篇一：雅思作文经典范文part 1(重点学习词汇编注版)
Any form of education other than co-education is simply
unthinkable.
Imagine being asked to spend twelve or so years of your life in a society which consisted only of members of your own sex. How would you react? Unless there was something definitely wrong with you, you wouldn’t be too happy about it, to say the least. It is all the more surprising therefore that so many parents in the world choose to impose such abnormal (异常的)conditions on their children – conditions which they themselves wouldn’t put up with for one minute!
Any discussion of this topic is bound to (势必) question the aims of education. Stuffing (塞) children’s heads full of knowledge is far from (远远不) being foremost among them
[them指the aims of education]. One of the chief aims of education is to equip future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for (=unable to avoid; sure to get) a shock.
A co-educational school offers children nothing less than (完全；简直) a true version of society in miniature. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of (in the matter of; on the subject of; especially about; about 在…方面；特别是；关于) academic ability, athletic achievement and many of the extracurricular activities which are part of school life. What a practical advantage it is (to give just a small example) to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls! What nonsense co-education makes of the argument that boys are cleverer than girls or vice-versa. (男女同学制使男孩比女孩聪明或女孩比男孩聪明的论点显得多么的不合理) When segregated, boys and girls are made to feel that they are a race apart. Rivalry between the sexes is fostered. In a co-educational school, everything falls into its proper place.
But perhaps the greatest contribution of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. Boys don’t grow up believing that women are mysterious creatures – airy goddesses, more like book-illustrations to a fairy-tale (童话), than human beings. Girls don’t grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together at school dispel illusions (错觉) of this kind. There are no goddesses with freckles (雀斑), pigtails (辫子), piercing voices and inky fingers (沾了墨水的手指). There are no romantic heroes with knobbly knees, dirty fingernails and unkempt hair (乱蓬蓬的头发). The awkward stage (阶段) of adolescence brings into sharp focus (聚焦) some of the physical and emotional problems involved in growing up. These can better be overcome in a co-educational environment. Segregated schools sometimes provide the right conditions for sexual deviation (性变态). This [指sexual deviation] is hardly possible under a co-educational system. When the time comes for the pupils to leave school, they are
fully prepared to enter society as well-educated adults. They have already had years of experience in coping with many of the problems that face men and women.
篇二：2012年MBA英语阅读练习题附答案
2012年MBA英语阅读练习题附答案（五）
Tests conducted at the University of Pennsylvania’s Psycho1ical Laboratory showed that anger is one of the most difficult Emotions to find out from facial expressions. Professor Dallas E. Buzby confronted 716 students with pictures of extreme1y angry persons， and asked them to identify the emotion from the facial expression。 Only two percent made correct judgments. Anger was most frequently judged as“pleased”.
And a typical reaction of a student confronted with the picture of a man who was mad was to classify his expression as either ‘bewildered’，‘quizzical’，or simply‘amazed’．Other studies showed that it is extremely difficult to tell whether a man is angry or not just by looking at his face. The investigators found further that women are better at finding out anger from facia1 expressions than men are. Paradoxically，they found that psychological training does not improve one’s ability to judge a man’s emotions by his expressions but actually hinders it． For in the university tests， the more courses the student had taken in psychology， the poorer judgment score he turned in.
1．The information in this passage centers around___________.
A. the re1ation between anger and other emotions
B. the differences between men and women with respect to emotion
C. the influence of psychology on human emotions
D. the discovery of anger from facial expressions
2．when tested， students with psychological training_________.
A. marked less than two percent of their possible choices correctly
B. did better than the average student in the group
C. seemed less able to judge correctly than the average student
D. performed in a manner not specified in the passage
3．To achieve the greatest success in finding out anger from facial expressions，it would be best to__________.
