Parents Are Invited
To a Lecture On
Raising a Self-Disciplined Child
Help Your Child Become More
Responsible, Confident, and Lively
Presented by Dr Robert Brooks
Robert Brooks, Ph.D., one of the two authors of Raising a Self-Disciplined Child, is a nationally famous speaker and author. This book presents parents with “ a positive approach to discipline that helps children to develop self-discipline, respect, responsibility and liveliness rather than anger.” Dr Brooks of Harvard Medical School uses real-life stories to discuss such topics as self-respect and family relationships.
Copies of Raising a Self-Disciplined Child, Raising Lively Children, and other books by Dr Brooks will be available for sale and signing following the talk.
Wednesday, January 12 @ 7 PM
Allison Williams Activity Center
Trinity School
4301 Northside Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30327
Call Ms Ginny Perkinson at 404-231-8113 for questions
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小题1:Who is this lecture intended for?| A．Children | B．Robert Brooks | C．Ginny Perkinson | D．Parents |
小题2:This lecture is mainly about how to _____. | A．tell stories | B．sell a book | C．raise children | D．become a writer |
小题3:People can _____ if they have questions about the lecture.| A．visit Dr Goldstein | B．call 4301-30327 | | C．call 404-231-8113 | D．visit Mr Williams |
小题4:Raising a Self-Disciplined Child is the name of a ______. | A．book | B．company | C．school | D．newspaper |
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41-44 DCCA
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:A |
试题分析：本文介绍了一本书Raising a Self-Disciplined Child，该书内容是教育子女如何成长的。以及相关的一些详细内容。
小题1:D 推理题。根据Parents Are Invited To a Lecture On Raising a Self-Disciplined Child说明本文是针对父母抚养孩子的问题，故这个演讲是给父母讲的。故D正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据正文2,3,4行. This book presents parents with “ a positive approach to discipline that helps children to develop self-discipline, respect, responsibility and liveliness rather than anger.”说明这本书是让父母学会如何教育子女的问题，故C正确。
小题3:C 细节题。根据文章最后一行Call Ms Ginny Perkinson at 404-231-8113 for questions说明如果有问题请打404-231-8113这个电话，故C正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据第一段第1行Robert Brooks, Ph.D., one of the two authors of Raising a Self-Disciplined Child说明Robert Brooks是这本书的作者之一，故Raising a Self-Disciplined Child是一本书，A正确。
点评：本文介绍了一本书Raising a Self-Disciplined Child，该书内容是教育子女如何成长的。以及相关的一些详细内容。以推理题的考查为主，在解答这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息，采用针对性方法进行阅读，因为这类题的答案在文章中可以直接找到本文内容较为简单，考生可以先看题目再读文章。 |
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Every year, British newspapers report on the stranger questions asked in Oxbridge (Oxford & Cambridge) interviews. Often, though, these questions are not as strange as they first seem. And they are all designed to give applicants (申请者) a chance to think.
Arriving for her first Oxford interview, my sister Jen saw that there was only one chair in the waiting room. On the chair was a large fork. Jen had heard about the strange things in Oxbridge interviews, and believed that this was a test. “What if they’re watching me?” she thought. “If I move the fork, it will show initiative (主动性); if I don’t move it, it will show that I can easily fit into new situations.” In the end, she sat uncomfortably on the edge of the chair!
Applicants must be prepared for the unexpected. Now it was Jen’s turn. She was handed a monkey skull (颅骨) and asked to talk about it. At first, this seemed unfair --- what could she say? But she soon calmed down, started thinking, and found that there was plenty to talk about.
Oxbridge interviews are designed to find out how you think, not just what you think. And there are no wrong answers. Jen learnt that, and she passed the interview. What advice does she give? “ Don’t be nervous, and be prepared for the unexpected!”
