选修六综合能力检测

(时间：120分钟　满分：135分　得分：________)

Ⅰ语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节　完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1－15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

The ups and downs of life may seem unpredictable.But scientists know there are clear __1__ that almost all people share.Even if you've passed your “best”， you still have other __2__ years to come.Certain important high-points come later in life.

When are you __3__？ From 18 to 25, according to I．Q.scores; but you're wiser and more __4__ with increasing age.At around 30, mental abilities begin to decline, __5__ your ability to do maths.But your ability to complete other tasks __6__.For example, your vocabulary increases over time.At 60, your brain __7__ almost four times as much information as it did at age 21.Because of this, some psychologists suggest that “maturity quotients” (M.Q.) be used to measure intelligence for __8__.

When are you happiest? You have the best __9__ sense of yourself from 15 to 24, when you feel energetic all the time.The best professional sense is from 40 to 49.Before age 24, we believe that our happiest years are yet to __10__， but when we are over 30, we believe that they're behind us.After age 30, we're more __11__ and don't view happiness as a goal in itself.If we maintain our health, achieve professional and emotional goals, then __12__， we feel, will follow.

When are you most creative? Generally between 30 and 39, but it __13__ with different professions.The high-points in areas such as science and economics come __14__—most Nobel prize winners did their top research in their 20's and 30's—but for people who keep an active mind, there is no upper age __15__.

1．A.plans B．lives

C．patterns D．predictions

2．A.good B．stranger

C．interesting D．difficult

3．A.best B．smartest

C．happiest D．worst

4．A.powerful B．energetic

C．experienced D．satisfied

5．A.generally B．specially

C．mainly D．particularly

6．A.climbs B．stops

C．matters D．works

7．A.recognizes B．possesses

C．communicates D．receives

8．A.babies B．teenagers

C．adults D．elders

9．A.mental B．emotional

C．physical D．personal

10．A.come B．last

C．remember D．disappear

11．A.confident B．realistic

C．hopeful D．grateful

12．A.wealth B．sharpness

C．wisdom D．happiness

13．A.agrees B．varies

C．goes D．ends

14．A.early B．naturally

C．unexpectedly D．recently

15．A.demand B．reason

C．choice D．limit

第二节　语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

The blacksmith Jones worked hard in his shop.The son of Mr.White, (16)________ rich neighbor, came to see him everyday.“Young man, why not learn to make shoe tacks (钉)？” said Jones.“It may be (17)________ use to you one day.” After a little practice, the boy found he could make some of the finest tacks.Old Mr.White died and because of the war the son lost all his goods.He (18)________ (force) to leave home and live in another country.It happened (19)________ in this village many shoemakers spent a lot of money (20)________ (buy) tacks for their shoes and sometimes they were not able to buy them (21)________ there was a high demand for soldiers' shoes.Young Mr.White, who was finding (22)________ difficult to earn his (23)________ (day) bread, told the shoemakers that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him (24)________ (settle) in his workshop.The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer.Soon Mr.Smith found that he was making the finest tacks in the village.“How funny，” he said, “Even making tacks can bring a fortune.My trade is (25)________ useful to me than all my former riches.”

Ⅱ阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节　阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

A

The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families.But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image (印象) of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.

An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past.“We were surprised by just how positive today's young people seen to be about their families，” said one member of the research team.“They're expected to be rebellious (叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well.There's more negotiation (商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process.They don't want to rock the boat.”

So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends.“My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me，” says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall.“I always tell them when I'm going out clubbing.As long as they know what I'm doing, they're fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees.“Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation.For example, as long as I'd done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night.But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”

Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected.It is possible that the idea of teenagers rebellion is not rooted in real facts.A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings.But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled.The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”

26．What is the popular images of teenagers today?

A．They worry about school.

B．They dislike living with their parents.

C．They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.

D．They quarrel a lot with other family members.

27．The study shows that teenagers don't want to ________.

A．share family responsibility

B．cause trouble in their families

C．go boating with their family

D．make family decisions

28．Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today's parents ________.

A．go to clubs more often with their children

B．are much stricter with their children

C．care less about their children's life

D．give their children more freedom

29．According to the author, teenage rebellion ________.

A．may be a false belief

B．is common nowadays

C．existed only in the 1960s

D．resulted from changes in families

30．What is the passage mainly about?

A．Negotiation in family.

B．Education in family.

C．Harmony in family.

D．Teenage trouble in family.

B

Is early childhood education really necessary？Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child's physical, sensory, communicational and social development.Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for kindergarten.

There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education.Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life.Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to prison.

There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early.Time Magazine online explains that “the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work.” I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school.Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier.

Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a “false start”， as the gains are lost in middle and high school years.It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life's success than early education.Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children.Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close that gap.

31．The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is ________.

A．to develop the children's communication

B．to give orphaned children good care and education

C．to get the children prepared for the kindergarten

D．to train the children formally and regularly

32．According to the studies, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Children with good early education may have a rich life.

B．The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life.

C．Children without early education can do well at school.

D．Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children.

33．“the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work.” suggests that ________.

A．the early childhood education is helpless to the child's grade

B．it is good for the young children to receive early education

C．the early education can help the children follow the grade

D．the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be

34．The author's attitude toward the early childhood education is ________.

A．puzzling B．negative

C．indifferent D．proving

35．The main idea of the last passage is that ________.

A．the early childhood education is very necessary

B．Head Start programs have helped the children a lot

C．environment is the most important to life's success

D．better ways should be found to help the poor children