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It was a rainy morning and the children, mainly boys with various learning difficulties, refused
to 1 for the start of the lesson. As an inexperienced teacher, I tried every means to get them to be
2 , but in vain. My 3 was rising and I could feel my heart beating wildly. This was the 4 of
my job as a music teacher, I thought — teaching was not for me. Then I had an idea. Hoping that no
one would notice that I was 5 inside, I threw my voice as far as it would reach: “Put your heads
on the desks and close your 6 ! We are going on a journey.”
7 , the children fell silent. “Now what should I do?” I thought to myself. Reaching over to my
collection of CDs, I 8 took one out, put it in the machine and played it.
Obediently (顺从地), my class lay their heads on their desk, closed their eyes and 9 . When
the music started, the room as filled with the most beautiful tones and musical colors I could have
ever imagined. All the children were 10 . When the music finished, I asked them all to raise their
11 slowly so that we could share our musical journey.
At this point, when all the children were willing to share their experiences, I began to learn how
to 12 . The music allow me to learn that teaching is about sharing and respect, tears and smiles,
the knowing and the 13 and, most of all, a(n) 14 of each other. This was the power that 15
in the classroom could have.
1. A. learn B. handle C. settle D. solve
2. A. glad B. safe C. kind D. quiet
3. A. panic B. anger C. pain D. excitement
4. A. end B. aim C. rule D. plan
5. A. guessing B. shaking C. responding D. laughing
6. A. eyes B. mouths C. books D. doors
7. A. Punctually B. Importantly C. Amazingly D. Obviously
8. A. frequently B. occasionally C. deliberately D. blindly
9. A. slept B. nodded C. waited D. continued
10. A. talking B. singing C. dancing D. listening
11. A. legs B. heads C. arms D. shoulders
12. A. teach B. imagine C. play D. understand
13. A. unprepared B. unspoken C. unknown D. unforgotten
14. A. tolerance B. understanding C. awareness D. honour
15. A. games B. music C. tears D. knowledge
The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and some big land masses as far south as
Newfoundland. While they are rare north of 88°, there is 16 (evident) that they range all the
way across the Arctic, and as far south 17 James Bay in Canada. It’s difficult to figure out a
18 (globe) population of polar bears as much of the range has been poorly studied; however,
biologists calculate that there are about 20,000-25,000 polar bears worldwide.
Modem methods of 19 (track) polar bear populations have been employed only since the
mid-1980s, and are expensive 20 (perform) consistently over a large area. In recent years
some Inuit people in Nunayut 21 (report) increases in bear sightings around human settlements,
leading to a belief that populations are increasing. Scientists have responded by noting that hungry
bears may be gathering around human settlements, leading 22 the illusion(错觉) that populations
are higher than they 23 (actual) are. Of 24 19th recognized polar bear subpopulations,
three are declining, six are stable, one 25 (be) increasing, and nine lack enough data.
Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those
are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is
being spread and monitored(监 控 ) in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By
tracking people’s e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster
and farther than disasters and sob stories.
“The ‘if it bleeds’ rule works for mass media,” says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of
Pennsylvania. “They want your eyeballs and don’t care how you’re feeling. But when you share a
story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You don’t want them to think of you as
a Debbie Downer.”
Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication—e-mails, Web posts and reviews,
face-to-face conversations—found that it tended to be more positive than negative(消极的), but that
didn’t necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often
simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility,
Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The
New York Times’ website. He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six
months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to
make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times’ readers and made
them want to share this positive feeling with others.
Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative
feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be
aroused(激发) one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad. The more positive an
article, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious:
Why Things Catch On.”
26 .What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?
A. News reports. B. Research papers. C. Private e-mails. D. Daily conversations．
27. What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?
A. They’re socially inactive. B. They’re good at telling stories.
C. They’re inconsiderate of others. D. They’re careful with their words.
28. Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr. Berger’s research?
A. Sports new. B. Science articles. C. Personal accounts. D. Financial reviews.
29 .What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide B. Online News Attracts More People
C. Reading Habits Change with the Times D. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks
答案：
1-5 CDAAB 6-10 ACDCD 11-15 BACBB
16. evidence 17. as 18. global 19. tracking 20. to perform
21. have reported 22. to 23. actually 24. the 25. is
26-29 ACBD
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