One British school is finding that allowing children to listen to music or even to have the TV on while studying is helping improve grades.______ your teenager starts a family quarrel by sitting in an armchair listening to music while doing his homework, why not ______ a simple experiment? ______ taking the heavy handed(严厉的)line of ______ him to his bedroom to get on with it ______, let him do the homework the ______ he wants. You might well find that his essay is more sparkling than ______ he’s done before.
According to the research of Millfield preschool, around 20% of youngsters ______ best with background music, 10% excel(突出) when allowed to ______ their work with short walks around the room while up to 80% can concentrate ______ if allowed to fiddle(用手拨弄)with a small object.
The research has advised the school to adopt a complete ______ approach, analyzing pupils to discover which learning style _____ them best-then letting them do their work listening to music or______ lying down.______ parents at first regarded the ______ as a layabout’s(懒散闲荡的人) deed but many are now applying it at______ where children are also allowed to do their work ______ the television on.
”I ______ to work on the floor with music on low,” admits Susan, 13, a day girl.”At first my parents thought I was skiving (逃避),but my ______ persuaded them to look at my homework and when they saw it was okay, they ______.”
1.A.Then B.Next time C.Before long D.In case
2.A.take B.allow C.form D.try
3.A.Rather than B.Except for C.In place of D.In spite of
4.A.causing B.advising C.ordering D.permitting
5.A.quickly B.carefully C.quietly D.attentively
6.A.way B.atmosphere C.method D.means
7.A.everything B.anything C.nothing D.something
8.A.progress B.relax C.think D.work
9.A.break out B.break down C.break up D.break in
10.A.faster B.better C.deeper D.worse
11.A.new B.special C.common D.interesting
12.A.interests B.affects C.suits D.improves
13.A.still B.perhaps C.almost D.even
14.A.Puzzled B.Doubtful C.Angry D.Unpleased
15.A.move B.suggestion C.research D.problem
16.A.school B.class C.home D.last
17.A.while B.when C.as D.with
18.A.continue B.hope C.hate D.prefer
19.A.teacher B.classmate C.friend D.neighbor
20.A.refused B.agreed C.stopped D.blamed
He suggested that the book _____ returned to the library at once.
A.speaking of should be B.spoken to be C.referring to D.referred to be
Things of _____kind come together; people of _____ kind fall into _____ same group.
A.the; the; the B.a; a; the C.the; the; a D.a; the; the
Not until______ a chance to discuss it thoroughly, ______set out to handle the problem we came across last week.
A.we have had, shall we B.have we had,we shall
C.do we have, we D.we shall have had, shall we
.In the character-training of children, what really much is what their parents say and do.
A. matters B. cares C. considers D. minds
Enough of it! Nobody here thinks what you are saying should make any ________.
A.excuse B.sense C.use D.value