1、課程名稱【編號(hào)】：綜合英語(yǔ)二【0086】A卷大作業(yè)滿分：100分要答案：751495932I Reading Comprehension( 30 points， 2 points each)Directions： There are 3 passagesin this part.Each passageis followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For ach of them there are four choices marked A.B.c and D.You should decide on the best choic

2、e Passage One Halloween is a holiday widely celebrated with different names in many countries.Although it originated as a religious holiday， it has lost its religious connections in the United States.It is now celebrated largely as a childrens day， and many merican children look forward to it for da

3、ys and weel The orange pumpkin is harvested at this time of year and is hollowed out， a funny face cut into it， and a candle placed inside as a decoration in the window.City folks， nowadays， sometimes use paper pumpkins for decorations Some years ag， othe holiday was celebrated by dressing up in str

4、ange and frightening costumes and playing tricks on ones neighbors and friend， s such as ringing door bells， throwing bits of corn on the window panes， and in other ways making minor disturbances More recently， children come to the door to have friends and neighbors admire their costumes and guess w

5、ho are behind the false faces and receive treats of ca， ndfryuit or cookies.They say， Trick or Treat ， meaning， I will play a trick on youAll not give me a treat.This practice has even more recently developed into a significant international activity.Instead of or along with candy， the children coll

6、ect money for UNICEF ( United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund) .This special collection of money by children for needy children throughout the world is known asUNICEF Trick of Treat Begun only recently， it results in several million dollars each year contributed to UNICEF.The collecti

7、on box is orange.What does Halloween originate from？A.A childrens dayB.A trick or treat C.A religious day D A day for UNI CEF.Which of the following is NoT mentioned some years ago how the children celebrate the Dressing up in strange costumes and playing tricks on ones neighbors and friends Ringing

8、 door bells.C Throwing bits of corn on the window panes D Dressing up in the best holiday clothes. Which of the following is NOT used in the Halloween celebration?A Pumpkin B Candle Costume. Why do the children collect money in the Halloween?They love money.They want to get enough money to buy thems

9、elves candy C. The adults are willing to give them money D. They want to help other children What is the symbol of Halloween A Pumpkin B Candle C Laughter.D Money. Passage Two So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning they will continue to undertake to do for children hat

10、 which only children can do for themselves, Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible Teaching and learni

11、ng are two entirely different processes.They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system of teaching hemselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: It can be seen

12、 and observed Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that processis not open to public scrutiny If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then

13、 can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions, Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children.When the roles of teacher and learne en fo

14、r what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfil them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier hen teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read

15、by readingThe problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that A. it is one of the most difficult school courses B. students spend endless hours in reading C reading tasks are assigned with little guidance D too much time is spent in teaching about readingThe teaching of r

16、eading will be successful if A. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students B. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading D. teachers can make their teaching activities observableThe word scrutiny(Para.

17、 3) most probably means A inquiry B observation C control D. suspicionAccording to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when A children become highly motivated B teacher and learner roles are interchangeable C teaching helps children in the search for knowledge D. reading

18、 enriches child experienceThe main idea of the passage is that A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible C reading ability is something acquired rather than taught D. reading is more complicated t

19、han generally believed Passage Three ctivities, the academ public schools has expanded beyond education to include social support and extra-curricular activities, the academic schedule has changed little in more than a century Reclaiming the school day for academic instruction and escaping the timeb

20、ound traditions of education are vital steps the school-reform process, says a report released today by the National Education Commission on Time and Learning The commission s report titledPrisoners of timecalls the fixed clock and calendar in American education fundamental design flawin desperate n

21、eed of change. The report says: Time should serve children instead of children serving time.for classroom instruction. It states:We have been asking the impossible of our students -that they learn as much as t The two-year commission found that holding American students to world-class standards will

22、 require more time their foreign peers while spending half as much as in core academic subject The Commission compared the relationships between time and learning in Japan, Germany and the United States, and found that American students receive less than half the basic academic instruction that Japa

23、nese and German students are provided. On average, American students can earn a high school diploma if they spend only 41 percent of their school time on academics, says the report.American students spend an average of three hours a day on core academics such as English, math, science and history, t

24、he commission found. Their report recommends offering a minimum of 5.5 hours of academics every school day.The nine-member commission also recommends lengthening the school day beyond the traditional six hours John Hodge Jones, superintendent of schools in Murfreesboro, Tenn and chairman of the comm

25、ission, says: If schools want to continue offering important activities outside the academic core, as well as serving as a hub for family and community services, they should keep school doors open longer each day and each year The typical school year in American public schools is 180 days. Eleven st

26、ates allow school year of 175 days or less, and only one state requires more than 180 days.Milton Goldberg, executive director of the commission, says: For over a decade, education reform advocates have been working feverishly to improve our schools. But. if reform is to truly take hold, the six-hou

27、r per day, 180-day school year should be relegated to museums-an exhibit from our education past.Compared with the academic courses more than a hundred years ago, the academic courses now A, include extra-curricular activities B focus more on education of social support C demand students more contri

28、bution of time D remain more or less what they used to beThe researches by the commission mentioned in the passage are most concerned abou A. the time attributed to academic learning B the components of school education ges in education in the recent4. American students differ from those in Japan an

29、d Germany in that A. they stay at school for a longer time every day B. they do not play as much as their counterparts abroad they devote less time to academic learning D. they earn a high school diploma more difficultly15. Executive director of the commission Milton Goldberg would most probably agr

30、ee that A what the education reform advocates have done is good enough B the time of school day and school year should be extended C visiting museums can improve students academic learning ability D social support and extra-curricular activities should be canceled ll Cloze(15 points, 1 points each)D

31、irections: There is one incomplete passagewith 15 blanks in this part. For each blank, there are four choices markedA, B, C and D Decide which of the choices would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks What makes a home? Love and sympathy and confidence. It is a plac

32、e 1 kindly affections exist among all the members of the family. The parents take good care of their children, and the children are interested in the activities of their parents. 2 all of them are 3 together by affection, and they find their home to be the cheeriest place in the world. D A home with

33、out love is no more a home 4 a body without a 5 is a man. A man may live a successful and prosperous life but prosperity alone can by no means 6 happiness. Many great personages in the world history had 7 affections fo their homes. I Your home may be 8 and poor, 9 your duty lies there. You should tr

34、y to make it cheerful and omfortable. The 10 the difficulties, the richer will be your reward?-A home is 11 a family? dwelling It s a? school in which people are trained for citizenship. a man will not render good service to his country 12 he can do nothing good for his home; for in proportion as he

35、 loves his home, will he love his country. The home is the 13 of true patriotism. It is the secret of social 14 and national greatness. It is the basis and 15 of civilization d1.A that2.A. Thus C, However3. A fastened C, wrapped C. like5.A heart7.A. deep C humble9. A and C then. A. great. A. only C, more than.A. if C, otherwiseC greenhouseC advantages.A.foundationC， establishment D， where B But D.While B bound D strapped B.for D， than