Einstein was the greatest scientist of his age. But he was almost as strange as his Theory of Relativity.
Once, while riding a street car in Berlin, he told the conductor that he had been given too much change. The conductor counted the change again and found it to be correct, so he handed it back to Einstein, saying “The trouble with you is you don’t know your figures.”
He had nothing and thought little of the things most people set their hearts on— fame and money. He didn’t want money or praise. He made his own happiness out of such simple things as his work and playing the violin and sailing his boat. Einstein’s violin brought him more joy than anything else in life.
He led a very simple sort of life, went around in old clothes that needed pressing, seldom wore a hat, He shaved （刮胡子）with the same soap that he used for his bath. The man who was trying to solve the most difficult problems of the universe said that using two kinds of soap made his life completely too complicated（复杂的）.
1.From the second paragraph we know Einstein _____.
A. wasn’t good at maths
B. enjoyed playing jokes
C. had some trouble with figures
D. didn’t care about money at all
2.Einstein was most interested in ______ in life.
A. sailing his boat B. fame and money
C. playing the violin D. work
3.“…using two kinds of soap made his life completely too complicated” in the last paragraph suggests that Einstein ______.
A. preferred to live a simple life
B. was a man of humor
C. was too poor to buy more soaps
D. liked to do something different
______ it is to listen to music when you are free.
A. What fun B. What a fun C. How fun D. How funny
—What are you going to do this weekend?
—_______. If time permits, I may go to Shanghai with my friends.
A. Don’t mention it B. It doesn’t matter C. It depends D. Forget it
下表是对某中学高二某班50个学生健康问题的调查表。请根据表格内容，综述学生当前存在的健康问题，并就中学生如何保持身心健康提出自己的建议。
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问题类型 |
学习焦虑 |
逆反心理 |
缺乏交往 |
睡眠不足 |
缺乏锻炼 |
视力不佳 |
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人数 |
35 |
20 |
15 |
40 |
25 |
35 |
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比例 |
70% |
40% |
30% |
80% |
50% |
70% |
注意：1. 词数：120左右 2．参考词汇：学习焦虑learning anxiety
3．首句已给，不计入总词数。
As is apparently shown in the chart above, many middle school students have problems both physically and mentally, ______
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示; 2)首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。
At the present time, the Internet is very popular all over the world,
e in some big cities. But do you know the history of the
Internet? ______（建造）in 1960s, the Internet was only a network
of computers which shared simple _______（信息）. If one of the
computers ______ down, the whole network would be unable to work,
_______（导致）continual problems. At first, just the government had
a_______ to the Internet, using it for communications among different
branches. ______ 1970s it had been used in universities, banks and hospitals.
At the beginning of 1990s computers became c for common people,
_______ increased the use of the Internet. Now tens of millions of people
log on every day, making _______ the most important part of people's life.
Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s. Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women. Right? Wrong. Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size. Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain. The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”. While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes.
It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources（来源）at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.
There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial (空间的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: Why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!
The differences begin when fetuses (胎儿) are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one. A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.
If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it,” says a biologist.
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?
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A．Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s. |
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B．Grey matter controls thinking in the brain. |
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C．Grey matter plays the same role as white matter. |
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D．Both sexes have the same amount of white matter. |
2.What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?
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A．Women don’t need to tell directions. |
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B．Women prefer doing many things at a time. |
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C．Men have weaker spatial abilities. |
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D．Men do better dealing with one job at a time. |
3.Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph?
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A．Young boys may be stronger than young girls. |
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B．Women may have stronger feelings than men. |
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C．More women take up jobs requiring speech skills. |
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D．Our ancestors needed more spatial skills. |
4.What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?
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A．Defensive. |
B．Persuasive. |
C．Supportive. |
D．Objective. |
