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I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning. 21世纪教育网
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then. 21世纪教育网
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times." 21世纪教育网
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives. 21世纪教育网
From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy. 21世纪教育网
( ) 1. How did the author get to know America 21世纪教育网
A. From her relatives. B. From her mother. 21世纪教育网
C. From books and pictures. D. From radio programs. 21世纪教育网
【答案】C。 21世纪教育网
【解析】细节理解题。第一段第四行我们可以知道答案为C. 21世纪教育网
( ) 2. Upon leaving for America the author felt_______. 21世纪教育网
A. confused B. excited 21世纪教育网
C. worried D. amazed 21世纪教育网
【答案】B。 21世纪教育网
【解析】第二段前两行告诉我们作者离开的时候感受到的不是困惑和担忧，而是兴奋。
( ) 3. For the first two years in New York, the author _________. 21世纪教育网
A. often lost her way B. did not think about her future 21世纪教育网
C. studied in three different schools D. got on well with her stepfather 21世纪教育网
【答案】C。 21世纪教育网
【解析】细节理解题。For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. 21世纪教育网
( ) 4. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4 21世纪教育网
A. She worked as a translator. 21世纪教育网
B. She attended a lot of job interviews. 21世纪教育网
C. She paid telephone bills for her family. 21世纪教育网
D She helped her family with her English. 21世纪教育网
【答案】D。 21世纪教育网
【解析】第四段用很多例子表明她用她的英语在帮助家人。 21世纪教育网
( ) 5. The author believes that______. 21世纪教育网
A. her future will be free from troubles 21世纪教育网
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【答案】D。 21世纪教育网
【解析】推理判断题。由最后一段话最后三行可以知道答案。 21世纪教育网
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( ) 1. From the first three paragraphs, we learn that_____. 21世纪教育网
A. children’s books are usually bestsellers 21世纪教育网
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C. magazines for teenagers have drawn public attention 21世纪教育网
D. there is a growing need for writers of children's books 21世纪教育网
【答案】D. 21世纪教育网
【解析】前三段话从不同方面告诉我们急需儿童书籍的作者。 21世纪教育网
( ) 2. When finishing the course, you are promised to_____. 21世纪教育网
A. be a successful publisher 21世纪教育网
B. become a confident editor 21世纪教育网
C. finish one work for publication 21世纪教育网
D. get one story or article published 21世纪教育网
【答案】C。 21世纪教育网
【解析】由第五段话中的You will complete at least one manuscript（手稿） suitable to hand in to a publisher by the time you finish our course.可以知道答案。 21世纪教育网
( ) 3. Kristi Holly mentions her experience mainly to_____. 21世纪教育网
A. prove she is a good instructor 21世纪教育网
B. promote the writing program 21世纪教育网
C. give her advice on course preparation 21世纪教育网
D. show she sold more stories than article 21世纪教育网
【答案】B。 21世纪教育网
【解析】Kristi Holly用自己的例子证明该项目的可行性，同时也宣传了该项目。 21世纪教育网
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Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws(爪)on its wings when young .They build their homes about 4.6m above the river ,an important feature(特征)for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.
In appearance，the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside .The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.
Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip .Using these four claws ,together with the beak(喙),they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.
During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.
( ) 1. What is the text mainly about
A．Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.
B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.
C．Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.
D．The appearance and living habits of hoatzins.
( ) 2. Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that ．
A．they look like young cuckoos
B．they have claws on the wings
C．they eat a lot like a cow
D．they live on river banks
( ) 3. What can we infer about primitive birds from the text
A．They had claws to help them climb.
B．They could fly long distances.
C．They had four wings like hoatzins.
D．They had a head with long feathers on the top.
( ) 4. Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes
A．To find more food.
B．To protect themselves better.
C．To keep themselves warm.
D．To produce their young.
