All schoolchildren should have "happiness" lessons up to the age of 18 to combat(fight) growing levels of depression, according to a senior Government adviser.
Pupils should study subjects such as how to manage feelings, attitudes to work and money, channeling (引导) negative emotions and even how to take a critical view of the media, said Lord Layard, a professor of economics at the London School of Economics.
The proposal comes only days after the Government said that lessons in manners—including respect for the elderly and how to say "please" and "thank you" should be taught in secondary schools to combat bad behavior.
Lord Layard said, "Learning hard things takes an enormous amount of practice. To play the violin well takes10,000 hours of practice. How can we expect people to learn to be happy without massive amounts of practice and repetition?"
It is believed that at least two percent of British children under 12 now struggle with significant depression. Among teenagers, the figure rises to five percent. AUNICEF study involving 21 developed countries showed that British children were the least satisfied with their lives, while the World Health Organization predicts that childhood psychiatric (精神)disorders will rise by 50 percent by 2020.
In a speech at Cambridge University, Lord Layard said the Government"s lessons in manners did not go far enough. "We need a commitment to producing a major specialism in this area, with a serious teacher training program," he said.
However, happiness lessons have been criticized by academics. Frank Furedi, a sociolog y professor at Kent University and author of Therapy Culture, said, "In pushing emotional literacy, what some teachers are really doing is abandoning teaching. They are giving up and talking about emotions instead, so that children value all this non-discipline-led activity more than math, English or science. What is amazing about this is that time and time again, research says that it does not work. "
小题1: Frank Furedi believes that ______.| A．happiness lessons should be taught to children | | B．happiness lessons are just a waste of time | | C．formal teaching can go side by side with happiness lessons | | D．formal teaching should not give way to happiness lessons |
小题2: We can conclude from the passage that _______.| A．the British Government hasn"t fully realized the problems with British students | | B．Lord Layard thinks little of the Government"s lessons in manners | | C．British students are not well-behaved enough | | D．lessons in manners have brought about positive changes in British students |
小题3: Which of the following methods does Lord Layard use to show learning to be happy takes practice?| A．Comparison. | B．Description. | C．Argument. | D．Analysis. |
小题4: What does Lord Layard think of the Government"s lessons in manners?| A．They are quite enough to solve the present problem. | | B．They can hardly meet the special demands of education. | | C．They are only focused on a major specialism. | | D．They will probably end up in failure. |
小题5:What do we know about British children from the passage? | A．They are the least happy among 21 developed countries. | | B．They suffer depression at an earlier age. | | C．They are the easiest to suffer childhood psychiatric disorders. | | D．Their standard of living is the lowest among 21 developed countries. |
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Preparing for tomorrow
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms．Shelton believed in readiness．Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the 36 ．They quickly protested that the words were not on their 37 and they couldn’t learn them．
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these 38 ．She said that she would teach them something that should be given．Ms．Shelton 39 by saying that one of the students in the classroom could g o on to 40 , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．
Ms．Shelton spoke those words many years ago． 41 did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them 42 ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could 43 high goals．
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are 44 to see．” If that’s true, then it is also 45 that they only become what they are prepared to become．And many things in life are just about getting ready．
“I want to be doing something more 46 with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me．He 47 what he was doing was just not that important．Other people have said things to me such as, “I only 48 I had a meaningful relationship．” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but  I just don’t see 49 ．”
You fill in the blanks．What is it you would like to 50 that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet 51 ．Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which  you 52 ．
Think of today as another chance to 53 yourself for the exciting future you are looking for．Today is not wasted．If you desire more from 54 , then you can use today as training．For you will experience only what you are prepared to 55 ．Something wonderful can happen．And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow．
| 小题1: | | A．desk | B．wall | C．chalkboard | D．door |
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| 小题2: | | A．duty | B．desk | C．mind | D．level |
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| 小题3: | | A．words | B．grammars | C．pronunciations | D．sentences |
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| 小题4: | | A．started | B．ended | C．warned | D．reminded |
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| 小题5: | | A．greatness | B．wealth | C．honor | D．failure |
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| 小题6: | A．Seldo m | B．Little | C．Hardly | D．Totally |
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| 小题7: | | A．nervously | B．eagerly | C．seriously | D．simply |
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| 小题8: | | A．keep | B．have | C．set | D．achieve |
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| 小题9: | | A．prepared | B．forced | C．attracted | D．tempted |
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| 小题10: | | A．proper | B．exact | C．legal | D．true |
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| 小题11: | | A．difficult | B．significant | C．pleasant | D．interesting |
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| 小题12: | | A．boasted | B．behaved | C．felt | D． looked |
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| 小题13: | | A．wish | B．expect | C．hope | D．imagine |
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| 小题15: | A．survive | B．happen | C．gain | D．win |
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| 小题16: | | A．adventurous | B．active | C．ready | D．intelligent |
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| 小题17: | | A．concern | B．arrange | C．adore | D．desire |
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| 小题18: | | A．prepare | B．enjoy | C．imagine | D．conduct |
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| 小题19: | | A．history | B．nature | C．life | D．marriage |
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Bats are the only mammals(哺乳动物) which can fly properly. Other flying mammals have wings of thin skin which cover their sides between their front and back legs. They can only fly from tree to tree, but they cannot change direction when they want to.
