Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children.And they must have how difficult it is to write a children’s book.Either the author has aimed too , so that the children can’t follow what is in his (or more often, her) story, the story seems to be talking to the readers.
The best children’s books are very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the who hears the story and the adult who it.Unfortunately, there are in fact few books like this, the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not to solve.This may be why many of the books regarded as of children’s literature were in fact written for .“Alice in wonderland” is perhaps the most obvious of this.
Children, left for themselves, often the worst possible interest in literature.Just leave a child in a bookshop or a and he will more willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children’s comics, full of the stories and jokes which are the objections of teachers and right-thinking parents.
Perhaps we parents should stop to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature.After all children and adults are so that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books.So I suppose we’ll just have to compromise（妥协） over the bedtime story.
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As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being ______ from morning till night, it is hard to _________ down. But relaxation is necessary for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a ______ part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. However, it is not the bad thing that is often supposed to be. A ________ amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give ______ to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ________ health.
The amount of stress a person can _________ depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities (经营责任). Others lose heart at the __________ of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and __________.
In fact, we make a choice between “fright and fight”. And in more __________ days the choices made the difference between life and ________. The crises we meet today are _______ to be so extreme, but however __________ the stress is, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that ________ becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have established links with _______. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard. That first year, I_ __ feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels. The squirrels had no____ coming up right to me for them. As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no and didn’t escape. When I threw carrot slices(薄片)，they even came for a nibble(啃).Slowly they came to____ me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.
That second year, the rabbits_____ me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I ____ that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an______interest in this food situation. I carefully extended a long______, with a keen eye on those teeth, and _ __,there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching(津津有味的咀嚼) on carrots. A few months later, while ______,she would even turn her back to me.____when she was facing away, I reached out and _____scratched（搔）her back with my finger, She didn’t move.
By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. The groundhog _____didn’t have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea, I’d always_____,while slicing up carrots, that the end looked like a cap.______one day, just to see what she would do ,I gently _____ one on top of the groundhog’s head. Again, not a _____,The next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures,_______she had a slice to eat, she never ______ the one of her head. It was a fair ____ —I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat.
A．avoided B．started C．canceled D．suggested
A．business B．fun C．problem D．privilege
A．help B．cheat C．threat D．exception
A．trust B．miss C．admire D．appreciate
A．feared B．ignored C．discovered D．remembered
A．proved B．decided C．noticed D．understood
A．extreme B．increasing C．additional D．inspiring
A．squirrel B．rabbit C．peanut D．carrot
A．before long B．long ago C．over and over D．all over again
A．eating B．playing C．sitting D．sleeping
A．Next B．Once C．Soon D．Lately
A．carefully B．suddenly C．violently D．patiently
A．also B．thus C．just D．still
A．thought B．doubted C．admitted D．recognized
A．While B．Or C．So D．For
A．fixed B．placed C．hung D．kept
A．tremble B．move C．delay D．hesitation
A．Even if B．Ever since C．As far as D．So long as
A．welcomed B．required C．bothered D．expected
A．trade B．competition C．task D．affair
完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
One day I was taking a bus. The driver didn't ________to start the bus soon because it was not yet ________ .A middle-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story ________, not to anyone particular. On her way to the station, half of her ________ was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she ________ still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked ________.
When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor began to collect the fares. When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he ________ that he had spent all his money as he accidentally got on a wrong bus and now was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to ________ the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he________ her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor's side and repeated the conductor's ________.
The woman was watching the incident. ________ the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered.
“Stop ________ him! Can't you see he's only trying to get home?”
“He doesn't have any money!” the driver ________ .
“Well, that's no ________ to throw him off the bus.” She insisted.
Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her ________money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here's his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a ________ time.
All heads turned to the woman. “It's only money,” she shrugged.
She rode the rest of her way home ________ a happy smile, with the money she'd lost earlier ________.
On the road of life, the help of strangers can ________ our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the ________ will be when we make it a little smoother for others!
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My son Tom taught me a beautiful lesson today. He is three years old and it is amazing watching him grow up.
He called out to me today saying“Papa, sit.” That usually means everything and going next to him and sitting down to play with him. I did that, as he can be stubborn and will not stop calling out until I . He was playing with beads (珠子) , pushing a string through them. Then after he finished playing with the beads, it was time to put back in the box that they are stored in. I saw him pick up each bead, look at it as if it were made of chocolate and then placed it into its box.
