Something that happens in our daily life often impresses us deeply and makes us think a lot. About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York city _____ a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldn’t help _____ parts of their conversations. At one point the woman asked, “So, _____ have you been?” And the boy, who could not have been more than seven or eight years, replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little _____ lately.”
This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing _____ that children are _____. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed”, that is, in low spirits, _____ we were in high school.
The evidence of a change in children has _____ steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem _____ anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and _____ more like adults than they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is _____. Children as it once was _____ exists. Why?
Human development has depended not only on born _____ states, but also on patterns of gaining _____ knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually _____ learning the secrets of the new social positions. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from _____ graders.
In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been equipped in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all _____ alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation ( 诱 惑 ), many children turn their attention from _____ texts to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures.
Communication through print, _____, allows for a great deal of control over the social information which children will gain. Children must read simple books before they can read _____ materials.
1.A.before B.while C.when D.since
2.A.learning B.watching C.overcoming D.overhearing
3.A.where B.how C.what D.who
4.A.depressed B.impressed C.tired D.upset
5.A.mind B.belief C.proof D.idea
6.A.changing B.missing C.disappointing D.promising
7.A.as B.after C.since D.until
8.A.decreased B.increased C.disappeared D.improved
9.A.grow-up B.honest C.lovely D.childlike
10.A.think B.smile C.behave D.walk
11.A.similar B.enjoyable C.different D.probable
12.A.always B.still C.no longer D.again
13.A.logical B.physical C.mental D.biological
14.A.social B.scientific C.natural D.common
15.A.needs B.seeks C.includes D.engages
16.A.fifth B.fourth C.seventh D.third
17.A.customers B.listeners C.viewers D.fans
18.A.divided B.spoken C.collected D.printed
19.A.for example B.as a matter of fact C.even worse D.what’s more
20.A.basic B.complex C.instructive D.important
--- I just can’t stop worrying about the result of my medical examination as I’ve been feeling out of shape for several months.
--- _____. There is nothing you can do now but wait.
A.Sit back and relax B.Watch out for it
C.Wait a moment D.Take your time
In lesson 3, “An unknown goddess”, the interesting discovery made by the archaeologists was _____
A.that the city had once been prosperous
B.that the temple had been used as a place of worship
C.that they were not the first to have found the head of the goddess
D.that they found the fifteen statues had been painted
During China’s Golden Week, the first week of October, 650 million domestic tips were made in the country. The number of visitors to domestic travel destination was _____ of last year.
A.twice as big as B.twice as big as that
C.as big as twice D.twice the size
that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed on construction sites by 90 per-cent.
A.Such construction robots are clever
B.So clever the construction robots are
C.So clever are the construction robots
D.Such clever construction robots are
We were outnumbered (人数占少) and surrounded. Such being _____, we had to surrender.
A.the case B.the claim C.the start D.the status