【正文】 ow how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer (壓表).” The student had answered: “Take the barometer to the top of the building, attach a long rope to it, lower the barometer to the street, and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of the rope is the height of the building.”I argued that a high grade should prove his petence in physics, but the answer did not confirm this. I suggested that the student have another try. Immediately, he worked out his answer: A second best way is to take the barometer to the top of the building. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, using the formula, calculate the height of the building.I was shocked by his answer. His method gave me not only a broken barometer but a Uturn in my teaching philosophy. I gave him full marks.On his leaving my office, I recalled that he suggested there could be a better answer. So I asked him what it was. “Oh, yes,” said the student, “There are many ways. Probably the best,” he said, “is to take the barometer to the basement and ask the superintendent (樓管). You speak to him as follows: “Mr. Superintendent, here I have a fine barometer. If you tell me the height of this building, I will give it to you.”At this point, I asked the student if he really did not know the conventional answer to this question. He admitted that he did, but said that he was fed up with high school instructors’ trying to teach him how to think, and to use the socalled “scientific method”. He just wanted to solve the problem in a practical manner, not just answer the question in an expected way. Hearing this, I really had nothing to do but give the boy a firm handshake, feeling thankful that I hadn’t failed him in the first place and even more thankful, neither had he.24. Why did the author want to fail the student in the first place?A. The student challenged his authority. B. The student’s answer was not practical.C. The student didn’t show his academic ability.D. The student had a poor performance in physics class.25. Which of the following can best describe the author’s new teaching philosophy?A. Without love, there is no education.B. A man bees learned by asking questions.C. You can lead your horse to the river, but you can’t make it drink.. D. Teaching is to make two ideas grow where only one grew before.26. What made the student abandon the conventional answer?A. Lack of physicsrelated knowledge. B. Ignorance of the teacher’s expectation.C. Intention to deeply impress his teacher. D. Disapproval of existing teaching concepts.27. What can we learn from the text?A. The superintendent was a greedy person.B. School education restricted this student’s thinking.C. The teacher appreciated the student’s answers finally.D. The examination question is a tough physics problem.CA new study, published this week in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science, reveals that nonhuman animals’ tears are not so different from our own. The chemical similarities are so great, in fact, that the position of other species’ tears — and how they’re adapted to their environments — may provide insights into better treatments for human eye disease.Previously, scientists had studied closely only the tears of a handful of mammals, including humans, dogs, horses, camels, and monkeys. In the new study, Brazilian veterinarians analyzed the tears of reptiles and birds for the first time, focusing on seven species.Tears, which are released from tear tubes, form a film over the eye that’s posed of three ingredients: mucus, water, and oil. The mucus coats the eyes surface and helps to attach the film to the eye, the water is a natural salty solution (溶液) containing crucial proteins and minerals, and the oil prevents the eye from drying out.Humans are the only known species to produce emotional tears。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題, 每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。6. Who will have to work late today? A. The man’s sister. B. The woman’s sister. C. The speaker’s neighbor.7. How is the man probably now? A. Excited. B. Calm. C. Disappointed.聽第7段材料，回答第10題。Just like every organization needs a business plan, an efficient worker needs a work plan.t know where I found the moral courage and physical strength, but 52 I had finally decided to help the girl, I became suddenly changed. I ran behind the bushes and 53 the attacker off the woman. Struggling, we fell to the ground, 54 we fought for a few minutes until the man jumped up and escaped. 55 heavily, I got to my feet and 56 the girl, who was sobbing behind a tree. In the darkness, I could certainly 57 her trembling shock. Not wanting to frighten her any further, I at first spoke to her from a 58 . “ It39。 was B. stayed。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線 (＼