Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have 11 how difficult it is to write a 12 children’s book. Either the author has aimed too 13 , so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, 14 the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books are 15 very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 16 who hears the story and the adult who 17 it. Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, 18 the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not 19 to solve. This may be why many of the books regarded as 20 of children’s literature(文学) were in fact written for 21 . “Alice in wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.
Children, left for themselves, often 22 the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or a 23 and he will more willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics(连环画), full of the stories and jokes which are the objections of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop 24 to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so 25 that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥协） over the bedtime story.
| 小题1: | | A．hoped | B．realized | C．told | D．said |
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| 小题2: | | A．short | B．long | C．bad | D．good |
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| 小题3: | | A．easy | B．short | C．high | D．difficult |
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| 小题5: | | A．both | B．neither | C．either | D．very |
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| 小题6: | | A．child | B．father | C．mother | D．teacher. |
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| 小题7: | | A．hears | B．buys | C．understands | D．reads |
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| 小题8: | | A．but | B．however | C．so | D．because |
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| 小题9: | | A．hard | B．easy | C．enough | D．fast |
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| 小题10: | | A．articles | B．work | C．arts | D．works |
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| 小题11: | | A．grown-ups | B．girls | C．boys | D．children |
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| 小题12: | | A．become | B．show | C．find | D．add |
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| 小题13: | | A．school | B．home | C．office | D．library |
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| 小题14: | | A．going | B．liking | C．trying | D．preferring |
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| 小题15: | | A．same | B．friendly | C．different | D．common |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:C
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小题1:B realize意识到。他们已经意识到写一本好的儿童读物有多难。
小题2:D按意义选词，写出一本好的儿童读物是多么的难，应选good。
小题3:C目标定的太高，应选high。
小题4:C根据前面的either推断，应选or。
小题5:B依据后文nor应选neither，搭配一致。
小题6:A后文who hears the story这一定语暗示应选child。
小题7:D按意义选词，读书的成年人，应选reads。
小题8:C得出结论，所以找一本合适的bedtime story这个难题不易解决，应选so。
小题9:B根据小题8，应选easy。
小题10:D应和句子前面many对应起来，选works，同时应和下文的“children s literature”一致。
小题11:A根据下文“许多孩子不愿看这一类的儿童文学作品”，所以，这些作品实际上是给成年人看的，因此，选grown ups。
小题12:B依据后文interest应选show。
小题13: D home和office显然不行，school不够具体，太笼统，应选library。
小题14:C like to do喜欢做。或许家长停止说服孩子们去接受他们的文学品位
小题15:C毕竟孩子与成人有区别或不同，应选different。 |
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Psychology（心理学）tells us that many people hate to take risks. But it is good for us to take risks, especially (尤其)when the risk is to achieve a desired result. In that way, we become stronger and braver.
Our human nature should be to take risks, but some people just sit and wish they didn’t have the fear（恐惧）to move on. This is because of one or two failures in their lives. Please step out and don’t let the past hold you back from living life to the fullest. Move forward and move on!
In studying the psychology of taking risks, we find that human nature provides(提供) us with the desire (渴望)to experiment and take chances.
Risk taking is a great benefit（好处）that allowed our ancestors(祖先) to become stronger and stronger day by day. By taking risks they fought off enemies and discovered new territories（领土）. This attitude has become a part of our modern culture. Riding a roller coaster is a common risk taking activity that even the average person seems to enjoy although they have the understanding that it is dangerous. This psychological and biological (生物学上的) connection （联系）creates an interesting connection between what is unsafe and what humans enjoy.
Getting in a car each day is a risk. Getting out of bed is a risk. There is such thing as perfect safety. We need to take risks so that we can complete (finish) many things. Astronauts take risks when they get inside a rocket; however, the things they achieve are great. Businessmen take a risk when they buy parts of a company. However, without doing that, they could not make more money.
We need to take risks so that we can gain something. It is impossible to move forward in life, earn money, enjoy a relationship, play a sport, or do anything else without taking a risk. It is all part of the game. It’s one of the most important parts of life.
小题1:Some people don’t want to take risks, mainly （主要）because ___________.| A．they are too lazy to move on | | B．they feel pleased with the present life. | | C．they have experienced some failures before | | D．they show little interest in the strange world outside |
小题2:What does the underlined part “This attitude” in Paragraph 4 mean?| A．Taking risks | | B．Fighting off enemies | | C．Discovering new territories | | D．Becoming stronger and stronger |
小题3: What can we infer from the passage?| A．Daily life is full of risks | | B．The safest place has the greatest risk | | C．People should take risks when they are young | | D．We can always achieve our goals by taking risks |
小题4: What would be the title for the passage?| A．Taking risks is easier said than done | | B．On risks taken by ancestors | | C．Live our life to the fullest(充分地) | | D．No risk, no gain. |
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It was Christmas 1961. I was teaching in a small town where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly 36 the great day of gift-giving in advance.
