Takingthedogtothebeachonahotsu-优题课

阅读理解
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Due to the increasing number of violence acts produced in schools all over the world, more and more parents prefer to have their children educated at home rather than at school. This way they can assure their safety and well-being, although teachers and school representatives are trying to improve the situation in schools by increasing the number of the persons in charge with the safety of the students.
The main reason for violence acts are the films and cartoons that fill the children’s time. They want to do everything. They watch on TV and never think at the consequences, and they may hurt a classmate or a teacher.
On the other hand, parents are not fully satisfied with the children’s results obtained in classes and they consider private classes would have better results.
When a teacher has to watch 30 students in class he can’t probably see what each of them is doing, how he is writing, or if he understands the explanations. At home the teacher can explain in details everything the child doesn’t understand as many times as he considers proper.
And many times. the child grows fond of the teacher at home, who becomes his best friend, and who helps him whenever he needs someone to talk to.
However, the best solution would be a mixture between the education received at school and that at home, because school makes children communicate and socialize. Keeping a child at home for fear there might happen something bad to him only makes the child’s character weak and prevents him from knowing what real life is. Staying in a crystal ball only does harm to the child.
All in all, schools have been created to help children, not to harm them, so it’s best to keep children in these special places, where they learn, laugh, have fun and make new friends.
The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to ______.

A．teach parents the ways to keep theft children safe

B．show solutions to developing children’s character

C．explain the main reason for violence acts in schools

D．analyze an education problem and give opinions

Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Classes

B．Who is to Blame. Parents or Schools?

C．Which is Better, School Study or Home Study

D．The Relationship between Teachers and Children

Parents prefer to have their children educated at home because the following EXCEPT that

A．More and more violence acts occur in schools

B．Parents want to improve their children's grades

C．Parents are concerned about their children’s safety

D．The education system is far from satisfactory

What does“a crystal ball”in the passage refer to?

A．A toy that can be used for entertainment.

B．A safe and comfortable environment.

C．An object that is made of crystal.

D．A setback that is hard to overcome.

We call infer from the passage that ______.

A．violence TV programs have bad effects on children’s behavior

B．the teacher at home is more patient than the teacher at school

C．children today are weak from lack of sense of right and wrong

D．there are too many students in class for a teacher to teach

阅读理解
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Why are newspapers and TV broadcasts filled with disaster, corruption and incompetence? It may be because we’re drawn to depressing stories without realizing, according to psychologists.
When you read the news, sometimes it can feel like the only things reported are terrible, depressing events. Why do the media concentrate on the bad things in life, rather than the good? In fact, many people often say that they would prefer good news.
The researchers present their experiment as solid evidence of a so called “negativity bias(偏见)”, psychologists’ term for our collective hunger to hear, and remember bad news.
It isn’t just delight in other people’s misfortune, the theory goes, but that we’ve evolved to react quickly to potential threats. Bad news could be a signal that we need to change what we’re doing to avoid danger.
As you’d expect from this theory, there’s some evidence that people respond quicker to negative words. In lab experiments, flash the word “cancer”, “bomb” or “war” up at someone and they can hit a button in response quicker than if that word is “baby”, “smile” or “fun”. We are also able to recognize negative words faster than positive words, and even tell that a word is going to be unpleasant before we can tell exactly what the word is going to be.
There’s another interpretation (解释)that researchers put on their evidence: we pay attention to bad news, because on the whole, we think the world is more hopeful than it actually is. When it comes to our own lives, most of us believe we’re better than average, and that, like the cliches, we expect things to be all right in the end. This pleasant view of the world makes bad news all the more surprising and arresting. It is only against a light background that the dark spots are highlighted.
So our attraction to bad news may be more complex than just journalistic prejudice or a hunger springing from the darkness within.
What is “negativity bias” according to psychologists?

A．It is one’s delight in others’ misfortune.

B．It is one’s habit of reacting quickly to potential threats.

C．It is a signal with which we can avoid danger.

D．People are born to hear and remember bad news.

What can we infer from the passage?

A．Journalists only feel like reporting depressing bad news.

B．It is true that there are no good stories to be reported.

C．People unconsciously pay more attention to bad news.

D．People like to hear pleasant words rather than bad words.

What will be read first by most readers according to the theory?

A．Movie star arrested for taking drugs.

B．Movie star went on a campaign for ASL disease.

C．Movie star accepts Ice Bucket Challenge

D．Movie star awarded the third Oscar in three years.

What causes people to focus more on bad news than on good news?

A．The world is believed to be more hopeful than it actually is.

B．It is expected things will be all right in the end.

C．The world is believed to be full of darkness.

D．It is believed that we are better than others.