With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting . “ What a long time it will take ! Why cannot he grab ten beads in one go and drop them in?” said my anxious mind. I noticed that he did this with as much as he had while we were playing. I didn’t see any difference between his play and his the toy. Obviously he enjoyed both.
Then it suddenly me that this boy was enjoying the whole .The journey was his goal. For him the was in the game and after the game, not just in the fun part. What a great perspective to live each moment as it is the moment; to do each task as it is the most awesome task. Nothing else matters.
Looking at how my son was putting beads into the box me that the process was the goal.
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I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother．She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!”
Shyly but , I said yes．She poured out her . “It was nothing short of talent!”
“What time will Father be home?” I asked．I could hardly wait to my work to him．I spent quite some time for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it and I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion-picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to my poem.
At almost 7 o’clock my father burst in. He seemed . He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees.
Suddenly he paused and glared at his plate. “What is this?” He was reaching for my poem.
“Ben, Buddy has written his first poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaz…”
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said.
I my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of .
“I think it’s terrible,” he said.
I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting .
“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs .”
“I don’t know why.” My father held his ground. “Isn’t there enough awful poetry in the world already?”
I couldn’t it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I myself on the bed and cried the worst of the out of me.
That may have been the end of the story, but not of its for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s .”
Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the balance of the force that , “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”
Those voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course．
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Number sense is not the ability to count. It is the ability to recognize a in number. Human beings are born with this ability. , experiments show that many animals are, too. For example, many birds have good number sense. If a nest has four eggs and you remove one, the bird will not . However, if you remove two, the bird leaves. This means that the bird knows the between two and three.
Another interesting experiment showed a bird's number sense. A man was trying to take a photo of a crow(乌鸦)that had a nest in a tower, but the crow always left when she saw him coming. The bird did not until the man left the tower. The man had an .He took another man with him to the tower. One man left and the other stayed, but they did not the bird. The crow stayed away until the second man left, too. The experiment was with three men and then with four men. But the crow did not return to the nest until all the men were .It was not until five men went into the tower and only four left that they were able to fool the crow.
How good is a human's number sense? It's not very good. For example, babies about fourteen months old almost always notice if something is taken away from a group. But when the number goes beyond three or four, the children are fooled.
It seems that number sense is something we have in common with many animals in this world, and that our human is not much better than a crow's.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
If we want to make friends, let’s put ourselves out to do things for other people --- things that require time, energy, unselfishness, and thoughtfulness.
When the Duke of Windsor was the Prince of Wales, he was to tour South America, and before he on that tour he spent months studying Spanish so that he could make public talks in the language of the country; and the South Americans him for it.
For years I considered it important to find out the of my friends. How? Although I don’t have faith in astrology (占星术), I began by asking my friends whether he or she the date of one’s birth has anything to do with and personality. I then asked him or her to tell me the month and day of birth. he or she said, “November 24,”for example, I kept to myself, “November 24, November 24.”The minute my friend’s back was , I wrote down the name and birthday and would transfer (转写) it to a birthday book. At the beginning of each year, I had these birthday dates scheduled in my calendar pad so that they came to my automatically. When the birthday , there was my letter or telegram. What a big it was! I was frequently the only person on earth who .
If we want to make friends, let’s people with enthusiasm. When somebody calls you on the telephone, say“Hello”in tones that suggest how you are to have the person call. Many companies train their telephone operators to greet all callers in a tone that shows interest and . The callers feel the company is about them. Let’s remember that when we answer the telephone tomorrow.
Showing a genuine in others not only wins friends for you, but may in its customers a loyalty to your company.
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My father and I disagreed about curfew (晚间在家的时间). He’d say I was to be in by 9:30 on weekdays, and 11:00 on weekends, no exceptions without my first asking. I told him it made me like a junior-high kid. He explained that while a curfew sound like a restriction, it’s really about people looking out for one another.
The very next Friday after that pretty heated , my dad and I had tickets to see our town’s professional football game. On that day he was to a nearby city to meet with some major clients and me that his getting home and our leaving for the game would be tight.
To make sure we could off the moment he walked in, I got everything prepared. When a half hour had passed from the time he said he’d be home, I understood that he was a little . But then, nearly a whole hour passed. I was getting . We were going to miss the kick-off! And why hadn’t he me and let me know he was going to be really late? As I anxiously the floor, another half hour passed. That’s when I got really angry. How inconsiderate of my father! Now we were going to the whole game! When yet another half hour passed, my anger turned to . What if something terrible had happened to my dad, like he had a heart attack or had been in an accident, or something? I began to really . I’d already called his cellphone about ten times, but no .
