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One common problem gifted kids face is that they, and those around them, place too much importance on being smart. Such an emphasis can encourage a belief that bright people do not have to work hard to do well. Although smart kids may not need to work hard in the lower grades, whe
n the work is easy, they may struggle and perform poorly when the work gets harder because they do not make the effort to learn. If the academic achievement of highly intelligent children remains below average for an extended period, many teachers will fail to recognize their potential. As a result, such students may not get the e
ncouragement they need, further depressing their desire to learn. They may fall far behind in their schoolwork and even develop behavior problems.IQ is just one element among many in the recipe for success—Children develop well or struggle in school for a host of reasons apart from IQ. These include motivation and persistence, social competence, and the support of family, educators and friends.
Because highly gifted children solve the most varied thought problems faster and more thoroughly than those with more average talents do, they need additional intellectual stimulation while they wait for the rest of the kids to learn the basics. Two central approaches are used to satisfy the educational needs of such children: acceleration and enrichment. Acceleration means studying material that is part of the standard subjects for older students. Enrichment involves learning information that falls outside the usual subjects.
A child might skip one or more grades as a way of accelerating in school. But being with older children for the entire school day—and perhaps for grade-based extracurricular activities such as sports—can make a child feel inferior in every filed outside of academics. One very bright fourth-grader who had skipped two grades remained far ahead of his classmates i
ntellectually, but as his classmates reached adolescence, his social and other shortcomings became painfully apparent. While acceleration is not an option, or not a good one, enrichment can be. After all, school is not a race but an adventure in learning. As such, the goal is not finishing first but absorbing as much knowledge as possible in the time assigned. Thus, providing opportunities for a child to study topics outside the regular subjects can be at least as valuable as pushing him or her through the required material faster.小题1:What is the basic reason for the low academic achievement of highly intelligent children?
| A．Teachers’ failure to recognize their potential. |
| B．Too much emphasis on being intelligent. |
| C．Studying topics outside the regular subjects. |
| D．Lack of encouragement from teachers. |
| A．Skipping one of more grades and studying together with older children. |
| B．Learning the same material in the standard subjects for older students. |
C．Learning information that is not included in the regula r subjects. |
| D．Learning how to read with fluency even in their pre-school days. |
| A．He is in favor of enrichment rather than acceleration. |
| B．He is in favor of acceleration rather than enrichment. |
C．He speaks highly of both enrichment and  acceleration. |
| D．He thinks neither enrichment nor acceleration is a good choice. |
| A．point out the weaknesses of acceleration for gifted children |
| B．compare acceleration with enrichment for gifted children |
| C．stress the importance of enrichment for gifted children |
| D．discuss how to bring out gifted children’s potential |
答案
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:D
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试题【Contrary to many people believe, highly intelligent children are not necessarily】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out
why quite healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a rather early age, and how the speed of getting old could be slowed down.With a team of researchers at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain sizes of a thousand people of different ages with different jobs.
Computer technology helped the researchers to get most exact measurements of the sizes of the front and side parts of the brain
, which have something to do with thinking and feeling, and decide the human character. As we all know, the back part of the brain, which controls task like eating and breathing, does not contract(萎缩) with age.Contraction of front and side parts, as cells(细胞) die off, was seen in some people in their thirties, but it was still not found in some sixty and seventy-year-olds.
Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to prevent the contraction---using the head.
The fin
dings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than those in the towns. Those with least possibility, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White-collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are, however, as possible to have contracting brains as the farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants.小题1: The team of doctors wanted to find out ____.
| A．at what point people grow live longer. |
| B．how to make people live longer |
| C．the size of certain people’s brains. |
| D．which group of people are the busiest |
| A．an examination of farmers in northern Japan |
| B．using computer technology |
| C．examining the brain sizes of different people |
| D．tests given a thousand old people |
| A．our brains contract as we grow older |
| B．one part of the brain does not contract |
| C．sixty-year-olds have better brains than thirty-year-olds |
| D．contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country |
| A．engineers | B．office clerks | C．professors | D．researchers |
| A．most of us should take more exercise |
| B．it’s better to live in the towns |
| C．the brain contracts if it is not used |
| D．the more one uses his brain, the sooner he becomes old |
Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids(流星)that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don"t threaten us. But there are also thousands whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.
Buy $ 50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $ 10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one，the scientists say，we"ll have a way
to change its course.Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapo
ns. But the cost wouldn"t be cheap. I
s it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare-but if one did fall，it would be the end of the world. “If we don"t take care of these big asteroids，they"ll take care of us,” says one scientist. “It"s that simple.”The cure，though，might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? “The world has less to fear from doomsday(毁灭性的) rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them，” said a New York Times article.
小题1:What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids?
| A．They are heavenly bodies different in composition. |
| B．They are heavenly bodies similar in nature. |
C．There are more asteroids th an meteoroids. |
| D．Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids. |
| A．It is very unlikely but the danger exists. |
| B．Such a collision might occur once every 25 years. |
| C．Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected. |
| D．It"s still too early to say whether such a collision might occur. |
| A．It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem. |
| B．It may create more problems than it might solve. |
| C．It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely. |
| D．Further research should be done before it is proved applicable. |
| A．while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world |
| B．asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future |
| C．the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in our lifetime |
| D．workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth. |
| A．Optimistic. | B．Critical. | C．Objective. | D．Subjective. |
When you take the Holmes Rahe you must remember that the score does not show how you deal with stress -- it only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you deal with these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy. By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Women’s magazines ran titles like “Stress causes illness.”
