1 . Parents have problems with their children. Every mother or every father wonders about something like “Why is this so? What can and should I do about it?”Strictly, what are these things that we parents call problems with regard to our children?

To a parent, a problem is some action, habit, or attitude that he doesn't expect, or he doesn't approve of, and that he tries to change but finds that he can't. So，whether it is dawdling (游手好闲) or any other everyday behavior in children，the parent calls it a“problem”. In reality, of course, parents and child specialists don't always agree on what is or isn't a“problem”But this disagreement doesn't make much difference to the anxious parent who feels so sure that he faces a problem.

I think common problems of young children can be grouped into four general categories: habit, management, expectation and adjustment. So, what are they really about? Four common types of problems: 1) Habit or training problems -those that have to do with establishing the fundamental habits of the children. 2) Child management problems -related to managing or controlling the child, directing his self-interest, and trying to get him to live agreeably and socially with other people around him. 3) Expectation problems -those that dealt with the child's learning to fulfill certain expectations. Some of these expectations arise in the parents' view of the child; some arise in the child's own thinking as he looks at the world and his place in it. 4) Adjustment problems—related to the child's sense of security and his emotional adjustment.

Why do these problems arise then? Partly, they arise out of the child's growing up, out of his need to be trained to fit into a world that just wasn't designed especially to meet his wishes. Partly, it is because the parent expects certain things from the child and figures that the child isn't meeting those expectations.

But no matter what causes the problem, it is most probably true that the parent's anxiety and distress are almost sure to increase the problem. For a child is something like a mirror, his behavior reflects the parent's concern about that behavior. That's why it is so important for us to understand why the child behaves as he does. Understanding is the first step in trying to manage a "problem". If you understand, you lose some of your anxiety. If you lose some of your anxiety, the child can relax and improve his behavior.

1. This passage was mainly written for______.

A．teachers	B．children
C．parents	D．specialists

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Dealing with children's problems needs a calm mind

B．Parents and child specialists differ on the definition of a problem.

C．Parents sometimes find it difficult to solve the problems of their children.

D．Children are usually anxious to solve their problems with the help of their parents.

3. If a mother has trouble helping her son get along well with others, it means she meets______.

A．habit or training problems	B．child management problems
C．expectation problems	D．adjustment problems

4. Which of the following is a reason why problems of children arise?

A．Children haven't received proper treatment at school.

B．Parents don't know how to help their children.

C．Children haven't achieved their aims while growing up.

D．Parents have expected too little on their children.

5. The author wrote this passage mainly to ______.

A．introduce some children's problems and how to solve them

B．advise readers to understand children's problems

C．offer readers some ways to deal with children's problems

D．tell readers how to tell different children's problems

2 . Cook in the kitchen

Earlier last month, my parents and I had a free day — a rare event for us.     1    

For our weekend menu, we decided to make smoked pork. I found this recipe online. It looked interesting and the steps were simple. So we decided to make it for dinner one weekend.

First, according to the recipe, the pork needed to be salted. The process would take a long time.     2     Mom first thawed (解冻) the pork and then spread salt, sugar and pepper or the surface, After that, she wrapped the pork in a plastic film (塑料薄膜) and refrigerated it for two days.

    3     To make smoked dishes indoors, we needed to use aluminum foil (铝箔). After searching for it for a long time, we finally found the foil in the cupboard.

After that, Dad was responsible for slicing (切片) the pork, Mother was responsible for preparing the ingredients (佐料). I was responsible for spreading the black tea and sugar for smoking on the aluminum foil and then a layer of baking paper.     4     After more than ten minutes of smoking and a few minutes of frying, the smoked pork was complete.

    5     When combined with an apple vinegar sauce, the meat was even more delicious.

A．It was easy for me to make the food.

B．Pork is the main meat source of our food.

C．We decided to cook together in the kitchen.

D．Finally, I put the pork on the smoking shelf.

E．So, Mom started working on it early the night before.

