阅读强化训练(7)

厦门市启悟中学2014-2015（上）英语学科校本作业

高三年级阅读强化训练(7) 高三备课组日期：2014/9 My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were sort of 36 about what was waiting for us. However，when we 37 at the airport，a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were 38 made easy for us by this kind man.

He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He 39 us in going to the bank，in buying our groceries，in telling us 40 to buy almost everything. He told us he is our big brother.

41 ，we watched the match in a coffee shop. During the first get-together，he

42 us that we're lucky — my husband and I are 43 in this foreign land. He said he has been 44 for eight years now because he rarely sees his family，45 they are in his home country.

During the second get-together, he 46 told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will 47 us because he has been given a 48 of 45 days to go back to his home country. That night，he spoke these words which 49 a great impact in my life：“You changed my life…”

That night deep in our hearts we were 50 by our friend's words. We texted him upon reaching home，51 him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him 52 that we feel safe in going out when we are with him，to which he 53 ，“You are my family here.”

On the first week of October，we're going to 54 him back from his vacation. We'll watch the football match again in that 55 shop that holds dear memories.

36. A. curious B. worried C. certain D. crazy

37. A. cheeked B. dropped C. landed D. settled

38. A. therefore B. instead C. anyhow D. otherwise

39. A. expected B. troubled C. comforted D. accompanied

40. A. when B. where C. why D. whether

41. A. Once B. Besides C. Twice D. Finally

42. A. informed B. warned C. blamed D. convinced

43. A. together B. nearby C. around D. apart

44. A. sick B. lonely C. cheerful D. scared

45. A. since B. unless C. as D. although

46. A. secretly B. jokingly C. proudly D. sincerely

47. A. remember B. miss C. forget D. respect

48. A. delay B. right C. vacation D. date

49. A. created B. designed C. solved D. received

50. A. puzzled B. touched C. astonished D. refreshed

51. A. thanking B. forgiving C. repaying D. punishing

52. A. after all B. as well C. in return D. in advance

53. A. agreed B. objected C. added D. replied

54. A. see B. pick C. call D. force

55. A. book B. grocery C. coffee D. sports

A

“Experience may possibly be the best teacher, but it is not a particularly good teacher.” You might think tha t Winston Churchill or perhaps Mark Twain spoke those words, but they actually come from James March, a professor at Stanford University and a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. For years March (possibly be wisest philosopher of management) has studied how humans think and act, and he continues to do so in his new book The Ambiguities of Experience.

He begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning: “Experience is respected；experience is sought；experience is explained.” The problem is that learning from experience involves serious complications (复杂化), ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which March discusses in the body of this book.

In one interesting part of the book, for example, he turns a doubtful eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. In our efforts to make stories interesting, he argues, we lose part of the complicated truth of things. He says “The more accurately reality is presented, the less understandable the story, and the more understandable the story, the less realistic it is.”

Besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher, March is also a poet, and his gift shines through in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. Though the book is short, it is demanding: Don’t pick it up looking for quick, easy lessons. Rather, be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.

1. According to the text, James March is ________.

A. a poet who uses experience in his writing

B. a teacher who teachers story writing in university

C. a researcher who studies the way humans think and act

D. a professor who helps organizations make important decisions

2. According to James March, experience ________.

A. is overvalued

B. is easy to explain

C. should be actively sought

D. should be highly respected

3. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

A. Experience makes stories more accurate.

B. Stories made interesting fail to fully present the truth.

C. The use of stories is the best way of experiential learning.

D. Stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described.

4. What’s the purpose of this text?

A. To introduce a book.

B. To describe a researcher.