Nowadays______children go to school ______few of them have ever asked themselves _______they go there. Some children think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, history, science, ______and a few other ______. But why do they learn these things? Are these the only things they should learn at school?
Actually children go to school to _______ themselves for the time when they will be grown up and will have to _______themselves.They learn their own langge _____they will be able to _______with people in foreign countries, make friends with them and learn______about their culture and history. They learn mathematics in order to be able to measure the things around them and calculate sums. _______helps them understand something about the world around them and history teaches them about the past and people. Nearly everything they study at school has some use _____in their ________, but there is one more_____reason why children go to school.
It is more important to receive education that just learning ________.We go to school ____to learn how to learn. Learning is not just for school but for life. So even after we have left school, we have to continue to learn. A man who _______knows how to learn will always be ______because whenever he is faced with a completely new task or problem, he will teach himself how to deal with it in the best way. ________,children do not go to school just to learn languages, mathematics, geography, etc. They go to school to ______how to learn.
A．some B．most C．few D．all
A．but B．so C．and D．because
A．how B．when C．why D．that
A．cooking B．sowing C．playing D．geography
A．subjects B．skills C．languages D．games
A．make B．prepare C．teach D．study
A．teach B．support C．live D．work
A．and B．in order to C．so as to D．so that
A．communicate B．work C．talk D．study
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
A．Foreign languages B．Mathematics C．History D．Geography
A．practical B．special C．different D．importance
A．work B．lives C．study D．communication
A．difficult B．unusual C．important D．kind
A．foreign languages B．science C．mathematics D．facts
A．above all B．at all C．in all D．for all
A．doesn't B．never C．really D．may
A．unsuccessful B．calm C．successful D．useful
A．Although B．But C．However D．Therefore
A．begin B．work C．live D．learn
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One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm. At 16, I like____better than driving our truck, ____this time I was not happy. My father had told me I'd have to ask for credit(赊账)at the store.
Sixteen is a____age，when a young man wants respect, not charity. It was 1976, and the ugly____of racial discrimination was____a fact of life. I'd seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner____whether they were “good for it.” I knew black youths just like me who were____like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.
My family was____. We paid our debts. But before harvest, cash was short. Would the store owner____us?
At Davis's store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer. I nodded____I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves. When I brought my____to the cash desk, I said____， “I need to put this on credit.”
The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful____. But Buck's face didn't change. “Sure”， he said____. “Your daddy is____good for it.” He____to the other man. “This here is one of James Williams's sons.”
The farmer nodded in neighborly____. I was filled with pride. James Williams's son. Those three words had opened a door to an adult's respect and trust.
That day I discovered that the good name my parents had____brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors. Everyone knew that to____from a Williams：a decent person who kept his word and respected himself____much to do wrong.
A．something B．nothing C．anything D．everything
A．and B．so C．but D．for
A．prideful B．wonderful C．respectful D．colorful
A．intention B．shadow C．habit D．faith
A．thus B．just C．still D．ever
A．guessed B．suspected C．questioned D．figured
A．watched B．caught C．dismissed D．accused
A．generous B．honest C．friendly D．modest
A．blame B．excuse C．charge D．trust
A．until B．as C．once D．since
A．purchases B．sales C．orders D．favorites
A．casually B．confidently C．cheerfully D．carefully
A．look B．stare C．response D．comment
A．patiently B．eagerly C．easily D．proudly
A．generally B．never C．sometimes D．always
A．pointed B．replied C．turned D．introduced
A．sense B．way C．degree D．mood
A．earned B．deserved C．given D．used
A．receive B．expect C．collect D．require
A．very B．so C．how D．too
Facial expressions carry meanings that depend on situations and relationship. For instance, in American culture the smile is typically an expression of____. Yet it has other functions(作用). A smile may____love, politeness, or____true feeling. It is also a source of confusion(混乱)across____. ____， many people in Russia____smiling at strangers in public to be unusual or even suspicious(怀疑). Yet many Americans____freely at strangers in public places. Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong____； some Americans believe that Russians don't smile enough. In Southeast Asian cultures, a smile is frequently used to cover emotional pain or mental difficulty, discomfort of anxiety.
Our faces make our emotions and attitudes known, ____we should not try to “read” people from another culture____we would “read” someone from our own culture. The degree of facial expressiveness one shows changes____persons and cultures. The fact that members of one culture do not____their emotions as openly as members of____does not mean____they do not____emotions. Rather, their cultures____them expressing their emotions and attitudes freely.
If we____people whose____of showing emotion are not the same according to____own cultural patterns, we may make the____of“reading”the other persons incorrectly.
A．worried B．surprise C．excitement D．pleasure
A．show B．tell C．sound D．seem
A．cover B．explain C．include D．suggest
A．countries B．cultures C．nations D．oceans
A．In a word B．As a result C．For example D．On the contrary
A．keep B．enjoy C．continue D．consider
A．stare B．smile C．look D．shout
A．direction B．manner C．time D．place
A．and B．so C．but D．or
A．as B．though C．unless D．since
A．among B．into C．between D．about
A．find B．form C．express D．control
A．the others B．others C．the other D．another
A．whether B．that C．if D．why
A．experience B．use C．bring D．carry
A．feel B．keep C．prevent D．make
A．think B．observe C．judge D．watch
A．hopes B．ways C．thoughts D．means
A．your B．their C．one's D．our
A．answer B．mistake C．promise D．use
The eyes are one of the most expressive instruments of body language. Keith, seventeen, from Montclair New Jersey, learned the hard way about one____the eyes can make. “I had a____who graded heavily on classroom discussion，”Keith says. “He seemed to have a strong ability to know just when I didn't have the____. I couldn't figure out how he could be so____. Then it dawned on(明白过来)me. ____I didn't know the answer, I would avoid looking at him. When I____know what to say, I always____straight back at him. From that moment on, I____myself to look at him in the eye，____I knew the work or not. That trick has saved me a lot of trouble.”
