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1、.word 可编辑.专业.专注 .Passage 1 Teachers always plan down to the minute what their students will be doing.This is good for kids,because it teaches them to stay on task and follow a schedule.But most homes arent run this way.If parents do plan their childrens lives minute by minute,what happens when that
2、child grows up and goes to college?At some point,kids need to learn to manage their own time.This can be one of the valuable skills you help your kids develop outside of school.But it generally wont happen all by itself,because theres a big transition that happens when kids leave the structured scho
3、ol environment and come home.If you have kid stay alone at home,think hard about trying to find an adult who can be there and provide the support your child needs.If a supportive adult isnt available,an expert named Martin recommends you find an after-school program led by experienced professionals
4、who will engage them in creative activities,nourish them with healthy snacks,and assist them with their schoolwork.If you are at home on the contrary,to take some break after the guys get started on diversions,because its hard to stop and do something like homework.“If that little bit of downtime is
5、 television,good luck.getting them to do their homework.”says a professor of child development at California State University,“TV is addictive.”A better way to help your child unwind is with a healthy snack.“Wait until dinner,make a plate full of energizing food.You could even dish up part of the di
6、nner youre preparing a little early for the kids,”she says.While youre sharing a snack,you can make a list of what your kids will get to do during their study breaks.The types of breaks recommended include shooting baskets,getting a drink,using the bathroom,or even playing a quick card game with par
7、ents.Your kids can be the ones to decide which breaks theyd like to take.But,as Freimuth says,your children will have to be honest about what kind of break will energize them and not upset their momentum.1.The main purpose of this passage is _A_.A)to provide some advice for the parents about childre
8、ns education B)to explain how to prepare a pretty snack for your children C)to explain why the parents spoil their children D)to describe childrens lives after school 2.The words“this way”in the sentence“But most homes arent run this way”in the first paragraph most possibly means _B_.A)to stay on th
9、e task B)to arrange everything in details C)to give some lessons to children D)to behave in the structured school 3.According to the passage,the expert named Martin,appearing in the second paragraph,most probably takes up the following jobs EXCEPT _C_.A)a specialist in children education B)a profess
10、ional consultant in a after-school program C)the leader of a research group about sports,such as basketball D)mostly the same as what Freimuth(in the last paragraph)does 4.According to the last two paragraphs,the appropriate snacks that the parents provide will _D_.A)upset the childrens momentum B)e
11、xhaust them by lots of dirty dishes C)make the children get addicted to TV D)bring more energy to children 5.Which of the following is NOT recommended for the break during the childrens study after class?C A)Shoot baskets.B)Play some games with parents.C)Go out to drink some beverage in a bar for a
12、long time.D)Relax a bit by using the bathroom.Passage 2 This is the weather Scobie loves.Lying in bed he touches his telescope lovingly,turning a wistful eye on the blank wall of rotting mud-bricks which shuts off his view of the sea.Scobie is getting on for seventy and still afraid to die;his one f
13、ear is that he will awake one morning and find himself dead-Lieutenant Commander Scobie,O.B.E.Consequently it gives him a severe shock every morning when the water-carriers shriek under his window before dawn,waking him up.For a moment,he says,he dares not open his eyes.Keeping them fast shut(for fe
14、ar they might open on the heavenly host)he gropes along the cake-stand beside his bed and grabs his pipe.It is always loaded from the night before and an open matchbox stands beside it.The first whiff of tobacco restores both his composure and his eyesight.He breathes deeply,grateful for reassurance
15、.He smiles.He gloats.Then,drawing the heavy sheepskin which serves him as a bed-cover up to his ears,he sings a little triumphal song to the morning.word 可编辑.专业.专注 .Taking stock of himself he discovers that he has the inevitable headache.His tongue is raw from last nights brandy.But against these tr
16、ifling discomforts the prospect of another day in life weighs heavily.He pauses to slip in his false teeth.He places his wrinkled fingers to his chest and is comforted by the sound of his heart at work.He is rather proud of his heart.If you ever visit him when he is in bed he is almost sure to grasp
17、 your hand in his and ask you to feel it.Swallowing a little,you shove your hand inside his cheap night-jacket to experience those sad,blunt,far-away humps-like those of an unborn baby.He buttons up his pajamas with touching pride and give his imitation roar of animal health-Bounding from my bed lik
18、e a lion-that is another of his phrases.You have not experienced the full charm of the man unless you have actually seen him,bent double with rheumatism,crawling out from between his coarse cotton sheets like a ruin.Only in the warmest months of the year do his bones thaw out sufficiently to enable
19、him to stand erect.In the summer afternoons he walks in the park,his little head glowing like a minor sun,his jaw set in a violent expression of health.His tiny nautical pension is hardly enough to pay for one cockroach-infested room;he ekes it out with an equally small salary from the Egyptian gove
20、rnment,which carries with it the proud title of Bimbashi in the Police Force.Origins he has none.His past spreads over a dozen continents like a true subject of myth.And his presence is so rich with imaginary health that he needs nothing more-except perhaps an occasional trip to Cairo during Ramadha
21、n,when his office is closed and presumably all crime comes to a standstill because of the past.6.Scobie liked to have his telescope in bed because _C_ A)he enjoyed looking at the passers _ by,even if he could see the sea.B)he refused touching it and looking through it at the wall.C)he refused to acc
22、ept the fact that he could not see the sea.D)he enjoyed looking at he passers _ by,even if he could not see the sea.7.Every morning Scobie _B_ A)refused to open his eyes until he had had his first cigarette.B)according to himself,did not open his eyes in case he had died in the night.C)denied that h
23、e opened his eyes until he had had his first died in the night.D)could not see anything when the first noises in the street woke him.8.Scobies morning discovery that he was still alive made him feel _A_ A)delighted with his success in surviving the night.B)delightful because of his achievement in li
24、ving.C)satisfied with his victory over life.D)satisfying with his victory over death.9.When he got out of bed,Scobie _D_ A)jumped out like a young man,to show how healthy he was.B)got out slowly because he was too busy talking.C)could hardly get out although he suffered badly from rheumatism.D)got o
25、ut with difficulty because his homes were stiff and painful.10.What can his pension enough to pay for?C A)one big apartment B)a Two-room apartment C)one cockroach-infested room D)his well-being life Passage 3 Doors and windows cant keep them out;airport immigration officers cant stop them and the In
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