A.change
B.action
C.measure
D.advantage
此题为判断题(对,错)。
School buildings themselves can show liberal (开明的) or conservative views about what should go on in a classroom. The earliest schools had separate classrooms for different grades. The rooms were laid out formally, with pupils’desks fastened to the floor in straight rows facing the teacher’s desk. Clearly, such schools reflected a teacher-and-subject-centered view of education. Schools of the next generation had more open space, and most had movable desks. They also often provided special rooms or areas for science, art, music, and physical education. There were still separate rooms for different grade levels, however, and the desks still were likely to be formally arranged. That is, the schoolroom was still largely designed to carry out the old-school program, which involved grade levels, uniform. time blocks, and study of subject matters. Newer subjects, not newer teaching methods, accounted for most of what was new in school design. The first school buildings constructed to encourage liberal teaching methods appeared in the mid-1950s. Folding interior (内部的) walls permitted the flexible use of space to encourage large-group, small-group, or individual instruction. Some provided carrels for individual study, areas for team teaching, and centers for programmed instruction. In the newest buildings called open schools, the use of space is even more flexible. Areas within the buildings can be readily expanded for program changes, and used for many kinds of functions. One should remember, though, the physical layout (布局) of a school cannot decide whether it has the conservative or liberal teaching practices. What determines whether the classroom is liberal or conservative is the spirit and attitude of the teacher. The word “carrel” in Paragraph 3 most probably refers to ________.
A、a room with folding walls
B、a room with liberal instructions
C、a room with conservative instructions
D、a room with small space
1.This passage is most probably written as ____.
A、the beginning part of a certain chapter
B、the middle part of a certain chapter
C、the last part of a certain chapter
D、a self-contained chapter
2.Which of the following topics is NOT discussed in the passage? ____
A、Natural Resources
B、Industrial Pollution
C、Unemployment
D、Overpopulation
3.The author's purpose in the first paragraph is to tell us the fact that ____.
A、deserts are hostile
B、Antarctic is very cold
C、human beings now inhabit the entire Earth
D、there are many different species on planet Earth
4.According to the passage, some natural resources like fuels and metals ____.
A、are no longer new
B、will never be gone
C、will soon be used up
D、can not be used at present
5.The phrase `strive for' in the second paragraph means ____.
A、fight with each other in order to get'
B、make great efforts to achieve'
C、have a violent struggle because of'
D、suffer a lot from'
6.Which pollution is NOT mentioned in the passage? ____
A、Air Pollution
B、Water Pollution
C、Soil Pollution
D、Sound Pollution
The Dutch got the ball rolling by celebrating the saint- called Sinter Klaas- in New York in the latc-18" century. Our old friend, Washington Irving, included the legend of Saint Nick in his seminal History of New York as well, but at the turn of the 181 century, Saint Nick was still a rather () figure in America.
On December 23, 1823, though, a man named Clement Clarke Moore published a poem he had written for his daughters called “An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas," better known now as ‘T’ as the night before Christmas." Nobody knows how much of the poem Moore invented, but we do know that it was the spark that () lit the Santa fire. Many of the things we associated with Santa一a sleigh, reindeer, Christmas Eve visits一came from Moore's poem.
1.
A.hops
B.jumps
C.sneaks
D. skips
2.
A.known
B.observed
C. remarked
D.commented
3.
A.persistance
B.inheritance
C.insistence
D.instance
4.
Awell-known
B.popular
C.obscure
D.famous
5.
A. actually
B. generally
C. eventfully
D. eventually
1.In the 19th century, scientist found that a person would lose the power to do certain things()
A、when he got weaker in health
B、if certain parts of his brain were hurt
C、after he did a quite different job
D、when he grew older
2.Scientists today are still unable to show exactly()
A、what each part of the brain is doing
B、how many chemical changes take place in the brain each second
C、whether each part of the brain does the same job
D、which part of the brain is the most important
3.It has been found that one's brain usually works ()
A、faster when he is old
B、a little now and a little then
C、in a very simple way
D、more complicated than we thought
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?()
A、Scientists are working hard at the researches on the brain.
B、As many as six million chemical changes take place in the brain every minute.
C、A young man doing physical labor is sure to have a much slower min
D、Even an old man may have a quick mind if his brain is given much exercise.
5.The more work we give to our brains()
A、the less result we will gain
B、the more work they are able to do
C、the weaker their power will get
D、the more tired they will feel
Only a few decades ago, renovation was unpopular and generally far more expensive than taking down abandoned building and string from the beginning.A change began in the 1960s with a number of well-advertised projects.They included Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, where an old chocolate factory was restored and made into shops and restaurants, Trolly Square in Salt Lake, where unused warehouses were made into artists’ studios and apartments.
What caused the change? “One reason is nostalgia,” a San Francisco builder suggests.“Maybe old is better than new, many people are saying.Feelings about preserving attractive or historic buildings have changed a great deal.” A second cause is economy.The cost of tearing down an old building and constructing a new one from nothing now has risen to the point where it is often less expensive to fix a solid older structure.Also builders realize that fixing up an existing building often requires no new permits, sewer lines, or water connections.
Even when the costs of restoration are the same as or a bit more than the costs of putting up a new building, fixing the old building may be better.A Boston architect says The advantage comes when you can develop a final project that is more desirable than a new building – one with the right location, more space, more floor area, a special character, materials of a particular quality.” Gradually, architects and builders are developing knowledge about renovation and preservation, bringing imagination and creativity to the job.
16.In the United States, renovating old buildings_____.
A.has had a long history
B.is becoming increasingly popular
C.is still unpopular
D.has just caught the fancy of architects and builders
17.Ghirardelli Square, Trolley Square, and the Soho district are projects that_________.
A.have been given much publicity
B.are little known to the public
C.have been widely discussed among builders and city planners
D.have changed the building business
18.“Nostalgia” in the 3rd paragraph most probably means________.
A.being conservative
B.being keen on saving money
C.being fond of things new
D.being fond of things of the remote past
19.Which of the following statements is true?
A.Every old building can be renovated for new uses
B.Renovating old buildings is always less costly than putting up new ones
C.Renovation does not require imagination and creativity
D.Fixing an old building may have advantages even when it costs a little more
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Because the user hasn’t used his/her Gmail_______for quite some time.
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It now has 5,000 megabytes of_________________________storage.
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__________________________________________________________.
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The Gmail team may have to_______________the user’s account.
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