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1、” I asked him to list all of the things that he enjoyed doing. He said reading was at the top, followed by drawing, writing and playing Super Mario Brothers. So I asked him, “What can you do to combine some of those things that people would enjoy watching?” He disappeared into his room for a while a

2、nd I began to get a little worried. I know how embarrassed he got performing in front of the big crowds. I heard him rushing down the stairs with excitement. “I can do a puppet（木偶） show, Mum!” He showed me what he had come up with while in his room. He called it, Yoshi Goes to Africa. What a great i

3、dea I thought to myself. I found a puppet show tent online and cleaned up some old puppet friends for him. My son was the only boy who entered the talent show at his school and he won the second place. I was so proud of him.1. What can we infer from the first paragraph? A. The author felt sorry for

4、her sons experiences. B. The boy forgot all about his mothers journals. C. The boy rushed out of the room after finishing a story. D. Both the author and her son were interested in writing. 2. Which of the following did the boy like most?A. Writing.B. Drawing.C. Reading.D. Playing.3. Hearing what th

5、e boy had come up with about the talent show, the mother was _.A. pleasedB. discouragedC. embarrassedD. nervous4. According to the passage, we can learn that _.A. the mother asked her son to join the talent showB. the authors son took great interest in the talent showC. it was the second time for th

6、e boy to enter the talent showD. the boy got nervous in front of the big crowds BGetting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disea

7、se, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the r

8、ich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived, dir

9、t has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since Worl

10、d War . Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, w

11、hich might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist（免疫学家），encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.5.The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed b

12、ath houses because .A. they lived healthily in a dirty environment.B. they believed disease could be spread in public baths C. they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay inD. they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease6.Which of the following best describes Henry IVs attitude to bathin

13、g?A. Uninterested. B. Curious. C. Approving. D. Afraid. 7.How does the passage mainly develop?A. By following the order of time.B. By making comparisons.C. By providing examples.D. By following the order of importance.8.What is the authors purpose in writing the passage?A. To stress the role of dirt

14、.B. To introduce the history of dirt.C. To present the change of views on dirt.D. To call attention to the danger of dirt.CThe worlds strangest competitionsCamel hairdressing, Bikaner, India In Rajasthan, India, camels are kings. They carry goods, work at wells and are necessary for getting from pla

15、ce to place. So a three-day festival, celebrates camels with a fur-cutting competition. Owners spend up to two years preparing their camelshair for the competition. They then cut the fur into beautiful traditional Indian patterns. Tuna（金枪鱼） throwing, Port Lincoln, Australia Every January since 1961,

16、 the Tunarama Festivala celebration of the sandwich-friendly sea creature in the fishing town of Port Lincolnhas attracted up to 25000 visitors for the tuna throwing competition. Twenty-pound fish are tied to the ends of a rope, swung around the head and thrown as far as possible.Nut-tree climbing,

17、Indonesia Indonesias Dutch colonisers （殖民者） could be cruel. On days of celebration, they would tie a wheel of prizes to the top of a nut-tree, cover the tree with oil, and invite young locals to try to climb it. Indonesia has been independent since the mid-1940s, but the tradition of pole climbing,

18、known as Panjat Pinang, is still popular. Since its nearly impossible to get to the top of a pole by yourself, people now work in groups to reach the prizes.The vertical marathon, Singapore The 73-storey Swissotel is the tallest hotel in Southeast Asia, so the best choice for getting to the top is t

19、he lift. But since November 2004, athletic types have been going to the building once a year to race up its 1336 steps. The winners are rewarded with a breath-taking view of the garden city of Singapore from the hotels roof.9. The fur-cutting competition in Bikaner is held to _.A. show respect for c

20、amelsB. increase tourism in BikanerC. protect traditional Indian artD. encourage Indias fur-cutting industry10. What can we learn about Panjat Pinang?A. it was invented by Indonesians.B. it is for young people only.C. it requires teamwork.D. it was once a punishment.11. If you want to have a birds e

21、ye view of a city, you should win _.A. the camel hairdressing competitionB. the nut-tree climbing competitionC. the tuna throwing competitionD. the vertical marathonYoure busy filling out the application form for a position you really need; lets assume you once actually completed a couple of years o

22、f college work or even that you completed your degree. Isnt it highly attractive to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University?More and more people are turning to complete deception lik

23、e this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university. Regi

24、strars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week.Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant lying, most colleges are unwilling to accuse the applicant directly. One

25、Ivy League school calls them impostors（骗子）; another refers to them as special cases. One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by no such people.To avoid outright（彻底的）lies, some job-seekers claim that they attended or were associate

26、d with a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that attending means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that being associated with a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. If you dont want to lie or

27、even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony（假的）diploma. One company will put your name on a diploma from any number of non-existent colleges. The price begins at twenty dollars for a diploma, which seems rather high for one sheet of paper.Job seekers lying is a social phen

28、omenon, and therefore, the whole society should take its responsibility to deal with the problem.12. The main idea of this passage is that _. A. employers are checking more closely on applicants now B. lying about college degrees has become a widespread problem C. college degrees can now be purchase

29、d easily D. employers are no longer interested in college degrees13. According to the passage, special cases refer to cases where _.A. students attend a school only part-time B. students lie about their diplomas on their applicationsC. students purchase false degrees from commercial firms D. students attend a famous school14. We can infer from the passage that _.A. performance is a better way to judge abilities than a college degree B. experience is the best teacher for job seekersC. past work histories influence personnel officers more t