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Getting your children to study can be a little like getting them to eat their vegetables.
1.Make a study time and have it at the same time every day. This will help your kids to learn to schedule their day and will give them a sense of control over how they spend their time.
Allow them to study in blocks of time, such as for half an hour with a five-minute break in the middle. 2.Ideal (理想的)study times are after dinner or right after school before dinner.
Never allow your children to study in front of the television, as that will encourage passive activity. 3.
You’ll also need to help your kids find the right place to study. After you’ve set up a good study time for little learners, set up a good place where they can get those creative juices flowing.
4.Make sure there is a table or a desk and a comfortable chair.
5.This includes helping them out with their homework sometimes and being there for them with the answers to any questions. The input you give your children during study periods will help form a bond and help make studying enjoyable.
A. Pick a place where your children can study properly.
B. Hold them to the schedule they create for themselves.
C. Finally, spend time with your kids when they’re studying.
D. Keep the atmosphere light and offer lots of encouragement, too.
E. Instead, use TV as a treat or a reward when the homework is completed.
F. Try to stop this bad habit by offering some sort of reward.
G. One of the best ways to form good study habits for your kids is to design a schedule that they keep to.
It’s not easy being a teenager(13至19岁青少年)—nor is it easy being the parent of a teenager. You can make your child feel angry, hurt, or misunderstood by what you say without realizing it yourself. It is important to give your child the space he needs to grow while gently letting him know that you you’ll still be there for him when he needs you.
Expect a lot from your child, just not everything. Except for health and safety problems, such as drug use or careless driving; consider everything else open to discussion. If your child is unwilling to discuss something, don’t insist he tell you what’s on his mind. The more you insist, the more likely that he’ll clam up. Instead , let him attempt to solve(解决)things by himself. At the same time, remind him that you’re always there for him should he seek advice or help. Show respect for your teenager’s privacy (隐私). Never read him his mail or listen in on personal conversions.
Teach your teenager that the family phone is for the whole family. If your child talks on the family’s telephone for too long, tell him he can talk for15 minutes, but then he must stay off the phone for at least an equal period of time. This not only frees up the line so that other family members can make and receive calls, but teaches your teenager moderation(节制). Or if you are open to the idea, allow your teenager his own phone that he pays for with his own pocket money or a part –time job
1.The main purpose of the text is to tell parents _____________.
A. how to get along with a teenager
B. how to respect a teenager
C. how to understand a teenager
D. how to help a teenager grow up
2.What does the phrase “clam up” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. become excited B. show respect
C. refuse to talk D. seek help
3.What should parents do in raising a teenager according to the text?
A. Nor allow him to learn driving or take drugs
B. Give him advice only when necessary
C. Let him have his own telephone
D. Not talk about personal things with him
We have met the enemy and he is ours We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American .Midwest it’s hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. “Most of the infections (感染)we think of as human infections started in other animals “ says Stephen Morse director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University.
It’s not just that we’re going to where the animals are; we’re also bringing them closer to us Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country A strange illness killed Isaksen’s pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea “I don’t think it’s fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them “says Isaksen
“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing “says Peter Schantz Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases A new bug(病毒)may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful(有害的)Monkey-pox doesn’t look a major infectious disease But is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person
1.We learn from Paragraph I that the pet sold at the shop may_______.
A.come from Columbia
B.prevent us from being infected
C.enjoy being with children
D.suffer from monkey-pox
2.Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets?
A.They attack human beings
B.We need to study native animals
C.They can’t live out of the rain forest
D.We do not know much about them yet
3.What does she phrase “the wake-up call” in paragraph 3 most probably mean?
A.a new disease
B.a clear warning
C.a dangerous animal
D.a morning call
4.The text suggests that in the future we .
A. may have to fight against more new diseases
B. may easily get infected by diseases from dogs
C. should not be allowed to have pets
D. should stop buying pests from Africa
Computer programmer David Jones earns $35.000 a year designing new computer games. yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card(信用卡)Instead he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job David’s firm releases(推出)two new games for the fast growing computer market each month
But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot he cannot drive a car take out a mortgage(抵押贷款),or get credit cards David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago ,a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs” he said David spends some of his money on records and clothes and gives his mother 50 pounds a week But most of his spare time is spent working.
“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school “ he said “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway” David added :”I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement(退休)is a possibility You never know when the market might disappear.”
1.In what way is David different from people of his age?
A.He often goes out with friends
B.He lives with his mother
C.He has a handsome income
D.He graduated with six O-levels
2.What is one of the problems that David is facing now?
A.He is too young to get a credit card
B.He has no time to learn driving
C.He has very little spare time
D.He will soon lose his job
3.Why was David able to get the job in the company?
A.He had done well in all his exams
B.He had written some computer programs
C.He was good at playing computer games
D.He had learnt to use computers at school
4.Why did David decide to leave school and start working?
A.He received lots of job offers
B.He was eager to help his mother
C.He lost interest in school studies
D.He wanted to earn his own living
I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened Looking down I immediately recognized that something was wrong and ran down to the edge of the near bank There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water and it was a life-and-death struggle Her calf was floating and screaming with fear Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body . Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf a way.
There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk(象鼻)against the rocky bank Then with a huge effort she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock
Just at this moment she fell back into the river If she were carried down it would be certain death I knew as well as she did ,that there was one spot(地点)where she could get up the bank but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf
While I was wondering what I could do next I heard the sound of a mother’s love Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could roaring(吼叫)all the time but to her calf it was music.
1.The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw______.
A.the calf was about to fall into the river
B.Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock
C.the calf was washed away by the rising water
D.Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water
2.How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?
A.By putting it on a safe spot
B.By pressing it against her body
C.By taking it away with her
D.By carrying it on her back
3.How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?
A.It was a great comfort B.It was a sign of danger
C.It was a call for help D.It was a musical note
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.A Mother’s Love B.A Brave Act
C.A Deadly River D.A Matter of Life and Death
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The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination. ___1___,recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived 2for many years in 1881 he returned to Scotland for a 3. With him were his American wife Fanny and his son 4.
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long 5over the hills. They had been 6this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse, Kept indoors by the heavy rain. Lloyd felt the days 7. To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some 8.
One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert 9that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of 10. “What’s that?” he asked “That’s the 11treasure “said the boy Robert suddenly 12something of an adventure story in the boy’s 13While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the 14a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who would he the pirate(海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the 15of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to 16such a man in a story 17Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was 18.
So thanks to a 19.September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy we have one of the greatest 20stories in the English language.
1.A.However B.Therefore C.Besides D.Finally
2.A.alone B.next door C.at home D.abroad
3.A.meeting B.story C.holiday D.jib
4.A.Lloyd B.Robert C.Henley D.John
5.A.talk B.rest C.walk D.game
6.A.attempting B.missing C.planning D.enjoying
7.A.quiet B.dull C.busy D.cold
8.A.cleaning B.writing C.drawing D.exercising
9.A.doubted B.noticed C.decided D.recognized
10.A.the sea B.the house C.Scotland D.the island
11.A.forgotten B.buried C.discovered D.unexpected
12.A.saw B.drew C.made D.learned
13.A.book B.reply C.picture D.mind
14.A.star B.hero C.writer D.child
15.A.help B.problem C.use D.bottom
16.A.praise B.produce C.include D.accept
17.A.Yet B.Also C.But D.Thus
18.A.read B.born C.hired D.written
19.A.rainy B.sunny C.cool D.windy
20.A.news B.love C.real-life D.adventure