Each day the children produced some new 37 — strings of popcorn, handmade trinkets, and German bell. Through it all she remained alone, 38 from a distance, seemingly miles away. I wondered what 39 happen to this quiet child, once so happy, now suddenly so withdrawn. I hoped the festivities would 40 her. But nothing did. The students made the fried marbles（油炸玻璃弹子）and competed with one anther to bring the 41 ones.
The day of gift-giving finally came. We cheered over our handiwork as the presents were 42 . All along, she sat quietly watching. To see her smile, I had made a special bag for her. She opened it so slowly and carefully. I waited but she 43 . I had not passed through the wall of isolation she had 44 around herself.
After school I sat down in a chair, hardly 45 of what was happening, when she came to me with outstretched hands, bearing a small white box, and slightly soiled, 46 it had been held many times by 47 , childish hands. She said nothing. “For me?” I asked. She said not a word, but 48 her head. I took the box and cautiously opened it. There inside, glistening green, a fried marble 49 from a golden chain. Then I looked into that eight-year-old 50 and saw the question in her dark brown eyes. In a flash I knew — she had 51 it for her mother, who had died just three weeks before and would never hold her or brush her hair or 52 her childish joys or sorrows.
I meant it when I whispered, “Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful. Your mother would 53 it.” Neither of us could stop the 54 . She threw herself into my arms and we wept together. And for that brief moment I became her mother, for she had given me the greatest 55 of all: her trust and love.
| 小题1: | | A．prepared | B．reserved | C．expected | D．waited |
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| 小题2: | | A．fancies | B．impressions | C．wonders | D．possessions |
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| 小题3: | | A．looking | B．playing | C．searching | D．watching |
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| 小题4: | | A．would | B．should | C．must | D．needed |
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| 小题5: | | A．attend to | B．appeal to | C．listen to | D．object to |
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| 小题6: | | A．prettiest | B．wisest | C．heaviest | D．naughtiest |
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| 小题7: | | A．transformed | B．informed | C．exchanged | D．deserted |
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| 小题8: | | A．gave away | B．threw away | C．carried away | D．turned away |
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| 小题9: | | A．built | B．adjusted | C．offered | D．filled |
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| 小题10: | | A．afraid | B．aware | C．content | D．fond |
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| 小题11: | | A．when | B．while | C．as though | D．even if |
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| 小题12: | | A．untouched | B．unknown | C．unwashed | D．unpacked |
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| 小题13: | | A．nodded | B．raised | C．dropped | D．turned |
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| 小题14: | | A．protected | B．hung | C．held | D．escaped |
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| 小题15: | | A．face | B．cheek | C．hair | D．forehead |
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| 小题16: | | A．bought | B．exchanged | C．made | D．stole |
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| 小题17: | | A．appreciate | B．enjoy | C．communicate | D．share |
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| 小题18: | | A．love | B．benefit | C．dislike | D．need |
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| 小题19: | | A．laugh | B．excitement | C．tears | D．description |
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| 小题20: | | A．joy | B．identity | C．contribution | D．gift |
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Warning: reading too much Cinderella to your daughter may damage her emotional health in later life. A paper to be developed at the international congress of cognitive psychotherapy(认知心理疗法) in Gothenburg suggests a link between the attitudes of women abused by their parents and early exposure to the wrong sort of fairy tales. It says girls who identified with Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast were more likely to say in destructive relationships as adults.
The theory was developed by Susan Darker Smith, a psychotherapist at the University of Derby. She interviewed 67 female abuse survivors and found that 61 put up with severe abuse because they believed they could change their partners with patience, composition and love . The same view was taken by male survivors who had been abused as children. Hardly any of the women in a control group, who had not experienced abuse, thought they could change their partners in this way.
The same view was taken by male survivors who had been abused as children. These women and men said they would leave a relationship rather than put up with abuse from a partner. Ms Darker Smith found the abused women were much more likely to identify with Cinderella and other submissive female characters in fairytales, who were later rescued by a stranger prince or hero.
Although most girls heard the stories, damage appeared to be done to those who adopted the characters as role models. “They believe if their love is strong enough they can change their parents’ behaviors,” she said.” Overexposure in children to stories that emphasize the transformational qualities of love may make women believe they can change their partners.” For example, they might never have understood the obvious flaw in the story of Rapunzel, who remained locked in a high tower until rescued by a knight on a white horse, who broke the door down. “The question,” said Ms Darker Smith, “is why she did not break the door down herself.”
