a teacher"s 1 as he or she tries to teach your kids? Did you ever wonder what the teacher 2 from
you, the parents?
Parents can be 3 or suspicious. They can be of great help to the teacher 4 be in need of help
themselves. Some teachers think parents are too 5 on their children. Here is 6 one teacher puts it.
"I usually have the 7 of parents coming in and 8 me how much they care about the kids"
education and how they really 9 their kids. They tell me they stand and 10 them closely when they
do their homework. Sometimes the 11 offer help with the kids" lessons as if they were teachers. They
check their school work, and are too sensitive to 12 . They blame the kids on everything having to do
13 school. When a parent asks me how his or her kid is getting on in my class, my answer usually is"
Well, you know, he is 14 a good kid. He is fine in my class. Maybe you don"t have to be so 15
with your kid.""
Teachers want parents to know that they are professionals at 16 with children. They have
17 many children and even parents. Because of this, teachers can be 18 at educating children.
Teachers are 19 that parents want their children to do well, but they know more about what children
should be able to do at different ages and 20 .
( )1. A. heart ( )2. A. reflects ( )3. A. effective ( )4. A. but ( )5. A. hard ( )6. A. where ( )7. A. problems ( )8. A. advising ( )9. A. help with ( )10. A. connect ( )11. A. even ( )12. A. marks ( )13. A. at ( )14. A. nearly ( )15. A. satisfied ( )16. A. working ( )17. A. fed ( )18. A. pleased ( )19. A. content ( )20. A. stages | B. mind B. results B. attentive B. or B. keen B. how B. contracts B. examining B. deal with B. guide B. already B. efforts B. beyond B. really B. careful B. playing B. observed B. worried B. doubtful B. classes | C. soul C. benefits C. supportive C. thus C. dependent C. when C. accidents C. telling C. make up C. watch C. still C. pains C. in C. seldom C. strict C. staying C. attended C. disappointed C. aware C. schools | D. spirit D. expects D. positive D. as D. crazy D. why D. agreements D. instructing D. give up D. inspire D. merely D. words D. with D. hardly D. cautious D. joking D. greeted D. experienced D. suspicious D. projects |
1-5: BDCBA 6-10: BACBC 11-15: AADBC 16-20: ABDCA | |||
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We may all have had the embarrassing moment:Getting halfway through a story only to realize that we"ve told this exact tale before to the same person. Why do we make such memory mistakes? According to the research published in Psychological Science, it may have to do with the way our brains process different types of memory. Researchers Nigel Gopie, of the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, and Colin Macleod, of the University of Waterloo, divided memory into two kinds. The first was source memory, or the ability to keep track of where information is coming from. The second was destination memory, or the ability to recall who we have given information to. They found that source memory functions better than destination memory, in part because of the direction in which that information is travelling. To study the differences between source memory and destination memory, the researchers did an experiment on 60 university students, according to a New York Times report. The students were asked to associate (联想) 50 random(随意的) facts with the faces of 50 famous people. Half of the students "told"each fact to one of the faces, reading it aloud when the celebrity"s(名人的) picture appeared on a computer screen. The other half read each fact silently and saw a different celebrity picture afterward. When later asked to recall which facts went with which faces, the students who were giving information out(destination memory)scored about 16 percent lower on memory performance compared with the students receiving information(source memory). The researchers concluded that outgoing information was less associated with its environmental context (背景)-that is, the person-than was incoming information. This makes sense given what is known about attention. A person who is giving information, even little facts, will devote some mental resources to thinking about what is being said. Because our attention is limited, we give less attention to the person we are giving information to. After a second experiment with another group of 40 students, the researchers concluded that selffocus is another factor that undermines destination memory. They asked half the students to continue giving out random information, while the other told things about themselves. This time around, those who were talking about themselves did 15 percent worse than those giving random information. "When you start telling these personal facts compared with nonself facts, suddenly destination memory goes down more, suggesting that it is the selffocus component (成分) that"s reducing the memory."Gopie told Live Science. 1. The point of this article is to ________. A. give advice on how to improve memory B. say what causes the memory to worsen C. explain why we repeat stories to those we"ve already told them to D. discuss the differences between source memory and destination memory 2. What can we learn from the article? A. Source memory helps us remember who we have told the information to. B. One"s limited attention is one of the reasons why those reading aloud to the celebrity"s pictures perform worse on the memory test. C. Silent reading is a better way to remember information than reading aloud. D. It tends to be more difficult for people to link incoming information with its environmental context than outgoing information. 3. The underlined word"undermines" probably means________. A. weakens B. benefits C. explains D. supports 4. What did the scientists conclude from the second experiment? A. Destination memory is weaker than source memory. B. Focusing attention on oneself leads to relatively poor source memory performance. C. Associating personal experience with information helps people memorize better. D. Selffocus is responsible for the reduction of destination memory. | |||
