Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers (青少年). But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son. Suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. "The door to his room is always shut," Joanna noted.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. "She used to cuddle up (蜷伏)with me on the sofa and talk," said Mark. "Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a little girl and sometimes like a young lady. The problem is figuring out which time is which."
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what's on their minds. "In fact, parents are first on the list," said Michael Riera, author of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. "This completely changes during the teen years," Riera explained. "They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last."
Parents who know what's going on in their teenagers' lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them..
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"The door to his room is always shut" suggests that the son ____.
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A．is always busy with his studies |
B．doesn't want to be disturbed |
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C．keeps himself away from his parents |
D．begins to dislike his parents |
2.
What troubles Tina and Mark most is that .
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A．their daughter isn't as lovely as before |
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B．they can't read their daughter's mind exactly |
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C．they don't know what to say to their daughter |
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D．their daughter talks with them only when she needs help |
3.
Which of the following best explains "the wall of silence" in the last paragraph?
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A．Teenagers talk a lot with their friends. |
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B．Teenagers do not want to understand their parents. |
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C．Teenagers do not talk much with their parents. |
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D．Teenagers talk little about their own lives. |
4.
What can be learned from the passage?
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A．Parents are unhappy with their growing children. |
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B．Parents have suitable ways to talk with their teenagers. |
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C．Parents should be patient with their silent teenagers. |
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D．Parents should try to understand their teenagers. |
475 Riverside Drive
New York N.Y. 10027
Jan.15, 2011
Dear John,
I'm sorry you didn't get the part you tried out for in that play. I know how much you wanted to be in the play. Now you feel that maybe acting isn't the right future for you. I think you're wrong. You're a good actor. Do you remember when you played Caesar in your summer theatre group's play? You were excellent . People clapped(鼓掌)every time you walked on stage（舞台). Even the other actors loved you.
All actors have to get used to being turned down for a job. It's part of an actor's life. Even famouse actors don't get every part they want. I think you should give acting another chance. You love it so much, and you're good at it. Don't be discouraged because you lose one part in the play. Wait a bit, and try for another one. After all , you can always give up some other time.
Love,
Jane
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Jane wrote this letter because____.
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A．she wanted John to get a part in the play he was trying out for |
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B．she wanted to tell John that he shouldn't give up acting. |
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C．she wanted to tell John how to become an actor. |
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D．she was unhappy with John. |
2.
Jane talks about other actors to show Jon that ____.
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A．they are as bad as he is |
B．acting is a hard life |
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C．they sometimes get turned down for parts they want |
D．they are lucky enough |
3.
What does Jane think of John?
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A．He is a good actor, and some day he will be successful. |
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B．He is too easily dicouraged to become a good actor. |
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C．He is a better actor than the person who has got the part. |
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D．He is as unlucky as the other actors. |
4.
The person who wrote this letter probably ____.
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A．is an actress. |
B．cares about John |
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C．wants to be an actress some day |
D．envies at John's success. |
To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.
Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class:he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about.
The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn’t mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.
A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play：they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to meet the needs of his audience, which is his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.
I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage-play because they could not keep strictly to what another had written.
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What is the text about?
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A．How to become a good teacher. |
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B．What a good teacher should do outside the classroom. |
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C．What teachers and actors could learn from each other? |
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D．The similarities (相似处) and differences between a teacher’s work and an actor’s. |
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The word “audience” in the fourth paragraph means ____.
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A．students |
B．people who watch a play |
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C．people who not on the stage |
D．people who listen to something |
3.
A good teacher ____.
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A．knows how to hold the interest of his students |
B．must have a good voice |
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C．knows how to act on the stage |
D．stands or sits still while teaching |
4.
In what way is a teacher’s work different from an actor’s?
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A．The teacher must learn everything by heart. |
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B．He knows how to control his voice better than an actor. |
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C．He has to deal with unexpected situations. |
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D．He has to use more facial expressions. |
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The main difference between students in class and a theatre audience is that ____.
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A．students can move around in the classroom |
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B．students must keep silent while theatre audience needn’t |
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C．no memory work is needed for the students |
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D．the students must take part in their teachers’ plays |
Unexpected things may happen every day but no one can tell when and where. People usually get surprised or frightened by such things.
One day I 36 a taxi to go to a meeting. As it came near the corner, the taxi stopped suddenly.The 37 got out looking very puzzled(迷惑). A big 38 which had been following the taxi stopped, too. The taxi driver was now 39 at the corner looking up 40 the sky and the truck driver got out and 41 him. A number of cars behind them were 42 to stop as well and a large crowd of people had 43 at the corner.
The cause of all this 44 was a very strange noise. It 45 as if thousands and thousands of 46 were chirping（鸣叫）.The sound of so 47 birds toghter was quite surprising and many people looked 48 . The most extraordinary thing was that,except one or two 49 , there was not a bird in 50 . No one was able to know why — 51 two policemen arrived on the scene. They walked all around the area for a while and then went over near the railroad tracks beside a big board advertisement(广告)for a 52 . Since the noise seemed to be coming from around there, they climbed up and found that two loudspeakers had been 53 behind the advertisement.The bird noises were being broadcast to 54 attention to the film advertisement.
The cinema that made this advertisement was 55 to take the loudspeakers away, because they caused trouble and people were tired of them.
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A．ran |
B．drove |
C．took |
D．rode |
2.
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A．travellers |
B．passagers |
C．driver |
D．conductor |
3.
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A．truck |
B．bus |
C．car |
D．bike |
4.
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A．riding |
B．moving |
C．sitting |
D．standing |
5.
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A．for |
B．after |
C．over |
D．at |
6.
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A．prevented |
B．joined |
C．watched |
D．left |
7.
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A．told |
B．ordered |
C．forced |
D．driven |
8.
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A．appeared |
B．gathered |
C．aimed |
D．covered |
9.
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A．accident |
B．thing |
C．matter |
D．trouble |
10.
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A．heard |
B．looked |
C．felt |
D．sounded |
11.
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A．animals |
B．people |
C．birds |
D．beasts |
12.
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A．big |
B．wild |
C．strange |
D．many |
13.
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A．disappointed |
B．frightened |
C．wondered |
D．worried |
14.
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A．stars |
B．trees |
C．snakes |
D．sparrows |
15.
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A．distance |
B．snow |
C．sight |
D．silence |
16.
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A．after |
B．until |
C．as |
D．since |
17.
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A．shop |
B．film |
C．factory |
D．notice |
18.
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A．hidden |
B．kept |
C．broken |
D．fixed |
19.
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A．direct |
B．pay |
C．give |
D．call |
20.
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A．suggested |
B．advised |
C．ordered |
D．persuaded |
—There is a hole in your bag?
—I know. I'm going to have it __________.
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A．mend |
B．mending |
C．mended |
D．to be mended |
—Can you lend me some money?
—I’m short of money myself, but _____, I’ll give you some .
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A．someway |
B．anyway |
C．however |
D．therefore |
