UNIT 1 TEENAGE LIFE
A卷——小题夯基练
Ⅰ.语境填词
1．Destruction of the environment is one of the most serious challenges(挑战) we face.
2．We are content(满意的) to see the mutual trade will continue without any extra charges.
3．Travel hungry readers couldn't get enough of the adventures(奇遇) in this book where travel seems so exciting with real and imagined wonders.
4．Researchers recommend(建议) eating three solid meals every day, and adding no more than two or three snacks to that total.
5．To face the crisis, we have finished the construction of an emergency hospital in just ten days, which is far ahead of schedule(日程安排)．
6．The job of a volunteer(志愿者) in disaster areas is to shoulder the pain and burden of others and help those in need. So it is not only about passion, but also about belief.
Ⅱ.词形转换和动词的形式变换(用所给词的正确形式填空)
1．(2020·全国卷Ⅰ)It's this strange form that makes race walking such an attractive(attract) activity.
2．(2020·新高考山东卷)After graduation(graduate), she worked to help her sisters and brothers pay for their schooling.
3．(2019·全国卷Ⅲ)When a student attacks a professor on the social media, the language used actually(actual) says more about the student.
4．When children develop their sense of responsibility (responsible), they can handle their emotions better and be more disciplined.
5．Whether or not you are bothered by the environment, it may be challenging (challenge)to maintain a positive outlook.
6．Those poor and needy teenagers(teenage) were excited to find a shop at the corner where they could buy affordable priced bikes.
7．While writing a notice, perhaps we should have been more direct in order to avoid confusing(confuse) readers.
8．One of the best ways to gain fluency(fluent) in a language is to live in the country and immerse(沉浸) yourself in the culture.
9．From primitive times to modern days, mankind has developed various and ever changing survival(survive) skills.
10．Believe it or not, parents' behaviour(behave) can have a great influence on children's growth.
Ⅲ.固定用法和搭配(在空白处填入1个适当的单词)
1．The severe situation probably made it impossible to find a way that suited everyone.
2．To prevent their kids from becoming addicted to mobile phones, many US families set a strict “no phones at the dinner table” policy.
3．Studies showed that women developed a preference for reddish colors because they are associated with riper fruit and healthier faces.
4．The two seater carbon fibre vehicle can reach a speed of 240km per hour, which is considered a pollution free solution to city traffic problems.
Ⅳ.选词填空
prefer...to, (be) suitable for, sign up for, (be) addicted to, be responsible for, focus on, be attracted to
1．You will be strongly attracted to Beijing Opera even if you know nothing about the dramatic background.
2．Out of curiosity, I signed up for the Nature club and determined to explore further.
3．Because her parents were addicted to drugs, she was brought up in a miserable life of poverty. But the misfortune drove her to work harder to change her life.
4．The fierce storm is reported to be responsible for as many as four deaths and great loss.
5．Some universities focus on practical skills needed in the workplace, while others place emphasis on theory to prepare students for careers in research.
Ⅴ.完成句子/一句多译
1．你应该开始专注于如何改善局面而不是去责怪谁。
You should start focusing on how to improve the situation instead of/rather than focusing on whom to blame．
2．为子孙后代保护环境是我们的责任。
It's our responsibility to protect the environment for future generations.
3．我努力想办法解决这个具有挑战性的问题，但是徒劳无功。
I have tried hard to find a solution to the challenging problem, but in vain.
4．为了强化你的英语流利度，我强烈建议你买一本英语词典。
①To strengthen your English fluency, I strongly recommend buying an English dictionary．(v. ing作宾语)
②To strengthen your English fluency, I strongly recommend that you (should) buy an English dictionary．(“should＋动词原形”构成的虚拟)
5．比起看电视，我更喜欢读书。
①I prefer reading books to watching TV.(prefer doing...to doing...)
②I prefer to read books rather than watch TV.(prefer to do...rather than do...)
③I would rather read books than watch TV. (would rather do...than do...)
④I would read books rather than watch TV. (would do...rather than do...)
B卷——大题提能练
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2021·衢州、湖州、丽水三地教学质量检测)On a recent afternoon, some 60 years after they graduated from grammar school, Kathleen Rys, 72, and her sister Lorraine O'Kelly, 70, sat down and had a meal with a classmate, Bruce Smit, 71, for the first time.
