Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker, all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times when his strong-minded grandfather was nearly , he loaded his family into the car and them to see family members in Canada with a , “There are more important things in life than money.”
The took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t. Instead, their reaction echoed (重复) their great-grandfather’s. What they about was how warm the people were in the house and how much of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children through times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon (现象) reflects a growing in telling tales, evidenced (证明) by a rise in storytelling events and festivals.
A university of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The is telling the stories in a way children can hear. We’re not talking here about the kind of story that , “When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow.” Instead, we should choose a story suited (适合) to the child’s , and make eye contact to create “a personal experience”. We don’t have to tell children what they should take from the story and what the moral is.
| 小题1: | | A．missed | B．lost | C．forgot | D．ignored |
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| 小题2: | | A．friendless | B．worthless | C．penniless | D．homeless |
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| 小题3: | | A．fetched | B．allowed | C．expected | D．took |
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| 小题4: | | A．hope | B．promise | C．suggestion | D．belief |
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| 小题5: | | A．tale | B．agreement | C．arrangement | D．report |
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| 小题6: | | A．large | B．small | C．new | D．grand |
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| 小题7: | | A．surprised | B．annoyed | C．disappointed | D．worried |
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| 小题8: | | A．talked | B．cared | C．wrote | D．heard |
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| 小题9: | | A．good | B．hard | C．old | D．modern |
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| 小题10: | | A．argument | B．skill | C．interest | D．anxiety |
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| 小题11: | | A．study | B．design | C．party | D．staff |
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| 小题12: | | A．provide | B．retell | C．support | D．refuse |
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| 小题13: | | A．trouble | B．gift | C．fact | D．trick |
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| 小题14: | | A．means | B．ends | C．begins | D．proves |
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| 小题15: | | A．needs | B．activities | C．hobbies | D．habits |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:B
小题10:C
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:C
小题15:A |
试题分析：本文通过Stephen Guyer给他三个孩子讲述他祖父艰苦创业的故事而引起孩子的共鸣，这样有助于他们渡过难关，也可以缓解他们的精神压力，消除生气和焦虑。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. missed错过，B. lost失去，C. forgot忘记，D. ignored忽视，他给他们讲述了他爷爷----一个银行家，在20世纪30年代失去了一切，但没有忘记他最重视的东西。本句中的but后面的lose sight of已经暗示应该填入lost.故选项B正确。
小题2:考查形容词辨析：A. friendless没有朋友的，B. worthless一文不值的，C. penniless身无分文的，D. homeless无家可归的，根据上文 ________ (lost) all in 1930s,…可知此空格应填入penniless(身无分文).选C。
小题3:考查动词辨析：此句应理解为爷爷用车把全家人带到加拿大。选项A意为“去取”；选项B意为“允许”；选项C意为“期望”；选项D意为“带走”。故选项D正确。
小题4:考查名词辨析：A. hope希望，B. promise许诺，C. suggestion建议，D. belief信念，空后的句子为“there are more important things in life than money”.此句应为设空处的同位语。改句不是爷爷的一种“希望”、“诺言”或“建议”，而是爷爷的一种“信念”。故答案为选项D.
小题5:考查名词辨析：A. tale故事，B. agreement 协议，C. arrangement安排，D. report报告，根据首段最后一词Children find meanings in their old family tales.以及第二段整段内容可知，选项A为最佳选项。
小题6:考查形容词辨析：A. large大的，B. small 小的，C. new新的，D. grand伟大的，本句可改为Mr. Guyer downsized from a more expensive and comfortable one to…house.改后可知Mr. Guyer原来所住的房子价格不菲，而且住起来非常舒适，而现在却住在一个小房间里。故答案为B.
小题7:考查形容词辨析：由于居住条件变得很差，所以Mr. Guyer担心孩子们会感到不舒服。选项A意为“感到吃惊的”；选项B意为“感到烦恼的”；选项C意为“感到失望的”；选项D意为“担心的”。故选项D正确。
小题8:考查动词辨析：从上下文可知，孩子们并没有因为居住条件变得糟糕而感到不舒服，他们关心的是这所房子里的一家人有多温暖、他们的心有多么贴近。选项A意为“谈论”；选项B意为“关心”；选项C意为“写关于……的内容”；选项D意为“听说”。故B正确。
小题9:考查形容词辨析：A. good好的，B. hard困难的，C. old旧的，D. modern现代的， through hard times意为“度过艰难时期”。选B。
小题10:考查名词辨析：讲故事的专家说，这种现象反映了人们对讲故事越来越感兴趣，这一点从不断增加对各种事件以及节日故事的讲述中得到印证。选项A意为“争辩”；选项B意为“技巧；技能”；选项C意为“兴趣”；选项D意为“焦虑；担忧”。故选项C正确。
小题11:考查名词辨析：根据句义可知，此处是指一项对65个家庭所做的研究。选项A意为“研究”；选项B意为“设计”；选项C意为“委员会”；选项D意为“全体职工”。故选项A正确。
小题12:考查动词辨析：A. provide提供，B. retell复述，C. support支持，D. refuse拒绝， 通过全文可知通过父母给孩子讲故事再让孩子复述故事这一过程，孩子们减少了生气和焦虑。故B正确。
小题13:考查名词辨析：A. trouble困难，B. gift礼物，C. fact事实，D. trick诡计，诀窍，此句意为:讲故事的诀窍使用孩子能够倾听故事的方式来讲(故事)。Trick意为“诀窍”。故D正确。
小题14:考查动词辨析：A. means意味着，B. ends结束，C. begins开始，D. proves证明，…that begins意为“是这样开始的”。此题从后面的叙述提示可以知道答案。故选C.
