Our mother's friends and relatives can change her life.A.YB.NC.NG
Our mother's friends and relatives can change her life.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
Our mother's friends and relatives can change her life.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第1题
On the other hand, our language includes a large number of words which are【C9】______seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every【C10】______person, but there is little【C11】______to use them at home. Our first【C12】______with them comes not from our mother's lips or from the talk of our classmates,【C13】______from books that we read, lectures that we hear, or the more formal conversation of【C14】______educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in an elevated【C15】______. Such words are called "learned", and the difference between them and "popular" words is【C16】______great importance to a right understanding of language. We may【C17】______a girl as "lively" or as "vivacious. "In the first【C18】______, we are using a native English word【C19】______from the familiar noun "life". In the【C20】______, we are using a Latin derivative which has exactly the same meaning.
【C1】
A.bring up
B.make up
C.take up
D.put up
第2题
“You’re trying to control my life,” says my nine-year-old son. (我9岁的儿子说:“你在试着控制我的生活,”)“I don’t know why you think you can do that, but you can’t.” I received this bit of information after I asked Gabriele to put his dirty socks in the basket. And I get no sympathy from my mother, who says,“You let him have his way from the beginning.”
It’s true. I have always asked Gabriele’s opinion, found out how he felt about things - treated him as my peer, not my child. And what have I got from my troubles? A lot of back talk. At least I’m not alone; it’s a complaint heard among parents across the country.
It’s not just that we’re confused by the contradictory advice offered in parenting books. The fact is, in an effort to break away from how we were raised - to try something more liberal than our parents’ “do it because I say so”approach - our generationhas gone too far. “Today’s parents want to be young, so they try to be friends with their children,”says Kathy Lynn, a parenting educator.
“When it comes to discipline, our society has gone from one extreme to the other,”says Ron Moorish, a behavior. specialist. “We used to use the strap, to intimidate. Then we had permissiveness, and now it’s about giving children choices and allowing them to learn from their own experiences.”
Real discipline, says Moorish, is about teaching. “By correcting our children when they do something wrong, we teach them how to behave properly,”he says. But this only works, he emphasizes, if parents regain their position of authority. Children will always be children. The key is for parents to choose to take the time to guide and teach their kids.
Rita Munday, a mother of four children, couldn’t believe the dramas that played out in the children’s shoe store she operated. She often saw children insist on having the high-priced, brand-name shoes. And even when the mother didn’t want to spend the money, she would give in when the kid started acting up and throwing shoes around.
Rhonda Radice, Munday’s younger colleague, is one parent who has bucked the trend and is proud of it. “I don’t negotiate with them. You can’t. I’ve seen parents come into the store and bribe their children to behave. You shouldn’t have to buy love and respect.”
1.The author’s way of treating her son ____________.
A.is shared by many parents
B.is encouraged by her mother
C.proves to be quite successful
D.shows little concern for the child
2.It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A.parents should learn to make friends with their children
B.parents need to follow the advice of parenting books
C.today’s children enjoy more freedom than the previous generation
D.today’s parents are better at raising children than the previous generation
3.According to the passage, to have “discipline”means that parents should ___________.
A.adopt the “do it because I say so”approach
B.teach their children to understand the rules
C.negotiate with their children for a decision
D.never allow their children to have their ways
4.If Ronda Radice is the parent who has “bucked the trend”, which of the following can also be cited as the example for “bucking the trend”?
A.Parents buy whatever their children want.
B.Parents treat their children as their equals.
C.Parents make decisions for their children.
D.Parents maintain authority over their children.
5.The main point of the passage is to __________.
A.compare different ways of raising children
B.analyze the problems faced by today’s parents
C.explain the importance of understanding children
D.point out the mistakes made by the older generation
第3题
All onlookers left the icy river disappointedly except
A.one of Houdini's friends
B.Houdini's mother
C.a loyal policeman
D.Houdini's coach
第4题
A.Michael and Tom have ordered all the food.
B.Michael and Tom have made ail the preparations.
C.Other friends will bring all the stuff they need.
D.Michael's mother has prepared all the food.
第5题
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第6题
听力原文: After 22 years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. I started dating with another woman.
It was Peggy's idea. One day she said to me, "life is too short, you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably won't believe me, but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, it will make us closer."
The other woman my wife was encouraging me to date is my mother, a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father died 20 years ago. Right after his death, I moved 2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career. When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, I premised myself that I would spend more time with mom. But with the demands of my job and three kids, I never got around to seeing her much beyond family get-togethers and holidays.
Mom was surprise and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"I thought it would be nice to spend some time with you." I said. "Just the tow of us."
"I would like that a lot," she said.
When I pulled into her driveway, she was waiting by the door with her coat on. Her hair was curled, and she was smiling, "I told my lady friends I was going out with my son, and they were all impressed. They can't wait to hear about our evening," Mother said.
(20)
A.Never dating another woman.
B.Asking his mother to live with his family.
C.Seeing more of his mother.
D.Taking his wife and children to a dinner and a move.
第7题
According to the passage, why do we have close friends who have nothing in common?
A.Because we will benefit from the varieties they bring into our life.
B.Because our friends reflect the different aspects of our personalities.
C.Because sometimes we choose friends through computer dating agencies.
D.Because it's better we have friends who are complementary to each other.
第8题
ds of young people. This influence,known as peer pressure,is quite common among children. Why are children so easily affected by what their peers do,think,or say? Most of us,children included,feel a strong need to be liked by others. We seek acceptance and friendship. In order to gain them,we act like our friends,and listen to their advice,whether or not it is helpful. Some of us even begin to think like our friends,sometimes at the expense of our own beliefs and values. An example that comes to mind is the young person who gets involved with drugs because his peer group is experimenting with them. Parents may try to exert pressure to keep him away from drugs,but frequently peer pressure is too great. This conflict between being your own person and,at the same time,responding to the pressures of a group remains a problem for young people.
1、The passage mainly talks about ().
A、friendship
B、peer pressure
C、conflicts between young people and their parents
D、problems for young people
2、In the third sentence of the second paragraph,“them”refers to().
A、children
B、strong needs to be liked by others
C、acceptance and friendship
D、our friends’ advice
3、“being your own person”in the last sentence most probably means ().
A、acting according to your own beliefs and values
B、trying not to tell any lie
C、keeping yourself away from drugs
D、having enough self-confidence
4、The second paragraph focuses on ().
A、what peer pressure is
B、how young people start to take drugs
C、what parents should do for their children
D、why young people are easily influenced by their peers
5、Who can influence us on the actions, thoughts?()
A、teacher
B、father
C、mother
D、friends and contemporaries
第9题
In the author's judgment, the argument going on at Harvard ______.
A.is a sad symbol of our general bewilderment
B.will soon be over, because times are bound to change
C.is of interest mostly to Harvard men and their friends
D.will influence future life in America
第10题
【M1】