F．Two days later, the pork was ready for the next steps.

G．The pork was very delicious and contained the special smell of black tea.

3 . I had a deadline (截止日期) for a huge project at work. When I’d picked up my son that afternoon, I bought a roast chicken for dinner. I _________ that’d save me an extra hour to _________ my project.

It was 6:00 p.m., and I was typing, making good _________. Then my sons, Nathan and Jordan, came in and said they were hungry. Soon my 18-year-old daughter, Julia, made the same   _________ .

Suddenly I couldn’t help _________. “You can put the roast chicken in the microwave by yourself,” I nearly shouted. “I think you’d realize I’m busy and just take some _________.”

Twenty minutes later, a plate filled with food appeared on my _________. I smiled. “Sorry I screamed at you guys. I’m just so _________ of being ATF around here. I mean All Things Food. If it’s food-related, it _________ falls to me. Since we eat three times a day, it’s a __________ job. Now I am so busy and have to __________ my project in two days.”

Then Julia said, “Mom, for the next two days, we’re ATF. We will __________ the load to help you.”

The next two days, my children prepared the meals and __________ them to me. Then I took a __________ , and got back to work.

To my great joy, I finished my project __________ . I’m grateful to my children. They showed me that it’s our joint duty to take care of each other.

1.

A．doubted

B．promised

C．figured

D．ensured

2.

A．rely on

B．work on

C．take on

D．look on

3.

A．money

B．sense

C．difference

D．progress

4.

A．request

B．decision

C．response

D．choice

5.

A．complaining

B．exploding

C．struggling

D．panicking

6.

A．advice

B．blame

C．responsibility

D．pressure

7.

A．bed

B．chair

C．shelf

D．desk

8.

A．tired

B．ashamed

C．sure

D．proud

9.

A．dramatically

B．automatically

C．rapidly

D．suddenly

10.

A．steady

B．regular

C．challenging

D．creative

11.

A．manage

B．establish

C．develop

D．accomplish

12.

A．share

B．ease

C．remove

D．balance

13.

A．distributed

B．delivered

C．returned

D．attached

14.

A．break

B．walk

C．bite

D．breath

15.

A．in silence

B．in peace

C．in detail

D．in advance

4 . My parents have very different parenting styles. Dad brings out the best in me. He is calm(镇静的）and reasonable and treats me like an adult. Mum, like so many parents of my friends, makes me want to rebel(反抗）．    1    

My friends and I think that our parents care too much about us. Take me for example.     2    It was a journey I'd taken with Mum before. Dad was fine with the idea of me going alone, but it took weeks of arguments(争吵）before Mum agreed. In her eyes, I'm not old enough to go on the trip alone. But I' m sixteen years old!

Parents need to learn to trust us. There is no point in becoming angry, which just makes things worse. A few months ago, Mum went crazy when I told her I'd been receiving e-mails from a stranger I'd met online. Since then she hasn't allowed me to use the Internet.     3     They use monitoring software(监控软件）to secretly   watch what their teenagers are looking at online.

I understand them, but they overreact(反应过激）.     4     I think what they should do is keep calm and help us find a way to deal with it.

We love the idea of being really close to our parents.     5     But part of being a teenager is feeling free to take steps down new paths and learning from our own mistakes. Our parents have to let us get on with what is just a natural stage of life.

A．She speaks to me as though I'm still a child.

B．Some teenagers refuse to open up to their parents.

C．But she isn't so bad as many of my friends' parents.

D．We also know deep down that our parents care about us most.

E．Recently, I wanted to take a train to Portsmouth to see a friend.

F．Mum, on the other hand, kept suggesting other things I could do

G．What they do makes us not want to talk about our personal things with them.

5 . The other day a big, ugly, black bat found its way to my bathroom. I am what is known as “the man of the house”, so it was my_________, in fact my manly duty, to rid the house of the_________creature.