A. use adults rather than students as judges
B. ask women who do not study psychology to judge it
C. ask men rather than women to judge it
D. be satisfied with a two percent success，if such a percentage is guaranteed4．The last two sentences in the second paragraph show that__________.A. such training has not resulted in better scoresB. we have really achieved the anticipated resultsC. the judgment is similar to what we have expectedD.we can expect such training to have the effect stated
参考答案：DCBA Imagining being asked to spend twelve or so years of your life in a society which consisted only of members of own sex. How would you react? Unless there was something definitely wrong with you, you wouldn’t be too happy about it, to say the least. It is all the more surprising therefore that so many parents in the world choose to impose such abnormal conditions on their children – conditions which they themselves wouldn’t put up with for one minute!
Any discussion of this topic is bound to question the aims of education. Stuffing children’s heads full of knowledge is far from being foremost among them. One of the chief aims of educations is to equip future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock.
A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in miniature. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of academic ability, athletic achievement and many of the extra-curricular activities which are part of school life. What a practical advantage it is ( to give just a small example ) to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls! What nonsense co-education makes of the argument that boys are cleverer than girl or vice-versa. When segregated, boys and girls are made to feel that they are a race apart. Rivalry between the sexes is fostered. In a coeducational school, everything falls into its proper place.
But perhaps the greatest contribution of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. Boys don’t grow up believing that women are mysterious creatures – airy goddesses, more like book-illustrations to a fairy-tale, than human beings. Girls don’t grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together at school dispel illusions of this kind. There are no goddesses with freckles, pigtails, piercing voices and inky fingers. There are no romantic heroes with knobbly knees, dirty fingernails and unkempt hair. The awkward stage of adolescence brings into sharp focus some of the physical and emotional problems involved in growing up. These can better be overcome in a co-educational environment. Segregated schools sometimes provide the right conditi
ons for sexual deviation. This is hardly possible under a co-educational system. When the time comes for the pupils to leave school, they are fully prepared to enter society as well-adjusted adults. They have already had years of experience in coping with many of the problems that face men and women.
1. What is the best title for this passage?
[A] only co-education can be in harmony with society.
[B] people are in great need of co-education.
[C] any form of education other than co-education is simply unthinkable.
[D] co-education has many features.
2. what does co-education offer to children?
[A] A society.
[B] A true small model of society.
[C] A real life.
[D] True version of social condition.
3. According to the passage, what is one of the chief aims of education?
[A] It is for students to acquire knowledge.
[B] It is to equip future citizens with scientific technology.
[C] It is to equip future citizens with what is required in getting a position in society.
[D] It is for students to get academic achievements.
4.Why do boys and girls in co-education have no illusion about each other?
[A] They live together and know each other too well.
[B] Years of living together at school dismiss such illusion.
[C] co-education encourage them to have an healthy attitude toward life.
[D] They are familiar with each other’s problems.
篇三：第七课补充练习(供部分同学补做)
IV. Reading Comprehension
Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Passage 1
This was the challenge Kristin Casper faced when she learned that San Francisco voters would decide on two solar power propositions (提案) last November. This probably meant to Casper, who is a Greenpeace clean-energy organizer, that they were lacking the support they’d need to pass. But she also believed that California, still in its crippling energy crisis, was ripe for solar.
So Casper got help, employing five students from Green Corps, a Boston-based field school for environmental campaign organizers. By the end of their second month, Casper’s group had assured the victory of both solar propositions. Proposition B, which won 73 percent of the vote, allows the city to issue $100 million in revenue bonds (债券) to create active-solar facilities for city agencies, without imposing new taxes on its citizens. It opens the potential for San Francisco to nearly double its capacity of power generation. Proposition H allows the city to carry out future clean-energy projects without a citywide vote each time.
How did they manage this?
“First off,” says Casper, “the five organizers were fresh out of school and full of energy. Second, we focused on city districts we knew would turn out to vote in favor if informed.” They also targeted religious groups, which, in recent years, have increasingly shown a sense of responsibility for protecting the Earth, she says.
Third, they just worked hard. They planned the campaign over breakfast at 7:00 a.m. and then worked until 10 P.M., distributing 300,000 leaflets (小册子), posting 1,500 signs, calling 50,000 voters, and gaining new support. In the end, more than 200 volunteers got involved.
