every American cannot have guns
only soldiers and police can have guns
every American citizen can own guns
teachers have no money to buy guns
第1题：
Schools in the U.S. generally do not have a specific teaching plan for teachers to follow, and they certainly don’t have a set of textbooks that are taught by all school districts throughout the country. That’s why textbooks vary greatly from school to school, and from teacher to teacher even though they are all teaching the same subject in the same grade. Some schools provide books to use, but teachers do not strictly follow them. They only use them as a reference, and enjoy pointing out mistakes and wrong information given in the books. They often share their own points of view with their students. Teaching like this has many advantages. Teachers can bring out their expertise, fully elaborating their most familiar areas. Students are more interested in what they are studying. Also this flexible teaching style. benefits students in the development of critical thinking skills and the ability to apply them. On the other hand teaching like this also has many drawbacks. It causes uneven study levels. It is even more so among different schools and districts. Students in the same grade do not usually have a thorough understanding of a subject taught in the same school year. The teacher for the following year would have to spend a lot of time finding out what the students already know or do not know in the subject before starting his/her own teaching plan. Some parts may be repeated, resulting in waste of time; and other parts may not be covered at all.
Exams in American schools are much less rigid than those in China. Teaching is flexible, so are exams. Even if you memorized the whole textbook, it might not be of much help in the exams. My Chinese friend envied me for nothaving to worry about the competition for attending the best schools by takingendless exams.
(1) What are advantages of the flexible teaching style?
A、It benefits students in the development of critical thinking skills.
B、Teachers can bring out their expertise.
C、Students may have freedom in study.
D、Both A and B.
(2) The flexible teaching style. ______.
A、may cause troubles to the teacher for the following year.
B、usually helps students to have a thorough understanding of a subject
C、makes the exam easy.
D、may save teachers’time
(3) The word drawbacks (paragraph 2) means______.
A、mistakes
B、difficulties
C、disadvantages
D、troubles
(4) From the passage we are told American teachers______.
A、have to follow a specific teaching plan.
B、dislike pointing out mistakes and wrong information given in the books.
C、teaching the same subject may use different textbooks.
D、strictly follow books provided by schools.
(5) This article is mainly about ______.
A、the advantages and disadvantages of the flexible teaching style
B、American schools
C、American teachers
D、teaching methods in American schools
第2题：
From this passage we know that______.
A. every American cannot have guns.
B. only soldiers and police can have guns.
C. every American citizen can own guns.
D. teachers have no money to buy guns.
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第3题：
This passage tells us that ________.
A. the Americans like to eat sweet foods for breakfast
B. all American foods come from other countries
C. not all American foods are really American
D. very few Americans have breakfast every day
第4题：
此题为判断题(对，错)。
第5题：
What cannot be learned from the passage?
A、computers will take the place of nurses in the future
B、it is not likely that computers can plan their own moves in chess games
C、it is not likely that computers can perform. tasks as well as people do
D、some programs have been written to give the computers i
第6题：
We can learn from the passage that .
A. many foreign drivers have been fined by Britain police
B. 300,000 German vehicles enter Britain every year
C. 25 percent of foreign vehicles entering Britain have failed safety tests
D. British drivers will be punished with points and fines for breaking the traffic law
第7题：
We ear comude from the text that .
A. American cities are changing far the worse
B. people have different views on American cities
C. many people are now moving from American cities
D. the population is decreasing in older American cities
第8题：
From this passage we get to know that ________.
A. not all people like pop stars
B. pop stars have their own bands
C. fans are troublesome for pop stars
D. to be a pop star is not all fun
第9题：
()we have no money, we can’t buy it.
A. Since
B. Because of
C. therefore
第10题：
For years people have been saying that the railways are dead. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, that they lose money, that they’re dying. But this is far from the true. In these days of expensive oil, the railways have become highly competitive with motorcars and planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they’re cheaper than planes. And they have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a railway. What is more, a railway takes you from the heart of a city center. It doesn’t hold you up as a car does, in endless traffic jams. And a single train can carry goods which no plane or motorcar could ever do.
Far from being dead, the railways are very much alive. Modern railway lines give you a smooth, untroubled journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep in comfort, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling at speed at the same time? And we are only at the beginning. For we have just entered the age of super-fast trains, trains traveling at 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why we spent so much on motorways we can’t use because we have not enough money to buy the oil and planes we can’t fly in for the same reason.
1. Some people think the railways are dead for many reasons EXCEPT that ____.
A. planes and motorcars have taken the place of trains
B. oil is expensive today
C. trains are slow
D. railways lose money
2. The writers idea seems to be that ______.
A. we can do without railways
B. trains have much in common with motorcars and planes
C. motorcars and planes are not as good as trains
D. trains are as good as motorcars and planes
3. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT the advantage of railways?
A. It is cheaper to travel by train than by plane.
B. Super-fast trains travel even faster than planes.
C. The railway station is usually at the center of a city.
D. A train carries more goods than a motorcar or plane does.
4. The writer thinks that the railways, far from being dead, are very much alive because ___________.
A. we can have a smooth and untroubled journey
B. we’ll not have enough money to fly everywhere
C. we can now travel in super-fast trains
D. all of the above
5. The best title for this passage may be ________.
A. The Best Choice: Train, Motorcar or Plane
B. The Dying Railways
C. Super-fast Trains in the Future
D. Not the End, But the Beginning