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through 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 they__11__offer help with the kids" lessons as if they were
teachers. They check their schoolwork, 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__.
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| Have you played it? It"s a game for a person or for a carload. Someone begins, "I"m grateful to God for. . . " And he or she shares something. Then the next person gives gratitude for something. This goes on for 5 minutes or more until you reach your destination. There"s no loser. Everyone feels happy after expressing gratitude. And sometimes you discover amazing things. My 5-year-old granddaughter and I played the gratitude game when she visited us. I found out she was grateful to her friend Josh. . . and "the other Josh". She was grateful to go swimming at the pool. She was grateful to have a daddy who played with her and to a nice mommy. She would begin the gratitude games as soon as we settled into the car to drive somewhere. Playing it with her, I tried to be honest and not just say something fast. I really stopped to think. What was I grateful for at the moment? That our country was not at war. That we had plenty to eat. Playing the game made me more aware of the good things in my life. A friend of mine was having a tough time seeing that there wasn"t any good in his life. I suggested to my friend that he take a few minutes before going to bed and write down all the good things he could think of that happened during the day. Later he told me what happened. He couldn"t think of anything good. But he persisted until he was able to write a few things down. The next morning he decided to look for signs of good during the day. He sat down on his front steps. A robin(知更鸟)landed on the grass. In his words, it began"doing a little dance", preening (整理羽毛)and cleaning itself. He watched the entire show. It was delightful. He realized that if he hadn"t been really looking for good, he would never have noticed the robin and would have missed what to him was a remarkable display. That evening he filled several pages with recordings of good that had happened during the day and things he was grateful for. Gratitude had made a huge difference! | |||
| 1. The purpose of the gratitude game is to __________. | |||
| A. let people share their gratitude to God B. discover amazing things in life C. make people realize the good things around them D. practice people"s skill of expressing themselves | |||
| 2. From the description by the writer, we can know that her granddaughter __________. | |||
| A. spoke much faster than the writer B. enjoyed the gratitude game C. finished the game within five minutes D. doubted her honesty | |||
| 3. What was the problem with the writer"s friend? | |||
| A. He saw nothing worth his appreciation. B. He had lost his purpose of life. C. He had trouble remembering what had happened during the day. D. He found it hard to play the game. | |||
| 4. The story of the writer"s friend tells us that __________. | |||
| A. life is meaningless to a person who doesn"t know how to give gratitude B. one can always find relief in nature when he is in depression C. gratitude plays an important role in changing a person"s character D. it"s not difficult to find good things in life if one starts looking for them | |||
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| Every people has their own way of saying things, their own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based on colors. Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland jazz. Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health. Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song-Mood Indigo-about the deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song:"You aren"t blue till you"ve had that Mood Indigo. "Someone who is blue is very sad. The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling stomach may say she feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green. Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a fast new car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the back side of the paper money. The color black is used often in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day. A blacklist is illegal now. But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations. | |||
| 1. If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping, you may call it__________. | |||
| A. a white day B. a black day C. a red day D. a green day | |||
| 2. Suppose Mr. Brown says he is very happy because his three children are all in the pink, this means all his children are________. | |||
| A. lucky and wealthy B. gentle and modest C. fit and healthy D. creative and energetic | |||
| 3. When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband, Jane was really__________. | |||
| A. red hot B. green C. blue D. black | |||
| 4. In the following paragraph, the writer might tell the readers something about__________. | |||
| A. unpopular organizations in the world B. people"s response towards a black day C. the influence of the traditional blues D. more words about a color, such as brown | |||
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| Have you ever thought about what determines the way we are when we grow up? Remember the TV program Seven Up? It started following the lives of a group of children in 1973. We first meet them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and catch up with them at seven-year intervals:nervous 14-year-olds, serious 21-year-olds and then grown-ups. Some of the stories are inspiring, others sad, but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the way in which the children"s early hopes and dreams are shown in their future lives. For example, at seven, Tony is a lively child who says he wants to become a sportsman or a taxi driver. When he grows up, he goes on to do both. How about Niki? She says, "I would like to find out about the moon. "And she goes on to become a space scientist. As a child, soft-spoken Bruce says he wants to help "poor children" and ends up teaching in India. But if the lives of all the children had followed this pattern, the program would be far less interesting than it actually was. It was the children whose childhood did not prepare them for what was to come that made the program so interesting. Where did their ideas come from about what they wanted to do when they grew up? Are children influenced by what their parents do, by what they see on television or by what their teachers say? How great is the effect of a single important event? Many film directors, including Steven Spielberg, say that an early visit to the cinema was the turning point in their lives. Dr. Margaret McAllister, who has done a lot of research in this area, thinks that the major factors are parents, friends and their wider society. | |||
