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1、第 26 题 2005 年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（重庆卷）“My kids really understand solar and earth-heat energy,” says a second-grade teacher in Saugus, California. “Some of them are building solar collectors for their energy course.” These young scientists are part of City Building Educational Program (CBEP）, a particular
2、program for kindergarten through twelfth grade that uses the stages of city planning to teach basic reading, writing and math skills, and more. The children dont just plan any city. They map and analyze（分析）the housing, energy, and transportation requirements of their own district and foretell its ne
3、eds in 100 years. With the aid of an architect（建筑师）who visits the classroom once a week, they invent new ways to meet these needs and build models of their creations. “Designing building of the future gives children a lot of freedom,” says the teacher who developed this program. “They are able to us
4、e their own rich imagination and inventions without fear of blame, because there are no wrong answers in a future context. In fact, as the class enters the final model-building stage of the program, an elected official and planning group make all the design decisions for the model city, and the teac
5、her steps back and becomes an adviser.”CBEP is a test of activities, games and imitations that teach the basic steps necessary for problem-solving: observing, analyzing, working out possible answers, and judging them based on the childrens own standards. 63. The Program is designed _.A. to direct ki
6、ds to build solar collectors B. to train young scientists for city planningC. to develop childrens problem-solving abilitiesD. to help young architects know more about designing 64. An architect pays a weekly visit to the classroom _.A. to find out kids creative ideas B. to discuss with the teacherC
7、. to give children lectures D. to help kids with their program 65. Who is the designer of the program?A. An official. B. An architect. C. A teacher. D. A scientist. 66. The children feel free in the program because _. A. they can design future buildings themselvesB. they have new ideas and rich imag
8、inationC. they are given enough time to design modelsD. they need not worry about making mistake第 28 题 2005 年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（重庆卷）In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity. Others say
9、 that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people. I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied（依赖）on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are of
10、ten life- and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit(追求）of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention
11、to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve
12、success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “ I may have lost, but it doesnt matter because I really didnt try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, thi
13、s belief is the same as that of true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that ones self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve(
14、缓解）can we discover a new meaning in competition. 71. What does this passage mainly talk about?A. Competition helps to set up self-respect.B. Opinions about competition are different among people.C. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.D. Failures are necessary experience in competi
15、tion. 72. Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?A. It pushes society forward. B. It builds up a sense of duty.C. It improves personal abilities. D. It encourages individual efforts. 73. The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means _.A. those who try their best
16、to win B. those who value competition most highlyC. those who are against competition most stronglyD. those who rely on others most for success 74. What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a “desire to fail”?A. Ones worth lies in his performance compared with others.B. Ones success in competition needs great efforts.C. Ones achievement is determined by his p
