Most adults want to return to their childhood, because they believe how happy it is to be a child. But they forget that times have changed a great deal, and they never honestly change places with a child. Think of the years at __1__: the year spent living in __2__ fear of examinations and school reports. Every movement you made was __3__ by some adults. Think of the __4__ when you had to go to bed early, you had to eat __5__ things that were supposed to be good for you. Remember how "gentle" __6__ was given to you with words like"If you don"t do what I say, I will…". I"m sure you will __7__ forget! __8__, these are only part of children"s trouble. No matter how kind and loving parents may be, children often __9__ from some terrible and illogical fears since they can"t understand the world around them. They often have such 10 in the dark or in the dream. 11 can share their fears with other adults while children have to face their fears 12 . But the most 13 part of childhood is the period when you begin to go out of it, the period when you go into 14 . Teenagers start to be 15 their parents and this causes them great unhappiness. There is a complete 16 of selfconfidence during this time. Adolescents pay much attention to their appearance and the 17 they make on others. They feel shy, awkward and clumsy(笨拙的). 18 are strong but hearts are easily broken. Teenagers 19 moments of great happiness or black despair, 20 through this period, adults seem to be more unkind than ever. |
( )1. A. home ( )2. A. content ( )3. A. observed ( )4. A. pleasure ( )5. A. delicious ( )6. A. pressure ( )7. A. ever ( )8. A. Thus ( )9. A. suffer ( )10. A. views ( )11. A. Children ( )12. A. regularly ( )13. A. painful ( )14. A. adulthood ( )15. A. in ( )16. A. need ( )17. A. expression ( )18. A. Bones ( )19. A. ensure ( )20. A. and | B. school B. forgetful B. disturbed B. goods B. nutritious B. care B. never B. As a result B. free B. fears B. Experts B. alone B. reliable B. adolescence B. through B. short B. explanation B. Feelings B. indicate B. but | C. table C. absurd C. stopped C. time C. tasty C. issue C. still C. Even so C. die C. regrets C. Adults C. doubtfully C. inspiring C. youth C. for C. lack C. possession C. Wills C. experience C. even | D. hand D. constant D. appreciated D. fun D. hateful D. exploration D. somewhat D. Above all D. differ D. spirits D. Teenagers D. comfortably D. imaginary D. period D. against D. abundance D. impression D. Ideas D. comfort D. instead | 阅读理解 | Compared with their continental counterparts, children in the UK start school at a very early age. Our correspondent is not convinced that it gives them any academic advantage. My threeyearold son and I went shopping for his school uniform. As he stood in the changing room, swamped by even the smallest trousers, several people commented that he looked too young to start school. I couldn"t agree more. Scarcely will he have blown out the candles on his fourth birthday cake when I"ll be waving him off at the school gates. The poor little man still puts his pants on back to front and thinks baby pigs come out of eggs. How is he going to cope with literacy and numeracy hours, let alone the horrors of school toilets? Yes, I am an overanxious mother but I surely can"t be the only person who feels that British children start school far too young. A research suggests that channelling children into formal learning structures at such a young age breeds a sense of failure and disaffection that will dog them throughout their school career. The law states that the statutory school starting age for children in the UK is the term after a child"s fifth birthday, but it is common practice in England and Wales to admit children to reception class at the beginning of the year in which they become 5, which means that most children start school at the age of 4. The latest government figures indicate that around 80 percent of children enter school before their fifth birthday. By comparison, children in France, Portugal, Belgium start school at 6, while the school starting age in many Scandinavian countries is 7. This is the starting age in Finland, where students recently beat those from 39 other countries to come out tops in maths, science and reading.
