The foreign teacher Mr. Halt has a strange wa...

The foreign teacher Mr. Halt has a strange way of writing. Here’s a notice from him, but no clear ______ of what he has written can be made at all.

A. explanation  B. meaning          C. idea             D. sense

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Our brains work in complex and strange ways.There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years,but who cannot add two plus two.Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once,but they cannot read or write.

Dr.J.Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887.He called these people idiot savants.An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment（损伤）,such as in autism（孤独症，自闭症）or retardation.At the same time,the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills,which are unusual for most people.The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics,or having a photographic memory.

One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr.Benjamin Rush, an American doctor.His patient,Thomas Fuller,was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1724.It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years,17 days,and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds. Despite this ability,he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write.

Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s.Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words,but he played 5,000 musical pieces beautifully.

In the excellent movie Rain Man,made in 1988 and available on video cassette,Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise,with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly.

Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment.Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills.Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills.However few people wish to participate in such experiments.There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain.The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate.Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots.

1.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities.

B. Human Beings have complicated thinking process.

C. The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired.

D. The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary.

2.Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

A. He can play wonderful pieces of classical music.

B. He can guess out exactly the length of a mads life.

C. He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast.

D. He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly.

3.What can you infer from the passage?

A. Idiot savants have real talents for art and math.

B. Dr.Down is the first person who found idiot savants.

C. Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations.

D. Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants.

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The teacher, along with 5 of her students, ________talking with a foreign teacher in the English Corner at that time.

A．was              B．were             C．had been          D．would be

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The teacher _____ the students how to improve their writing skill since last term.

A．has told                               B．is telling

C．has been telling                         D．will have told

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. Our teacher has a __________ for thinking up ways _________ his speeches attractive.

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My teacher Mr. Bush is the most positive person I’ve ever met. He has the ability to _____positiveness to young students.

He always smiles and never gets ____ at students. Once I met some ____ because I felt overshadowed by my brother, who seemed to be doing great in every way. Hopelessness ___ me whenever I was in a classroom. But that all ____ when I met my teacher for life, Mr. Bush. Having found out about my problems, he just kept ____ me. Because of Mr. Bush, my world was filled with ____ and power.

A few weeks ago, everyone in my class was feeling a bit ____ because of a bad day at school. But things got ____ after a close of Mr. Bush’s class. He drew a picture on the whiteboard that ____ a half-full glass of water. He then said, “Class, the point of view in which you look at things will ____ your feelings. Like this glass of water; some people see it and think ‘What! Only half a glass of water. How ____ I am.’ Whereas other people think ‘Wow, I’m so thirsty. Great! Half a glass of water for me!’ It all is in the ____ you think.”

Mr. Bush’s ____ way of thinking always makes me feel glad and ____. I will always remember him.

1.A.pass on B.apply for C.consist of D.give up

2.A.strict B.patient C.mad D.curious

3.A.friends B.needs C.realities D.difficulties

4.A.drowned B.resisted C.cured D.relaxed

5.A.happened B.changed C.solved D.included

6.A.forgiving B.calming C.encouraging D.calling

7.A.sunshine B.fear C.surprise D.disappointment

8.A.cheerful B.down C.eager D.afraid

9.A.warmer B.higher C.better D.happier

10.A.served B.filled C.bought D.showed

11.A.hurt B.care about C.give away D.affect

12.A.pleased B.unfortunate C.bright D.perfect

13.A.way B.direction C.end D.past

14.A.different B.optimistic C.special D.important

15.A.proud B.careful C.lonely D.hopeful

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—Why are you late today．Mary?

—I’m sorry，Mr Li．My bike ________ on the way．

A．broke down    B．has broken down    C．breaks down    D．had broken down

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Dear Mr. Barton,

I am writing for the residents’ association (业主协会) to inform you of our feelings about your act. We’ve really had enough of you. Although we have tried to speak to you politely on several occasions, you have always answered with a stream of verbal abuse(辱骂).