In the 1950s, Lorraine and Kathleen Rys' family moved from Chicago to Monee. As new kids at Monee Elementary School, they soon found themselves on the outs with other students.
“I would be with the other guys and see Kathleen walking down the hallway, her head down, holding her books, walking slowly. And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that It's just crazy，” said Bruce, a doctor whose wife, Tammy, organized the meeting.
The women said none of the teachers cared about it. “We just kept it to ourselves，” Lorraine said.
Over the years, Tammy Smit said, “Bruce would just start to cry at times. He'd wonder what happened to the sisters, if they led a good life.” One day a few weeks ago, Tammy took to the Internet and found Mary O'Kelly, Lorraine's daughter, and offered to set up a meeting. The idea of revisiting the pain was not well received by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a date. It took some convincing, but Lorraine finally got Kathleen to agree to meet with Bruce.
Bruce broke into tears. “I'm so ashamed, so embarrassed，” he said. “But I'm so happy that you're still here and that I can finally apologize.” He said he hoped his apology would encourage others to seek forgiveness for the pain they had made on others. Lorraine said, “This is a beautiful thing. It's just wonderful that a person can ask for forgiveness after about 60 years. It's like a miracle to us. It's healing to us.”
【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。大约六十年前，凯思琳和她的妹妹罗琳转学到一所新学校，不料遭到了同班同学的嘲笑。多年以后，班里的男生布鲁斯感到非常后悔，其妻子在网上找到这对姐妹的信息后，为他们安排了一次会面。布鲁斯向她们道了歉，这对姐妹也原谅了他……
1．What can we learn from the first three paragraphs
A．Kathleen made her classmates afraid of her at school.
B．Kathleen was once hurt by her classmates at school.
C．Bruce Smit asked his wife to organize the meeting.
D．Bruce Smit spoke ill of Kathleen.
B 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的“And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that？”可知，布鲁斯和其他男生都紧靠着墙，直到凯思琳走过去，然后他们突然大笑起来，这是非常无礼的；并结合前两段内容可推知，凯思琳曾经受到同班同学的伤害，故选B。
2．What does the underlined word “it” in the 4th paragraph probably refer to
A．The guys' meeting.
B．Kathleen's slow pace.
C．The guys' apology.
D．Kathleen's suffering.
D 解析：代词指代题。根据第三段中的“And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that？”可知，布鲁斯和其他男生都紧靠着墙，直到凯思琳走过去，然后他们突然大笑起来，这是非常无礼的；并结合第四段中的“The women said none of the teachers cared about it．”和“We just kept it to ourselves”可知，没有任何老师对此表示关心，她们也不对别人说；据此可推知，it指代凯思琳在学校的遭遇，故选D。
3．How did Kathleen first feel about the meeting
A．Angry. B．Excited.
C．Anxious. D．Unwilling.
D 解析：推理判断题。根据第五段中的“The idea of revisiting the pain was not well received by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a date.”可知，凯思琳不想接受重新体验痛苦的建议，她从未结过婚，更不用说约过会了。据此可推知，对于三人的会面，凯思琳一开始是不愿意接受的，故选D。
4．What can we infer from the last paragraph
A．Bruce was embarrassed about his apology.
B．The other guys apologized to the two sisters.
C．Bruce and the two sisters felt a sense of relief.
D．Lorraine thought the apology came a little late.
C 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中布鲁斯所说的话“But I'm so happy that you're still here and that I can finally apologize.”可知，布鲁斯对能有机会向她们道歉感到很高兴；再根据最后一段中罗琳所说的话“This is a beautiful thing. It's just wonderful that a person can ask for forgiveness after about 60 years. It's like a miracle to us. It's healing to us.”可知，罗琳认为大约60年前嘲笑过她们的人能请求原谅是一件美好的事情。据此可推知，这次会面让三人都感到宽慰，故选C。
【难句分析】 He said he hoped his apology would encourage others to seek forgiveness for the pain they had made on others.