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1.选D。考查文章主题大意。纵观全文，文章主要讲的是hoatzin麝雉，这种鸟类的外貌以及生活习性。
2.选B。根据第一段has claws(爪)on its wings when young,和第三段可知，hoatzin在幼年期是有爪子的，而长大学会飞之后就没有了。
3.选A。关键是primitive“原始的，早期的”的意思。第三段第二句话。
4.选D。最后一段最后一句话。
B
Science can't explain the power of pets, but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure (血压) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.
Any owner will tall you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress (紧张) levels and blood pressure in people - half of them pet owners –while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in ice water. Subjects completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did
It best .Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned
Most quickly to baseline heart rates .With pets in the room ,people also made fewer math mistakes
Than when doing in front of other companions. It seems people feel more released (放松)around
Pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don’t judge.
A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits. Researchers at Northwesterm Memorial Hospital spent a
Year studying 36 fat people and were put on a diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of
56 fat people without pets were put on a diet program. On average，people lost about 11 pounds，
Or 5% of their body weight .Their dogs did even better，losing an average of 12 pounds，more then
15%of their body weight .Dog owners didn’t lose any more weight than those without dogs but ,say
Researchers，got more exercise overall –mostly with their dogs –and found it worth doing.
( ) 1. What does the text mainly discuss
A．What pets bring to their owners
B．How pets help people calm down
C．people’s opinions of keeping pets
D．Pet’s value in medical research
( ) 2. We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if
____________
A．he has a pet companion
B．he has less stress of work
C．he often dose mental arithmetic
D．he is taken care of by his family
( ) 3. According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks
A．They have lower blood pressure.
B．They become more patient.
C．They are less nervous.
D．They are in higher spirits.
( ) 4. The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports that
A．people with dogs did more exercise
B．dogs lost the same weight as people did
C．dogs liked exercise much more than people did
D．people without dogs found the program unhelpful
B篇
1.选A。考查主题大意。根据首段，很多研究表明，宠物可以降低血压，提高、心脏病恢复的几率，减少孤独感和传播快乐。
2.选A。根据第一段，参见上题解析。
3.选C。第二段最后一句话，和宠物在一起人们感到更加的放松。
4.选A。最后一段最后一句话，虽然狗主的体重没有多大变化，但是却比没有养狗的人得到更多的锻炼，因为是和他们的狗在一起，他们认为很值得。
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How would you like to teach yourself, rather than have teachers According to the UK’s Department of Education and Skills, students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. This means that there will be no more problems such as finding enough teachers.
Estelle Morris, the UK Education Secretary, opened the 2002 Education Technology Conference in London recently. To start the conference, she presented a video showing a computer—generated model of the school of tomorrow.
Greater use of computer technology and classroom assistants will help students develop their own way of learning, Morris said. She added that this is a more exciting as well as a more interesting way of learning.
At the same time, teachers will be “freed from their traditional role as the source of all knowledge”.
Children of all abilities will “form the curriculum(课程)around their individual needs.” They will “learn in their own time, at their own speed and in their own environment”.
At home or at school, they will follow their learning programmes by looking at online libraries and watching lessons by world-class teachers and subject experts.
Instead of going on field trips, students will use virtual reality. If they don’t understand something, they can ask other students—“take part in virtual communities with learners with similar needs”—or e-mail their teachers. They will hand in their work electronically to be “auto-marked”.
The classroom of the future is fast becoming a reality.
And the Department of Education will soon produce a guide to help schools adapt buildings for new technology, Morris said. These ideas are based on the UK government’s plan to create an education system that provides students with a strong grounding of knowledge and skills at primary school level. And provides the chance for students to develop their individual skills at secondary school level.
