高中英语阅读理解

The Healthy Habits Survey（调查）shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.
1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?
·Finding：A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.
·Step：Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day.
2.How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?
·Finding：Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30%wash their hands only 4 times a day—half of the number doctors recommend.
·Step：We touch our faces around 3,000 times a day—often inviting germs（病菌）to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.
3. How often do you think about fighting germs?
·Finding：Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.
·Step：Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge（海绵）that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.
What is found out American seniors?

A．About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day.

B．Nearly 30%of them bathe three days a week .

C．All of them are fighting germs better than expected .

D．Most of them have good habits.

Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands.

A．twice a day	B．three times a day
C．eight times a day	D．four times a day

Which of the following is true according to the text ?

A．We should keep from touching our faces .

B．A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.

C．There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth .

D．We should wash our hands before touching a door handle .

Why do Americans struggle with watching their weight, while the French, who consume rich food, continue to stay thin? Now a research by Cornell University suggests how life style and decisions about eating may affect weight. Researchers concluded that the French tend to stop eating when they feel full. However, Americans tend to stop when their plate is empty or their favorite TV show is over.
According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, a health expert, the French see eating as an important part of their life style. They enjoy food and therefore spend a fairly long time at the table, while Americans see eating as something to be squeezed between the other daily activities. Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full. So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped. In addition, he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week. The French, instead, tend to shop daily, walking to small shops and farmers’ markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits, vegetables, and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal.
After a visit to the United States, Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don’t Get Fat, decided to write about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid food. Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym.
In spite of all these differences, evidence shows that recent life style changes may be affecting French eating habits. Today the rate of obesity — or  extreme overweight — among adults is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17% — and is growing.
In what way are the French different from Americans according to Dr. Joseph Mercola?

A．They go shopping at supermarkets more frequently.

B．They squeeze eating between the other daily activities.

C．They usually eat too much canned and frozen food.

D．They regard eating as a key part of their lifestyles.

This text is mainly the relationship between _________.

A．Americans and the French	B．life style and obesity
C．children and adults	D．fast food and overweight

The text is mainly developed __________.

A．by space	B．by process
C．by contrast	D．by classification

here does this text probably come from?

A．A TV interview	B．A food advertisement
C．A book review	D．A health report

When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventually, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?

A．The author.	B．The author’s father.
C．The girl.	D．The girl’s mother

Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?

A．O. Henry once worked in Houston.

B．O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.

C．O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.

D．O. Henry once taught at SMU.

The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A．named	B．treated
C．proved	D．described

According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?

A．To meet the author himself.

B．To sell the O. Henry story.

C．To talk with the O. Henry expert.

D．To give money to the girl.

Arriving in Sydney on his own from India, my husband, Rashid, stayed in a hotel for a short time while looking for a house for me and our children.
During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was gone. He was extremely worried as the suitcase had all his important papers, including his passport.
He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in a strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to settle down in a new one.
Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a stranger. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）that had been left out on the footpath.
My husband rushed to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents（文件）. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of unfamiliar papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written letter in the pile in which my husband had given his new telephone number to a friend.
That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored our faith and trust in people. We still remember their kindness and often send a warm wish their way.
What did Rashid plan to do after his arrival in Sydney?

A．Go shopping	B．Take his family
C．Join his family	D．Find a house

The girl’s parents got Rashid’s phone number from_______.

A．a friend of his family	B．a Sydney policeman
C．a letter in his papers	D．a stranger in Sydney

.What does the underlined word “restored” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Showed	B．Gave back
C．Delivered	D．Sent out

Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Turning Trash to Treasure..	B．Living in a New Country.
C．From India to Australia	D．In Search of New Friends.

Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." "OK, Dad," said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.
The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more." The man was very surprised. He asked, "No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?" "Burnt yesterday evening."
Mr. Brown told his son that _____.

A．he would be away from home for four days

B．he would be back in seven days

C．he would be back in a month

D．he liked a cup of tea

Mr. Brown wrote the words down on ________.

A．the wall	B．the door
C．a piece of paper	D．his son's pocket

A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A．the second day	B．the third day
C．the fourth day	D．the fifth day

The man was very surprised because _________.

A．he thought the child's father was dead

B．the child didn't ask him to sit down

C．the child gave him a cup of tea

D．he couldn't find that piece of paper

What was burnt? ___________.