Being a man does not_________the fact that I am extremely_________of bats. All men, I think, sometimes have had that feeling of being_________in some male role. Sometimes it is something as simple as having to_________that you know something about car engines when the car won’t start. But sometimes the trap is a (n)_________one. Many men prefer to be something different from what society_________men should be. What these men want is the_________to be what they want to be.

As I came towards the frightening bat, I__________what would happen if I had simply told my wife that I wouldn’t do it. But I couldn’t do that! I__________opened the window, carefully lifted a broom and swept the bat out of the__________.

My wife was__________and my son thought I was a__________. They asked me how I had got rid of the bat, I started to tell them—but then__________. A man doesn’t talk of such things.

1.

A．action

B．job

C．character

D．decision

2.

A．awful

B．lovely

C．magical

D．intelligent

3.

A．determine

B．prove

C．explain

D．change

4.

A．afraid

B．fond

C．tired

D．ashamed

5.

A．interested

B．trapped

C．involved

D．absorbed

6.

A．admit

B．expect

C．pretend

D．confirm

7.

A．difficult

B．accessible

C．small

D．visible

8.

A．forbids

B．thinks

C．predicts

D．refuses

9.

A．anxiety

B．promise

C．freedom

D．talent

10.

A．concluded

B．revealed

C．doubted

D．wondered

11.

A．eagerly

B．accidentally

C．slowly

D．violently

12.

A．car

B．engine

C．door

D．window

13.

A．pleased

B．shocked

C．embarrassed

D．amused

14.

A．friend

B．master

C．champion

D．hero

15.

A．escaped

B．stopped

C．continued

D．forgot

6 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Father’s Day was in two weeks. I didn’t know what to get Dad. Last year I made him a photo album. This year I wanted to do something different.

At dinner, Dad accidentally dropped his favorite blue tie into his soup bowl. The tie was ruined. I suddenly knew what to get Dad for Father’s Day!

“How much does a tie cost?” I asked Mom the next morning.

“Depends,” she said.“ Some can cost twenty dollars. Do you have enough money. Carter?”

“No, ” I said sadly.

When I got to my room to change into my school clothes I noticed a hole in my shirt.

“Mom, I need you to sew(缝补) my shirt, I said loudly, rushing out the door to the school bus.

At school I picked at the hole in my shirt. I thought about how I could come up with enough money to buy a tie. I took a deep sigh, and played with the hold some more. As the hole grew in size, an idea sprung into my mind.

After coming home from school, I dug through my closet trying to find other worn clothes.

“Mom! "I yelled down the hall heading towards her.

Can I cut these clothes up to make Dad a patchwork(拼缝) tie for Father’s Day?” I pointed out the holes to Mom.

“ I guess,” he said.

“And,” I added, “Can you show me how to sew and make tiny stitches(针脚)?”

“Yes, Carter. Let s start now before Dad gets home.” Mom said, heading for her sewing supplies.

I followed Moms instructions and started making a patchwork tie. I gently pressed my foot on the foot pedal(缝纫机脚踏板) . Suddenly, the needle stopped and the machine made a horrible sound. “No!” I said.

“Try again, Carter, ” Mom instructed.

I took a deep breath and gently applied the pedal again. Unluckily, I failed again.

注意：1. 续写词数为150左右。
2. 请在相应位置作答。

“Forget it! I can’t do this!” I cried and went to my room.

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On Father’s Day I handed Dad a small box.

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7 . 语法填空

I still remember the last Christmas Granny spent     1     us. It     2     (begin) in the middle of November on a cold,     3     (wind) day. I didn’t know Granny was     4     (sickness) when she arrived. Granny made an effort     5     (help) me write a letter to Father Christmas asking for presents.

In December, our     6     (excite) grew each day. On Christmas Eve, we put     7     the Christmas tree. Before bed, we put a stocking at the end of my bed. Granny sang     8     (soft) until I fell asleep. On Christmas morning, many relatives arrived. A few weeks after that Christmas, Granny passed     9    . When I think about what makes Christmas so magical, it’s not just gifts and Father Christmas     10     come to mind. It’s also my memory of Granny.