Ever since you moved in three months ago, you have shown very little consideration for the other residents of this building, though many residents expressed their unhappiness with you. For the past six weekends, you have held very noisy parties, which have not finished until early the next morning. As you know, most of the people here are elderly or have very young children, and the noise keeps them awake all night. You don’t have to be so noisy, do you? Last weekend the situation deteriorated when two of your friends fought with each other on the first floor. The fighting was so bad that the police had to be called. What’s more, your friends left the stairs in a terrible state --- they even broke two windows on their way out! We feel that we can’t bear this type of act.

We strongly demand that you pay for this damage to the window soon. If you don’t and you carry on being a nuisance(令人讨厌的人或物). We will kick you out! Legal steps will be taken if necessary.

Yours sincerely

1.What does the writer feel?

A. Excited      B. Surprised            C. Angry         D. Happy

2.What does the word “deteriorated” mean?

A. Changed     B. Improved        C. Moved       D. Worsened

3.What is the main purpose of the letter?

A. To ask Mr. Barton to leave the building for the peace.

B. To inform Mr. Barton of the noise he made.

C. To talk about what Mr. Barton did.

D. To give a warning to Mr. Barton.

4.Why were the police called?

A. Because Mr. Barton broke two windows.

B. Because Mr. Barton made too much noise.

C. Because Mr. Barton’s friends fought.

D. Because Mr. Barton beat a child and an old man.

5.Which is true according to the letter?

A. Mr. Barton paid no attention to the others’ unhappiness.

B. Mr. Barton replied to the others’ unhappiness

C. Mr. Barton always said sorry to those unhappy with him.

D. Mr. Barton never apologized to the other residents.

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. The post-Expo fate of foreign pavilions, especially those _____ tens of millions of dollars, has aroused strong interest among the public.

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I first started writing in the summer of 1998. Back then I was a teacher. After years of dreaming, I decided it was finally time to write a book. For 10 years I wrote, __ four middle-grade novels and six pictures books almost only to editors. This was __ in the snail-mail age. Remember the ____ you experienced as a child waiting for birthday presents to arrive in the mail? That was me for the better part of a decade.

In Spring 2009, at the last minute, I decided to hand in a middle-grade historical novel-in-verse(韵文) to enter for a(n) __ at a local writing conference. I knew in my heart that it was my __ work, but I wasn’t sure how it would be __ alongside pieces meant for the adult market. But then ----I won. My prize __ a one-on-one interview with an editor who, after __ my manuscript(原稿), asked, “Why don’t you have a(n) __ yet?”

Not long after that, I __ with my first agent. Then in 2013, after parting with my first agent, I was again faced with the ___ for representation. This time I submitted to three agencies and got two __. Over the span of 20 years, I’ve got 18 completed manuscripts and was ___ almost 350 times. It took me 14 years to see my first book __ the shelf. You could look at these numbers and get pretty __. I can look at these numbers and feel the same. I know plenty of people with a __ apprenticeship(学徒期). I have friends who have been more __ and they have published far more than I have. But here’s the __ thing I’ve learned in the last 20 years: My process is mine. My journey is mine. Each book finds its way on its own.

The writing life is a long-term journey. There is no right way. There is no short _____. There is no easy road. There is a lot of frustration and ______, but there is joy and satisfaction, too.

1.A.rewriting B.introducing C.creating D.submitting

2.A.already B.soon C.back D.later

3.A.entertainment B.expectation C.appreciation D.embarrassment

4.A.reception B.publication C.competition D.interview

5.A.creative B.new C.casual D.concrete

6.A.praised B.criticized C.refused D.received

7.A.contained B.followed C.ensured D.included

8.A.polishing B.reviewing C.correcting D.adapting

9.A.agent B.instructor C.employer D.fan

10.A.argued B.signed C.discussed D.dealt

11.A.hunt B.research C.request D.interview

12.A.complaints B.prizes C.responses D.offers

13.A.teased B.rejected C.blamed D.replaced

14.A.under B.beside C.on D.off

15.A.moved B.amused C.inspired D.frustrated

16.A.longer B.harder C.happier D.shorter

17.A.famous B.creative C.productive D.enthusiastic

18.A.key B.funny C.concrete D.lively

19.A.race B.distance C.cut D.range

20.A.regret B.disappointment C.encouragement D.criticism

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