If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events. But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. Even if stressful events are dangerous, many -- like the death of loved one--are impossible to avoid. Moreover, any warning to avoid all s
tressful events is a prescription for staying away from chances as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move. The idea that all stress makes you sick also takes no notice of a lot of what we know about people. It supposes we"re all vulnerable and not active in the face of the difficult situation. But what about human ability and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental strength than they had before. We also know that a long time without change
or challenge can lead to boredom and physical and mental pressure.小题1:.
The score of the Holmes Rahe test shows ____ .
| A．how you can deal with life changing events |
| B．how helpful events can change your life |
| C．how stressful a major event can be |
| D．how much pressure you are under |
. Which of the following expressions has the meaning most close to the underlined phrase “got boiled down to” in paragraph two ?
| A．was argued about | B．made clear |
| C．was concentrated on | D．put an end to |
. The studies on stress in the early 1970s led to ____ .
| A．popular avoidance of stressful jobs |
| B．great fear over the mental disorder |
| C．a careful research into stress related illnesses |
| D．widespread worry about its harmful effects |
Why is “such simplistic advice ”(Line 2, Para.3) impossible to follow?
| A．No one can stay on the same job for long. |
| B．More effective ways have been found to get rid of stressful events. |
| C．People have to get married some day. |
| D．You could be missing chances as well. |
. According to the passage people who have experienced ups and downs may become ____.
| A．nervous when faced with difficulties |
| B．physically and mentally tired |
| C．more able to deal with difficulties |
| D．cold toward what happens to them |
Warnings from neuroscientist （神经系统科学家） Susan Greenfield will disturb the millions whose social lives depend on surfing their favorite websites each day．But they will strike a chord （弦） with parents and teachers who complain that many teenagers lack the ability to communicate or concentrate away from their screens．
More than 150 million use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, share photographs and videos and post regular updates of their movements and thoughts．A further six million have signed up to Twitter, the "micro-blogging" service that lets users exchange text messages about themselves．But while the sites are popular and extremely profitable, a growing number of psychologists and neuroscientists believe they may
be doing more harm than good．Baroness Tarot, an Oxford University neuroscientist believes repeated exposure could rewire the brain．Computer games and fast-paced TV shows were also a factor, she said．"My fear is that these technologies are weakening the brain to the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and live for the moment．" "I often wonder whether real conversation in real time may eventually give way to these easier and faster screen dialogues, in much the same way as killing and butchering an animal to eat has been replaced by the convenience of packages on the supermarket shelf," she said．
Psy
chologists have also argued that digital technology is changing the way we think．They point out that students no longer need to plan their term papers before starting to write—thanks to word processors they can edit as they go along．A study by the Broadcaster Audience Board found teenagers now spend seven and a half hours a day in front of a screen．Educational psychologist Jane Healy believes children should be kept away from computer games until they are seven．Most games only excite the "flight or fight" areas of the brain, rather than the areas responsible reasoning．
Sue Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood, said: "We are seeing children"s brain development damaged because they don"t engage in the activity they have engaged in for thousand
s of years．I"m not against technology and computers．But before they start social networking, they need to learn to make real relationships with people．"小题1:.
According to the passage, social networking websites might _____．
| A．make young users more selfish |
| B．lengthen young users" attention span |
| C．encourage young users constant satisfaction |
| D．help young users communicate better with their families |
A neuroscientist may worry that sites like Facebook may ______．
| A．help children learn to make real relationships with people in society |
| B．encourage students not to plan their term papers before starting to write |
| C．disturb those whose social lives depend on surfing their favorite websites |
| D．make real conversation in real time give way to easier and faster screen dialogue |
From the passage we can infer that _____．
| A．Baroness Tarot agrees websites cause small children"s small attention span |
| B．Jane Healy believes computer games can do good to children"s reasoning |
| C．Susan Greenfield"s warnings have been brought to wide public attention |
| D．Sue Palmer"s book Toxic Childhood discusses the development of networking |
What is the purpose of this passage?
| A．To tell us the conflict between neuroscientists and psychologists on websites． |
| B．To present some negative opinions on social networking websites． |
| C．To offer advice on the problem of brain damage caused by social networking． |
| D．To analyse how social networking websites cause damage in the brains of teenagers． |
Where is the Bermuda Triangle located? The mysterious triangle is believed to be situated between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico, where too many unusual events have happened.
On December the 5th 1945, five U.S. military planes took off from Florida on a clear day only to disappear over Bermuda. Furthermore, some other disappearances took place; in 1947, an American C54 plane simply disappeared at 100 miles from Bermuda; at 80 miles, a Star Tiger plane disappeared in 1948.
Even Columbus had trouble in Bermuda. Some of his journals were about the strange happenings there: “the waters are changing their colors” and “compasses are going wild”.
Maybe it’s why it is called the Devil’s triangle or the Atlantic cemetery.
Many hypotheses were stated in order to explain the strange events. In spite of these attempts, the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle remains unsolved.
Some people get to say that maybe aliens are involved in it. Other imaginative scientists relate the happenings in Bermuda to Einstein’s theory, saying that the missing ships and planes are translated to another dimension of space and time and taken into another world.
Maybe we will just have to wait to go to Heaven and ask the One who made it. The answer will surely be a satisfying one!
小题1:The writer may probably think that______.
| A．humans have to and can know everything strange |
| B．the missing ships are taken into another world |
| C．humans can know more in “the information age” |
| D．God created the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle |
| A．an American C54 plane disappeared |
| B．there were some strange happenings |
| C．the compasses were lost |
| D．a cemetery was found |
| A．guesses | B．reports | C．places | D．stories |
| A．tell some stories about the Bermuda Triangle |
| B．warn people not to travel to the Bermuda Triangle |
| C．laugh at man’s vanity to know everything |
| D．prove man does not have the ability to know all |
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