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The world would be a better place if we all had children’s eyes. This is not because children’s eyes are too sharp to allow any blot(污点, 瑕疵)to pass without being 1 , but because adults have too many conflicting concerns to keep their eyes open to all wrongdoings.
Not long before, an examination, intended to 2 some police officers to higher positions, was held in Gansu province. Someone 3 with a good idea that 18 primary pupils could be invited to act as invigilators(监考人). At that age, students would do as they are told and act fearlessly. 4 , they caught 25 officers cheating on the spot, which has caused a stir(轰动, 搅动)and 5 the question of whether adult invigilators would 6 their duties as well.
The implication of this event goes 7 its impact on the work style of local police officers and the examinations. Most people said what these children have done points to the sad fact of 8 being less trustworthy. If adults acted as invigilators, they would quite 9 turn a blind eye to cheating.
We Chinese have been holding the 10 that human nature was good at birth: as 11 of blot as a sheet of blank paper, which can be 12 with content(good or bad)in the process of growing up. Everything should be done on the basis of certain principles(原则). 13 , nowadays the repeated reports of cheating in examinations, selling ranks and 14 and embezzling(挪用)public funds paint a 15 picture of common social morals. Adults have become too concerned with their own personal gains to 16 basic sense of principles. When no one 17 any principle and the only concern is personal interest, everyone will 18 not only those who first break the rules.
Besides, cheats are unfair to honest examinees, and when the success of cheats 19 more people to cheat, the consequences will be disastrous.
In a word, we adults need to have our eyes as 20 as children’s on matters of principle.
【文章大意】文章通过甘肃省警察系统考试让小学生监考, 并抓住很多作弊的人, 讨论成年人不管社会的原则只是关心自己的得失, 表达作者的愿望: 希望在原则问题上, 成年人的眼睛能像孩子的一样清澈、透明。
1. A. praised B. dismissed C. caught D. thrown
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。catch抓住。这不是因为孩子的眼睛太尖锐, 不能让污点没有被抓住就通过了。
2. A. develop B. investigate C. prevent D. promote
【解析】选D。前后照应题。promote提升。一次一场意图提拔一些警察到更高职位的考试在甘肃举行。
3. A. caught up B. came up C. kept up D. put up
【解析】选B。短语辨析题。come up提出。有人提出一个好主意, 让18个小学生做监考人。
4. A. Surprisingly B. Usually C. Safely D. Slowly
【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。surprisingly令人惊讶的是。令人惊讶的是, 他们抓住25个官员作弊。
5. A. hid B. recommended
C. raised D. affected
【解析】选C。词义辨析题。raise举起, 饲养, 提出。这件事引起巨大的轰动, 提出了一个问题: 成年的监考者是否能像孩子表现得这么好。
6. A. accept B. ignore C. refuse D. perform
【解析】选D。词义辨析题。perform表现。成年的监考者是否能像孩子表现得这么好。
7. A. without B. beyond C. into D. for
【解析】选B。固定搭配题。beyond超出。这件事的影响超出了对当地警察工作作风和考试的影响。
8. A. tutors B. pupils C. adults D. teachers
【解析】选C。前后照应题。adult成年人。这些孩子做的事情指出成年人不值得信任的事实。
9. A. probably B. suddenly C. luckily D. gradually
【解析】选A。背景常识题。probably可能。如果成年人做监考者, 他们可能会对作弊睁一只眼闭一只眼。
10. A. opportunity B. dream
C. belief D. hope
【解析】选C。词义辨析题。belief信念。我们中国人一直相信人天生是善良的。
11. A. free B. busy C. ugly D. dirty
【解析】选A。固定搭配题。free of blot(像白纸一样)没有污点。
12. A. described B. filled
C. purchased D. charged
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。be filled with填满。在成长的过程中可能会被填上好的和坏的内容。
13. A. Unless B. Therefore
C. However D. Thus
【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。前面的Everything should be done on the basis of certain principles. 和空后的nowadays the repeated reports of cheating in examinations, 是转折关系。
14. A. names B. titles C. goods D. products
【解析】选B。前后照应题。title头衔。和ranks并列的是titles, 指出买卖头衔、官衔的行为。
15. A. bright B. beautiful C. pleasant D. sad
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。sad伤心的。考试作弊, 买官卖官, 挪用公款给社会道德描述出了一幅让人伤心的画面。
16. A. care about B. put aside C. contribute to D. come across
【解析】选A。短语辨析题。care about关心, 在乎。成年人已经变得太关心个人利益而不在乎基本的原则。
17. A. understands B. observes
C. possesses D. changes
【解析】选B。固定搭配题。observe观察, 遵守, 庆祝。句意表示“遵守原则”。
18. A. act B. exist C. suffer D. survive
【解析】选C。前后照应题。suffer遭受。每一个人都会受罪吃苦, 而不只是那些第一个违反原则的人。
19. A. advises B. encourages
C. warns D. informs
【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。encourage鼓励。一旦作弊成功, 就会鼓励更多的人去作弊。20. A. beautiful B. young
C. wide D. clear
【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。clear清澈的。总之, 在原则问题上, 成年人的眼睛应该和孩子一样的清澈、透明、纯净。