小题1:The passage is especially intended for _________.| A．parents with young daughters | B．girls who like reading  fairy stories | | C．girls who think they can change their partners | | D．parents with grown-up daughters |
小题2:Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast are similar in that _________.| A．They all married some princes | | B．They all changed their partners with love | | C．They were all abused by their partners | | D．They all put up with abuse |
小题3:Which of the following statements is true of the women in a control group?| A．They don’t believe in fairy tales. | | B．They don’t believe in the transformational qualities of love. | | C．They have also experienced abuse. | | D．They survived abuse. |
小题4:What does the underlined word “submissive”in the 3rd paragraph probably mean?| A．kind-hearted | B．passive | C．gentle | D．easy-going |
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I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America.
It is said, “The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I took pride （自豪）and __21__ to __22__ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in __23__ way: changing the dishes’ colour, the meat’s type or the soup’s style. （风味）Thus, my American friends could discover the __24__ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “__25__” job, I was often rewarded （奖励） by their __26__ of appreciation （感激）such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.
But the joke was here: Yesterday, I cooked Sichuan style __27__ for dinner. I was __28__ at my achievement.（成就）
When all the family members arrived at the table, they first looked __29__ at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their __30__?” they asked, “It’s terrible!”
Terrible or beautiful? I don’t know. But I __31_ know that fish heads are delicious. The __32__ is the best part of fish; in __33__ only the respectable （受敬重的）guest can have the special honour of __34__ it.
Another __35__ thing is: The American friends often said to me “__36__” as they __37__ fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness __38__ actually helping myself to any of the food. __39__, I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me, no matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they __40__ hesitated （犹豫）to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished
| 小题1: | | A．worry | B．attention | C．delight | D．pleasure |
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| 小题2: | | A．buy | B．fetch | C．cook | D．leave |
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| 小题3: | | A．their | B．a new | C．the same | D．a simple |
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| 小题4: | | A．way | B．joy | C．trouble | D．importance |
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| 小题6: | | A．expressions | B．flowers | C．talk | D．smile |
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| 小题8: | | A．praised | B．pleased | C．good | D．surprised |
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| 小题9: | | A．happily | B．excitedly | C．surprisedly | D．worriedly |
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| 小题10: | | A．bones | B．skins | C．tails | D．heads |
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| 小题11: | | A．do | B．will | C．want to | D．should |
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| 小题12: | | A．tail | B．head | C．soup | D．flesh |
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| 小题13: | | A．fact | B．China | C．USA | D．the West |
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| 小题14: | | A．enjoying | B．looking at | C．playing with | D．cooking |
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| 小题15: | | A．real | B．exciting | C．interesting | D．easy |
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| 小题16: | | A．please help us | B．excuse me | C．help yourself | D．eat them please |
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| 小题17: | | A．brought home | B．wanted | C．were buying | D．were eating |
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| 小题18: | | A．not | B．but not | C．without | D．nor |
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| 小题19: | | A．At last | B．Above all | C．After all | D．In return |
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| 小题20: | | A．usual | B．often | C．never | D．had |
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I start to wonder what else had changed since I’d been gone. My parents are in an awkward puzzle, wondering how to treat me now----whether to treat me—still their daughter—as one of them, an adult, or as the child they feel they sent away months earlier.
I run into two of my best friends from high school; we stare at each other, expressionless. We ask the simple questions and give simple answers. It’s as if we have nothing to say to each other. I wonder how things have changed so much in such a small amount of time. We used to laugh and promise that no matter how far away we were, our love for each other would never change. Their interests don’t interest me anymore, and I find myself unable to relate my life to theirs.
I had been so excited to come home, but now I just look at it all and wonder: Is it me? Why hadn’t the world stood still here while I was gone? My room isn’t the same, my friends and I don’t share the same promise, and my parents don’t know how to treat me—or who I am, for that matter.
I get back to school feeling half-satisfied, but not disappointed. I sit up in my bed in my dorm room, surrounded by my pictures, dolls. As I wonder what has happened, I realize that I can’t expect the world to stand still and move forward at the same time. I can change and expect that things at home will stay the same. I have to find comfort in what has changed and what is new; keep the memories, but live in the present.
A few weeks later, I’m packing again, this time for winter break. My mom meets me at the door. I have come home accepting the changes, not only in my surroundings, but most of all in me.
小题1:What can we infer about the writer?| A．She is a high school student. | B．She is a college student. | | C．She is a clerk in a school. | D．She is a traveler. |
小题2:What surprises the writer most?| A．The living conditions of her parents. | B．The decorations in her room. | | C．The meeting with her best friends. | D．The things still staying the same. |
小题3:What is this passage mainly about?| A．The writer’s curiosity about the changes. | | B．The changes in the writer’s surroundings and in herself. | | C．The writer’s disappointment about the changes. | | D．The writer’s refusal to accept the changes. |
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