九年级：首填 专练（四）
（一）难度中等
When it comes to running marathons(马拉松), 8 hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds is not a world r 1 . This was the time it took Fauja Singh to c 2 the Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday.
But Singh, born in India, is no spring chicken—100 years old and his recent d 3 has made him the world’s oldest marathon runner. As a runner, Singh was a late starter. In his late 80, after the deaths of his wife and son, he decided to t 4 up running. For Singh, being 100 is just a number. There aren’t many centenarians(百岁老人) in quite such rude health, but they are on the i 5 . Life expectancy(预期寿命) in the UK today is around 80 but a t 6 of 12,640 men and women are now centenarians c 7 with just 2,500 in 1980. Public services have to make improvement so as to d 8 with this aging society.
Why do some people live to such a ripe old age Scientists in Amsterdam may have come a little closer to discovering the s 9 to long life.
Of course, they could just ask Fauja Singh what it is. The old boy p 10 his long life down to tea and “being happy”.
（二）难度中等偏上
Everyone should care about their eyes. However, there are certain people that should e 1 wear sunglasses. This is for their safety, and the safety of others.
Drivers should always have sunglasses handy. W 2 you are driving your own car or a bus full of people, the sun can be your enemy. The sun rays could c 3 you not to see the traffic that stopped 50 feet in front of you. Accidents like this can be a 4 by always having sunglasses in your cars.
It is very important that parents teach their children from an early age to wear sunglasses. In addition, you are protecting very delicate(柔弱的) eyes as well. Children, especially the very young, are growing and d 5 in every way. Protecting their eyes with sunglasses from the start will reduce the damage they will pay for later in life.
Even babies can wear sunglasses. A child begins their life by being able to focus on objects only less than the inches from their face. A pair of baby sunglasses will keep h 6 rays out of your baby’s young, delicate eyes.
Anyone who spends long time in the sun should know the a 7 of sunglasses. If you are extremely i 8 in water sports and spend a lot of time at the beach or on a lake, you could be at greater r 9 . Water sportsmen like water-skiers know how protective sunglasses will s 10 a lifetime of hardship. The sun reflecting of the water into your eyes can increase the damage. So do find a good pair of water sunglasses while you ride the waves.
（三）稍难
Are men better drivers than women The answer is yes…and no.
Men take more risks. In studies, men as a whole are less c 1 than women, such as driving at higher speeds and closer to other cars, and not w 2 seat belts. They even make riskier turns and take less time when parking.
BUT…how someone drives doesn’t necessarily equal how well he drives. Man does seem to be better than women at certain driving tasks. However, this slight edge in ability doesn’t translate into better driving records. The kind of accidents men get into are generally the r 3 of their riskier driving. According to one study, men are more than three times as likely to be ticketed for “risky driving” than women, and more than 25 percent as likely to be at fault in an accident.
The ability to make good judgment is a powerful thing. Despite the research, scientists p 4 out that it’s difficult to determine whether men are t 5 born to be better drivers than women, or if they’re simply more confident in their driving because they’re thought to be better, and therefore show better skills. Similarly, the traditional v 6 that women are weaker drivers may unfavorably affect(影响) their performance behind the wheel.
Women are catching up…which isn’t necessarily good news. Men may be r 7 for more accidents than women, but the gap(差距) is getting s 8 . Today, more women drive than ever before, which has the unfortunate increase in speeding, risky driving, and even d 9 among women.
The take-home: Learn from the strengths of b 10 sexes. Drive confidently and carefully. And don’t forget to wear your seat belt.
（四）难度中等
An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son. S 1 a crow sat on their window. The father asked, “What is this ” The son r 2 , “It is a crow.” After a few minutes, the father asked his son the s 3 time, “What is this ” The son said, “Father, I have already told you ‘It’s a crow’.” When the old father asked his son the third time, some e 4 of irritation(急躁) was felt in the son’s answer “It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.” Soon afterward when the father asked his son the fourth time, the son s 5 at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again ”
A little later, the father went to his room and came back with an old d 6 , which he had kept since his son was born. On o 7 a page, the son read the f 8 words:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I said to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I h 9 him lovingly each time he asked me the s 10 question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated. I rather felt affection(疼爱) for my trusting child.”
