题目
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I"ve seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways. One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands like a gentleman. I saw him last week when I called round. Sprawling himself on the sofa in full length, he made no attempt to turn off the loud TV he was watching as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me. His mother was ashamed. "I don"t know what to do with him these days," she said. "He"s forgotten all the manners we taught him."
He hasn"t forgotten them. He" s just decided that he" s not going to use them. She confessed that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto the floor.
Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, "I don"t like your dress; it"s ugly." One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.
"Where did we go wrong?" her parents are now very sad. Probably nowhere much. At least, no more than the rest of that unfortunate race, parents.
小题1:This text is most probably written by _______.
| A．a headmaster of a middle school |
| B．a specialist in teenager studies |
| C．a parent with teenage children |
| D．a doctor for mental health problems |
| A．lazy | B．quiet | C．unusual | D．rude |
| A．pay no attention to them |
| B．feel helpless to do much about them |
| C．are too busy to look after them |
| D．have come to hate them |
| A．Parents have no choice but to try to accept it. |
| B．Parents should pay still more attention to the change. |
| C．Parents should work more closely with school teachers. |
| D．Parents are at fault for the change in their children. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
解析
试题分析：本文讲述了在儿童教育方面，父母很多情况下都是无能为力，只能接受这个现实。
小题1:推理题。根据第一段1,2行Parents should stop blaming themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it. I mean the teenager problem.说明本文中的“I”是一个儿童教育方面的专家，故B项正确。
小题2:推理题，这里的It就是指上一段最后3行的Whatever you do or however you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, reasonable and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal.一个孩子从很好的人变成了一个没有礼貌的家伙，故D正确。
小题3:推断题。根据最后一段Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don’t like your dress; it’s ugly.” One of the daughters has recently been driven out of school. The other has left home.“Where did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad.说明题目对两个女儿也根据没有办法的。故B正确。
小题4:推理题。根据文章第一段Parents should stop blaming themselves because there’s not a lot they can do about it.说明父母面对这样的问题只能接受，别无办法。故A正确。
核心考点
试题【Parents should stop blaming themselves because there"s not a lot they can do abo】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Good teachers make the growth of critical （批判性的） thinking easier in their students，only to find that this can lead to a questioning of the teachers’ basic beliefs．Schools encourage parents to become involved，but are often embarrassed when parents have reservations about some of the educational methods being used．Governments encourage unimportant groups to empower themselves in order to participate fully in the development process．And they are often surprised when the new leaders of these groups turn around and attack the policies of that same government．The rebellions （叛逆的）young and the newly unimportant groups are important in social development．They are not necessarily representatives of those they want to represent or not realistic in their demands，but their voices must be heard．
Good parents know that just forbidding particular behaviors does not prevent their children from finding ways to engage in these forbidden activities．Indeed，sometimes the forbidden fruit is more inviting，just because it is not accepted by authority．Parents must work with their children to educate them on the facts，know as much as possible about he lives of their children，provide a good example，encourage more wholesome activities but also support their children when they don’t follow what is expected of them．But the most important point is that they also need to learn how to let go．
小题1:By saying “Revolutions are led by the young”，the author indicates that young people are more___________________．
| A．conventional | B．creative |
| C．realistic | D．heartbreaking |
| A．the voice of the rebellious young should be heard by the government |
| B．schools encourage parents to question their education methods |
| C．movement is satisfied with the new leaders’ attack on the policies |
| D．teachers’ basic beliefs should be questioned by students |
| A．forbid particular behaviors in their daily life |
| B．know as much as possible as their children |
| C．educate them with facts and expect much of them |
| D．know them well and set a good example to them |
| A．free parenting | B．traditional parenting |
| C．smart parenting | D．critical parenting |
| A．Teaching Methods – for Teachers and Schools |
| B．Parents’ Tasks – in Children’s Development |
| C．Way of Growth – for the Young Groups |
| D．Letting Go – for Children’s Independent Life |
The reality，however，is that most of us organize their time around work demands，school deadlines，commuting or social events．Doing whatever your body feels like doing is a luxury in today"s fast-paced modem society．
But that doesn"t mean it isn"t worth trying．Obeying our body clock has significant health benefits．Disrupting our natural body rhythm，on the other hand，has been linked to problems such as depression，obesity，or headache，says Steve Key，a biology professor．
When the body clock can synchronize（使……同步）the rhythms of its natural processes，it “gives us an advantage in daily life”，says Key．
According to him，when it comes to cognitive（认知的）work，most adults perform best in the late morning．As our body temperature starts to rise just before awakening in the morning and continues to increase until midday，our memory，alertness and concentration gradually improve．
However，he adds，our ability to concentrate typically starts to decrease soon thereafter．Most of us are more easily distracted（分心）between noon and 4 pm．
Alertness also tends to fall after eating a meal and sleepiness tends to peak around 2 pm，making that a good time for a nap．
Surprisingly, tiredness may increase our creative powers．For most adults，problems that require open ended thinking are often best dealt with in the evening when they are tired， according to a study in the journal Thinking & Reasoning．
When choosing a time of day to exercise，paying attention to your body clock can improve results．Physical performance is usually best from about 3 to 6 pm，says Michael Smolensky，a professor of biomedical engineering．
Of course, not everyone"s body clock is the same，making it even harder to synchronize natural rhythms with daily plans．
小题1:If we know our natural body rhythm well, we can ．