36. According to the UK’s Department of Education and Skills, the school of the future will ______.
A. cause more problems such as being able to find enough teachers
B. set no homework and no tests for students
C. make good use of the computer technology and classroom assistants
D. enable students to learn by themselves without teachers
提示:依据第一段最后一句排除A项；依据第七段最后一句排除B项；第七段说如果学生有问题，可向老师发e-mail，因而不可说without teachers，排除D项。C项与第三段内容一致，故为正确答案。
答案:C
37. Estelle Morris thinks that computer technology does good to teachers in ________.
A. helping students develop their own way of learning
B. enabling students to experience interesting and exciting ways of learning
C. providing students with knowledge of all sorts
D. not being considered the source of various knowledge
提示:依据第四段判断正确答案为D项。
答案:D
38. If the students do not understand something, they can _______.
A. go on a field trip
B. go to ask their teachers to help them
C. send e-mail to ask for a teacher’s help
D. have a look at other learners’ homework
答案:C 依据第七段“…or e-mail their teachers”
39. If s a student is under the UK’s newly-developed education system,he will be ________.
A. provided with a basic knowledge from the beginning
B. given more knowledge at primary school level
C. helped to use computers better
D. supplied chance to develop their basic skills
答案: A 依据最后一段“that provides students with a strong grounding of knowledge and skills at primary school level”
B
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is likely to visit China at an “appropriate” time this year, a senior Chinese military official said on Monday. Colonel Tu Qiming, director of the American and Oceania Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Affairs Office at the National Defense Ministry, made the remark during Sino-US defense talks this week. This is the first ever “special defense policy ?dialogue” between the two defense ministries, according to the Chinese military.
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FRANCES Agriculture Ministry has confirmed(证实)the first case of mad cow disease detected in a goat last Friday. The goat killed in 2002 tested positive for mad cow disease. It is the first case in the world of the fatal disease being found in an animal other than a bovine. The human form of mad cow disease causes brain-wasting, personality change, loss of body function, and ends in death. The European Commission has not advised any change in farming and consuming goats, said the French Ministry in a statement published last Friday.
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MOBILE phone sales hit a new record in 2010, with some 684 million units sold around the world, the US research institute Strategy Analytics said on Thursday. The number represents an increase of 32 per cent over 2003, when 571 million units were sold. Strategy Analytics predicts a more modest rise of 8 per cent for this year, to 735 million. Finnish cell phone provider Nokia stayed out in front in 2010, with sales of 207.6 million units, giving it a market share of 30.4 per cent. Motorola moved to No 2, just ahead of the South Korean company Samsung.
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SIX male penguins(雄企鹅)at a German zoo are proving stubbornly resistant to females brought in from Sweden to make them into breeding(繁殖).Of the ten male penguins at the zoo, six have formed into “homosexual” couples and have shown no interest in the females, making breeding an impossibility. So the zoo imported the four female penguins from Sweden last month, full of hope that the new arrivals could “turn” the males. But so far, the boys are remaining strictly with the boys.
