广东省2014年插本英语试题（含答案）

But there is a way to handle pain. Some Indian monks can sit on a bed of mails. Fakirs（托钵僧）can put a needle right through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should given us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.

The big thing in standing pain is our attitude toward it. If the dentist says this will hurt a little, it helps us to accept the pain.By staying relaxed, and by treating the pain as an interesting sensation（感觉）, we can handle the pain calmly. After all. Although pain is an unpleasant sensation, it is still a sensation, and sensation are the stuff of life.

46.The word“deaden”in paragraph 1 probably means . A.increase B.restrain C.improve D.excite

47.The sentence“But we pay for our sensitivity”in the second paragraph means that .

A.we should pay a debt for our feeling B.we have to be hurt when we feel something C.our pain is worthwhile

D.when we feel pain，we are suffering it

48.When the author mentions the Indian fakir, he suggests that . A.Indians are not at all afraid of pain B.some people may be senseless of pain C.some people are able to handle pain D.fakirs have magic to avoid pain

49.Which of the following is true?

A.The nerves play an important part in feeling pain. B.We can only feel pain when badly wounded. C.The dentists can do nothing to the pain. D.Everyone should try his best to avoid pain.

50.The most important thing to handle pain is how to . A.avoid pain B.put up with pain C.look at pain D.stop pain

Passage 4

There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill.There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or how much priority（优先）it must be given over general language development and writing ability. The problem is how to encourage a child to express himself freely and confidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities（复杂性）of spelling.

If spelling becomes the only focus of his teacher’s internet, clearly a bright child will be likely to play safe. He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That’s why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability.

I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a piece of writing about a personal experience: “This work is terrible!” There are far too many spelling errors in the writing, but it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had feelings. “The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centered the pupil to improve his writing.”

51.Which of the following is true according to paragraph 1? A.Parents are not interested in spelling. B.Schools are not interested in spelling. C.Teachers must give top priority to spelling. D.Complex spelling prevents free writing. 52.From the passage, we can infer that . A.parents support how the schools teach spelling. B.parents don’t know how the school teach spelling C.people agree on the importance of spelling in writing D.people agree on how to teach spelling in writing

53.In the second paragraph, the expression“play safe”most probably means“ ”. A.pay more attention to the ideas B.write freely and smoothly C.avoid words he is not sure of D.use dictionaries very early

54.Which of the following is true according to the last paragraph？ A.The writing did not truly reflect the feelings. B.The teacher liked the writing very much. C.The teacher’s priority was on the child’s ideas. D.The author disagreed to the teacher’s comments. 55.This passage mainly discusses . A.the necessity of teaching spelling in writing B.the role of developing writing skills C.the complexities of spelling

D.the relationship between spelling and ideas PartⅢ Cloze（10%）

Have you 56 asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they go 57 their own language and other languages, arithmetic, history, science and 58 subjects.That is quite true; but why do they learn these things? And are these things 59 that they learn at school? We 60 our children to school to 61 them for the time 62 they are grown-up and have to work 63 their own. Nearly all they learn at school has some 64 use in their life, but is that the only reason 65 they go to school?

There is 66 in education than just learning facts. We go to school 67 all to learn how to learn, 68 when we have 69 school we can continue to learn. A man who really knows 70 will always be successful, because 71 he has to do something new which he has never had to do 72 he will rapidly teach himself how