2011甘肃武威第六中学高三年级第五次诊断考试英语试卷3

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2011/6/17

2011甘肃武威第六中学高三年级第五次诊断考试英语试卷3

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STUDY BOOKS

Basic Study Manual____ Hardcover: $37.50

Future success depends on the ability to learn. Here are the answers to the questions most often asked by parents, teachers, business trainers and by students themselves. Read this book and learn:

* What the three barriers(障碍)to study are what to do about them

* What to do if you get tired of a subject you are studying

* Twenty-six simple drills to help you learn how to study easily, rapidly and with full understanding

Buy and read the Basic Study Manual and use it to dramatically improve your ability to study.

Study Skills for Life____Hardcover:$31.99

L. Ron Hubbard’s study technology for teenagers opens the door to their future success by giving them the ability to study and learn. Fully illustrated (插图)for easy comprehension.

Learning How to Learn____Hardcover: $24.99

The basics of effective study for 8 to 12-year-olds, fully illustrated. Children who read and apply the materials in this book regain their liking for study and their ability to apply this knowledge in life. Get this book for a child you want to see win at his studies!

How to Use a Dictionary Picture Book for Children____Hardcover: $34.90

In spite of billions of dollars spent on “educational research”, children are not taught the most basic skills of learning, even the most basic of these: how to use a dictionary. In fact, a search of educational books for children found no book ashington D. C. is planning to repeat Japan’s success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes. Excessive speed plays a major role in as fifth all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related hazards（危险地带）are the greatest-curves, exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.

Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars painted across roads can initially cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted bars.

Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are but also make a lane to be narrow. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.

56. The passage mainly discuss____________.

A. a new way of highway speed controlB. a new pattern for painting highways

C. a new approach to training driversD. a new type of optical illusion

57. On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that____________.

A. they should avoid speed-related hazardsB. they are driving in the wrong lane

C. they should slow their speedD. they are approaching the speed limit

58. The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former____ .

A. can keep drivers awakeB. can cut roads accidents in half

C. will have a long effect on driversD. will look more attractive

59. The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to________.

A. try out the Japanese methods in certain areas

B. change the roads signs across the country