题目
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What if Timothy spent thirteen hours a day at a sewing machine instead of a desk? We would immediately be shocked, because that would be called children being horribly mistreated. Timothy was far from being mistreated, but the mountain of homework he faced daily resulted in a similar consequence —he was being robbed of his childhood. In fact, Timothy had no time to do anything he truly enjoyed, such as playing video games, watching movies, or playing board games with his friends.
Play, however, is a crucial part of healthy child development. It affects children’s creativity, their social skills, and even their brain development. The absence of play, physical exercise, and freefrom social interaction takes a serious toll on many children. It can also cause significant health problems like childhood obesity, sleep problems and depression.
Experts in the field recommend the minutes children spend on their homework should be no more than ten times the number of their grade level. As a fifthgrader, Timothy should have no more than fifty minutes a day of homework (instead of three times that amount). Having an extra two hours an evening to play, relax, or see a friend would soundly benefit any child’s life quality.
小题1:What does the underlined word “them” in the first paragraph probably refer to?
A.Timothy’s parents. | B.Timothy’s grades. |
C.Psychologists. | D.The students. |
A.Timothy was very hardworking. |
B.Timothy was being mistreated. |
C.Timothy had a heavy burden. |
D.Timothy was enjoying his childhood. |
A.Children should be allowed enough time to play. |
B.Playing board games works better than playing video games. |
C.The more they play, the more creative children will become. |
D.The depression caused by homework makes children unwilling to play. |
A.About ten minutes. |
B.No more than twenty minutes. |
C.No more than thirty minutes. |
D.About fifty minutes. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
试题分析:文章关注的是孩子沉重的作业负担,除了大量的作业,还有各种补习班。学习占用了孩子大量的时间,以至于玩耍的时间太少,这不利于孩子的身心发展。
小题1:根据“to discuss his declining grades. A few minutes with Timothy were enough to confirm that his self-esteem(自尊) and general happiness were falling right along with them.”可知,和Timothy聊了几分钟,作者就了解到了Timothy的自尊和开心随着成绩一起下降。故选B。
小题2:根据第一段“He awoke every morning at six thirty so he could reach his school by eight and arrived home around four thirty each afternoon. He then had a quick snack, followed by either a piano lesson or a lesson with his math tutor. He finished dinner at 7 pm, and then he sat down to do homework for two to three hours. Quickly doing the math in my head, I found that Timothy spent an average of thirteen hours a day at a writing desk.”可知,Timothy4:30放学后,吃点快餐,就去上钢琴课或数学课,从7:00开始做作业做三到四个小时。Timothy每天平均花13小时在学习上。学习负担重。故选C。
小题3:根据倒数第二段“Play, however, is a crucial part of healthy child development. It affects children’s creativity, their social skills, and even their brain development...”可知,玩耍在童年扮演者重要的角色,缺少玩耍的时间不利于儿童的身心发展。故选A。
小题4:根据最后一段“the minutes children spend on their homework should be no more than ten times the number of their grade level”可知,做作业的分钟数不应超过所在年级数的十倍,三年级的学生,做作业的时间在30分钟以内。故选C。
核心考点
试题【I am a psychologist. I first met Timothy, a quiet, overweight eleven-year-old bo】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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He used long talks with patients and the study of dreams to search for the causes of mental and emotional problems. He also tried hypnosis(催眠术). He wanted to see whether putting patients into a sleep-like condition would help ease troubled minds. In most cases he found the effects only temporary.
Freud worked hard, although what he did might sound easy. His method involved sitting with his patients and listening to them talk. He had them talk about whatever they were thinking. All ideas, thoughts and anything that entered their mind had to be expressed. There could be no holding back because of fear or guilt.
Freud believed that all the painful memories of childhood lay buried in the unconscious self. This part of the mind he said contains wishes, desires and experiences too frightening to recognize.
He thought that if these memories could somehow be brought into the conscious mind, the patient would again feel the pain. But this time, the person would experience them as an adult. The patient would feel them, be able to examine them and, if successful, finally understand them.