分析：本句是一个主从复合句。句中“he hoped his apology would encourage others to seek forgiveness for the pain they had made on others”为省略了that的宾语从句，作said的宾语；其中“his apology would encourage others to seek forgiveness for the pain they had made on others”为省略了that的宾语从句，作hoped的宾语，而该宾语从句中的“they had made on others” 为定语从句，修饰先行词the pain。
译文：他说，他希望他的道歉将鼓励其他人为他们给别人造成的痛苦寻求原谅。
B
I always wanted to be extraordinary at something. Not just as in，“Great job, Jimbo！” No, I wanted to be best in class, awe inspiring, tiptop; a world famous genius，like Michael Phelps or Mark Zuckerberg.
Unfortunately, my version of reality did not quite line up with this delusional vision. I was a good swimmer, but I peaked at the collegiate State Championships level. My academic record was pretty solid, but I never would have made it into one of those ivy league schools.
Though I rose to above average status in a couple of areas, the disappointing truth was that I would never amount to anything more than a mid sized fish in a small pond. God apparently had other plans.
What drove me crazy, though, was the superstar talent thrown in my face at every turn. Some folks just seemed to get an unfair intensive dose (剂量) of it. Why couldn't I be like Bernie William, the famed New Yorkees player who also happens to be a world class jazz guitar virtuoso (艺术大师)
Some say greatness is simply a function of putting in the practice time. Around ten thousand hours, to be precise, according to author Malcolm Gladwell. I don't question the theory of devoting extraordinary efforts to developing one's expertise, but it seems that raw talent is equally important. You either have it or you don't.
I've heard that as people approach middle age, their life satisfaction increases because they begin to accept the gap between the expectations for themselves and the reality. After a few decades of frustration without the desired results, we eventually come to terms with how our lives turned out, even if it falls far short of our idealized youthful expectation.
Hope bends, it seems.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者年少时梦想成为卓尔不群之人，但后来现实告诉他，如此梦想的实现不仅需要付出大量时间去努力，还需要天赋。由此，作者总结道，人们在历经挫折后最终向当下的生活妥协，正是因为接受了期望与现实之间的差距，也就是说，希望好像屈服了。
5．What does the word “delusional” in paragraph 2 most probably mean
A．Imaginary. B．Realistic.
C．Abstract. D．Practical.
A 解析：词义猜测题。根据上文“Unfortunately, my version of reality did not quite line up with this”可知，不幸的是，作者对现实的看法与这种妄想不太一致。此处的妄想是指第一段中作者希望自己是个十分优秀的人，故此处delusional与reality意思相反，因此画线单词意思为“想象的”。故选A。
6．In the passage, the writer thinks of himself as________．
A．a world famous genius
B．a mid sized fish in a small pond
C．a world class virtuoso
D．a student in an ivy league school
B 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Though I rose to above average status in a couple of areas, the disappointing truth was that I would never amount to anything more than a mid sized fish in a small pond.”可知，虽然作者在几个方面都达到了中等以上的水平，但令人失望的事实是，作者只不过是小池塘里的一条中等大小的鱼。故选B。
7．According to the writer, what makes “greatness”？
A．Extraordinary efforts.
B．Ten thousand hours of practice.
C．Raw talent.
D．Talent and time.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第五段中的“Some say greatness is simply a function of putting in the practice time.(有人说，伟大仅仅是投入练习时间的结果)”以及下文中的“I don't question the theory of devoting extraordinary efforts to developing one's expertise, but it seems that raw talent is equally important.(我并不怀疑为发展自己的专业技能而付出非凡努力的理论，但似乎天赋也同样重要)”由此可知，作者认为，是天赋和时间造就了“伟大”。故选D。
8．Which of the following might be the best title
A．Hope Bends
B．Frustrating Decades
C．Practice Works
D．Youthful Expectation
A 解析：标题归纳题。根据最后一段“Hope bends, it seems.”可知，看上去希望屈服了。再结合全文可知，作者年少时梦想成为卓尔不群之人，但后来现实告诉他，如此梦想的实现不仅需要付出大量时间去努力，还需要天赋。由此，作者总结道，人们在历经挫折后最终向当下的生活妥协，正是因为接受了期望与现实之间的差距，也就是说，希望好像屈服了。故选A。
C
(2021·新高考八省联考模考)The average bear, it seems, is getting ever smarter. First, it turned out that at least one can use a comb. Now it appears that some can count, too.
