What kind of questions should we ask our students when we want to give them a reason to read?

Gifts tighten personal relationships and provide a means of communication between loved ones. People say that a gift lets the recipient（接受者） know we are thinking of them, and that we want to make the person “feel special.”We want people to feel wanted, to feel part of our social or family group. We give presents to say “I’m sorry.”Sometimes it is difficult for us to find a present that someone will like. Sometimes we give things that we like or would frrl comfortable with. In all these cases, the gifts are sending out messages－often very expressive ones.

25．In studying ，we must always ask "whys" in order to ________．

A． understand the book well

B． get some questions to ask our teachers

C． do with the new words

D． write down the questions

D

It is true that good writers rewrite and rewrite and then rewrite some more. But in order to work up the desire to rewrite, it is important to learn to like what you write at the early stage.

I am surprised at the number of famous writers I know who say that they so dislike reading their own writing later that they even hate to look over the publishers’ opinions. One reason we may dislike reading our own work is that we’re often disappointed that the rich ideas in our minds seem very thin and plain when first written down. Jerry Fodor and Steven Pinker suggest that this fact may be a result of how our minds work. .

Different from popular belief ,we do not usually think in the works and sentences of ordinary language but in symbols for ideas （known as “mentalese”）, and writing our ideas down is an act of translation from that symbolic language . But while mentalese contains our thoughts in the form. of a complex tapestry （织锦），writing can only be composed one thread at a time . Therefore it should not be surprising that our first attempt at expressing ideas should look so simple. It is only by repeatedly rewriting that we produces new threads and connect them to get closer to the ideas formed in our minds.

When people write as if some strict critics （批评家） are looking over their shoulder , they are so worried about what this critic might say that they get stuck before they even start. Peter Elbow makes an excellent suggestion to deal with this problem. When writing we should have two different minds. At the first stage, we should see every idea, as well as the words we use to express it ,as wonderful and worth putting down . It is only during rewrites that we should examine what we excitedly wrote in the first stage and check for weaknesses.

68. What do we learn from the text about those famous writers?

A They often regret writing poor works

B Some of them write surprisingly much.

C Many of them hate reading their own works

D They are happy to review the publishers’ opinions.

30． What is the passage mainly about? 、

A． We must make more friends．

B． Don-t quarrel with our parents．

C． What should we do when our parents quarrel．

D． Sometimes we must stay away from our parents．

According to the author, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that ______.

A)we fall to listen carefully when they talk

B)people tend to be annoyed when we cheek what they say

C) people usually state one thing hut means another

D)we tend to doubt what our friends say

A

The aim(目的) of students who come to school is ro srudy． But if we haven't a right way to study we will waste the time or the money． The following are ways for studying．

The best time for reading js morning． Because in the morning， the air is fresh and our minds are clear．For that reason，we can get good results．

Jt- studying we must be'patient(耐心的)． If w．e don't understand a text well，we must read it again． We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one well．

When we are studying，we must put our hearts into the book． We can not read absent-．mindedly(心不在焉地) ，or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading．

We must always ask "whys"． If it is not well understood，write it down and ask our teach-ers or parents，brothers or friends，in any possible way． We must know it completely and then our knowledge can be used well．

Though there are many ways for studying，however，the above mentioned(提及的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so，

( )21． The article tells us_________

A． to read in the morning

B． to pay close attention to ways for studying

C． the importance of reading

D． to have patience in studying

5． —Don’ t _______our hopes． Things will be fine soon．

—Yes． We should learn to be brave when we are in difficulties．

A． cheer up

B． give up

C． clean up

D． turn up

Dear Madam/Sir, I’m writing to claim for the insurance on my camera, which was stolen during my honeymoon last month in South America. It was mid-morning on 3 June. My wife and I were lying on the beach outside our hotel.A man came up to us to ask for directions. We had a small map of the island. As we were showing him our map, a group of children came along. We thought they were with the man who was asking directions. The children started to ask my wife some questions and she took their picture. The man sat down and talked to us while the children were playing nearby. As he was leaving, we realized that the children were not with him. Suddenly, one of them grabbed my wife抯 handbag and ran away along the beach. I chased him, and my wife followed me. The child dropped the bag, and so we got it back. We were walking back along the beach when we realized that we had left the camera behind. When we got back to our place, the camera was not there and nor were the rest of the children. The same day I reported the matter to the local police. I bought a replacement camera the next day and I enclose a receipt. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully, Tim Manning

(1). The man came to us to ().

A、 ask for the way

B、ask for some money

C、tell us about his children

(2). We thought the children ().

A、 knew the man who was asking directions

B、wanted to ask for directions

C、didn’t know the man

(3). My wife and I () the child who took away the handbag.

A、 grabbed

B、ran after

C、waited for

(4). Our camera () when we came back to our place.

A、 was still there

B、was broken by the other children

C、was taken away by the other children

(5). The writer of the letter wants the insurance company to ().

A、 pay for their unlucky holiday

B、report the theft to the police

C、give them insurance on their camera

The sentence "But we pay for our sensitivity." in the third paragraph implies that______.

A) we should pay a debt for, our feeling

B) we have to be hurt when We feel something

C) our pain is worth feeling

D) when we feel pain, we are suffering it

D

When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority(优先). This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students.

Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well ad the social environment it came influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society.

Music provides a kind of perception(感知)that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotive(情感的)meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all.

The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings “talk” to each other. They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, our hopes. The arts are ways we give form. to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.

Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love.

So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize.

A.regardmusicasawayofentertainment

B.disagreewiththeirparentsoneducation

C.viewmusicasanoverlookedsubject

D.prefertheartstoscience