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(2017·云南高三检测一)My doorbell rings at 11 a．m. On the step, I find an elderly Chinese lady. She is small and slight. She holds a paper carrier bag in her hands.
I know this lady. It is by no means her first visit. Her daughter, Nicole, bought the house next door last October.Nicole, who is currently in Shanghai, has apparently told her mother that I am having heart surgery shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided I need to be supplied with meals.
I know what is inside the paper carrier bag—a stainless steel container with a meal of rice, vegetables and either chicken, meat or shrimp. This has become an almostdaily occurrence.
Communication between my benefactor(恩人) and me is somewhat handicapped by the fact that she doesn’t speak English and all I can say in Mandarin is “ hello”. Once, she brought an iPad and pointed to the screen, which displayed a message from Nicole telling me that her mother wanted to know if the food was all right.
“Your mother just can’t be bringing me meals like this all the time，” I protested. “ I can hardly reciprocate by cooking something from my native land, like roast beef or Yorkshire pudding for her, ”I said.
“Oh, no，” Nicole said. “Don’t worry about that. She has to cook for the family anyway, and she wants to do it for you. You can call her Wing, which is her surname. ”
The tenant in my basement suite is a university student who speaks Mandarin quite well, so with her help, I have found out that Wing is 68—13 years younger than I am. For my part, I was raised in wartime Britain.
So here we are, two grandmothers a world away from where we were raised, neither of us able to speak the other’s language. But the doorbell keeps ringing and there is the familiar paper carrier bag, handed smilingly to me by Wing.
Right now I am working on some more Mandarin words—it’s the least I can do after such a display of kindness.
“Thank you” is, of course, the first one, which somehow seems inadequate.
[解题导语] 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者与邻居之间的故事，邻居是一位来自中国的老太太，对作者非常关照。
1. The author and Wing got to know each other________．
A．as next door neighbors
B．when exchanging meals
C．by sharing similar experiences
D．after using an iPad to communicate
A 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的前三句“I know this lady...Her daughter，Nicole，bought the house next door last October.”可知，作者与这位老太太是邻居。所以A项正确。
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2．The underlined word “reciprocate” in Paragraph 5 probably means “________”．
A．do as well B．offer generously
C．give in return D．accept with pleasure
C 解析：词义猜测题。根据第五段第一句中的“Your mother just can’t be bringing me meals like this all the time”可知作者认为老太太一直对自己那么好，而自己只是做一些本国的食物，是几乎不能回报她的。C项意为“回报”，故选C。
3．The author’s effort to learn Mandarin shows her________．
A．great satisfaction B．real kindness
C．heartfelt thanks D．sincere friendship
C 解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“it’s the least I can do after such a display of kindness”可知作者认为学习中文是为了感谢老太太对自己的好。A项意为“极大的满意”；B项意为“真正的友善”；C项意为“衷心的感谢”；D项意为“真诚的友谊”。
B
(2017·云南高三检测二)Half of primary schools will adopt the traditional Chinese method of maths teaching in a Government drive to stop British youngsters from falling behind their__Asian__counterparts．
Youngsters in the U．K. lag way behind those in China, Singapore and Japan in numeracy(计算能力). In the latest PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests for 15－year－olds, Shanghai came top in maths while the U．K. came 26th.
The school will give up “child－centred” styles and instead return to repetition, drills and “chalk and talk” whole－class learning. Primary school children will be taught “Shanghai maths” as British schools copy Chinese teaching methods to improve standards. So far 140 teachers have been trained in the approach.
Currently, classes are often divided into groups based on ability. Critics blame the British teaching styles that focused on applying maths to real－life situations in an effort to make the subject more interesting. They say this has led to confusion and stopped children learning the basics. Under the Government’s new plans, children as young as five will have drills to practise sums and exercises, and must master each concept before moving to the next.
Nick Gibb, the schools minister, said that training will be provided for 8，000 primary schools—half the country’s total—to switch to the Shanghai “mastery” approach.
“We are seeing a renaissance(复兴) in maths teaching in this country, with good ideas from
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around the world helping to cheer up our classrooms，” he said.
[解题导语] 本文是一则新闻报道。英国半数小学课堂将推行中国传统的数学教学模式来提高孩子们的数学计算能力，以防止英国青少年在数学上落后于亚洲同龄人。
4．The underlined words “their Asian counterparts” in Paragraph 1 refer to____________．
A．the weak pupils in Asia
B．the young students in Asia
C．the primary schools in Asia
D．the maths teachers in Asia
B 解析：词义猜测题。根据第一段中的“British youngsters”可知，此处指英国政府将在半数英国小学课堂推行中国传统的数学教学法，以防止英国少年落后于亚洲同龄人。由此可推断出，画线部分指的是Asian youngsters，即亚洲的少年们。故选B。
5．Which of the following is an approach of “Shanghai maths”？
A．Children can choose to learn what interests them.
B．Children are given different work based on their ability.
C．Children are taught in groups rather than as an entire class.
D．Children are required to master a concept before they progress.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句中的．..and must master each concept before moving to the next.可知，“上海数学”要求孩子们在学习更深一层的知识之前一定要掌握每一个概念。故选D。
6．Recently, some British maths teachers have been trained to____________．
A．increase the difficulty level
B．conduct “child－centred” classes
C．guide students to repeat and drill
D．meet the needs of smart students
C 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段第一句中的The school will give up “child－centred” styles and instead return to repetition, drills and “chalk and talk” whole－class learning.并结合第三段最后一句可推知，一些英国数学老师接受培训是为了指导学生重复、训练。故选C。
7．What is Nick Gibb’s attitude toward the new teaching style?
A．Supportive. B．Doubtful.
C．Cautious. D．Negative.
A 解析：观点态度题。根据最后一段可推知，Nick Gibb非常支持这种新的教学模式。故选A。
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