Using this way, Freud reasoned, the pain and emotional pressure of the past would be greatly weakened. They would lose their hold over the person"s physical health. Soon the patient would get better.
Many of Freud"s theories about how the mind works also had strong sexual connections. These included what he saw as the repressed feelings of sons toward their mothers and daughters toward their fathers.
If nothing else, Freud"s ideas were revolutionary. Some people rejected them. Many others came to accept them. But no one disputes his great influence on the science of mental health.
小题1:How many methods did Sigmund Freud use to study the mind?
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.he had to work hard and have patients talk freely |
B.he had to live with people who had troubled minds |
C.he had to listen to unhappy stories of different people |
D.he had to give his patients a sense of security |
A.could be forgotten forever |
B.could have a life-long influence |
C.could become wises and desires |
D.could be understood unconsciously |
A.have physical and mental problems |
B.be greatly influenced by them |
C.have a better understanding of life |
D.have a healthier and happier life |
Yet only one month later, his expensive light bulb blew up, before he had saved even a small part of the purchase price.Will he stick to his high-cost, low-carbon lifestyle?
China"s environmental organizations have started to advocate low-carbon lifestyles and the decrease of carbon footprints to help fight against climate change.But they have overlooked one fact: in China, low-carbon living comes at a high cost.It means buying energy-saving bulbs and appliances, and environmentally friendly building materials and daily goods.Cost can no longer be the only standard for purchases.An energy-saving and environmentally friendly product is more expensive than a standard alternative - whether it"s a simple light bulb or the house it shines.For average consumers, even buying an ordinary bulb is a huge burden.How can we persuade ordinary people to choose an energy-saving residence? This is not a trend they can afford to follow; perhaps this fashion is only for the rich.
Most consumers today do not cause huge carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.Their responsibility lies not in choosing a low-carbon lifestyle today, but in avoiding a high-carbon life in the future.The principle of "common but differentiated responsibility" - a basis of sustainable development - can be applied here as well.
In China, low-carbon living still is resisted by a lack of social infrastructure(基础设施). Even if your salary allows you to make that choice, nobody is there to help you accomplish it.
Consider energy-saving homes. You need to find out whether or not the developer has used natural materials wherever possible; how effective the insulation(绝缘物、隔热物) is; and what the green credentials of installed equipment are.You can read up a little, but you"ll still be lucky to avoid being puzzled by the developers" marketing.Many so-called energy-saving buildings are nothing of the sort, and some are even more energy-hungry than the average home - as Li Taige warned in his article "Energy-efficient buildings? Not always", on China Dialogue last August.
小题1: What may probably be the best title of this passage?
A.To purchase a cheap bulb - your wise alternative. |
B.To choose an energy-saving residence - a must of your life |
C.To learn a low-carbon lifestyle - each citizen"s responsibility |
D.To learn a low-carbon lifestyle - a promising but difficult purpose |
A.Because the cost is a very important standard for purchases. |
B.Because buying an ordinary bulb is very expensive. |
C.Because energy-saving products are more expensive than the common alternatives. |
D.Because rich people like to follow this trend. |
A.Most of them are environmentally friendly. |
B.They are musts of low-carbon lifestyle of Chinese. |
C.They are huge burdens for Chinese people. |
D.Many of them are more in name than in reality. |
A.Using energy-saving bulbs and appliances is a fashion. |
B.It"s easy for most Chinese to try to learn a low-carbon lifestyle. |
C.All citizens in China don’t have the same responsibility in living a low-carbon lifestyle. |
D.Most Chinese families cannot afford to purchase an energy-saving residence. |
A.informative and entertaining | B.supportive but cautious |
C.negative but wise | D.positive and active |
(“What’s in it for me?”).
When a teen can combine an understanding of WIIFM with a sense of passion about achieving a goal, barriers will start to fall away. At our teen summer camps, we arrange an event near the end of the 10-day session that helps campers identify an important life goal and mentally break through their biggest barrier to achieving the goal.
We pass around 12-by-12-inch pine boards. We tell campers that this activity is not about breaking a piece of wood. It’s about how you can get what you want in your life. It’s about breaking barriers to grab on to your goals.
