出自:新疆开放大学大学英语（二）
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statementsnumbered 1 through 5. For each guestion or statement there are 4 choices marked A. B, C and D.Sussex police were ordered to search for a six-foot, dark-haired youth of about 20 who failed to mug (e) a five-foot, 74-year-old high-fashion designer. The youth rushed at Mrs. West and tried to take herthings and money when she was walking out of a fashion show. The result should have been an expectedconclusion. Surprisingly, however, when Mrs. West grasped the mugger’s wrist (手肠), he cried,“Oh, God!Oh, no! Stop! Encouraged by these pleas (求), she put him in arm lock at which the mugger cried,“Ohno! Oh! God!”and ran away.“lf l hadn’ t been carrying my shopping l would really have put him on hisbacksaid Mrs. West who had practiced judo () when younger,"When my husband was living, I useoto practice throwing him at Christmas”, she explained.
() Why did the youth cry when grasped by the high-fashion designer? Because he.
A)A. was sorry for his failure
B. couldn. t bear the pain and had to ask for mercy
C. felt angry with the high-fashion designer
D. became so excited that he couldn. t help doing so
Directions: Read the following passage and the statements that follow. Choose the best answer for eachstatement from the four choices marked A, BC and D.
"lt hurts me more than you" , and “This is for your own good. These are the statements my motherused to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not topush our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. Theytaught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children dohomework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and wenton vacation.
Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 vears. arerealizing we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharonklompus who says of her students-.so passive"-and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television.says Klompus, contributes to children’ s passivity.“We.re not training kids to work any moresaysKlompus.“We’re talking about a generation of kids who. ve never been hurt or hungry. They havelearned somebody will always do it for them. lnstead of saying.go look it up’ , you tell them the answer. lttakes greater energy to say no to a kid."
Yes, it does. lt takes energy and it takes work. lt’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back towork. lt.s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it’ s fortheir own good. lt. s time to start telling them no again.
Children are becoming more inactive in study because
A. they watch TV too often
B)
B. they have done too much homework
c) C. they have to fulfil too many duties
D) D. teachers are too strict with them
Outdoor Learning Environment
"How do they get the tomato on the vine (藤、) ?”The question shocked Hillis. lt reminded him of the time five years ago when he was volunteering ateattie Elementary School in his daughter’ s kindergarten classroom. He.d been reading the children aook about gardening.
"These kids had only seen vegetables in supermarkets he says. " felt that something important was
nissing in their lives.o he went to work. Hillis and his wife, Sally, made the local government believe that it was necessary toreate an outdoor learning environment, He and other volunteers raised more than 30,000 dollars to makeuch a project. The project was designed like the Platte River. Like the river, the school’ s front walkwayurns east to west, so they planted things along the walkway, such as native grasses which can be found
long the river too.Today students are greeted every day by the cedar-mulched creation (雪覆盖的表面) , which spreadshe lenath of three city blocks, n the back, there’ s a aarden, with twenty 1 ton rocks lving in the ground
where teachers hold classes.The outdoor effort has changed things inside, too. For science, children plant seeds and, based upon eacheed’s size and weight, guess how large a vegetable will grow to become. For arts and crafts, they collectallen leaves and make designs out of them. Other science lessons make up a large part of the outdoorearning process."No matter what time of the year it is Hillis says,“there. s always something goingn.
()Hillis was a volunteer at Beatte Elementary School five years ago.
A. Right
B.Wrong
C. Doesn. t say
() Which of the following doesn. t belong to the western culture?
A)A Europe
B) B. North Africa
C.Asia
D. America
() A study released by Merrill Lynch predicts that U.S. customers will account forof the world.sluxury.
A) A. 30 percent
B) B. 11 percent
C. 17 percent
D. 26 percent
To such children as described in the passage
A)A. it is easier to say no than to say yes
B) B. either is easy to say yes or to say no
C. it is easier to say yes than to say no
D. neither is difficult to say yes nor to say no
Paper Cutting
Paper cutting can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People paste patterns on thewindows, door lintels or tables for the festival atmosphere.lt’s difficult to tell when it originated. One saying is that it originated from the religious ceremony oroffering sacrifices. The ancient people cut papers into animals or people. They either buried them with thedead or burned them on the funerals, wishing that things that paper stood for could be with the dead. Athousand years ago, paper cut was used for decoration. According to historic books, women in the TangDynasty used paper cut as headdress. ln the Song Dynasty, it was the decoration of the gifts. People pastedon windows or doors or used it as decorations on wals, mirrors or lanterns. Some people made a living byt
Paper cutting is all made by hand. lt is easy to learn the rudiments. Non-craftsmen need only a knife andpaper. For craftsman, they need knives and gravers of various types to make complicated patterns. lt can beone piece of paper or many pieces. Simple patterns can be cut with a knife. For complicated patterns.people first pasted the pattern on the paper and then used various kinds of knives to make it. No mistakecan be made during the process otherwise the work would fail.Paper cutting covers nearly all topics, from flowers, birds, animals, legendary people, figures in classicnovels, to types of facial make-up in Peking opera. Paper cutting has various styles in different parts of
China.in the past, women living in the countryside gathered in their free time to make paper cutting, which is away to judge their skillfulness. As society develops, fewer and fewer people learn this skill while there aresome who still regard it as a profession. At present, there are factories and associations for paper cutting inChina. Exhibitions and exchanges are held regularly and books of this kind are published. Paper cutting haschanged from decoration to a kind of art, At the same time, paper cutting also appears in cartoons, onstage, in magazines or in TV series.
() Paper cutting can only be used in China during the Spring Festival.
A. Right
B) B. Wrong
C. Doesn. t say
()The settlers also taught the lndians to penetrate the forest, to hunt large animals.
(A)A True
B. False
C. Not Mentioned
Which of the following is NOT a benefit that online shopping offers?
A
A. Internet is always open.
B)B. Bargains can be numerous online.
C. You have to provide your personal information for online shopping, which sometimes will cause privacy and security problems.
D) D. The internet is as safe as shopping in a store or by mail if you use it properly.