A．The piece of paper	B．Mr. Smith
C．The visitor	D．The boy

On April 1st, Mike decided to fool(愚弄) his friends.
At lunch time he said to Tom, “I think we’re going to have a test this afternoon.” “Test?” said Tom, “Really?”
“Yes, it’s quite true,” said Mike. “When I was passing by Mr. Green’s room, he was talking with another teacher about the test. Tell John, Rose and Joan about it.”
Later Tom told them about the test. Soon almost all the students knew about it. “How foolish they are!” he thought.
When class began, Mr. Green said, “Class, we’re going to have a test today.” Mike was surprised. The test was too hard for him. After class, all his classmates thanked him very much. But he could only smile. “How foolish I was !”he thought.
It really was April Fools’ Day for Mike.
Mike decided to fool his friends because ________ .

A．they were talking about the test

B．they began to prepare (准备) their lessons

C．it was April Fools’ Day

D．they were foolish

________ his classmates believe (相信) him before class.

A．Almost all	B．None of
C．Only a few	D．Some of

Mike didn’t prepare his lessons because _______

A．he didn’t like to

B．it was his holiday

C．he thought the test was easy for him

D．he believed there wasn’t going to be a test

Mike was surprised to see ________ .

A．the test was too hard for him

B．the teacher really gave them a test

C．Tom didn’t believe him

D．his classmates were so foolish

Which of the following is wrong?

A．Mike thought he himself was foolish.

B．All his classmates thanked him.

C．Mr. Green was talking with another teacher about the test.

D．Nearly everyone knew the test before long(不久).

Tom was going home at five yesterday. He got on a bus. A mother with her little boy was sitting nearby. Suddenly the boy cried. His mother tried her best to make the boy stop crying. But the boy would not do so. At last Tom said angrily, “Oh, how that boy cried! Why don’t you give him what he wanted?” “I would if I could." answered the mother quietly,“But he wanted your cap.”
What time was Tom going home yesterday?

A．At four	B．At five
C．At six	D．At seven

Who was sitting near Tom on the bus?

A．An old man with his little girl

B．A young woman

C．A woman with her little boy

D．A young man

The mother tried her best to make the boy ______.

A．wake up	B．go to sleep
C．not talk much	D．stop crying

When the boy cried, Tom ______.

A．was very angry	B．was very hungry
C．was very happy	D．did not hear this

Why was the boy crying?

A．Because he wanted something to eat.

B．Because he wanted to get off the bus.

C．Because he wanted to go home.

D．Because he wanted Tom's cap

阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）
On New Year’s Eve, people in Italy throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothes and plates in the trees. In Spain, the New Year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets. Each holds a bag of grapes. When twelve o’clock comes, people start eating the grapes. In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji(富士山). There they watch the first sunrise(日出) of the New Year.
This story is about New Year’s Eve in_______.

A．Italy	B．Spain
C．Japan	D．All of the above

People in Spain welcome New Year by _______after twelve.

A．eating grapes	B．eating noodles
C．throwing the old things	D．watching the sunrise.

People in both Spain and Japan _______ to bring in the New Year.

A．throw things away	B．get together
C．eat some food	D．climb a mountain

Japanese climb Mount Fuji to _______.

A．look at the stars

B．look for New Year’s wishes

C．see the sun coming up

D．have a rest

The people in _______ hope to get long life from their New Year’s food.

A．Japan

B．China

C．Spain

D．Italy

（This selection was originally published in 1992. Pluto （冥王星） is no longer classified as a planet.）
Pluto is in many ways the strangest of the planets. It is small and has a large moon（called Charon）. Its orbit（轨道） is unusual, which may cause it to have seasons in the sense that when it is close to the sun, the liquid （液体）methane（甲烷）on its surface boils to form a kind of atmospheric haze（烟雾）. When the planet moves farther away from the sun, it starts to snow solid（固体） methane.
Pluto is not dark. Despite its great distance from the sun, the surface of Pluto is probably as bright as a moonlit night on Earth. The reason is all that methane, which is as white as newly fallen snow.
The discovery of Pluto was more accident than design. The American astronomer Percival Lowell had predicted the existence of a ninth planet（he called it Planet X）based on what he took to be irregularities in the orbit of Neptune. Today astronomers argue that these "irregularities" weren't real, but the result of instrumental error. Nevertheless, Lowell produced predictions about where Planet X ought to be（although, to be honest, the predictions changed occasionally when he redid the calculations）.In any case, in 1930 Clyde Tombaugh, doing a systemic sky survey that would have found the planet no matter where it was, discovered the planet we now call Pluto. By coincidence, its position was pretty close to where Lowell's last prediction said it should be. Was it just luck? We'll never know．
On Pluto's surface, liquid methane boils to form an atmospheric haze, which would be most similar to ____.

