415期高三Quiz Time
作者:21ST
时间:2011-02-28
DAY1
What’s in a nation? (P2)
阅读下面短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
1. Why did Cameron say he thinks multiculturalism in Britain has failed? (Within 15 words)
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2. How could multiculturalism benefit people from different backgrounds and religions? (Within 15 words)
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3. Which items of clothing are not allowed to wear in French schools? (Within 5 words)
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4. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.
Assimilation, by contrast, means absorbing minorities into the ways of the majority – making them adopt the majority’s language, customs and “values”.
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5. Do you think a multicultural society should be established through assimilation? Please give reasons. (Within 30 words)
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DAY2
A novel with legs (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. The point of the article is to ______.
A. review critically the novel Jane Eyre
B. explain what kind of love story is appealing to readers
C. say what makes Charlotte Bronte the greatest writer in history
D. analyze the reasons behind the long popularity of Jane Eyre
2. Which of the following is TRUE of Jane Eyre, according to the text?
A. It outsells the Harry Potter books.
B. Its plot has lots of twists and turns.
C. It is about the romance of love at first sight.
D. It is set as a course book for English majors.
3. The underlined phrase “put down” probably means ______.
A. taken advantage of B. looked down upon
C. taken control of D. made a fool of
DAY3
First impressions ... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. The new research finds that ______.
A. changing a first impression is not impossible
B. no effort is needed to change a first impression
C. the contexts they are made in decide how strong the first impressions are
D. changing a first impression needs to be done in the context they are made in
2. The word “they” in the underlined sentence refers to ______.
A. findings B. experiences
C. impressions D. contexts
3. In the experiment Gawronski carried out, ______.
A. the participants’ reactions differed even when the screen color remained the same
B. the participants had the same reactions before and after being given contrary information
C. the participants had a different reaction after being given contrary information
D. the participants’ reactions were dominated by their first impression
4. The text is mainly about ______.
A. why first impressions stick
B. how first impressions are formed
C. how contexts affect our opinions of others
D. when and how first impressions might be influenced
DAY4
Dealing out a little ... (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following best describes the author’s son?
A. Caring and flexible.
B. Friendly and confident.
C. Smart and imaginative.
D. Careful and strict.
2. How did the young man deal with the three homeless people?
A. He handed them over to the police.
B. He tried to persuade them not to steal again.
C. He asked them to wait till the police came.
D. He gave them a chance to put things right.
3. How did the three people probably feel when they heard the young man’s words?
A. Excited and safe.
B. Surprised and grateful.
C. Frightened and hopeless.
D. Shocked and disappointed.
4. It can be inferred from the article that _______.
A. the three people would never steal again
B. the police were angry that they had made a useless trip
C. the young man developed a friendship with the three people
D. the young man gave the three people something more valuable than food
DAY5
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
I cheated on a final exam in college. It was spring semester of my junior year, the early ’70s, at 1 was then Rider College. I was between a B and a C in “Introduction to 2 ”, and the exam would determine my final 3 .
Music was 4 my strongest subject. I had never studied an instrument and had had little 5 to classical music. But as a secondary education major, I needed two fine arts electives. I had chosen music as one of them. At two credits, how 6 could it be?
I thought I could hold my own on the test 7 just before it began, when the professor announced that he would 8 a series of musical passages on a tape recorder for 15 minutes. We were to name the 9 we heard in each selection.
We were 10 in that classroom like penguins on a chunk of floating sea 11 , so it was an effort to keep my eyes 12 on my own desk. I think the music was a Mozart symphony, 13 by Tchaikovsky and a piece by John Philip Sousa. During one selection, my 14 turned to the paper of the student on my right. I had 15 the instrument to be a violin; my neighbor had written viola. He had to be 16 – almost anyone would know more about music than I did. I changed my 17 .
A few days later, looking at the answers to the exam and the final grades posted on the professor’s office 18 , I understood the meaning of poetic justice. The instrument had been a violin. That one answer had 19 my exam grade to a C, which 20 a C for the course.
1. A. it B. what
C. where D. that
2. A. Science B. Literature
C. Poetry D. Music
3. A. grade B. interest
C. career D. choice
4. A. always B. never
C. almost D. sometimes
5. A. exposure B. education
C. explanation D. relation
6. A. interesting B. easy
C. hard D. fantastic
7. A. after B. until
C. while D. since
8. A. produce B. perform
C. make D. play
9. A. composer B. instrument
C. title D. singer
10. A. crowded B. separated
C. thrown D. invited
11. A. wood B. floor
C. ice D. boat
12. A. closed B. focused
C. stuck D. extended
13. A. something B. anything
C. nothing D. everything
14. A. thoughts B. ears
C. eyes D. hands
15. A. hoped B. accepted
C. realized D. guessed
16. A. wrong B. right
C. crazy D. perfect
17. A. seat B. subject
C. answer D. paper
18. A. door B. cupboard
C. floor D. desk
19. A. improved B. suffered
C. given D. dropped
20. A. declared B. said
C. meant D. gained