I was beside myself, assuming the worst had happened.
Finally, the phone rang, and my dad said , “Son, I’m so sorry about the game, but…there was a terrible accident…on the freeway coming home, and I to help… and ended up going to the hospital. I my cellphone in the car, so I couldn’t call until now.”
I was so relieved to hear from my father and to that he was safe that I actually cried. That was I “got” the importance of a curfew: Checking in! It’ s about knowing that someone you love is . It was one more proof of my father’s loving me as much as he does.
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阅读下面短文， 从短文后1～20题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Dad had a green comb. He bought it when he married Mum. Every night, he would hand me his1and say, "Good girl, help Daddy clean it, OK?"
I was2to do it. At age five , this dull task brought me such3. I would excitedly turn the tap4and brush the comb carefully. Satisfied that I'd done a good job, I would happily return the comb to Dad. He would5affectionately at me and place the comb on his wallet.
Two years later, Dad started his own6, which wasn't doing so well. That was when things started to7. Dad didn't come home as early and as much as he used to. Mum and I became8with him for placing our family in trouble. With9, an uncomfortable silence grew between us.
After my graduation, Dad's business was getting back on track. On my 28th birthday, Dad came home10. As usually I helped him carry his bags into his study. When I turned to leave, he said ,"Hey, would you help me11my comb?" I looked at him a while, then12the comb and headed to the sink.
It hit me then: why, as a child,13Dad clean his comb was such a pleasure. That routine(习惯) meant Dad was home early to14the evening with Mum and me. It15a happy and loving family.
I passed the clean comb back to Dad. He smiled at me and16placed his comb on his wallet. But this time , I noticed something17. Dad had aged. He had wrinkles next to his eyes when he smiled,18 his smile was still as19as before, the smile of a father who just wanted a good20for his family.
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A．bag B．wallet C．comb D．brush |
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A．annoyed B．relieved C．ashamed D．pleased |
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A．joy B．sadness C．courage D．pain |
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A．out B．over C．in D．on |
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A．stare B．smile C．shout D．laugh |
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A．family B．business C．task D．journey |
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A．progress B．change C．improve D．form |
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A．satisfied B．delighted C．mad D．strict |
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A．time B．patience C．speed D．ease |
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A．occasionally B．early C．frequently D．rarely |
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A．sharply B． repair C．clean D．keep |
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A．dropped B．took C．handed D．threw |
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A．watching B．letting C．helping D．hearing |
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A．find B． lose C．waste D．spend |
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A．affected B．broke C．meant D．supported |
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A．firmly B．hurriedly C．casually D．carefully |
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A．different B．exciting C．interesting D．urgent |
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A．for B．or C．so D．yet |
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A．convincing B．heartwarming C．cautious D．innocent |
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A．origin B．life C．reputation D．education |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
What I noticed first about my new parrot, Chico, was that he couldn’t fly. His wings had been cut short and he was stuck on the ________ just like us humans. When the weather turned nice, I took Chico outside. I sat him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him ________ . At first he seemed ________ . He walked back and forth on the branch looking anxious or nervous. He didn’t even flap his wings in an attempt to fly. Somehow he knew he was ________ .
One day Chico got especially excited . He paced back and forth and made an incredible amount of ________ . Then all of a sudden he stopped and let out an even louder scream. He started ________ flapping his wings for the first time ever － then he lifted off the ________ like a space shuttle! I was amazed and ________ . Little did I know his feathers had been growing back, and Chico had been ________ until the moment was ripe for escape!
Two days later Chico ________ . First I tried to trick him back with food, but he would not come near me. Then I took his ________ and put it away—still he would not come. Finally, I made him a firm promise that I would let him ________ every day the weather was nice if he did come back. ________ , he flew onto my shoulder.
From that day on, whenever the weather was good I would let him out early and he would fly around and be back before dark. The ________ lasted for two months before suddenly Chico became ________ . The vet said that he had been infected with a disease from the pigeons in the neighborhood. Within a few days he died.
I was very sad. The ________ crossed my mind that if I had not set him free to fly, he would be still alive. But what ________ is there in being a bird if you can’t fly?
Chico made his first break for ________ on a late Monday afternoon in April. When will you make yours? You too can take a ________ when the conditions are right, knowing you too, in your own way, were built to fly. If you don’t ________, what will be the purpose of your life?
