外研社杯·国才杯·2017年阅读大赛初赛第一场Questions1-3(Suggested completion time:3minutes)
Directions:Read the following quotes.Match the quotes with the people.Plea note there are two extra options you do not need
A.Winston Churchill
B.Stephen Hawking
C.Aristotle
D.Benjamin Franklin
E.Hendrik van Loon 1.At twenty years of age,the will reigns;at thirty,the wit;and at forty,the judgment.
2.I have nothing to offer but blood,toil,tears,and sweat.
3.History is the mighty Tower of Experience,which Time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages.
Question4(Suggested completion time:2minutes)
Directions:Read the text and answer the question according to the text.
Effective naps aren’t just shorter bouts of deep,nighttime sleep;they’re lighter rest periods for the brain.“You don’t want to nap too long becau you start getting into deeper stages of sleep,and when you wake up from tho naps,you feel tired and horrible and cranky,”says Grandner,who’s an assistant professor of psychiatry,psychology and medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.For Strutner,a25-year-old Huffington Post editor,just20minutes did the trick.Afterward,she says,“it’s like a whole new day.”
4.What is the best title for this text?
A)Naps Make You Refreshed B)To Nap or Not C)Nap Briefly D)Long Naps Are Exhausting
Question5(Suggested completion time:2minutes)
Directions:Read the following book reviews and answer the question.
“The Elements is a loving reimagination of the classic table.”—Wired
“Gray’s trademark dry wit and historical anecdotes bring even the most basic lumps to life.”—Popular Science
“A great mix of science and art.”—Discover
“The Elements is a photographic tour de force of items from Theo Gray’s personal collection of element samples.If he were to put on a muum show or do a PBS ries,this would be the companion book.”—Gavin Scott
“Awesome book!Lots of neat facts to read and lots of photos to help with memorization!And the mini poster of the periodic table is a helpful visual tool!”—T.M.
“I don’t know if this is the first coffee-table book paying lush photographic homage to the periodic table,but it is certainly the most gorgeous one I’ve en.”—John Tierney,The New York Times
5.What is this book about?
A)Cookery.B)Architecture.C)Painting.D)Chemistry.
Question6(Suggested completion time:2minutes)
Directions:Read the text and answer the question according to the text.
“We have to think about hibernation and torpor as a continuum rather than discrete things,”agrees Frank van Breukelen.He’s a biologist at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
To scientists like him,torpor and hibernation all start with metabolism.As animals slow their metabolism,body temperatures will drop.Slowing metabolism a little and for just a brief period produces slow-wave sleep.Slow it more and longer and it becomes torpor.Slow it dramatically for prolonged periods and you get hibernation.
什么是投资回报率The idea of such a hibernation continuum places all mammals on one continuous line.At one end are animals that never go torpid.People fit into this group.At the other end are bears, bats and other animals that may hibernate for months straight.
6.The word metabolism is clost in meaning to_________.
A)the rhythmic movement of the body in accordance with the environment C)synthesis of chemical compounds with the aid of radiant energy and especially light
B)the chemical process occurring within a living cell or organism that are necessary
D)the different stages of sleep that overall determine one’s sleep quality安乐死
for the maintenance of life
Question7(Suggested completion time:2minutes)
Directions:Read the text and answer the question according to the text.
In public education,the District of Columbia may be the nation’s most interesting laboratory.It is the only city with two public school systems of roughly equal size,each with a different governance model.The results of this competition have profound implications for the future of public education nationwide.
The older of the two,the District of Columbia Public Schools,us the“______”governance model that emerged more than a century ago,in which the district operates all but one of its 113schools and employs all the staff,with central control and most policies applied equally to most schools.
7.Which word may probably appear in the blank?
A)comprehensive B)unified C)flexible D)advanced
Question8(Suggested completion time:2minutes)
Directions:Read the text and answer the question according to the text.
