When I was small, my mother and I would walk to our local library in Franklin Square. As we didn’t always have access to a reliable car, walking hand in hand was the most convenient way to get anywhere. It was at story time for children that both my mother and I made lasting friendships.
Today, I am fortunate to live around the corner from the Cold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and a short walk to the Sea Cliff Children’s Library. My 8-month-old son, Colin, and I find ourselves in Sea Cliff several times a week, meeting and making friends. Well, that is what many people don’t understand—a library is more than books; it’s a community.
Sure, the library in Franklin Square was the place where I was introduced to Judy Blume novels. But it was also the place where I got my first email address in 1997. At the library, friends and I learned how to research colleges and search for scholarships on the Internet. The library was the place where we sometimes giggled (咯咯笑) too loudly, and where the librarians knew us by name. Their knowing our names wasn’t a bad thing. When I came home from my first term at Binghamton University, Mary LaRosa, the librarian at the Franklin Square library, offered me my first teaching job.
I now teach reading at Nassau Community College. My students are often amazed that they can check out books via their smartphones and virtually (虚拟地) visit a variety of Long Island libraries. The app used by Nassau and Suffolk county public libraries, as well as the college library, makes their homework easier by helping them find resources. Even though they can’t always easily visit their local libraries, the library is always with them. 34. Why does the author consider herself lucky today? A. She can walk with her mother hand in hand. B. She has access to a reliable car now. C. She can giggle loudly at the library. D. She lives close to libraries.
35. The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to . A. socializing in a library B. reading books in a library
C. visiting a library with family members D. building parent-child friendship in a library
36. What is the author’s attitude to her students’ way of visiting libraries? A. Sympathetic.
B. Favorable.
C. Sceptical.
D. Disapproving.
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A. recall the days of childhood in the libraries B. discuss the differences of the libraries C. explain the changes of the libraries D. express her love for libraries
C
In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass tomb. The bodies weren’t human. They were feline—ancient cats that had been mummified and buried in holes in astonishing numbers. “Not one or two here and there”, reported English Illustrated Magazine, “but dozens, hundreds, hundreds of thousands, a layer of them, a layer thicker than most coal joints, ten to twenty cats deep.” Some of the linen-wrapped cats still looked presentable, and a few even had golden faces. Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change; the rest were sold as fertilizer (肥料). One ship transported about 180,000, weighing some 38, 000 pounds, to Liverpool to be spread on the fields of England.
Those were the days of generously funded (资助的) explorations—that dragged through acres of desert in their quest for royal tombs, and for splendid gold and painted masks to decorate the museums of Europe and America. The many thousands of mummified animals that turned up at religious sites throughout Egypt were just things to be cleared away to get treasure. Few people studied them, and their importance was generally unrecognized.
In the century since then, archaeology (考古学) has become less of a treasure hunt and more of a science. Archaeologists now realize that much of their sites’ wealth lies in the majority of details about ordinary folks—what they did, what they thought, how they prayed. And animal mummies are a big part of that.
“They’re really displays of daily life,” says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. After looking beneath bandages with x-rays and cataloguing her findings, she created a gallery for the collection—a bridge between people today and those of long ago. “You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King So-and-So had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000-plus years, the ancient Egyptians become clearer and closer to us.” 38. The underlined word “peddled” in Paragraph 1 probably means . A. examined
B. displayed
C. replaced
D. shared
39. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. Treasure hunting explorations.
B. Egyptian Royal tombs in desert.
C. Mummified animals in museums. D. Big archaeological discoveries.
40. From the last paragraph, we can learn that Salima Ikram . A. wishes to keep the continuity of pets over history
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B. wants to identify the King’s personal belongings and classify them C. believes that studying the remains can help modern society relate to the past D. doubts if current society will understand the significance of Egyptian remains 41. The passage probably encourages the readers to . A. make full use of the remains the ancestors left behind B. become more sensitive to the ancient lifestyle of the ancestors
C. pay more attention to the historical and cultural value of ancient remains D. understand there are more the historical remains waiting for explorations
D
What do we mean by responsibility? To put it simply, it is a duty to consider the consequences of our actions. In other words, we have a duty to control our behaviour.
When we are children, we have few responsibilities. Our parents look after us and we generally don’t have to worry about food or shelter. As we grow up, we gradually need to be responsible for more and more things. We learn how to run our own baths, make our own decisions, and realize that we have moral duties. As adults, we are responsible for all aspects of our lives. If there are any problems, we have to handle them ourselves.
We also have responsibilities that go beyond ourselves. Parents have the responsibility to look after their children, ensuring that they have a stable upbringing. Beyond the family, people have a responsibility towards the community as a whole. It is in fact up to us as a society to make this world a safe and pleasant place for everyone.
When we fail in our responsibilities, the consequences are most serious. Teenagers who abandon their studies might ruin their own lives. It is even more horrible to hear about parents who, by not caring for their own children properly, are putting them in danger. Likewise, by not following the traffic rules, careless drivers kill more than a million people around the world every year. Certain professions in our society, such as police officers, exist to protect the public, and the people who do these jobs often risk their own lives in order to do their duty. However, their efforts depend on the support of ordinary people. If we ignore our own responsibilities, society will become dangerous. On a global level, our entire human civilization may be heading towards disaster unless we work together to save our environment.
Furthermore, whether we are shouldering heavy responsibilities, like doctors or lots, or simply taking
responsibility for our own learning as students, we will always be judged on how well we perform our duties. For this reason, the hardest part of acting responsibly is admitting that we failed or that we made a mistake. Let’s say you visit your friend’s house and accidentally damage an expensive teapot while your friend is in another room. The honest thing to do is of course to admit your fault and apologize. Because this requires courage, some people take another route: they pretend that nothing happened. Perhaps a broken teapot might not be such a big deal, but in any given
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situation, we can choose to act responsibly, and it is somewhat through this choice that we decide what our lives are going to be like.
To summarize, responsibilities are an essential part of life since our actions have consequences. Responsibilities aren’t fun, but we can make the burden lighter by sharing them. If everyone considered how their actions would affect themselves and other people, the world would be a better place. 42. The passage tells us that . A. children have no responsibilities
B. adults often risk their own lives in order to do their duty C. our responsible actions would make the world a better place
D. responsibilities aren’t fun unless we can make the burden lighter by sharing them 43. According to the author, the hardest part of taking responsibility is . A. to control our behaviour
B. to handle problems ourselves D. to admit our fault and apologize
C. to affect ourselves and other people
44. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Consequence of Responsibility C. Essential Part of Responsibility
B. Significance of Responsibility D. Development of Responsibility
45. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
P: Point
Sp: Sub-point (次要点)
C: Conclusion
I: Introduction
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