Why do some parents tend to hold back their disabled children from experiencing life? Even when they are grown, the parents will not allow certain things to happen. It's true that they do have a certain amount of responsibility in protecting their severely disabled adult child, but at what point do they become overly protective?
Parents want to create a safe haven, a place where they know that nothing bad will happen to their beloved child. This seems to be a respectable and notable act in caring for a person with a disability, but it can have a side effect. When protecting their child from suspected hardships, not wanting anything bad to happen to them, they very well may be preventing good things from happening to them.
In life we all make mistakes, it is how we are able to grow and strengthen our character. Parents may feel that in certain instances their child will get hurt or mistreated in some way, so they build walls in their own minds convincing themselves of the need to shelter. However, the disabled, yes even the “severely disabled” deserve to make personal mistakes as well. Even more, they have the right to succeed.
Parents should do everything and anything within their power to see their disabled children lead a somewhat “normal” life. Parents should help their children, not hold them down. This could make them think they are unworthy and that their parents do not believe in them.
Whatever it may be, let them at least try. If they want to attend college, so be it. Parents should find out all they can, and be involved in every detail. Get to know the aides, experience it with them. If they want to dare and someday marry, so be it. Don't shut them out and form bad or critical opinions about them just because you are afraid. Unite as a family and make it work.
1.What side effect will it have when the parents overprotect their disabled children?
A. Their children will never grow up in the future.
B. Their children will find no shelter when they grow up.
C. Their children will become less confident when facing troubles.
D. Their children will less likely meet with good things.
2.What attitude does the author hold towards the parents who overprotect their disabled children?
A. Supportive. B. Objective. C. Critical. D. Uninterested.
3.The suggestions in the last paragraph imply that ________.
A. parents should be a bridge, not a brick wall
B. parents should act as their children’s best friends
C. parents should encourage their children to get married
D. parents should live in harmony with their disabled children
4.What is the best title of this passage?
A. Living Within Parents’ Power
B. Letting Your Disabled Child Succeed
C. Getting out of a Brick Wall in Their Life
D. Helping Your Disabled Child out of Trouble
I was in a charity shop looking at the second hand books.It just so happened that the book shelves were next to the toy section.After a few minutes I became aware of a group of women standing behind me.They were poorly dressed and spoke in what sounded like an eastern European language.As they looked through the clothes rails a little girl,about three years old,came over to the toy section.Immediately her attention was caught by a toy pram（婴儿车）. What is it about little girls and toy prams? I don't know,but whatever it is its incredibly cute! She spoke to her mother and,in halting English her mother asked the shop assistant how much it cost.Three pounds was the answer---about five dollars.The mum looked down at her child,perhaps calculating what she still had to buy and how much money she would have left.Then she simply shook her head. The child didn't react badly as some might.Being told“no”was obviously not a new experience for her.But she couldn't keep the disappointment from her face. I had the grand total of four pounds in my pocket,two two-pound coins.A moment later I tapped the mother on the shoulder,pointed to the coins which I had left in the pram and said,“Buy her a dolly too.” I didn't hang about to see the end result.After all,it's not about being thanked.I made my way out of the shop and into the sunshine. The money was an investment in the happiness of the world.Was there any better way,I wondered,to get so much happiness for so little money than to buy a little girl a toy pram? And a dolly to sit in it!
1.What did the little girl say to her mother according to the second paragraph?
A. She asked her mother to calculate her money.
B. She asked her mother to buy the toy pram for her.
C. She asked her mother to borrow money from the author.
D. She asked her mother to ask the shop assistant the price of the toy pram.
2.The mother shook her head because ________.
A. she thought the toy wasn’t worth the money
B. she found it difficult to calculate her money
C. she found she didn’t take enough money with her
D. she thought the toy was not suitable for her daughter
3.It can be inferred from the third paragraph that ________.
A. the girl usually behaved badly
B. the mother usually treated her daughter badly
C. the mother was not rich enough to meet her daughter’s need often
D. the little girl was often refused because she asked for too many toys
4.What words can be used to describe the author?
A. Optimistic and energetic. B. Pleasant and grateful.
C. Wealthy and healthy. D. Sympathetic and helpful.
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1.The Winners Club is a bank account intended for ________.
A. parents B. teenagers C. winners D. adults
2.If you want to be a member of the Club, you must ________.
A. be an Internet user
B. be permitted by your parent
C. have a big sum of money
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C. To organize key-cards
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春天来了，带着无限的娇美。小草已露出嫩芽，花朵也含苞待放，我们怎么能错过这大好的时光，不去旅游？假定你是学校学生会主席李明，请你代表学校同学写一封信给校长，请求学校组织春游，并陈述理由。
注意：1.词数：120左右；
2. 信的开头已为你拟好，不计入总词数；
3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Headmaster,
I’m Li Ming, chairman of the Students’ Union of our school._________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-___
Yours truly
Li Ming
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Jim,
So glad that you are interested in my new flat. Now I would like tell you something about it. Locating in the north of the city, this Residential Center is small with only six building. My flat, which covers the area of 36 square meters, is in the fourth floor in Building 2. It consisted of a sitting room, a bedroom, a kitchen and a toilet. When you enter into the flat, you will find yourself in the sitting room. The sitting room is the part that I like best, because it is brightly with a lovely balcony, which I can enjoy the beautiful garden below. Although my flat is small, I like them very much because it is comfortable.
Best regards,
Li Hua
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的词(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
What defines a healthy city Is it a place with a lot of open spaces1.people can exercise and enjoy the fresh air A place with little or no pollution A place in which people can 2.(free) socialize and express their ideas Perhaps, it’s all that plus more. Other considerations are the availability of health and fitness facilities, an excellent healthcare program and sincere efforts by3.local government to actively promote health and wellness among its citizens. Of all the cities in the world, one of the top six 4. (healthy) cities is Copenhagen, Denmark.
Copenhageners love to walk. Foot traffic accounts5.80% of all traffic in the Copenhagen city center. Those who prefer can also bike. It is estimated that more than a third of all work trips in Copenhagen6.(carry) out on a bike. As for the climate here, the city does not have the blessing of pleasant weather all year round.7.everything starts to freeze, it turns several city squares into huge skating fields. The frozen parts of the city also make8.easier for residents to skate around. The city also has museums and art galleries for the kids and9.(grown-up). It has the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art and the Royal Library housed in a rather grand building10.(call) the Black Diamond.
