Here are a few examples of some things that parents can learn from children if they listen and make the most of their time together.
Technology: Whether it’s programming the DVR, texting or how to adapt to the latest Facebook layout (设计) change, most parents will find their children are at least one step ahead of them.
Trends: Many parents are shocked when they hear about new trends on the nightly news. From cyberbullying (网络欺凌) to teens abusing drugs, it’s important for parents to know what’s going on in the world their children live in. Develop an open and trusting relationship with your children.
Patience:
Forgiveness: When kids make mistakes—and they will—it’s important that parents learn how to forgive and move on in a positive way.
Wonder:
| A．Kids will make mistakes. |
| B．This is not an easy lesson. |
| C．Take an interest in technology. |
| D．Parents learn some important lessons from their children. |
| E．We encourage you to spend some quality time as a family. |
| F．So you can hear about these things from them—not the news. |
| G．Every day, try to see the world around you through a child’s eyes. |
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【推荐1】My father really dislikes my stepfather, Mike, and is always calling him names, saying what a “good-for-nothing” guy he is. Mike knows about his name-calling because sometimes when my father comes to pick me up, he’ll say inconsiderate things right in front of my stepfather like, “Is what’s-his-name going to pick you up after the game, or am I supposed to bring you home?”
Even though it’s rude, my stepfather doesn’t hold it against my father. “I’ll pick up Shawn at 3:30,” he’ll answer. Nor does Mike make a big deal out of my father’s inconsiderate attitude towards him. He lets the comments go.
I ask my stepfather if the way my father treats him bothers or upsets him. “Oh, not really,” he says. “You don’t always have to be right, as long as you do what’s right.” My father’s taunts (嘲笑) don’t bother Mike because he likes himself. My dad’s opinion doesn’t change the way Mike feels about himself.
I really admire Mike. He’s so good to my mother. And what a good father he is to me! I appreciate all the things he does for me, like teaching me to throw a fastball and helping me with my homework without becoming impatient like my father does. Mike even volunteered at my school’s carnival (狂欢节) this year. No other stepfathers were there.
Though I would never tell my real father that I think my stepfather is one of the nicest guys I know, he is. I’m happy to make Mike my stepfather. Sometimes, I even call Mike “Dad” because he acts like a dad to me. In my eyes, my stepfather is a really great guy.
1. Why is the writer’s father rude to Mike?| A．Mike is hated by him. | B．Mike is a good-for-nothing. |
| C．Mike treats his ex-wife badly. | D．Mike likes to call him names. |
| A．Mike never deals with the problems that he faces. |
| B．Mike never runs a business with the writer’s father. |
| C．Mike doesn’t express his anger on the writer’s father. |
| D．Mike ignores what the writer’s father says and does. |
| A．The writer is a poor boy and has several stepfathers. |
| B．The writer’s real father doesn’t like sports as much as Mike. |
| C．Mike is as good to the writer’s mother as the writer’s real father. |
| D．Mike is more patient with the writer than the writer’s real father. |
| A．Rude but patient. | B．Admiring and respectful. |
| C．Caring but disapproving. | D．Disgusted and unconcerned. |
【推荐2】Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become spectators (旁观者) in the lives of their children and shrug, "It' s their life," and feel nothing?
When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to put a few stitches in my son's head. I was asked, "When do you stop worrying?" A nurse said, "When they get out of the accident stage." My mother just smiled faintly and said nothing.
When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little chair in a classroom and heard how one of my children talked incessantly, disrupted (打断) the class, and was headed for a career making license plates. As if to read my mind, a teacher said, "Don't worry. They all go through this stage, and then you can sit back, relax, and enjoy them." My mother listened and said nothing.
When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime waiting for the phone to ring and the cars to come home, the front door to open.
My friends said that when my kids got married I could stop worrying and lead my own life. I wanted to believe that, but I was haunted by my mother' s wan ( 淡淡的 ) smile and her occasional words, "You look pale. Are you all right? Call me the minute you get home."
Can it be that parents are sentenced to a lifetime of worry? Is concern for one another handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of human frailties and the fears of the unknown? Is concern a curse? Or is it a virtue that elevates us to the highest form of life?
One of my children became quite irritable recently, saying to me, "Where were you? I've been calling for three days, and no one answered. I was worried!!!"
I smiled a wan smile.
