When I started riding a bike a couple of years ago, I didn't think my involvement would ever be more serious than the occasional short ride. But as I built strength, my friends 1 me to step up my training and try some longer trips. The first one to come along was a 150-mile trip, the MS-150, an annual 2 that raises money to fight Aids.
When I registered, the idea seemed fantastic---support a worthy cause while going for the distance---and I trained with 3 . However, as the time for the ride approached, my self-doubts 4 beyond my endurance(忍耐). I 5 wanted to raise money for the charity, but I didn't really want to bike all those miles for two days straight.
The ride began on a beautiful Sunday morning in the Georgia countryside, and for the first few hours I felt 6 .This was just the experience I had 7 , and my spirits were high. 8 by the end of the day, I felt tired out.
If the body is 9 to the mind, here was evidence. Every 10 my brain pushed out seemed to travel right down to my legs. "I can't handle this" became a leg cramp (抽筋) , and "everyone else is a better rider" translated into 11 of breath. I was sure I'd have to 12 .
As I topped the crest (頂)of a hill, the beautiful sunset kept me going for a few minutes more. Then in the distance, I saw a lone woman riding very slowly 13 the bright red sun. I 14 that the person looked different in some way, but I couldn't tell why. So I pushed myself to 15 . There she was, riding along slowly but 16 , with a slight and determined smile on her face and she had only one leg.
My focus changed in that instant. For a whole day I'd been 17 my body. But now I knew it wasn't the body, but the 18 that would help me reach my goal.
It rained all the second day. I never saw the one-legged biker again, but I pushed on without 19 , knowing she was out there with me somewhere. And at the end of the day, still feeling 20 , I completed the 150-mile trip.
1. A. encouraged B. forbade C. forced D. warned
2. A. accident B. event C. incident D. affair
3. A. care B. ease C. enthusiasm D. difficulty
4. A. achieved B. gained C. progressed D. advanced
5. A. still B. even C. rather D. then
6. A. nervous B. disappointed C. wonderful D. refreshed
7. A. assumed B. appreciated C. admired D. imagined
8. A. But B. Therefore C. Meanwhile D. Moreover
9. A. opposite B. connected C. exposed D. equal
10. A. cause B. reason C. excuse D. effect
11. A. holding B. saving C. catching D. shortness
12. A. quit B. continue C. insist D. fade
13. A. on B. against C. down D. over
14. A. observed B. watched C. noticed D. overlooked
15. A. put up B. look up C. catch up D. take up
16. A. steadily B. abruptly C. closely D. narrowly
17. A. trusting B. doubting C. cheating D. fighting
18. A. strength B. honesty C. will D. power
19. A. struggling B. arguing C. negotiating D. complaining
20. A. strong B. weak C. healthy D. spiritless
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When Suzanne Kail, an English teacher at a public high school in Magnolia, Ohio, was told that she would be required to teach her students Latin and Greek word roots, she rolled her eyes. Kail believed in a progressive approach to education, in which active participation in meaningful learning was the most important. In an account of her experience in the English Journal, she wrote, “asking students to do rote memorization (機(jī)械記憶) was the opposite of what I believed in most.” Still, her department head insisted on it. She was sure her students wouldn’t like it, either.
Kail was surprised — as was anyone who took a look at the recent studies supporting the effectiveness of “old school” methods like memorizing math facts, reading aloud, practicing handwriting and so on. While the education world is all excited about so-called 21st-century skills like cooperation, problem solving and critical thinking, this research suggests that we might do well to add a strong dose (一劑) of the 19th century to our children’s schooling.
As soon as Kail began teaching her students the Greek and Latin origins of many English terms — that the root “sta” means “put in place or stand”, for example, and that “cess” means “to move or withdraw”— they eagerly began recognizing familiar words including the roots, like “statue” and “recess”. Kail’s students started using these terms in their writing, and many of them told her that their study of word roots helped them answer questions on the SAT and on Ohio’s state graduation exam. For her part, Kail reported that she no longer saw rote memorization as “evil”.
That’s also true of another old-fashioned method drilling math facts, like the multiplication table (乘法表). Although many progressive educators speak ill of what they call “drill and kill” (kill students’ love for learning, that is), rapid mental retrieval (檢索) of basic facts is required for doing more complex and more interesting kinds of math. The only way to achieve this, so far as anyone has been able to determine, is to practice and practice. Indeed, many experts have observed the wide gap between the math scores of American and Chinese students on international tests. Asian schools focus heavily on math facts. Failure to do so can effectively close off the higher realms (范圍) of mathematics — a study found that most errors made by students working on complex math problems were due to a lack of automaticity (自動性) in basic math facts.
60. What did Suzanne Kail think was the most important in learning at first?
A. Memorizing math facts. B. Problem solving ability.
C. Students’ active participation D Studying word roots...
61. How does the study of word roots benefit students?
A. It helps students build a large vocabulary more easily.
B. It provides students with motivation for rote memorization.
C. It helps students break up their conventional thinking.
D. It gives students more knowledge about Greek and Latin.
62. Why is there a gap between the math scores of American and Chinese students?
A. Because American students’ love for learning has been killed.
B. Because American students are not very familiar with basic math facts.
C. Because Chinese students have a higher math level than American students.
D. Because Chinese students are becoming more creative than American students.
63. The author might NOT approve of .
A. using rote memorization B. abandoning 21st-century methods
C. practicing handwriting D. remembering basic math facts repeatedly
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