Prof. Richard was crazy about his research. His illness_________ his many years of hard work and irregular diet.

   A. led to     B. resulted in     C. accounted for     D. got around

Was it in 1802 when he discovered his hearing problem _____ Beethoven realized that his future ______ in composing music?

       A. that; lay                   B. when; lay          C. which; laid D. that; laid

Testing has taken the place of teaching in most public schools. Pretests, drills, tests, and retests. They know that the best way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of the chapter and then read the text quickly for the answers. I believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school textbooks all the way through. And teachers are often heard to say proudly and openly that they teach to the test.

Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon（現(xiàn)象）. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some methods of assessment（評價） to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to teach the students in the opposite way. First one looks at a test. Then one chooses the skills needed not to master reading, but to do well in the test. Finally, the test skills are taught.

The ability to read or write might suggest the ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparations for a test of a skill with the acquisition（習得）of that skill. Too many discussions of basic skills make this misunderstanding because people are tested rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught.

Recently, many schools have faced what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple words, the phenomenon of students with grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read. These students are quite good at test taking and filling in workbooks. However, they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talking about what they read. They know the details but can’t see or understand the whole. They are taught to be so concerned with grades that they have no time to think about meaning, and reread things if necessary.

The author mentions Erica’s performance in her study in order to show_________.

A. her cleverness in test taking                          B. the good way to take tests

C. the improper way of teaching                        D. the best way to read textbooks

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The teachers are curious about teaching to the test.

B. Skills in general are not only useless but often mislead students.

C. Ability to read and write has nothing to do with ability to do well in tests.

D. Preparations for a test of a skill do not mean the acquisition of that skill.

In the author’s opinion, __________.

A. some good methods of assessment should take the place of tests

B. more attention should be paid to the nature and quality of what is taught

C. students should not be concerned with grades but do more reading and thinking

D. students needn’t learn grammar skills because they are useless for understanding

By “crisis of comprehension” (in Paragraph 4) the author means many students ______.

A. are too much concerned with grades

B. fail to understand the real goal of education

C. lack proper practice in grammar drills

D. do well on tests but can’t understand what they read

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你班最近就“中學生課余時間上網(wǎng)的利弊”召開一次主題班會，同學們各抒己見，暢所欲言。作為班長，請你根據(jù)下列信息，作總結性發(fā)言。

注意： 1．發(fā)言的開頭和結尾已給出。         2．詞數(shù)：100左右。

Attention, please, I’m going to give you a summary of today’s discussion

about whether we should go online in our spare time．

 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you．

Who do you think the teacher will ______ the question?

     A.have answer    B.have answered    C.have to answer      D.has answered

She changed so much that I could hardly ____ her when we met again after a separation of 20 years.

A. know                    B. recognize       C. remember              D. tell

While ______ out of the window, I saw my father growing some vegetables in the garden.

   A. look        B. looks          C. looking           D. looked

The Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 is believed ______ more than 90,000 people and made thousands homeless, _________ it perhaps the most destroying earthquake in history.

A. to kill; making                  B. to have killed; making

C. having killed; to make            D. killed; made

—Mike, I really appreciate your handwriting．

       —          .

       A．I practice every day              B．Thank you very much

       C．No, I don't mink so               D．Well, it's not good enough

It was several years since Adolf Hitler came into power in Germany. And now his army was marching into some parts of Europe. He must be in the prime(頂峰) of his career.

  One day Hitler went to an exhibition where the works of school children were on show. He seemed to have great interest in the exhibits—inventions as well as carvings, drawings. After having walked around the hall and examined everything, he said he was ready to meet the young artists. And soon a group of children came into the room to salute(向-----敬禮) him.

  “Well, well. You did very good work.” nodded Hitler in satisfaction. “I promise on my honor I’d satisfy you with whatever you want. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”

  “A sailor sailing the sea” one of the boys answered.

  “Good. I’ll have you join my navy and some day you will rule the oceans.”(海洋)

  “Ask for anything? What’d you wish to be if I were your father?” he asked a second boy.

  “A painter as great as Rembruant.”

  “Good. You are to be sent to the Fine Art School and surely you will make an even greater painter.”

  When Hitler caught sight of a sad-looking boy be frowned(皺眉), then quickly forced a smile, “There my boy, in spite of my point of view towards the Jews(猶太人), I’d do you a favor and your dream will come true. What’d you wish to be if I were your father?”

  The boy looked straight at the man.

  “An orphan(the child who has no parents).” he murmured.（嘟噥）

Hitler promised to satisfy(滿足) the children with whatever they want because       .

A. he wanted all the children to live a happy life  B. he wanted to make a good impression on the children

C. he liked paintings very much               D. he liked all the children

Hitler frowned when he saw the sad-looking boy because       .

A. the boy was recognized to be a Jew           B. the boy didn’t come to the front to salute him

C. the boy didn’t want to ask for anything        D. the boy was sad-looking

Judging by what the boy said we can see that       .

A. the boy’s parents had died                 B. the boy had no brothers or sisters

C. the boy hated Hitler very much             D. the boy wanted himself to be an orphan

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Hitler wanted to be the father of the children.  B. The boy was both clever and courageous(勇敢的).

C. Rembruant was a great painter.             D. Hitler did not like Jews.