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线下作业

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线下作业说明

成绩计算说明：

“线下作业”为课程考核方案中“线下学习”一个考核项，其占“线下学习”的40%。本课程共2次“线下作业”，每次按百分制计。因此，“线下作业总成绩”计算方法如下：

线下作业总成绩=（线下作业1得分（百分制）+线下作业2得分（百分制））*50%*40%

作业提交说明：

    同学在作答完成后，需要线下提交给辅导教师进行批阅打分。

【阅读理解】It began with one red paper clip (回形针) and ended with a house. Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old Canadian, got a three-bedroomed house through 14 trades (交换) that started with a single red paper clip. Encouraged by Kyle’s successful experience, now more and more young people around the world are starting their own trading activities. They set up websites where people can trade things they do not usually use with other people. A website called Peerflix allows people to trade their used DVDs. These traders usually prefer face-to –face trading, which means they don’t have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery (递送). Last year, a young girl in Beijing decided to follow the example of Kyle. She started with a paper clip and hoped to get a house in the end. After several trades she now has a piano which is worth more than 10,000 yuan. But she may still have a long way to go. You may be puzzled about why people are doing this. In fact, everyone involved in trading activities gets things that are useful to them. Just as Kyle said, “What’s more important to a man dying of thirst in the desert — one million dollars or a glass of water?” Kyle’s words probably show why these trades are popular among young people.

1. What did Kyle MacDonald get after 14 trades?

A. A red paper clip   B. A Canadian   C. A three-bedroomed house

2. Where can people trade things they do not usually use according to the passage?

A. On the Internet    B. In Beijing    C. In Canada

3. Which of the following is not true?

A. Peerflix is a website

B. Peerflix allows people to trade their used DVDs

C. Traders don’t have to worry about delivery

4. What did the young girl in Beijing get after seven traders?

A. A paper clip     B. A house      C. A piano

5. Why are trading activities so popular among young people?

A. Because they can make a lot of money

B. Because the traders can get things that are useful to them

C. Because young people love trading

【阅读理解】One winter day in 1891, a class at a training school in Massachusetts, USA, went into the gym for their daily exercises. Since the football season had ended, most of young men felt they were in for a boring time. But their teacher, James Naismith, had other ideas. He had been working for a long time on the new game that would have the excitement of American football. Naismith showed the men a basket he had hung at each end of the gym, and explained that they were going to use a round European football. At first everybody tried to throw the ball into the basket no matter where he was standing. “Pass! Pass!” Naismith kept shouting, blowing his whistle to stop the excited players. Slowly, they began to understand what was wanted of them. The problem with the new game, which was soon called “basketball”, was getting the ball out of the basket. They used ordinary baskets, with bottoms, and the ball, of course, stayed inside. At first, someone had to climb up every time when a basket was scored. It was several years before someone came up with the idea of removing the bottom of the basket and letting the ball fall through. There have been many changes in the rules since then, and basketball had become one of the world’s most popular sports.

1. When did the story happen?

A. In spring

B. In summer

C. In fall

D. In winter

2. What did Naismith do to entertain his students one day?

A. He taught them to play an exciting new game

B. He took them to watch a basketball game

C. He trained them to play European football

D. He let them compete in getting balls out of a basket

3. According to the write, what was the problem with the new game?

A. The players had difficulty understanding the complex rules

B. The players found the basket too high to reach

C. The players soon found the game boring

D. The players had trouble getting the ball out of the basket

4. How was the problem with the new game solved?

A. By alerting the size of the basket

B. By simplifying the complex rules

C. By removing the bottom of the basket

D. By lowering the position of the basket

5. Which kind of ball was used in basketball games at first?

A. Volleyball    B. Softball    C. American football    D. British football