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Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a new study tells that calling attention to the words and letters on the book may lead to better readers.
The two-year study compared（比较）children who were read to this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the words showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding.
Shayne Piasta, a professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, says most preschool teachers would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read storybooks in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed words.
Ms. Piasta says if you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word spelling. But she says studies show that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic（系统的）way.
They watched more than three hundred children aged four and five in classrooms in Ohio and Virginia. The children came from poor families and were poor in their language skills. They may become bad readers when they enter primary schools later.
Professor Justice says children’s language skills can be improved by discussing with him or her when you are reading a book to a child. There are different ways that adults can talk to children about the letters and words on the page. They can point to a word and discuss the shape of it with a finger. They can point out a word: “This is ‘dog’.” They can discuss the meaning of the word or how the words tell the story. And they can also show how words are written left to right in English.
1.What does the underlined phrase “it makes sense” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. It can be understood and agreed.
B. It is impossible to happen.
C. It can be difficult to imagine and describe.
D. It is surprising to see.
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A. Parents are more important than teachers for little children.
B. Teachers need to learn a lot to use the new teaching way.
C. It’s impossible for preschool children to understand words.
D. Skills are important to children’s reading development.
3.The writer wants to tell us that _________.
A. preschool children should have higher discussing skills
B. parents should make a plan to teach their children reading
C. teachers should help children pay attention to printed words
D. languages skills should be discussed with preschool children
九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Usually naughty boys try to ___ the teachers’ attention by making a lot of noise in class.
A. bring B. catch C. pay D. present
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Usually naughty boys try to ___ the teachers’ attention by making a lot of noise in class.
A. bring B. catch C. pay D. present
九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Usually naughty boys try to_________the teachers’ attention by making a lot of noise in class.
A.pay B.catch C.bring D.present
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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After a while attention to Tom ended, and the usual school murmur（嗡嗡读书声）rose upon the boring air once more． Now the boy began to steal secret glances（偷看） at the girl． She noticed it， made a face at him and gave him the back of her head for the space of a minute． When she slowly faced around again, an apple lay before her． She pushed it away． Tom gently put it back． She pushed it away again， but with less animosity（敌意）． Tom patiently returned it to its place． Then she let it remain． Tom wrote on his paper， "Please take it-I got more．" The girl glanced at the words， but made no sign．
Now the boy began to draw something on the paper， hiding his work with his left hand． For a time the girl refused to notice； but her human curiosity（好奇心） soon began to show itself by hardly noticeable（明显的） signs． The boy worked on， seemingly not aware． The girl made some non-committal（含糊的） efforts to see， but the boy did not display that he was aware of it． At last she couldn't bear it and whispered：
"Let me see it．"
Tom partly uncovered the picture of a house with some smoke rising from the chimney（烟囱）． Then the girl's interest began to fasten itself upon the work and she forgot everything else． When it was finished， she gazed a moment， then whispered：
"It's nice-draw a man．"
The artist created a man in the front yard； she was satisfied， and whispered：
"It's a beautiful man--now draw me in it．"
Tom drew an hour-glass（沙漏） as the body， a full moon as her head and some arms added to it． The girl said：
"It's ever so nice-I wish I could draw． No one has ever taught me that．"
"It's easy，" whispered Tom， "I'll teach you．"
"Oh， will you？ When？"
"At noon． Do you go home to dinner？"
"I'll stay if you will．"
"Good-that's a deal． What's your name？"
1.What probably happened in the classroom before this passage？
A. The girl introduced herself to the boy．
B. Something noticeable happened to the boy．
C. They had a lesson on how to draw．
D. The boy drew an apple for the girl．
2.What most probably happened to the apple finally？
A. Eaten by the boy because the girl didn't accept it．
B. Eaten by the boy because it was the last one he had got．
C. Eaten by the girl because they finally became friends．
D. Eaten by the girl because the boy was drawing all the time．
3.What can we learn from the 2nd paragraph？
A. The boy didn't want the girl to show interest in his drawing．
B. The girl didn't want to show interest in the boy's drawing noticeably．
C. The boy didn't notice the girl trying several times to see his drawing．
D. The girl didn't want the boy to do the drawing in class any more．
4.What in this passage made Tom succeed in making friends with the girl？
A. Using her curiosity．
B. Showing off his drawing ability．
C. Teaching her how to draw．
D. Inviting her to dinner．
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School violence______much attention of the whole society and people are calling on the government to make laws against it as early as possible.
A.drew B.will draw C.has drawn D.was drawing
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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Do you want to be the best student in your class, and be the pride of your teachers and parents?
