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第一节阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Summerschoolissomethingakidwillneverforget.Forsome,it’sawaytoadvancepasttheirclassmates.Formost,summerschoolisarequirementinordertograduatewiththeirclassmates.Icanrememberbeingforcedintotakingasummerschoolcourse.Itwasnottheschoolthatforcedmeintothisawkwardsituation,itwasmymother.
Iwasa16-year-oldkidinanewschool.MyschooldidnotoffersummercoursessoIhadtotakemycourseatanalternativeschoolinthecity.ItwasanexperienceIwillneverforget.Iwasnotconcernedwithmakingfriends.IwastheretogetcreditforacoursethatIshouldhavereceivedfortheprevioussemester.ItwasmydoingthatlandedmeinthesituationanditwasimportantthatIunderstoodthis.
Thefeeswerelowestbuttheexperiencewasamazing.IenjoyeditsomuchthatIdidn’tmissaday.ThecoursewasfromMondaytoFridayforanentiremonth.IpassedthecoursewithanA.Iwasthrownintoanawkwardsituationandactuallyenjoyedit.Myfriendsdidn’tevenknowItookthecourse.Mostofthemwerestillsleepingbythetimemycourseendedeachday.
Awkwardsituationsaresoimportantforpersonalgrowth.Thissituationmademefeelmoreindependent.Imadefriends.Ifinallyunderstoodwhatsacrificeandhardworkwereallabout.Whileattendingcollege,IrememberedhowmuchIenjoyedsummerschoolandIchosetotakesummerschoolinmyfirstthreeyearsofcollege.Somekidsgetpushedtoomuchbutsomedon'
tgetpushedenough.Iwasneverpushedenough.
Enableyourchildrentostruggleforsuccess.Ifyourchildneedssummerschoolyouexplaintothemwhyit’simportant.Someparentsaresurprisedbythesituationandmaywanttobemoreinvolvedintheirchildren'
seducation.Followthroughandfollowup.
1.Moststudentsgotothesummerschoolinorderto___________________.
A.findgoodjobsgraduationB.becometopstudentsintheirclass
C.graduatesuccessfullyontimeD.haveachancetomakemorefriends
2.WhichofthefollowingwasNOTthebenefitgotbytheauthorthroughattendingsummerschool?
A.Itincreasedhisindependence
B.Ithelpedhimmakenewfriends.
C.Ithelpedhimgetridofbadhabits.
D.Ithelpedhimunderstandwhatsacrificeandhardworkwere.
3.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofsummerschool?
A.Hethinksitisawkward.B.Hethinksnothingofit.
C.Hedoesn'
tthinkitissuitable.D.Hethinksitissignificant.
B
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Theconceptofbuyinglocallyissimple:
buyfoodproduced,grown,orraisedasclosetoyourhomeaspossible.Notonlywillyourfoodbefresherandtastier,butyouarehelpingprotecttheenvironmentandaresupportingbusinesseswithinyourcommunityandreducingpollution.
Betterfortheenvironment
Sustainability(持续性)andglobalwarmingaresuchhottopicsatthemoment,andmanypeoplewanttodotheirbittohelpsupportahealthierenvironment.Smallactioncarriedoutbymanypeoplecanmakeabigdifference.MostmaterialsinanaverageNorthAmericanmealhavetraveledabout1,500milestogetfromfarmtoplate.Tocutoutabigpartofthistravelwouldgreatlyreducenotonlypollutionfromtransportationandrefrigerationbutalsocustomers’expensesaswell.
Tasteandnutritionalcontent
Locally-grownfruitsandvegetablesareusuallysoldwithin24hoursofbeingharvested.Becausetheyarepickedattheheightofripeness(成熟)andtravelonlyashortdistancetothemarket,theirfreshness,nutrition,andflavorarekept.Producetruckedinfromfarawaymaylosebothtasteandnutritionalcontent.
Communityandhomevalues
Whenyoubuydirectfromafarmerorbuylocally-grownfoods,youareengagedinatime-honoredtraditionbetweenagrowerandaneater.Youalsohelpkeepdollarswithinyourcommunity.
4.Itcanbeinferredfromthethirdparagraphthat___________.
A.mostpeoplesupportbuyinglocally
B.globalwarmingisthemostseriousproblemnow
C.NorthAmericanfoodisrichinvariouskindsofmaterials
D.theincreasedcostoftransportingfoodispassedontothecustomers
5.Locally-grownfruitsandvegetablestastegoodmostlybecause___________.
A.theyaresenttothemarketatahighspeed
B.theyarenotpollutedbychemicalfertilizer
C.theycanbeharvestedatanytime
D.theyarepickedwhentheyarefullygrown
6.Accordingtotheauthor,whenyoubuylocally-grownfoods___________.
A.youcanseehowfruitsandvegetablesgrow
B.youwillcontributetoprotectingtheenvironment
C.youwillbe