Many people including some policemen, believe eye contact(接触)is a good____of honesty. If someone can't look at you directly in the eye, then he or she is not playing____， they insist. After many experiments，____， a number of experts have found out that good liars(骗子)can make false eye contact.
Eye contact, though not a____sign of honesty, is a clear way to show interest in another person. When a person looks at you and____to do so, you know his____is placed on you. When he turns his head away, his mind is probably____. ____there are exceptions. A____person may have trouble making and keeping eye contact, no matter how interested he is in the other person. And certain____， such as the British and Germans, are much____oriented(适应)to eyeball-to-eyeball contact than, say, the French and Arabs.
A．letter B．notice C．message D．news
A．student B．headmaster C．friend D．teacher
A．question B．problem C．excuse D．answer
A．slow B．sharp C．dull D．clever
A．Whatever B．Whenever C．However D．Wherever
A．didn't B．did C．don't D．do
A．watched B．glanced C．saw D．stared
A．helped B．forced C．taught D．persuaded
A．when B．whether C．if D．as
A．lesson B．way C．chance D．test
A．honestly B．quickly C．correctly D．really
A．therefore B．however C．actually D．especially
A．real B．exact C．wonderful D．sure
A．stops B．continues C．changes D．hopes
A．attention B．spirit C．strength D．energy
A．anywhere B．nowhere C．elsewhere D．everywhere
A．And B．Or C．But D．So
A．brave B．shy C．stupid D．proud
A．nationalities B．cities C．countries D．languages
A．more B．less C．too D．enough
Have you ever imagined that you could be cloned like Dolly the sheep in the not too distant future?
The news that a human embryo(胚胎)has been____cloned for the first time has caused mixed reactions.
The____was carried out by scientists from the Advanced Cell Technology Inc(ACT), in Massachusetts, US. The group____the news on November 25.
This is____human being. A clone is alive, it walks, it breathes, said Jamie Grifo, a(n)____on the study of cloning at New York University School of Medicine.
“This is a set of cells in a lab that will be used to____someone's life.”
Such research could lead to treatment for____such as heart diseases, AIDS and even cancer, ____scientists.
Despite high hopes from other scientists, the news raised concerns immediately from religious and political leaders. Several____in the US do not allow human cloning. President George W. Bush also made it clear that he is____any type of human cloning. However, the scientists at ACT said they have no interest at present in____an early embryo into____.
Animals have been cloned repeatedly since Dolly the sheep____in 1997. And there were no real technical____to stand in the way of scientists making a cloned human embryo.
This time the research group used traditional cloning technology with a human____. ____it was given DNA from an adult cell, the egg began to____. ____it was stopped from becoming a baby—at a stage in which it was____a ball of cells. The ____technology has been used to clone sheep, cattle and monkeys.
A．in failure B．never C．successfully D．not
A．research B．report C．works D．task
A．made known B．made C．said D．had
A．a cloned B．a manmade C．a D．not a cloned
A．worker B．head C．expert D．assistant
A．save B．rescue C．cure D．treat
A．patients B．health C．diseases D．things
A．according to B．including C．besides D．argued
A．countries B．nations C．peoples D．states
A．for B．against C．researching for D．praising
A．developing B．building C．inventing D．discovering
A．a baby B．a man C．a woman D．a white man
A．died B．appeared C．turned up D．was no more
A．questions B．affairs C．business D．problems
A．egg B．bless C．meat D．cell
A．Before B．After C．While D．And
A．grow B．die C．change D．grow up
A．And B．But C．However D．Yet
A．yet B．still C．not D．also
A．different B．usual C．ordinary D．same
阅读下面短文，理解大意，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Recently, I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive, the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight ____ before setting down. High desert winds had ____ the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be ____ the city for a few minutes waiting to ____. We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened ____ there might be a few bumps(颠簸). Well, that few minutes turned into about forty-five minutes, including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车) ____ by comparison. The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt ____ and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess, that's not a good thing to have happen in a(n) ____ space because it only ____ to increase the discomfort of the situation.
About twenty minutes into the adventure, the entire airplane became very ____. There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be ____ noticed. Every passenger simply held on for dear life... except one. A ____ was having a good time! With each bump of the ____， he would let out a giggle(咯咯的笑) of delight. As I observed this, I ____ that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his ____. He neither thought about the past nor about the future. Those are what we grownups have learned from ____ . He was ____ the ride because he had not yet been taught to fear it. Having understood this, I took a deep breath and ____ back into my seat, pretending I was ____ on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even ____ to giggle once or twice, much to the chagrin(懊恼) of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.
A．mistake B．delay C．change D．wind
A．forced B．warned C．swept D．reminded
A．watching B．visiting C．circling D．crossing
A．arrive B．enter C．stop D．land
A．if B．though C．because D．while
A．light B．pale C．easy D．quick
A．sick B．nervous C．angry D．afraid
A．empty B．narrow C．secret D．open
A．happens B．continues C．fails D．serves
A．quiet B．hot C．dirty D．crowded
A．partly B．gradually C．shortly D．clearly
A．pilot B．baby C．guard D．man
A．seats B．passengers C．flight D．airplane
A．realized B．hoped C．agreed D．insisted
A．health B．safety C．joy D．future
A．teachers B．books C．experience D．practice
A．learning B．taking C．missing D．enjoying
A．sat B．lay C．went D．rode
A．nearly B．finally C．really D．suddenly
A．attempted B．managed C．wanted D．decided