A．light	B． darkness
C．liquid	D．steam（水蒸气）

What effect is produced by including the question "Was it just luck?" at the end of the text?

A．The question encourages the reader to think about why Pluto is a strange planet．

B．The question encourages the reader to think about how planets are discovered．

C．The question suggests that all discoveries are luck, not just design．

D．The question suggests that other planets were found in different ways．

What contributes to the brightness of Pluto?

A．Methane on its surface.	B．Its great distance from the sun.
C．Light from its moon, Charon.	D．Its closeness to the sun.

The text mainly wants to ____．

A．give a brief introduction of Pluto

B．talk about the discovery of Pluto

C．prove the exact position of Pluto

D．describe the strangeness of Pluto

Well-known as gourmets（美食家），the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's rich nations，according to a study published on Monday.
The average French person sleeps almost 9 hours every night，more than an hour longer than Japanese and Korean，who sleep the least in a survey of 18 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development （OECD）. Despite their siesta（午睡）habit，Spanish rank only third after Americans, who sleep more than 8.5 hours. And while more and more French people prefer fast-food chains these days or wolf down a sandwich at their desk, they still spend more than two hour’s a day eating.
That means their meals are twice as long as those of the average Mexican, who spends just an hour a day on food，the OECD’s “Society at a Glance” report on work, health and leisure(休闲) in Asia, Europe and North and South America found. The Japanese manage to spend close to 2 hours a day eating and drinking, placing them third behind New Zealanders．
Despite the limited time, Americans spend eating each day---about an hour and a quarter---U.S．obesity(肥胖) rates are the highest in the 30 members of OECD. The Japanese like to spend their rare free time watching TV or listening to the radio. This takes up 47 percent of leisure time in Japan. Norwegians spend the most time at leisure，just over a quarter of their day，while at the low end，Mexicans spend just 16 percent of their time having fun．
The OECD has 30 members. The survey covers only the countries for which proper figures were available.
As to eating time，the CORRECT order is______.

A．The French > New Zealanders> Japanese> Mexicans

B．Mexicans> The Japanese > New Zealanders > The French

C．The French > The Japanese > New Zealanders > Mexicans

D．New Zealanders > The Japanese >Mexicans> The French

In the 30 members of OECD，U.S ranks first at______

A．sleeping time	B．leisure
C．eating time	D．obesity-rates

The main purpose of the text is______．

A．to show which country spends the least time on sleeping

B．to tell us the French is leisure-loving gourmets

C．to show a survey about the time of leisure，sleeping，eating in some countries

D．to make a comparison to find out the best living styles of OECD countries

How does the author develop the whole text ?

A．By analysing cause and effect.

B．By making comparisons.

C．By making predictions.

D．By following the time order.

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A．Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．

B．Beach Plaza Hotel．

C．Baymont Inn Hotel．

D．Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

In which hotel parking is the cheapest?

A．Baymont Inn Ft . Lauderdale．

B．Beach Plaza Hotel．

C．Baymont Inn Hotel．

D．Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

If you ______ , you will probably go to Beach Plaza Hotel．

A．enjoy seeing films without leaving your hotel room

B．are fond of swimming in heated water

C．want to eat food cooked by yourself in the hotel

D．are a cigarette smoker

Which of the following is NOT true according to the ads?

A．All of the three hotels provide television with cable．

B．You can keep your money in the room safe in Fort Lauderdale Plaza Hotel．

C．In Beach Plaza Hotel a 24-hour maid is available．

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Sharks have been swimming in the ocean for millions of years. They were on Earth even before dinosaurs! At the top of the world’s ocean’s food chain, sharks help keep the population of other ocean animals in balance. A large drop in the number of sharks can cause serious problems for all ocean animals. Saving sharks makes sense!
Many people are afraid of sharks. But most sharks are harmless. Only a small percentage of sharks are known to attack humans. It adapt(适应) well to new habitats and eat whatever is available. However, today, sharks are in trouble. Nearly one-third of the 400 shark species are in danger of extinction, largely due to over-fishing. Each year, tens of millions of sharks are caught and killed just for their fins(鳍). The fins are used to make shark fin soup.
Humane Society International (HSI) joined with the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots and Shoots program and Beijing Zoo to protect sharks. An exhibit at the zoo, “the Price Behind the Taste-----Protect Sharks. Don’t Eat Shark Fins”, was designed to tell people that shark finning is cruel and unnecessary. It’s hoped that the activity will help put an end to the practice.
Shark fin soup is also eaten in the United States. In fact, the numbers of some shark species in US waters have dropped 90 percent in the last 30 years. To slow the fall, laws against the sale of shark fins have been passed in several states, including Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, and California.
What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Ocean animals are at the top of the food chain.

