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2021年1月19日发(作者：蹲踞)

Passage 1
The novelist Robert Herrick was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 26, 1868. His
oldest American ancestor, a nephew of the author of Hesperides, had settled at Salem in 1638; he
was
related
to
the
Hales,
the
Mannings,
the
Hawthornes,
and
the
Peabodys;
his
immediate
forebears
were
lawyers,
teachers,
and
clergymen.
At
Harvard,
he
was
a
contemporary
of
Santayana,
William
Vaughn
Moody,
Norman
Hapgood,
and
Robert
Morss
Lovett;
he
nearly
wrecked the Harvard Monthly when he sullied its chaste page with the first English translation of
Ibsen
’
s
Lady from the Sea.
His teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but
William Rainey Harper lured him to the new University of Chicago, where he remained officially
for exactly a generation and where his students in advanced composition found him terrifyingly
frigid in the classroom but sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences. During
his
later
years
the
spot
of
earth
dearest
to
his
heart
was
York
Village,
Maine,
but
after
his
retirement from teaching he brought his career to a rather amazing close as government secretary
of the Virgin Islands. He died at St. Thomas on December 23, 1938.
1.

To which of the following families was Herrick related?
a.

The Santayanas
b.

The Hawthornes
c.

The Moodys
d.

The Hapgoods
2.

In
lines
3-4,
the
phrase
“
immediate
forebears
”

could
best
be
replaced
by
which
of
the
following?
a.

closest ancestors
b.

wealthiest relatives
c.

cleverest kinsmen
d.

earliest forefathers
3.

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a profession of Herrick
’
s relatives?
a.

Farmer
b.

Teacher
c.

Clergyman
d.

Lawyer
4.

Herrick moved to the University of Chicago at the request of

a.

the Hales
b.

the Mannings
c.

Robert Morss Lovett
d.

William Rainey Harper
5.

According to the passage, Herrick
’
s students thought he was
a.

gifted in English translation
b.

unfair in his grading
c.

easy to understand
d.

kind during personal contact
6.

In which of the following activities was Herrick involved during the last years of his life?
a.

University teaching
b.

Government work
c.

Translating

1

d.

Lecturing
Passage 2
There are two main kinds of sloth, the two-toed and the three-toed. Of these, the three-toed
is
considerably
the
more
slothful.
It
hangs
upside
down
from
a
branch
suspended by
hook-like
claws at the ends of its long bony arms. It feeds on only one kind of leaf, Cecropia, which happily
for the sloth grows in quantity and is easily found. No predators attack the sloth----few indeed can
even reach it----and nothing competes with it for the Ceropia. Lulled by this security, it has sunk
into an existence that is only just short of complete torpor. It spends eighteen out of twenty-four
hours soundly asleep. It pays such little attention to its personal hygiene that green algae grow on
its
coarse
hair
and
communities
of
a
parasitic
moth
live
in
the
depths
of
its
coat
producing
caterpillars
which
graze
on
its
mouldy
hair.
Its
muscles
are
such
that
it
is
quite
incapable
of
moving at a speed of over a kilometer an hour even over the shortest
distances and the swiftest
movement it can make is a sweep of its hooked arm. It is virtually dumb and its hearing is so poor
that you can let off a gun within inches of it and its only response will be to turn slowly and blink.
Even its sense of smell, though it is better than ours, is very
much less acute
than that of most
mammals. And it sleeps and feeds entirely alone.
1.


The purpose of the passage is to
a.

compare the two-toed and the three-toed sloths
b.

explain the parasitic relation of a type of moth to the sloth
c.

describe the behavior of the three-toed sloth
d.

condemn the way the sloth takes care of itself
2.

It can be inferred from the passage that the sloth uses its hooked claws mainly to
a.

hang on tree branches
b.

clean its coat
c.

catch prey
d.

swing from one place to another
3.

What does the sloth eat?
a.

Caterpillars
b.

Cecropia
c.

Moths
d.

Algae
4.

How does the sloth spend most of its time?
a.

Eating
b.

Sleeping
c.

Grooming itself
d.

Finding food
5.

It can be inferred from the passage that if a person makes a loud noise near a sloth, the sloth
will
a.

attack the person
b.

run away as fast as it can
c.

show little response
d.

become deaf
6.

The author
’
s discussion of the sloth focuses primarily on the animal
’
s
a.

solitary nature

2

b.

physical handicaps
c.

diet
d.

inactivity
Passage 3
The
Montessori
method
of
educating
children
is
guided
by
perhaps
a
half-dozen
major
principles
of
education. The
first
affirms
the
biological
programming
of
child
development,
the
child
’
s
capacity
for
self- realization,
for
“
auto- education.
”

The
second
calls
for
“
scientific
pedagogy
”
, a science of childhood based on observation. The third demands a natural environment
in
which
self-development
can
be
expressed
and
observed.
Montessori
believed
that
the
school
could be made into such an environment, thus becoming a laboratory for scientific pedagogy. This
environment
should
be
determined
scientifically.
In
order
to
expand,
children,
left
at
liberty
to
exercise their activities, ought to find in their surroundings something organized in direct relation
to the children
’
s internal organization. All of these principles imply
the next, which Montessori
calls the
“
biological concept of liberty in pedagogy
”
; the child must be free to act spontaneously
and to interact with the prepared environment. The entire program is concerned with the individual
child; the spontaneity, the observation, the freedom are always those of the individual. Finally, the
modus operandi of the method is sensory training.
1.

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
a.

Principles of the Montessori Method
b.

Modern Principles of Education
c.

Results of the Montessori Method
d.

Stages of Child Development
2.
In
line
5,
the
phrase
“
such
an
environment
”

refers
to
which
of
the
following
kinds
of
environment?
a. Biological, accompanied by specimens
b. Scientific, accompanied by experiments
c. Pedagogical, in which ideology prevails
d. Natural, in which self-expression prevails
3. According to the passage, the Montessori method focuses on
a. the individual child
b. pairs of children
c. small groups of children
d. large groups of children
4. It can be inferred from the passage that the Montessori method was named after a
a. school
b. town
c. person
d. book
5. What of the following would NOT be advocated by the Montessori method?
a. Tightly controlling children
’
s group activities
b. Carefully teaching children to listen and observe
c. Permitting children to work at their own pace
d. Allowing children to speak out at will during classes


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