All bats fly at night and most of them hunt for flying insects(昆虫), such as bees. The common bat finds its food by making a constant noise that the human ear cannot  hear. The bat listens for echoes(回声) of the noise as it bounces(反射) off the insects showing the bat their position.
The Fruit bat feeds on many different kinds of fruit. It does not use echoes but instead has very large, special eyes to see even in low light. The largest Fruit bat has a wing length of 0.75 meters. The Vampire bat drinks the blood of large mammals, and a few bats catch fish, birds and even other bats.
小题1: Some flying mammals are not real flyers because _____.| A．they do not have wings | B．their wings are too thin | | C．they have skin between their legs | D．they cannot turn around in the air |
小题2: When common bats hunt for food they _____.| A．use echoes to kill the insects | B．make a noise to draw insects to them | | C．produce a sound and listen to the echoes | D．listen noise made by the insects |
小题3: Unlike other bats, the Fruit bat _____.| A．can see very well | B．eats fruit and fish | C．has very long wi ngs | D．has excellent hearings |
小题4:The word "it" in the second paragraph refers to ____ _.| A．the bat | B．the echo | C．the noise | D．the insect |
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Finding the right school for your child is a process. You will want to read about the school, talk to any friends who are involved in the school and, most important of all, visit the school.
The first step in finding out about Indian Creek is to request an information packet. We will be happy to send you a packet containing a brochure(小册子), the fee structure and an application. The packet should answer most of your general questions about the school.
In order to get a true sense of Indian Creek School, you should come for an Admission Tour, which includes a personal meeting focusing on your child, a tour of the building and the classrooms, and a discussion of the curriculum(课程).
This visit is no less important if the child for whom you are seeking admission is a teenager than if he or she is a three-year-old one. Every school has a different “school climate.” If you visit two or three schools, you will notice that each “feels” different. You know your child best and you will quickly develop a sense of whether a school is the right match or not.
●The initial point of entry for Indian Creek Students is at the pre-kindergarten level for three year olds.
●Children must be three years old by August 31st.
●We also have major points of entry from grade six to grade nine. At each of these levels, we open new sections and accept students in addition to those moving up from our own lower grades.
●There are scattered(零散的) openings available throughout the program due to attrition(学生流失). Once an opening occurs, students spend a day at ICS, part of which includes admission testing.
小题1: You can NOT get to know about ICS by ________.| A．getting an information packet | | B．taking an admission tour | | C．asking friends involved in ICS | | D．taking an admission test |
小题2: During the Admission Tour, you can ________.| A．having a meeting with the children | | B．decide on the design of the classrooms | | C．talk with the school about the courses | | D．choose the weather suitable for study |
小题3: Which of the following is NOT accepted for ICS when there is no attrition?| A．A boy who will be 3 years old by July. | | B．A fifth grader originally studying in ICS. | | C．An eighth grader from another school. | | D．A fourth grader from another school. |
小题4: The text is intended for ________.| A．teachers | | B．parents | | C．kindergarteners | | D．school kids |
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A new study has been carried to test the role of story telling in lowering blood pressure. Dr. Thomas Houston, a professor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, led a group of scientists that researched how pre-recorded videos of hypertension (高血压) patients" talking about their medical histories helped another group of patients with high blood pressure to control their condition over several months.