小题1:According to British newspapers, questions for Oxbridge applicants are very _____. | A．unfair | B．normal | C．easy | D．strange |
小题2:On her first interview, Jen ____ after she entered the waiting room.| A．moved the fork | B．sat down on the fork | | C．sat down on the chair | D．moved the chair |
小题3:Jen learned that it was very important to _____ in order to pass the Oxbridge interviews.| A．make up new situation | B．show how one thinks | | C．describe what one hears | D．talk about various monkeys |
小题4:The writer uses a(n) ____ to introduce how Oxbridge applicants are interviewed. | A．example | B．guess | C．experiment | D．survey |
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You may go to karaoke or disco clubs with your friends during the summer holidays. But be careful. In these 41 places you may see people selling small, colourful pills. Make sure you do not try them.
The seller 42 say they are safe and can help you enjoy yourself or 43 from sadness. They may even offer you a free 44 , and tell you that everybody is using 45 .But you must be alert to the 46 that these drugs could destroy your life.
When you put them into your body, often 47 swallowing, breathing in or injecting, drugs find their way into your brain.
Drugs may either speed up 48 slow down your senses. Their effects are different depending on body size, shape, and chemistry. 49 it can make you feel good at first, a drug can do a lot of 50 to your body and brain.
One of the most popular drugs in nightclubs is the so-called head-shaking or ecstasy pill. The drug hits users with a fast high, 51 them feel powerful and full of 52 . Heart rate, breathing and blood pressure 53 - risking damage to your nervous system. Marijuana (大麻) is a 54 used illegal drug. It is called the gateway drug, because using it sometimes 55 harder drugs. It is mostly smoked in a cigarette.
There is 56 risk related to taking drugs that must be 57 . Sharing a needle to inject a drug puts a user at a very 58 risk of being affected with HIV.
Drugs may appear in many different 59 , some with cool names, but taking them could 60 your health forever.
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| 小题4: | | A．drink | B．try | C．cigarette | D．taste |
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| 小题6: | | A．fact | B．problem | C．trouble | D．reality |
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| 小题9: | | A．Although | B．Because | C．If | D．Despite |
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| 小题10: | | A．hurt | B．injury | C．damage | D．harm |
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| 小题11: | | A．driving | B．having | C．making | D．keeping |
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| 小题12: | | A．food | B．energy | C．hope | D．interest |
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| 小题13: | | A．develop | B．grow | C．rise | D．increase |
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| 小题14: | | A．deeply | B．widely | C．strongly | D．highly |
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| 小题15: | | A．prevents | B．cause | C．leads to | D．aims at |
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| 小题16: | | A．the other | B．other | C．others | D．another |
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| 小题17: | | A．avoided | B．taken | C．missed | D．interrupted |
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| 小题19: | | A．tastes | B．smells | C．colours | D．forms |
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The southwest of Australia has been named as one of 25”hot spots” for future species extinction(灭绝)because of global warming.A new study says global warming will become a top cause of extinction across the world,with thousands of species of plantsand animals likely to be wiped out in the coming decades.
According to the study,global warming ranks among the most serious threats to the planet’s biodiversity and,under some conditions,may be more than that due to deforestation.This study provides even stronger scientific evidence that global warming will result in catastrophic(灾难性的)species losses across the planet.Last month,a UN study said humans were responsible for the worst extinction and urged extra efforts to reach a UN target of slowing the rate of losses by 2010.
Scientists disagree about how far global warming is to blame compared with other human threats such as deforestation,pollution and the introduction of some species to new habitats.But the new study looks at the 25 “hot spots”—areas that contain a big concentration of plants and animals—and predicts that 11.6 percent of all species,with a range from 1 to 43 percent,could be driven to extinction if levels of heat trapping gases in the atmosphere were to keep rising in the next 100 years.
The range would mean the loss of thousands of species.The study gave a wide range because of uncertainties, for instance, about the ability of animals or plants to move towards the poles if the climate warmed. Rare plants,tortoises or birds found only on the southern tip of Africa cannot move south because the nearest land is thousands of miles away in Antarctica.
