1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 模块测试五 第一部分 阅读理解 (共两节 ,满分 40 分 ) 第一节 (共 15 小题 ;每小题 2 分 ,满分 30 分 ) 阅读下列短文 ,从每题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 四个选项中 ,选出最佳选项。 A If you are looking for a unique gift for a graduate,I recommend these childrens picture books for their wit and wisdom. I Wish You More I Wish You More,by Amy Krouse Rosenthal a
2、nd Tom Lichtenheld,is a book full of good wishes,expressed in a way that graduates will appreciate.While acknowledging life isnt perfect,the wishes are always for the best.Wishes include,“I wish you more give than take.” and “I wish you more um brella than rain.” The books creators effectively combi
3、ne humor,wisdom and affection in it.(Chronicle Books,2015.ISBN:9781452126999) If You Hold a Seed Author and Illustrator Elly MacKays illustrations tell this quiet story about a little boy who plants a seed and patiently cultivates and cares for it over the seasons until it reaches maturity.This stor
4、y also serves as a metaphor for working towards a dream/goal with care and patience and reaching it over time,which makes If You Hold a Seed a good graduation gift.(Running Press Books,2013,ISBN:9780762447213) Only One You In this picture book written and illustrated by Linda Kranz,a mother and a fa
5、ther decide it is time to share their wisdom with their son,Adri.While the parents of Adri words are indeed wise,it is the mixed media artwork illustrating their meaning that makes this book so special.For example,“If something gets in your way,move around it.”is illustrated with a line of rockfish(
6、 岩鱼 ) that detours around a fishing line with a worm on it.(Rising Moon Books,2006.ISBN:9780873589017) 【 精品教育资源文库 】 1.How does the writer introduce I Wish You More? A.By showing some examples. B.By making a list of numbers. C.By telling an interesting story. D.By explaining the meaning of the wish.
7、 2.What can we learn by If You Hold a Seed? A.Plants have something to do with seeds. B.It is not easy for a plant to reach maturity. C.The book can be regarded as a good gift for kids. D.Care and patience are important in realizing a goal. 3.Why is Only One You illustrated with pictures? A.To make
8、it more expensive. B.To show the writers artistic standard. C.To help readers to understand it better. D.To encourage readers to overcome obstacles. B Aside from her other duties as First Lady,Michelle Obama spent much of 2016 fighting for girls right to an education.Around the world,more than 62 mi
9、llion girls are not in school.Obama has worked to put this on everyones radar( 关注 )with the Let Girls Learn proposal.The First Ladys efforts,part of the international Girl Rising movement,has united people around the world to help girls go to school. The First Lady also showed her passion for educat
10、ion with the Reach Higher program.The proposal encourages students to continue their education after high school.Her actions inspired students across the country.More than 1,000 schools held College Signing Day events,celebrating students who go to college. Obama also continued her Lets Move! progra
11、m.She started Lets Move! after entering the White House in 2009,to encourage kids to exercise and eat healthy food.Obama welcomed students,Elmo and Rosita from Sesame Street,and others to participate in her final White House Kitchen Garden harvest. To complement her proposal,Obama showed her fun sid
12、e by appearing on several television shows.She was a guest on The Voice to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Joining Forces,the program begun by her husband and Jill Biden,the wife of Vice-president Joe Biden,to honor American military members and their families.She also sponsored a new American su
13、bmarine,the U.S.S.Illinois. For her work pushing for 62 million girls to have access to an education,her commitment to ensuring every kid lives a healthy lifestyle,and her ongoing passion to better the U.S.throughout her eight years as First Lady,Michelle Obama is a nominee for TFKs 2016 Person of t
14、he Year. 4.Whats the best title for the text? A.Girls Education in America B.First Lady,Michelle Obama C.School Education for girls D.Attention to Michelle 5.Why did Michelle Obama start Lets Move! program? A.To help girls go to school. B.To encourage students to go to college. C.To congratulate stu
15、dents on going to college. D.To encourage kids to exercise and eat healthy food. 6.Who started the program Joining Forces? 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A.Joe Biden and Obamas husband. B.Obama and her husband. C.Jill Biden and Obamas husband. D.Obama and Jill Biden. 7.What does the text show us about Michelle Obama
16、? A.Devoted and passionate. B.Educated and funny. C.Encouraged and hardworking. D.Inspired and thoughtful. ? 导学号 23500126? C Are you trying to learn a new language in a foreign land?You might be better off if you stopped looking at that picture of your family and friends. New research from Columbia
17、University found that prompting(提示 )someone who is learning a new language with images and reminders of their own culture could temporarily ruin everything that the brain was trying to build. When native Chinese students were asked to talk with a Caucasian avatar(白种人的虚拟头像 )and a Chinese avatar,their
18、 English skills were so different.Simply exposing students to a Chinese person affected their ability to speak English.Subjects(受试者 )who talked with the Chinese version felt more comfortable in their speech,but they produced 11% fewer words per minute.They actually became less fluent speakers. To ma
19、ke sure it wasnt just the avatar,researchers also showed people random images of China while the participants told a story.When pictures of their homeland appeared,fluency dropped 16% and volunteers were 85% more likely to use a literal(完全按原文的 )translation,for example,calling pistachios “happy nuts”
20、,because thats literally what the Chinese word for pistachio means. When the students were shown pictures of fish with one swimming ahead of the others,their culture would change how they looked at the photo.With Chinese prompts,like photos of the Great Wall or Chinese Dragon,etc.saw more students t
21、hinking that the fish was being chased,while with American prompts,like pictures of Marilyn Monroe or Superman,saw those students believing that it was a leader fish. The bottom line is:when attempting to learn a new culture,it is far better to surround yourself with that culture than create an isla
22、nd of the old one. 8.Why does the author use a question in the first paragraph? A.To raise a question. B.To arouse readers awareness. C.To introduce the topic. D.To tell a story. 9.The underlined word “pistachios” in the fourth paragraph refers to . A.pictures B.volunteers C.an image D.a kind of foo
23、d 10.From the passage we can infer that . A.different images would change with different people B.different cultures would affect how students looked at the photo C.with Chinese prompts,more students thought that it was a leader fish D.with American prompts,more students thought that the fish was be
24、ing chased 11.According to the research,which is a better way for a student in a foreign land to learn a new culture? A.To surround himself with that culture. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 B.To create an island of the old one. C.To see random images of China. D.To talk with a Caucasian avatar. D Hollywoods theory t
25、hat machines w ith evil(邪恶的 ) minds will drive armies of killer robots is just silly.The real problem relates to the possibility that artificial intelligence(AI) may become extremely good at achieving something other than what we really want.In 1960 a well-known mathematician Norbert Wiener,who founded the field of cybernetics(控制论 ),put it this way:“If we use,to achieve our purposes,a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot effectively interfere(干预 ),we had better be quite sure that the purpose put into the