1. How many countries are mentioned in the pieces of news
A. Six. B. Five. C. Three. D. Seven.
提示:文中提到美国、中国、法国、芬兰、韩国、德国、瑞典。
答案:D
37. Which will probably reach the sales of 735 million units in 2010
A. Nokia. B. Motorola. C. Samsung. D. Cell phones.
提示:571 million,684million,735 million均指手机销售总量。
答案:D
38. From the fourth piece of news we know that_________.
A. the scientists haven’t succeeded in doing their experiment
B. the scientists have successfully got six female penguins into breeding.
C. the Sweden girls made the boys show interest in them
D. German boys don’t like Sweden boys
提示:从show no interest和boys stay with boys可知试验没成功。
答案:A
39. Which of the following are the suitable headlines for the pieces of news
A. a. US Defense Secretary Visit Likely b. France Confirms “Mad Goat Case”
c. Mobile Phone Sales d. Male Penguins and Female Penguins
B. a. US Defense Secretary Visit Likely b. France Confirms “Mad Goat Case”
c. Nokia Stays on Top d. Birds of a Feather
C. a. Defense Policy Dialogue b. Mad Goat Disease
c. Mobile Phone Sales d. Importing Female Penguins
D. a. Sino-US Talks b. Mad Goat Case
c. Motorola’s Sales Reduced d. Boys and Girls
提示:只有B能表达各则新闻的主旨，其中Birds of a Feather意为“物以类聚，鸟以群分”。
答案:B
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OPENING TIMES:20 Mar to 19 OctMon to Sat: 9:00am to 5:00pmSun:9:30am to 5:00pm20 Oct to 19MarMon to Sat:9:30am to 4:00pmSun:10:00am to 4:00pm
Shakespeare's Birthplace and Exhibition of Shakespeare's World
Welcome to the world-famous house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and where he grew up. The property(房产)remained in the ownership of
Shakespeare’s family until 1806.The House has welcomed visitors traveling from all over the word ,for over 250 years.
◆ Enter though the Visitors’ Centre and see the highly-praised exhibition Shakespeare’s World, a lively and full introduction to the life and work of Shakespeare.
◆ Stand in the rooms-where Shakespeare grew up.
◆ Discover examples of furniture and needle work from Shakespeare’s period.
◆ Enjoy the traditional(传统的)English garden, planted with trees and flowers mentioned in the poet’s works.
The Birthplace is within easy walking distance of all the car parks shown on the map; nearest is Windsor Street(3 minutes’ walk).
The House may present difficulties but the Visitors’ Centre, its exhibition, and the garden are accessible(可进入的)to wheelchair user.
The Shakespeare Coffee House (opposite the Birthplace).
ADMISSION:Adult ￡4.90Child ￡2.20Family ￡12.0(2 adults +up to 3 children)
( ) 1. How much is the admission for a family of two grown-ups and two children
A. ＄9.80 B.＄12.00 C.＄14.20 D.＄16.40
( ) 2. Where is the nearest parking place to Shakespeare’s Birthplace
A. Behind the exhibition hall.
B. Opposite the Visitors’ Centre.
C. At Windsor street.
D. Near the Coffee House.
( ) 3. A wheelchair user may need help to enter .
A. the House B the garden C. the Visitor’s Centre D. the exhibition hall
A篇
1.选B。根据第二个表格中Family ￡12.0 （2 adults + up to 3 children)，即是一家人（2个成年人+至多3个小孩）需要￡12.0。
2.选C。根据第二个表格右边第一段最后几个单词nearest is Windsor Street (3 minutes' walk).
3.选A。根据第二个表格右边第二段The House may present difficulties but the Visitors' Centre, its exhibition, and the garden are accessible(可进入的) to wheelchair user.“对于轮椅使用者来说，可能进入房子有些困难，但是游客中心，展览厅还有花园都可以进入。”
B
EDGEWOOD—Every morning at Dixie Heights High school, customers pour into a special experiment :the district’s first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs.
Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries.
By closing time at 9.20 a.m. , the shop usually sells 90drinks.
“whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schwartzman says it was good, ”Christy McKinley , a second year student , announced recently, after hanging up with the teacher.
The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school.
They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.
Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia.
Not that it was easy. Chevalier’s first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee What about sugar content
Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition（营养）guidelines.
The whole school has joined in to help.
Teachers agreed to give up their lounge(休息室)in the morning. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.
( ) 1.What is the text mainly about？
A. A best-selling coffee.
B. A special educational program.
C. Government support for schools.
D. A new type of teacher-student relationship.
( ) 2.The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to .
A. raise money for school affairs
B. do some research on nutrition
C. develop students’ practical skills
D. supply teachers with drinks
( ) 3.How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schwartzman’s opinion of the chi tea？
A. She met her in the shop.
B. She heard her telling others.
C. She talked to her on the phone.
D .She went to her office to deliver the tea.
( ) 4.We know from the text that Ginger Gray .
