1. measure A. eagle B. breast C. weak D. pea
2. expand A. race. B. decade C. mineral D. bacteria
3. worth A. thus B. there C. thunder D. though
4. hunger A. underline B. circulate C. argue D. super
5. skim A. inspiration B. organization C. institute D. possible
根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首写字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。
1.She is so______________(耐心) and kind that we like her.
2.More and more students know the __________(重要性) of learning English well.
3.It’s difficult to imagine his __________(接受) the decision without any hesitation.
4.Many people have the ______________(能力) to do their jobs well.
5.I finally understood one of his ____________________(解释) in class.
6.I i______________ to go abroad for further education, but finally I gave up the idea because my parents were short of money.
7.We have tried every means to r_____________ all kinds of pollutions in the area.
8. He didn’t have an operation because we sent him to the hospital right now and he got timely t____________.
9.Most of the houses and trees in the village were d_________ by the terrible flood.
10.The car knocked into a wire pole. F_________________, no one get injured.
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."
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
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
3.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A．The same praise for all children has no meaning
B．Children don’t know what they’re really good at.
C．Praise makes children become successful.
D．Duke thinks praise is more important than finding children’s strengths.
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.
A boy who was nervous on his first day of school climbed onto a third-floor balcony (阳台) and put legs over the side. His mother and teachers tried their best to bring him down, but failed. However, a firefighter who dressed as "Spiderman" succeeded in saving him.
Firefighter David Smith was called in after the 6-year-old’s teachers and mother had failed to get him down from the balcony. "He was asking for his mother, "Smith said. "He was crying, and wouldn’t let any of us get near him." After hearing a conversation between the boy’s mother and his teachers about his love of superheroes , Smith hurried home to get his Spiderman clothes.
"I told him 'Spiderman is here to save you. No one will hurt you now,’" Smith said. "Then I told him to walk slowly toward me. I was really nervous that he might fall if he got too excited and started running." Then the crying boy broke into a smile and walked into the fireman’s arms.
The fictional (虚构的) superhero was created by writer Stan Lee in the early 1960s. It has recently become popular again through a series of movies made about him. In them he is acted by superstar Tobey Maguire, who acted with Kirsten Dunst and James Franco.
1.Which would be the best title for this passage?
A．Spiderman Is Back B．"Spiderman" Saved a Boy
C．Spiderman Is Popular D．A Boy’s Love of Spiderman
2.Put the following things in the correct order.
a. The fireman dressed as "Spiderman".
b. The mother talked with the boy’s teachers.
c. The boy didn’t let anyone get near him.
d. The boy smiled at the fireman.
A．c, b, a, d B．c, b, d, a C．b, c, a, d D．b, a, c, d
3.How did the fireman succeed in saving the boy?
A．By showing he had the same interest as the boy.
B．By bringing the boy’s mother to his side.
C．By dressing up as a superhero.
D．By making friends with him.
4.What do we learn from the passage?
A．The boy had been forced to go to school.
B．The mother did not love her son.
C．Spiderman is a superhero in a series of movies.
D．Spiderman became popular again in the 1960s.
Friends play a very important part in everyone’s life. Friendship usually develops during childhood. New friends are made when you progress through school. Those friends that you make as a student can usually last long. Friends influence (影响) your development, maturity (成熟) and sense of responsibility. A familiar expression is “You can tell a lot about a person by knowing who his friends are.” Friendship is based on common interests. If you like sports, most of your friends are likely to be athletic (竞技的). If you enjoy reading and shopping, most of your friends do the same.
Some people call you their friends for the wrong reasons. These people are not really friends. They are superficial(表面上的) only “friends” on the outside, not the inside where it counts. Superficial friends only want to be your friends if it is to their advantage. True friends are there if you are rich or poor. It is easy to have many so-called “friends” if you are rich. By this time you should be able to separate your friends into the real or the “phoney”.
True friends are most special. They are also difficult to find. You can consider yourself very lucky if you have one true friend. This friend is eager to help you whenever necessary. He or she knows you would do the same for them. A true friend is someone you can talk to about any subject or problem. You and your true friend have good understanding of each other. True friends support you, take your side, and build up your confidence.
1.The first paragraph tells us _____.
A．how to make a true friend
B．we should make friend in our childhood
C．what is friendship based on
D．friends play a very important part in our life
2.Which of the following is TRUE?
A．What you value above anything is the friendship developing during childhood.
B．The friendship developing during your school days will be with you for a long time.
C．Only through your friends’ influence will you take the responsibility for your task.
D．If you have no music in you, none of your friends will be a music lover.
3.“So-called” friends in paragraph 2 refer to _____.
A．someone who only wants to be your friend when you are successful
B．those who want to benefit from you
C．the friends who are on the surface only
D．all the above
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A．You should tell true friends from phoneys.
B．True friendship is too difficult to find.
C．You can share your joys and sorrows with a true friend.
D．A true friend will stand by you whatever happens.
Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
"I don't sing." said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!"
The waiter shouted across the room, " Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!"
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent (天赋）he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
1.The lady asked the player to sing a song because .
A．she had paid him for this B．she knew him very well
C．she wanted to have a change D．she enjoyed his singsing
2.Nat King Cole successed because .
A．the lady helped him a lot B．he caught the chance
C．he continued to play in the bar D．he stopped playing the piano
3.From the story we know if you have some talent, you should .
A．hide it and wait B．ask others or help
C．pay no attention to it D．work hard to improve yourself
4.Which could be the best title for the passage?
A．Sing in the Bar B．Achieve Success in Life
C．Never Lose Heart D．Find Your Hidden Talent