B．Sharks play an important role in the ocean

C．Sharks are an old species in the ocean.

D．Sharks are being caught and killed.

According to paragraph 2, sharks are in trouble because ______.

A．they often attack humans.

B．their food is being polluted.

C．they are being caught for food.

D．their habitat is being destroyed.

The underlined part “the practice” in Paragraph 3 refers to _______.

A．shark finning	B．shark protection
C．the program of HIS	D．the exhibit at Beijing Zoo

What do we know from the text?

A．There are 400 shark species in the United States.

B．It’s illegal to eat shark fin soup in the United States.

C．Most sharks are not interested in a human for dinner.

D．Sharks are very particular about their habitats and food

It is well known to us that friendship is very important to people and many teenagers also think that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members don’t know them as well as their friends do. In large families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for some ideas.
We all know that it is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a group of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking on the phones. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friends can discuss something including their secrets. Generally speaking, these things are difficult to say to their family members.
However, some parents often try to choose friends for their children. Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends or making friends. I think such parents are not right. I think parents shouldn’t prevent teenagers from making friends.
Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Do you have a few good friends or many good friends?
Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?
Do your parents often stop you from meeting your friends?
What do you do when your parents don’t let you make friends with others?
Your answers are welcome.
When teenagers have something difficult to say to their parents, they usually______.

A．stay alone at home

B．fight with their parents

C．discuss it with their friends

D．go to their brothers and sisters for help.

The underlined sentence “Your answers are welcome.” in the last paragraph means “_________”.

A．You are welcome to discuss the questions with us.

B．We’ve got no idea, so your answers are welcome.

C．Your answers are always right.

D．You can give us all the right answers.

Which of the following is the writer’s opinion?

A．Parents should choose friends for their children.

B．Children should choose everything they like.

C．Parents should understand their children better.

D．Teenagers should only go to their friends for help.

Why is it important for teenagers to have some good friends? Because _______.

A．they have no friends at home.

B．the friends can help each other when they are beaten.

C．they are easy to have a talk together.

D．the parents don’t like to communicate with them.

My day began on a decidedly sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea bush. By the time I got outside, he'd broken it. "Can I take this to school today?" he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn't see the tears gathering in my eyes. I loved that azalea bush. I touched the broken limb as if to say silently, "I'm sorry."
I wished I could have said that to my husband earlier, but I'd been angry. The washing machine had leaked on my brand-new linoleum. If he'd just taken the time to fix it the night before when I asked him instead of playing checkers with Jonathan. What are his priorities anyway? I wondered. I was still mopping up the mess when Jonathan walked into the kitchen. "What's for breakfast, Mom?"
I opened the empty refrigerator. "Not cereal," I said, watching the sides of his mouth drop. "How about toast and jelly?" I smeared the toast with jelly and set it in front of him. Why was I so angry? I tossed my husband's dishes into the sudsy water.
It was days like this that made me want to quit. I just wanted to drive up to the mountains, hide in a cave, and never come out.
Somehow I managed to lug the wet clothes to the Laundromat. I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. Staring at the graffiti on the walls, I felt as wrung-out as the clothes left in the washers.
As I finished hanging up the last of my husband's shirts, I looked at the clock. 2:30. I was late. Jonathan's class let out at 2:15. I dumped the clothes in the back seat and hurriedly drove to the school.
I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher's door and peered through the glass. With one finger, she motioned for me to wait. She said something to Jonathan and handed him and two other children crayons and a sheet of paper.
What now? I thought, as she rustled through the door and took me aside. "I want to talk to you about Jonathan," she said. .
I prepared myself for the worst. Nothing would have surprised me.
"Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?" she asked.
I nodded, thinking about my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes. I glanced at my son busily coloring a picture. His wavy hair was too long and flopped just beneath his brow. He brushed it away with the back of his hand. His eyes burst with blue as he admired his handiwork.
"Let me tell you about yesterday," the teacher insisted. "See that little girl?"
I watched the bright-eyed child laugh and point to a colorful picture taped to the wall. I nodded.
"Well, yesterday she was almost hysterical. Her mother and father are going through a nasty divorce. She told me she didn't want to live, she wished she could die. I watched that little girl bury her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, 'Nobody loves me.' I did all I could to console her, but it only seemed to make matters worse."
"I thought you wanted to talk to me about Jonathan," I said.
"I do," she said, touching the sleeve of my blouse. "Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him hand her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, 'I love you.'"
I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. "Thank you," I said, reaching for Jonathan's hand, "you've made my day."
Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my lopsided azalea bush. As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl, a biblical verse came to me: "...these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt anger.
I heard the familiar squeak of my husband's brakes as he pulled into the drive. I snapped a small limb bristling with hot pink azaleas off the bush. I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband's eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. "I love you," I said.
From the first four paragraphs, we know that_____

