The flight attendant welcomed us ___ the plane.
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A．abroad |
B．aboard |
C．board |
D．broad |
______, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of English is poor.
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A．Other things being equal |
B．Other things be equal |
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C．To be equal to other things |
D．Other things to be equal |
你在网络上读到一篇关于“九零后”的英语文章，你打算以“Post – 90’s Generation”为题，用第一人称给《二十一世纪英文报》写一篇文章，内容包括：
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“九零后”的缺点 |
“九零后”的优点 |
你自己的感受 |
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1．依赖性强； 2．自私； 3．贪图过舒适的生活等。 |
1．渴望了解周围的世界； 2．思想独立； 3．有很多新观念等。 |
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注意：
1．必须包括表格中的所有内容；
2．为了使文章通顺完整，可以适当增加内容；
3．词数：120—150左右。
Post – 90’s Generation
阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
阅读下面的短文，并根据要求答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
"Wow, you got an A without even studying．"
"Your drawing is wonderful --you're my little Picasso．"
If you're like most parents, you offer praise to your children believing it is the key to their success．But according to a new study, praise may do more harm than good．
For the study, after a simple IQ test, one group was told it did really well and must be very smart．The other group was told it did really well and must have worked hard． One group was praised for intelligence, .
Asked if they wanted to take a slightly harder test, the kids praised for their intelligence were unwillingly．Of those praised for their effort, however, 90 percent were eager for a more challenging task．And on a final test the effort group performed significantly better than the group praised for its intelligence．
Many of the kids who had been labeled "smart" performed worst of all．The "hard workers" got the message that they could improve their scores by trying harder, but the "smart" kids believed they should do well without any effort．Thus, kids who get too much praise are less likely to take risks, are highly sensitive to failure and are more likely to give up when faced with a challenge．
Tips for Parents:
◆Avoid labels．Praising for effort sends the message that your child has the power to improve and change．Be mindful of labeling yourself and others．
◆Teach kids from an early age that the brain is a muscle that can be strengthened with practice．This sends the message that kids can directly affect their intelligence．
◆Parents often praise their kids to make themselves feel good, or to protect their kids from failure．But it's vital for parents to help their kids to learn to deal with setbacks and to help them focus on ways to improve．
1.What is the best title of the passage? （ Please answer within 10 words．）
2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
As a result of much praise, kids will lack enough courage to risk and face failure and a challenge．
3.Please fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．（Please answer within 10 words．）
4.If your parents praise you too much, what should you do7 Why7 （Please answer within 30 words．）
5.Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
The saying that children don’t like reading any more has been proved untrue. A new study finds that 75 percent of kids between five and 17 say that although they love technology, they still want to read books．
The Kids & Family Reading Report also says that 62 percent of kids prefer reading printed books rather than those on a computer．At the same time, those who search an author’s website or use the Internet to find books by a particular author, are more likely to read books for fun every day．
The study also once again proves that the time kids spend reading books for fun decreases after the age of eight and continues to drop through the teen years．The report is a follow-up to a 2006 study．But this time the focus is on the role of technology and when kids’ interest in reading starts to drop．
“Despite the fact that after the age of eight more children go online daily than read for fun daily, high frequency Internet users are more likely to read books for fun every day,” says Heather Carter, a writer of the report．
One in four kids between five and 17 say they read books for fun every day and more than half of kids say they read books for fun at least two to three times a week．One of the key reasons kids say they don’t read more often is that they have trouble finding books they like - a requirement that parents underestimate(低估)．
The study also finds that parents have a strong influence on kids’ reading, but only about half of all parents begin reading to their kids before their first birthday．The percent of children who are read to every day drops from 38 percent among five-to eight-year-olds to 23 percent among nine-to 11-year-olds - exactly the same time that kids’ daily reading for fun starts to drop．
“Parents’ engagement in their child’s reading from birth all the way through the teen years can have a great influence on how often their children read and how much they enjoy reading,” adds Carter．
1.What can we learn from the text?
A．Children don’t like reading any more after the age of 8.
B．Most children like reading as well as going online.
C．All kids like reading e – books instead of printed ones.
D．Most children like going online instead of reading.
2.It can be inferred from the passage that .
A．the study of kids’ reading has been made before
B．most parents begin reading to their kids from their birth
C．all kids like to get information using the Internet
D．nowadays all children still like to read books
3.Which of the following is true according to the text?
A．The kids who often go online don’t like reading books.
B．Parents should teach their kids reading from an early age.
C．Sometimes it is difficult for kids to get the books they like.
D．When kids get older, parents spend more time with them.
4.According to the text, contributes a lot to children’s interest in reading.
A．the Internet B．parents’ engagement
C．short supply of books D．new technology
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A．Do kids still like reading? B．Kids’ interest in reading drops
C．New technology on kids’ reading D．Parents’ influence on kids’ reading
Researchers found that compared with teens who spent much of their free time in front of TV sets, those who were physically active often had higher self-respect, better grades and were less likely to have risky behavior like taking drugs, smoking, or drinking．The findings, based on a national survey of nearly 12,000 middle and high school students, were published in a journal．
"Across the board, children who engaged in any kind of activity were belier off than kids who watched a lot of TV," said study co author professor Penny Gordon Larsen of the University of North Carolina．
Other studies have linked certain content of television programs, such as violence and sex, to children's behavior．But beyond this issue, Gordon-Larsen said that kids who spend hours watching TV "miss opportunities" to develop skills, learn teamwork and have other experiences that their more active peers benefit from．
That doesn't mean, however, that kids have to be on the football team． The study found that some activities like skating and skateboarding——which adults sometimes frown upon——were also related to better self respect and less risk taking．
That skaters were better behaved than TV watchers might come as a surprise to some adults who consider these teens to be bad, according to Gordon-Larsen．Skateboarding is forbidden in many public areas, and some communities oppose building skating parks．But if kids who like to skate have nowhere to do it, "it's a shame," said Gordon-Larsen．
Not only should parents encourage their kids to engage iii the physical activities they enjoy, she said, but schools and communities should also do more to create opportunities for children to be active．
1.From the passage we know that .
A．physically active kids get into less trouble
B．more skating parks are being built
C．kids who spend hours watching TV benefit a lot
D．kids who have nowhere to skate tend to take drugs
2.If your kid is a football player, he is more likely to ____
A．get into the habit of smoking or drinking
B．develop teamwork spirit
C．have risky behaviors
D．fail in the schoolwork
3.This passage is mainly written to ___ ．
A．offer some information to teachers and parents
B．persuade kids not to watch a lot of TV
C．urge the public to help children be active
D．show the author's concern about children's growth
4.What does the underlined sentence "which adults sometimes frown upon" in the 4th paragraph mean?
A．Some adults don't understand the sports．
B．Some adults are impatient with kids．
C．Adults consider it dangerous to go skating or skateboarding.
D．Some adults think them related to bad behaviors.
5.It can be inferred from the passage that .
A．kids are not expected to be active by some parents
B．professor Penny is a famous writer and journalist
C．skateboarding is popular in schools and communities
D．kids are not encouraged to join the football team
