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With the increase in cross-country marriages, many Australian children are growing up with other languages spoken at home. Actually, it’s not just in Australia. In many countries, more and more children grow up speaking two, if not three or more languages. Thus, we know it is possible to learn more than one language from a young age. We also know that children are much better at learning another language than adults. But many parents have a common question. Should they speak to their children in their first language, or try to speak to them in the second language?
Some older studies have reported that bilingual(双语的) children learn language more slowly and have smaller vocabularies than others of the same age. Parents of bilingual developing children felt worried when they saw these reports. But these studies are doubtable. They haven’t taken schooling and parental income into consideration, both of which heavily influence language outcomes.
Recently some new studies focus mainly on the advantages of being bilingual. It appears that repeatedly switching from one language to another will exercise the brain. Bilingual children will particularly ignore unrelated information and keep unnecessary reactions under control. That makes the process of learning new rules much faster.
Some new Australians have no choice but to speak to their children in their native language. While learning English is quite necessary, connections to family cultural backgrounds are also important. Through the native language, children can better understand their parents’ native culture. Happily, being bilingual appears to be good for the cross-cultural communication.
1.What is the shared concern of many parents from bilingual families?
A.The schedule of training courses for children.
B.Their family members’ different living habits.
C.Their children’s losing interest in language learning.
D.The choice of the spoken language in the family’s daily life.
2.Why does the author doubt the older studies on bilingual children?
A.They used a lot of outdated data.
B.They were not done in Australia.
C.They ignored some influential aspects(方面).
D.They were not supported by scientific evidence.
3.According to the new studies, being bilingual can help children ________.
A.focus on certain things.
B.have more confidence in playing games.
C.show their strong family backgrounds.
D.lead a better life in the future.
4.What function (作用) of the native language is talked about in the last paragraph?
A.Remind parents of their homeland.
B.Bring economic benefits to parents.
C.Connect children to their family’s original culture.
D.Help children develop the habits of following rules.
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One of the biggest social issues in Japan is the increasingly low marriage rate among young people and the small birth rate, which led to an aging and eventually shrinking（萎缩） population. Most young Japanese women simply don’t seem interested in having many children.
Now what began in Japan is happening globally. As David Brooks wrote, birth rate is becoming smaller in much of the world, from Iran — 1.7 births rate per woman — to Russian, where low birth rates connected with high death rates mean the population is already shrinking. And this includes US, which has long had higher birth rates than most developed nations. Aging countries will face the burden of caring for large elderly populations without a larger resource of young workers.
It’s true that global aging is going to present some major challenges. Who will take care of the elderly? Will an older world be less active and slower to change and adapt? It’s all true. Sometimes I worry about a coming generational war over resources, just as I worry about how I will take care of my own parents in their old age, just as I worry about who might take care of me.
But here’s the thing: an older world may have less pressure on the environment. As we all know, the environment is the real victim of overpopulation.
So maybe a world that grows slower and grows older will put less pressure on the environment, and buy us a few more years to ensure our energy use, along with our birthrates, reaches a sustainable（可持续的）level. After all, we’re supposed to get smarter as we got older. Hopefully that holds true for the planet as well.
1.The population issue in Japan was mentioned to ________.
A. show young people’s preference to marriage
B. introduce the topic of global birth rate becoming smaller
C. indicate the deeper cause of Japan’s depression
D. emphasize the revolution of Japanese women
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to David Brook?
A. The birth rates all over the world are becoming smaller.
B. The most developed countries have higher death rates.
C. America is the only developed country with higher birth rate.
D. Birth rate’s becoming smaller means a great risk to aging countries.
3.Which will be caused by low birth rates according to the passage?
A. Aging society. B. Environmental problems.
C. High death rates. D. Low employment rates.
4.What’s the author’s attitude to the worldwide birth rates becoming smaller?
A. Anxious. B. Disappointed.
C. Hopeful. D. Doubtful.
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The custom of arranged marriages still ________ in many countries.
A．appears B．lives C．exists D．lies
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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How to Live a Happy
Happiness is what we need most with the increase of Pressure in modern life.1.Fortunately, this is not the case. everyone has the ability to hang on to happiness with his own efforts. The following methods may lead you to long- lasting happiness
●Take exercise. Other than health benefits that are too numerous to mention, exercise makes you smarter, happier, improves sleep, and makes you feel better about your body. 2. Keeping in touch wilt nature can help you reduce stress, make you more creative, improve your memory and may even make you a better person
● 3.Relationships are worth more than you think. Not feeling socially connected can make you stupider and kill you. Loneliness can lead to heart attack. stroke and diabetes. On the other hand. studies have shown that the longest-lived people on the planet all place a strong emphasis on social engagement.
●Challenge yourself. 4. Music lessons increase intelligence. Challenging your beliefs strengthens your mind. Increasing willpower just takes a little effort each day and it's more responsible for your success than IQ. Not getting an education or taking advantage of opportunities are two of the things people look back on their lives and regret the most.
●Laugh. Laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and the feet. It can even reduce the effect of pain on the body. Humor is a good way to cause laughter, 5.
