I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.
Several weeks ago，I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines．I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again．I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me．I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up．Could he be more intent while standing up？
This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success．This child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life．
Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality traits，and all you can do is loving and accepting them．As parents，throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids" best cheerleaders，guiding them and helping them find their way.
I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate．Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine．We need to learn to accept our kids" ways of doing things．Some way may have worked for me but doesn"t mean we need to carry it through generations．There is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique．It makes us free and happy and that"s just the way I want my kids to live their own life．
小题1: At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him________.| A．pay more attention to his study | B．keep silent in the room | C．finish his hom ework on time | D．get right answers |
小题2: Inspired by the case of his son，the a uthor began to doubt________.| A．the importance of parents | B．the old form of education | | C．the relationship between kids and their parents | D．the good grades of some kids |
小题3:According to the passage, which of the following statements is right?
A. We should help kids correct their wrong ways.
B. Parents should study their kids’ DNA.
C. Kids should be taught to behave themselves.
D. Parents should love and accept their kids.
小题4: The author has stopped asking his son to sit down because __________.| A．he has changed his traditional ideas | B．his son wants to be unique | | C．his son doesn’t follow his advice | D．his son’s DNAis different |
小题5:Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?| A．Study hard and you"ll be successful | B．Be friendly to your children | | C．Children"s success in their own style | D．Parents" help with their children"s study |
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Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting.But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day — which really for handwriting is pretty much.
Many adults remember learning that way — by copying letters over and over again. Today’ s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself.Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.
Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility,_which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency — writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.
But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about onefourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.
But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.
小题1:We can learn ________ from Paragraph 1.| A．teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in teaching job | | B．most teachers prefer to teach handwriting | | C．teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting | | D．a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting entirely |
小题2:Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?| A．The students are taught by practicing a long period. | | B．The letters are repeated many times. | | C．Handwriting includes two skills. | | D．To write in cursive is taught first. |
小题3:The underlined word “legibility” in Paragraph 3 means ________.| A．easy to read | B．complex | C．unexpected | D．unreadable |
小题4:The best title for the passage is ________.| A．How to improve handwriting in school | | B．Right or wrong: the death of handwriting | | C．Handwriting involves two skills | | D．Handwriting lessons are on the way out |
小题5:The author’ s attitude towards whether still to learn handwriting in school is________.| A．negative | B．objective | C．critical | D．optimistic |
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Robert was a life insurance(人寿保险) salesman. Try 36 he might, he was still unable to get a couple to sign up for a policy(保单). “I certainly don’t want to frighten you into a 37,” he announced, standing up to 38. “Please sleep on it tonight, and 39 you wake up in the morning, let me know what you think.”
People can be motivated by many different 40. Fear is the common one. 41 ma ny people find that other kinds of motivation are usually 42 effective in getting more out of those with whom we live and work.
A twelve-year-old girl took her younger brother, who 43 from a mental disability, Christmas shopping. As they went into a department store, the 44 accidentally hit a display, knocking shoes in every 45. at that 46 a(n) angry clerk grabbed the boy by the arm and 47, “Pick them up.”
“No,” the boy screamed in defiance(反抗).
“Pick them up,” the clerk 48.
“No,” the boy shouted back.
His older sister began picking up the 49. Then the boy started to 50. Before long, the boy, his sister and the clerk were 51 together to put the shoes back in 52.
When they finished, the girl taught the clerk a(n) 53 lesson with these words: “You have to encourage my brother to do it in action.”
If you live or work with other people, you may benefit from the older sister’s advice. If you want people to respond to you, try encouraging them in action. People prefer 54. When you fill people with what they want, you’re 55 to get what you want out of them.
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| 小题2: | | A．trouble | B．sale | C．bargain | D．decision |
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| 小题3: | | A．defend | B．fight | C．leave | D．argue |
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| 小题4: | | A．should | B．will | C．shall | D．may |
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| 小题5: | | A．feelings | B．plans | C．means | D．results |
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| 小题6: | | A．Thus | B．But | C．Plus | D．Since |
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| 小题7: | | A．less | B．more | C．half | D．just |
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| 小题8: | | A．arose | B．contributed | C．benefited | D．suffered |
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| 小题9: | | A．boy | B．girl | C．clerk | D．salesman |
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小题10:A. section B. direction C. shelf D . course
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| 小题12: | | A．demanded | B．conflicted | C．reminded | D．arranged |
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| 小题13: | | A．expected | B．commented | C．shouted | D．acquired |
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| 小题14: | | A．shoes | B．books  | C．toys | D．bottles |
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| 小题15: | | A．cry | B．help | C．complain | D．worry |
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| 小题16: | | A．walking | B．organizing | C．working  | D．assisting |
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| 小题17: | | A．process | B．silence | C．detail | D．order |
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| 小题18: | | A．thoughtful | B．instant | C．cautious | D．complex |
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| 小题19: | | A．gift | B．stick | C．honey | D．tears |
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| 小题20: | | A．positive | B．likely | C．confident | D．probable |
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Today, innovations(创新) to make our lives more eco-friendly can be found everywhere. There are energy-efficient automobiles, eco-friendly light bulbs, and clothes made by fashion designers using sustainable(可持续的) environmental practices. Industries around the world have also begun to take a serious look at how their operations affect the local and global environment.
The university of Colorado has been named one of the top green colleges and universities in the United States. This university was one of the first to start a student-led recycling program in the 1970s and toda y supplies students with reusable shopping bags to use both on and off campus. The entire University of Colorado also uses low flow wa ter fixtures(设备) and has reduced water usage by 40 percent since 2002.
