【推荐1】In most situations, bystanders’ responses like disapproving glares, uninvited comments or pieces of advice to a child’s angry behavior can add to the stress of the situation. But sometimes bystanders’ truly understand, and sometimes their words or actions can make a positive difference. One mom experienced this firsthand.

This mom was noticeably pregnant and traveling alone with her young son at a Los Angeles airport. Then things had taken a turn for the worse.

The boy, about 18 months old, was in the midst of what Beth, a Facebook user, referred to as a “total meltdown”. He was running all over the place, kicking, screaming, and flopping down (趴) on the floor, dead set on not getting aboard the plane. His mom did her best to calm him down, but, according to Beth, “she couldn’t pick him up because he was so upset. He kept running away from her, then lying down on the ground, kicking                           and screaming again.” Finally, the mom came to her wit’s end. She sat down on the floor next to her son, buried her face in her hands, and began to cry.

Then the most amazing thing happened.

A group of six or seven women, Beth included, circled around the mother-son pair and did something to help. Beth sang him “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider.” Another offered an orange. Another gave him a toy she had on hand. Another helped get his cup out of Mom’s bag. Yet another tended to Mom by offering her a water bottle. With the help of these incredible women, the kid and his mother calmed down and were able to board the plane.

And then life moved on. All of the strangers went their separate ways without speaking of what had happened. But Beth said it was something she’d never forget. “We were strangers, gathering to solve something,” she wrote. “It occurred to me that a circle of women, with a mission, can save the world.”

1. What reaction of the bystanders is proper to a child’s angry behavior?

A．Understanding and trying to help.	B．Offering parents some advice.
C．Commenting on the situation.	D．Stopping the child by glaring.

2. What does the underlined part “came to her wit’s end” probably mean?

A．Burst into tears.	B．Felt totally at a loss.
C．Gave in to her kid.	D．Ran away from her kid.

3. What were the group of women like?

A．Professional.

B．Courageous.

C．Calm.

D．Considerate.

4. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To describe a great volunteer Beth.	B．To introduce some incredible women.
C．To show how strangers can help out.	D．To appeal to people to care for children.

【推荐3】I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way. Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again. I was getting frustrated (挫败的), but then it hit me. I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up. Could he be more absorbed while standing up?

This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success. This child would have the willpower to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life.

Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality qualities, and all you can do is loving and accepting them. As parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids’ best cheerleaders,   guiding them and helping them find their way.

I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate. Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine. We need to learn to accept our kids’ ways of doing things. Some way may have worked for me but doesn’t mean we need to carry it through generations. There is nothing sweeter than being personal and unique. It makes us free and happy and that’s just the way I want my kids to live their own life.

1. Time and again the author got his son seated in order to make him________.

A．work fast

B．go polite

C．stay relaxed

D．keep attentive

2. The underlined “it” (in the first paragraph) probably refers to ________.

A．his son’s doing better while standing up

B．his failure in keeping his son under control

C．his own experience as a school boy

D．his disappointment with his active child

3. By this passage, the author attempts to tell other parents to ________.

A．correct their kids’ manners from the early ages

B．respect and trust their kids’ ways of behaviors

C．develop a good relationship with their children

D．guarantee their children’s freedom at home

4. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A．Parental help with teens’ study	B．Adult influence on teen growth
C．Kids’ success in their own styles	D．Friendship between generations

【推荐1】A study session(会议) with friends can be an excellent way to learn.     1    , a study session can help you to fully understand difficult materials, prepare for exams, and finally earn strong grades. By making careful choices when you are forming the group, you can be sure your study session with friends will be successful.

●    2    . One of the most effective ways to learn is actually to teach other people. Try giving each member a different task and take turns teaching each other. This greatly benefits both the “teacher” as well as the whole group.

●Take quizzes(小测试).   Another great aspect of working with a group is the ability to quiz one another. You can simply ask each other questions out loud.     3    . Or, different members can create quizzes for different parts and give them to the other members to take.