（五）难度中等
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints(抱怨) about s 1 in work and life. Offering his g 2 coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and r 3 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups—some plain-looking, some expensive and some beautifully designed—telling them to help t 4 to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said,
“If you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, l 5 behind the plain and cheap ones. W 6 it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
“The cup itself a 7 no quality(品质) to the coffee. What all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, but you still would like to go for the best cups.
“Now c 8 this: Life is coffee; jobs, money, and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cups we have does not define(界定), nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes by only focusing on the cup, we f 9 to enjoy the coffee. Taste the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee i 10 .”
（六）难度中等或偏上
Here is something to think about the next time you ask teachers for help: Struggling with schoolwork on your o 1 can help you learn. According to a recent study, the more you struggle while you are learning new information, the better you can remember it later.
This theory might surprise you. When teachers are presenting new information, they often give students lots of help. But a new study shows this may not be the best way to support learning. “Don’t be too quick to get help when learning something new.” professor Manu Kapur said, “Try to work on it y 2 even if it means trying different ways.”
Kapur tested his idea out on students in Singapore. He s 3 students into two groups. In the first group, the students were asked to s 4 math problems with the teacher’s help. In the second group, the students were asked to work out the same problems by helping one another, i 5 of getting help from the teacher. With the teacher’s help, the students in the first group were able to find correct answers. The students in the second group didn’t work out the problems c 6 . But they did come up with a lot of good ideas.
The students were then tested on what they had learned. The group without any help from a teacher s 7 much higher than the group who had help. Kapur said working to find the answers helped students understand the p 8 , not just the solution(答案).
Kapur’s a 9 for kids is to put a lot of efforts into learning something new r 10 than going to your teacher for help. “Simply doing a little work or nothing at all won’t work,” says Kapur. “The struggle needs to be an attempt(尝试) to figure out a problem in as many ways as possible.”九年级：首填 专练（四）
（一）难度中等
When it comes to running marathons(马拉松), 8 hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds is not a world r 1 . This was the time it took Fauja Singh to c 2 the Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday.
But Singh, born in India, is no spring chicken—100 years old and his recent d 3 has made him the world’s oldest marathon runner. As a runner, Singh was a late starter. In his late 80, after the deaths of his wife and son, he decided to t 4 up running. For Singh, being 100 is just a number. There aren’t many centenarians(百岁老人) in quite such rude health, but they are on the i 5 . Life expectancy(预期寿命) in the UK today is around 80 but a t 6 of 12,640 men and women are now centenarians c 7 with just 2,500 in 1980. Public services have to make improvement so as to d 8 with this aging society.
Why do some people live to such a ripe old age Scientists in Amsterdam may have come a little closer to discovering the s 9 to long life.
Of course, they could just ask Fauja Singh what it is. The old boy p 10 his long life down to tea and “being happy”.
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（二）难度中等偏上
Everyone should care about their eyes. However, there are certain people that should e 1 wear sunglasses. This is for their safety, and the safety of others.
Drivers should always have sunglasses handy. W 2 you are driving your own car or a bus full of people, the sun can be your enemy. The sun rays could c 3 you not to see the traffic that stopped 50 feet in front of you. Accidents like this can be a 4 by always having sunglasses in your cars.
It is very important that parents teach their children from an early age to wear sunglasses. In addition, you are protecting very delicate(柔弱的) eyes as well. Children, especially the very young, are growing and d 5 in every way. Protecting their eyes with sunglasses from the start will reduce the damage they will pay for later in life.
Even babies can wear sunglasses. A child begins their life by being able to focus on objects only less than the inches from their face. A pair of baby sunglasses will keep h 6 rays out of your baby’s young, delicate eyes.
Anyone who spends long time in the sun should know the a 7 of sunglasses. If you are extremely i 8 in water sports and spend a lot of time at the beach or on a lake, you could be at greater r 9 . Water sportsmen like water-skiers know how protective sunglasses will s 10 a lifetime of hardship. The sun reflecting of the water into your eyes can increase the damage. So do find a good pair of water sunglasses while you ride the waves.