1. What can we know about the author’s mother from the passage?| A．She has a thorough understanding of the author. |
| B．She is not concerned about the author. |
| C．She seems to laugh at the author. |
| D．She tries to give the author some encouragement. |
| A．She would like her children to see her often. |
| B．She couldn't stop worrying about her children. |
| C．She was less concerned about her children. |
| D．She became more patient with her children. |
| A．She wanted to learn from her mother. |
| B．She got a kind of satisfaction from her child’s concern. |
| C．She succeeded in tricking her children. |
| D．She stopped worrying about her children at last. |
| A．parents show more concern for their children |
| B．Parents’ love for their children is selfless |
| C．the concern between parents and children is natural |
| D．parents will worry about their children all their lives |
【推荐3】I made an important decision when I was in Junior 3.
Before I made that decision, I was one of the boys who tried too hard to act as an adult. I didn't know that only kids want to show themselves as adults.
I didn't listen to my parents and teachers, and my grades became poor. Then came the high school entrance exam.
At the turning point of my life, my mom wanted to have a conversation with me. I wanted to turn it down but when I looked at her eyes, I felt I couldn't refuse. Instead of asking me to study hard, to my surprise, Mom just asked what I wanted to do in the future. Without thinking too much, I just said I would like to study hard.
Mom smiled and asked again: “I asked: what do you WANT to do？”
I never seriously thought about the question. So, I kept silent.
“Whether you want to go on studying or enter the society, ” she went on, “it is your own decision. Your life should be decided by you, not by anyone else, including me.” After saying that, she had tears in her eyes.
For the first time in my life, I was asked to make my own decision. I sat in my chair and thought about myself, my life and what kind of person I wanted to become.
It took me what seemed to be ages to make the biggest decision so far in my life—I wanted to be a man who makes a difference in the world. To achieve that, I needed to study hard.
The path to my future became clear to me. I didn't act rebelliously any more. With passion in my heart, I studied hard. Now, I'm one of the best students in the class.
Thanks to that decision, I have become what I am today.
1. When did the boy make an important decision?| A．When he was in Junior 3. | B．When he was in high school. |
| C．A year ago. | D．When he was 17. |
| A．乘客 | B．激情 | C．传递 | D．反对 |
| A．She taught the boy the importance of study. | B．She had a big fight with the boy. |
| C．She had a conversation with the boy. | D．She told the boy to study hard. |
| A．The boy's grades were poor before he made the decision. |
| B．The boy's mother didn't force him to study hard. |
| C．He wanted to make a difference in the world. |
| D．The boy's mother made a decision for the boy. |
【推荐1】With their long histories, the United Kingdom’s universities have earned reputation and become favored destinations for many international students. However, while many people dream of attending these institutions, a growing number of the schools have fallen victim to cheating scandals (丑闻) in recent years.
The Telegraph reported that investigations for cheating have risen at Leeds University, from 127 in 2014/15 to 516 last year. Over the same period, cases at Queen Mary University of London increased from 104 to 248, and Nottingham University tripled to 514.
The increase has been linked to the rise of essay mills (论文作坊). These are companies that, for a fee, provide original essays, written by real people, for specific university assignments. Widely advertised on social media, these essay mills target those who struggle with their university workloads.
Even though many students have the ability to complete work on their own, it is believed that the pressure of too many deadlines and a lack of discipline encourage them to use essay mills.
In response, many universities have introduced new measures, such as oral exams to test students’ knowledge of assignments and subject areas. New software is also helping catch cheaters. Currently, most UK universities use Turnitin to check assignments for plagiarism (剽窃). Now it is being used to analyze students’ natural writing styles. This way, it may detect abnormal changes in their written assignments.
Despite the risks, essay mills seem like an easy ticket to a degree. However, a majority do not deliver the A+ essays they promise, and students are vulnerable to being cheated and blackmail (敲诈). According to the BBC, multiple Coventry University students were blackmailed up to $5,000 (35,190 yuan) after using an essay-writing service last year.
A Nottingham University spokesman told the Guardian, “The best way to deal with essay mills is for the government to legislate (立法) against them and block their webpages at a national level.”
Currently, these sites are legal in the UK, but other countries, including New Zealand and Australia, have banned them altogether. Students in Australia could even face two years in jail and a $210,000 fine if found guilty of cheating.
