A.Colleagues. | B.Husband and wife. | C.Waiter and customer. |
2. Write your own understandings of the relationship between family members.
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1. What’s wrong with the man?
A.He was sick. |
B.He argued with his parents. |
C.He had trouble with his schoolwork. |
A.It’s helpful. | B.It’s too difficult. | C.It’s unnecessary. |
A.Listen to a lecture. |
B.Talk to their parents. |
C.Ask their parents for help. |
4 . Sometimes it’s easy to get overwhelmed (不知所措的) with parenting. We worry we aren’t doing enough for our children, so we give more. Then we worry we are doing too much, so we pull back. Then we stress out. So if you’re worried about being a better parent, worry no more.
●Have a “yes” day. So much of the relationship between a parent and a child is saying no. “Can I wear my shorts to school?” “No, it’s 30 degrees outside.” “Can I walk in the rain?” “No, we just blow-dried your hair.” As a parent, most of the time it’s easier to just say no. So for one day, say yes as much as possible.
●Go on a nature walk. The fun part of a nature walk is that you get to do something completely different with your child—something you don’t get to do every day. Before you go out adventuring, get out a bird book, print off an insect guide and go on a long walk. Try and learn together and explore together.
●Let them dress you up. For one day, let your child dress you up!
●Go through old pictures. There is nothing that makes someone feel more loved like going through old memories. Children love to hear stories about themselves. Take an hour, sit down and open up their baby book, a picture album or a Facebook album. Go through the pictures one by one and tell your child about that memory.
A.They will feel so special and loved. |
B.Whatever they choose, just go along with it. |
C.It’s great to join their world by hearing their music. |
D.Make up stories about the birds you see as you walk. |
E.Try and say yes to things you wouldn’t normally agree to. |
F.Take some time to go on a date with each of your children. |
G.Focus on these easy ways to connect with your child today. |
A.By WeChat. | B.By e-mail. | C.By phone. |
6 . Being a good parent requires providing a child with the gifts of love, attention, energy, and resources unstintingly over a long period of time. It involves developing a small body, but it also involves growing a child’s soul.
Parents are an enormously powerful force in the lives of children. Whether Johnny can read, whether Johnny knows right from wrong, whether Johnny is a happy, well-adjusted kid, or sad and self-destructive, has a whole lot to do with the kind of parenting Johnny has received. If Johnny’s mom and dad have been able to come through with lasting, loving attention, the chances are that Johnny is on track to become a productive, compassionate (富有同情心的) person. If they have not, Johnny is in trouble.
Thirty years ago Chicago professor James S. Coleman showed that parental involvement mattered far more in determining school success than any quality of the formal education system. Across a wide range of subject areas, in literature, science and reading, Coleman estimated that the parent was twice as powerful as the school in determining achievement at age fourteen. Psychologist Lawrence Steinberg, who recently completed a six-year study of 20,000 teenagers in nine different communities, confirms the importance of parents. Steinberg shows that one out of three parents is “seriously disengaged” from his or her adolescent’s education, and this is the primary reason why so many American students perform below their potential and below students in other rich countries.
A weight of evidence now demonstrates obvious links between absentee parents and a wide range of behavioral and emotional problems in children. A 1997 study of 90,000 teenagers — the Add Health Project undertaken (承担) by the Carolina Population Center and the Teenage Health Program at the University of Minnesota found that youngsters are less likely to get depressed, use drugs or become involved in crime when they spent significant time with their parents. This study found that the mere physical presence of a parent in the home after school, at dinner and at bedtime significantly reduces the incidence of risky behavior among teenagers.
1. What does the underlined word “unstintingly” in Paragraph 1 mean?A.Absolutely. | B.Obviously. | C.Carefully. | D.Generously. |
A.Children should be taught to be successful in life. |
B.Parents’ character has a deep influence on children. |
C.Children are affected by many factors during the growth. |
D.Parents should be strict with their children about behaviors. |
A.To know the importance of parents’ company. |
B.To find out why there are so many serious crimes. |
C.To get ways to prevent teenagers’ bad behaviors. |
D.To find links between parents’ education and crimes. |
A.Ambiguous. | B.Doubtful. | C.Favorable. | D.Unclear. |
7 . Three Books for A More Honest View of Parent
Nowadays, it seems there are two ways to write about parenthood. I am heartily sick of both. This year I’ve decided to hug books that are inspiring and honest, yet do not avoid the pleasures of parenthood.
Life Among the Savages Shirley Jackson price: $15
Shirley Jackson, author of one of the most amazingly sinister novels of all time and of the short story The Lottery, also wrote two charming novels about raising her four children in an old farmhouse in rural Vermont. In Life Among the Savages, Jackson’s humor is as thrilling as her horror, and her children seem never to inspire in her anything worse than a fond exasperation (恼怒) .
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You Amy Bloom price: $13. 95
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You contains one of the most absolute expressions of a mother’s love in fiction. Much of it takes place in the waiting room of a gender-reassignment surgeon. It’s about a woman who is determined to be the mother that her child needs her to be. In this collection ordinary women rise to the occasion demanded by motherhood. They make mistakes but they generall succeed in making up for them.
Family Man Calvin Trillin price: $ 18
In his memoir (回忆录) Family Man, Calvin Trillin writes with humor about his wife and daughters. He gives what I think is the single most useful piece of parenting advice “Getting advice on the best way to bring up children is like getting advice on the best way to breathe sooner or later you’re probably going to forget it and go back to your regular old in-and-out.” Trillin gives the impression of being the best kind of husband.
1. Which book tells a story of raising children in the countryside?A.The Lottery. | B.Family Man. |
C.Life Among the Savages. | D.A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You. |
A.A humorous mother. | B.An operation. |
C.Offering advice. | D.Being a kind husband. |
A.They share a theme. | B.They target the same audience. |
C.They were written by the same author. | D.They were published in the same year. |
1. Who got a new phone?
A.Daniel. | B.The man. | C.The man’s father. |
A.He wanted to have a phone like the speaker. |
B.He didn’t want the speaker to leave for college. |
C.He was sad that the speaker spent less time with him. |
A.Think about what he’s missing. |
B.Turn his phone off for a day. |
C.Stop playing games on the phone. |
注意: 写作词数应为80左右。
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1. Whom did people usually marry in Russia in the past?
A.Those with the same interests. |
B.Those with the same background. |
C.Those with the same profession. |
A.She was a scientist. | B.She was a teacher. | C.She was a musician. |