1 . Parenting Skills Passed Down
My parents taught that a life devoted to helping others is one full of purpose and meaning. I’m a physician and have worked with the homeless community for 11 years. I’ m also a mom to a boy who loves bike racing. Every time a rider fell or crashed, he’d stop and wait until they got up. He lost the race but won at being a good human.
—Sara Doorley Tijeras, New Mexico
I started a band as a high-school freshman with my brother’ s baritone horn (次中音号). I didn’t have previous lessons, so it was much harder for me. When I told my mom I was quitting, she told me to keep on trying. In due time I absolutely loved the band. Years later, my daughter Sheena was in the band, using the same baritone. One day, she, too, said she was quitting, and I told her not. She kept at it and came to love it too.
—Janet Brandes Collins, Wisconsin
I grew up as a tomboy (假小子). My mother occasionally told me to let the boys win, because they wouldn’t like me if I always beat them, so I did. My daughter is also quite athletic but has never heard those words. I tell her she’s as good as those boys and to do her best and win. And she has. She has grown up very confident and is even more broadly admired for her determination. What a difference a generation makes.
—Klari Frederick Linden, Michigan
I built an arcade machine (街机) with my son. I loved arcades as a kid, and my dad and I are software developers. Plus, it’s a good lesson: If you want something, build it! It’s bonding when we help the other player get out of a corner the bad guys have backed them into.
—Joe Hocking Highland Park, Illinois
1. What life lesson does Janet Brandes Collins teach her kid?| A．Never give up. |
| B．Be confident and humble. |
| C．Helping others is important and great. |
| D．Build what you want with your own hands. |
| A．Sara Doorley Tijeras. | B．Janet Brandes Collins. |
| C．Klari Frederick Linden. | D．Joe Hocking Highland Park. |
| A．A teacher. | B．A musician. |
| C．An athlete. | D．A software developer. |
2 . I’m not the kind of mother who normally brushes her daughter’s hair, and my daughter has never liked sitting there, waiting for me to do it.
But today, I’ve sat my daughter Sally on a kitchen seat. She’s sitting high with her eyes closed, skin still wet from the shower, and her long hair behind her back. I realize she is enjoying the moment. It’s the last time for a week that our bodies will connect. Today, I’m sending Sally away for a week of summer camp. This was all my idea. She’s nearly 12, and I noticed that I’m with my child nearly 24 hours a day.
Living on a farm without any neighbors, I’ve chosen a life that is quieter than a normal family’s. But rather than expecting space away from me, Sally has become increasingly dependent. What frightens me most is that she has become a “mini-me”, even has the same hobbies, dreams, and opinions as me. That’s why I pulled her to the summer camp: a nearby wilderness(荒野) camp called Hawk Circle.
After eating, I drive Sally to Hawk Circle. Once there, we are introduced to her fellow campers. Sally stands by them, holding my hand, horror in her eyes, trying to work up the courage to join a game of soccer. “I need you for a few more minutes,” she tells me. I pull her away to walk to one of the camp’s workers. “Excuse me,” I say loudly, “I’d like to introduce you to my daughter. Maybe you could help her meet a few of these kids.” He comes over to talk to Sally, and then I disappear before she realizes it.
It is a hard time for me to drive back. When I arrive home, I calm down and remind myself why I chose this way. I want Sally to have a chance to find herself. I want to learn who she is. If I don’t set her free, I fear I’ll never really meet her real personality.
1. Why did the writer send her daughter to the summer camp?| A．Her daughter wanted to go to the summer camp. |
| B．It was helpful for her daughter to make friends. |
| C．She wanted to help build her daughter’s independence. |
| D．Camp training was something common to her daughter. |
| A．fear | B．doubt | C．hate | D．pity |
| A．She was worried about her daughter’s health. |
| B．She was proud that she had done something right. |
| C．She was sorry and regretted sending her daughter away. |
| D．She was upset but knew she had made the right decision. |
| A．children are usually mirrors of parents |
| B．children always expect space from parents |
| C．parents sometimes need to let their children go |
| D．parents should often send children to summer camps |
3 . There’s no doubt that language in all its richness — written,spoken,sung or read aloud — plays a crucial role in our early development. It has become increasingly common to begin teaching children literacy(读写能力)skills at an early age. The thinking often goes that starting early gives children more time to learn and get ahead.
However,many studies show little benefit from an early overly-academic environment. Children who attend academically focused preschools do not have higher academic abilities in later grades than those who did not,several studies now show. Too much academic pressure may even cause problems in the long run. A study published in January 2022 suggested those who attended preschools with a strong academic emphasis,showed lower academic achievements a few years later,compared to those who didn’t.
