More to dinner than just food

You are not the first one in your class to hear the complaints that teenagers nowadays are unruly (難管的) and uncommunicative.

And it is not just your parents’remarks.Teachers in the UK also find it difficult to communicate with their students.And now they are asking：why?

According to a recent survey in Britain，the erosion (消磨) of family life leaves parents less time to teach key social skills such as listening to others，saying “please” and “thank you” and taking turns.“One of the most important factors has been the loss of the family meal，which has reduced family conversation，” said John Dunford，general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.

Dunford believes family meals are a good chance to stay connected.It’s an emotional and mutual bond based on warmth and trust.“Family meals are a time for sharing thoughts and ideas and problem­solving together，”he says.“Having meals together means parents and teenagers can find the delicate (微妙的) balance between staying connected and letting go.”

Dunford also criticized celebrity worshipping (明星崇拜)，which makes teaching “more difficult than it has ever been”．

Schools are based on the connection between hard work，passing exams and getting a good job.However，worshipping celebrities makes teenagers believe social advancement can be gained through the purchase of a lottery ticket rather than hard work.

“Young people forget that high­earning footballers have to train incredibly hard，that successful pop singers have to practice for hours and I think it makes the job of the school more difficult，” says Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education.

68．All of the following contributed to the fact that teenagers nowadays are difficult to communicate with EXCEPT________.

A．parents’less involvement in teaching their children key social skills

B．a(chǎn)n addiction to online games

C．the loss of family meals

D．celebrity worshipping

69．Which of the following is NOT the reason for the importance of family meals according to the text?

A．They are good time for teenagers to learn social skills.

B．They provide a good opportunity to share thoughts and ideas.

C．Family members can take the time to enjoy TV programs together

D．Family members can solve problems together during this period of time.

70．What can we infer from Paragraph 6?

A．Celebrity worshipping makes teenagers believe they can achieve success through good luck.

B．Celebrity worshipping makes teenagers take an interest in buying lottery tickets.

C．Celebrities can inspire teenagers to fulfill their dreams through hard work.

D．Celebrities who buy a lottery ticket set a bad example to teenagers.

68．B　由第三段“the erosion of family life leaves parents less time to teach key social skills”以及“One of the most important factors has been the loss of the family meal，which has reduced family conversation”，以及第五段的“Dunford also criticized celebrity worshipping，which makes teaching‘more difficult than it has ever been.’”可知A、C、D項(xiàng)所述導(dǎo)致了代溝的產(chǎn)生，而B項(xiàng)文中沒有涉及。

69．C　第三、四段提到了家庭聚餐的好處，“a time for sharing thoughts and ideas and problem­solving together”，家庭成員之間對話機(jī)會(huì)增多，家庭成員能夠分享更多的想法，能夠一起解決問題；父母有機(jī)會(huì)告訴孩子一些基本的禮儀常識等；但是 文中沒有提及利用聚餐時(shí)間一起看電視，所以C項(xiàng)符合題意。

70．A　第五至七段提到了偶像崇拜的壞處。第六段用了一個(gè)比喻：正常的成功是通過努力工作而獲得的，但是青少年將他們偶像的成功歸功于買彩票中獎(jiǎng)一樣。第七段解釋了之所以有這種誤解的原因：他們看不到成功之后付出的汗水與辛勞。買彩票中獎(jiǎng)主要是依靠運(yùn)氣，所以A項(xiàng)正確。

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科目：高中英語 來源：廣東省佛山市順德區(qū)2011屆高三高考熱身英語試題 題型：050

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　　Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic(流行病)of sleepiness in the nation．“I can’t think of a single study that hasn’t found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to,” says Dr David．Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest．

　　The beginning of our sleep-deficit crisis can be traced back to the invention of the light bulb a century age．From diary entries and our personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9．5 hours a night．“The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark．” By the 1950s and 1960s, the sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7.5 and 8 hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock．“People cheat in their sleep, and they don’t even realize they’re doing it,” says Dr David．“They think they’re okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, 8 or even more to feel ideally energetic．”

　　Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say, is the complexity of the day．Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community increase, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on their programme．“In our society, you’re considered dynamic if you say you need only 5.5 hours’ sleep．If you’ve got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition．”

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(1)

What is the main topic of the passage?

[　　]

A．

Research on the causes and consequences of sleep-deficit．

B．

The epidemic of sleepiness in the modern times．

C．

The history of people’s sleeping patterns．

D．

The minimum of our sleeping hours．

(2)

Which of the following is Di David’s opinion?

[　　]

A．

People who think they are sleeping enough are better off than those who don’t．

B．

Some people can remain energetic with only 6.5 hours’ sleep a night．

C．

If they get 8.5 hours’ sleep, people will be full of drive and ambition．

D．

People’s mental power suffers if they are lacking in sleep．

(3)

People in the 18th and 19th centuries slept about 9.5 hours a night because __________．

[　　]

A．

they were forced by their parents to do so

B．

they knew what was best for their health

C．

they had no electricity

D．

they were not so dynamic and ambitious as modern people are

(4)

The major cause of sleep-deficit of modern people is __________．

[　　]

A．

the endless TV programmes in the evenings and the Internet

B．

the pressures of the day

C．

the sufficient energy modern people usually have

D．

loud noises in modern cities

(5)

What does the word “subjects” in the last paragraph mean?

[　　]

A．

Persons or things being discussed or described．

B．

Branched of knowledge studied in a school．

C．

Persons or things being treated in a certain way or being experimented on．

D．

Any member of a state apart from the supreme ruler．

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科目：高中英語 來源：安徽省師大附中2010屆高三下學(xué)期第二次模擬考試英語試題 題型：閱讀理解


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科目：高中英語 來源：2010年黑龍江省牡丹江一中高一上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷 題型：閱讀理解

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A．defend the parkB．prevent people from coming into the park
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科目：高中英語 來源：2010年廣東省中山市實(shí)驗(yàn)高級中學(xué)高二上學(xué)期期中考試英語卷 題型：填空題

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Thank you for your valuable suggestions. We have decided to show the Chinese character along with the Hanyu Pinyin for names of Chinese personages, places and specific things as from the next issue.
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Thank you for your suggestions. Next year will be the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. One of our staff reporters has just returned from Xinjiang and written a long article about her trip. Next year, we will have even more coverage of Xinjiang.
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Other readers have asked us for similar information and we have so far answered them individually. In this issue, we will print an open reply. We discovered after making a survey that there are few books to be found on China printed in English. Most are published by the Foreign Languages Press and China International press, from where it is possible to buy books directly.
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A majority of Chinese tourists travel abroad in order to see different landscapes and various cultures, to appreciate an exotic atmosphere and to get to know local customs. Some Chinese tourists nevertheless go to China towns, because they can eat Chinese food there. For those who don’t know English or the native language of the country they visit, it is convenient to go shopping or find entertainment in a Chinatown.
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We have taken on your suggestions to start a column on personalities. There are kinds of reports, such as movie stars, directors, businessmen, singers and so on. Our reports not only introduce their achievements, but also report their inner world. We hope you will enjoy it.
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Thanks for your appreciation of our magazine. We have mailed your letter and your e-mail address to Tingting. Since both of her two letters were sent by ordinary mail and did not give her e-mail address or telephone number. We could not get in touch with her any other way.
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It was interesting to read “Chinese Travelers Step out”. It seems a large percentage of Chinese tourists visit the West. In Indonesia, Chinese New Year is an official holiday. How would you assess the level of interest Chinese tourists have in Indonesia? Would they like to visit Chinatowns or other unique attractions in Indonesia?
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