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Teaching second grade is always a challenge.Each student arrives at school with his own needs and difficulties.One year a student called Billy me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements.He struggled daily with his . emotions and often became angry or violent.I knew that,to make . progress,his emotions needed controlling.
One I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school.Billy’s mom would me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home.Then,I would focus on his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
One week our class was studying .I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
That day began as normal.I was preparing activities focused on dog themes . I was told that Billy had a morning at home and I might need to get him .As I was talking to his mom,Billy into the classroom.To Billy’s ,Rocky immediately ran up to his new ,wagging his tail and licking Billy’s face with doggy affection.Billy couldn’t Rocky’s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted away.
Throughout the day,Billy never left Rocky’s side,feeding him,being gentle with him and even the other students while Rocky was sleeping.
Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid ,but on this day he found a good dog story,“Clifford’s Puppy Days,” and read it to Rocky.How . I was at the sight of Billy reading happily!My little dog was able to Billy’s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter,gentleness and .
That day Rocky more than helped me with my ;he helped to change the life of a child! After that Billy’s behavior definitely improved.
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been1me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly2. It was a school night, however, and at nine o'clock my daughter asked if I could3my moves, because she4to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I5she had strict sleeping habits,6I thought she ought to be able to7some of this strictness. I said to her, "8, you can stay up late for once. We're having9." We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked10. Finally she said, "Please, Daddy, do it quickly." "No," I replied. "If you're going to play it11, you're going to play it slowly." And so we12for another ten minutes, until13my daughter burst into tears, and14that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made15. I had started the evening wanting to have a16time with my daughter but had17my desire to win to become more18than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win19me well. As a parent, I20that it got in my way. So I had to change.
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阅读下面短文, 从短文后面各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
One afternoon, my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?” I thought for a minute, and then I said, “I’ll explain, 21 you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you. ”
At grocery store, we 24 some apples --- red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Adam, “It’s time to 25 your question.” I put one apple of each 26 on the table. Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face.
“People are like apples. They come in all 28 colors, shapes and sizes. On the 29, some of the apples may not 30 look as the others. ” As I was talking, Adam was 31 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled(削皮)them, 32 them back on the table, but 33 a different place.
“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”
He said, “I 34 tell. They all look same now. ” “Take a bite of 35. See if that helps you 36 which one is which. ”
He took 37, and then a huge smile came cross his face. . ”People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside. ”
He totally 40 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else. Ks
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)出可以填入空白的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more __36__, waiting for the final school bell. Upon its _37____everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David
David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _38___what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so __39__for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David __40__. I can still remember he was always __41____a smile and willing to help. He always __42__after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He__43___just smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly__44___home
Weeks passed and the __45___ovre the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of__46__before the holiday break. I smiled in ___47 __as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David ___48___standing by my desk.
“I have something for you”he said and ____49____from behind his back a small box. __50___it to me, he said anxiously. “Open it,”I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lift the lid and to my __51__saw nothing. I looked at David‘s smiling face and back into the box and said. “The box is nice, David, but it’s__52__”
“Oh no it isn’t,”said David. “It’s full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there”
Tears filled my eyes ___53___Iooked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given____54___to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning ___55___the little empty box set on my desk
A.anxious B.courageous C.serious D.cautious
A.warning B.ringing C.calling D.yelling
A.scolded B.wondered C.realized D.learned
A.modestly B.naturally C.inaccurately D.inappropriately
A.popular B.upset C.special D.funny
A.expressing B.delivering C.wearing D.sharing
A.practised B.wandered C.studied D.stayed
A.would B.should C.might D.could
A.aim at B.turn to C.put off D.head for
A.argument B.excitement C.movement D.program
A.school B.year C.education D.program
A.relief B.return C.vain D.control
A.weakly B.sadly C.quietly D.helplessly
A.searched B.found C.raised D.pulled
A.Holding B.Handing C.Sending D.Leaving
A.delight B.expectation C.appreciation D.surprise
A.cheap B.empty C.useless D.improper
A.as B.until C.because D.though
A.advice B.support C.attention D.command
A.from B.behind C.over D.towards
In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 36 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose. After some time the girl 37 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 38 to take them home. There she carefully 39 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 40 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 41.
Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 42,to these young geese, the girl was their mother.
As they 43, the girl was able to 44 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 45,. The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 46 and in her dreams. later, she had an 47 She would pilot a plane to guide them in 48 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装) a small aircraft for her.
Caring about 49 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 50 or follow him, and 51 slept in the grass.
One day, the girl 52 into the plane, started it and soon left the 53, Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 54 flapped (拍打) their wings and 55. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.
A.managed B.attempted C.happened D.supposed
A.helped B.decided C.afforded D.meant
A.placed B.protected C.treated D.examined
A.ago B.out C.later D.long
A.family B.lake C.home D.world
A.But B.Also C.Thus D.Still
A.increased B.improved C.rose D.grew
A.ask B.lead C.want D.allow
A.fly B.race C.swim D.sing
A.asleep B.away C.around D.awake
A.idea B.opinion C.explanation D.excuse
A.sky B.heaven C.flight D.plane
A.his B.her C.their D.its
A.respect B.remember C.recognize D.receive
A.so B.instead C.hardly D.too
A.climbed B.looked C.reached D.fell
A.house B.floor C.water D.pound
A.secretly B.disappointedly C.patiently D.eagerly
A.looked away B.set out C.went by D.turned back
I have never met a successful person who wasn’t 100% prepared. Once you realize the advantage that exceptional __21___ gives, it becomes a lifelong habit.
Ivan Lendl is a typical example. He has thought about every side to his game, _22___ it is playing plan against an opponent, or his diet, or fitness program. But what really __23____ me was when he told me he also knew the airline and flight number he was taking to the city in question. That is the way he __24___ everything. It is one element that has made him a champion.
One reason many of us aren’t prepared is that we rarely appreciate it. And if anyone does find out we have prepared carefully to make certain we __25___ our goal, we may well be laughed at. In fact, many people are afraid to be prepared: if they are, they lose an excellent _26____when they fail.
In sport, you meet athletes who let it be known they are not in top condition for a competition. It __27___ the pressure. If they lose, they were not at their best. If they win, they go beyond everyone’s __28___. This is a classic 50% solution: you win some, you lose some. Then there are the people who do their preparation in public. They constantly tell you how hard they are working. That way, if they fail, it is not because they did not try. This is the 75% solution: prepare well, give it your best, let things turn out as they will.
The very best performers, __29___ , spend hidden hours to make sure that they are No. 1. They don’t need or want the world to see them sweat. This is the 110% solution: First determine the __30__ result. Then calculate your effort.
21A. chance B. possibility c. preparation D. ambition
22A. whether B. when c. whatever D. if
23A. amused B. delighted c. astonished D. confused
24A. works out B. deals with c. gets to D. acts as
25A. acquire B. achieve c. possess D. have
26A. reason B. explanation c. prediction D. excuse
27A. relieves B. releases c. rejects D. regulates
28A. expectations B. wishes c. ideas D. opinions
29A. yet B. however c. besides D. furthermore
30A. desired B. acquired c. admired D. prepared