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Three 

Bird 

Summer

By 

Sara 

St. 

Antoine

Genre:

Realistic 

Fiction

Number 

of 

pages:

256

What’s 

the 

basic 

story 

line?

For 

his 

entire 

life, 

12-year-oldAdamhasspentsummersathisgrandma’scabininMinnesota.Butthisyearthingsaredifferent.Hisparentshavedivorced.Apartfromthat,Adam’scousinswon’tbevacationingatthecabinwithhim.Also,Grandmaseemstobeactingdifferently.Atfirst,she’sjustabitmoreforgetfulthanusual.Butafterspendingmoretimewithher,AdamrealizesGrandmais“slipping.”

Therearenewneighborsatthecabinthissummer,includingagirlatAdam’sagenamedAlice.Atfirst,Adamisn’tinterestedinspendingtimewithher.Butastimegoesby,theirfriendshipflourishes（繁荣）.Throughoutthisunusualsummer,Adamsearchesforhiddentreasurewithhisnewfriendandbeginstouncoverfamilysecretsaswell.

Arethecharactersbelievable?

Thecharactersarebelievablebecausetheydon’thavecookie-cutter（千篇一律的）personalities.Adamisquietandshyandfindsgirlsdifficulttounderstand.Aliceisadventurousandunlikeanygirlhehasevermet.Readerswilllikelyseeaspectsoftheirpersonalitiesinthecharactersandrecognizetheirfriendshiptoo.

Whowouldlikethisbook?

Anyonewhoappreciatesmemoriesoffamilyvacationsorsummertimeingeneralwillenjoythevividimaginationthatfills 

Summer.Readerswillfallintothestory,almostasifthey’reactuallyspendingthesummerexploringThree 

BirdLakewithAdamandAlice.

21.Whilespendinghissummerathisgrandma’scabinthisyear,Adam________.

A.becamefriendswithhiscousins 

B.developedafriendshipwithalittlegirl

C.annoyedhisgrandmaoccasionally 

D.playedwithAliceinthefieldsnearby

22.Thebookislikelytoappealtokidsbecause_______.

A. 

itdescribescountrylife. 

B. 

ittalksaboutschoollife.

C. 

itrelatedtotheirexperience. 

D. 

itiswritteninsimplewords.

23.Thetextiswrittento__________.

A.praiseawriterforhisgreatwork. 

B.discusshowtospendsummerholidays.

C.encouragereaderstodomorereading 

D.recommendagoodbooktoreaders.

B

Ifyoufindyourselfcheckingyourphonefirstthinginthemorning,ifyoufindyou’retext-messagingwhiledriving,checkingyourphoneinsteadofworkingonanimportantassignment—youareaddicted.

Don’tworry.ThenewNoPhonemightbejustthethingyouneed.Itlooksandfeelsexactlylikeasmartphone,butitdoesnothing.It’sjustapieceofplasticthatyoucancarryaroundinyourhandtofoolyourself.

NoPhoneiscurrentlyaprototype（手机模型）thatwillcostonly$12onceithitsthemarket.Itsmakersaretryingtoraise$30,000inordertocovertheproductionandmarketingcosts.

DutchdesignerIngmarLarsen,whohelpedcreatetheNoPhone,saidthathehadtheideaasajokealongwithhisfriendsVanGouldandBenLangveld.Totheirgreatsurprise,theideareceivedalotofattentiononlineandpeoplefromallovertheworldstartedplacingrequestsforNoPhoneoftheirown,sothat’swhenthethreefriendsdecidedtoraisemoneyformassproduction.

DavidHsaid,“Iusedtosleepwithmyphoneinmyhand,butmynighterrorswouldcausemetothrowitacrosstheroominanunconsciouspanic.WiththeNoPhone,Icanstillenjoythecomfortofholdingaphoneinmysleep,withoutwakinguptoashatteredscreen,thanks,NoPhone.”

Ifyou’reinterestedinNoPhone,butconcernedaboutnotbeingabletotakeselfiesanymore,don’tworry.Themakersdohaveanupdateatnoextracharge—themirrorsticker.Thatway,theysay,youcanenjoy“real-time”selfieswithyourfriendswhenthey’restandingrightbehindyou.

24.Fromthethirdparagraphwecaninferthat_______.

A.NoPhoneisadevicemadeofhightechnology.

B.themakerswanttoraisemoneytoimprovetheirtechnology.

C.NoPhonehasnotbeenonthemarketatpresent.

D.theusersofNoPhonecanstayawayfromtherealworld.

25.Whatmadethedesignerssurprisedwasthat________.

A.manypeoplethoughtoftheideaasajokeatfirst

B.peopleinDutchbegantomakeNoPhoneoftheirown

C.peopleworldwidebegantofundmassproduction

D.peopleworldwidewereinterestedinNoPhoneonthenet

26.AccordingtoDavidH,heoften______atnight.

A.usedhissmartphoneB.hadnightmare

C.becameunconsciousD.lookedforhissmartphone

27.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrases“takeselfies”mostprobablymean?

