He left school ______the age of sixteen.A.inB.atC.byD.from
He left school ______the age of sixteen.
A.in
B.at
C.by
D.from
He left school ______the age of sixteen.
A.in
B.at
C.by
D.from
He ______ his textbooks when he left school and never reopened them.
A.put back
B.put aside
C.put down
D.put off
My two years at that school were the happiest of my life.
(56)
A.if
B.despite
C.although
D.since
A.the most important part
B.the things already done
C.the reason of moving
D.the animal in the middle
Jim Thorpe was a Native American. He was born in 1888 in an Indian Territory(印第安人 保护区)that is now Oklahoma. Like most Native American children then, he liked to fish, hunt, swim, and play games outdoors. (76) He was healthy and strong, but he had very little formal education. In 1950, Jim Thorpe was named the greatest American football player. He was also an Olympic gold medal winner. But Thorpe had many tragedies in his life. Jim had a twin brother who died when he was nine years old. By the time he was 16, his mother and father were also dead, Jim then went to a special school in Pennsylvania for Native American children. There, he learned to read and write and also began to play sports. Jim was poor, so he left school for two years to earn some money. During this time, he played on a baseball team. (77)The team paid him only $ 15 a week. Soon he returned to school to complete his education. Jim was a star athlete (运动员) in several sports, including baseball, running, and football. He won many awards for his athletic ability, mainly for football. In many games, he scored all or most of the points for his team. In 1912, when Jim Thorpe was 24 years old, he became part of the U.S Olympic team. He competed in two very difficult events: the pentathlon and the decathlon. Both require great ability and strength. The pentathlon has five track and filed events, including the long jump and the 1500-meter race. The decathlon has ten track and field events, with running, jumping and throwing contests. People thought it was impossible for an athlete to compete in both the pentathlon and the decathlon. So everyone was surprised when Thorpe won gold medals in both events. When the King of Sweden presented Thorpe with his two gold medals , he said, “Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world. ” Thorpe was a simple and honest man. He just answered, “Thanks, King. ” From the passage we learn that Jim Thorpe was born in _______.
A.India
B.Pennsylvania
C.Oklahoma
D.Sweden
根据以下材料回答第 21~30 题:
I can clearly remember the first time I met Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster, (21) that was over twenty years ago . During the war ,I was at school in the north of England . As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to (22) me as a pupil . I used to go with him but he had such a (23) time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near where we lived ,but the more (24) my father argued ,the more it became. In the end ,we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for (25) an hour. While we were waiting , I (26) around at the school building ,which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster’s secretary finally (27) us into his office. Mr. Andrews spoke to me first ,“Why do you want to come here ?” he asked. I had been thinking of saying something about studying but couldn’t (28) remembering the boys outside .“I don’t know anyone in London, ” I said . “I like to play with the other boys. I like to read a lot of books too,” I (29) . “All right ,”Mr. Andrews said . “We have one place (30) ,in face.”
My two years at that school were among the happiest of my life.
第 21 题 填入(21)处的最佳答案是()。
A.if
B.despite
C.although
D.since
In history, ______.
A.teens never left their families
B.teens often left their parents
C.teens never went to school
D.teens never make friends with each other
SECTION B INTERVIEW
Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the interview.
听力原文:Interviewer: Mrs.. Leech, can you describe some of the things your school does with aggressive children?
Mrs. Leech: Well, you must realize that when he comes here he is meeting other aggressive children, and aggressive children all together usually sum each other up.
Interviewer: Uhumm.
Mrs. Leech: And they find that aggressiveness here doesn't pay off because you can be jolly sure there's one tougher and worse than he is.
Interviewer: Uhumm.
Mrs. Leech: So I usually have, eh,... I say usually,...
Interviewer: Uhumm.
Mrs. Leech: Sometimes have organized fights. I...
Interviewer: Organized fights? You actually...
Mrs. Leech: Yes.
Interviewer: You actually encourage the children to ...
Mrs. Leech: We have a ring and we have a bell.
Interviewer: A boxing ring?
Mrs. Leech: Yes!
Interviewer: Uhumm.
Mrs. Leech: And er... they must conform, they must keep to the rules, and when they have either lost or won, we discuss after a) what it is like to be the winner and b) what it is like to lose. And we carry on with our discussion and go on to what it is like in life.
Interviewer: Hmm.
Mrs. Leech: We must win or lose and we must do each very gracefully.
Interviewer: Can you give some reason why children are aggressive.
Mrs. Leech: If a child is one of six or seven children.., er... it's pretty sure that he is naughty and aggressive because he is crying out for attention and in this large family he's found that a jolly good way of getting attention is to shout, be naughty. At least mummy turns round and says, "Be quiet,...