●Share notes. Three or four heads are better than one!     4    . When you put all of that together, you’ll walk away with a much stronger understanding of the material.

●Answer each other’s questions. Knowing what you don’t understand and putting that into a question for your group is an excellent exercise.     5    .

●Create a routine(常规).   If you can make some kind of routine within your study session, you are likely to be more productive. It may take a little time. You may have to try out different methods with your group to see what works for you.

A．Teach one another

B．When it comes to friendship

C．If you make it a regular event

D．This means quizzing one another in speech

E．The first question can be related to self-introduction

F．Try exchanging the notes that you each take in class

G．The attempt to answer each other’s questions is great for every member and the group.

【推荐2】Exams are an important type of assessment almost all students will need to undertake. The best way to study is not to recite (背诵) it all in hours or minutes before an exam.     1     It is important to manage this stress and find ways of helping to reduce it.

How do you face such an important day? If you have not been able to study the complete contents till now, don’t long to finish it all. Firstly, prepare a test kit for the duration of your examination. In your bag, collect all your supplies such as pencils, several pens and other important writing materials. Put the bag and everything else that you might need in one place.     2    

When you arrive at the hall, surround yourself with friends who are supportive or just go through your notes quietly. Always make it a point to study the subjects which you find easier to learn first. You’ll be affected if you do not know the answer to any topic.     3     This will just upset you and send you into panic mode.

When you are in the examination room, follow these steps. Before the examination starts, make sure your question paper is complete, Read the instructions carefully.     4    Divide your time carefully for each question and move on to the next question even if you have not finished the first.

    5     Do not worry about what you could have done or haven’t done. Try not to discuss the answers with your friends. You should not allow anything to upset the rest of the examination.

A．Finally, after each paper, go home and rest.

B．Settle the easy questions first.

C．Exam stress affects most students in various ways.

D．Calm down and remember to finish the answer.

E．Therefore, do not go round asking crazily for the answer.

F．This will help to reduce your worries in the morning.

G．A lot of students are excited when facing the first examination.

【推荐3】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

How to Remember WellWe can remember some things easily yet cannot seem to remember other things.    1    But here are some tips that can help.    2    Making sense of the information will allow you to relate the information you must remember to what you already know. Try to form a connection between the information you must remember and a person, place, object, or situation.Frequently recite the information you must remember or write it several times. If you must remember a large body of information, try to break the information into smaller, more manageable parts.    3    It is easier to remember information that is organized than to remember information that seems to be all over the place.    4    Relating the information to something about you will make it easier to remember.Try to apply what you must remember. For example, if you are trying to remember the meanings of some new vocabulary words, use the words in your speaking and writing.Test yourself. A good way to do this is to write a question about the information you must remember on the front side of a card and the answer to the question on the back.    5    Look at the questions, try to answer them, and then check to see how you did.

A．Use as many cards as you need.

B．There is no “magic pill” for remembering.

C．Try to make remembering a fun activity.

D．Try to understand the information you must remember.

E．Then work on remembering the information in each part separately.

F．Try to bring a personal touch to the information you must remember.

G．Form a picture in your mind of the information that you must remember.

【推荐1】On the first day of class, Mr Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature (生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.
When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else’s in our class. What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn’t wait to get the answer.
Very simple, Mr Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?
Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?
We should have guessed it out, Mr Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat’s), hadn’t he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct.
1. We failed in the test because we didn’t             .

A．think carefully

B．show interest in what Mr Whiteson said

C．listen to the teacher carefully

D．take notes while listening

2. We got angry because          .

A．Mr Whiteson didn’t tell us the truth about cattytiger

B．there was no cattytiger

C．we didn’t know why he played the joke on us

D．we failed in the test

3. Mr Whiteson gave us a special lesson           .

A．to show his special way of teaching

B．to help us learn our lessons better

C．to play a joke on us

D．so that we would no longer believe him

4. Mr Whiteson meant that           .

A．teachers couldn’t make any mistakes

B．textbooks might be wrong sometimes

C．we shouldn’t believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies

D．we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong