What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.
We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.
Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive (helpful) things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “You are such a smart child.”
1.The words “intelligent” and “brilliant” in the first paragraph probably mean _______ while “dull” in the second paragraph means ________.
A．great and important; common
B．pretty and handsome; ordinary-looking
C．bright and splendid; slow in thinking and understanding
D．hopeful and helpful; careless
2.A person ________ is more likely to become a genius.
A．whose parents are clever
B．often thinking about difficult problems
C．often helped by his parents and teachers
D．born with a good brain and putting it into active use
3.It is better for parents ________.
A．to praise and encourage their children more often
B．to be hard on their children
C．to leave their children alone with nothing to do
D．to give their children as much help as possible
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?
A．Parents play an important part in their children’s growth.
B．Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.
C．The less you use your mind the duller you may become.
D．What makes a person bright or stupid is still under discussion.
It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's 36 heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was 37 him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road, 38 several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch (沟渠) filled with water.
Luckily, both the mother and son were 39 seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but 40 . As water came through broken windows in the car, he 41 unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the 42 window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the 43 to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to 44 her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon 45 .
His mother later recalled her experience of the 46 . Being unable to move or even 47 to offer instructions (指导) or encouragement to her son, she was 48 by her little son's action. She recalled 49 her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”
It seemed 50 that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favourite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that 51 , when everyone else had 52 hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had 53 and took action. Obviously this book had left a 54 impression before the accident that rainy 55 and motivated (激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.
1. A．snowing B．smoking C．raining D．blowing
2. A．ordering B．flying C．pushing D．driving
3. A．moved B．fell C．rolled D．stopped
4. A．wearing B．watching C．making D．missing
5. A．afraid B．dead C．tired D．unhurt
6. A．nearly B．carefully C．quickly D．happily
7. A．student B．worker C．family D．passenger
8. A．box B．room C．car D．ditch
9. A．respect B．free C．recognize D．introduce
10. A．accepted B．rescued C．welcomed D．fed
11. A．travel B．experiment C．accident D．fire
12. A．speak B．sleep C．listen D．look
13. A．excited B．amazed C．wounded D．frightened
14. A．seeing B．hearing C．smelling D．feeling
15. A．clear B．sorry C．useful D．necessary
16. A．poem B．notice C．story D．dream
17. A．realized B．waken C．kept up D．given up
18. A．courage B．food C．space D．time
19. A．bad B．deep C．false D．general
20. A．afternoon B．night C．morning D．evening
---They are quiet，aren’t they?
---Yes. They are accustomed ________at meals.
A．to talk B．to not talk C．to talking D．to not talking
He risked __________ his job to see me off.
A．Losing B．to risk C．being lost D．Lost
He is a strict but kind teacher, ___is always trying to make his classes __ and interesting .
A．one ; living B．one who; lively C．he ; lovely D．he who; live
假设你是高中生李明，有感于校园中存在随意涂写（to scribble）和乱丢垃圾（ to litter）的行为，请用英语给校长写一封100个词左右的信。信中应包括以下内容：
1、说明写信目的；
2、对这些行为进行批评；
3、提出建议。
注意：信的开头、落款及信的第一句已给出（不计词数）
June 25, 2012
Dear Mr. Headmaster,
I am Li Ming, a student from, Senior 1.
Your faithfully,
Li Ming