Interviewer: Uhumm.
Mrs. Leech: Be a good boy, or you'll get this or that.
Interviewer: So some children are aggressive simply in order...
Mrs. Leech: To gain attention!
Interviewer: To gain...
Mrs. Leech: Aggressiveness usually is that. It's...
Interviewer: Uhumm.
Mrs. Leech: It's really the children crying out and saying, "Look at me, please."
Interviewer: Umm.
Mrs. Leech: I'm not saying it's the answer in all circumstances but it usually is.
Interviewer: Can you give some of the advantages of your school, as compared with ordinary schools.
Mrs. Leech: The classes are smaller for one thing.
Interviewer: How small?
Mrs. Leech: Er... we only have groups up to five or six.
Interviewer: Uhumm. And in a normal school?
Mrs. Leech: Oh, well.., that varies, of course, but it could be thirty to forty.
Interviewer: Uhum.
Mrs. Leech: Urn... here he does have individual attention every day.
Interviewer: Er... do you think the work is important?
Mrs. Leech: I du. Er... without our unit or something similar...
Interviewer: The unit is the school?
Mrs. Leech: Yes, the whole unit.
Interviewer: Uhum.
Mrs. Leech: I think a lot of children would be left and then perhaps at the age of sixteen, we wonld have our juvenile delinquent. I'm not saying we're curing them all.
Interviewer: Uhum.
Mrs. Leech: But I think at least with the unit available to these children, they have had a chance to make good.
Interviewer: Ummm.
Mrs. Leech: I'm not saying it always pays off, but they have had a chance.
What sort of children attend Mrs. Leeches school?
A.Naughty and violent.
B.Slow and retarded.
C.Wicked but clever.
D.Deserted but aggressive.
Born in rude and abject poverty, he never had any education, except what he gave himself, till he was approaching manhood. Not even books wherewith to inform. and train his mind were within his reach. No school, no university, no legal faculty had any part in training his powers. When he became a lawyer and a politician, the years most favourable to continuous study had already passed, and the opportunities he found for reading were very scanty. He knew but few authors in general literature, though he knew those few thoroughly. He taught himself a little mathematics, but he could read no language save his own, and can have had only the faintest acquaintance with European history or with any branch of philosophy.
The want of regular education was not made up for by the persons among whom his lot was cast. Till he was a grown man, he never moved in any society from which he could learn those things with which the mind of an orator to be stored. Even after he had gained some legal practice, there was for many years no one for him to mix with except the petty practitioners of a petty town, men nearly all of whom knew little more than he did himself.
Schools gave him nothing, and society gave him nothing. But he had a powerful intellect and a resolute will. Isolation fostered not only self-reliance but the habit of reflection, and indeed, of prolonged and intense reflection. He made all that he knew a part of himself. His convictions were his own—clear and coherent. He was not positive or opinionated and he did not deny that at certain moments he pondered and hesitated long before he decided on his course. But though he could keep a policy in suspense, waiting for events to guide him, he did not waver. He paused and reconsidered, but it was never his way to go back on a decision once more or to waste time in vain regrets that all he had expected had not been attained. He took advice readily and left many things to his ministers; but he did not lean on his advisers. Without vanity or ostentation, he was always independent, self-contained, prepared to take full responsibility for his acts.
It is said in the second paragraph that Abraham Lincoln ______.
A.was illiterate
B.was never educated
C.was educated very late
D.behaved rudely when he was young
After some years【24】, square dancing became【25】popular in cities and towns, but it【26】popular in the country. Then it became popular in the cities once again. Today in【27】parts of the United States you will find some school, club, or other group that is square dancing for fun.
A square is formed by four couples(对,双) who stand【28】the center of the square. Each couple stands on one【29】of the square, the boy on the left and the girl on the right.
The "caller" is an important part of the【30】 since he tells the dancers which steps to do. If the dancers do not know the steps, he teaches them. It【31】 time to learn to be good caller, and good callers are always in demand.
Large or small groups of people can dance at one time. Sometimes 800 or 1,000 people may be dancing at the【32】 time. Or there may be only one square of【33】 people.
Costumes(服装) are worn by some who square dance. This【34】 the dancing more colorful to watch. The costumes vary(不同) from place to place. Women often wear full skirts of various colors with pretty blouse(罩衫). Men may have colored skirts and western trousers which they wear【35】 when square dancing.
(66)
A.make
B.set up
C.build
D.form
A.break down
B.break out
C.break up
D.break off