1. When her son is going to enter primary school, the writer feels very ________. A. excited B. worried C. surprised D. puzzled
2. In the UK, it is stated in the law that children should start school at the age of ________. A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
3. Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage? A. Do our children start school too young? B. Students starting school too young may cause problems C. Young students may lead to failure D. The age of starting school in some countries
4. What worries the writer is that her child ________. A. can"t even look after himself B. can"t dress himself C. has some childish thoughts D. has little ability in writing and reading | 完形填空 | Displaying charitable behavior can develop your children"s sympathy and desire to give. Sherry, __1__, began doing so when her daughter, Tracy, was 4. She __2__ to Tracy that there were many children whose parents couldn"t afford to buy them toys, and she might want to __3__ the toys, and clothes she was "too big for", and put them in a bag. Tracy was __4__ to do this task, and they drove to a shelter __5__ by a local church. Tracy carried the __6__ in. __7__ Tracy became older, they would carry out this tradition a few times a year. These activities showed Tracy that her mom was involved in helping the poor, but __8__, gave her a chance to become involved. Sometimes, Tracy had a second thought about some toys she had prepared to donate and decided to keep a few of them for herself. This is fine. __9__ children are willing to give up some of their things, they are on the right 10 . Getting your children involved doesn"t 11 much time and effort. Grace and Kal"s children attended a local public 12 that had a shelter. Once a week, both of them brought two 13 of food to school for the shelter. Every member of the 14 worked there a few hours once a month. One evening the family 15 dinner there, and the meal 16 canned peach. Many years has passed and their younger daughter 17 recalls how good it made her feel when she was 4 and saw the 18 eating her peaches. Today, all three kids continue to be active 19 . 20 their parents. | ( )1. A. for example ( )2. A. recalled ( )3. A. pick up ( )4. A. discouraged ( )5. A. run ( )6. A. toys ( )7. A. Because ( )8. A. after all ( )9. A. As far as ( )10. A. track ( )11. A. spend ( )12. A. school ( )13. A. bottles ( )14. A. shelter ( )15. A. ordered ( )16. A. included ( )17. A. hardly ( )18. A. homesick ( )19. A. volunteers ( )20. A. Because | B. in other words B. explained B. show up B. forced B. carried out B. clothes B. When B. above all B. As long as B. path B. share B. shelter B. boxes B. school B. had B. including B. never B. boys B. students B. But for
| C. all in all C. mentioned C. set up C. unwilling C. belonged to C. bag C. With C. at all C. Even though C. alternative C. require C. church C. bags C. family C. cooked C. contained C. still C. students C. children C. Thanks to | D. in a word D. insisted D. gather up D. pleased D. invented D. task D. As D. as a matter of fact D. While D. choice D. replace D. meeting D. cans D. church D. served D. containing D. merely D. homeless D. persons D. Despite | 阅读理解 | Poor listening skills form an obstacle to effective communication. A study by Dr. Paul Panklin at a university found that 9 percent of communication time is devoted to writing, 16 percent to reading, 30 percent to speaking and 45 percent to listening. We spend more time listening than we do in any other form of communication. However, most of us don"t pay much attention to it. Research indicates that normal listening results in a 50percent retention immediately after a 10minute presentation, which then declines to only about 25 percent after 48 hours. Extension Specialist Bob Linda says the average person will hear 7. 5 minutes of a onehour presentation and will forget half of that. One reason we listen so poorly is that our minds work much faster than our mouths. The average person thinks 600-700 words per minute but speaks at a rate of about 125. His listeners" minds are occupied with hearing only onefifth of the time he is speaking. The listeners may consider and react to what is being said during the other fourfifths of the time, or become absorbed in coming up with his response, or think other thoughts and miss the rest of what is being said. If we really listen, we may be forced to accept a different perspective of reality. Most of us have a firmly developed view of reality that we do not want to change. Carl Rogers, the psychiatrist, points out that if you are really willing to listen to another, to enter his private world and see reality as he sees it, you run the risk of being changed. "This risk of being changed is one of the most frightening prospects most of us can face. "
1. From the passage, we can learn that listening ______. A. always forms a barrier to our communication B. occupies the largest part in communication C. will take the place of other ways of communication D. is a difficult skill to master
2. The underlined word "retention" in the 3rd paragraph means "________". A. attention B. presentation C. memory D. occupation
3. In normal listening, the reason why an average person can only keep half of what the speaker says in mind is that ________. A. half of that will be forgotten B. our mouths work much more slowly than our minds C. most of us pay little attention to it D. he is afraid of being changed
4. According to Carl Rogers, ________. A. we should let listeners enter our private world B. the opinions of the speakers may affect us if we listen to them willingly C. we shouldn"t make us changed while listening D. it is wrong that we don"t want to change while listening |
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