A. manages the Dixie PIT program in Kenton County
B. sees that the drinks meet health standards
C. teaches at Dixie Heights High School
D. owns the school’s coffee shop
B篇
1.选B。考查文章主题大意。主要看首段customers pour into a special experiment: the district's first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs和第五段最后the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school.文章主要讲的是一个特殊的教育项目。
2.选C。第五和第六段说明这个教育项目是为学生走出社会做准备的，所以主要是锻炼学生的实际动手能力。
3.选C。第四段，考查hang up的意思“挂电话”。
4.选B。倒数第三段。
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The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（数字化）of everyday life.
Set to open in 2013, the 188 m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.
As digital media（媒介）is important to its idea. the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.
Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning, “The aim is to mix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”
The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.
Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虚拟的）LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.
Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls “enlarge reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development is an online library of figures of the city being built by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.
Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s content and services open to citizens as sever before.”
( ) 1. The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____.
A. the equipment B. the project
C. the digital media D. the physical library
( ) 2. While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_____.
A. get a general idea of the LoB
B. meet many world-famous experts
C. learn how to put up a library building
D. understand how the specialists work on the project
( ) 3. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens
a. It offers better learning toolsb. It reaches users in different ways c. It provides users with smart phoned. It allows users to enrich its materiale. It gives non-stop physical and digital services
A. a, b, d B. a, c, e C. b, c, d D. b, d, e
( ) 4. This text is most probably taken from .
A. a put book B. a library guide
C. a handbook D. a newspaper report
【答案与解析】
【要点综述】本篇文章为新闻报道类文体。文章报道了Library of Birmingham（伯明翰图书馆）将会投巨资改建成一个全新的数字化图书馆的事情。
1．B词义推断题。通过分析单词所在的这个句子，可知its（它的）指代的是主句中的主语“这个工程的”，its idea便是指the idea of the project。
2．A细节理解题。根据第6段第2句“Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.”可知答案为A。B、C、D说法均有误。
3．A细节理解题。根据第4段“it is about giving people the right tools for learning”， “which can be used through many different ways”及第7段“in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material”可知。
4．D推理判断题。文章首段便简明地概括了文章主题，全文体现较明显的及时性，这是新闻类文体的典型特征，据此可判断文章应来源于一篇新闻报道。
B
“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think that Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organization decision making. For years March( possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.
He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning :“Experience is respected；experience is sought；experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves（涉及）serious complications（复杂化），ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.
In one interesting part of book，for example，he turns a double eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. He says “The more accurately（精确的）reality is presented，the less understandable the story，and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”
Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher. March is also a poet, and his gift shines though in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding；Don’t pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.
( ) 1. According to the text, James March is ____________.
A. a poet who uses experience in his writing
B. a teacher who teachers story writing in university
C. a researcher who studies the way humans think and act
D. a professor who helps organizations make important decisions
( ) 2. According to James March, experience ______________.
A. is overvalued
B. is easy to explain
C. should be actively sought
D. should be inactively sought
( ) 3. What can we learn from Paragraph 3
A. Experience makes stories more accurate.
B. Stories made interesting fail to fully present the truth.
C. The use of stories is the best way of experiential learning.
D. Stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described.
( ) 4.What’s the purpose of this text
A. To introduce a book. B. To describe a researcher.
C. To explain experiential learning. D. To discuss organizational decision making.
【答案与解析】
【要点综述】文章介绍了James March所著的一本名为The Ambiguities of Experience书。本书针对人们生活中过分依赖经验这一现象作了分析实际上是告诫人们不可高估经验的作用。
1．C 细节理解题。根据首段“For years March( possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act,”可知。
2．A 推理判断题。根据首段第一句及第2段“The problem is that learning from experience involves（涉及）serious complications（复杂化），...”可得知March认为人们高估了经验的作用。
3．B细节理解题。根据第3段“The more accurately（精确的）reality is presented，the less understandable the story，and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”可判断正确答案为B。
4．A 推理判断题。此题判断作者的写作意图。从首段最末一句“he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.”及末段“Though the book is short, it is demanding；Don’t pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons.”可推断出本文是介绍March所著的这本书。
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