1. Why do many students turn to essay mills, according to the writer?| A．Because they want to pay for top marks. |
| B．Because essay mills are popular on social media. |
| C．Because they find college work is too difficult. |
| D．Because they have heavy workloads and they are undisciplined. |
| A．knowing little about something |
| B．paying close attention to something |
| C．well prepared for something |
| D．likely to suffer from something |
| A．The government should make laws to ban them. |
| B．Students found guilty of cheating should be put into jail. |
| C．Teachers should change the way of testing their students. |
| D．Universities should better manage their campus websites. |
| A．The increase of cheating at UK universities. |
| B．The rise of essay mills in the UK. |
| C．Pressures faced by students in the UK. |
| D．Attitudes toward plagiarism in different countries. |
【推荐2】Social media has become a part of our lives. It is the communication tool that children have been brought up with, but it is still illegal(违法的) for a Canadian child under the age of 13 to have a social media page.
This is a shame when you consider the learning opportunities that social media offers. At our school, Vernon Christian Elementary school in Vernon, B．C．, I can see how it provides children with the chance to learn how to communicate properly and effectively. If they want their friends to follow them or re-tweet (转发) their messages, they must learn to write them creatively in an interesting and amusing style , attach (粘贴) pictures , and ask questions to invite a response. Students will learn a lot from the process.
Social media can also help students to sharpen up their writing skills. My students usually use the blog to keep a diary about something that interests them, and suddenly they appear to love writing.
So is it necessary to restrict (限制) students in the social media age? Not really. A survey has found that 59 percent of children have already used a social network by the time they are 10 , and 43 percent have messaged people they didn't know by the age of 12.
Of course, primary schools should care about the dangers of social media. Measures(措施) should be taken to protect students from the dangers. In our school , we have a social media platform with a teacher's dashboard (信息窗) where all activities can be managed. On one occasion, a boy wrote hurtful comments (评论) about a girl in a post message. After a discussion with him about why it is wrong to send hurtful emails, he was embarrassed and said sorry to the girl.
Over the past 23 years teaching in British Columbia, I have focused on computing. I therefore take notice of the bad effects of social media on primary students. However, social media offers learning and communicating opportunities to elementary students. More importantly, we cannot ignore(忽视) the fact elementary children are using social media. I strongly believe that exposing students to the social media will equip them to be wiser grow-ups in the future.
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The writer has made students learn a lot by using social media as a teacher. |
| B．All the students can't be allowed to use social media in British Columbia. |
| C．In Canada , children under 13 have rights to use social media pages freely. |
| D．The writer has paid less attention to primary students in using social media. |
| A．More schools will encourage students to use social media skillfully. |
| B．It is necessary to stop the students from using social media at school. |
| C．Social media at school will make great influence on students' future. |
| D．It is so important to keep school websites safe in Information Age. |
| A．will take the place of other learning styles slowly |
| B．can help students make a good habit of learning |
| C．will make students take less interest in learning |
| D．should be developed more widely among students |
【推荐3】Spending more than two hours a night doing homework leads to.better results in English，math and science，according to a major study（by Pam Sammons，England）which has tracked（跟踪）the progress of 3，000 children over the past 15 years.
Spending any time doing homework showed advantages，but the influence was greater for the students who put in two to three hours a night，according to the study published by the Department for Education in England.
The scientists who did the research say their study emphasizes（强调）what students actually do rather than how much work the school has set.
Pam Sammons，a professor of education at Oxford University，said that time spent on homework showed the influence of the school-if children were expected to do homework and if they enjoy their subjects."That's one of the reasons Indian and Chinese children do better.They put more time in it.〞he added.
It's also reported that students who enjoyed school got better results."Schools could make sure children had a better experience by improving the school environment，making school work interesting and making children feel supported by teachers."Sammons said.
It is suggested that children aged 5'to 7 should be set one-hour homework a week，half an hour a night for 7 to 11-year-olds.Secondary schools were encouraged to set up two hours a night for 14 to 16-year-olds.
〝Headteachers should make their own homework policy，"the government says.
1. Where can we probably read this passage？| A．In a poster. | B．In a magazine. |
| C．In a storybook. | D．In an advertisement. |
| A．half anhour | B．an hour |
| C．over two hours | D．less than two hours |
| A．half anhour | B．an hour |
| C．over two hours | D．less than two hours |
| A．Schools could make sure children had a better experience. |
| B．Children aged 14-16 should spend an hour a night on homework. |
| C．The study was published by the Department for Education inChina. |
| D．Chinese and Indian children do worse in school work from Pam Sammons. |
| A．Students should become interested in their results. |
| B．Students should do homework as much as possible. |
| C．Parents should encourage their children to do more homework. |
| D．It's headteachers'duty to make their students'own homework policy. |