They have the power to break through any barrier. It has nothing to do with body size or physical condition. The skinniest, smallest teens will break through the board almost as easily as the big ones.
We talk to the campers about the reasons they might have had for not reaching their goals in the past. Maybe they got lazy and decided it wasn’t worth the effort. Maybe they failed and let their fear of failure hold them back. But this exercise is about putting the past where it belongs. Today is about making new choices.
By this point in the program, we ask them to think of the goal they’ve set for themselves and write their goals on the boards. Then they write the possible obstacles which may hold them back on the opposite sides. An inch of pine now stands between them and their dreams.
The facilitators and their teammates gather around. The support is strong. One by one, they break through the barriers and grab their goals! All around us teens are laughing, crying, hugging, and holding up the broken pieces of their boards. The confidence shown on their faces is beautiful.
While arranging such an activity in one’s home is almost unrealistic for parents, the value of helping a teen break through a personal barrier simply by being there as moral support can not be overestimated. More help for parents in the form of videos and articles is available at our website, in our blogs and in a monthly e-newsletter.
小题1:The 12-by-12-inch pine boards are used as _________________.
A.materials to test one’s muscles |
B.signs of goals in one’s life |
C.assessments to show one’s progress |
D.symbols of barriers in one’s life |
A.become hard-working | B.get moral support |
C.gain confidence | D.set right goals |
A.The Power of WIIFM | B.What’s in It for Me |
C.The Importance of Goals | D.Motivational Strategies |
A.teens | B.parents | C.campers | D.Tutors |
Each year, 1.1 billion cans of beer are drunk by students aged 15-19 years old. Beer is the most common alcoholic drink among teens—81 percent of the drinkers had tried it. Beer is followed by wine with 63 percent, hard liquor(烈酒) with 53 percent and wine coolers with 35 percent.
When the young people are asked why they drank, the most common answer is that drinking is “something to do”. If a teen’s parents drink alcohol, the teenager is more likely to start drinking at an early age. Also, tens see all of their friends drinking alcohol so they think it is the must-to-do thing. Peer pressure is probably the hardest thing teens have to deal with. What’s more, teens often drink alcohol because it makes them feel older and cooler.
Researchers asked 56,000 students about their drinking habits and grades, to see how drinking might affect their grades in school. The results seem to be clear. Students who got a C level or lower tend to use three times as much alcohol as those who got B’s or A’s.
Alcohol use can be deadly. About 8,100 young people are killed per year in alcohol-related accidents. Eight young people die per day as a result of a drunk-driving accident. Between 50 and 65 percent of all teen suicides (自杀) occur after the young people drink.
So you see, drinking the alcohol doesn’t always end up with a good time. The next time you try to push someone to drink or someone tries to push you to drink, please remember this. One drink can set the habit for life. Why not throw it away?
小题1:The reasons for teens’ drinking alcohol are mentioned EXCEPT that _______________.
A.they think it is cool to drink alcohol |
B.their parents set a bad example to them |
C.alcohol can make them happier |
D.peer pressure plays an important role |
A.Drinking alcohol makes students stupid. |
B.Good students never try alcohol. |
C.Drinking habits have something to do with IQ. |
D.Students with poor grades tend to use more alcohol. |
A.show the bad effect of drinking alcohol |
B.show how many teenagers drink alcohol |
C.tell teenagers not to try alcohol |
D.tell the reasons why teenagers drink alcohol. |
A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the "neck" of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child"s head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world.
The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel.
African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless.
小题1: The African Goliath beetle is _______.
A.the world"s largest insect |
B.a toy used in many parts of the world |
C.the only insect found in Africa |
D.the world"s smallest insect |
A.a tool. | B.a toy. | C.harmfull insects. | D.Good animals. |
A.makes a whirring sound when it flies | B.has both soft and hard wings |
C.has six legs and a body with three parts | D.can fly |
A.turning its soft back wings |
B.twisting and turning its hard front wings |
C.twisting and turning its legs |
D.twisting and turning its whole body |
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