A.takeaphotoofoneselfB.getintouchwithsomeone

C.taketheplaceofsomeoneD.catchsightofsomeone

C

Haveyoueverfoundyourselfinthissituation：

Youhearasongyouusedtosingwhenyouwereachild-abitofnostalgia（怀旧）or"

blastfromthepast，"

aswesay．Butitisnotadistantchildhoodmemory．Thewordscomebacktoyouasclearlyaswhenyousangthemallthoseyearsago．

ResearchersattheUniversityofEdinburghstudiedtherelationshipbetweenmusicandrememberingaforeignlanguage．Theyfoundthatrememberingwordsinasongwasthebestwaytorememberevenoneofthemostdifficultlanguages．

Hereiswhattheydid.Researcherstook60adultsandrandomlydividedthemintothreegroupsof20．Thentheygavethegroupsthreedifferenttypesof"

listen-and-repeat"

learningconditions．Researchershadonegroupsimplyspeakthewords．Theyhadthesecondgroupspeakthewordstoarhythm，orbeat．Andtheyaskedthethirdgrouptosingthewords．

AllthreegroupsstudiedwordsfromtheHungarianlanguagefor15minutes．Thentheytookpartinaseriesoflanguageteststoseewhattheyremembered．

WhyHungarian，youask?

ResearcherssaidtheychoseHungarianbecausenotmanypeopleknowthelanguage．ItdoesnotshareanyrootswithGermanicorRomancelanguages，suchasItalianorSpanish．Afterthetestswereover，thesingerscameoutontop．ThepeoplewholearnedthesenewHungarianwordsbysingingthemshowedahigheroverallperformance．Theydidthebestinfouroutoffiveofthetests．Theyalsoperformedtwotimesbetterthanthosewhosimplylearnedthewordsbyspeakingthem．

Dr．KatieOverysayssingingcouldleadtonewwaystolearnaforeignlanguage．Thebrainlikestorememberthingswhentheyarecontainedinacatchy3，ormemorable4，tune5．

Dr．Ludkesaidthefindingscouldhelpthosewhostruggletolearnforeignlanguages．OntheUniversityofEdinburgh'

swebsiteDr．Ludkewrites，"

Thisstudyprovidesthefirstexperimentalevidencethatalisten-and-repeatsingingmethodcansupportforeignlanguagelearning，andopensthedoorforfutureresearchinthisarea．"

28.The"

song"

mentionedinthefirstparagraphisintendedto________________.

A.recallthepastB.attractthereaders

C.introducethetopicD.comparethechildhoodwiththepresent

29.Accordingtothepassagewhichlanguagedoesn'

tsharethesamerootwithGermanicorRomancelanguages?

A.HungarianB.SpanishC.ItalianD.English

30.Basedonthelasttwoparagraphs，wecanconcludethat

A.singingisthebestwaytolearnalanguage．

B.thebrainprobablyworksbestwhentheforeignlanguagelearnerssingthewords．

C.alisten-repeatmethodisveryeffectiveforanylanguagelearner．

D.Dr．KatieOveryandDr．Ludkedisagreewitheachother．

31.Inwhichsituationcanthefindingoftheresearchbeapplied?

A.Amotherisgoingtoteachherbabyhowtospeak．

B.Achildisgoingtohavehisfirstmusiclesson．

C.AstudentisgoingtolearnanewEnglishsong．

D.AnAmericanisgoingtolearnsomeChinese．

D

Fearanditscompanionpainaretwoofthemostusefulthingsthatmanandanimalspossessiftheyareused.Iffiredidn'

thurtwhenitburned,childrenwouldplaywithituntiltheirhandswereburnedaway.Similarly,ifpainexistedbutfeardidn'

t,achildcouldburnitselfagainandagainbecausefearwouldnotwarnittokeepawayfromthefirethathadburntitbefore.Areallyfearlesssoldier--andsomedoexist--isnotagoodsoldierbecauseheissoonkilled;

andadeadsoldierisofnousetohisarmy.Fearandpainarethereforetwoguardswithoutwhichmanandanimalsmightsoondieout.

Inourfirstsentencewesuggestedthatfearoughttobeproperlyused.If,forexample,younevergooutofyourhousebecauseofthedangerofbeingknockeddownandkilledinthestreetbyacar,youarelettingfearruleyoutoomuch.Theimportantthingisnottoletfearruleyou,butinstead,tousefearasyourservantandguide.Fearwillwarnyouofdangers;

thenyouhavetodecidewhatactiontotake.

Inmanycases,youcantakequickandsuccessfulactiontoavoidthedanger.Forexample,youseeacarcomingstraighttowardsyou;

fearwarnsyou,youjumpoutoftheway,andalliswell.

Insomecases,however,youdecidethatthereisnothingthatyoucandotoavoidthedanger.Forexample,youcannotpreventanairplanecrashingintoyourhouse,andyoumaynotwanttogoandliveinadesertwheretherearenoairplanes.Inthiscase,fearhasgivenyouitswarning,youhaveexamineditanddecidedonyourcourseofaction,sofearoftheparticulardangerisnolongerofanyusetoyou,andyouhavetotrytoovercomeit.

32.Childrenwouldplaywithfireuntiltheirhandsareburntawayif______.

A.theywerenotwelleducatedatschool

B.theyhadneverplayedwithfirebefore

C.theywerefearfulofpainD.theyhadnosenseofpain

33.Peoplesometimessucceedintimel