When it comes to going green, Warren Wilson College has been recognized in many places. The Sierra Club and The Princeton Review have named the college as one of America’s greenest colleges and universities, while the school has also received the Outstanding College Recycling Award from the Carolina Recycling Association, as well as awards from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education(AASHE). For a small college, Warren Wilson has made enormous efforts to be an eco-friendly campus since its beginning, and today owns a campus farm, a seeding program, and an extensive recycling program. Warren Wilson was also the first College to have an LEED platinum certified(白金认证的) residence hall, and its building services department is also 100 percent GreenSeal certified. According to College Stats, Warren Wilson College is one of the first institutions in the United States to be almost completely self-sufficient(自给自足的) while also engaging students to incorporate sustainability into all academic programs.
Going green efforts at Oberlin College have not gone unnoticed. Oberlin College spends 22 percent of its food budget on buying food from local farmers, with most of the food raised or harvested with organic and sustainable practices. Oberlin has also stopped selling bottled water on campus and offers discounts to students who use their own storage containers when purchasing beverages and food items. Among Oberlin’s other eco-friendly accomplishments is a green graduation ceremony, which includes programs printed on 100 percent recycled paper.
小题1:The author writes the first paragraph mainly to tell us that ____. | A．we can find new ways to be eco-friendly | | B．everyone is aware of being eco-friendly | C．industries are reducing their influence on the environment | | D．American colleges and universities care much about environmental issues |
小题2:What do we know about the University of Colorado? | A．Its recycling program is followed by other universities. | | B．It produces reusable shopping bags by itself. | | C．It uses special systems to save water. | | D．It is the most eco-friendly university. |
小题3:Which of the following about Warren Wilson College is TRUE? | A．The Princeton Review praised it for its teaching methods. | | B．Its residence hall’s building material is platinum. | | C．It owns a campus garden and a seeding program. | | D．It sustains itself almost without help from others. |
小题4:Students in Oberlin College can _____. | A．grow their own food on campus | | B．pay less with their own containers | | C．help the college make its food budget | | D．recycle paper at their graduation ceremony |
小题5:How is the text organized? | A．Main idea – Comparison. | | B．Opinion – Discussion – Description | | C．Introduction – Supporting examples. | | D．Introduction – Explanation – Conclusion. |
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What is language for? Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words — the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange (交流) of ideas and information. It’s meaningless knowing all about a language if you can’t use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can ’t speak correctly or fluently(流利地). They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are differ ent from those that Chinese students make. They are English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. People not only make history, but they make language. But people can only make its own language. It can’t make another people’s language. So Chinese students of English should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo it. They should put communication first.
小题1:Language is used to ________.| A．express oneself | B．practice grammar rules | | C．talk with foreigners only | D．learn lists of words |
小题2: Generally, when an American or an Englishman speaks English, he ______.| A．never makes mistakes | B．often makes mistakes | | C．can’t avoid（避免）making mistakes | D．always makes mistakes |
小题3:“Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” The sentence means that ______.| A．foreigners speak correct English. | | B．foreigners speak incorrect English. | | C．foreigners speak English according to the grammar rules. | | D．foreigners never make mistakes when they speak English. |
小题4:If too many native speakers break a rule, ______.| A．what they will become right | B．they are against the law | | C．they should say sorry to others | D．they will become heroes |
小题5:When we speak a foreign language, we should _____.| A．speak in Chinese way | B．speak by the rules | | C．speak to native speakers | D．not be afraid of making mistakes |
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Playing with toy blocks (积木) may lead to improved language development in young children, a new study reported.
Early childhood is an important period in the development of young minds. The newborn brain grows three times in size between birth and age 2. Scientists have said that certain activities during this important period may promote (促进) healthy development while others may hold it back, and development of memory and language may especially be helped by imaginative play.
After six months, language scores among half of the 175 children aged 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 who were sent plastic blocks were 15 percent higher than a matched group that did not receive the free blocks, according to the study by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Parents were given ideas about how to help their children play with the blocks, then were told  to keep diaries of their children’s activities over four days. Finally, all the parents filled out questionnaires that judged their children’s vocabulary, grammar, and other language abilities. Study author Dimitri Christakis said unstructured play with blocks motivated children’s thinking, memory and physical skills at a time when a child’s brain is growing rapidly. “They are the foundation of thought and language,” he wrote of the skills learned from building blocks. “Older children begin to make up stories for these objects .”
Such play may also take the place of less helpful activities such as watching TV, he said, adding parents ought to have doubts about some toy-makers’ words. “An increasing number of media-based products are making ungrounded (无根据的) claims that they can make children smarter, more literate, and more musical,” Christakis said.
小题1:What can we learn from the second paragraph?| A．Parents should allow their children to play as long as they want. | | B．The brains of kids develop very quickly before they are two years old. | | C．Playing blocks can help children do well in sports at school. | | D．Activities, like imaginative play, may delay the development of the brain. |
小题2:According to the study, about ________ children’s language scores were 15 percent higher than those of children who didn’t play with blocks.小题3:Building blocks helps kids gain language skills because _________.| A．young children always talk to themselves while building blocks | | B．their parents can teach them when they are playing with blocks | | C．their parents are given ideas on how to develop their brains | | D．it can help them improve thinking, memory and physical skills |
小题4:The aim of the passage is probably to _______. | A．raise the present level of children’s language ability | | B．encourage parents to let their babies play with blocks | | C．improve parents’ knowledge of raising children | | D．encourage makers of blocks to develop more toys |
小题5:We can infer from what Mr Christakis said that _____.| A．television will be definitely replaced by blocks | | B．the market will be full of media-based toys | | C．we can’t always believe what toy makers say | | D．toy makers care about kids’ development very much |
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