Are you looking for a good book to read? Do you need information about universities in the United States? Do you want to know the correct price of a used car? Would you like to read newspapers and magazines from all over different countries? Do you need a quiet place to study? Did you answer yes to any of these questions? Then you should visit the information placeyour local library.
A library is more than just a place where books are stored. A library is a source of information. The information may come from books (fiction , nonfiction, or reference book), from periodicals (newspapers, magazines, and journals), from audio-visual materials (records, cassettes, microfilms, video tapes, etc.), or even from a computer terminal.
Students go to libraries to study and write research papers. The periodicals room of a university library is where foreign students often find newspapers and magazines from their countries . In the reference room, they can find catalogs(目录) from many universities in the U.S. and other countries. If you are buying a used car, the reference librarian can show you the Blue Book which lists the prices of new and used cars. People who need information in a hurry can telephone the reference librarian at many libraries.
There are as many different library services as there are types of people who use them. Children’s libraries provide materials for young readers. They sometimes have storytellers who read stories to groups of children , and a few have computers for the children to play with. Music lovers can listen to recordings of their favorite musicians in music libraries . Some libraries have painting and sculpture exhibits, and most libraries offer special services for blind people, such as books in Braille, ―talking‖ books , and Kurzweil Reading Machines.
Libraries provide entertainment as well as information. Novels and short stories from a library’s fiction collection are a good source of enjoyable reading practice. Public libraries often sponsor lectures on topics of interest to member of the community, and a few even offer concerts and films. No matter what your interests are, you will find that a library can be a great place to enjoy yourself while you learn.
1.What is another name for a library?()
A.A bookstore.
B.The periodicals room.
C.A reference librarian.
D.The information place
2.In the reference room of the library you can find().
A. the fiction collection
B. newspapers and magazines
C. university catalogs
D. materials for young readers
3.Which of the following is NOT an example of a library service?()
A. Used cars.
B. Art exhibits.
C. Children’s storytellers.
D. Kurzweil Reading Machines
4."A library can be a great place to enjoy yourself while you learn." This means you can()in a library.
A. talk and laugh as much as you want
B. find entertainment and information
C. play with computers
D. enjoy yourself by doing everything you can
5.What is the main idea of the whole text? Choose the BEST answer.()
A. There are many kinds of libraries.
B. There are many books stored in a library.
C. Libraries provide entertainment.
D. Libraries offer many different services.
Children are curious about the world around them. For example, they want to know【36】their hearts beat. They want to know why the ocean water【37】salty.
【38】children grow up, they become curious about different kinds of things. When they are babies, they are interested in the parts of their bodies and in the smiles of their mothers.【39】they become interested in the physical world around them the plants, the animals, the sky. Later, they become interested in the things【40】people have made: wheels, bicycles, cars. And when they are adults, their curiosity【41】. Sometimes this curiosity leads to a【42】in science.
Scientists spend their lives【43】to find out about the world.【44】who work with the earth sciences study the earth, the oceans, and the skies.【45】scientists who study living work with the biological sciences. A third group of scientists study the physical sciences, e.g. physics, chemistry.
(36)
A.what
B.how
C.which
D.when
When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get a good score on a certain kind of test, or even the ability to do well in school. These are at best only indicators of something larger, deeper, and far more important. By intelligence we mean a style. of life, a way of behaving in various situations. The true test of intelligence is not how much we know what to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do.
The intelligent person, young or old, meeting a new situation or problem, opens himself up to it. He tries to take in with mind and senses everything he can about it. He thinks about it, instead of about himself or what it might cause to happen to him. He grapples (努力克服) with it boldly, imaginatively, resourcefully (机智地), and if not confidently, at least hopefully: if he fails to master it, he looks without fear or shame at his mistakes and learns what he can from them. This is intelligence. Clearly its roots lie in a certain feeling about life, and one’s self with respect to life. Just as clearly, unintelligence is not what most psychologists seem to suppose, the same thing as intelligence, only less of it. It is an entirely different style. of behavior, arising out of entirely different set of attitudes.
Years of watching and comparing bright children with the not-bright, or less bright, have shown that they are very different kinds of people. The bright child is curious about life and reality, eager to get in touch with it, embrace (捉住机会) it, unite himself with it. There is no wall; no barrier, between himself and life. On the other hand, the dull child is far less curious, far less interested in what goes on and what is real, more inclined (倾向于) to live in a world of fantasy. The bright child likes to experiment, to try things out. He lives by the maxim (格言) that there is more than one way to skin a cat. If he can’t do something one way, he’ll try another. The dull child is usually afraid to try at all. It takes a great deal of urging to get him to try even once; if that try fails, he is through.
Nobody starts off stupi
D.Hardly an adult in a thousand, or ten thousand, could in any three years of his life learn as much, grow as much in his understanding of the world around him, as every infant (婴儿) learns and grows in his first three years. But what happens, as we grow older, to this extraordinary capacity for learning and intellectual growth? What happens is that it is destroyed, and more than by any other one thing, it is destroyed by the process that we misname education – a process that goes on in most homes and schools.
11. The writer believes that intelligence is doing well on some examinations.
A.True
B.False
12. The writer believes that “unintelligence” is a particular way of looking at the world.
A.True
B.False
13. Why does the writer say that education is misnamed?
A.Because it takes place more in homes than in school.
B.Because it discourages intellectual growth.
C.Because it helps dull children with their problems.
D.Because it helps children understand the world around them.
14. “There’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Which of the following maxims has a similar meaning to this one?
A.If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, and try again.
B.All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy.
C.Make new friends and keep the old; one is silver and the other is gold.
D.Make hay while the sun shines.
15. “It is an entirely different style. of behavior, arising out of an entirely different set of attitudes.” “It” in this sentence refers to () .
A.intelligence
B.behavior
C.life
D.unintelligence