A．the writer's husband was a very considerate man

B．the writer was fond of life in a cave

C．the present life let the writer feel nothing but sad

D．things didn't go as the writer expected.

What's the proper order of the events according to the passage?
①Mother arrived at school and knew the truth.
②The son presented the flower to the girl.
③Mother felt sad to see the flower branch broken.
④The girl was desperate and wanted to die.
⑤The son broke a flower branch and took it to school.

A．③①②④⑤	B．④⑤③②①
C．⑤④③②①	D．④③⑤①②

What was the writer’s most probable state of mind when the teacher wanted to have a talk with her?

A．enthusiastic	B．amazed
C．optimistic	D．calm

What is the closest meaning of the underlined word “hysterical”?

A．angry	B．shocked
C．mad	D．light-hearted

Why did Jonathan pick up a limb of the writer's azalea bush?

A．He had a preference for azalea.

B．He wanted to show off before his classmates.

C．He intended to comfort the girl.

D．He lost his heart to the girl.

The best title of the story may be________ .

A．The Greatest of These	B．A limb of my azalea bush
C．You’ve made my day	D．My best day

The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing of the past. With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphone, writing by hand has become something of nostalgic (怀旧的)skill. However, while today’s educators are using more and more technology in their teaching, many believe basic handwriting skills are still necessary for students to be successful---both in school and in life.
Virginia Berninger, professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says it’s important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the skill of writing by hand.
Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks---both on a computer and by hand. The study, published in 2009, found that when writing with a pen and paper, participants wrote longer essays and more complete sentences and had a faster word production rate.
In a more recent study, Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a student’s writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to know well they can write. “Spelling makes some of the thinking parts of the brain active which helps us access our vocabulary, word meaning and concepts. It is allowing our written language to connect with ideas.” Berninger said.
Spelling helps students translate ideas into words in their mind first and then to transcribe “those words in the mind written symbols on paper or keyboard and screen,” the study said. Seeing the words in the “mind’s eye” helps children not only to turn their ideas into words, says Berninger, but also to spot spelling mistakes when they write the words down and to correct then over time.
“In our computer age, some people believe that we don’t have to teach spelling because we have spell checks,” she said. “But until a child has a functional spelling ability of about a fifth grade level, they won’t have the knowledge to choose the correct spelling among the options given by the computer.”
What makes writing by hand a thing of the past?

A．The absence of blackboard in classroom

B．The use of new technologies in teaching.

C．The lack of practice in handwriting.

D．The popular use of smartphones.

Berninger’s study published in 2009 ___________.

A．focused on the difference between writing by hand and on a computer.

B．indicated that students prefer to write with a pen and paper.

C．found that good essays are made up of long sentences.

D．discussed the importance of writing speed.

Which of the following best shows the role of spelling?

A．Spelling improves one’s memory of words.

B．Spelling ability is closely related to writing ability.

C．Spelling benefits the translation from words into ideas.

D．Spelling slows down finding exact words to express ideas.

What does “mind’s eye” in paragraph 5 mean?

A．Window.	B．Soul
C．Picture.	D．Imagination.

What conclusion could be drawn from the passage?

A．Computers can help people with their choice of words.

B．Spell checks can take the place of spelling teaching.

C．Handwriting still has a place in today’s classrooms.

D．Functional spelling ability develops fast in the fifth grade.