1. ，a best student must study hard. Remember, if you don’t do anything, you will be nothing. Ask 2. in class if you do not understand something. Also, try to enjoy all the 3. you learn at school and4. hard on them. It seems that hard-working students can have success more easily.
Second, good study habits are very useful. For example, you must 5. to the teacher carefully and at the same time take some 6. . At the end of the day you should revise what you have learnt during the day and prepare the lessons you’ll learn the next day.
Don’t forget to try asking your parents or teachers7. help if you cannot come up with answers by 8. . They can help you with your studies in many ways.
Lastly, remember to never 9. up. It doesn’t matter if you fail, because you can learn something from failure and you will surely make progress after each failure. As we know, 10. a lot of famous people once failed, they never lost heart and managed to succeed.
九年级英语单词拼写困难题查看答案及解析
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Our teachers usually give us some ________ on how to face the difficulties and challenges bravely.
A.advice B.advices C.suggestion D.suggest
九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析
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How important is music? Students, teachers and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very ________. It is often only thought to be entertainment (娱乐的), but not the ______choice for education. This opinion is wrong. In fact, music education is necessary for ________ students.
Music tells us who we are. Music ________ the musicians’ thinking and values, and the social environment it was ________ in. For example, just as Mozart music represents (代表) a lifestyle, rock music ________ represents a lifestyle. George Gershwin’s music is another ________.
He introduced jazz influence into his music. The influence was of course part of American lifestyle and culture ________ it came from American musical traditions.
Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different ________. Science explains how the sun rises and sets. Music works to explore (探索) emotive (情绪的) meanings. All people in the world ________ every possible way to learn about our world.
Music is a form of thought. We can “________” to each other in this amazing way. _______the language we express our feelings, discoveries, ideas and hopes. All of these can be ________ with others. When we do not let our children ________ good music education, we take _______away from the meanings that music expresses. So music education is much more necessary than people generally think.
1.A. interesting B. exciting C. important D. boring
2.A. last B. third C. first D. only
3.A. some B. any C. few D. all
4.A. reflects B. writes C. sounds D. thinks
5.A. born B. danced C. sung D. showed
6.A. never B. seldom C. hardly D. also
7.A. lesson B. story C. result D. example
8.A. though B. while C. because D. if
9.A. time B. way C. place D. person
10.A. answer B. need C. refuse D. remember
11.A. talk B. tell C. write D. smile
12.A. Without B. Through C. Across D. Along
13.A. worked B. shared C. collected D. allowed
14.A. receive B. give C. offer D. explain
15.A. him B. her C. them D. it
九年级英语完型填空困难题查看答案及解析
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Some students, parents and teachers in Shanghai were surveyed last month. According to the result of the survey, the generation gap (代沟) between students and parents as well as teachers is becoming wider. Here is what they said.
Voice of the students:
“Our parents hold too high expectations（期望）which put us under lots of pressure. They care too much about our lives and studies,” one student said.
“It’s impolite that some students’ parents read their children’s diaries without permission!” one student said angrily.
“Some of our teachers are so serious that we can’t make friends with them at all,” another student said sadly.
Voice of the parents:
One mother said, “After school, my daughter usually locks herself into her room and spends lots of time talking with others on the phone. And I can’t stand（忍受） her clothes and hairstyle!”
“I thought my son was doing very well in his studies. I didn’t realize I was being cheated by him until I got a call from his teacher,” said a father.
Voice of the teachers:
An English teacher said, “Today, the role of the teacher is to put knowledge into students’ brain. The power (权力) teachers have kept students away from them.”
“Some parents pay too much attention to their children’s grades instead of creating a lively and colorful environment at home,” another teacher said.
“In the past, teachers and students often played games together or talked with each other. Today, only studies and grades are talked about,” said a teacher. “A school should be a place where students can learn not only knowledge, but also how to face failure and frustration（挫折） bravely enough.”
1. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Students like telling how they feel to their classmates.
B. More and more students don’t like to be surveyed.
C. Some parents don’t like their children’s clothes and hairstyle.
D. There has been a great distance between students and parents as well as teachers.
2.The underlined word “cheated” in the passage means ___________.
A. 欺骗 B. 批评 C. 表扬 D. 揭露
3. What can we infer (推断) from the teachers who were surveyed?
A. Teachers feel what they are doing for students is good.
B. Parents, teachers and educational rules all influence students greatly.
C. Teachers should care more about excellent students.
D. Now teachers and students communicate better than before.
4.Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A. Unhappy Teenagers B. Educational Rules
C. The Generation Gap D. Serious Parents
九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析