| 1. What does the text mainly discuss? | |||
| A. New ways to make a TV program interesting. B. The importance of TV programs to children. C. Different ways to make childhood dreams come true. D. The influence of childhood experience on future lives. | |||
| 2. What does the underlined word "influenced" mean in the last paragraph? | |||
| A. Impressed. B. Improved. C. Affected. D. Attracted. | |||
| 3. What are the examples in Paragraph 2 meant to show? | |||
| A. Many people"s childhood hopes are related to their future jobs. B. There are many poor children in India who need help. C. Children have different dreams about their future. D. A lot of people are very sad in their childhood. | |||
| 4. Spielberg"s story is meant to show that __________. | |||
| A. going to a movie at an early age helps a child learn about society B. a single childhood event may decide what one does as a grown－up C. parents and friends can help a child grow up properly D. films have more influence on a child than teachers do | |||
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| Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices going up, up, and up. "How high can they go?" Is the question on everyone"s lips. "As long as interest rates stay around 5 percent, nothing might be able to prevent housing prices going up," said one house seller in Santa Monica, California. "It"s crazy," said Tim, who is looking for a house near the beach. "In 1993, I bought my first place, a two－bedroom flat in Venice, for$70,000. My friends thought then that I was overpaying. Five years later, I had to move. I sold it for $ 230,000, which was a nice profit. Last year, while visiting friends here, I saw in the local paper that the exact same flat was for sale for $ 510,000!" It is a seller"s market. Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the asking price. Donna, a new owner of a one－bedroom flat on Venice Beach, said, "That"s what I did. I told the owner that whatever anyone offers you, I"ll give you $ 20,000 more under the table, so you don"t have to pay your house seller any of it. I was tired of negotiating with the house sellers." Tim says he hopes he doesn"t get that desperate. "Whether you decide to buy or not, you still feel like you made the wrong decision. If you buy, you feel like you overpaid. If you don"t buy, you want to kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity." Everyone says the bubble(气泡)has to burst sometime, but everyone hopes it will burst the day after they sell their house. Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring. "All we can say is that, clearly, these things go in regular cycles," said the state director of housing. "What goes up must come down. But, as we all know, housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down (被接受). So you can"t lose over the long run. Twenty years down the road, your house is always worth more than you paid for it." | |||
| 1. If Tim had sold his flat last year, he could have earned __________. | |||
| A. $ 510,000 B. $ 440,000 C. $ 280,000 D. $ 160,000 | |||
| 2. Donna paid another $ 20,000 to the owner secretly because __________. | |||
| A. she felt like offering 10% more B. secret money made low price C. the owner asked for the money D. she was bored with bargaining | |||
| 3. We can infer from Tim"s words in Paragraph 4 that __________. | |||
| A. homebuyers feel hesitate facing rising house prices B. buying a house is always a great opportunity C. homebuyers never make the right decision D. both sellers and buyers become desperate | |||
| 4. Which of the following is TRUE about the housing bubble? | |||
| A. It is something everyone hates to see. B. Only experts know when it will burst. C. It is unavoidable in the regular circles. D. It usually stays for about twenty years. | |||
| 阅读理解. | |||
| Few people would question the value of taking part in sports for young people.With proper training, supervision, protective equipment and techniques, and a proper emphasis on winning, sports can develop a healthy body and spirit and a life－long interest in being active and fit.Without such measures, childhood sports can lead to injuries and even paralysis or death. Even in the best conditions, no activity can be risk－free.But most serious hazards are preventable. Cyclists and football players can reduce their risks by wearing helmets;hockey players by wearing masks ；basketball and tennis players by wearing eye guards；baseball players by wearing batting helmets. Besides,risks to individual players can often be found, and thus prevented, through a properly performed medical exam before a child plays.For accidents that may not be preventable, having an emergency plan and first－aid equipment,and someone trained to use the equipment, can be lifesaving. Still,each year, according to the American College of Sports Medicine, more than 775,000 children under 14 are treated in emergency rooms for sports injuries, nearly half of them preventable.An estimated 300,000 athletes experience exercise－related head illnesses each year, and almost all of them should have been avoided. Further,from half to three－fourths of sports－related concussions(脑震荡) are never even diagnosed ;the injured are often sent back to play too soon and put at risk of another more serious brain－damaging concussion.To help reduce these risks, the National Center for Sports Safety, with the National Athletic Trainers"Association, offers a three－hour online safety course for coaches for $ 28 at www.SportsSafety.org. | |||
| 1．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? | |||
| A．All the accidents can be prevented. B．All the accidents cannot be prevented. C．Lives can be saved so long as there is proper equipment. D．Lives cannot be saved even if there is proper equipment. | |||
| 2．What does the underlined word "hazards"(in Paragraph 2) mean? | |||
| A．Mistakes. B．Diseases. C．Dangers. D．Situations. | |||
| 3．It is implied in the passage that__________. | |||
| A．prevention of injuries is not paid enough attention to B．children under 14 are more easily hurt in sports C．most head illnesses are related with exercise D．none of the head illnesses should have happened | |||
| 4．What can coaches mainly learn from the online safety course? | |||
| A．How to cure brain－damaging concussion. B．How to diagnose brain－damaging concussion. C．How to predict the possibility of brain damage. D．How to deal with the injured properly. |