Despite entering the fight as an out-of-sight underdog at+425against the only eight-division champion in the sport’s history,Horn surprid most fans by making it through all12 rounds against Pacquiao—and then shocked everyone minutes later by being declared the winner.Horn landed far fewer punches than his favoured opponent,93to Pacquiao’s183,but the judges emed to reward him for the aggressiveness he showed from the outt of round one.
拉杆旅行箱In no way overwhelmed by the biggest bout of his career in front of50,000-plus fans at Suncorp Stadium,Horn kept trying to land heavy punches on Pacquiao throughout the match. Despite that,it was Horn who was in rious danger of being declared the lor after a round nine bludgeoning that prompted referee Mark Nelson to tell the Australian’s corner that he was prepared to stop the fight if Horn didn’t show him something in round10.
8.Which sport does the text describe?电商学习
A)Boxing B)Fencing C)Wrestling D)Shooting
Question9(Suggested completion time:2minutes)
荆门龙泉中学Directions:Read the following jokes and answer the question.
9.Which of the following jokes is different from the other three?
A)When a woman complained to her butcher that his sausage tasted like meat at one end,but like bread at the other,he replied,“Madam,in the times like the,no butcher can make both ends meat.”C)A couple was having a discussion about family finances.Finally the husband exploded,“If it weren’t for my money,the hou wouldn’t be here!”The wife replied,“My dear,if it weren’t for your money I wouldn’t be here.”
B)Why do elephants have trunks?Becau they can’t fit everything into a handbag.
D)Almost all the students are talking in the class.The teacher said angrily:“Students,
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ORDER!”All the students said:“BEER!”
Question10(Suggested completion time:5minutes)
Directions:The figure shows the employment rates of20-to24-year-olds in the U.S.,by x and educational attainment in2016.Answer the question according to the information in the
figure.
10.Which of the following is an INCORRECT description about the figure?
A)For females,the employment rate without completing high school is more than two times lower compared
with the rate for tho with a bachelor’s or higher degree.
B)The difference between the employment rates for females and males becomes larger with the increa in
educational attainment.
C)Among young adults,employment rates are higher for males than for females at each level of educational
attainment.
D)The employment rate is higher for young adults with higher levels of educational attainment than for tho
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with lower levels of educational attainment.
Question11(Suggested completion time:5minutes)
Directions:Read the definition of the following logical fallacy,and answer the question according to the definition.
Slippery Slope
A slippery slope argument attempts to discredit a proposition by arguing that its acceptance will undoubtedly lead to a quence of events,one or more of which are undesirable.Although the quence of events may be possible(each transition occurring with some probability),this type of argument assumes that every transition is inevitable while providing no evidence in support of that.This fallacy plays on the fears of an audience and is related to a number of other fallacies,such as the appeal to fear,fal dilemma,and the argument from conquences.
11.Which of the following provides a typical example of slippery slope ?
A)Medical student:“No one objects to a physician looking up a difficult ca in
medical books.Why,then,shouldn’t students taking a difficult examination be
permitted to u their textbooks?”
C)Most of my friends say they stopped thinking about philosophy the minute they
got through the mester,so I know this class is worthless.
B)Today late for ten minutes,tomorrow late for an hour,and then someday you will simply cea to show up.
D)Happiness is the highest good for a human being,since all other values are inferior to it.Question 12(Suggested completion time:5minutes)
Directions:Look at the following picture and then answer the question.
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12.Which of the following logical fallacies does the picture illustrate?
A)No True Scotsman :an argument coming up after someone has made a general claim about a group of things and then been prented with evidence challenging that claim
B)Hasty Generalization :a fallacy committed when one forms a conclusion from a sample that is either too small or too special to be reprentative
C)Guilt by Association :a fallacy ud to discredit an argument for proposing an idea that is shared by some socially demonized individual or group
D)Fal Dilemma :an argument that prents a limited t of two possible categories and assumes that everything in the scope of the discussion must be an element of that t Questions 13-14Challenge your brain.(Suggested completion time:5minutes)Question 13
Directions:The following brain tears are to sharpen brains.Your goal is to find a third word that is connected or associated with the two words given.For example:LOCK –PIANO
key