| A．find out the suitable time to do specific tasks |
| B．organize our time around work demands |
| C．do whatever our body feels like doing |
| D．be sure to be healthy |
| A．Our alertness is influenced by our natural body rhythm |
| B．Doing whatever your body feels like is very difficult in our modem society． |
| C．Obeying our body clock is good for our health． |
| D．Disrupting our natural body rhythm can lead to obesity． |
| A．When our body clock synchronizes the rhythms of its natural processes，we can do better． |
| B．When it comes to cognitive（认知的）work，most people perform best in the late morning． |
| C．As body temperature rises before awakening in the morning，our concentration gradually improves． |
| D．We concentrate better in the late morning than between noon and 4 pm． |
| A．when we get up in the morning |
| B．when we are tired in the evening |
| C．when we are full of energy in the late morning |
| D．when we are asleep at night |
| A．What is natural body rhythm? |
| B．Natural body rhythm is good for us． |
| C．Something about natural body rhythm． |
| D．The latest research about natural body rhythm． |
As he graduates to the later stages of childhood bordering on the teenage years, the child learns the of human relations and socialization by interacting with his peers—his friends and schoolmates． He also learns to with new life situations, including dates and part-time work． Given a tight schedule of schoolwork, the child learns to prepare his own schedules of work and play; the more________ and less serious ones manage to take time out of their busy schedules of assignments, reports and tests and examinations to go with their friends on relaxation entertainment．
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"The first lady told her 170 ___2_____ that she spent too much of her time in college _____3___ on acadamic achievements. While her success in college and law school ____4____ a good job, she said, she ended up focusing on public service. “My message to you today is that don’t ____5______ a minute living someone else’s dream”she said. “It ______6___ a lot of real work to discover what brings you___7____ and you won’t find what you love simply by _____8_____ mailboxes or surfing the net."
She said MLK reminded her of her own high school ______9____ in Chicago. “My No. 1 _____10__ was to go to a high school that would push me and___11______me,” she said: “I wanted to go somewhere that would ____12_____achievement. ___13_____ schools like this don"t exist for every kid,” she said. “You are blessed.”
The first lady told graduates that__14____ may be a part of their college lives and careers, and that how they respond ___15_____ what they will became. “That’s when you ___16_____what you are really made of in those hard times,” she said. “But you can only do that if you’re willing to put yourself in a position ____17_____ you might fail.” Overcoming diffcultie has been the ____18_____of many great people，she said, “Oprah was demoted (降职)from her first job as a news reporter, and now she doesn’t even need a last name,” she said of media giant Oprah Winfrey.And then there’s this guy Barack Obama. I could ____19______a whole afternoon talking about his failures. He ___20____ his first race for Congress”.the first lady joked, “and now he gets to call himself my husband.
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In a laboratory test, a house built with conventional techniques is falling apart in hurricane-force winds.
The survivor has stronger shingles, thicker roof boards, and metal straps holding floors together.
Wind tunnel tests were done by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety. It says stronger construction costs a little more, but holds up much better to extreme weather.
The growing number of unusually strong storms, like Typhoon Haiyan, has convinced the Chairman of the U. S. Senate Homeland Security Committee, Tom Carper, that extreme weather is the “new norm（标准）.”
"Extreme weather events have increased in frequency over the past 50 years and are expected to become even more common, more intense, and more costly," said Carper.
Hurricane Sandy hit beachfront businesses along the U.S. East Coast, including Carper"s home state. Insurance companies had to pay out huge claims. To limit such losses, the insurance industry can raise premiums（保险费） for businesses in vulnerable（易受攻击的）locations and offer discounts to clients who make their buildings more resilient with upgraded construction techniques.
Managing risks is the job of insurance brokers like Kevin Connelly of the Graham Company, who spoke to VOA via Skype.
“We are either going to price your insurance at a huge markup, or we are not going to write (sell it) it at all, which is just as bad obviously," said Connelly.
Drought is another suspected consequence of climate change, and dry ground means more wildfires in California. Current mathematical models of climate change do a poor job of predicting the economic impact of drought and other weather events, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Robert Pindyck, who spoke via Skype.
“I think all we can do, taking all of that into account, is come up with some very rough numbers, very rough estimates, "said Pindyck. "Consensus estimates that maybe experts provide, that give us a view of what would the catastrophic outcome look like if we don’t do anything?”
To help deal with this serious problem, Pindyck says policymakers should take actions such as imposing a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. A carbon tax would encourage companies and families to use less energy and generate fewer of the gases thought to be driving changes in the climate. But other analysts say it is unlikely a new tax will get approval in the U.S. Congress any time soon.
小题1:What can be inferred from the passage?
| A．There are many severe weather events destroying homes, businesses and lives. |
| B．Stronger construction will save the expense in the long run. |
| C．Government should be totally responsible for the weather change. |
| D．Typhoon Haiyan hit Tom Carper"s home state. |
| A．Drought | B．Hurricanes | C．earthquakes | D．wildfires |
| A．a house built with conventional techniques |
| B．A house with stronger shingles |
| C．A house with thinner roof boards |
| D．a house with metal floors . |
| A．pay out huge claims |
| B．raise premiums（保险费） for businesses in vulnerable（易受攻击的）locations |
| C．offer discounts to clients who make their buildings more resilient with upgraded construction techniques. |
| D．price insurance at a huge markup |
| A．supportive | B．doubtful | C．indifferent | D．positive |
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