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B.toenlargetheirknowledgeandlearnnewskills
C.bycommunitycollegesandpublicschools
D.onlyforworkingpeople
E.ContinuingEducationClasses
F.TheImportanceofaCollegeDegree
正确答案:
E
答案解析:
文章先提了全世界人民对教育的看法,接下来讲了美国人对教育的理解。
重点讲继续教育,讲得非常细致。
所以能概括全文的就是E。
2、SharingSilence
DeafteenagersOrlandoChavezandGermanResendizhavebecomefriendssincekindergarten(幼儿园).Togetherthetwoboys,whogotoEscondidoHighSchoolinCalifornia,havehadthedifficultjoboflearninginschoolswherethemajorityofthestudentscanspeakandhear.
Orlandolosthishearingattheageofone.Germanwasborneddeaf,andhisparentsmovedfromMexicotofindaschoolwherehecouldlearnsignlanguage.HemetOrlandoontheirfirstdayofkindergarten.
"
Wewereinaspecialclasswithabout25otherdeafkids,"
Germanremembers."
Beforethen,Ididn'
tknowIwasdeafandIwasdifferent."
Beingyounganddeafinregularclasseswasveryhard,"
signsOrlando."
Theotherkidsdidn'
tunderstandusandwedidn'
tunderstandthem.Butwe'
veallgrownuptogether,andtoday,I'
mpopularbecauseI'
mdeaf.Kidstryhardtocommunicatewithme."
Somethingsareverydifficultforthetwoboys."
Wecan'
ttalkonthephone.soifweneedhelp,wecan'
tcallanemergencyservice,"
Germansigns."
Andwecan'
torderfoodinadrive-thru."
Despitetheirdifficulties,thetwoboyshavefoundworkputtingfoodinbagsatalocalsupermarket.Theygottheirjobsthrougha"
workability"
programdesignedforteenagersfromlocalschoolswithdifferenttypesoflearningdisabilities.
GermanhasworkedinthesupermarketsinceAugust,andOrlandostartedinNovember.
Theotherpeoplewhoworkherehavebeenverynicetous,"
Orlandosigns."
Theyevensignsometimes.Atfirst,wewerenervous,butwe'
velearnedalotandwe'
regettingbetter.
Theopportunitytoearnmoneyhasbeenexciting,bothboyssaid.Afterhighschool,theyhopetoattendtheNationalTechnicalInstituteforthedeafinNewYork.
Bothboysarehappyto____.
A.designprogramsforthedeaf
B.workattheNationalTechnicalInstitutefortheDeaf
C.helpstudentswithlearningdisabilities
D.havetheopportunitytoearnmoney
D
本题难度不大,到文章里定好位,考生会很快确定答案依据。
找到文章第六段,最后一段开头谈到,两个小伙都说有机会赚钱是让人兴奋。
回来看选项,D项是近义解释,是答案。
做本题时也可以先看选项,得到信息提示。
3、TravelAcrossAfrica
Forsixhoursweshotthroughthebarren(荒芜的)landscapeoftheKaroodesertinSouthAfrica.Justrocksandsandandbakingsun.Knowingourjourneywasending,DanielandIjustwantedtorememberallwehadseenanddone.Heusedacamera.Iusedwords.Ihadalreadyfinishedthreenotebooksandwasintothefourth,abeautifulleathernotebookI'
dboughtinamarketinMozambique.
SouthernAfricawasfullofstoriesandvisions.Wewerealmostdrunkonsensations.Theroaring(咆哮)ofthewateratVictoriaFalls,theimpossiblesilenceoftheOkavangoDeltainBotswana.
Andthentheotherthings,dogsinthestreets,wholefamiliesinSowetolivnginoneroom,akilometrefromcleanwater.
Aswedrovetowardsthesettingsun,aquietnessfelloverus.Theroadwasemptyandwehadn'
tseenanothercarforhours.AndasIdrove,somethingcaughtmyeye.Somethingmovedcloseenoughtotouchthem,tosmelltheirhotbreath.Ididn'
tknowhowlongtheyhadbeentherenexttous.
IshoutedtoDan:
"
Look!
Buthewasinadeepsleep,hiscameralyinguselessbyhisfeet.Theyracedthecarforafewseconds,thendisappearedfarbehindus,amemoryofheroicformsintheredlandscape.WhenDanielwokeupanhourlaterItoldhimwhathadhappened.
Wildhorses?
hesaid."
Whydidn'
tyouwakemeup,Sophia?
Itried,buttheyweregoneafterafewseconds."
Areyousureyoudidn'
tdreamit?
Youweretheonewhowassleeping!
