I had the meanest mother in the whole world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have porridge, eggs or toast. When others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. But at least I wasn’t alone when I was sad. My sister and two brothers had the same mean(刻薄的) mother as I did.
My mother preferred to know where we were all the time. She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. We had to clean clothes and take a bath every day. The other kids got to wear the same clothes for days. We could not lie in bed “sick” in order to miss school.
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and get up at eight the next morning. We couldn’t sleep till noon like our friends. So while they slept, my mother was brave to break the Child Labour Law. She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook and all sorts of things at home. I believe she lay awake thinking up all things for us to do.
My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Two of her children received higher education. None of us have ever been arrested(taken away by the police) or divorced. She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. I am trying to raise my three children this way. I am filled with pride when my children call me “mean”. Why? Because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world. How many children does the writer’s mother have?
| A．Four. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Six. |
What can you infer(推测) from the passage?
| A．My family was rich, so I ate a sandwich for lunch. |
| B．My mother was a great success. We love her. |
| C．If we didn’t want to go to school, the best way was to pretend to be sick. |
| D．We needn’t share the housework at home. |
The best title for this passage may be .
| A．My childhood | B．The meanest mother |
| C．I do as my mother did | D．Unforgettable memories |
It is common to believe that learning just takes place in school, but much of human learning happens outside the classroom, even from birth and people continue to learn throughout their lives.
Even before they enter school, young children learn to walk, to talk, and to use their hands to use toys, food, and other objects. They use all of their senses to learn about the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells in their environments. They learn how to communicate with their parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, and other people important to their world. When they enter school, children learn subjects like reading, writing, and maths. They also continue to learn a lot outside the classroom. They learn which behaviors are likely to be rewarded and which are likely to be punished. They learn social skills for communicating with other children. After they finish school, people must learn to deal with many changes that affect their lives, such as getting married, raising children, and finding and keeping a job.
Because learning continues throughout our lives and influences almost everything we do, the study of learning is important in many different fields. Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate children. Scientists, social workers and other human service workers need to understand how certain experiences change people’s behaviors.
Learning is closely related (相关的) to memory, which is the storage(储存) of information in the brain (大脑). Scientists who study memory are interested in how the brain stores knowledge, where this storage takes place, and how the brain later offers knowledge when we need it. However, scientists who study learning are more interested in behavior and how behavior changes as a result of a person’s experiences. The underlined word “siblings” in Paragraph 2 probably means _________.
| A．teachers | B．classmates | C．doctors | D．brothers or sisters |
When do children begin to know to behave well according to the passage?
| A．After they go into society. | B．Before they enter school. |
| C．When they are at school. | D．Before they are born. |
Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?
| A．As a matter of fact, learning begins at a person’s birth and last the whole life. |
| B．Teachers need to understand the best ways to educate their students. |
| C．People need to understand how certain experiences change their behaviors. |
| D．Social workers need to study how experiences affect people’s thoughts. |
“The zoo has money problem,” Grandmother Sandy said.
Angel listened. She heard that Fresno’s Chaffee Zoo didn’t have enough money to take care of its animals.
Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel’s family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had food and water.
Angel felt sorry for the zoo animals. While the others in the family were cooking dinner, Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals. She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: “Give a dollar, help an animal.” She sent the letter and a dollar to The Fresno Bee, a local newspaper.
A few days after that, Angel’s letter was published. Almost immediately, people began sending in money. Angel’s letter was having effect!
At school, Angel went to each classroom to read the letter that appeared on the newspaper. She asked students in her school to give money to the zoo. Next, Angel was asked to appear on television. She was invited to be on a popular talk show.
The workers in the zoo were very happy. Ray Navarro is the person most responsible(有责任的)for the animals. “Angel opened the eyes of Fresno,” said Ray. “She made us see that people can make a difference.”By saying “Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals”, the writer means ___________
| A．Angel wanted to cook the animals for food |
| B．Angel was cooking a meal for the animals |
| C．Angel wanted to help the animals to run away |
| D．Angel was thinking of an idea to help the animals |
Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. Angel appeared on television. b. People began sending in money.
c. Angel’s letter was published. d. Angel asked her schoolmates to give money.
e. Angel wrote the letter to a local newspaper.
| A．c-a-b-e-d | B．e-a-b-d-c | C．e-c-b-d-a | D．b-d-e-c-a |
Ray Navarro thought that Angel _________.
| A．was most responsible for the animals | B．was good at making animals happy |
| C．helped the people in Fresno | D．could cure blind people |
Woodland International Summer School
Our International Summer School has been designed to provide a complete British experience. Here pupils not only learn English but come face-to-face with history in some of Europe’s oldest cultural centres. They can also enjoy exciting activities.
