Working parents feel that they are not giving their children enough care. They think that their children feel and want to spend more time with them.
Scientists in some colleges have found that working parents believed that they knew their children, but had ever asked their children what they thought. So scientists interviewed (采访) over 1,000 children of working mothers or fathers to what they wanted. They asked the children they wanted their parents to stay at home and some questions．After they collected the answers, it was surprised that only 10% of the children in their study said that they wanted more time with their parents. , the children who were interviewed said they wanted their parents to give more care to them. They said that their parents were as as a bee. When the children were asked about what they most, a large number of the children said that they wanted to feel important and loved.
So parents should know what their children really want and how to get along with them.
A．tired B．afraid C．unhappy D．worried
A．of B．at C．about D．over
A．every one B．someone C．anyone D．no one
A．try out B．find out C．take out D．put out
A．if B．why C．when D．how
A．other B．others C．the other D．the others
A．But B．Also C．However D．too
A．small B．young C．lazy D．busy
A．talked B．learned C．needed D．studied
A．good B．nice C．fine D．well
Three small fish lived in the sea. When they were very young, their parents died. They had to 15 each other day after day. Finally, they grew up and 16 to swim deeper and further.
One morning, the three fish were 17 to a shallow(浅) water by a big wave(浪). A small boat was taken there, too. It was hard for the fish to go back to the sea because the boat was right in front of them. The largest fish realized that they were 18 , and said they had to find a way to leave there as fast as possible. The second largest fish 19 with his elder brother, but the youngest one did not. He said that there was much 20 for their activities, so he would not worry at all and still swam around 21 .
At last, the largest fish returned to the 22 by jumping over the lowest part of the boat. The second largest fish also succeeded in 23 his elder brother in the other side of water. But the youngest one didn’t follow them and still swam joyfully.
Two hours later, when the sun rose up, the water in the small shallow corner 24 . The fish who did not try to return to the sea died of lack(缺乏) of water.
A．listen to B．look after C．talk with D．worry about
A．dared B．hated C．refused D．stopped
A．allowed B．given C．invited D．taken
A．in safety B．in doubt C．in danger D．in peace
A．agreed B．talked C．disagreed D．discussed
A．time B．food C．water D．air
A．slowly B．sadly C．luckily D．happily
A．sea B．river C．lake D．pool
A．catching B．joining C．taking D．telling
A．rose up B．ran out C．washed away D．dried up
My 4-year-old daughter Maddie once taught me a good lesson.
One day, we were taking a walk in the park. Then we 31 some kids (小孩) around an old lady, laughing at her. A little boy said, "Look at this funny lady! She is 32 and she is crying!"
Maddie walked to the woman. I wanted to 33 her away from the woman. But Maddie sat 34 the woman and held her hand. The woman looked down at Maddie and a 35 appeared on her face. Maddie gave the woman a hug（拥抱） and then left.
On the way home, I asked her, "Maddie, 36 did you go up to that woman for and hold her hand? All the other kids were either laughing at her or 37 her?"
Maddie looked at me and said, "I did that to tell her God (上帝) 38 her. It can make her feel better!" I was 39 . A 4-year-old little girl showed me what love 40 means. What a kind girl!
A．heard B．saw C．asked D．met
A．hungry B．shy C．dirty D．ill
A．bring B．send C．carry D．take
A．beside B．behind C．next D．between
A．question B．change C．smile D．pity
A．what B．how C．why D．which
A．worried about B．crazy about C．afraid of D．tired of
A．loves B．follows C．needs D．knows
A．glad B．strange C．excited D．surprised
A．usually B．really C．certainly D．finally
John loved basketball. One day, as he was walking to a basketball game, he dreamed about playing basketball for the college team the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters (31) .
John woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball (32) was over. John did what the doctors told him, but it (33) .When he left the hospital, John was sent to a rehab center(康复中心).
A week (34) he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach（教练）.His legs were badly hurt in a skating accident.
Though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny became the coach of a basketball team called the Suns. It was an on-wheelchair basketball team, because (35) on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited John to (36) the game. John played badly, but for the (37) time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of the Suns, John improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. John was much (38) than before. When John became unhappy, Sunny was there to comfort him. The day before John (39) the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy even with his broken legs.
Sunny (40) and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows will fall behind."
A．away B．from C．out D．in
A．game B．dream C．team D．coach
A．worked B．affected C．didn't work D．didn't affect
A．until B．when C．before D．later
A．somebody B．anybody C．everybody D．nobody
A．join B．show C．study D．watch
A．next B．last C．first D．early
A．worse B．better C．busier D．smarter
A．arrived B．got to C．went to D．left
A．smiled B．shouted C．cried D．turned
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she talked about how she became a percussion soloist（打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of deafness.
“Early on I decided not to allow the 1 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 2 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion（酷爱）for music grew. But I also began to lose my 3 . Doctors told me that the nerve damage(神经损伤) was the 4 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never left me.”
“My 5 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I learned to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can 6 the pitch of a note（音调高低）by the vibrations（振动）I feel through my body and through my imagination. My sound world exists by making use of almost every 7 that I have.”
“I decided to be a musician even though I was deaf, and applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had 8 this before and some teachers disagreed with me. Because of my performance, I finally entered the academy and went on to 9 with the academy’s highest honors a few years later.”
“I’ve been a soloist for more than ten years. 10 the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t mean that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be limited by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”
A．conditions B．opinions C．advantages D．recommendations
A．enjoying B．choosing C．taking D．giving
A．sight B．hearing C．touch D．taste
A．evidence B．result C．excuse D．cause
A．job B．opinion C．promise D．goal
A．tell B．see C．hear D．smell
A．feeling B．effort C．sense D．idea
A．done B．accepted C．advised D．refused
A．study B．offer C．graduate D．educate
A．As B．Although C．Because D．Since
Once there was a grasshopper(蚱蜢), who was the best hopper(跳跃者) in the world. She taught __16__ grasshoppers how to hop. Soon all grasshoppers were hopping well, so she felt very proud.
Then one day an eagle appeared. She immediately decided to teach the eagle how to hop, __17__she was sure that hopping was the key to __18___ . But every time she __19___ the eagle to hop, he just said, “There is no need. You are satisfied with hopping, but I can fly. “
“Stop this silly talking of flying!” screamed the grasshopper. “Flying is__20__ in your imagination. “
The next day, some of the grasshoppers went to talk to the eagle. “How is it that you don’t know how to hop, yet you still talk of flying? It is ___21___our teacher’s orders.”
“Hopping is useful and can make you happy, but when you can fly, it is no longer___22___.” said the eagle.
“Tell us more,” said the grasshoppers.
The eagle began telling them what the world___23___the grass fields was like. It was a world that included mountains, rivers and oceans(海洋).
Then the eagle took one___24___grasshopper in his powerful wings to the sky. The grasshopper could see the mountains, rivers and oceans that the eagle ___25___.
After the eagle landed, he saw a spark (闪光) in the grasshopper’s eyes. The grasshopper told others what he had seen in the sky. Therefore, the grasshoppers dreamt of flying in the sky.
A．another B．other C．others D．the other
A．as B．and C．or D．because of
A．business B．weakness C．happiness D．succeed
A．confused B．told C．advised D．asked
A．just B．even C．hardly D．ever
A．for B．well with C．against D．down
A．helpful B．dangerous C．necessary D．safe
A．on B．through C．across D．beyond
A．strong B．brave C．attractive D．beautiful
A．imagined B．had talked C．told D．had described
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