There was an American writer who often told such a story to his friends and readers:
It was an exhibition of the artists’ works organized by the Red Cross. I was invited as a special guest to take part in the exhibition. During this period, two cute girls of 16 or 17 years old came to me and asked for my signature(簽名).
“I haven’t brought my pen. Is the pencil okay?” I asked. In fact I knew they wouldn’t refuse. I just wanted to show a well-known writer’s good manners to the common readers.
“Certainly,” the young girls readily agreed. I could see they were very excited. Of course, their excitement also made me more pleased with myself. One of the girls handed her notebook to me. I took out my pencil, wrote a few words of encouragement, and signed my name. The girl read my signature, frowned(皺眉), looked at me carefully and asked, “Aren’t you Robert Charboss?”
“NO,”I told her proudly, “I’m the author of Alice Adams, the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.”
The young girl turned to another one, and said, “Mary, lend your eraser to me.”
At the moment, all my pride turned into a bubble (泡沫) immediately. Since then, I always warn(告誡)myself：Don’t think too highly of yourself even though you are so outstanding（杰出的）.
小題1:The writer went to the exhibition because he      .
A．would put out his new book
B．got a special invitation
C．wanted to meet his fans
D．wanted show off (炫耀) that he was an outstanding writer
小題2:We can infer that the two girls were the fans of   .        
A．the writerB．Alice AdamsC．Robert Charboss D．the Red Cross
小題3:The underlined sentence “all my pride turned into a bubble immediately” means that the writer     .
A．had realized that he was too proud of himself
B．felt very angry when he heard the girl’s words
C．was so polite to the girls and helped them a lot
D．was regret to sign his name for the girl
小題4:This story teaches us to be a(an)    person.
A．carefulB．outstandingC．modestD．easy-going

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：文章介紹了一個故事。我以為兩個女孩子是來找我簽名的，倒數(shù)最后卻是找Robert Charboss。并把我的簽名擦掉，讓我很失望。
小題1:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第二行. I was invited as a special guest to take part in the exhibition.說明他是特殊的客人，那么應(yīng)該是被特別邀請的，故B正確。
小題2:C 推理題。The girl read my signature, frowned(皺眉), looked at me carefully and asked, “Aren’t you Robert Charboss?”說明這兩個女孩本來想要的是Robert Charboss的簽名，說明她們是Robert Charboss的擁躉。故C正確。
小題3:A 猜測詞義題。他原以為對方是來要他的簽名的，感覺非常自豪。最后兩個女孩是想要Robert Charboss的簽名，并把他的簽名擦掉，這讓我很難過。說明之前我太驕傲了，故A正確。
小題4:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段“NO,”I told her proudly, “I’m the author of Alice Adams, the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.說明我沒有隱瞞，而是據(jù)實告之，說明我很誠實。
點(diǎn)評：本文通過一個故事講述了一個道理做人要誠實，誠實是最大的品質(zhì)。注意對文章中心思想的把握和細(xì)節(jié)的理解。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed．It is not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative （合作的）and another is competitive．
Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions．They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors．There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought （學(xué)派）on the matter have developed．As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from one another, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory．The controversy（argument) is often referred to as “nature and nurture（教育）”．
Those who support the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors．That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics, and behavior is central to this theory．Taken to an extreme(走極端）, this theory maintains that our behavior is predetermined to such a degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts（本能）．
Proponents of the “nurture” theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists, claimed that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act．A behaviorist, B．F．Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundings．The behaviorists’ view of the human being is quite mechanistic（機(jī)械論的）; they maintain that, like machines, humans’ respond to environmental stimuli（刺激） as the basis of their behavior．
Socially and politically, the consequences of these two theories are far-reaching．In the US, for example, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligence tests．This leads some proponents to conclude that blacks are genetically lower in status than whites．Behaviorists, on the contrary, say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often robbed of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result, they do not develop the same responses that whites do．
Either of these theories cannot yet fully explain human behavior．In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes. That the controversy will continue for a long time is certain．
小題1:This passage is mainly concerned with             ．
A．relation between personality and behavior
B．relation between behavior and environment
C．different accounts of patterns of human behavior
D．different theories of the formation of human behavior
小題2:The underlined word " proponents'' in paragraph 2 means          ．
A．creatorsB．a(chǎn)dvisors
C．supportersD．judges
小題3:In paragraph 5 , the author mainly writes about          ．
A．the considerable（值得考慮的） influence of the two theories
B．differences between the blacks and whites
C．racial discrimination in the United States
D．different responds to intelligence tests
小題4:What's the author's purpose in writing the passage?
A．To call our attention to the changes of human behavior．
B．To urge scientists to do more research in social science．
C．To give us a detailed explanation of human behavior．
D．To present an argument in the field of social science．

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