S361-S3 Answers to Quiz time 

1-4 DBCA
5. Because he wanted to be famous. 
6. Three. / He made three attempts.
7. His brother’s words made him realize that he could not possibly break the existing records.
8. He felt alright and still thought of himself as special.
9. Feeling beaten/defeated/depressed, I got out of the bathtub.
10-13 DBAD
14-17 CDBD

Mornings on the Internet (P4)
1. Which of the following descriptions about the Gudes is TRUE?
A. The old couple seem to prefer simpler mornings in the past.
B. They feel the television has taken up too much of their sons’ time.
C. Conflicts arise between Mr Gude and the two boys over the use of laptops.
D. Internet technology has dramatically changed the morning routine of the family.
2. What is Mrs Gude’s attitude towards the Internet Age?
A. She complained about the complexity of the new technology.
B. She did not accept the change at first but eventually got used to it.
C. She felt it necessary to resist the changes it brought her family.
D. She believed it contributed to no family time together.
3. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Taking a shower.                                      B. Having breakfast.
C. Using the toilet.                                         D. Going to morning exercises.
4. The passage is written to ____.
A. show how Internet technology has changed people’s daily lives
B. criticize the bad effect of the Internet technology on people’s lives
C. discuss the problem of Internet addiction
D. point out the lack of face-to-face communication

答案与解析：
1. D  细节判断题。随着科技的发展，家庭也步入网络信息时代。通过文中第一段对以往生活的回顾，以及第四段家里四个人在各自房间用四台电脑开始新一天的生活，为我们清晰地描绘出一幅现代日常家庭生活的画面。
2. B  细节判断题。从第三段可以看出，Mrs Gude起初抱怨高科技蚕食家人共聚的时间，但后来也加入丈夫和孩子的行列。
3. C  词义猜测题，需根据对上下文的正确理解来解题。第五段中提到每天醒来就打开电脑，甚至在…之前。尤其是“urgent”一词使人联想到“人有三急”，根据常识便可推理出来是“去厕所”。
4. A  本题需根据主旨大意来判断作者的写作意图。作者在文中所举的两个家庭的例子都反映了网络时代给普通家庭的日常生活带来了巨大的变化，所以A选项最贴切作者本意。

How to set a world record (P4)
阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
5. Why did the author want to get his name published in the Guinness Book of World Records? (No more than 10 words)
Because he wanted to be famous. 
6. How many attempts did he make to get himself listed in the Guinness Book of World Records? (No more than 5 words)
Three. / He made three attempts.
7. What made him give up trying to take the longest bath? (No more than 20 words)
His brother’s words made him realize that he could not possibly break the existing records.
8. How did the author feel after he gave up trying? (No more than 10 words)
He felt alright and still thought of himself as special.
9. What does the underlined sentence “Feeling rejected, I got out” mean? (No more than 10 words)
Feeling beaten/defeated/depressed, I got out of the bathtub.

Secrets of sleeping (P6)
10. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Less sleep does not affect people’s health.
B. Different people have different sleeping patterns.
C. New measures can reduce the effect of less sleep on health.
D. The hours we need to sleep may be affected by some gene in our body.
11. The underlined word “alert” in Paragraph 4 is similar in meaning to ____.
A. comfortable    B. wide awake     C. quite alive       D. sleepy
12. In the study, the mother and daughter ____.
A. were found to have a mutation in the gene DEC2
B. were asked to sleep less than other family members
C. had the same sleeping pattern as other family members
D. suffered from memory loss for sleeping only six hours a night
13. According to the passage, the new finding can help ____.
A. recover memory loss
B. cure sleeping problems
C. get rid of mice and fruit flies more easily
D. explain why some people need less sleep to feel fully rested

答案与解析
10. D 主旨大意题。文章以人们对撒切尔夫人何以每天只睡四个小时感到不可思议为契子引出话题：到底是什么决定了人们所需的睡眠时间，并展示了科学家们的研究成果：某些人体内控制生物钟的基因变异使他们需要的睡眠时间比常人少。
11. B  词义猜测题。根据词所在的句子可以看出：“这对母女比家中其他人睡得都少，可白天依然精神、不犯困”。alert本意是“警醒的；警觉的”。
12. A  细节判断题。在研究中发现母女俩体内的基因DEC2异于常人。答案所述的异常睡眠模式是科学家2001年所做的研究；答案B、
C和D与文章事实不符，母女俩本身睡眠时间就比家人少，不是研究人员的要求，并且她们也得到了充分的休息，没有出现记忆力减退的情况。
13. D  细节+判断推理题。 科学家的研究就是为了揭开有些人需要的睡眠时少于常人这一谜团。

Teacher’s best lesson (P8)
14. From the first three paragraphs, we can see that Mark ____.
A. did not think he had made a mistake
B. talked a lot in class to make everybody laugh
C. was truly grateful to his teacher for correcting him
D. was so naughty that he broke various school rules
15. What did the writer do to change the unruly class?
A. She asked the class to turn to each other and smile.  
B. She had the students write letters of thanks to each other.
C. She punished those students who called each other names.
D. She created a chance for the students to see the good in others.   
16. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. Mark hated his teacher because she had taped his mouth shut.
B. The writer did not expect Mark to keep the papers for so long.
C. The writer did not think the papers made any difference.
D. The writer’s parents did not know Mark until his death.
17. The passage is written to show that ____.
A. the writer regretted how she had treated Mark
B. teachers could find ways to handle talkative students
C. strictness is definitely important in dealing with students
D. sincere praise and appreciation can have a long-lasting influence

答案与解析：
14. C  细节判断题。Mark虽然管不住自己，老是在课堂上讲话，但他每次都真诚地向老师道歉。其余选项与文中所述事实不符。
15. D  细节判断题。文章第5段提到老师为了平息课堂争吵请每位学生写其他同学的优点，第6段中“The students were happy with themselves and one another again”可见，老师创造的这个机会改变了班级的状况。
16. B  判断推理题。从第6段 “No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. I never knew if they discussed them after class,…” 可见老师并没有想到学生会去保留纸条，尤其能保留到毕业多年后。
17. D 主旨大意题，根据文章内容推测作者的写作意图。本文讲述爱
在课堂上讲话的学生Mark终生珍藏同学们列举他优点的纸条的感人故事，显示出真诚赞美的伟大力量。