湖南省师大附中2014届高三上学期第一次月考英语试题答案(4)

Night Shyamalan and featuring one of the stars of Sundog Millionaire, Dev Patel．In the Indian immunity,
I've become pretty well known．
In this business, there is no greater thrill than thinking of a joke in the shower that makes you laugh out loud, practicing it for a small audience, and then performing it in a theater of 2,000 people-and bringing the house down．Getting laid off was the best thing that has ever happened to me．（ From Reader's Digest ）
56．What is the text mainly about?
A．The author's experience after being laid off．
B．The greatest excitement in the author's life．
C．The funniest thing the author has experienced．
D．The author's experience at Intel Corporation．
57．What was the author's first response to the fact that he was laid off?
A．He felt amused．                      B．He felt relaxed．
C．He was．excited．                      D．He felt worried．
58．The underlined word "instinct" in the fourth paragraph probably means____．
A．achievement                             B．potential
C．imagination                             D．curiosity
62．Which of the following is TRUE about baby giant pandas?
A．At birth, they are as small as a human hand．
B．They are born with a full coat of fur．                 
C．The mother and rather raise the baby giant pandas together．
D．They learn to look for bamboo as soon as they are born．


63．In winter, giant pandas ______．
A．don’t have to eat anything               B．change their lifestyle completely
C．prefer to give birth to their babies        D．needn’t sleep day and night  
64．It can be inferred from the passage that ____．           
A．people who like history might enjoy watching Giant Pandas
B．the team members were excited when they found the giant panda waste
C．the program Giant Pandas provides all information about giant pandas
D．the Qinling Mountains are a natural link between the east and west of China    
65．What's the best title for （he passage?
A．Giant Pandas and the Camera Group’s Work on Giant Pandas
B．How to Protect Giant Pandas
C．Qinling Mountains: Giant Pandas^ Natural Habitat
D．The Mfestyle of Giant Pandas
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Is early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning
through playing to develop the child's physical, sensory, communicational and social development．Early
childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally
trained before they-are old enough for kindergarten．
There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education．Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life．Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or g& to jail．
There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early．Time Magazine online explains that the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．n I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school．Yet patents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better life he or she will have, so they Dash to start children earlier．
Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a "false start", as the gains are lost in middle and high school years．It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life's success than early education．Head programs have not achieved its original goal m dosing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children．Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap．
66．The purpose of the government valuing the teary childhood education is
A．to develop the children^ communication
B．to give orphaned children good care and education
C．to get the children prepared for the kindergarten
D．to train the children formally and regularly
67．According to the studies, which of the following is TRUE?
A．Children with good early education* may have a good life．
B．The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life．
C．Children without early education can do well at school．
D．Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children．



68．"．．．the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．" suggests that_____．
A．the early childhood education is helpless to the child’s grade
B．it is good for the young children to receive early education
C．the early education can help the children follow the grade
D．the younger the children are, the more clever they will be