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I had arrived at the airport about 30 minutes before the check in．It had been a very busy three days for me with lots of meetings．So I was glad to have the time to make my notes on what I needed to do the following day，but suddenlythe announcement came that my flight had to be delayed．
As I sat waiting for my to be called，I reflected on my last meeting of the day．It was not a business meeting but rather a very enjoyable with an old business friend I had not seen for over 12 years．Our lunch was spent recalling times gone by filling each other in what had happened in our lives over the last 12 years．We both laughed and smiled as we the good times and the great experiences we had shared together．
It was great to have this additional time to replay in my mind what we had talked about．I realized just how important it was to have regular of the good times in our life．I was enough to have had the chance to take a short break and look back on the good things that had happened in my life．It was somewhat like looking at an old photo album in a cupboard in your house．There before your eyes are lots of wonderful memories that take you back to times and places，and most importantly to those peoplewho are in the ．
My flight home was finally called three hours later．I smiled as I the plane and realized that I was not at all about the delay in the flight，as I had been able to spend the time reflecting on the good times from days gone by．
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As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through life, being ______ from morning till night, it is hard to _________ down. But relaxation is necessary for a healthy mind and body.
Stress is a ______ part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. However, it is not the bad thing that is often supposed to be. A ________ amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give _______ to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ________ health.
The amount of stress a person can _________ depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities (经营责任). Others lose heart at the __________ of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and __________.
In fact, we make a choice between “fright and fight”. And in more __________ days the choices made the difference between life and ________. The crises we meet today are _______ to be so extreme, but however __________ the stress is, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that ________ becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have established links with ________. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.
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There is a sharing policy at my son's preschool．The policy is that a child can keep a toy as long as they want to．If another child wants the toy, they have to until the first child is done with it．We are “save” toys for the child if they have to go to the bathroom, or go to the snack table, etc．so that it won't be before they are done．This applies to anything in the school that can be , including swings（秋千）and monkey bars．
That is the that all the kids know, so they don't feel uncomfortable when you tell them, “You can have it was Sally Joe is done．” But I've been noticing a totally different attitude towards in other places where I go．Gradually（逐渐地）, I'm starting to why the rule of the school is important．Here is a（n） of sharing practices that I've seen lately．My good friend and her were at the park one day．He had a small car from home to play with．Another child, a lot bit , wanted to play with the car and was demanding that my friend's son him the car．A typical little boy fighting started．I stopped them ．I heard the other mother told her son angrily, “I guess his mom didn't him how to share”, which I don't think so．
I think that it is to teach a child that he should have something that someone else has, simply because he wants it． it belongs to someone else, not yours．If you want to share his, “No” is a perfectly response, unless he's ready to share with you or you it with something．Even if it is something public, when another is playing it, you should wait for your politely．Therefore, how to share and how to treat it are important．
A．see B．wait C．say D．cry
A．ever B．yet C．even D．also
A．Taken B．studied C．damaged D．improved
A．covered up B．made up C．dealt with D．played with
A．difficulty B．growth C．rule D．answer
A．finally B．immediately C．Rarely D．recently
A．working B．helping C．sharing D．supporting
A．understand B．wonder C．decide D．suggest
A．way B．example C．step D．idea
A．son B．daughter C．sister D．brother
A．brought B．borrowed C．sent D．picked
A．cooler B．older C．slower D．cleverer
A．make B．buy C．give D．promise
A．strangely B．happily C．heavily D．hurriedly
A．ask B．control C．teach D．force
A．necessary B．harmful C．special D．powerful
A．Imagine B．Guess C．Doubt D．Remember
A．wrong B．hard C．normal D．great
A．develop B．fill C．compare D．exchange
A．use B．turn C．chance D．Result
Self-confidence does not necessarily imply a belief in one's ability to succeed. For instance, one may be at a particular sport or activity, but remain "confident", simply because one does not a great deal of emphasis on the result of the activity. When one does not always think of negative results, one can be more "self-confident" because one is far less about failure or the of others following potential failure. One is then more likely to focus on the actual situation, which means that enjoyment and success in that situation is also more probable. Belief in one's abilities to perform an activity comes successful experience and may add to a general sense of self-confidence. Studies have also found a between high levels of confidence and wages. , those who self-report they were confident earlier in schooling earned better wages and were promoted more quickly over the life course.
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