If parents’ aim(目标) is only to make a child be a genius(天才), they will cause a disaster. Several leading educational psychologists(心理学家) say this is one of the biggest mistakes that can cause great problems to children.
However, if parents are a little gentler, the child may act successfully—especially if the parents can support him. Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and inviting a teacher to give him personal piano lessons. They even drive him 59 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Although Michael’s mother knows very little about music, Michael’s father plays the piano very well. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael’s friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians(音乐家), they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are, so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered,” Winston’s father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint(使…失望) his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy. One of the worst mistakes any parent can make is to __________.
| A．pay much attention to their child’s education |
| B．push the child into trying to achieve too much |
| C．make their child become a musician |
| D．help their child to succeed in the future |
Michael Li is lucky because __________.
| A．his father knows music and teaches him much |
| B．his parents are rich enough to support him |
| C．his mother doesn’t know much about music |
| D．his parents help him in a wise way |
The two examples show that __________.
| A．it is important to let children develop in their own way |
| B．it is successful to let children develop without others’ help |
| C．successful parents often have unsuccessful children |
| D．the more you help your children, the less they can achieve |
Look at the man in the black car.He is Bob’s father.His name is Mr. Brown.He’s not very old.He is in a blue sweater today.The girl behind him is his daughter,Rose.She is Bob’s sister.She is young.She is in a green coat.
根据短文内容，补全下面的短文，每空一词（10分，每小题2分）
The man in thecar is Mr. Brown.Rose is Mr. Brown’s
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is Mr. Brown’s son.Mr.Brown is in a
sweater.Bob’s sister’s coat is
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根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）（10分，每小题2分）
My name is Sun Song. I’m thirteen years old. I’m a student of Jingshan No.1 Middle School in Beijing. I am in Class Three, Grade Seven.
There are five people in my family: my parents, my grandmother, my sister and I .My father is a doctor. My mother is a teacher. They work hard. My sister and I are in the same school but in different grades. I often help her with her lessons. I love my family very much.
I can play the piano and football. I am also good at playing basketball. English is my favorite, and I can speak a little Japanese. But I can not write in Japanese. I want to have an American penfriend. And I wish some day I can go to the USA to study in a university there.Sun Song is in Beijing No.4 Middle School.
Sun Song is in Class Three, Grade Seven.
Sun Song’s mother is a doctor and his father is a teacher.
Sun Song’s sister is in the same school and the same class as him.
Sun Song likes sports very much and wants to study in the USA.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案（10分，每小题2分）
Alice is a nice girl. She lives in London.She studies(学习) in a middle school. She gets up at six every day. She likes learning English. She is a bright(聪明的) girl. She draws well. After school, she often reads newspapers(报纸)with her grandmother. At seven o’clock in the evening, Alice has dinner at home. Every day at eight she does her homework and goes to bed at nine.Alice lives in ________.
A. England B. New York C. ChinaWhat does Alice like doing?
A. She likes reading storybooks.
B. She likes drawing big pictures.
C. She likes learning English.She is a _____ girl.
A. beautiful B. clever C. tallWhat does she often do after school?
A. She draws pictures.
B. She has dinner.
C. She does some reading with her grandmother.What time does she go to bed?
A. At 8:00. B. At 9:00. C.At 9:30.
Since last year I've given up driving and taken the bus to work every day, which has aroused quite a bit of curiosity among colleagues because few people take a bus to work in my office.
My easy explanation is that I'm tired of driving, and taking the bus allows me to think before my work starts. a day’s , hard, work I ,also, a ride, like,to ,be given , home, after, .
Perhaps everybody would be more convinced(使信服） if I told them that I take the bus because it's quite cheap, while driving a car is expensive and inconvenient.A bus trip costs 0.4 yuan or 6-7 cents with the use of a stored value card（储值卡）, which is almost free if you consider a Coke costs five times that or more. Beijing has a flat-rate subway fare with unlimited transfers of 2 yuan per single-trip ticket. I would take the more comfortable subway, if it was closer to my home and workplace.
But most of my colleagues, especially the younger ones who want to own a car, have responded with disbelief, as they picture me walking to the bus stop under smoggy skies. I believe they would be amused(被逗乐的）if they read the findings of a study of British workers, which found that going to work by bus or train has become very popular. Because most journeys will not only include walking to the bus station or stop, but also include time to read or talk to friends while traveling according to recent British media reports.文中划线的单词的汉语意思是__________________
Why have the writer given up driving to work?
________________________________________________________________________Why do workers in Britain go to work by bus or train?
_________________________________________________________________________写出文中划线的单词连成一句话。
_________________________________________________________________________How will you go to work when you start working?
__________________________________________________________________________
The English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not stay the same. The language is always changing. We need new words for new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use, or older words are used in a new way.
English can change by borrowing words from other languages. Tomato was borrowed from Mexico and pajamas from Indian. The word coffee came from Turkey, and tea came from China. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too.
New words are also made by adding two words together. Strawberry, popcorn, and grandfather are words made up of two parts.
Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word photo was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word. Plane was made by cutting off the front part of airplane. Smog was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words smoke and fog.
The names of people and products can become new words. Our sandwich was named after a man named Sandwich. Scotch Tape, Band-aid and Jello were names made up by the companies that first made the products.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。The word “photo”is an example to show that_________________________________
| A．the English language is always changing very fast. |
| B．English is not as perfect as some other languages |
| C．sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words |
| D．English can change by borrowing words from other languages |
The English language needs new words _________________.
| A．to make it more beautiful |
| B．to make up some stories |
| C．for new inventions and new ideas |
| D．to keep up with other languages |
This passage is mainly about __________________________ .
| A．naming new words |
| B．borrowing words from other languages |
| C．the old English |
| D．the development of the English language |
The passage makes you think that _______________________.
| A．all the words are borrowed from other languages |
| B．language do not stay the same all the time |
| C．the English words has more words than other languages |
| D．all the older English words are used in a new way |
Which of the following is true?
| A．New words in the English language come into being in different ways. |
| B．New English words must be longer than older ones. |
| C．None of the languages in the world are changing. |
| D．All the languages except English always stay the same, |