—You were not listening；what troubled you?
—I my coming math exam．
A．am thinking about B．was thinking about C.had thought about D.will think about
I am amazed at someone so rich _____ difficulty in paying what he owes you.
A. as to have B. who has no C. that he has no D. having
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其画线部分与所给单词的画线部分读音相同的选项。
1．spare
A. fear B. earn C. pear D. beard
2．breathe
A. mouthful B. thought C. athlete D. within
3．practiced
A. recognized B. watched C. whispered D. worried
4．foot
A. goose B. proof C. look D. blood
5．many
A．marry B．machine C．anything D．fancy
假如你们学校针对5月1号禁烟令开展一次上街义务宣传活动，请你对吸烟的危害及禁烟的必要性进行宣传。
It’s strange that a man born on Labor Day has had to work so hard to succeed in life. Jacob seems like a normal person. He likes music, art and photography. His parents both got college degrees. He used to go to a beach house in Portland every summer. He is a big fan of Mexican food. Reading these facts about him may lead to the opinion that he had a great childhood. However, behind all of these is a past that would be terrible for many kids growing up.
It started when he was only two years old. His parents divorced and then remarried. Going through elementary school and middle school, he was frightened a lot. This may have led to the worst thing that could have happened to a young man.
He developed deep depression. Doing the smart thing, he talked to his parents about his problem. His parents decided that this issue was very serious and Jacob was admitted to West Hills Hospital. He stayed there for two weeks and had his depression diagnosed. Serious insomnia caused the problem.
The solution was daily medication. The medication took care of Jacob’s depression problem. However, it contained a substance with lithium(锂). The side effect he suffered from lithium was that he got spoonfuls of sugar and ate it with anything else that was on his plate. This led to a weight gain of 25 pounds while he was on medication. So he decided he had to lose some weight and stop the medication.
Now he has lost a big part of the weight and he has managed to solve his problem he had in high school. Now he is a happy human being.
Many people would have had a very hard time coming back from depression. Many people probably would have given up their dreams. But Jacob is not like this. He took what was a mess of his life and turned it around to become a great man and a person with a very bright future.
1.When was Jacob possibly born according to the passage? (no more than 3 words) (2 marks)
2.Why did Jacob suffer from deep depression? (no more than 4 words) (2 marks)
3.How did Jacob gain the weight of 25 pounds while on medication? ( no more than 5 words) (3 marks)
4.What can we know from Jacob’s story? (no more than 10 words) (3 marks)
Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine,” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers(剑). Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”
“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’s an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance(支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands of the young isn’t healthy for children or the family. “Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behaviour,” says family psychologist John Taylor. “Children,” he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness and a desire to feel safe. It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.”
When a “boss child” doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”
So for the sake of the children, parents should be strict with them in a suitable way and get more knowledge to be good parents.
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? 2.______ bossy children with an inheritable trait; ? developed bossy children. |
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? having a strong need to make decisions; ? 3.______; ? leading rather than following; ? not 4.______ at home. |
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? fear(the basic cause) ? 6.______ ? a desire to feel safe |
? weakness, hesitation and disagreement with each other; ? less power over the children; ? 7.______ about parenting skills. |
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? having trouble dealing with others or keeping friends; ? feeling 8.______. |
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9. ______ for parents |
? being strict with children in a suitable way; ? providing protection; ? learning to be 10.______. |