Anna Cunningham,a senior lecturer in psychology at Nottingham Trent University who studies early literacy,argues that if a setting is too academically focused early on,it can cause the teachers to become stressed over tests and results,which can in turn affect the kids. “Academic requirements early on don’t end up being meaningful. Children end up memorizing rather than understanding context,”adds Anna.
In many countries,formal schooling starts at 4. But not everyone favors an early start. In Finland,often known as the country with one of the best education systems in the world,children begin school at seven. Despite a later start,Finnish students score higher in reading comprehension than students from the UK at age 15. Besides,the Finnish kindergarten years are filled with more play and no formal academic instruction.
Research also found that later readers catch up — even are slightly better than the early readers in comprehension abilities. Learning later allows children to more efficiently match their knowledge of the world to the words they learn. So our craze with early literacy appears to be somewhat unfounded.
1. What might supporters for an early start agree with?| A．Early start gives an advantage. |
| B．Early reading makes perfect kids. |
| C．Children are more sensitive to language. |
| D．Literacy skills are good for early development. |
| A．Memorizing textbooks. |
| B．Knowing more than the surface. |
| C．Focusing on test results. |
| D．Reading aloud in the morning. |
| A．To praise Finland’s education. |
| B．To criticize the UK’s education. |
| C．To show a way to improve reading. |
| D．To prove the benefit of a later start. |
| A．Later readers — Harder to catch up |
| B．Earlier readers — Not necessarily better |
| C．No rush — The later to begin,the better |
| D．Learning to read — The secret to getting ahead |
4 . Given that most little girls love to dress up as princesses, it is difficult to imagine what might be wrong with that. But one author has written an entire book on how she believes the fairy tale fantasies send a dangerous message.
Jennifer L Hardstein is behind the recently-published Princess Recovery: A How-To Guide to Raising Strong, Empowered Girls Who Can Create Their Own Happily Ever Afters. The child and adolescent psychologist believes that children as young as two are taking away unrealistic ideals from fairy tale books and Disney cartoons that can affect their self-esteem later on.
In her book, Dr. Hardstein theories that traditional stories like Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella promote the idea that if a girl is pretty enough and has fancy clothes and shoes, she find love and popularity. The author refers to this phenomenon as the “Princess Syndrome”
These kinds of messages, she says, have a huge impact on a girl's self-confidence and make it hard for children to understand as they grow up, that intelligence, generosity and passion are more important value. During an appearance on CBS' Early Show, Dr. Hardstein explained: “Girls are getting this message everywhere that. … what their worth is based on is how they look and the things that they have and it's very superficial (肤浅的)”
Her book teaches parents how to let their toddlers (幼儿) enjoy the Disney moves and their teenagers watch figures in reality shows while encouraging a discussion about the messages projected by the media. Speaking on the show she said: “Parents think their kids will understand the messages that they receive all the time but actually they don't.”
As well as warning of the dangers of “Princess Syndrome” her book advise parents how to guide and empower their children from an early age. Dr. Hardstein warns of the influence of toys like Barbie dolls and teenager celebrities who might wear heavy make-up.
Princess Recovery, she assure parents, will bring “balance, confidence, and self-sufficiency into your daughter's life while giving her a modern, energetic childhood.”
1. According to Jennifer L Hardstein, the fairy tale fantasies _______| A．are dangerous because girls in them greys up like princesses |
| B．are difficult to understand due to people's wrong imagination |
| C．enable girls to be strong and empowered like princesses |
| D．contain unrealistic ideals affecting young kids' self-esteem later |
| A．Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella should be abandoned totally |
| B．girls find love and popularity with beauty and fancy clothes |
| C．intelligence, generosity and passion are more important value |
| D．it is superficial to look pretty and have fancy clothes and shoes |
| A．Disney movie's and reality shows should be completely forbidden. |
| B．Discussions help kids understand messages projected by the media. |
| C．Young children should ' play with toys such as Barbie dolls. |
| D．Heavy make-up is harmful for the health of teenager celebrities. |
| A．introduce a new term called the “Princess Syndrome” | B．guide parents how to deal with the fairy tale fantasies |
| C．introduce and advertise a new book on child raising | D．warning of the dangers of the “Princess Syndrome” |
As teenagers grow up, they become more independent and start making their own decisions.
6 . People who possess high self-esteem are able to commit better and produce a greater bond in relationships with others. Dr. Douglas feels that most people do not value themselves, but with love and self-respect anyone can be above normality and grasp success with the family, the office, or others.
