People appear to be born to calculate. The numerical skills of children develop so early that it is easy to imagine an internal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth. Not long after learning to walk and talk, they can set the table with impressive accuracy―one plate, one knife, one spoon, one fork for each of the five chairs. Soon they are capable of noting that they have placed five knives, spoons and forks on the table, and a bit later, that this amounts to fifteen pieces of silverware. Having thus mastered addition, some people expect that if a child were on a desert island at birth and brought back seven years later, he or she could enter a second-grade mathematics class without any serious problems of intellectual adjustment.  

Of course, the truth is not so simple. This century, the work of psychologists has cast light on the unnoticeable forms of daily learning on which intellectual progress depends. Children were observed as they slowly grasped―or, as the case might be, came across―concepts that adults take for granted, as they refused, for instance, to admit that quantity is unchanged as water pours from a short thick glass into a tall thin one. Psychologists have since proved that young children, asked to count the pencils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be persuaded into finding the total. Such studies have suggested that the most basic parts of mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort. They have also suggested that the very concept of abstract numbers―the idea of a oneness, a twoness, a threeness that applies to any class of object and is a prerequisite （先決條件） for doing anything more mathematically demanding than setting a table―is itself far from natural born.  

 

72. What does the passage mainly discuss?  

A. The development of mathematical ability in children.  

B. Tendency in teaching children mathematics.  

C. The use of calculating in child psychology.  

D. The basic concepts of mathematics that children must learn.  

73. From the passage we can know that children _____.  

A. have an internal clock of mathematical maturity guiding their growth.  

B. begin to master simple counting soon after they learn to walk and talk.  

C. are born with numerical skills.  

D. can not understand abstract numbers.  

74. In this passage the author’s attitude towards “children numerical skills” is _____.  

A. critical             B. approving                C. questioning        D. objective  

75. Which of the following statements would the author most likely be against?  

A. Children learn mathematics naturally and easily.  

B. Children learn to add before they learn to subtract.  

C. Most people follow the same pattern of mathematical development.  

D. Mathematical development is unnoticeable and gradual.  

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【小題1】What caused "Angry Brides" to appear online?

A．Women's rights' being seriously abused．
B．Anger at the practice of demanding dowries．
C．The bride's giving a great many dowries．
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【小題2】Which of the following is True about "Dowries"?
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B．Lack of abundant dowries may lead to the bride's being in violence．
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D．More dowries the bride gives mean a high social status of her family．
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1.Those who want to save time to reach where they go can download ________ to their iPhones

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C. they feel sleepy because of getting up early

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A. computers

B. programs downloaded for the iPhone

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B. Apple has earned a lot of money from selling 40, 000 apps

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1.Those who want to save time to reach where they go can download ______ to their iPhones．

A．iShoot             B．Tube Exits      C. iSteam      D．iPod

2.People in London do not make eye contact on the subway because ______

A.they are going to work and have no time to communicate with each other

B.they love reading books and do not want to be disturbed

C.they feel sleepy because of getting up early

D.they are busy playing games, reading e-books, listening to music or watching films

3.The underlined word “apps” in the fourth paragraph means ______．

A．computers                 B．programs downloaded for the iPhone

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4.Which word best describes the writer’s attitude towards commuters’ behaviors?

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5.The main idea of the passage is that ______．

A．London commuters are unfriendly to strangers

B．Apple has earned a lot of money from selling 40,000 apps

C．technology is changing how London commuters spend their traveling time

D．riding a London subway is a must when visiting London

 

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    “We have an option for the sender to make a very unpleasant, noisy sound. It’s a loud alarm and we repeat that sound every two minutes until the person picks it up, ”he said.

    Parents don’t need to own a Smartphone to track their children. The service is also accessible through the web, as long as the phone that is being tracked is running the app.

    Family Tracker has an additional service that keeps records of all data from the app for a two-week period, which the company calls GPS breadcrumbs.

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1.According to the passage, all of the following about “Family Tracker” are true EXCEPT that __________.

A. it can help parents know where their children are

B. all parents don’t need to own a Smartphone to track children

C. parents can use all the services of the app for free

D. it has little to do with letting out personal secrets

2.What can we infer from the passage?

A. The app will enjoy a great popularity in the future.

B. The loss of children won’t be a nightmare for parents any more.

C. The app will repeat the loud alarm continuously whenever parents track children.

D. The app can keep records of information for more than half a month.

3.Which belong to the functions of the new app?

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d. protect privacy           e. send remote alarm      f. record information

A. a, b, c, e    B. a, c, e, f               C. a, c, d, e               D. a, d, e, f

 

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