A. Spend time with friends and family
B. Do something kind for the people you care about
C. However, sometimes it seems far away from us
D. Learning another language can keep your mind sharp
E. Life is always full of hope
F. It would be better if you take exercise in nature
G. Just thinking about funny moments or things can help a lot.
高一英语七选五简单题查看答案及解析
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In today's society, almost half of all marriages in America end in divorce, which means many children have divorced parents, and 1 am by no means a rare case.There are plenty of other people understanding the difficulty of having separated parents and living in two households. Despite this, people who haven't personally experienced divorce really have no idea what it's like.
My parents have handled divorce and joint custody(监护) well, at least better than expected. Occasionally my parents put up the curtain to block my brother and I from the reality and I will get a glimpse of the not-so-bright-and-sunny reality, the fact that my parents simply don't like each other, let along get along. They try to make sure my brother and I don't overhear the argument and do their best to keep my brother and I out of their issues.
Last Mother's Day I woke up at my dad's house with a text message from my mom saying, "Call me when u can."I rolled out of bed and dialed her number. On the other end of the phone I could hear my mom's trembling voice. "Your dad isn't letting me have you until 7 tonight. " I knew Mother's Day was important to her and me. I began to get angry with my dad, but I told myself that getting mad and fueling my mom's anger towards my dad wouldn't help. Later my father told me that he had planned to spend time with my grandma and step-mom for Mother's Day, which I understood and accepted but I also understood why my mom wouldn't accept it.
While having divorced parents is difficult, I have learned a lot about how to deal with conflict from an early age and I've been blessed with an extremely large family, which is an amazing network of support.
1.The author uses the first paragraph to show us that .
A. living as a child of divorced parents is normal but not easy
B. the number of divorced parents is increasing rapidly at present
C. people are not aware of what problems divorced parents are facing
D. the experience of being a child of divorced parents is painful but worth
2.We can infer that the author's divorced parents try to .
A. build up a good relationship with each other
B. prevent their children getting involved in their affairs
C. inspire their children to be confident about their future
D. prove that they are concerned about their children's safety
3.The passage implies that the author is .
A. mad and angry
B. reliable and responsible
C. energetic and creative
D. understanding and considerate
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Hearing the son paid little attention to the marriage and _________ he remained _________with his work, the mother was quite anxious if he could find a girlfriend.
A. /, occupied B. that, to be occupied
C. /, to be occupied D. that, occupied
高一英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析
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Hearing the son paid little attention to the marriage and _________ he remained _________with his work, the mother was quite anxious if he could find a girlfriend.
A. /, occupied B. that, to be occupied
C. /, to be occupied D. that, occupied
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Last summer, when Amanda R of Anaheim Hills, California, was running on a cross-country course with her team, she blacked out. “I got really dizzy,” she says. “I was out for a few minutes.” At first, Amanda thought she was just tired and didn’t think she had a health problem. She did go to the emergency room, where she was fine after tests, but she fainted (昏厥) again several days later as she was talking with her coach. Another doctor guessed that Amanda had blacked out “because we were in heat so much with not enough water and not enough of the right kind of foods”.
Teens often don’t want to stop and take a break or don’t notice when they start to feel bad, doctors say. However, paying attention if you’re not feeling well is important, as Amanda learned.
As a result, Amanda has changed her habits. “I drink a lot more water,” she says. “And put more salt in my diet. I’m eating more balanced meals.” Amanda advises teen athletes to trust their coaches and speak up when they’re not feeling well. “And recognize the difference between when you’re tired and when there’s something really wrong.”
Some people － up to 3 percent of the population － sweat to
o much, even in cold weather. The condition, called hyperhidrosis (多汗), can affect many parts and it often runs in families － hands down from generation to generation. Too much sweating over the whole body could be a symptom of another medical condition. Doctors aren’t sure what causes hyperhidrosis, but using special medications or other treatments can help.1.What caused the happening mentioned in the passage during Amanda’s running?
A. She couldn’t breathe in enough air in the race.
B. She didn’t eat anything before the race.
C. She had been running all summer without a rest.
D. She neither drank enough water nor ate enough of the right kind of foods.
2.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A. There is no need to worry when sweating too much, even in cold weather.
B. Hyperhidrosis may have a bad effect on your health.
C. Doctors have discovered why people get hyperhidrosis.
D. Hyperhidrosis is a serious disease and no treatment can help.
3.The purpose of writing this passage is to____________.
A. tell teens the proper ways to take exercise in summer.
B. tell teens not to run in hot summer.
C. tell teens to pay attention to hyperhidrosis in the summer exercise
D. tell teens how to keep healthy.
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In the past several months, many officials in China have been charged corruption(腐败) and faced with trials.
A. of B. with C. to D. for
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. 1.However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. 2.They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
3.This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
4.People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.
Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard.5.
A. Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.
B. Dogs are people’s loyal friends all the time.
C. Still, people say every dog has its day.
D. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them nice meals.
E. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.
F. Sometimes, morning rain can light up the day.
G. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
高一英语七选五简单题查看答案及解析
o much, even in cold weather. The condition, called hyperhidrosis (多汗), can affect many parts and it often runs in families － hands down from generation to generation. Too much sweating over the whole body could be a symptom of another medical condition. Doctors aren’t sure what causes hyperhidrosis, but using special medications or other treatments can help.