Jennifer Vonk, of Oakland University, in Michigan, and Michael Beran, from Georgia State University, set three American black bears the task of distinguishing between numerically larger and smaller groups of dots (点) on a computer screen. In return for a food reward one bear, Brutus, would touch the more heavily dotted pattern with his nose. The others, Bella and Dusty, would touch the screen with their claws (爪子)．
As the researchers report in Animal Behavior, the bears did best with patterns where the coloured dots did not move and where more of them also took up a larger coloured area. This could be explained by the bears' distinguishing the different areas of colour rather than truly counting the dots. However, the three bears managed to pick out the bigger number of dots even in pairs of patterns where fewer dots took up a larger area.
Moving patterns, where each dot followed its own path around the screen, were more of a challenge. But Brutus, at least, was not defeated. He seemed to be counting mobile dots even when the scientists tried to mislead him by moving the total coloured area of the dots at the same time.
It is not entirely surprising that bears should have a high degree of intelligence. They face a lot of challenges when trying to get food. They are, however, always alone, and so do not have the complex social systems that contribute to animal smarts. Perhaps, then, their maths skill developed because they cannot count on their friends for help.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一些新的发现，证明了熊是一种高智商动物。
9．What task did the scientists set for the three bears
A．Distinguishing different dot patterns.
B．Figuring out different colours of dots.
C．Putting the dots into differently coloured groups.
D．Picking out the group with a larger number of dots.
A 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，科学家们给这三只熊安排的任务是区分不同的点的模式。故选A。
10．For the bears, the task was easier when ________．
A．the coloured dots were moving slowly
B．the dot patterns were regular in shape
C．the dots followed a path on the screen
D．more dots covered a larger coloured area
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，熊最擅长的图案是被更多的点覆盖的更大的彩色区域。故选D。
11．What may explain the bears' high degree of intelligence
A．They learn skills from other animals.
B．They face life challenges on their own.
C．They feed on a diverse range of food.
D．They have complex social networks.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，熊的智商高可能是因为它们独自面对生活的挑战。故选B。
12．What can be a suitable title for the text
A．Bears Taught to Distinguish Colours
B．New Evidence of Bear Intelligence Found
C．Three Bears Learned How to Count
D．The Smartest American Black Bear
B 解析：标题归纳题。本文介绍了一些新的发现，为证明熊是一种高智商动物提供了证据，所以文章标题应该是“发现了证明熊的智力的新证据”。故选B。
Ⅱ.七选五
Need a Homework Helper
As a parent, you want your kids to do their very best in school. You already know plenty of sleep, healthy food and some school supplies are necessary. 1.________ Here are some tips from educators and professionals for helping your children with it—both at home and on school campus.
Keep it ordered.
Organization is the key to success, because it can maximize efficiency. 2.________ For example, they could use a scheduling application like Asana or Trello to manage projects with arranged dates, or they might stick to an old fashioned pen and a paper planner. See what works best for them and go from there.
Break projects down.
3．________Teach them to break larger projects down into smaller pieces. Often people get frightened by the difficulty of tasks without understanding that the large task is actually just made up of smaller ones. Another solution is to use project proposal to help keep them organized and on track with homework and projects.
4．________
One mistake students usually make is postponing unpleasant work and deliberately looking for distraction (使人分心的事). Teach your children that the workload isn't going to get smaller if they wait longer, and, as a result, it will only become larger and seem more difficult to get started.
Get help online.
There are a growing number of online references and homework resources. Not only will your children be better prepared for class the next day, but they'll also learn a valuable lesson about how to research and find information online.5.________
A．Focus on homework.
B．Avoid delaying tasks.
C．Online applications are becoming more and popular.
D．Many children get stressed out when they have big assignments due.
E．Have your kids keep ahead of their homework with an organized system.
F．From them you can also find ideas for educational activities you can do with your children.
