高考英语 增值增分特训10.doc

2014高考英语增值增分特训10 (一)it is a plain fact that we are in a world where competition is going on in all areas and at all levels. this is exciting. yet, on the other hand, competition breeds a pragmatic(实用的) attitude. people choose to learn things that are useful, and do things that are profitable. todays college education is also affected by this general sense of utilitarianism(功利主义)many college students choose business or computing programming as their majors convinced that these professions are where the big money is. it is not unusual to see the college students taking parttime jobs as a warmingup for the real battle. i often see my friends taking gre tests, working on english or computer certificates and taking the driving lessons to get a license. well, i have nothing against being practical.as the competition in the job market gets more and more intense, students do have reasons to be practical. however, we should never forget that college education is much more than skill training. just imagine, if your utilitarianism prevails on campus, living no space for the cultivation(培养) of students minds, or nurturing of their soul, we will see university is training out well trained spiritless working machines. if utilitarianism prevails society, we will see people bond by mindforged medicals lost in the moneymaking ventures; we will see humanity losing their grace and dignity, and that would be disastrous. id like to think society as a carriage and peoples pursuit for profit or fame as the horse that pulls the carriage. yet without the driver picking direction the carriage would go straight and may even end up in a precarious situation.a certificate may give you some advantage, but broad horizons, positive attitudes and personal integrities(正直)，these are assets you cannot acquire through any quick fixed way. in todays world, where highest level of competition is not of skills or expertise(专业), but of vision and strategy, your intellectual quality largely determines how far you can go in your career.1the authors attitude toward todays college education is_.apositive bcautiousccritical ddoubtful2many college students choose to major in business because_.aa businessman is very likely to make big moneybstudying business is less competitivectoo many students have chosen computing programming dcomputing programming is not a must for them3the author does strongly suggest that _.amore competition be encouraged on college campusbpeople not ignore the value of broad horizons, positive attitude and personal integritiescintellectual quality determine how far one can go in his careerdcollege students get as many parttime jobs as possible4in the authors opinion，_. acollege students are not pragmatic enoughbcollege students should have drivers pick direction for themccollege education should provide students with more business coursesdcollege education should value the cultivation of students minds(二)do american children still learn handwriting in school? in the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. but studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. one study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten to fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a daywhich really for handwriting is pretty much death.many adults remember learning that wayby copying letters over and over again. todays thinking is that short periods of practice are better. many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. after all, that is why we write.handwriting involves two skills. one is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. the other is fluencywriting without having to think about it. fluency continues to develop up until high school.but not everyone masters these skills. teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.but steve graham at vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. american children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive(连笔，草书), which connects the letters. but guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the college board, which administers the sat college admission test. more than 75% of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.1. we can infer from the first paragraph that _.a. teachers spend little time in teaching handwritingbmost teachers attach importance to teaching handwritingchandwriting teaching is not commonly requireddmost teachers are at a loss how to teach handwriting2. which of the following about traditional handwriting in the usa is not true?a. the students are taught by practicing a long period.bprinting is taught in preference to writing in cursive.chandwriting is taught for its own sake.dtwo skills get involved in handwriting. 3. some american people consider handwriting not important any more because _.a. all the american children learn to print firstbabout 1/4 of the students choose to print their essay on the testcit is unnecessary to use handwriting in the age of keyboarddcomputers and voice recognition programs are widely used4. _ may serve as the best title for the passage.a. handwriting: fascinating in keyboard agebright or wrong: the death of handwritingctwo skills involved in handwritingdhandwriting lessons on the way out(三)i am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.several weeks ago，i was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines.i kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he should concentrate better. he sat but seconds later, as if he didnt even notice he was doing it, he got up again.i was getting frustrated, but then it hit me.i started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up.could he be more intent while standing up? this made me start questioning myself and what i had been raised to believe. i was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success.this child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life.now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of dna and personality traits，and all you can do is loving and accepting them.as parents，throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids best cheerleaders，guiding them and helping them find their way.i have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate.obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine.we need to learn to accept our kids ways of doing things.some way may have worked for me but doesnt mean we need to carry it through generations.there is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique.it makes us free and happy and thats just the way i want my kids to live their own life.1. at the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him_. a. pay more attention to his study bkeep silent in the roomcfinish his homework on time dget right answers