小题15:考查名词辨析：根据上文可知，所讲的故事应该符合孩子们的“需要(needs)”,而不是“活动(activities)”、“判断(judgments)”或者“习惯(habits)”。故选A. |
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There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health, wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend (冒犯) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was sounded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have realized its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.
Although in fact it is chiefly all act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others: nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrong doings. These people should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.
小题1:People who are unhappy ．| A．always consider things differently from others | | B．usually are affected by the results of certain things | | C．usually misunderstand what others think or say | | D．always discover the unpleasant side of certain things |
小题2:The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most probably means“ .” | A．have a good taste with social life | B．make others unhappy | | C．tend to scold others openly | D．enjoy the pleasure of life |
小题3:We can conclude from the passage that__________.| A．we should pity all such unhappy people | | B．such unhappy people are dangerous to social life | | C．people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness | | D．unhappy people can not understand happy persons |
小题4:If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should_______.| A．prevent any communication with them | | B．show respect and politeness to them | | C．persuade them to recognize the bad effects | | D．quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes |
小题5:In this passage, the writer mainly __________.| A．describes two types of people | | B．laughs at the unhappy people | | C．suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappiness | | D．tells people how to be unhappy in life |
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Maybe it is true that we do not know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we do not know what we have been missing until it arrives. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Do not expect love in return; but if it does not, be content it grows in yours.
It takes an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Do not rely on one"s appearance, it can deceive. Do not rely on wealth, even that fades away. Rely on someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them.
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.
Always put yourself in others" shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.
The happiest of people do not necessarily gave the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness waits for those who cry, those who have been hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tired, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You cannot go on well in life until you let your past failures and heartaches go off.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you are the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
小题1:The writer thinks the trouble with some people is that they __________.| A．always take a long view about problems | | B．look at problems all-sidedly | | C．can be good at doing with problems | | D．deal with problems one-sidedly |
小题2:Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?| A．We often don"t know what we have lost until it happens. | | B．If it takes you an hour to love someone, you will easily forget her. | | C．If you give someone your love, you are sure that she will give her love to you in return. | | D．If someone accepts your love and he doesn’t give you his love in return, you should be angry with him. |
小题3:If you put yourself in another"s position, ___________.| A． you should depend on wealth | | B．you shouldn"t do those things that will hurt you and other people | | C．you will do what you want to do however dangerous it is to people | | D．you should depend on other people |
小题4:In the last paragraph of the passage, the writer is actually telling us that a man in the world should be one who __________.| A．can accept the suggestions made by others | | B．can live happily and forget the past | | C．does good for the people and is respected by them | | D．has made a lot of money for himself when he dies |
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Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. So, I really ___whether there is love between my parents. Everyday they are very busy ___ to earn money to pay the high schooling for me. They don’t act in the ___ways that I read in books or I see in on TV, and sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even_____.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt(被子). I asked her if there was ___between them. She stopped her work and raised her head with____. Then she bowered her head and ____sewing the quilt. I was very ___because I thought I had hurt her. But after a few minutes, she said, “look at this thread. Sometimes it ___, but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can___ seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there, and makes the quilt____.” I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her___ the next spring.
My mother suddenly got sick seriously and had to stay in the hospital for a one-month treatment. Every morning and dusk after she___ from the hospital, my father___ my mother walking slowly on the country road. There were beautiful flowers, green grass and tress, and the sun gently shine them___ the leaves. All of these___ the most beautiful picture in the world. ___ their eyes, I know they love each other deeply. From this experience, I ___ that love was just a ___ in the quilt of our life. Love is __ making life strong and warm.
| 小题1: | | A．believe | B．hesitate | C．know | D．doubt |
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| 小题2: | | A．keeping | B．willing | C．trying | D．learning |
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| 小题3: | | A．magic | B．romantic | C．average | D．special |
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| 小题4: | | A．unsuitable | B．impolite | C．uneasy | D．impossible |
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| 小题5: | | A．difference | B．love | C．similarity | D．fight |
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| 小题6: | | A．surprise | B．anger | C．smile | D．calm |
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| 小题7: | | A．finished | B．continued | C．forgot | D．considered |
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| 小题8: | | A．excited | B．worried | C．shocked | D．disappointed |
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| 小题9: | | A．exists | B．works | C．appears | D．breaks |
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| 小题10: | | A．easily | B．hardly | C．simply | D．usually |
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| 小题11: | | A．long-lasting | B．long-dated | C．long-suffering | D．long-winded |
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| 小题12: | | A．after | B．before | C．until | D．since |
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| 小题13: | | A．returned | B．escaped | C．remained | D．heard |
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| 小题14: | | A．led | B．let | C．caught | D．helped |
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| 小题15: | | A．from | B．through | C．across | D．throughout |
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| 小题16: | | A．made with | B．made up | C．made into | D．made of |
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| 小题17: | | A．Reading | B．Watching | C．Seeing | D．Checking |
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| 小题18: | | A．expected | B．realized | C．noticed | D．thread |
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| 小题19: | | A．material | B．design | C．color | D．thread |
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| 小题20: | | A．everywhere | B．inside | C．anywhere | D．outside |
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There is a problem each of us faces in following advice on emotional healing: apologizing is difficult. We are trapped in what we think of ourselves by holding onto our pride. We can be selfish and not willing to admit our most obvious mistakes. Pride eats away at us as we argue or ignore the mistake.
