Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
This is where my kids grew up
For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me, this house is more than just a building. In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines. Every growth stage 1.(mark) in pencils, with each child’s name and the date.
Of all the objects and all the memories, it’s this one thing in a home that’s 2.(hard) to leave behind. Our kids grow in so many ways, but the wall is physical evidence of their progress. Friends I know have visited their previous home only 3.(discover) their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. Over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, 4. the last marks were made 10 years ago when my kids stopped growing. So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do 5. about it.
They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer 6. work is about capturing the beautiful things in life. She came to our house while I was at work, and over several hours, 7.(take) photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints, and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph 8. we had experienced in all those years. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, 9.(transform) them into a beautiful history of my family.
Three weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me —10. life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents entire lifetimes of love and growth.
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The day that you all the 1. (satisfy) of having all the housework 2. (do) by a robot might still be a few decades off. But increasingly engineers are saying that 3. (robot) are going to make the leap from the factory floor to your family room.
Bill Gates once predicted the “Dawn of the Age of Robots”. What’s behind this new era? It’s 4. (part) a matter of technology. Devices that can recognize and respond to a human voice have been developed. There are now a few different ways for robots 5. (move) around. They can walk, crawl or ride on wheels. They are being made smaller these days and also becoming 6. (efficient).
A bigger part of the story depends 7. the consumers. People around the world have tirelessly searched for ways to get lazier since the 1950s 8. the television remote control was invented. Also considering the increasing wealth of people, engineers believe the opportunity 9. (appear) ripe to introduce robots to ease our daily lives. Robots will do most of the basic housework 10. just help you have more fun on the basketball court.
In a new study conducted by the University of Virginia's Claire Cameron Ponitz and Oregon State University's Megan McClelland, the researchers found that kindergartners who had high levels of "self-regulation" in the fall did better in tests of reading, vocabulary, and math in the spring than those with low levels of self- regulation.
Dr Ponitz has pointed that the ability to control and direct one's own feelings, thoughts, and actions is self-regulation. It can be as simple as a child raising his hand when he wants to ask a question in class, or as complex as a child controlling his feelings when he's disappointed or angry.
While the self-regulation ability has long been considered an essential part of a child's healthy emotional development, self-regulation is increasingly being seen as a good predictor of a child's academic success. According to Dr McClelland, a number of studies have found that self-regulation largely predicts literacy（读写能力）outcomes in children. In their research, McClelland and Ponitz found that aspects of self-regulation not only predicted literacy outcomes in the preschool and elementary school, but also predicted the gains in literacy children made during that time.
Good self-regulation skills are also important to a child's social development." Self-regulation helps children succeed in the classroom environment, McClelland says. "The children who can successfully handle these learning environments have better relationships with their teachers, are more liked by their classmates, and do better academically. They are also more motivated to achieve because of these skills. "
The good news for parents and educators is that easy ways to help children develop self- regulation skills may be as close as possible to the local playground. Both Ponitz and McClelland suggest that class games where children must follow directions and wait to take turns should be particularly suited for the development of self -regulation.
1.According to Dr Ponitz, what's self-regulation?
A.It's the skills in passing reading, vocabulary and math tests.
B.It's the ability to control and direct one's own feelings, thoughts and actions.
C.It's the ability to handle the learning environment successfully.
D.: It's the short-term gain in one's academic success.
2.Good self-regulation skills are important to a child in the following aspects except .
A.his emotional development
B.his academic success
C.his social development
D.his class games
3.To develop self- regulation, what can children do?
A.They can take part in class games.
B.They can take some courses.
C.They can be taught by their parents.
D.They can follow their teachers directions.
4.What's the passage mainly about?
A.How to develop children's self-regulation skills.
B.The importance of self- regulation for academic success.
C.The importance of self-regulation for kindergartners.
D.How to be successful students.
This is really simple but I was caught off guard and it was a really nice change.
As my son and I were_______a local restaurant today, I_______the door for several older couples going in and out. Just as I was about to let it go, I saw someone_______around the corner so I waited. She saw my little boy was outside of this little entry way and told me to go first. I told her to_______because I wasn't in any_______—we were on vacation. After all, we'd had our lunch.
I've held doors_____I was a kid because that's what my mother taught me and now I just do it out of_______.Maybe half of all people will say thanks,_______guys, but most girls (except the older generation) just blow past like the world_______them something or whatever excuse they make for ignoring that________.
This girl,________, put on a big smile, saying "Thank you". It was a really________thing she did, and she probably didn't even________how much it meant. I could________she genuinely appreciated it.
It wasn't until she was in the________and walking past that I found she was a beautiful girl and dressed really well, so I was not the________person to hold a door for her. I just got back from Florida, was________and untidy and didn't even shower yet. I was 99% sure that her saying" Thank you" had nothing to do with________. I could only think she was actually________.
Anyway, this probably wouldn't________ anything to most people but I appreciated her genuine appreciation.
1.A.running B.leaving C.entering D.visiting
2.A.closed B.answered C.held D.cleaned
3.A.playing B.wandering C.talking D.coming
4.A.go ahead B.keep up C.get over D.carry on
5.A.trouble B.danger C.hurry D.pain
6.A.since B.unless C.before D.when
7.A.necessity B.interest C.regret D.respect
8.A.hopefully B.especially C.actually D.surely
9.A.owes B.gives C.borrows D.presents
10.A.reason B.suggestion C.gesture D.message
11.A.therefore B.besides C.however D.otherwise
12.A.tiny B.great C.amusing D.messy
13.A.doubt B.realize C.consider D.show
14.A.expect B.guess C.imagine D.tell
15.A.restaurant B.corner C.doorway D.room
16.A.first B.right C.best D.polite
17.A.hungry B.helpful C.dirty D.impatient
18.A.responsibility B.attraction C.appreciation D.behavior
19.A.talented B.thankful C.honest D.innocent
20.A.cost B.change C.save D.mean
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1.You should have understood the traffic rule by now.You've had it______(explain) often enough.
2.My mother doesn't like me wearing short skirts on formal occasions—she thinks they're_________(suit).
3.Carrie went into the kitchen, where she found her son_______(cook).
4.I won't forget_________( take) to Hawaii for holidays when I was ten.
5.The new car costs a lot of money, but it's certainly worth_________.
6.If both sides make concessions（让步），they can reach a_________( settle ) acceptable to both.
7.We will be given training in how_____ ( work )as a mediator.
8.To our joy, Mr. Wang has won the football club chairman_________( elect).
9.Finally he reached an abandoned island_________was completely cut off from the outside world.
10.Talking loud in the reading room_________(be)considered impolite.
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1.When he woke up, he found himself lie on the roof, from where he could enjoy the view of the whole town.
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2.Since we are all here, let's settle down the problem right now.
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3.It was the giant panda cub Xiang Xiang that attracts many visitors to the zoo last month.
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4.Today we will begin where we stopped yesterday such that no key point will be left out.
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5.We should take a pity on the homeless people and help them.
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6.It is essential that every child would have the same educational opportunities.
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