The father thought ______(他可以说服女儿改变决定).
The father thought ______(他可以说服女儿改变决定).
The father thought ______(他可以说服女儿改变决定).
第1题
The man was very surprised because________。
A. he thought the child's father was dead
B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he couldn't find that piece of paper
第2题
The father thought he could ______________(说服女儿改变决定)
第3题
听力原文:M: Did your sister like her new car?
W: She thought it was too noisy, and something got wrong with the tyros; but my father believed it was quite a good car.
Q: What did the woman's father think of .the new car?
(17)
A.He thought it was a good car.
B.He thought it was too noisy.
C.He thought there was something wrong with the car.
D.He didn't like it.
第4题
A few years ago a young mother watched her husband diaper(给...换尿布) their firstborn son. "You don't have to be so unhappy about it," she protested. "You can talk to him and smile a little." The father, who happened to be a psychologist, answered firmly, "He has nothing to say to me, and I have nothing to say to him."
Psychologists now know how wrong that father was. From the moment of birth, a baby has a great deal to say to his parents and they to him. But a decade or so ago, these experts were describing the newborn as a primitive creature who reacted only by reflex, a helpless victim of its environment without capacity to influence it. And mothers accepted the truth. Most thought(and some still do) that a new infant could see only blurry shadows, that his other senses were undeveloped, and that all he required was nourishment, clean diapers, and a warm bassinet.
Today university laboratories across the country are studying newborns in their first month of life. As a result, psychologists now describe the new baby as perceptive, with remarkable learning abilities and an even more remarkable capacity to shape his or her environment—including the attitudes and actions of his parents. Some researchers believe that the neonatal period may even be the most significant four weeks in an entire lifetime.
Far from being helpless, the newborn knows what he likes and rejects what he doesn't. He shuts out unpleasant sensations by closing his eyes or averting his face. He is a glutton for novelty. He prefers animate things over inanimate and likes people more than anything.
When a mere nine minutes old, an infant prefers a human face to a head-shaped outline. He makes the choice despite the fact that, with delivery-room attendants masked and gowned, he has never seen a human face before. By the time he's twelve hours old, his entire body moves in precise synchrony to the sound of a human voice, as if he were dancing. A non-human sound, such as a tapping noise, brings no such response.
The author points out that the father diapering his firstborn son was wrong because ______.
A.he thought the baby didn't have the power of speech
B.he believed the baby was not able to hear him
C.he was a psychologist unworthy of his profession
D.he thought the baby was not capable of any response
第5题
听力原文:W: You look worried, David. Anything wrong with you?
M: Oh, it's nothing really.
W: Arc you sure? Would you like to talk about it?
M: Well, to be honest, it's.., it's my mother. She... she.., how shall I put it? She has been behaving strangely lately. Do you know what I mean?
W: Not quite. How? In what way?
M: Well, you see, ever since my father died, she has been unhappy even though.
W: But that is normal, isn't it? People are always upset about things like that.
M: Yes, yes. Of course, they are. But they never got on that well when he was alive. Always arguing. And it happened more than three years ago. I never thought that she would miss him so much.
W: Oh, I see what you mean.
M: It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't live so far away. When my father retired, they moved to the seaside. Then only a year later, my father suddenly had a heart attack and just passed away. Now she's all alone in a big cottage by the sea with very few friends and no family near. her.
W: She must be very lonely.
M: Yes, she is. My wife and I go to see her as often as we can. But it isn't easy. I phone her at least twice a week and ask her if she is all right or if she needs something... And that is something else that worries me.
W: What?
M: Her memory seems to be going. I have to remind her to do all sorts of things.., to pay the gas bill, for instance. She gets annoyed with me. But I know she'll forget if 1 don't.
W: Well, don't worry about it too much. She's just getting old, that's all.
M: I know. That's just the problem.
(27)
A.Because his father has suddenly had a heart attack.
B.Because his wife has been behaving strangely.
C.Bemuse his mother is still unhappy about his father's death.
D.Because his daughter is all alone in a very big apartment by the sea.
第6题
听力原文: My parents ran a small restaurant. The restaurant was opened 24 hours a day, seven days a week. [32] And my first job when I was six years old was shining shoes for customers. My duties increased as I grew older. By age of ten I was cleaning tables and washing plates. My father made it clear that I had to meet certain standards. [33] I had to be on time, hard-working and polite to the customers. I was never paid for any work I did. [34] One day I made a mistake of telling Dad I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week. He said, "OK, then how about you paying me for the three meals a day when you eat here and for the times you bring in your friends for free drinks?" [35] He figured I owed him about 40 pounds a week. This taught me quite a lot.
(33)
A.Washing plates.
B.Cleaning tables.
C.Shining shoes.
D.Sweeping the floor.
第7题
听力原文:W: You look worried, David. Anything wrong (19) ?
M: Oh, it's nothing, really.
W: Are you sure? Like to talk about it?
M: Well, to be honest, it's.., it's my mother. She… she.. how shall I put it? She's been behaving strangely lately. Know what I mean?
W: Not quite. How? In what way?
M: Well, you see, ever since my father died, she' s been unhappy (19) .