We have become too reliant on intelligence, beauty, and money for our own self-esteem. The loss of esteem reduces the will and ability to set and reach goals. In a series of readings Douglas teaches how to avoid negative statements, how to change them into self-facing behavior, and how to take charge of your mental attitude. Where other motivational and self-help works stop with the theoretical plan for success, Douglas takes everyday examples and puts them into his books. From raising children who believe in themselves to using self-esteem to help bridge the gap in the workplace, he gives readers concrete solutions to the problems that might ruin their interpersonal relations.
Self-esteem building comes from filling your thoughts with positive affirmations (肯定) and learning to react to failures with motivation instead of self-destruction. These lessons are valuable for anyone who feels that life is even slightly out of control. People who feel they have adequate esteem can learn to use it to make their success grander, faster, and more beneficial for others. Douglas approaches this process of self-development as a means of more than creating good things for the individual but also for setting up keys for influencing good things for others.
For more than thirty years, Dr. Douglas has addressed more than two million people on topics from time management to speaking effectively to raising drug-free children. He is the author of fifteen books, including How to Make a Habit of Succeeding.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 1?| A．Most people behave well enough. | B．Self-respect means being above normality. |
| C．Self-esteem matters much. | D．Committing better equals greater success. |
| A．To be reliant on self-esteem. | B．To set and reach goals. |
| C．To avoid negative thoughts. | D．To offer concrete solutions. |
| A．Learn to be positive. | B．Face it unmotivatedly. |
| C．Admit self-destruction. | D．Ask for help. |
| A．Influencing the individual. | B．Influencing more people. |
| C．Gaining more benefits. | D．Speaking more effectively. |
7 . Middle-class parents are fueling bad behavior in the classroom by “buying off” their children with computers and televisions rather than teaching them basic social skills, a teachers’ union leader said.
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said some middle-class parents failed to support the right of the teacher to teach and of pupils to learn by failing to create the right social conditions at home.
Children were living in “isolation,” glued to computer games and TV shows in their bedrooms and in many cases it was relatively wealthy parents who were encouraging such solitary behavior. “They are not learning about give and take within the family,” she said.
“Often it’s the well-off middle classes that buy off their children through the computer and TV and everything that isolates them within the home,” Bousted said. “And then they’re surprised when their child doesn’t come to school ready to learn.”
Bousted’s comments come ahead of the union’s conference next week, where members will debate a motion brought by its Cheshire branch calling for parents of disruptive pupils to see their child benefit docked (削减). Another proposal is for mothers and fathers to attend parenting classes to help them deal with badly-behaved children.
While she acknowledged that the motion about cutting child benefit was “quite extreme” and said she was not sure it was viable (可行的), she insisted it raised relevant issues.
“It comes out of a frustration that many members feel that while they are working their socks off under an extremely rigid accountability framework to get children to learn, they are not being supported by home,” she said.
Of the idea of classes for parents of naughty children, she said, “If you go into a pet shop, you have to prove that you are going to be able to take care of a dog before they will sell you a puppy, but there is nothing for being a parent unless you are so awful the state takes your child away from you.”
1. What does Bousted think of the students from some middle-class families?| A．They are among the most selfish people. |
| B．They are afraid of speaking in public places. |
| C．They fail to be taught right basic social skills at home. |
| D．They don’t like to make friends with others at school. |
| A．Telling parents the importance of attending parent-teacher conferences. |
| B．Calling on parents to help educate their badly-behaved children. |
| C．Discussing how to improve students’ performance at school. |
| D．Analyzing why American teachers face so many pressures. |
| A．These children make no improvement at all. |
| B．They can’t get the support of these children’s parents. |
| C．They still face the danger of being fired. |
| D．Their requests for raising wages is refused. |
| A．The way of dealing with badly-behaved children. |
| B．The reason why the teachers’ union is holding a conference. |
| C．Children are more addicted to media in modern times. |
| D．Parents fuel their children’s bad behavior in the classroom. |
When Papa was growing up at the turn of the century in a very small village in rural northern Italy, education was for the rich. Papa was the son of a poor farmer. He dropped out of school when he was in the fifth grade. He went to work in a factory. For Papa, the world became his school. He was interested in everything. He read all the books, magazines and newspapers he could lay his hands on. Papa's great respect for learning and his sense of wonder about the outside world were carried aeross the sea with him and later passed on to his family.
"There is so much to learn," he'd remind us. "Though we're born stupid, only the stupid remain that way."
