Question

【題目】What Does a Lifelong Learner Look Like?

Lifelong learners never think of themselves as the greatest expert in anything. They continue to learn and bring a great deal to the groups they belong to. What does a lifelong learner look like? Here are some of their main characteristics (特征).

● They are knowledge seekers. They are always searching for much information on a topic they’re interested in and looking for new chances to improve their knowledge or skills.

● They are social and self-directed learners. They like taking different courses and joining in discussions about subjects they are interested in. __________ They also know their own learning styles, and their strengths and weaknesses. They can plan and organize their own learning.

● They are critical (批判性的) thinkers. They always use a lot of ways to analyze (分析) and synthesize (合成) information. From their research they judge the information to see if it is useful for the question at hand.

● They are problem solves. They will meet different problems while learning. However, they usually see problems as challenges (挑戰(zhàn)) and life experiences and try to stand above them.

【1】What does the underlined “knowledge seekers” mean?

A.Persons who are looking for knowledge.B.Persons who are teaching knowledge.

C.Persons whose jobs are inventing knowledge.D.Persons who are testing knowledge.

【2】What can be put in the blank (空白處)?

A.They don’t like learning on society.B.They learn both from and with others.

C.They learn from plants and animals.D.They invite each other to parties.

【3】How is passage organized? (P = Paragraph)

A.B.C.D.

【4】What is the purpose of the passage?

A.To describe the height, clothes and hairstyle of a lifelong learner.

B.To explain the relationship between common people and lifelong learners.

C.To suggest lifelong learners become experts.

D.To introduce some of the main characteristics lifelong learners have.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

本文是說明文，說明了終身學(xué)習(xí)者的4大特征：求知者；社會型和自主型學(xué)者；批判思考者，問題解決者。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第2大段“They are always searching for much information on a topic they’re interested in and looking for new chances to improve their knowledge or skills.”他們總是在搜索關(guān)于他們感興趣的話題的大量信息，并尋找新的機(jī)會來提高他們的知識或技能�？芍�，是知識尋求者的意思。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第3大段“They are social and self-directed learners.”他們是社交型和自主型學(xué)習(xí)者�？芍�，他們是善交際的；再聯(lián)系第3大段“They like taking different courses and joining in discussions about subjects they are interested in.”他們喜歡上不同的課程，參加他們感興趣的話題的討論�？芍�，空格句子的意思是他們喜歡和別人一起學(xué)習(xí)也喜歡向別人學(xué)習(xí)。故選B。

【3】篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。根據(jù)第1大段“Here are some of their main characteristics (特征).”這是他們一些主要的特征，可知，這是總起句；再根據(jù)第2大段“● They are knowledge seekers.”他們是知識的探索者，可知接下來的第2-5大段都是在講述學(xué)習(xí)者的特點(diǎn)�？芍�，是總分結(jié)構(gòu)。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第1大段“Here are some of their main characteristics (特征).”這是他們一些主要的特征，可知，本文主要在講述終身學(xué)習(xí)者的主要特征。故選D。