阅读理解
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Four million children are caught up in the war in Syria. Thirteen-year-old Rabia is one of them. Tall and thin, she sits shaking in a yellow T-shirt at the Al Marj settlement, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Home for Rabia was once a two-story house near Damascus. Now it is a tent shared with her nine family members.
Rabia’s face is covered with dirt, and she is tired and cold. She has just finished work, picking up potatoes that fell from a truck. Her typical day starts at 4 a.m., and she works a double shift that lasts about 16 hours, putting potatoes into bags. The only choice for her is that she can choose the first eight hours or the second eight hours. For this, she gets paid about $8 a day.
Working means Rabia misses school. Back in her village, she was the best in her class and good at everything. Her favorite subjects were Arabic literature and math. But, like many children now living in the settlements — there are no official refugee（难民）camps in Lebanon — that was Rabia’s old life. Life before war, before her family moved five times to escape the bombs, before leaving behind her bedroom, her toys and her friends without packing a bag, before “half the people I know” were dead.
The old life was full of laughter with her sister, Wala. But Wala, 14, got married two days ago to an 18-year-old Lebanese. Rabia is happy for her sister. Life in the settlement is tough — the children have nowhere to play, the bathing is poor and sexual abuse is out of control. You can’t blame parents — often confused, illiterate and poor — who want to marry off their daughters. They fear for their safety.
Increasing numbers of Rabia’s girlfriends are getting married. Once in rural Syria, a girl got married at 16. According to UNICEF, the age is now dropping to 12 or 13. It is no secret that Lebanese men want to marry Syrian refugee girls, who work hard and don’t ask for anything.
Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?

A．A news report.	B．A book review.
C．A history book.	D．A travel magazine.

The underlined word “shift” in Para. 3 probably refers to ______.

A．the extra task	B．the low pay
C．the potato factory.	D．the working period

The writer's purpose for writing Para. 4 is to ______.

A．present the dream of Rabia

B．show the damage of the war

C．predict the future of Syrian girls

D．compare the life before war and now

阅读理解
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I was a very luck girl. Many girls didn’t know they could participate or even be good at sports, but I never needed to be told that because I grew up with my grandmother who was a great Olympian. Even today, many girls need that extra nod in sports, but where can they get it?

Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm

This picture book has a great message about how important attitude is in sports. I especially love the main character who is a child. This makes little girls and boys find themselves in similarly frustrating situation. You will find yourself saying “Winners Never Quit” a lot reading this book.

Players in Pigtails by Shana Corey

This book takes the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and personalizes it for young readers. Many young girls who love sports more than princess will like the main character and hopefully understand her desire to do what she loves.

Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull

It’s a true story of Wilma Rudolph, an African-American Olympian who, despite having polio(小儿麻痹) as a child, became the first American woman ever to win three gold medals at one Olympic Games. What did Wilma have in her corner? Not much more than great determination. This story is incredibly inspiring and the illustrations(插图) by David Diaz bring the amazing facts straight to your heart.

Basketball Belles by Sue Macy

This book is set in 1896 and the attractive illustrations by Matt Collins take readers back to that time. The author takes you back into that gymnasium and makes you see not only how amazing that first game was for those devoted women who played in it, but also how important it was to all the women that have played basketball ever since.

What do we know about Winners Never Quit?

A．Its story happened in ancient times.

B．It shows sport isn’t always easy for children.

C．It tells the story of a successful adult player.

D．It mainly attracts girls who desire to be successful.

The main character who may play basketball was written by ______.

A．Mia Hamm	B．Shana Corey
C．Kathleen Krull	D．Sue Macy

What do the four books have in common?

A．They are all picture books intended for teenagers.

B．They all contain knowledge about the Olympics.

C．They all inspire girls to participate in sports.

D．They are all about modern sports players.

阅读理解
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
This March is a busy month in Shanghai. There’s a lot to do. Here are the highlights.
Live Music—Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He’s coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie’s Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie’s third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.

Scottish Dancing
Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn.
Instructors will demonstrate the dances. The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent.

Exhibitions—Shanghai Museum
There are 120,000 pieces on show here. Your can see the whole of Chinese history under one roof. It’s always interesting to visit, but doubly so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition. There are lots of mummies and more gold than you’ve ever seen before. Let us know if you see a mummy move!

ining –Sushi chef in town
Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it’s become an art form .The most famous Sushi “artist” is Yuki Kamura . She’s also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She’ll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.

For a full listing of events, see our website.
Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8:00p.m. on Saturday, which one can you choose?

A．Live Music—Late Night Jazz

B．Scottish dancing

C．Exhibitions—Shanghai Museum

D．Dining—Sushi chef in town

Which of the following is true according to the advertisements?

A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that it never tires you out.

B．The performance given by the American jazz band won’t last long .

C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food.

D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt.

From the text we may learn that Kamura is _________.

A．a cook	B．a waitress
C．an instructor	D．an artist