Forkidsandmanyadults,aSanDiego-优题课

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Welcome to our school. You can do a lot of things here. Come and join us.

Timetable
Sunday 8:30---11:30 Personal Inventions You can see many inventions by the students; you may also bring your own inventions.	Monday 19:00---21:00 Space and Man Dr. Thomas West If you want to know more about the universe.
Wednesday 19:30---21:00 Modern Medicine Mrs. Lucy Green Would you like to know medical science?	Friday 18:30---21:00 Computer Science Mr. Harry Morison from Harvard University Learn to use Windows XP.

You may have a chance to introduce your inventions on _________.

A．Monday	B．Sunday
C．Friday	D．Wednesday

The person who teaches Computer Science is from___________.

A．Australia	B．Canada
C．America	D．New Zealand

You may learn something about a disease called TB from __________.

A．Mr. Morison	B．Dr. West
C．Mr. Thomas	D．Mrs. Green

If you want to learn something about satellites, you can go to the class from______.

A．19:00 to 21:00 on Monday

B．8:30 to 11:30 on Sunday

C．18:30 to 21:00 on Friday

D．19:30 to 21:00 on Wednesday

Living with other students can be a wonderful experience. Here are a few tips for student accommodations that can help ensure a great experience and build lifelong friendships: Screen your roommates carefully if you are given a choice. Combining the living spaces of several students into one location can be exciting and rewarding experience for the outgoing students. If you are on the shy side, or prefer a quiet group to study with, pick quieter roommates.
Divide the bills evenly. Some students are far less responsible than their roommates and tend to let their part of the finance slide. Dissatisfaction is quick to build when everyone has to pay the bill for a fellow student who can’t seem to pay his/her share of the money.
Carry your part of the load. Everyone has to clean the bathroom and the kitchen sometime. Don’t avoid your part of responsibility. Student accommodations can get messy and it involves everyone to keep them tidy and healthy.
Think about someone else before you think about yourself. Put your roommates interests above your own. Life will be far enjoyable when everyone is concerned about the feelings property and studies of each other.
Be open and honest. Hostilities (敌意) and frustrations may cause problems that can’t be fixed. Everyone brings different standards and expectations to group living and it’s in everyone’s best interest to put them into the open. Disagreements can be managed more warmly when your are willing to be both open and listen to others.
When it comes to the bills, every member is advised to________ .

A．foot the bill for a fellow student

B．let his/her part of the finances slide

C．pay his/her own share of money

D．take more responsibility than others

The role “carry your part of the load” means every room member should ________.

A．avoid making too much noise

B．take turns to keep the room tidy

C．take care of others when they are ill

D．avoid staying up and oversleeping

To be a good member, one should learn to ________ according to the passage.

A．choose his/her roommates at random

B．balance his/her interests with others

C．express his/her disagreement openly and honestly

D．tolerate different standards and expectations

More than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed across the globe each day, and it’s likely that many taste bitter.
Now, a new study suggests that coffee fans can make their drink taste sweeter by simply changing the color of their cups.
Scientists claim that blue and glass mugs, which are popular in some coffee shops, can reduce coffee’s bitterness, without any need for sugar, and that coffee drunk from white cups tastes the bitterest.
To prove their claims, the researchers invited 36 volunteers and used three different colored cups— blue, white and transparent glass—to do an experiment.
In the experiment, coffee consumed from the white cup was found to taste less sweet when compared to the other two colored cups, while the blue cup made the coffee taste the sweetest.
The scientists believe that the color brown may be associated with coffee’s bitterness because coffee in a white cup appears the brownest and tastes the bitterest.
“Our study clearly shows that the color of a coffee cup does influence the perceived (感受到的) taste and flavor of coffee,” said Dr George Doorn of Federation University Australia, “but the potential effects may be different between a one-time purchase and a return customer.”
“Anyhow, the effect of the color of the cup on the flavor of the coffee suggests that café owners, baristas (服务员), as well as coffee cup manufacturers should carefully consider the color of their cups, ” he added.
However, the idea that color can alter the taste of food and drink is not new.
A study published last year revealed that red, strawberry-flavored mousse (慕斯蛋糕) served on a white plate was rated as 10 percent sweeter and 15 percent more flavorous than the same food presented on a black plate.
What color of the cup can best reduce coffee’s bitterness without adding sugar?

A．Blue.

B．Brown.

C．White.

D．Transparent.

The scientists used ________ to do the experiment to prove their claims.
① different brands of coffee
② different colored coffee cups
③ several volunteers
④ several manufactures

A．①②

B．②③

C．②④

D．③④

Why does coffee in white cups taste the least sweet?

A．Because white cups are not as beautiful as other cups.

B．Because white cups make coffee appear the brownest.

C．Because white cups reduce the sugar in them.

D．Because white cups are better used to serve cakes.

According to the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Black plates increase the sweetness of food and drink.

B．Strawberry-flavored mousse is 10 percent sweeter than coffee.

C．People consume more than 2.5 billion cups of coffee across the globe every year.

D．People can make coffee taste sweeter by changing the color of their coffee cups.

The Hunan Satellite TV (HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of“Lost on the way”played by nanny (保姆式的) daddy and cute kids triggered（触发）a lot of people’s emotional resonance（共鸣）. Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In real life, on the one hand, the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand, they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV show that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34. We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility for raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going, Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go, and society will go where the children go.
Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?

A．Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old.

B．36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34.

C．The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play.

D．In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child.

In raising a child in modern society, parents should ________.

A．play computer games with their children

B．break down the barrier between children and teachers

C．balance well between family and career

D．keep their children at home to avoid socializing

What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the passage?

A．Optimistic.	B．Proud.
C．Negative.	D．Worried

Which one is the best title of the passage?

A．Confusion behind “Where are we going, dad?”

B．Modern Education is Important

C．Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids

D．New Problems in Modern Children’s Education

Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.
I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife Mac kenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Mac kenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it was really a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted (萦绕) by a decision to not try at all.
After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choice.
What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?

A．His dream of being an inventor.

B．The support of his wife.

C．The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.

D．The successful boss that he admired.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?

A．The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.

B．He would be very excited if he tried it out.

C．He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.

D．The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.

We can know from the passage that ________.

A．the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author

B．the author might not regret if he failed the attempt

C．the author wanted someone else to try the idea

D．the author might go back to his boss if he failed

Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Cleverness and Kindness

B．The Starting of Amazon

C．Following My Passion

D．We Are What We Choose

A．warn	B．amuse
C．persuade	D．guide

A．Seaworld San Diego	B．San Diego Zoo
C．Maritime Museum of San Diego	D．Old Town Trolley Tours