Houston was surprised by their studies that suggested that communication can be a powerful tool in medicine. They showed that those who had had similar experiences, when talking to someone with a similar background, could help change their behavior to become healthier. Hypertension is difficult to control, since it is dependent on diet, exercise and mental state. Medical treatments with drugs, and lifestyle therapies(疗法) have been relatively ineffective because people find it hard to follow those medical requirements.
In the test, his team carefully chose their story-tellers from 23 0 members of a patients" community with whom they could most easily relate. Next, they divided their study population into two groups. One received three interactive DVDs containing the tellers" stories of their experiences in living with and treating their hypertension. The other were given educational discs on an unrelated health topic. The study volunteers reported that they had listened to the DVDs, and after three months, those who heard the stories of the hypertensive patients lowered their blood pressure.
While the study did not address how the story-telling influenced the patients" behavior, Houston doubts that watching patients of similar backgrounds who had a similar medical experience helped to motivate them to seek medical help to their hypertension. They found that after six months the difference in blood pressure between those who watched the story-tellers and those who observed the unrelated videos remained, suggesting that the story-telling continued to have an effect.
小题1: We can learn from the text that the pre-recorded videos _________.| A．tell medical histories of hypertension patients | | B．introduce some medical treatments of hypertension | | C．introduce a good lifestyle for hypertensive patients | | D．tell scientific discoveries of the scientist group |
小题2:Houston was surprised to find that _______.| A．hypertension is really difficult to control | | B．communication has some medical effects | | C．medical treatments have no effect at all | | D．people don"t follow the medical requirements |
小题3: The underlined word "address" in the last paragraph most probably means _______.| A．persuade | B．observe | C．attend | D．announce |
小题4: Which of the following could be the best title of the text?| A．The stories of some hypertension patients. | | B．Medical treatments of blood pressure. | | C．Storytelling may help lower blood pressure. | | D．Suggestions about how to lower blood pressure. |
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A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close friend in school, you will be most fortunate. A 21 friend is someone who stays with you for life”. 22 teaches that he was right. Good friendship is just not easily 23 .
It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place 24 enough for true
friendship to develop. However, there can be 25 disagreement on the need for each of us to think carefully about the kind of friendship we want.
To most of us, friendships are considered very important, 26 we need to
have it clear in our minds the kinds of friendship we want. Are they to be close or 27 at arm’s length? Do we want to 28 ourselves or do we want to walk on the surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are 29 enough. And that’s all right. But at some 30 we need to make sure that our expectations are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of personal experience including our tears as well as our dark 31 is the surest way to deepen friendships. But it must 32 slowly and carried on only if there are 33 of interest and action in return.
What are some of the 34 of our friendship? The greatest is to 35 too
much too soon. Deep relationships 36 time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “possesses” the other, including his time and attention. 37 , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must 38 as much as you take. Finally there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend 39 time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die 40 .
| 小题1: | | A．useful | B．fair-weather | C．school | D．true |
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| 小题2: | | A．Knowledge | B．Hardship | C．Experience | D．Schooling |
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| 小题3: | | A．formed | B．understood | C．realized | D．produced |
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| 小题4: | | A．certain | B．long | C．patiently | D．Fortunately |
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| 小题5: | | A．some | B．any | C．no | D．great |
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| 小题7: | | A．remained | B．left | C．stayed | D．kept |
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| 小题8: | | A．share | B．deepen | C．strengthen | D．hide |
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| 小题9: | | A．less | B．not | C．quite | D．very |
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| 小题10: | | A．degree | B．places | C．point | D．length |
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| 小题11: | | A．clothes | B．dreams | C．clouds | D．Letters |
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| 小题12: | | A．be undertaking | B．be undertaken | C．have been undertaken | D．have been undertaking |
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| 小题13: | | A．signs | B．marks | C．sciences | D．sights |
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| 小题14: | | A．disadvantages | B．differences | C．requirements | D．difficulties |
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小题15: A. command B. pull out Ｃ. expect D. develop
| 小题16: | | A．waste | B．take | C．kill | D．spend |
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| 小题17: | | A．Surprisingly | B．Differently | C．Strangely | D．Similarly |
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| 小题18: | | A．act | B．possess | C．give | D．walk |
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| 小题19: | | A．considerate | B．reasonable | C．wonderful | D．comfortable |
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