They impressed more than San Francisco’s voters. Casper says officials of other cities, including Boulder, Colorado, have approached them for guidance, and they’re happy to help. “We hope to get San Diego to be the next solar city in California,” she says.
21. “This probably meant to Casper, who is a Greenpeace clean-energy organizer, that
they were lacking the support they’d need to pass.” (Para.1) Here, “they” refer to B________.
A. San Francisco voters
B. Greenpeace clean-energy organizers
C. two solar power propositions
D. students from Green Corps
22. To Casper’s mind, California was ____C____.
A. not fit for the solar power project
B. deeply involved in energy crisis
C. ready for the solar power project
D. crippled by the financial problems
23. Proposition B ____C____.
A. allowed the city to carry out each clean-energy project without a vote
B. allowed San Francisco to impose new taxes on its citizens
C. doubled the entire country’s capacity of power generation
D. eased the city’s financial burden in the form of $100 million revenue bonds
24. Casper’s group focused their efforts on ___A_____.
A. city districts they thought would be most likely to vote in favor if informed
B. the five energetic organizers fresh out of school
C. religious groups showing great responsibility for environment
D. leaflets distribution and telephone calls
25. Which city is in line to be the next solar city in California? B
A. Boulder.
B. San Diego.
C. Colorado.
D. San Francisco.
Passage 2
One of the chief functions of education is to equip future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society. Now adult society is made up of men and
women, so how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for it? Anyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock.
A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in miniature (缩影). Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years. They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of academic ability, athletic achievement and many of the extracurricular (课外的) activities which are part of school life. What a practical advantage it is to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls!
But perhaps the greatest contribution of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages. Boys don’t grow up believing that women are mysterious creatures—airy (空想的) goddesses, more like book-illustrations to a fairy tale, than human beings. Girls don’t grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes. Years of living together at school dismiss such illusions. The awkward stage of adolescence (青春期) brings into sharp focus some of the physical and emotional problems involved in growing up. These can better be overcome in a co-educational environment. When the time comes for the pupils to leave school, they are fully prepared to enter society as well-adjusted adults. They have already had years of experience in coping with many of the problems that face men and women.
26. What is the best title for this passage? A
A. Co-education Can Be in Harmony with Society.
B. People Are in Great Need of Co-education.
C. Any Form of Education Other Than Co-education Is Simply Unthinkable.
D. Co-education Has Many Features.
27. What does co-education offer to children?B
A. A society.
B. A true small model of society.
C. A real life.
D. True version of social condition.
28. What does the word “segregated” (Para. 1) probably mean?D
A. Closed.
B. Separated by race.
C. All boys or all girls.
D. Isolated.
29. According to the passage, what is one of the chief aims of education?
C
A. It is for students to acquire knowledge.
B. It is to equip future citizens with the necessary skills to use scientific technology.
C. It is to equip future citizens with what is required to relate well to others in society.
D. It is to allow students to perform well academically.
30. Why don’t boys and girls in co-education have illusions about each other? C
A. They live together and know each other too well.
B. Years of living together at school dismiss such illusions.
C. Co-education encourages them to have a healthy attitude towards life.
D. They are familiar with each other’s problems.
VII. Translation from Chinese into English
Directions: Translate the following Chinese into English, using the expressions (or following the instructions) given in the brackets.
51. 我们所需要的正是一场新的产业革命。(nothing less than)
What we need is nonthing less than a new industrial revolution.
52. 事实上政府是给富人减了税，而给穷人加了税。(in effect)
In effect, the government cut the tax for the rich to the poor.
53. 他们的梦想就是一个没有种族偏见的更加平等的社会。(nothing less than)
All they want is nothing less than a society without racial prejudice.
54. 这些妇女不光是教书或做护士工作，她们已经逐渐更多地参与决策过程。(more
than)
These woman is doing more than teaching or nursing job, they have been participate
in decision process.
55. 至今癌症仍然是最危险的病症之一，很难治愈。(to date)
Cancer is one of the most dangerous diseases to date, and it’s difficult to cure.
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