W: But that's normal, isn't it? People are always upset about things like that.
M: Yes, yes. of course, that's right. But they never got on very well when my father was alive. Always arguing. I never thought she would miss him so much.
W: Oh, I see what you mean.
M: It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't live so far away. When my father retired, they moved to the seaside (20) . Then, only a year later, my father suddenly had a heart attack and just passed away (21) . Now she' s all alone in a big house by the sea, with very few friends and no family near her.
W: She must be very lonely.
M: Yes, she is! My wife and I go to see her as often as we cam But it isn't easy. I phone her at least twice a week and ask her if she' s all right or if she needs anything (22) . And that' s something else that worries me.
W: What?
M: Her memory seems to be going. I have to remind her to do all sorts of things.., to pay the gas bill, for instance. She gets annoyed with me. But I know she'll forget if I don't.
W: Well, don't worry about it too much. She's just getting old, that's all.
M: I know! That's just the problem!
(23)
A.Because his wife has been behaving strangely.
B.Because his father has suddenly had a heart attack
C.Because his mother is still so unhappy about his father's death.
D.Because his daughter is all alone in a big house by the sea..
第8题
M: I come from the Rez, an Indian reservation. I grew up there, lived there until 18.
I lived on and off the reservation for the next 6 or 7 years during college. I lived there after I graduated, worked at a high school exchange program. I thought I do that kind of job to support my writing. Day jobs that require no emotional investment beyond 8 hours a day where I wouldn't need to bring work home. I didn't want to be part of management or anybody important at the job. I wanted to be completely replaceable, that is what I thought I would be doing for most of my life and writing. Then I got a ground and my first book got a frontpage review in the New York Times Book Review.
W: When did writing enter your life?
M: Books are always being in my life. My dad love books and most of what he read were westerns-spy novels, mysteries. I grew up loving books, copying my father's love for books. But nobody has showed me a book written by an Indian, not even one piece of poem. Nothing. At that time I was going to be a physician. I loved math and science. I got to college, couldn't handle physiology, and was looking around for options and took a poetry writing class for fun.
W: Poetry was your way in?
M: Yes, that's where I started. I took the class and honestly, I just thought it would be an easy grade. But I completely underestimated poetry and what it would do to me and the realm of possibility for it. I took the class and was hooked about ten minutes after reading my first contemporary poem.
(20)
A.He might do some evening teaching.
B.He could bring unfinished work home.
C.He might have time to pursue his interests.
D.He could invest more emotion in his family.
第9题
Later he went to a school for blind and deaf children. There the teachers also encouraged him to study music. Sadly, while he was still at school, his mother died. He left school and in the early 1950s Charles organized a group of players. He sang, played the piano and wrote music.
He made many classical CDs with famous artists such as Elton John and the Beatles. In 2003 a film of his life Ray was made. The part of Charles was played by a younger actor and musician called Jamie Foxx. The film director brought Foxx to meet Charles. After they had been playing together for two hours, Charles, then aged 73, jumped up and said: “He’s the one ... he can do it.” A year later Charles died aged 74. The film of his life has been as popular as his songs and means that the memory of Charles’ music will live on.
(1)What can we learn from Ray’s childhood story?
A、His father died when he was 5 years old.
B、He started to go blind at the age of 7.
C、He was born in a rich musician family.
D、He started to learn the piano at the age of 6.
(2)Ray Charles’ mother encouraged him to play music because ().
A、his father was a musician as well
B、because it would help him get used to being blind
C、it was a good way for a blind person to get money
D、his teacher thought he was a genius
(3) Ray Charles went to a school for ().
A、normal children
B、deaf and blind children
C、talented children only
D、children without parents
(4)Ray Charles thought that Jamie Foxx ().
A、was the right person to play him in the film
B、was a good film maker
C、was the wrong person to play him in the film
D、was a good director
(5) What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A、Becoming a musician.
B、Childhood story.
C、The film of Ray’s life.
D、Master of many styles.
第10题
听力原文: (35) In a class I teach for adults, I recently did the "unpardonable". I gave the class homework ! (32) The assignment was "to go to someone you love within the next week and tell them you love them. It has to be someone you have never said those words to before or at least haven't shared those words with for a long time."
Now that doesn't sound like a very tough assignment, until you stop to realize that (33) most of the men were over 35 and were raised in the generation of men that were taught that showing feelings or crying was just not done.
At the beginning of our next class, I asked if someone wanted to share what happened when they told someone they loved them. I fully expected one of the women to volunteer, as was usually the case, but on this evening one of the men raised his hand. It was James.
He said that he was quite angry with the assignment. He didn't feel that he had anyone to say those words to, and besides, it was a total private thing. But when he was driving home, he thought it over and found that the assignment was exactly what he needed. (34) Five years ago, he had a fierce quarrel with his father and really never resolved it since that time. They avoided seeing each other unless they absolutely had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. But even then, they never spoke to each other. So James decided to finish the assignment. When he got home, he convinced himself to tell his father he loved him. Both of them were moved to tears.
(33)
A.Spend some time with people who you love.
B.Say "I lore you" to people you love.
C.Show love to people you love by buying flower.
D.Help people who you love.