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（三）稍难
Are men better drivers than women The answer is yes…and no.
Men take more risks. In studies, men as a whole are less c 1 than women, such as driving at higher speeds and closer to other cars, and not w 2 seat belts. They even make riskier turns and take less time when parking.
BUT…how someone drives doesn’t necessarily equal how well he drives. Man does seem to be better than women at certain driving tasks. However, this slight edge in ability doesn’t translate into better driving records. The kind of accidents men get into are generally the r 3 of their riskier driving. According to one study, men are more than three times as likely to be ticketed for “risky driving” than women, and more than 25 percent as likely to be at fault in an accident.
The ability to make good judgment is a powerful thing. Despite the research, scientists p 4 out that it’s difficult to determine whether men are t 5 born to be better drivers than women, or if they’re simply more confident in their driving because they’re thought to be better, and therefore show better skills. Similarly, the traditional v 6 that women are weaker drivers may unfavorably affect(影响) their performance behind the wheel.
Women are catching up…which isn’t necessarily good news. Men may be r 7 for more accidents than women, but the gap(差距) is getting s 8 . Today, more women drive than ever before, which has the unfortunate increase in speeding, risky driving, and even d 9 among women.
The take-home: Learn from the strengths of b 10 sexes. Drive confidently and carefully. And don’t forget to wear your seat belt.
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（四）难度中等
An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son. S 1 a crow sat on their window. The father asked, “What is this ” The son r 2 , “It is a crow.” After a few minutes, the father asked his son the s 3 time, “What is this ” The son said, “Father, I have already told you ‘It’s a crow’.” When the old father asked his son the third time, some e 4 of irritation(急躁) was felt in the son’s answer “It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.” Soon afterward when the father asked his son the fourth time, the son s 5 at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again ”
A little later, the father went to his room and came back with an old d 6 , which he had kept since his son was born. On o 7 a page, the son read the f 8 words:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I said to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I h 9 him lovingly each time he asked me the s 10 question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated. I rather felt affection(疼爱) for my trusting child.”
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（五）难度中等
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.
The conversation soon turned into complaints(抱怨) about s 1 in work and life. Offering his g 2 coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and r 3 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of cups—some plain-looking, some expensive and some beautifully designed—telling them to help t 4 to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said,
“If you have noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups have been taken up, l 5 behind the plain and cheap ones. W 6 it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
“The cup itself a 7 no quality(品质) to the coffee. What all of you really want is coffee, not the cup, but you still would like to go for the best cups.
“Now c 8 this: Life is coffee; jobs, money, and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cups we have does not define(界定), nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes by only focusing on the cup, we f 9 to enjoy the coffee. Taste the coffee, not the cups! Don’t let the cups drive you. Enjoy the coffee i 10 .”
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（六）难度中等或偏上
Here is something to think about the next time you ask teachers for help: Struggling with schoolwork on your o 1 can help you learn. According to a recent study, the more you struggle while you are learning new information, the better you can remember it later.
This theory might surprise you. When teachers are presenting new information, they often give students lots of help. But a new study shows this may not be the best way to support learning. “Don’t be too quick to get help when learning something new.” professor Manu Kapur said, “Try to work on it y 2 even if it means trying different ways.”
Kapur tested his idea out on students in Singapore. He s 3 students into two groups. In the first group, the students were asked to s 4 math problems with the teacher’s help. In the second group, the students were asked to work out the same problems by helping one another, i 5 of getting help from the teacher. With the teacher’s help, the students in the first group were able to find correct answers. The students in the second group didn’t work out the problems c 6 . But they did come up with a lot of good ideas.
The students were then tested on what they had learned. The group without any help from a teacher s 7 much higher than the group who had help. Kapur said working to find the answers helped students understand the p 8 , not just the solution(答案).
Kapur’s a 9 for kids is to put a lot of efforts into learning something new r 10 than going to your teacher for help. “Simply doing a little work or nothing at all won’t work,” says Kapur. “The struggle needs to be an attempt(尝试) to figure out a problem in as many ways as possible.”
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