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Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality(现实) of life.
In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable(不合情理的) thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling(四脚朝天).
When it doesn’t get up, the process is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time on its shaky(摇晃的) legs. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.
Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.
Stone was once asked if he had found something that runs through the lives of all these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out(着手) to do .”
【小题1】What does the underlined part “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.A happy thing. | B.A difficult task. |
C.A big dream. | D.A beautiful scene. |
A.A new-born giraffe’s first lesson. |
B.A mother giraffe’s story. |
C.The lives of some great people. |
D.The way for a giraffe to stand up. |
A.Because they all worked hard. |
B.Because they all liked to read some special stories. |
C.Because they were born with some illnesses. |
D.Because they were similar to giraffes in some ways. |
A.This passage is a description of giraffes’ living habits. |
B.Baby giraffes can’t stand up until three months old. |
C.Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying and writing stories about great people. |
D.The great people can’t stand up after they’re knocked down for years. |
A.How to Raise a Baby Giraffe. |
B.Learning to Get Back Up. |
C.Stories about the great people. |
D.A Mother Giraffe and Its Baby Giraffe. |
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科目:初中英语 来源:2012-2013学年江苏南京溧水县六校九年级12月学情调研联考测试英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over its legs under its body. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its children to the reality(现实) of life.
In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable(不合情理的) thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling(四脚朝天).
When it doesn’t get up, the process is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time on its shaky(摇晃的) legs. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off its feet again. Why? She wants it to remember how it got up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.
Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying greatness, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.
Stone was once asked if he had found something that runs through the lives of all these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out(着手) to do .”
1.What does the underlined part “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.A happy thing. B.A difficult task.
C.A big dream. D.A beautiful scene.
2.What does the book A View from the Zoo talk about?
A.A new-born giraffe’s first lesson.
B.A mother giraffe’s story.
C.The lives of some great people.
D.The way for a giraffe to stand up.
3.Why were some great people mentioned in the passage?
A.Because they all worked hard.
B.Because they all liked to read some special stories.
C.Because they were born with some illnesses.
D.Because they were similar to giraffes in some ways.
4.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
A.This passage is a description of giraffes’ living habits.
B.Baby giraffes can’t stand up until three months old.
C.Irving Stone spent a lifetime studying and writing stories about great people.
D.The great people can’t stand up after they’re knocked down for years.
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A.How to Raise a Baby Giraffe.
B.Learning to Get Back Up.
C.Stories about the great people.
D.A Mother Giraffe and Its Baby Giraffe.
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In 1985 I visited China.I thought many Chinese parents put much pressure on only high school students.But in the following years, I found the pressure came to primary school children, then those of pre?school age, and finally newborn babies and pre?born children.
In order to succeed, one or two years before entering kindergarten (幼稚园) they must study English, drawing, singing, and dancing, and the three years of kindergarten are mostly spent to build up an early lead in primary school performance.
What if parents let their 3 or 4 years old child enjoy free time on Saturday and Sunday, after five days in nur?sery? They would be thought to be wasting their kid's early life.As others do, so must they do.
Yet children have not only the right, but the need to play.Kindergartens should not be a school.There should be no classroom, no lesson, no homework, and especially no exams.Instead, playing should be the first thing for children.
They need to play with others and also to play on their own, as playing is good for learning in a lively way. Children can discover numbers while playing games and the alphabet (字母表) through songs.Some Chinese cha?racters can become familiar to them by being used in games.But the problem with kindergartens is very serious.Chinese parents think studying is more important.Children work hard while having less and less time to play.What these parents fail to realize is that they are following the examples of how not to raise a kid.
( )6.What's the situation of children in China now?
A.They have much pressure. B.They play too much.
C.They have no pressure. D.They work hard but happily.
( )7.Why don't parents let their 3 or 4?year?old kids enjoy free time? Because ________.
A.kids don't want to play B.they have to do what other people do
C.the government ask them to do so D.the grandparents ask them to do so
( )8.According to the author, what should a kindergarten be like?
A.A school with lessons.
B.A class with exams.
C.A place where children can play freely.
D.A place where children only play games.
( )9.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Only middle school students spend much time in studying.
B.Studying is the most important for children.
C.Children have much time to enjoy themselves.
D.Raising kids doesn't mean making them study.
( )10.What is probably the best title for this passage?
A.Chinese Education Has Some Problems
B.How to Raise a Child
C.Children Need Time to Play
D.Family Education Is Very Important
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