Typical,"
hesaid,"
Thebestphotosaretheoneswenevertake."
Wecheckedintoadustyhotelandsleptthesleepofthedead.
WhiledrivingDanielandSophiasawwildhorses.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Notmentioned
B
本题难度不大,认真阅读文章后半部分不难找到答案。
答案依据是,例如,这一句:
Buthewasinadeepsleep...。
4、IntelligentMachines
1.Medicalscientistsarealreadyputtingcomputerchips(芯片)directlyintothebraintohelppeoplewhohaveParkinson'
sdisease,butinwhatotherwaysmightcomputertechnologybeabletohelpus?
RayKurzweilisauthorofthesuccessfulbookTheAgeofIntelligentMachinesandisoneoftheworld'
sbestcomputerresearchscientists.Heisresearchingthepossibilities.
2.Kurzweilgetscomputerstorecognizevoices.AnexampleofthisisRamona;
thevirtual(虚拟的)hostessofKurzweil'
shomepage,whoisprogrammedtounderstandwhatyousay.Visitorstothesitecanhavetheirconversationswithher,andRamonaalsodancesandsings.
3.Kurzweilusesthistechnologytohelppeoplewithphysicaldisabilities.Oneofhisideasisa"
seeingmachine"
.Thiswillbe"
likeafriendthatcoulddescribewhatisgoingoninthevisibleworld"
heexplains.Blindpeoplewilluseavisualsensor(探测器)whichwillprobablybebuiltintoapairofsunglasses.Thissensorwilldescribetothepersoneverythingitsees.
4.Anotheridea,whichislikelytohelpdeafpeople,isthe"
listeningmachine"
.Thisinventionwillrecognizemillionsofwordsandunderstandanyspeaker.Thelisteningmachinewillalsobeabletotranslateintootherlanguages,soevenpeoplewithouthearingproblemsarelikelytobeinterestedinusingit.
5.Butitisnotjustabouthelpingpeoplewithdisabilities.Lookingfurtherintothefuture,Kurzweilseesatimewhenwewillbeabletodownloadourentireconsciousnessontoacomputer.Thistechnologyprobablywon'
tbereadyforatleast50years,butwhenitarrives,itmeansourmindswillbeabletoliveforever.
Ramonaisabletounderstand____.
A.whatyousay
B.apairofsunglasses
C.thelisteningmachine
D.avisualsensor
E.whohavedisabilities
F.livingforeverinacomputer
A
本题难度也不大,针对第二段中间部分出题,考生可根据题干提示词,Ramona回到文章定位,找到第二段,第二句话,AnexampleofthisisRamona,thevirtualhostessofKurzweil'
shomepage,whoisprogrammedtounderstandwhatyousay.回来再看选项,很明显,答案是A。
5、ACountry'
sStandardofLiving
The"
standardofliving"
ofanycountrymeanstheaverageperson'
sshareofthegoodsandservicesthecountryproduces.Acountry'
sstandardofliving,therefore,dependsfirstonitscapacitytoproducewealth."
Wealth"
inthissenseisnotmoney,forwedonotliveonmoneybutonthingsthatmoneycanbuy:
goodssuchasfoodandclothing"
and"
services"
suchastransportandentertainment.
Acountry'
scapacitytoproducewealthdependsuponmanyfactorsmostofwhichhaveaneffectononeanother.Wealthdependstoagreatextentuponacountry'
snaturalresources.Someregionoftheworldarewellsuppliedwithcoalandminerals,andhavefertile(肥沃的)soilandafavorableclimate,otherregions____noneofthem.
Nexttonaturalresourcescomestheabilitytoturnthemtouse,ChinaisperhapsasrichastheUSAinnaturalresources,butsufferedformanyyearsfromcivilandexternalwars,Forthisandotherreasonsitwasunabletodevelopherresources.Soundandstablepoliticalconditions,andfreedomfromforeigninvasions,enableacountrytodevelopitsnaturalresourcespeacefullyandsteadily,toproducemorewealththanothercountry.
sstandardoflivingdoesnotonlydependuponthewealththatisproducedandconsumedwithinitsownborders,butalsouponwhatisdirectlyproducedthroughinternationaltrade.Forexample,Britain'
swealthinfoodstuffsandotheragriculturalproductswouldbemuchlessifshehadtodependonlyonthosegrownathome.Trademakesitpossibleforhersurplus(剩余的)manufacturedgoodstobetradedabroadfortheagriculturalproductswhichwouldotherwisebelacking.Acountry'
swealthis,therefore,muchinfluencedbyitsmanufacturingcapacity,providingthatothercountriescanbefoundreadytoacceptitsmanufactures.
A.contribute
B.possess
C.at