A star athlete at the college where I work recently stopped by my office. After committing a few unforced errors during a weekend match, she was riven by self-criticism. “I’m at peak fitness, and I practice hard. How is this happening?” She asked.
This student believes she should be able to control the outcomes of her life by virtue of her hard work. She has a sense that hours on the field should get her exactly where she needs to go. Many students have similar mentality. When they win, they feel powerful and smart. When they fail, they are crushed by self-blame. If my achievements are mine to control, they reason, my failures must be entirely my fault, too.
We talk often about young adults struggling with failure because their parents have protected them from discomfort. But there is something else at play: a false promise that they can achieve anything if they are willing to work for it.
Psychologists have sourced this phenomenon to a misapplication of “mindset” research, which has found that praising children for effort will increase academic performance. A 2018 analysis found that while praising effort over ability may benefit economically disadvantaged students, it does not necessarily help everyone.
One possible explanation comes from Suniya Luthar, who argued in a research paper that for teens in wealthy, pressure-cooker communities, “it is not a lack of motivation and perseverance (毅力) that is the big problem. Instead, it is unhealthy perfectionism, and difficulty with backing off when they should, when the desire for achievements is over the top.” They push themselves onward in face of impossible goals. A 2007 study found that teens who refused to give up impossible goals showed higher levels of C-reaction protein, a marker of systemic inflammation (全身炎症) linked to heart disease and other medical conditions. A 2014 study showed a connection between the perfectionist tendencies and depression.
The cruel reality is that you can do everything in your power and still fail. Instead of allowing our kids to beat themselves up when things don’t go their way, we adults should help students pursue success in healthier ways in part by redefining failure as a feature, not a bug, of learning. At Smith College where I teach, students are asked to explore how setbacks and missteps made them stronger or more effective. We would be wise to remind our kids that life has a way of sucker-punching (意外打击) us when we least expect it. It’s often the people who learn to say “stuff happens” who get up the fastest.
1.Why was star athlete trapped by self-blame?
A.She broke down during the match.
B.She didn’t try her best in the match.
C.She believed hard work should pay off.
D.She thought she should have practiced harder.
2.What can we learn from Paragraph 5?
A.Lack of motivation and perseverance leads to teens’ failure.
B.Praising children for effort increases academic performance.
C.Children struggle with failure due to parents’ over-protection.
D.Unhealthy perfectionism causes physical and emotional stress.
3.According to the author, adults should _________.
A.help students learn from failure
B.protect students from discomfort
C.reward students for their hard work
D.explore the cause of students’ failure
4.Which of the following does the author probably agree with?
A.Effort equals achievement.
B.Motivation is the key to success.
C.Success is not always under control.
D.Effort is more important than ability.
I live in a second-floor flat with an ancient tree right on the corner of the house. House and tree have been here, side by side, for well over a century. No one really knows how old the tree is, but it was already there when builders started on the house at the beginning of the 1900s.
It was still rather young and flexible back then, so it easily welcomed the new structure into its path. It bent and adjusted itself to make room, and to find the space to grow big and strong and wise, which means that some hundred years later, the solid, strong branches of the tree reach around two full sides of my home. It’s covered in moss（苔藓）, which is, in turn, crawling with all sorts of insects. I have never seen the insects, by the way, I just know that they’re there because of all the birds trying to pick them out. They are always hopping around, looking for this and that and singing songs.
I feel like I have become part of the ecosystem. When I’m eating breakfast or making dinner in the kitchen, I can look out and see a bird hopping around skillfully, gathering its own meal while I tend to mine. When I’m sitting in the living room, reading or drinking tea, I can suddenly find myself face to face with another bird. We’ll be staring at each other and, after some time, decide we can both carry on with our business, living side by side. Even as I write this—the large windows open to a lovely, soft evening—a white feather comes floating down by my side, probably from one of the resident pigeons.
As I don’t have the luxury of a garden, this tree makes me feel connected to the outdoors. Such is an ancient tree, a tree that is itself home to many other creatures—that feels different. It is as if it has adopted me and made me a part of its world, without ever asking for something in return. But if needs be, I know that it can count on me and I will protect it with all my strength.
1.The flat that author lives in is _________.
A.built in an ancient tree B.hugged by a giant tree
C.decorated with branches D.surrounded by a garden
2.In the author’s description, she implies that _________.
A.birds keep her warm company B.she has adopted the residents.
C.moss makes her flat nice and cool D.she has been bothered by the insects
3.What does the author really treasure?
A.A close-to-nature life. B.A luxurious garden.
C.A spacious house. D.A sociable neighbor.
4.Which of the following can be used to express the author’s feeling?
A.Jealous. B.Inferior.
C.Content. D.Passionate.
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1.Which statement is true of this type of printer?
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C.It is an easy-operation printer with a two-year free care pack.
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假定你是李华。你在攀枝花日报上看到一则书法培训课程广告，你在攀枝花学院留学的 外国朋友 John 对中国书法非常感兴趣，于是你给他写封邮件，向他推荐该课程，内容包括：
1、写信原因；
2、培训课程的时间、地点；
3、报名方式及截止日期。
注意： 1. 词数 100 左右，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：汉字书法 Chinese Calligraphy
Dear John,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
Graduation finally came. My classmates and I made up our mind do something. Someone suggested make a video to record our experiences at school and we agreed. Material collecting took us a whole week, during it we interviewed our teachers and took picture of every aspect of school life. The editing part after that was tough. We debated over what to put them into the video. Some disagreements were unavoidable, and the video turned out perfect. Several days later, when the video was played on a graduation ceremony, it was very popular for everyone. What a wonderfully time the students and teachers shared! That surely gives us a great sense of achievement.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
I have a successful career as an educational consultant. But my life wasn’t always so great. I had a learning disability from 1.early age and suffered a lot in public schools.
My life improved 2.(surprising) when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually got good at 3.(produce) things with clay. Here I learned my first important lesson: 4.I was disabled in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence came along.
I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the 5. (begin). I soon noticed it wasn’t a talent thing; it was practice. So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I 6.(find) myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you love something and do it all the time, you will get much 7.(good) at it.
Later I practiced reading and writing every day,8.I used to avoid as much as possible. After two hard years, I was literate (能读会写的).
After I 9.(go) through the long process over the years, now I’ve got to a point in my life where I know I’m smart enough 10.(dive) into an area that is totally unknown, hard, but interesting.