小题1:According to the passage,which of the following about Australia is TRUE? | A．Australia possesses the richest species in the world. | | B．Australia is the country with the highest rate of extinction. | | C．The species in the southwest of Australia will be easily affected by global warming. | | D．Australia will have the highest temperature in the world. |
小题2:According to the passage,all the 25”hot spots”-------- . | A．are rich in plants and animals | | B．are lacking in natural resources | | C．lost most of their plants in 2010 | | D．will be much hotter than the rest of the world |
小题3:We can infer if the climate warms,the animals in Australia will most probably move to the ______ . | A．north | B．east | C．west | D．south |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage? | A．Australia Named as Extinction”Hot Spot” | | B．Global Warming and Species Extinction | | C．Global Warming is Number One Killer | | D．Australia on the Edge of Extinction |
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In June 2008,Benita Grist was driving in her hometown of Mississauga as a passenger in the car ahead threw a paper cup out of the window.When Grist horned to express her displeasure, the passenger responded by throwing out a bag.
Instead of annoyed, she decided to do something about it.She organized a one woman litterawareness campaign.She started small,chatting with her neighbors about litter—and asking them to be more conscious of any tendencies they might have to litter.Soon,she noticed local families, kids and all—picking up litter around their homes.”I thought,that’s all it took—for me to open my mouth?” she says.”So I decided to knock on more doors.”
And she didn’t stop there.She approached people on the street,in malls,even in the waiting room before getting an X ray. Grist often started her appeal with something such as,”I hope you don’t think I’m crazy,but...” Yet she was buoyed by the positive response—so much so that in August 2008, she began to contact officials in various levels of government, companies and other institutions in an effort to reach a wider audience.
Through a local Mac’s Convenience Store,Grist managed to contact the company that produces content displayed on their in store monitors.That led to a public service announcement about litter that ran in almost 600 Mac’s stores in Ontario from November 2008 to June 2009. Grist continues to explore every opportunity she has to get the message out.Her grassroots campaign may be different,but she has begun to open people’s eyes about the problem of litter.And thanks to her efforts,in Mississauga,at least,they have begun to do just that.
小题1:How did Benita Grist start her campaign? | A．She chatted with her neighbors. | B．She quarreled with a stranger. | | C．She went door to door,talking. | D．She talked to patients in hospital. |
小题2:The underlined word “buoyed” in Paragraph 4 probably means “-------”. | A．inspired | B．discouraged | C．confused | D．disturbed |
小题3:What’s the main idea of the passage? | A．Introduction to a one woman litter awareness campaign. | | B．How Benita Started the one woman litter awareness campaign. | | C．Why Benita Started the one woman litter awareness campaign. | | D．Benita and the one woman litter awareness campaign. |
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Let’s say you took violin lessons all through elementary school, but you haven’t got the instrument out of its case for years. Were all those lessons a waste of your parents’ money because you didn’t become a violinist?
Even though it has been a long time since you played the violin, a new study shows that as little as one year of music training can have a positive impact (影响) on your brain that will last the rest of your life.
In an experiment, researchers compared children who had taken music lessons to those who hadn’t. Laurel Trainor, who studies music and the mind, discovered that the musically-trained children had better brain responses in certain sound recognition exams. Trainor’s findings show the possibility that musical education can actually improve the brain’s hearing cortex(大脑皮层). “The study’s results show that music training affects attention and memory, and helps children develop learning skills. In this way music training might lead to better learning across a number of fields,” Trainor said in a statement. The effects of music education are even more obvious on children with difficulty in reading and writing and other language-related disabilities.
So, whether you can play a good piece of music or not, it’s likely that your years of music lessons have prepared your brain for all the speeches, emails, and adult conversations that are part of your life today. We should help make sure that children today have the same opportunities for music, and help out by volunteering with or donating instruments to your school’s music education department.
小题1:Compared with children who haven’t taken music lessons, musically-trained children _______.| A．sing better | B．do better in exams | | C．recognize sounds better | D．response more quickly |
小题2:According to the study, we know musical education can _____.| A．change the structure of the brain | | B．improve children’s learning skills | | C．help children focus their attention | | D．provide more memorizing methods |
小题3:What can we learn from the text?| A．Adults should also take some music lessons. | | B．The author has taken violin lessons when he was young. | | C．Even a day’s music training can affect the human brain. | | D．Music training can also help children with certain disabilities. |
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