G．However, what else do children need to be successful without a professional homework helper
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文。作为家长，你已经知道你的孩子需要充足的睡眠、健康的食物和一些学校用品。但是在缺少一个专业的家庭作业帮手的情况下，你的孩子还需要什么呢？文章对此列举了一些帮助孩子完成作业的建议。
1．G 解析：根据上文提到的“plenty of sleep, healthy food and some school supplies are necessary”和下文给出的一些帮助孩子做作业的建议可知，G项中的“what else do children need”符合语境，故选G。
2．E 解析：根据小标题“Keep it ordered.”以及下文中的“For example, they could use...a paper planner.”可推知，此处仍需要与“帮助孩子变得有条理”相关，E项中的“an organized system”与该段第一句中的“Organization”相呼应，故选E。
3．D 解析：根据空后的“Teach them to break larger projects down into smaller pieces.”和“Another solution is...and projects.”这两条建议可推知，空处提出了相应的问题且与“larger projects”有关，D项“很多孩子有大作业要交时都会焦虑不安”符合语境。故选D。
4．B 解析：根据该部分中的“postponing unpleasant work and deliberately looking for distraction (使人分心的事)”和“if they wait longer”可推知，本段主要是关于孩子写作业拖延的问题，因此B项“避免拖延任务”可用为本段的小标题。故选B。
5．F 解析：本部分介绍了可以从网络上获得的帮助，其中提到了“Not only will your children...find information online.” F项中的“you can also find ideas”承接上文内容，且F项中的“From them”与该段首句中的“online references and homework resources”相对应。
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10UNIT 1 TEENAGE LIFE
A卷——小题夯基练
Ⅰ.语境填词
1．Destruction of the environment is one of the most serious ( )(挑战) we face.
2．We are ( )(满意的) to see the mutual trade will continue without any extra charges.
3．Travel hungry readers couldn't get enough of the ( )(奇遇) in this book where travel seems so exciting with real and imagined wonders.
4．Researchers ( )(建议) eating three solid meals every day, and adding no more than two or three snacks to that total.
5．To face the crisis, we have finished the construction of an emergency hospital in just ten days, which is far ahead of ( )(日程安排)．
6．The job of a ( )(志愿者) in disaster areas is to shoulder the pain and burden of others and help those in need. So it is not only about passion, but also about belief.
Ⅱ.词形转换和动词的形式变换(用所给词的正确形式填空)
1．(2020·全国卷Ⅰ)It's this strange form that makes race walking such an ( )(attract) activity.
2．(2020·新高考山东卷)After ( )(graduate), she worked to help her sisters and brothers pay for their schooling.
3．(2019·全国卷Ⅲ)When a student attacks a professor on the social media, the language used ( )(actual) says more about the student.
4．When children develop their sense of ( ) (responsible), they can handle their emotions better and be more disciplined.
5．Whether or not you are bothered by the environment, it may be ( ) (challenge)to maintain a positive outlook.
6．Those poor and needy ( )(teenage) were excited to find a shop at the corner where they could buy affordable priced bikes.
7．While writing a notice, perhaps we should have been more direct in order to avoid ( )(confuse) readers.
8．One of the best ways to gain( )(fluent) in a language is to live in the country and immerse(沉浸) yourself in the culture.
9．From primitive times to modern days, mankind has developed various and ever changing ( )(survive) skills.
10．Believe it or not, parents' ( )(behave) can have a great influence on children's growth.
Ⅲ.固定用法和搭配(在空白处填入1个适当的单词)
1．The severe situation probably made ( ) impossible to find a way that suited everyone.
2．To prevent their kids from becoming addicted ( ) mobile phones, many US families set a strict “no phones at the dinner table” policy.
3．Studies showed that women developed a preference ( ) reddish colors because they are associated with riper fruit and healthier faces.
4．The two seater carbon fibre vehicle can reach a speed of 240km per hour, which is considered a pollution free solution ( ) city traffic problems.
Ⅳ.选词填空
prefer...to, (be) suitable for, sign up for, (be) addicted to, be responsible for, focus on, be attracted to
1．You will ( ) strongly ( ) Beijing Opera even if you know nothing about the dramatic background.
2．Out of curiosity, I ( ) the Nature club and determined to explore further.
3．Because her parents ( ) drugs, she was brought up in a miserable life of poverty. But the misfortune drove her to work harder to change her life.
4．The fierce storm is reported to ( ) as many as four deaths and great loss.
5．Some universities ( ) practical skills needed in the workplace, while others place emphasis on theory to prepare students for careers in research.
Ⅴ.完成句子/一句多译
1．你应该开始专注于如何改善局面而不是去责怪谁。
You should start ( ) instead of/rather than ( )．
2．为子孙后代保护环境是我们的责任。
( ) for future generations.
