms.
Predictions are improving. “We’ve gotten better over the years, especially the last few years,” says Phil Klotzback, a scientist at an American university. How is a storm formed? Even if scientists know where a storm will happen, winds can suddenly change, carrying the storm to a new direction. “For a hurricane to happen, conditions have to be just right,” Klotzback says.
First, the ocean water needs to be warm enough so that it evaporates and rises into the air. As it rises, the air containing drops of water cools and turns back into liquid. This process gives off heat. This produces energy like an engine that causes winds to increase. It drives the formation of a hurricane.
If wind speeds reach 40 miles per hour, the system is called a “ tropical storm”, and it gets a name. At 75 miles per hour, it becomes a hurricane. Hurricanes that hit the US start when a thunderstorm forms off the coast Africa. Storms also develop over tropical waters in other parts of the world.
On average, 60 or 70 storms form off Africa every year. About 10 of them get names. There are usually about six hurricanes. Two tend to be very big, with winds of 115 miles per hour or a bit higher.
The hurricane season lasts from June to November. Ninety percent of all hurricanes hit in August, September and October.
According to the text, hurricanes usually ________.
A. form off the coast of Africa and America
B. hit parts of the world in summer and autumn
C. cause sea winds to rise and blow over the sea
D. strike the US but cause no damage
The underlined word “evaporates” (in Paragraph 5) probably means “________”
A. begins to move B. gets lost C. becomes hot D. changes into a gas
Which of the following about the information of a hurricane is the correct order?
a. The ocean water evaporates and goes into the air.
b. Heat creates energy and causes winds to increase.
c. The vapor cools.
d. The ocean water is warm enough.
e. The vapor changes back into liquid.
f. This course gives out heat.
A. a, d, e, b, c, f B. a, b, c, f, d, e C. d, a, c, e, f, b D. d, a, b, c, e, f
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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
完形填空 (共 20 小題; 每小題 1.5 分, 滿分 30 分)
閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
Jerry is a restaurant manager who is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.
One day I went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don’t get 36 ! You can’t be a __37__ person all of the time. How do you do it?” Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself you have two __38__ today. You can choose to be in a good mood 39 you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood. It’s your choice __40__ you live life.”
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never __41__ to do in the restaurant business…. He __42__ the back door open one morning and was held up at __43__ point by three armed robbers. He was shot by them while trying to fight back. __44__, Jerry was found relatively quickly and __45 to the local trauma(外傷) center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released 46
the hospital with fragments of the bullets 47 in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the __48 . Jerry told me something happening in the ER( 急診室). He said, “… the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the 49 on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really 50 . In their eyes, I 51 ‘he’s a dead man.’ I knew I needed to take 52 .” “What did you do?’ I asked. “Well, there was a nurse shouting questions at me,” said Jerry. “She asked 53 I was allergic to anything. ‘ Yes’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘BULLETS!’ Over their 54 , I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead’.” Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, 55 , is everything.
A. that B. those C. one D. it
A. brave B. good C. positive D. bad
A. causes B. choices C. things D. goals
A. and B. or C. but D. then
A. how B. what C. that D. when
A. supposed B. expected C. encouraged D. suggested
A. came B. left C. broke D. knocked
A. sword B. stick C. arrow D. gun
A. Hopefully B. Delightedly C. Luckily D. Disappointedly
A. pushed B. rushed C. stepped D. followed
A. to B. towards C. from D. down
A. even B. ever C. once D. still
A. trouble B. accident C. difficulty D. trick
A. expressions B. smiles C. cries D. tears
A. attracted B. touched C. scared D. warned
A. mix B. hope C. ask D. read
A. care B. action C. turns D. apart
A. what B. that C. if D. why
. A. laughter B. disappointment C. excitement D. joy
A. after all B. at all C. in all D. for all
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012-2013學年陜西省西安市高陵縣第三中學高一第三次月考英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解
It gives me great pleasure today to say a few words in praise of a man we will all miss very much. To be honest, I can't imagine we will do without him when he's gone.
Bill Masters almost single-handed built up our sales force in the Houston area and developed the market position that we enjoy today. In only six years, he has brought the firm from a very low fifth position in the area sales to the point where we now outsell all but one of our competitors. Not only have we got 37 per cent of the market under Bill's leadership; we are increasing our share with each passing month.
As you know, the company has moved Bill to northern California to work his sales magic in one of this company's most competitive(競爭的) areas. But we know that if anyone can do it, Bill Masters can, and I know you all join me in wishing him the best of luck in his new work.
【小題1】The speech was made _______.
| A．at a welcome meeting |
| B．at the opening of a new school term |
| C．when somebody was leaving |
| D．when they had a new manager |
| A．37 years | B．less than 5 years |
| C．about six years | D．since he began to work |
| A．many people | B．nobody |
| C．about 37 people | D．very few people |
| A．by 37 per cent every month |
| B．to the second largest in the area |
| C．to be the fifth largest in the area |
| D．five times as much as before |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2013-2014學年天津市高二上學期第一次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空
We had a really bad time about six months ago but now things are_______.
A. looking up B. coming up C. making up D. turning up
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科目：高中英語 來源：福建省20092010學年高二下學期期末考試試題（英語） 題型：其他題
第二節：根據對話內容，從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
—I’m standing in the center of Plymouth, the capital of Montserrat, where just one week ago, a volcanic eruption took place. With me is Savage, the officer of the island. Savage, thank you for talking to us.
—You’re Welcome.
— 61
—Well, the volcano erupted, and the ash and lava poured down the mountain towards the sea. And there are several villages in path.
— 62
—No. Luckily, we had plenty of warning and told people who lived in the path of the ash and lava to leave the island. We managed to get half the population to another island before the eruption took place.
— 63
—Eleven thousand people live here and about six thousand people have left.
— 64
—The most dangerous place is between the volcano and the sea. There are a lot of villages there.
Sadly, hundreds of houses caught fire when the alva reached them.
— 65
—Thankfully, no one was killed.
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A．Did it do serous damage? |
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B．I’m very sorry to hear that. |
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C．When did it happen? |
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D．What exactly happened last week? |
E．Which area is the most dangerous?
F．That’s terrible. Was anybody hurt?
G．How many people live on the island?
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