Parents who help their children with homework may actually be bringing down their school grades. Other forms of parental involvement, including volunteering at school and observing a child's class, also fail to help, according to the most recent study on the topic.
The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting where schools expect them to act as partners in their children's education. Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time, fed, dressed and ready to learn.
Keith Robinson, the author of the study, said, "I really don't know if the public is ready for this but there are some ways parents can be involved in their kids' education that leads to declines in their academic performance. One of the things that was consistently negative was their parents' help with homework." Robinson suggested that may be because parents themselves struggle to understand the tasks."They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now, or in some cases never learnt it themselves, but they're still offering advice."
Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks. In general, about 20% of parental involvement was positive, about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.
Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because "children with good academic success do have involved parents", admitted Robinson. But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success. "A big surprise was that Asian-American parents whose kids are doing so well in school hardly involved. They took a more reasonable approach, conveying to their children how success at school could improve their lives."
1.The underlined expression "parental involvement" in paragraph 1 probably means _______.
A. parents' participation in children's education
B. parents' expectation on children's health
C. Parents' plan for children's future
D. parents' control over children's life
2.What is the major finding of Robinson's study?
A. Parents are not able to help with children's homework.
B. Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected.
C. Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging.
D. Modern parents raise children in a more scientific way.
3.The example of Asian-American parents implies that parents should _______.
A. help children realize the importance of schooling
B. take a more active part in school management
C. set a specific life goal for their children
D. spend more time improving their own lives
It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest man would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter.
Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense. It takes the most cool-hearted drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave, or thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and becomes so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.
However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical example is the driver who waves to a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may not be able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to.
An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total jams that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can't even learn to drive, let alone master the roadmanship(驾车技能). Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time that all of us took this message to heart.
1.According to the writer, a good driver should __________.
A. beat back when forced to face rude driving
B. be able to recognize politeness when he sees it
C. join in traffic stream quickly however other people feel
D. encourage children to cross the roads whenever they want to
2.Troubles on the road are often caused by _______.
A. great speed B. traffic jams
C. terrible road conditions D. the behaviors of the drivers
3.It is not always right for drivers to ________.
A. master roadmanship
B. create atmosphere of good will
C. encourage old ladies to cross the road
D. give a friendly nod to show politeness
4.What's the best title of the passage above?
A. Road Politeness B. Traffic Jams
C. Good Manners D. Modern Drivers
Do you like air travel with a service dog? Air travel makes some people very nervous. The crowds, the noise and flying itself can cause unease. But there are classes people can take to help them defeat their fear of flying. And, let me introduce similar training for service dogs that suffer the same problem
Service dogs almost never leave the side of the people they care for. You will see them working on buses, trains and other public transport systems. But the busy environment found at an airport can trouble even the best trained working dog.
People with disabilities depend on their dogs. They want the animals to safely guide them through security areas. They also need the dogs to remain calm on duty on the plane, even when the flying is not smooth. This takes special training. The Air Hollywood K9 Flight School is one place where such help can be found.
The school has a piece of equipment that provides the sights, sounds and even the feel of an airplane in flight. It is called a flight simulator, which was built for filming airplane scenes in movies.
Sandy Alexander has a disability that requires his two-year-old dog, Doc, to be always at his side. Mr. Alexander took the dog to the flight school to get him ready for plane trips. He says Doc did not like the bumpy part of the flight simulation( 模拟).
Dog trainer Mary Segall is with Canine Companions for Independence. It provides dogs for people with disabilities. Ms Segall says successful training is based on a simple rule: preparation.
" Dogs need to be exposed gradually and repetitively to stimulation, to the environment, to loud noises, to sounds and to other dogs so that when this experience happens to them on a daily basis, they are able to act in a way that they're used to acting and that they don't get excitable."
Dog owners who attended the training at Air Hollywood K9 Flight School say they now feel much more at ease about future flight. Their dogs also seem ready for take-off.
1.How does the author introduce the topic of the text?
A. By asking a question. B. By introducing a novel.
C. By comparing fear of flying. D. By giving an example.
2.Why is Sandy Alexander's example given in Paragraph 5?
A. Because he likes dogs.
B. Because his dog is clever.
C. Because he will play a role in a film.
D. Because the author wants to develop the following paragraphs.
3.From the last paragraph we can draw a conclusion that ________.
A. the training is very easy
B. service dogs don't like flying with their owners
C. service dogs adapt themselves to the stimulation slowly.
D. dog owners are satisfied with training
在班级活动中，当你的想法与大多数同学不一致时，你是坚持自己的观点并说服别人，还是尊重大多数同学的意见?请你以“When Have a Different Opinion”为题，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文。要求如下：
1.从以上两种做法中选择一种；
2.以具体事例阐述你选择的理由。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线 ，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
With the development of modem technology, there are plenty ways for us to contact people. One of our most favorite ways is probably WeChat. The main reason may be because it is very convenient to use with the popularity of the smart phone. We can contact friends whenever it is but wherever we are. We like using WeChat also because it is very cheap. It costs only a little and is even free unless Wi-Fi is available. Another advantage lies in the speed with which messages get sent and received. It’s so fast that we can get in touch with others instantly. More importantly, using WeChat, we can give friends not only very exact written informations but also very moving greeting words, that we might not say face to face. Besides, music as well as pictures and videos are often uploaded through WeChat, so it is now a useful entertainment tool.
In a word, using WeChat is a good choice for you to keep in contact with friends.
At only 12, Milton Hershey stopped 1. (attend) school and began to work for a candy maker in Lancaster. There, he learned to mix sugar and water to make candy products, 2. he moved to Philadelphia to set up a candy store. However, his store was a complete 3. (fail). So he 4. to Lancaster and began making caramels (焦糖) in his own way — with fresh milk and he made it.
Then in 1893 he bought the chocolate-making machines made by Germany. He was developing a(an) 5. (usual) plan — to build a large chocolate factory and a town to support it. So soon he bought a town 6. he set up his chocolate factory in the following year. The factory provided free accommodation and all his workers lived in it. He found a way to make large amounts of milk chocolate. The Hershey Candy Company was on its way to success.
Today, in the town of Hersey, the streetlights 7. (shape) like the candy. The air often smells 8. chocolate. At Hershey’s Chocolate World, visitors can learn 9. chocolate is made. This special town callus 10. “The Sweetest Place on Earth.”