3．我努力想办法解决这个具有挑战性的问题，但是徒劳无功。
I have tried hard ( ) the challenging problem, but in vain.
4．为了强化你的英语流利度，我强烈建议你买一本英语词典。
①To strengthen your English fluency, ( )．(v. ing作宾语)
②To strengthen your English fluency, ( )．(“should＋动词原形”构成的虚拟)
5．比起看电视，我更喜欢读书。
①( ).(prefer doing...to doing...)
②( ).(prefer to do...rather than do...)
③( ). (would rather do...than do...)
④( ). (would do...rather than do...)
B卷——大题提能练
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2021·衢州、湖州、丽水三地教学质量检测)On a recent afternoon, some 60 years after they graduated from grammar school, Kathleen Rys, 72, and her sister Lorraine O'Kelly, 70, sat down and had a meal with a classmate, Bruce Smit, 71, for the first time.
In the 1950s, Lorraine and Kathleen Rys' family moved from Chicago to Monee. As new kids at Monee Elementary School, they soon found themselves on the outs with other students.
“I would be with the other guys and see Kathleen walking down the hallway, her head down, holding her books, walking slowly. And all of us guys would lean against the wall until she passed. Then we'd burst into laughter. How rude is that It's just crazy，” said Bruce, a doctor whose wife, Tammy, organized the meeting.
The women said none of the teachers cared about it. “We just kept it to ourselves，” Lorraine said.
Over the years, Tammy Smit said, “Bruce would just start to cry at times. He'd wonder what happened to the sisters, if they led a good life.” One day a few weeks ago, Tammy took to the Internet and found Mary O'Kelly, Lorraine's daughter, and offered to set up a meeting. The idea of revisiting the pain was not well received by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a date. It took some convincing, but Lorraine finally got Kathleen to agree to meet with Bruce.
Bruce broke into tears. “I'm so ashamed, so embarrassed，” he said. “But I'm so happy that you're still here and that I can finally apologize.” He said he hoped his apology would encourage others to seek forgiveness for the pain they had made on others. Lorraine said, “This is a beautiful thing. It's just wonderful that a person can ask for forgiveness after about 60 years. It's like a miracle to us. It's healing to us.”
1．What can we learn from the first three paragraphs
A．Kathleen made her classmates afraid of her at school.
B．Kathleen was once hurt by her classmates at school.
C．Bruce Smit asked his wife to organize the meeting.
D．Bruce Smit spoke ill of Kathleen.
2．What does the underlined word “it” in the 4th paragraph probably refer to
A．The guys' meeting.
B．Kathleen's slow pace.
C．The guys' apology.
D．Kathleen's suffering.
3．How did Kathleen first feel about the meeting
A．Angry. B．Excited.
C．Anxious. D．Unwilling.
4．What can we infer from the last paragraph
A．Bruce was embarrassed about his apology.
B．The other guys apologized to the two sisters.
C．Bruce and the two sisters felt a sense of relief.
D．Lorraine thought the apology came a little late.
B
I always wanted to be extraordinary at something. Not just as in，“Great job, Jimbo！” No, I wanted to be best in class, awe inspiring, tiptop; a world famous genius，like Michael Phelps or Mark Zuckerberg.
Unfortunately, my version of reality did not quite line up with this delusional vision. I was a good swimmer, but I peaked at the collegiate State Championships level. My academic record was pretty solid, but I never would have made it into one of those ivy league schools.
Though I rose to above average status in a couple of areas, the disappointing truth was that I would never amount to anything more than a mid sized fish in a small pond. God apparently had other plans.
What drove me crazy, though, was the superstar talent thrown in my face at every turn. Some folks just seemed to get an unfair intensive dose (剂量) of it. Why couldn't I be like Bernie William, the famed New Yorkees player who also happens to be a world class jazz guitar virtuoso (艺术大师)
Some say greatness is simply a function of putting in the practice time. Around ten thousand hours, to be precise, according to author Malcolm Gladwell. I don't question the theory of devoting extraordinary efforts to developing one's expertise, but it seems that raw talent is equally important. You either have it or you don't.
I've heard that as people approach middle age, their life satisfaction increases because they begin to accept the gap between the expectations for themselves and the reality. After a few decades of frustration without the desired results, we eventually come to terms with how our lives turned out, even if it falls far short of our idealized youthful expectation.