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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 1 It has been used as a product full of nutrition. Our bodies need it for their development and also to help them to recover after a disease. The microelement(微量元素) content of honey is similar to that of our blood. 2 In honey, the percentage of vitamins and minerals differs according to the kind of nectar(花蜜) used by the bees and the quality of the soil where the plants grow. 3 The latter is the most valuable in its healing(治疗) effects. 4 Put one teaspoonful of honey in a glass of milk before going to bed and you will certainly have sweet dreams that night. If you feel sick because you have eaten too much one day, or you have a stomachache, then their solution is a glass of water with honey and lemon. Moreover,a sore throat is not a problem any more if you have a cup of tea with honey. Singers use honey when they have problems with their voices or before a concert when they really feel exhausted. 5 they use them for their hair,nails and bodies. A. Honey is mostly used as a natural sedative(镇静剂)when you have problems with your sleep. B. Honey is helpful for losing weight. C. That is why it is so well assimilated (吸收)by our bodies. D. For women, beauty products made of honey can be very helpful. E. Honey, a wonderful gift of nature to mankind, has been well known since ancient times. F. What determines the quality of honey is the kind of bees and flowers. G. There are kinds of honey,including mono flower honey,meaning the honey is made of only one type of flower,and polo flower honey,which is made in mountainous areas. | |||
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A. Top English, your smart choice! B. If you want to learn English, we can teach you! C. Top English, the best English! D. We have what you want! | |||
2. If you work in a joint Venture(合资) Company, you probably take the course. | |||
A. Standard Spoken English B. Intermediate Business English C. TOEFL Super Studies D. Children"s Weekend | |||
3. Which of the following courses can be learned by the same person? | |||
A. Basic Studies and Standard Spoken English. B. Intermediate Spoken English and Basic Business English. C. Standard Spoken English and TOEFL Super Studies. D. Intermediate Business English and TOEFL Super Studies. | |||
4. If you want to join the English Salon, you should at least . | |||
A. be a university graduate B. be a student learning English in the Top English City C. be an English lover or can speak English well D. make more friends and know more about the culture of the English | |||
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Compared to adults, children seem to be moving constantly. So it"s no surprise that most parents | |||
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It is reported that conservation groups in North America have been arguing about the benefits and dangers of wolves.Some groups believe wolves should be killed.Other people believe wolves must be protected so that they will not disappear from the wilderness(荒野). For Killing Wolves In Alaska,the wolf almost disappeared a few years ago,because hunters were killing hundreds of them for sport.However,laws were established to protect the wolves from sportsmen and people who catch the animals for their fur.So the wolf population has greatly increased.Now there are so many wolves that they are destroying their own food supply. A wolf naturally eats animals in the deer family.People in the wilderness also hunt deer for food.Many of the animals have been destroyed by the very cold winters recently and by changes in the wilderness plant life.When the deer can"t find enough food,they die. If the wolves continue to kill large numbers of deer,their prey(猎物)will disappear some day.And the wolves will,too.So we must change the cycle of life in the wilderness to balance the ecology.If we killed more wolves,we would save them and their prey from dying out.We"d also save some farm animals. In another northern state,wolves attack cows and chickens for food.Farmers want the government to send biologists to study the problem.They believe it necessary to kill wolves in some areas and to protect them in places where there is a small wolf population. Against Killing Wolves If you had lived long ago,you would have heard many different stories about the dangerous wolf. According to most stories,hungry wolves often kill people for food.Even today,the stories of the“big bad wolf”will not disappear. But the fact is wolves are afraid of people,and they seldom travel in areas where there is a human smell.When wolves eat other animals,they usually kill the very young,or the sick and injured.The strongest survive.No kind of animal would have survived through the centuries if the weak members had lived.That has always been a law of nature. Although some people say it is good sense to kill wolves,we say it is nonsense!Researchers have found wolves and their prey living in balance.The wolves keep the deer population from becoming too large,and that keeps a balance in the wilderness plant life. The real problem is that the areas where wolves can live are being used by people.Even if wilderness land is not used directly for human needs,the wolves can"t always find enough food.So they travel to the nearest source,which is often a farm.Then there is danger.The“big bad wolf”has arrived!And everyone knows what happens next. 1. According to the passage,some people in North America favor killing wolves for all the following reasons EXCEPT that________. A. there are too many wolves B. they kill large numbers of deer C. they attack cows and chickens for food D. they destroy the wilderness plant life 2. Some people are against killing wolves because________. A. wolves help to keep the ecological balance in the wilderness B. there is too small a wolf population in the wilderness C. there are too many deer in the wilderness D. wolves are afraid of people and never attack people 3. According to those against killing wolves,when wolves eat other animals,______. A. they never eat strong and healthy ones B. they always go against the law of nature C. they might help this kind of animals survive in nature D. they disturb the ecological balance in the wilderness 4. The last sentence“And everyone knows what happens next”implies that in such cases________. A. farm animals will be in danger and have to be shipped away B. wolves will kill people and people will in turn kill them C. wolves will find enough food sources on farms D. people will leave the areas where wolves can live |