According to some researchers, you should not praise children for everything tha

According to some researchers, you should not praise children for everything tha

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According to some researchers, you should not praise children for everything that they do. It does not help them build self-confidence.
Most parents and teachers agree that praise can help increase children’s self-confidence —the more, the better. However, according to some researchers, only proper praise is good for children. If adults praise everything children do, it makes children look for praise all the time, not trying to do their best. "Teachers should not say things like ’good job’ or ’nice work’ whenever a child does anything. They should encourage them to continue to improve," some researchers advise.
Another idea is that children with high self-confidence are happier, and do better at school. About this, Marshall Duke, a researcher in children, says, "High self-confidence brought in by too much praise does not make children happier, get more, or become able to do more. Finding a child’s advantages (强项) and developing them can help build confidence more than too much praise can." Praise also loses its effect (影响) if it is given equally to all students.
"It’s important to tell children the truth about what they’ve done. Honest feedback (反馈) is far better than empty praise," Duke adds. "People have got into the habit of not telling children when they’re wrong. That makes it hard for them to deal with difficulties when they grow up. That’s just how the world is."
小题1:According to some researchers, if parents praise their children too much, their children will ______.
A.always look for praise
B.increase self-confidence
C.become strong
D.do better in their studies
小题2: In order to help children build self-confidence, some researchers advise parents to ______.
A.make them live more happily
B.let them do more difficult work
C.help them do better in school
D.encourage them to improve
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A.Praise makes children become successful.
B.Children don’t know what they’re really good at.
C.The same praise for all children has no meaning.
D.Duke thinks praise is more important than finding children’s strengths.
小题4: What is the last paragraph about?
A.It’s important to have the habit of praising children.
B.Children should know their mistakes as soon as possible.
C.We should praise children honestly and tell them their mistakes.
D.What children with high self-confidence are like.

答案

小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:C
解析

小题1:根据第二段However, according to some researchers, only proper praise is good for children. If adults praise everything children do, it makes children look for praise all the time, not trying to do their best.描述,可知选A
小题1:根据第二段They should encourage them to continue to improve," some researchers advise.描述,可知选D
小题1:根据Praise also loses its effect (影响) if it is given equally to all students. 及上下文描述,可知对所有孩子都是同样的表扬,没有意义,故选C
小题1:根据最后一段"It’s important to tell children the truth about what they’ve done. Honest feedback (反馈) is far better than empty praise," Duke adds.描述,可知选C
举一反三
I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook, Myspace -- I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.
Some online businesses are run from one-room home offices. Others have hundreds of employees (雇员) across the world. Have you ever heard of Amazon.com, Yahoo.com?
My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal (交易) on Steve Madden shoes that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, not knowing about all the deals I was missing out on.
That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes (信封) had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!
“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!
“How much did all of this coat?”
“Oh, only about $15 in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s a way better than going to the mall.”
I felt as if there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.
小题1:From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author        
A.had no experience using computers
B.had no idea of what e-commerce is
C.only used the Internet to check e-mail
D.thought surfing the Internet was a waste of time
小题2: The writer didn’t find out about e-commerce until       
A.he stopped web-surfing
B.he visited a store in his backyard
C.his sister explained the packages she got by mail
D.his friends told him about the online deals they made
小题3:We can infer from the last paragraph that the author       .
A.never enjoyed shopping that much
B.loves the big store in her backyard
C.feels she is a true master of the Internet
D.has begun to enjoy online shopping
小题4:What’s the purpose of the article?
A.To tell the readers how he begins online shopping.
B.To do business on the Internet.
C.To make an online shopping ad.
D.To advise people not to do online shopping

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As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ___36___ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___37___. On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable.  They are torn between the  wish to go to bed early so that  Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___38___ up late so that they will not ___39____ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ___40___ for a long time, hoping to get a short ___41___ at Father Christmas.
Last Christmas, my wife and I ___42___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___43___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ___44___ me where that new bike had come from, but ___45___ he did not see it.
On Christmas Eve, ___46___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly___47___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___48___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___49____ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night, for the children were ___50___ to get up early. At about five o’clock the next morning, we were ___51___ by loud sounds coming from the children’s room — they were shouting excitedly! ___52_____ I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, followed close behind pushing her new baby carriage. ____53_____ the baby arrived. He moved ___54____ the hands and knees into the room dragging a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up ___55___. The day had really begun with a band(巨响) !
小题1:
A.facedB.metC.filledD.pleased
小题2:
A.questionB.matterC.ProblemD.business
小题3:
A.getB.stayC.standD.wake
小题4:
A.loseB.breakC.missD.leave
小题5:
A.awakeB.wakeC.asleepD.sleep
小题6:
A.lookB.stareC.glareD.watch
小题7:
A.hopefullyB.busilyC.gladlyD.successfully
小题8:
A.likedB.fearedC.surprisedD.hated
小题9:
A.answerB.tellC.askD.search
小题10:
A.sadlyB.unluckilyC.possiblyD.fortunately
小题11:
A.itB.theyC.ID.we
小题12:
A.morningB.midnightC.eveningD.daybreak
小题13:
A.fillingB.sewingC.mendingD.preparing
小题14:
A.presentB.stockingC.bikeD.tree
小题15:
A.goingB.sureC.gladD.excited
小题16:
A.troubledB.frightenedC.wokenD.shocked
小题17:
A.BeforeB.AfterC.UntilD.Since
小题18:
A.EvenB.AndC.SoonD.Then
小题19:
A.withB.onC.overD.by
小题20:
A.allB.nearlyC.happilyD.completely

