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| The government has agreed to pay the firms extra sums to for their financial losses. |
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| Everything was perfect for the picnic the weather. |
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| Last year the number of death increased 2%-5% the year before last. |
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| Some researchers believe that there is no doubt a cure for AIDS will be found. |
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| The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not IQ,a generally bad predictor of success.Instead,it's purposeful practice.Top performers spend more hours practising their craft.If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop,you'd take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability.It wouldn't have to be a big talent,just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction.Then you would want her to meet,say,a novelist,who coincidentally shared some similar qualities.Maybe the writer was from the same town,had the same family background,or,shared the same birthday. This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self.It would give her some idea of a fascinating circle she might someday join.It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12,giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success.Armed with this ambition,she would read novels and life stories of writers without end.This would give her a primary knowledge of her field. She'd be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings. Then she would practice writing.Her practice would be slow,painstaking and error focused.By practicing in this way,she delays the automatizing process.Her mind wants to turn conscious,newly learned skills into unconscious,automatically performed skills.By practicing slowly,by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating,she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance.Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback,viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors,pushing her to take on tougher challenges.By now she is redoing problems-how do I get characters into a room-dozens and dozens of times.She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems. The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius.It's the ability to develop a purposeful,laborious and boring practice routine.The latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement.But it underlines a fact that is often neglected.Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we're "hard-wired" to do.And it's true that genes play a role in our capabilities.But the brain is also very plastic.We construct ourselves through behaviour. |
| 1.The passage mainly deals with_____. |
| A. the function of IQ in cultivating a writer B. the relationship between genius and success C. the decisive factor in making a genius D. the way of gaining some sense of distinction |
| 2.By reading novels and writers' stories,the girl could . |
| A. come to understand the inner structure of writing B. join a fascinating circle of writers someday C. share with a novelist her likes and dislikes D. learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security |
| 3.In the girl's long painstaking training process, . |
| A. her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her success B. her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performance C. she acquires the magic of some great achievements D. she comes to realize she is "hard-wired" to write |
| 4.What can be concluded from the passage? |
| A. A fuelling ambition plays a leading role in one's success. B. A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing. C. As to the growth of a genius,IQ doesn't matter,but just his/her efforts. D. What really matters is what you do rather than who you are. |
| 阅读理解 |
| 认真阅读下列短文,根据所读内容在文章后表格中填入恰当的单词。注意:表格中每个空格只填1个词。 |
| The history of Chinese calligraphy is probably as long as that of China itself.Calligraphy is a special category in China’s world of fine arts.Through the centuries Chinese characters have changed constantly and are mainly divided into five categories today:the seal script(zhuan shu),official script(li shu),regular script(kai shu),running script(xing shu)and cursive script(cao shu). Calligraphy involves a great deal of theory and requires many skills.Among the most outstanding calligraphers in ancient China were Wang Xizhi,Ouyang Xun,Yan Zhenqing,and Liu Gongquan,who are known for pioneering their own styles. In writing calligraphy,one will need a brush,paper,an ink stick and an ink stone,commonly referred to as the “Four Treasures of the Study”.There are different types of brushes.White goat hair,black rabbit hair and yellow weasel hair brushes are the main ones.According to their function,brushes are classified into three groups:hard,soft and medium.Brush sticks are usually made of bamboo,wood,or porcelain;ivory or jade sticks are rare and precious. The ink stick is a unique pigment used for Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy.The most famous ink stick is hui mo(Anhui ink stick),made from pines that grow on Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province.Clean water is needed to grind the ink stick.Press the ink stick hard and rub it lightly,slowly and evenly against the ink slab to make thick,liquid ink. While paper comes in many varieties,Xuan paper, produced in Xuanzhou(today’s Anhui Province),is considered the best for Chinese calligraphy.The paper is soft and fine textured,suitable for conveying the artistic expression of both Chinese calligraphy and painting.With a good tensile strength and moth proof quality,the paper can be preserved for a long time. Ink stones or ink slabs have been classified into three categories:Duan,She and Tao.Features common to all three are hardness and fineness.Although the stone is hard and fine,it is not dry or slippery.Using a hard and smooth stone,liquid ink can be produced easily by rubbing the ink stick against the stone. By handling the brush and ink skillfully and carefully,the artist can produce an infinite variety of calligraphic styles and forms. |
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