Armida Scarpa is an English teacher. She believes that stories can be used from the very beginning. She uses a real text of Goldilocks with her class. 1 . They are in their second year at school. They are learning to read in Italian, and have English three times a week. She doesn’t expect the children to learn the difficult grammar. 2 . She only asks them to really learn the words. This method is to give children an experience of real English and allows the teacher to use almost any story. 3 and if the teacher uses it carefully, the children can understand it.
Children are used to living in a world where they do not understand a lot of things. 4 , but they can also notice all the other information around them. If we deprive (剥夺) children of every experience except those we want them to master, then we take away the chance for them to experience this natural growth.
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A. Most children take what we find for them B. But she does want to show them that they can make sense of them C. Her class are a group of seven-year-old pupils D. If the children like the story E. Because they are interested in the story |
Children can spend hours a day looking at computer screens and other digital devices(数码设备). Some eye doctors say this leads to an increase in “computer vision syndrome(电脑视力综合症).”
Nathan Bonilla-Warford is an optometrist（验光师）in Tampa, Florida. He has seen an increase in problems in children. “A lot more children come into the office either because their parents have noticed that they have headaches or red or watery eyes or discomfort, or because their nearsightedness appears to be increasing and they’re worried,” he says.
Dr. Bonilla-Warford says part of the problem is that children may be more likely to pay no attention to early warning signs than adults. “Even if their eyes start to feel uncomfortable or they start to get a headache, they’re less likely to tell their parents, because they don’t want to have the game or the computer or whatever taken away,” he explains.
He says another part of the problem is that people blink（眨眼）less often when they use digital devices. He says, “A person who uses an electronic device blinks about one third as much as we normally do in everyday life. And so that can result in the front part of the eye drying and not staying protected like normal.”
Eye doctors offer suggestions like following which is known as the 20/20/20 rule. That means every twenty minutes look away twenty feet or more for at least twenty seconds from whatever device you’re using.
Other suggestions include putting more distance between you and the device and using good lighting. Of course, another way is to spend less time looking at screens. Many experts say children should spend no more than two hours a day using digital devices—with no screen time for children under two.
But not all eye doctors have noticed an increase in problems in children. Dr. David Hunter, from Children’s Hospital Boston, has not seen an increase in his practice. “While it is possible to develop fatigue looking at screens for a long period of time, there’s certainly no proof that it actually causes any damage（伤害）to the eyes.” he says.
1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
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A．Dr. Bonilla-Warford thinks using computers causes nearsightedness. |
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B．People keep their eyes protected against drying by blinking normally. |
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C．Children under two can watch TV for less than two hours a day. |
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D．Dr. David Hunter says headache causes an increase in eye problems. |
2.What does the underlined word “fatigue” mean?
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A．Interest. |
B．Ability. |
C．Tiredness. |
D．Difficulty. |
3.What can be the best title for the passage?
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A．Looking at Screen: Two Hours or More |
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B．How Can Children Use Their Eyes Properly |
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C．Using Digital Devices: Advantages and Disadvantages |
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D．How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Children |
Different colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In a new programme “Colour me Healthy”, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are.
“Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?” says Verity. “Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. It’s never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products(产品)as being a bit unpleasant. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design（设计）new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.”
During the programme, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each part. She meets people who work in the colour industry, from people who design food packages, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to prove their ideas, such as the American “Colour Doctor” who believes that serious diseases can be treated successfully by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results.
Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the programme, it’s up to you to make your own decisions about how much you should believe.
1.What’s Verity’s opinion about colours?
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A．Colours help people choose products. |
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B．Different people prefer different colours. |
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C．Colours have influences on people in many ways. |
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D．People working in colour industry know little about colours. |
2.What can you infer from Paragraph 2?
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A．Colours influence people’s feelings and opinions. |
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B．People get ideas for new products from colours. |
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C．New products are popular because of colours. |
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D．Most companies prefer bright colours. |
3.The underlined part “goes out of her way” probably means ______.
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A．feels very pleased |
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B．makes a special effort |
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C．goes on in her own way |
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D．carries on very slowly |
4. What’s the passage mainly about?
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A．How people use colours. |
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B．How colours influence people. |
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C．What happens in a programme. |
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D．What makes a programme believable. |
Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.
Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.
The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.
Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us.
1.The painting shows about ______ games.
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A．500 |
B．200 |
C．80 |
D．60 |
2.The children in the painting are playing ______.
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A．in the street |
B．in the house |
C．on the grass |
D．at the school |
3.From the painting we learn that ______.
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A．children today need to take more lessons |
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B．children can create fun by using imagination |
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C．children need more toys to enjoy themselves |
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D．children spend much money on everyday objects |
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John is a manager and he is very busy. He spends a lot of time traveling abroad. So he reads short stories. He likes reading stories about ordinary people and the things that happen to them in today’s world. |
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Sara is a student. She likes reading true stories. In those stories, people write about themselves. She’s especially interested in people who have had unusual or different lives. She also wants to write a story about herself one day. |
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Monica is a history teacher in London. She enjoys reading more than anything else. She likes reading about the history of people in other parts of the world. She wants to know how historical events changed people’s lives. |
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Tony loves reading so much! In fact he opened a little bookstore several years ago so he could share his interest of reading with others. His favorite books are novels. Some stories are so wonderful that he often tries to finish them fast in order to know what happens in the end. |
1.John is a ______.
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A．manager |
B．student |
C．teacher |
D．writer |
2.Who has a bookstore?
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A．John. |
B．Sara. |
C．Tony. |
D．Monica. |
3.All of them like ______.
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A．teaching |
B．traveling |
C．writing |
D．reading |
“Happy Birthday!” David awoke to the voice of his mother. “It’s time to get up and drive out to 35 grandfather’s farm.”
“Why do we have to go there? And how long is the drive?” he asked with a sad look in his eyes.
“About two hours…and don’t worry, we’ ll bring your birthday 36 with us.” His mother walked away and left him to get ready.
In less than an hour, David and his parents were on their way. 37 of what the colorful birthday packages had inside filled his head. He was 38 that one had the baseball glove he wanted, while others would have amazing things that he had dreamed about. Thinking of his grandfather, David 39 what his birthday present from him might be.
“Since my grandfather has a large farm, he must have a lot of money, and the bigger his present for me will be,” David said to himself.
Finally they 40 . Hugging his grandfather, David excitedly shouted, “I’ve missed you! You know, today’s my birthday. Did you get me a present?”
“I have missed you, too. And I have a very 41 present for you.”
Placing a small box in David’s hand, he quietly said, “This is a very important gift. I hope you will treasure it as 42 as I have.”
David looked at the small box, thinking money or jewels might be inside…. When he opened the box, David was 43 to see only a stone. It was a very beautiful stone, but was it valuable?
Grandfather spoke more slowly than before, “David, when your grandma and I were first married, we had very little money. She wanted to give me something special for my birthday, so she found this beautiful rock and polished(打磨)it day and night 44 it shined. It was the greatest gift I ever 45 because it came from your grandma’s heart. Now, I want you to have it because it comes from my heart.”
David held the stone in his hand and 46 the love of his grandfather. “This is a wonderful gift…thank you, Grandfather.” He knew he had received the best gift ever.
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