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1、 it isnt necessary to sit at your desk all day long to get high academic （学术） grades.Yours,Zhang Zishu1What does the letter-writer （a reader） think leads to the fact that many students do nothing but study?A. The present educational system. B. Peoples old ideas.C. The teaching methods. D. The parent

2、s of these students.2It seems that this reader thinks .A. the first type of student is our model B. the second type of students is our modelC. both types of students are worth learning from D. neither of the two types of students are good3 The secret of his classmates success was .A. properly and sc

3、ientifically arranging his time B. spending a lot of time studyingC. doing nothing but studying D. playing all the time4 The reader wrote the letter in order to .A. call on us to work even harder B. cause people to think about how to study more efficientlyC. advise people to do research into his cla

4、ssmates success D. criticize （批评） Chinas educational system5What would be the best to stand for the letter-writers opinion?A. Secret of success. B. Chinas educational system needs changing.C. Work while you work and play while you play. D. Keep fit first.The Barbie doll first appeared at the toy fai

5、r in New York in 1959. Its creator was Ruth Handler, an American businesswoman. She and her husband Elliott along with Harold Matt Matson started the toy company Mattel. She based the design of the new doll on a German doll named Bild Lilli and named her after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbi

6、e wore a black and white swimsuit and had her hair in a ponytail（马尾辫）. She looked very grown-up. But any concerns that parents would not want to buy it for little girls were soon proved wrong. Mattel sold 300,000 Barbie dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Bar

7、bie in good condition might cost more than 27,000 dollars. Barbie dolls have represented 50 different nationalities and are sold in 150 countries. Mattel says 90% of girls in the United States between the ages of three and ten own at least one Barbie doll. It says girls between the ages of three and

8、 six own an average of about 12. Barbie also faced her share of critics. A well-known example was when womens education groups objected to a talking Barbie doll that declared, among other things, “Math class is tough!” Mattel agreed to change it. Saudi Arabia has banned Barbie dolls. And a lawmaker

9、in the American state of West Virginia would like to do the same. Last month, he proposed banning sales of Barbie and other dolls that influence girls to put too much importance on physical beauty. Some people say Barbie is an unhealthy role model for young girls. Robin Gerber disagrees. She wrote a

10、 book about Barbie. She points out dolls like scientist Barbie and race car driver Barbie. She says people who criticize Barbie should tell girls the story of the businesswoman who created her. She says Ruth Handler wanted the dolls to help girls think about what they wanted to do with their lives.6

11、The first Barbie doll might not be popular among little girls because _.A.her hairstyle was out of fashionB.her appearance looked much too matureC.her way of dressing was against the traditionD.physical beauty wasnt thought to be important7From the passage we know that Mattel _.A. is one of the worl

12、ds largest toy companiesB. is the director of an American toy company C. was the woman who originally created BarbieD. was a salesman who was good at selling Barbie dolls8Barbie dolls are criticized partly because they make girls _.A. pay too much attention to their physical beautyB. neglect their s

13、choolwork and inner beautyC. prefer physical beauty to inner beautyD. waste too much time and money on clothes9It can be inferred from the last paragraph that in her book Robin Gerber _.A. shows Barbie dolls have a negative influence on girlsB. praises a successful person who sells Barbie dollsC. ex

14、presses her own favorable opinion about Barbie D. argues for banning the sales of Barbie dollsDear Sir,Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William ShakespeareYour company, Cosmo books Ltd , offered this set （ eight books of plays an

15、d two books of poetry） at a “remarkable” price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing I had wanted a set of Shakespeares plays and poems for some time, and these books looked particularly attractive, so I sent for themTwo weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of

16、 works of Charles Dickens which I had not orderedSo I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of ShakespeareTwo more weeks passedThen there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens an

17、d a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in FrenchSince I do not read French, these were of no use to me at allHowever, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you right away instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to s

18、end any other books until further noticeYou did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in GermanSince then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I har

19、dly know what I haveThe books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outsidePlease send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding paymentJust send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of

20、the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid Yours faithfully, SIMON WALKER10Simon Walkers main purpose of writing the letter is to .A show his anger to Cosmo Books LtdB argue about sending him books he had not orderedC advise readers not to order books from Cosmo Books LtdD urge Cosmo Bo

21、oks Ltd. to take away the books he had not ordered11The advertisement that Mr. Walker saw in the Morning Mail was for .A unlimited number of Cosmo BooksB a set of 10 books of the works of ShakespeareC fifteen pounds and fifty penceD a book containing all the plays and poems of Shakespeare12It can be

22、 inferred that .AMr. Walker took some action after receiving the books he did not orderBseveral sets of books have been sent to Mr. Walker free of chargeCCosmo Books have sent bills for books that they have not sentDMr. Walker hasnt received the books that he ordered13The tone（语气）of the letter is th

23、at of .A bitterness B respectC annoyance D humorToo much TV-watching can harm childrens ability to learn and even reduce their chances of getting a college degree, new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on children. One of the studies looked at nearly 400 north

24、ern California third-graders. Those with TVs in their bedrooms scored about eight points lower on math and language arts tests than children without bedrooms TVs. A second study, looking at nearly 1,000 grown-ups in New Zealand, found lower education levels among 26-year-olds who had watched lots of

25、 TV during childhood. But the results dont prove that TV is the cause and dont rule out that already poorly motivated youngsters（年轻人）may watch lots of TV. Their study measured the TV habits of 26-year-olds between ages 5 and 15. Those with college degrees had watched an average of less than two hour

26、s of TV per weeknight during childhood, compared with an average of more than 2 hours for those who had no education beyond high school. In the California study, children with TVs in their rooms but no computer at home scored the lowest, while those with no bedroom TV but who had home computers scor

27、ed the highest. While this study does not prove that bedroom TV sets caused the lower scores, it adds to accumulating findings that children shouldnt have TVs in their bedrooms.14According to the California study, the low-scoring group might_. A. have watched a lot of TV B. not be interested in math

28、 C. be unable to go to college D. have had computers in their bedrooms15What can we learn from the last two paragraphs? A. More time should be spent on computers. B. Children should be forbidden from watching TV. C. TV sets shouldnt be allowed in childrens bedrooms. D. Further studies on high-achiev

29、ing students should be done.16 What would be the best title for this text? A. Computers or Television B. Effects of Television on Children C. Studies on TV and College Education D. Television and Childrens Learning HabitsThe clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light，I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff（东西） they call “books”。 I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can