8 . Nuclear (核心的) Family

53.7% of Canadians live in nuclear families. A nuclear family usually has parents and children. It is also called the traditional family. This kind of family was the most popular in the 950sand 1960s. Now the traditional family is choosing to have fewer children than in the past.

Single-Parent Family

In this kind of family, there is only one parent caring for one or more children. The number of single-parent families is becoming larger. The environment of single-parent family is not very good for the mental and physical health of children.

Extended (几代同堂的) Family

There are grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins in this kind of family. Members of the extended family live together for many reasons, such as helping to raise the children, caring for each other and dealing with money problems. The number of this kind of family has increased by 40 percent in the past ten years.

Childless Family

A childless family is the one that choose not to have children. The couple has never had children because of some reasons. Most have thought carefully about whether to be parents but finally give up because they think it wasn’t really right for them. To replace children, childless families usually have pets instead.

1. There are ________ in the nuclear family.

A．only parents	B．grandparents and children
C．parents and children	D．aunts, uncles and cousins

2. The writer thinks the environment of ________ is not very good for the health of children.

A．the single-parent family	B．the traditional family
C．the extended family	D．the childless family

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The number of the extended family is the largest of the four kinds of families.

B．Now the nuclear family is a family that chooses to have more children.

C．A childless family is a family that chooses to have one child.

D．Members of the extended family can help each other.

9 . Arguster grew up on his family’s farm in a remote village. Planting cash crop — cotton, they were breaking even and had to make ends meet. In his childhood, there were nine kids at home. All the boys were in one room with two beds. Two slept at the head while two slept at the foot. Therefore, there was one thing about their feet — washing them before crowding onto the bed.

When there was a hole in Arguster’s jeans, his mother would put a patch on it. However, the hole kept going. It was the naughty kids, Arguster included, that took the jeans out, hung them on a line and shot them to put holes. Aware of that, however, Ben, the father, didn’t rebuke them, knowing it might be the only way to bring laughter to his kids.

Arguster’s first lesson in economics was taught by Ben. The childish kid had worked and made a little extra money. He couldn’t help admiring himself, “I make six dollars! Six dollars! Man! I’m on the top of the world!” With a great thrill, Arguster decided to go to fair, where he played games, ate cotton candy... When asked by Ben how much he had spent, with his head down, Arguster replied, “Daddy, I spent it all...” Looking at his messy hair, Ben sighed, “Boy, you spent all your money and haircut’s gone up to 75 cents. I’m afraid...” From then on, Arguster always kept enough money to get himself a haircut.

Ben taught his kids how to do the right thing and wanted them to do the right thing, which Ben tried to pass on to his kids, in his own way. Ben started a syrup mill(糖坊). People in the community brought their cane and millet for Ben to grind up (磨碎) for syrup. When people paid with buckets of syrup, Ben refused. Arguster got confused, “Daddy, why don’t you let these people pay you?”

“Because we got enough syrup to last for a long time! Son, these people don’t have money to pay. That’s the only way they can pay.”

1. Why should the kids wash their feet before going to bed?

A．Because they turned dirty after playing on the farm.

B．Because they crowded on a small bed with feet close to others’ heads.

C．Because the beds were made of cotton which was easy to spot.

D．Because they had to make ends meet, making them seldom bathe.

2. What does the underlined word “rebuke” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Question.

B．Oppose.

C．Amuse.

D．Criticize.

3. What might happen to Arguster after he spent all the money he earned?

A．He worked and earned money again for his haircut.

B．He had his hair cut with the money Ben gave him.

C．He waited for the price of haircut to decrease.

D．He borrowed money from his mother for his haircut.

4. What’s Ben’s attitude towards people in the community?

A．Strict.

B．Casual.

C．Considerate.

D．Mean.