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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.Peoplesometimessucce