They did not like the fact that the boys from Burbank spoke Spanish.
They felt that they needed to put the Burbank boys in their place.
They needed to reaffirm the power they felt the Burbank team threatened.
The Burbank team did not respond to the Churchill team’s insult.
第1题：
29． Which of．the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．It’s more difficult for boys to learn to write．
B． Girls often run and throw balls earlier than boys．
C． Young boy chimps in Tanzania may hunt and throw sooner than young girl chimps．
D． Boys are very athletic．
第2题：
Why do many of the boys avoid certain instruments?
A．Because they find it not challenging enough to play them.
B．Because they consider it important to be different from girls.
C．Because they find them too hard to play.
D．Because they think it silly to play them.
第3题：
186. Do you sometimes argue about what seems to you to be simple fact? Do you argue whether it’s cold outdoors or whether the car in front of you is going faster than the speed limit? If you get into such arguments, try to think about the story about the six blind men and the elephant. The first blind man who felt the elephant’s trunk said it was like a snake. The second who felt the elephant’s side said it was like a wall, while the third said it was like a spear as he touched the animal’s tusk. The fourth, who had hold of the elephant’s tail insisted that it was like a rope. The fifth man said it looked like a tree as he put his arms around one of the elephant’s legs. The sixth, who was tall and got hold of the elephant’s ears, said it was like a huge fan. Each man’s idea of the animal came from his own experience. So if someone disagrees with you about a “simple fact”, it’s often because his experience in the matter is different from yours. To see how hard it is for even one person to make up his mind about a “simple fact”, try this simple experiment. Get three large bowls. Put ice water in one. Put hot water in the second. Put lukewarm water in the third. Now put your left hand in the ice water. Put your right hand in the hot water. After thirty seconds, put both hands in the lukewarm water. Your right hand will tell you the water is cold. You left hand will tell you it’s hot! [共5题]
(1) What makes people think about simple facts differently?
(A) The fact that simple facts differ from one another.
(B) The fact that people have different experience in the same simple fact.
(C) The fact that people often disagree with on another.
(D) The fact that it’s hard to make up one’s mind about simple facts.
(2) Which of the following temperature is the closest to the meaning of the word “lukewarm” in the last paragraph?
(A) Above 0℃. (B) Above 40℃. (C) Above 20℃. (D) Below 0℃.
(3) The writer’s advice is ________.
(A) we should never think about simple facts
(B) we should never judge something with a one-sided view
(C) we should not agree about simple facts
(D) we must learn from the six blind men
(4) After reading the last paragraph, we may think of ________.
(A) Newton’s law
(B) Crallilao’s theory of falling objects
(C) Einstein’s theory of relativity
(D) Marx’s On Capital
(5) The main idea of this passage is ________.
(A) people often judge something according to his own experience
(B) people often agree about simple facts
(C) it’s hard for a person to make up his mind about a simple fact
(D) don’t care too much about simple facts
正确答案：B C B C A
第4题：
A、with
B、on
C、for
D、by
第5题：
According to the author, the reason why parental divorce has greater effect on boys than on girls is that_____.
［A］ all cultures encourage male aggression and noncompliance
［B］ boys are always involved in their parents’ fights
［C］ males are usually viewed as the models in self-control and strong will
［D］ boys are basically more self-disciplined than girls
本题考查推理引申。第三段中间作者提出了一个问题，怎样解释离婚对男孩影响比女孩大的原因呢？接下来文章从三个方面进行了解释：一，我们的文化更能容忍男孩具有攻击性和不驯服；二，男孩更希望树立起自律的强悍的男人形象，也希望父母严格自律；三，男孩较少受到他人的同情与支持。［C］符合第二点原因，是正确项。［A］错在“所有文化”，文章中是“我们的文化”。［B］错在“卷入（involved in）”，全文最后一句提到的是“男孩更容易看到（be exposed to）父母吵架”。［D］这种说法无从推知。
第6题：
PART C
Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.
听力原文： The piano and violin are girls' instruments. Drums and trumpets are for boys. According to Psychologists Susan O' Neil and Michael Bottome, children have very clear ideas about which musical instruments they should play. They found that despite the best efforts of teachers, these ideas have changed very little over the past decade. They interviewed 153 children, aged between 9 and 11, from schools in northwest England. They asked them to identify four musical instruments and then say which they would like to play most and which they would least like to play. They also asked the children for their views on whether boys or girls should not play any of the four instruments. The piano and violin were both ranked more favorably by girls than by boys, while boys preferred the drums and trumpets. There was a broad agreement between boys and girls on which instruments each sex should play and the reasons varied. And while almost half of all boys said they avoided certain instruments because they were too difficult to play. Only 15 percent of girls gave that as a reason. Earlier studies indicated that very young school children aged between 5 and 7, showed no bias in choosing musical instruments. But their tastes become more clear between the ages of 8 and 10. One survey of 78 teachers suggested that after that age, both boys and girls begin to restrict themselves to the so-called male or female instruments.
How many children did Susan and Michael interview?
A．150.
B．151.
C．152.
D．153.
第7题：
Boys like sports more than girls， they are very _a __________．
第8题：
A.boy students
B.boys students
C.boy’s students
D.students of boys
第9题：
Which sentences apply the rhetorical device of rhetorical question?
A、A slice of my mother-in-law’s apple pie will satiate you far better than a whole bakery pie.
B、But who eats with his eyes?
C、What matters if such peas taste like boiled paper wads?
D、Yet, if people don’t eat onions because they taste like onions, what in the name of Luther Burbank do they eat them for?
第10题：
25． Which sentence is right according to the passage?
A． There are no green sweaters．
B． Young boys and girls like T-shirts very much．
C， The T-shirt in Hualin are for young boys．and girls．
D． Only the things in the advertisement are cheap．