About the 2013 Course
This course is designed for boys and girls from 10-16 years and provides a wonderful chance to experience life in a traditional British boarding(寄宿) school.
English Lessons
Our programme provides 24 hours of English teaching each week. Students study grammar, writing, speaking, listening, reading, and comprehension. They can practice their new skills while interviewing visitors and local people in the town of Woodland and villages around.
Excursions(远足) & Entertainment
Each week includes cultural and activity trips. In 2013 our excursion will be to:
12th July—Manchester
19th July—York
26th July—Edinburgh
2nd August—Liverpool
Dates & Price
| No. of Course |
Arrive |
Leave |
Course Fee |
| 1 |
Sunday 8/7 |
Saturday 21/7 |
￡1900 |
| 2 |
Sunday 8/7 |
Saturday 28/7 |
￡2850 |
| 3 |
Sunday 8/7 |
Saturday 4/8 |
￡3800 |
| 4 |
Sunday 15/7 |
Saturday 28/7 |
￡1900 |
| 5 |
Sunday 15/7 |
Saturday 4/8 |
￡2850 |
| 6 |
Sunday 22/7 |
Saturday 4/8 |
￡1900 |
Contact Us
Woodland School, Cumbria, LA10 5HG， UK
TEL: (+44)1-539-622-613(overseas) or 01539622613 (UK)
EMAIL: enquiries@woodlandsummerschool. OrgThe main purpose of the summer school is to help the students _____________.
| A．get used to boarding school life | B．improve their English skills |
| C．learn about the town of Woodland | D．develop their abilities to live |
If you want to visit Liverpool during the 2013 Course, you can’t attend _________.
| A．Course No. 3 | B．Course No. 4 | C．Course No. 5 | D．Course No. 6 |
This advertisement is used to attract children from 10-16 years ______________.
| A．in Britain | B．all over Europe |
| C．in Woodland | D．all over the world |
A person has been badly injured in a car accident. It is necessary to give him a transfusion (输血) because he has lost much blood in the accident. However, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for him. If the blood is too different from his own, the transfusion can kill him.
There are four basic blood groups: A, B, AB and O. A single test can tell us a person’s blood group. Everybody is born with one of these four blood groups. People’s blood group, like hair colour, is inherited (继承) from parents.
Because the substances contained in each group are different, transfusion must be given carefully. Basically, A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. O can be given to any other group, so it is often called the universal donor. On the contrary, AB is sometimes called the universal recipient (接受者). However, before being given the transfusion, patients usually receive only salt or plasma (血浆) until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible. In this way, it is possible to avoid any bad results of the transfusion.
There is a relationship between our blood groups and our nationalities. Among the Europeans, about 42 percent are blood group A while 45 percent are blood group O. The rarest is blood group AB. However, some American Indian groups are nearly 100 percent blood group O.Which of the following shows the correct relationship in blood transfusion? (→ =" giving" blood to)
Usually, before being given a transfusion, ________.
| A．a person needs to receive salt or plasma first |
| B．a person needs to have a good rest |
| C．a person needs to have a lot of food and water |
| D．a person needs to find the person with the same blood group as him |
The third most common blood type among the Europeans is _______.
| A．A | B．B | C．AB | D．O |
Which is NOT right according to the passage?
A. A person’s blood group depends on his parents.
B. There is only one kind of blood group in a person’s body.
C. About 13 percent of the Europeans have blood group AB.
D. Most of American Indians can be universal blood donors.Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．Blood transfusion | B．Blood groups |
| C．Car accidents | D．Blood group and nationalities |
Look at the center circles of Diagram (图) A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?
Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact , they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase ? Or two faces?Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.
"What's happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?" You may wonder at what you see. Don't worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret (解读) the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it "Visual illusion" (视觉错误).
Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.The centre circle in Diagram A looks smaller than that in Diagram B. That's because.
A. something is wrong with our eyes
B. the two circles are not the same size
C. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way
D. the two pictures change quickly from one to the otherWhat's the right order according to the passage?
a. We look at things with our eyes. b. Our brains interpret the messages.
c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.
| A．adbc |
| B．cabd |
| C．acdb |
| D．bcad |
Movie makers make use of visual illusions to.
| A．help the actors look better |
| B．make the actors much braver |
| C．help the actors become stronger |
| D．make the actors seem different in size |
In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?___________
A.The second one.
B.The third one.
C.The fifth one.
D.The sixth one.The text is probably taken from.
| A．an advertisement |
| B．a science book |
| C．a movie magazine |
| D．a story book |