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New Century College English Test   (Unit 2)

(2008-10-14 22:24:50)
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分类: 新视野大学英语教程
XX. Short Answer Questions
    Read the following passage(s) carefully and give brief answers to the questions.

    A writer asked some children what they thought about their schools, their teachers, and the subjects taught. Here are some of their ideas and opinions.

Stephen, 13
    "Now, do you all understand?" asks the old math master impatiently. Silence! "Right then, get on with pages 22 to 26." The heads bend down and pens begin to move. A few poor boys, still not understanding, sit waiting anxiously for the bell. Others glance at the clock every few minutes. The bell goes and the nervous feeling breaks; everyone hurriedly packs his books and begins easy breathing again. The master walks out and the next walks in. Another forty dull minutes…
I go to a grammar school and this is a fairly correct description of what a lot of the lessons are like. All this is wrong.

Angela, 13
    Schools should be made better and made into a place all children like to go to and a place where you go because you want to go. Subjects should be made more exciting instead of sitting in a desk reading or half-listening to a teacher going on and on about a particular thing. I would like to be doing things, finding what I can do and what I can't do; not just talking about, e.g., a diary farm, but talking to the people who work there and trying to milk a cow by myself.

Lyne, 15
    The fault with a lot of schools today is that teachers are not prepared to listen. There is a teacher at our school who is very eager about discussions until somebody makes a point which she is unable to explain, and she gets angry and tells us to sit down. I think that's the method of most teachers today. They don't mind discussing various topics as long as it ends up with them being able to prove a point to you and not the other way.
Words: 182

1. What is the whole passage about?


2. How does Stephen feel about his math teacher?


3. Why does Stephen repeat his teacher's words?


4. What does Angela suggest about teaching?


5. What does Lyne say about some teachers?

 

XXI. Reading Comprehension
    Directions: Read the following passage(s) carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.

Passage 1 
    A boy between the ages of 6 and 14 still admires his mother and has plenty to learn from her.
    But his interests are changing - he is becoming more interested in what men have to offer. A boy knows he is turning into a man. He has to learn from a man to complete his development.
    The father's job is to step in over time. If there is no father around, then the child depends more on finding other men - at school, for example. Yet men are leaving teaching, especially in primary schools. This is a problem.
    They insisted, too, that they needed lots of extra support. Throughout primary school years and into high school, boys should spend a lot of time with their fathers and mothers, getting their help, learning how to do things and enjoying their company.
    With regard to feelings, at this stage the father is more important. The boy is ready to learn from his father and listens to what he has to say. Often he will take more notice of his father. It's enough to drive a mother wild!
    Now is a good time for a father to do "little" things: playing in the yard on summer evenings, going for walks, telling stories about life, telling him about his own youth, working on hobbies or sports together for the enjoyment of doing it. This is the time when good memories are laid down that will be healthy to your son, and you, for years to come.
    Although every boy is different, it's common for boys at this age to get a little argumentative(好争论的), restless and moody(闹情绪). It's not that they are turning bad - just that they are being born into a new self and birth always means struggle.
    I believe this is the age when we fail teenagers the most. In our society all we offer those in the middle teens is "more of the same": more school. So it's little wonder that problems arise. 
Words: 348

1. According to the passage a boy needs the help of _________ to develop well.
A. his mother only
B. his father only
C. neither his mother nor his father
D. both his mother and father

2. One problem for a boy's development is that ________.
A. there are fewer men teaching in primary schools
B. there are fewer women teaching in primary schools
C. the boy's interests are changing
D. the boy wants to act as a man

3. The good time for a father to have an influence on his son is ________.
A. when the boy is 14
B. when the boy is at primary school
C. from about age 6 to the 14th birthday
D. since the boy was born

4. By the middle teens boys argue often with their parents. This means ________.
A. they are turning bad
B. they are turning good
C. they are being born into a new self
D. they are rebelling against their parents

5. The main idea of this passage is that ________.
A. fathers play an equal role in raising boys
B. mothers should feel comfortable when their sons' interests are changing.
C. without fathers mothers can raise good men
D. fathers should stay with their sons as much as possible


Passage 2 

    The years from 14 until the early 20s are for becoming an adult, for separating from parents. This is the time when a son develops a life which is quite separate from the family. 
    He has teachers you hardly know, experiences you never hear about and challenges that you cannot help him with. There have to be others to act as a bridge, and this is what mentors(良师益友)do.
    We should not leave youngsters in a group of friends at this age without adult care. But a mentor is more than a teacher: A mentor is special to the child and the child is special to the mentor.
    Teeenagers suffer badly if their parents have fewer friends. I know this from experience. When my parents moved to Australia, they were already shy people and became even shyer once we were here. They never found a group or friendship circle into which we teenagers could enter bit by bit. As a result, when my sister and I hit the middle of the teen years, we had to break out into the big world all of a sudden.
    If there are no mentors around, a young man will fall into a lot of troubles in growing up. Teenagers at this age have so many either-or choices and decisions - about sex, job choices or drugs and alcohol.
If Mom and Dad keep spending time with them, teenagers will keep talking to them about these things. But there will be a need to talk to other adults, too.
    One study showed that just one good adult friend outside the family was a "good anchor" for the teenager.
    The worst thing we can do with teenagers is to leave them alone. This is why we need the help of really great teachers and youth workers at this age.
Words: 311

1. A boy gets separated from his family ________.
A. by the middle of the teens
B. at 20
C. after 20
D. from 14 until the early 20s

2. The one who is to act as a good bridge for a fifteen year old is ________.
A. a mentor
B. a school teacher
C. the father
D. the mother

3. The author and his sister had a hard time stepping into the outside world because ________.
A. their parents had lots of friends
B. their parents had fewer friends
C. their parents did not allow them to choose their mentors by themselves
D. their parents went to live in Australia 

4. In the last sentence of Paragraph 4 the phrase "break out into" means ________.
A. disturb
B. begin suddenly
C. enter
D. open

5. Which of the following sentences is true according to the passage?
A. Parents should let teenagers choose their mentors themselves.
B. Those in the middle teens are fully ready for the outside world.
C. Spending time with teenagers may keep them away from bad things such as drugs and alcohol.
D. Teenagers suffer only when they have no mentors.


XXII. Paragraph Writing
    Directions: Write a short time sequence paragraph in no less than 50 words based on the topic given.

   Hurry to School

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