___________________In my house, bedtime stories are holy. Rarely does something change the nightly routine, although feverish kids have been known to be tucked in, without story. But last week, my 4-year-old awoke at 1

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• 1What could be the best title of the passage、

  A.Hand Motions, a Second Language

  B.Gesturing: Signal of Understanding

  C.New Uses of Gesturing

  D.The Secret Code of Learning

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• 2What can be inferred from the passage about gesture-speech mismatches、

  A.They can stimulate our creativity.

  B.Instructors should make full use of them.

  C.Teachers can hardly explain new concepts without them.

  D.They serve as a stepping stone to solving real life problems.

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• 3How is gesturing important in acquiring knowledge、

  A.It draws tasteful responses from others and increases learning speed.

  B.It promotes second language learning and quickens thinking.

  C.It provides significant clues for solving academic problems.

  D.It reduces students' reliance on teachers' instruction.

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• 4According to Paragraph 1, Frederic Mishkin was asked to sit on his hands because __

  A.he could litter express his ideas that way

  B.he always pointed his finger at his professor

  C.his professor did not like his gesturing

  D.his gestures prevented his professor from thinking

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• 5From the last paragraph, we learn that about 30 years from now,

  A.the number of retirees will double in many countries

  B.ageing will be a common and serious problem

  C.10% of the population will live to be 100 years old

  D.the third age will be the most important part of our lives

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• 6___________________But does the form in which the words appear matter、 The New York Times reports that parents --- even those who are avid digital downloader’s---are avoiding kids' e-books for the real things. It seems that the feel and texture of paper pages along with colorful illustrations beats the static dimensions of a screen.

  A.Kids' watching e-books is far from reading.

  B.Reading bedtime stories is a rarely changed routine.

  C.What really counts is the words that appear.

  D.E-books are cool in a technological sens

  E.C.What really counts is the words that appear.D.E-books are cool in a technological sense.E.Parents prefer to read real books to their children.

  F.E-books for children are not that well-received.

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• 7___________________The article ran in the paper's Monday business section, but it may be more of a cultural tale. More than 25% of some adult literature is sold digitally, but e-books targeted at kids under 8 take up less than 5% of total children's book sales. "Reading a childhood classic on an e-reader is such a cold thing to do.," says Carol Moyer, head of the children's department at Quail Ridge Books. "E-books don't have the warmth and intimacy of the illustration on the page."

  A.Kids' watching e-books is far from reading.

  B.Reading bedtime stories is a rarely changed routine.

  C.What really counts is the words that appear.

  D.E-books are cool in a technological sens

  E.C.What really counts is the words that appear.D.E-books are cool in a technological sense.E.Parents prefer to read real books to their children.

  F.E-books for children are not that well-received.

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• 8___________________Technology fans believe e-books can compete. On CNET, Rick Broida sings the praises of the iPad, which "can do a lot more than just display static pages. It can read stories aloud; it can enrich a classic tale with 'touch-powered extras; and it can even render pages in 3D." he describes Alice in Wonderland -- "Alice for the iPad" -- as a classic tale that involves animation like no other e-book to date. Readers can tilt the iPad to make Alice grow, shrink and so on.

  A.Kids' watching e-books is far from reading.

  B.Reading bedtime stories is a rarely changed routine.

  C.What really counts is the words that appear.

  D.E-books are cool in a technological sens

  E.C.What really counts is the words that appear.D.E-books are cool in a technological sense.E.Parents prefer to read real books to their children.

  F.E-books for children are not that well-received.

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• 9___________________Sounds cool, but it seems more like a movie than a book. Watching digital dramatizations of stories isn't reading. When my kindergartener spent tech-lab time following instructions to surf an e-books site, her teacher recognized that she wasn't reading; she was learning to use a computer.

  A.Kids' watching e-books is far from reading.

  B.Reading bedtime stories is a rarely changed routine.

  C.What really counts is the words that appear.

  D.E-books are cool in a technological sens

  E.C.What really counts is the words that appear.D.E-books are cool in a technological sense.E.Parents prefer to read real books to their children.

  F.E-books for children are not that well-received.

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