Hope bends, it seems.
5．What does the word “delusional” in paragraph 2 most probably mean
A．Imaginary. B．Realistic.
C．Abstract. D．Practical.
6．In the passage, the writer thinks of himself as________．
A．a world famous genius
B．a mid sized fish in a small pond
C．a world class virtuoso
D．a student in an ivy league school
7．According to the writer, what makes “greatness”？
A．Extraordinary efforts.
B．Ten thousand hours of practice.
C．Raw talent.
D．Talent and time.
8．Which of the following might be the best title
A．Hope Bends
B．Frustrating Decades
C．Practice Works
D．Youthful Expectation
C
(2021·新高考八省联考模考)The average bear, it seems, is getting ever smarter. First, it turned out that at least one can use a comb. Now it appears that some can count, too.
Jennifer Vonk, of Oakland University, in Michigan, and Michael Beran, from Georgia State University, set three American black bears the task of distinguishing between numerically larger and smaller groups of dots (点) on a computer screen. In return for a food reward one bear, Brutus, would touch the more heavily dotted pattern with his nose. The others, Bella and Dusty, would touch the screen with their claws (爪子)．
As the researchers report in Animal Behavior, the bears did best with patterns where the coloured dots did not move and where more of them also took up a larger coloured area. This could be explained by the bears' distinguishing the different areas of colour rather than truly counting the dots. However, the three bears managed to pick out the bigger number of dots even in pairs of patterns where fewer dots took up a larger area.
Moving patterns, where each dot followed its own path around the screen, were more of a challenge. But Brutus, at least, was not defeated. He seemed to be counting mobile dots even when the scientists tried to mislead him by moving the total coloured area of the dots at the same time.
It is not entirely surprising that bears should have a high degree of intelligence. They face a lot of challenges when trying to get food. They are, however, always alone, and so do not have the complex social systems that contribute to animal smarts. Perhaps, then, their maths skill developed because they cannot count on their friends for help.
9．What task did the scientists set for the three bears
A．Distinguishing different dot patterns.
B．Figuring out different colours of dots.
C．Putting the dots into differently coloured groups.
D．Picking out the group with a larger number of dots.
10．For the bears, the task was easier when ________．
A．the coloured dots were moving slowly
B．the dot patterns were regular in shape
C．the dots followed a path on the screen
D．more dots covered a larger coloured area
11．What may explain the bears' high degree of intelligence
A．They learn skills from other animals.
B．They face life challenges on their own.
C．They feed on a diverse range of food.
D．They have complex social networks.
12．What can be a suitable title for the text
A．Bears Taught to Distinguish Colours
B．New Evidence of Bear Intelligence Found
C．Three Bears Learned How to Count
D．The Smartest American Black Bear
Ⅱ.七选五
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As a parent, you want your kids to do their very best in school. You already know plenty of sleep, healthy food and some school supplies are necessary. 1.________ Here are some tips from educators and professionals for helping your children with it—both at home and on school campus.
Keep it ordered.
Organization is the key to success, because it can maximize efficiency. 2.________ For example, they could use a scheduling application like Asana or Trello to manage projects with arranged dates, or they might stick to an old fashioned pen and a paper planner. See what works best for them and go from there.
Break projects down.
3．________Teach them to break larger projects down into smaller pieces. Often people get frightened by the difficulty of tasks without understanding that the large task is actually just made up of smaller ones. Another solution is to use project proposal to help keep them organized and on track with homework and projects.
4．________
One mistake students usually make is postponing unpleasant work and deliberately looking for distraction (使人分心的事). Teach your children that the workload isn't going to get smaller if they wait longer, and, as a result, it will only become larger and seem more difficult to get started.
Get help online.
There are a growing number of online references and homework resources. Not only will your children be better prepared for class the next day, but they'll also learn a valuable lesson about how to research and find information online.5.________
A．Focus on homework.
B．Avoid delaying tasks.
C．Online applications are becoming more and popular.
D．Many children get stressed out when they have big assignments due.
E．Have your kids keep ahead of their homework with an organized system.
F．From them you can also find ideas for educational activities you can do with your children.
G．However, what else do children need to be successful without a professional homework helper
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