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In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally    1   them and the job they do-although there are certain people who do not believe that the police should have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do? It is not a(n)   2 job to describe. After
all, a policeman has a number of jobs in one. A policeman often has to control traffic,either on foot in the center of a town, or in apolice car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time   3up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop   4  motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the   5 , too. If there is a fight or some other
disturbance, we   6  the police to come and restore order. And they often have to7  situation at great risk to their own   8 .
We expect the police to solve crimes, of course; so an ordinary policeman,
9  he is not a detective(侦探), will often have to help   10 and arrest criminals.
And who do we call when there is an emergency-an air crash, a   11 , a
road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. So a policeman has to be   12  to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the   13 world.
The police do an absolutely necessary job. They do it   14  well and I
support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could  15  do
the job of a policeman.  
1.A.dislike        B.join          C.appreciate     D.admire
2.A.funny          B.pleasant      C.interesting    D.easy  
3.A.walking        B.driving       C.wandering      D.searching
4.A.resting        B.tired        C.speeding       D.drunken
5.A.peace          B.silence       C.situation      D.condition
6.A.wait for       B.call          C.think of       D.expect
7.A.turn to        B.avoid         C.deal with      D.treat
8.A.safety         B.families      C.future         D.friends
9.A.although       B.as if         C.however        D.even if
10.A.get rid of    B.question      C.look for       D.sentence
11.A.power failure B.fire          C.thunder storn  D.thief
12.A.provided      B.promised      C.prepared       D.presented
13.A.future        B.modern        C.real           D.whole
14.A.extremely     B.specially     C.surprisingly   D.particularly
15.A.hardly        B.forever       C.ever           D.never
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In Western countries people have been using the installment (分期付款) plan since the first half of the twentieth century. Today, a large number of families in Great Britain buy furniture, household goods and cars by installments. In the U.S.A.,the figure is much higher than in Great Britain, and people there spend over 10 percent of their income on the installment plan.
The price of an article bought on installments is always higher than the price that would be paid by cash. There is a charge for interest. The buyer pays one quarter or one third of the price as a down payment (预付定金) when the goods are delivered to him. He then makes regular payments, weekly or monthly, until the full price is paid up. The legal ownership of the goods remains with the seller until the final payment has been made.
Installment buying has advantages and disadvantages. It can help couples with small incomes to furnish their homes and start housekeeping. It increases the demand for goods, and in this way helps business and employment,There is,
however, the danger that when business is bad, installment buying may end suddenly, making business much worse. This may result in a great increase in unemployment.
If the people on the installment plan lose their jobs, they will probably not be able to make their payments. If great numbers of people are not able to pay their installment debts, there is a possibility that businessmen cannot collect their debts and will therefore lose money. If businessmen lose money or fail to make a satisfactory profit,it becomes more likely to have a depression (萧条). This is why, in some countries,the government controls the installment plan by fixing the amount of the down payment and installments to discourage people from buying more than they can pay for on the installment plan.
小题1: Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the installment plan?
A.A lot of British families use the installment plan. "
B.More than 10 percent of American families buy things on installments.
C.Americans depend more on installment than British people do.
D.Americans spend one tenth of their income on installment buying.
小题2: Goods bought on installments are more expensive than goods bought by cash because_______.
A.the buyer has to pay extra money as interest
B.the delivery of the goods charges extra money
C.the buyer has to pay adown payment
D.the service offered by installment plan charged extra money
小题3: What will happen to a buyer if he fails to make the full payment for an item bought on installments?
A.He might lose his job.
B.He will stop owning the item he has bought.
C.He will have to setl what he has bought.
D.He will go into debt.
小题4: The advantage of installment buying might include all the following EXCEPT that________.
A.purchasing power is strengthened
B.employment might be increased
C.people develop a good habit of saving money
D.young couples are able to furnish their homes
小题5:In some countries, the governments control the installment plan to_______.
A.increase employment
B.avoid depressions
C.ensure that businesses make good profits
D.ensure that people can pay for what they buy

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“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton (骨骼) in the closet (衣橱)?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother paused thoughtfully. “Well, it"s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad"s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be "a skeleton in his family"s closet". He really wouldn"t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick on my family?” Jessica"s father said with anger. “Your family history isn"t so good, you know. Wasn"t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?”“Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.”“Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica"s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica"s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica"s mother sank in a faint (晕倒), waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school"s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They"re both crazy,” she thought.
小题1:According to Jessica"s mother, “a skeleton in the close” means ________.
A.a family honorB.a family secretC.a family storyD.a family treasure
小题2:What can we learn about some Australians" ancestors from Paragraph 2?
A.They were brought to Australia as prisoners.
B.They were the earliest people living in Australia.
C.They were involved in some crimes in Australia.
D.They were not regarded as criminals in their days.
小题3:Why did Jessica bring a skeleton home?
A.She was curious about it.B.She planned to keep it for fun.
C.She needed it for her school task. D.She intended to scare her parents.
小题4: Jessica"s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ________.
A.they were crazy.
B.they were over excited.
C.they realized their misunderstanding.
D.they both thought they had won the quarrel.

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