To ensure that none of his children ever fell into the trap of self-satisfaction, he insisted that we learm at least one new thing each day. He felt that there could be no fact too insignificant, and that each bit of learning made us more of a person and insured us against boredom and stagnation (停滞不前).
So Papa made a rule. Dinner time was the perfect time for sharing new things we had learned that day. It would never have occurred to us to refuse Papa a request. So when my brother and sisters and I gathered in the bathroom to clean up for dinner, the unavoidable question was, "What did you learn today?" If the answer was nothing, we didn't dare sit at the table without first finding a fact in our much-used encyclopedia (百科全书). "The population of Nepal..." etc.
Now, thoroughly clean and armed with our fact for the day, we were ready for dinner. It was also a time to review the activities of the day. The events we stated, no matter how insignificant, were never taken lightly. Mama and Papa always listened carefully and were ready with some comments, often deep and right to the point. One dialogue ended, and immediately another began. Papa's attention would settle upon one of us.
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Para 1: "Felice," he would say to me,"tell me what you have learned today."
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Para 2: Papa was a successful educator and his technique has served me well all my life.
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9 . When I speak to other parents about how responsible my kids are, I often get laughed at or they make a comment about how strict a parent I must be. Giving kids responsibilities is a must. It is parent’s job to make their kids become responsible adults and to prepare them for the real world and life as an adult.
Kids as young as toddlers(学走路的孩子) can be given small jobs to do and can help you around the house, in the garden, at the grocery store, etc. They can do little jobs like setting the table, helping to make the bed, washing dishes, washing the car and so on. When you let children do small jobs at a young age and make it fun, encourage, praise and thank them, it quickly becomes normal and a part of life. Kids who are given different responsibilities grow up with a much greater sense of self-worth, self-esteem and are more confident. As the children grow, their responsibilities grow and expand.
Doing everything for children or not allowing them to make mistakes and learn from them is not being a positive, responsible parent. The kids will more than likely end up with bad attitudes, and usually have no respect for their parents or other adults and at times have no respect for themselves. When your kids are ready to leave home, they should be responsible, capable and confident.
It is my opinion that parents are to be thanked or to be blamed(责备) for just how kids take control of their lives. They are a product of their environment, mirroring what they have seen and what you have taught them. Parenting is the hardest job in the world and none of us are perfect, but it is our job!
1. What do other parents think when the author says her child is responsible?| A．They think it not good. | B．They think it acceptable. |
| C．They think it not rare. | D．They think it unbelievable. |
| A．making small jobs fun | B．praising and encouraging them |
| C．giving them simple jobs to do | D．setting a good example to them |
| A．shows parents’ responsibility | B．shows no respect for children |
| C．is difficult for every parent | D．is bad for their development |
| A．To explain the responsibilities of parents. |
| B．To show her experience in raising children. |
| C．To encourage kids to be responsible. |
| D．To advise parents to make children responsible. |
10 . For young kids, sharing isn't easy to understand.However, this skill is important for kids as they begin to socialize with their peers, and at last have an increased sense of self-awareness and understanding.More often than not, parents can easily think of a moment in their kid's childhood where shouts of "No!" or "Mine!" played a regular role in their daily life.
Socializing your kids early by getting them to connect with schoolmates or kids who are around the same age as them is the first step. You might find that kids naturally learn many things by observing one another. While argue may happen from time to time, learning to play well with others will help your kids become more aware of the effects of their actions.
Sharing is often linked with kids' understanding of fairness, so teaching kids to take turns with toys or other hems that you might want them to share, and they will reduce their natural control over something. Remind kids that they will get their turn, which means that they must learn to be patient.
In their early years, kids learn more than you might think from simply observing the actions of those around them. If you have older kids, give them the opportunity to take the lead by having them share items like snacks or toys with their younger sisters or brothers. Experiencing generosity and sharing first hand will be a major help when it comes to learning to do it themselves.
Most importantly, kids should form the habit of sharing. When you see your kids using their new skills by sharing items with their friends or family members, be sure to advert to their actions. By noticing your kids' progress, there will only be room for further improvement of their sharing.
1. Waiting for toys to play with can help young kids ________.| A．become more patient | B．relieve their parents 'worry |
| C．show respect to each other | D．learn from each other naturally |
| A．It's important for kids to experience sharing in person. |
| B．Elder kids are often the leaders of their families. |
| C．Younger kids should follow elder ones' advice. |
| D．Parents should be generous to their kids. |
| A．praise | B．notice | C．approve | D．improve |
| A．How to teach young kids to share. | B．Sharing helps kid develop healthily. |
| C．Arguments among kids can't be avoided. | D．Parents have great effects on their kids. |
