[单项选择]When I was about six years old, my mother came home one clay and found that I had collected half a dozen babies of the neighborhood-all of them too young to walk-and had them sitting before me on the floor while I was teaching them to wave their arms. When she asked the explanation of this, I informed her that it was my school of dance. She was amused, and placing herself at the piano, she began to play for me. This school continued and became very popular. Later on, little girls of the neighborhood came and their parents paid me a small sum to teach them. This was the beginning of what afterwards proved a very lucrative occupation.
My mother took me to a very famous ballet teacher, but his lessons did not please me. When the teacher told me to stand on my toes I asked him why, and when he replied "because it is beautiful," I said that it was ugly and against nature and after the third lesson I left his class, never to return. This stiff and commonplace gymnastics which he called
A. was teaching half a dozen babies to dance
B. was teaching half a dozen babies to walk
C. was collecting babies of the neighborhood
D. was making babies of the neighborhood sit before her

[单项选择]When I was about six years old, my mother came home one clay and found that I had collected half a dozen babies of the neighborhood-all of them too young to walk-and had them sitting before me on the floor while I was teaching them to wave their arms. When she asked the explanation of this, I informed her that it was my school of dance. She was amused, and placing herself at the piano, she began to play for me. This school continued and became very popular. Later on, little girls of the neighborhood came and their parents paid me a small sum to teach them. This was the beginning of what afterwards proved a very lucrative occupation.
My mother took me to a very famous ballet teacher, but his lessons did not please me. When the teacher told me to stand on my toes I asked him why, and when he replied "because it is beautiful," I said that it was ugly and against nature and after the third lesson I left his class, never to return. This stiff and commonplace gymnastics which he called
A. despise
B. contempt
C. support
D. indifference

[填空题]When you were six years old,you had 20 teeth.These are called milk-teeth.After you are six,your milk-teeth begin to (11) .They’re making way for a new (12) .As new teeth comein,they cut off the (13) supply to the milk-teeth.After a while,the milk-teeth fall out.By the time you are 25,you should have a whole new set of teeth.And you’ll have 12 (14) teeth.In all,you’ll have (15) teeth in each jaw.When you were six years old,you had 20 teeth.These are called milk-teeth.After you are six,your milk-teeth begin to (11) .They’re making way for a new (12) .As new teeth comein,they cut off the (13) supply to the milk-teeth.After a while,the milk-teeth fall out.By the time you are 25,you should have a whole new set of teeth.And you’ll have 12 (14) teeth.In all,you’ll have (15) teeth in each jaw.

[填空题]When you were six years old, you had 20 teeth. These are called milk-teeth. After you are six, your milk-teeth begin to (11) . They’re making way for a new (12) . As new teeth come in, they cut off the (13) supply to the milk-teeth. After a while, the milk-teeth fall out. By the time you are 25, you should have a whole new set of teeth. And you’ll have 12 (14) teeth. In all, you’ll have (15) teeth in each jaw.When you were six years old, you had 20 teeth. These are called milk-teeth. After you are six, your milk-teeth begin to (11) . They’re making way for a new (12) . As new teeth come in, they cut off the (13) supply to the milk-teeth. After a while, the milk-teeth fall out. By the time you are 25, you should have a whole new set of teeth. And you’ll have 12 (14) teeth. In all, you’ll have (15) teeth in each jaw.

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M: I came at 12 o’clock when I was going home for lunch, but you weren’t here.
W: No, I was training for tomorrow’s race. It’s 26 miles, you know.

What was the woman doing when the man came to her room （　）
A. Preparing for the race of Marathons.
B. Preparing for the cycling race the next day.
C. Training for a hiking race.
D. Doing an experiment.

[简答题]¹I was six years old when, one day, my dog was struck, by a car while getting ready for school. ²My mother and I heard the terrifying sound of squealing brakes. ³In a low voice, she said, Oh, my God—Blackie. ⁴I remember trailing her out the door and seeing a car fill with teenagers and a spreading pool of bright blood on our cobblestoned street. ⁵To me, it seemed only a matter of seconds until a police car pulled up. ⁶The officer glanced at the crumpled dog under the car. ⁷And drew his gun. ⁸My mother shouted, "No!" ⁹She crawled halfway under the car and took the dog, like a sack of flour, out from under the wheels, ¹⁰Her housedress was splashed with blood, she cradled the limp dog in her arms and ordered the officers to drive her to the vets office, ¹¹It was only then that she remembered me, I think. ¹²She patted my head, was telling me to walk up to scho

[单项选择]When teaching the mother of a 17-month-old about toilet training, which instruction would initially be most appropriate（）
A. Place the toddler on the potty chair every 2 hours for t0 minutes.
B. Offer a reward every time the child has a bowel movement in the potty chair.
C. Remove the diaper and use training pants to begin the process.
D. Be sure the child is ready before starting to toilet train.

[单项选择]When a six-year-old girl who is suspected of being sex abused refuse to be examined by an emergency nurse, what’s the best appropriate response by the nurse（　）
A. Ask another nurse in emergency room to examine her
B. Refer the child to a clinician expert in the examination and care of the sexually abused child or adolescent
C. Carefully explain to the girl why she need be examined
D. Call the local child protective service

[单项选择]Benjamin Day was only 22 years old when he developed the idea of a newspaper for the masses and launched his New York Sun in 1833, which would profoundly alter journalism by his new approach. Yet, several conditions had to exist before a mass press could come into existence. It was impossible to launch a mass-appeal newspaper without invention of a printing press able to produce extremely cheap newspaper affordable almost to everyone. The second element that led to the growth of the mass newspaper was the increased level of literacy in the population. The then increased emphasis on education led to a concurrent growth of literacy as many people in the middle and lower economic groups acquired reading skills. The trend toward "democratization" of business and politics fostered the creation of a mass audience responsive to a mass press.
Having seen.others fail in their attempts to market a mass-appeal newspaper, he forged ahead with his New York Sun, which would be a daily and sell
A. give a brief introduction to the growth of the mass newspaper
B. trace the cause of the failures of the six-cent papers
C. find out which was the most significant newspaper of that time
D. show how a mass-appeal newspaper made a great fortune