It"s happened to me. I have had too much pride and selfishness to apologize to a loved one I hurt. When I did want to apologize, I couldn"t bring myself to face the other person. This is the pride I"m talking about. Maybe apologies come difficult for men because they"re expected to be dominant. It"s like the joke that a man never asks for directions when lost. Ladies are more emotionally open than guys and are willing to express it. Still, both genders wonder how to correctly apologize.
In shifting the focus on apologizing away from you, what does not apologizing do to other people? They feel hurt that you are not willing to communicate your mistake. They lose trust in you as you hide behind your mistake avoiding reality. They become angry with you, wondering why you do not tell them the truth. They may begin to counter your lack of apologies by not apologizing themselves and from this the relationship goes downhill as the two of you get caught in a power struggle.
You need to communicate your mistakes. A mistake you made is like a scratch and by not apologizing you are making the scratch a deeper wound and rubbing salt into it. You need to stop hurting the other person and yourself by learning to apologize. There is real power in apologizing and emotional healing.
小题1:Why are men more unwilling to make apologies?| A．They don"t intend to hurt other people. | | B．They expect others to forgive them. | | C．They don"t want to be considered weak. | | D．They aren"t good at expressing themselves. |
小题2:What bad effect will there be if you refuse to apologize for your mistakes?| A．Other people won"t pay attention to you. | | B．You will lose confidence in yourself. | | C．You won"t be forgiven even if you tell the truth. | | D．The friendship will get hurt and go worse. |
小题3:From the last paragraph, it can be inferred that .| A．communication can stop you making mistakes | | B．mistakes would turn into deeper scratches | | C．apologizing is good for you and other people | | D．apologizing is the most powerful in emotional healing |
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While reading a story on 20-somethings complaining about how the economy is ruining their life plans, I couldn"t help but think the 20-somethings sound like a bunch of spoiled children who grow up expecting everything to be easy for them. As a 20-something myself, I certainly share their disappointment –my husband and I probably won"t be able to buy a house until we"re in our forties, and we two are burdened by student loans. But why should it be different? Being young people in America, shouldn"t they take up all of the challenges and opportunities that this country offers?
Consider some of these views shared in the story: Jennifer, 29, owner of a two-bedroom apartment with her husband, worries that she won"t be able to have children for at least a decade because they can"t afford to buy a house yet.
I read that, and I thought what planet she is living on where you need to own a house in order to have kids? Has she ever visited a developing country, or even downtown areas in this one? Home ownership is a luxury, not a fertility requirement.
A 26-year-old man in the story is disappointed that he can"t afford to get a Ph. D. in literature. Well, that sounds a bit like expressing disappointment that no one will pay you to write poetry on the beach in Thailand for five years.
Yes, it"s sad that these young people feel so lost. But I think the problem is their extremely high expectations, not economic reality. Beth Kobliner, author of Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties, says that she thinks people"s expectations grow up when their wealth appears to be increasing. Their parents probably see their home values rise along with their investments. "So we have people who have grown up in an environment where people have great expectations of what living well means," says Kobliner.
This recession will certainly play a role in forcing those expectations into more realistic group. In the meantime, it seems much better for our mental health to focus on being grateful—for our one-bedroom apartments, for living in modern cities, or perhaps just for being able to eat three meals a day—than on longing for some kind of luxurious life.
小题1:What makes the author think the 20-somethings sound like a bunch of spoiled children?| A．They expect everything to be easy for them. | | B．They complain that the economy is ruining their life plans. | | C．They are unwilling to face all of the challenges. | | D．They are burdened by student loans. |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT one of the complaints of the 20-somethings?
A. They can"t have children for at least a decade for they can"t afford to buy a house.
B. They have only a one-bedroom apartment to live in.
C. They can"t buy a house until 40 and are burdened by student loans.
D. They despair of not being able to afford to get a Ph. D. in literature.
小题3:What"s Kobliner"s attitude towards the 20-somethings with high expectations ?| A．Unbearable. | B．Opposing. | C．Doubtful. | D．Understanding. |
小题4:What is the best title for this passage?| A．Young people afford to continue their education | | B．Young people can"t afford to buy a house | | C．Young people"s high expectations lead to despair | | D．The 20-somethings" high expectations |
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