Upon reaching an ________ age, more often tha...

Upon reaching an ________ age, more often than not, children are encouraged, but not forced, “ to leave the nest.”

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Children are often far more gifted than what their parents or teachers can realize.IQ tests do not measure creative talents.By depending on them to measure intelligence，therefore，we miss out on the talents of many of our most gifted youngsters.Most children start life with valuable creative potential.Unfortunately，many of them have it knocked out of them，so to speak，by the time they reach the 4th grade.It is not that parents and teachers deliberately squelch(限制) creativity；or rather，they fail to recognize it.By simply observing the child at work or at play，you may detect creativity，if you look for the following key signs：

*Curiosity.The child’s questioning is persistent and purposeful.He is not content with given explanations，and he would rather dig under the surface.

*Flexibility.If one approach doesn’t work，the child quickly thinks of another.

*Sensitivity to Problem.He is quick to see gaps in information.He is sensitive to contradictions between prior rules and what he hears or reads.

*Self­feeling.He has a feeling of being somebody in particular.He is self­motivated，self­directed，and can work alone for long periods provided it’s on his own project.

*Originality.He has surprising，uncommon，interesting ideas.His drawings and stories have a style that marks them as his own.

*Insight.He has easy access to realms(领域) of the mind that non­creative people visit only in their dreams.He toys with ideas that easily come to him.

Qualities like these count very little in IQ tests，which measure memory，vocabulary，mathematical ability and general reasoning.These abilities are valuable，and the creative child does usually have them.However，the child with a so­called genius IQ of 180 is in reality no more likely to be a genius than the child with a slightly above­average IQ of 120.In fact，evidence suggests that some children with high IQs may develop memory and logical reasoning powers at the expense of insight，imagination，and adventurous qualities that are essential to geniuses.

1.The main purpose of the passage is to tell us________.

A．why IQ tests are not accurate

B．to encourage creativity in children

C．no to squelch creativity in children

D．the difference between intelligence and talents

2.The author believes that IQ tests mainly measure ________.

A．creative potential　 　 B．talents

C．intelligence　 　　　　 　 D．general reasoning

3.The passage doesn’t clearly state but implies that ________.

A．the education nowadays does not provide much space for creativity

B．intelligence makes no contributions to creativity

C．signs of creativity in children are hard to detect

D．IQ tests are often used to measure children’s talents

4.Which of the following best illustrates a child’s originality?

A．He can tell whether a given explanation is convincing or not.

B．He can find different ways to solve a problem.

C．He can work on an interesting project with concentration.

D．He can draw a picture or tell a story in his own style.

5.According to the passage，children with high IQs ________.

A．may lack the qualities essential to geniuses

B．will probably turn into geniuses

C．are more likely to be geniuses than those with low IQs

D．also have qualities essential to geniuses

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(2013·山东省胶东示范学校二模)More children in Beijing will reach school age next year, ________ a shortage of primary school teachers in the capital.

A．create      B．to create

C．creating      D．created

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“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educator，Booker Washington. He was saying that，“If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them like children.”

In America，families are close but children are encouraged to be independent，to make their own decisions，even at a very early age. It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance(津贴)every week. The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose，for example，buying clothes，school supplies or CDs. Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit cards.

From an early age，American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decision making. At the dinner table，teenagers will be listened to on any topic，from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation. In this way, teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals：they are learning how to stand on their own two feet.

Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence. They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings. You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose. “Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest. She was not the traditional “nice，young Chinese girl”. With her short，spiky hair and boy-like clothes, she was telling everyone that she was different. She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she won!

There is an old saying，“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength.” If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be.

1.The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________.

2.A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can______.

3. The author implies that many Chinese children________.

4.The main idea of the last paragraph is________.

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“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educator，Booker Washington. He was saying that，“If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them like children.”

In America，families are close but children are encouraged to be independent，to make their own decisions，even at a very early age. It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance(津贴)every week. The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose，for example，buying clothes，school supplies or CDs. Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit cards.

From an early age，American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decision making. At the dinner table，teenagers will be listened to on any topic，from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation. In this way, teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals：they are learning how to stand on their own two feet.

Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence. They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings. You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose. “Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest. She was not the traditional “nice，young Chinese girl”. With her short，spiky hair and boy-like clothes, she was telling everyone that she was different. She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she won!

There is an old saying，“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength.” If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be.

1.The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________.

A. save money for useful things                                B. become independent

C. express their great ambitions                             D. make important decisions

2.A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can______.

A. be accepted as a popular guy                                  B. learn to decide how to use money

C. overspend money without care                            D. have school supplies of his own

3.The author implies that many Chinese children________.

A. are more independent than Americans                   B. should become interested in America

C. are happy with their present situation                      D. are not satisfied to be nice, quiet ones

4.The main idea of the last paragraph is________.

A. that we should do things step by step     B. why we should understand our desires

C. what we should plan for our own life    D. how we can manage to realize our dreams

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“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him．” These words are from the black American educator，Booker Washington．He was saying that，“If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them like children．”

In America，families are close but children are encouraged to be independent，to make their own decisions，even at a very early age．It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance（津贴）every week．The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose，for example，buying clothes，school supplies or CDs．Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit cards．

From an early age，American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decision making．At the dinner table，teenagers will be listened to on any topic，from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation．In this way, teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals：they are learning how to stand on their own two feet．

Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence．They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings．You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose．“Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest．She was not the traditional “nice，young Chinese girl”．With her short，spiky hair and boy-like clothes, she was telling everyone that she was different．She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet．．．and she won!

There is an old saying，“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength．” If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be．

1.The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________．

A．save money for useful things             B．become independent

C．express their great ambitions               D．make important decisions

2.A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can______．

A．be accepted as a popular guy                B．learn to decide how to use money

C．overspend money without care           D．have school supplies of his own

3.The author implies that many Chinese children________．

A．are more independent than Americans

B．should become interested in America

C．are happy with their present situation

D．are not satisfied to be nice, quiet ones

4.The main idea of the last paragraph is________．

A．that we should do things step by step

B．why we should understand our desires

C．what we should plan for our own life

D．how we can manage to realize our dreams

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American parents usually think that their child should not have more pocket money than the children with whom he regularly connects, even if they are wealthier．But neither are children expected to compare with the richer if a large family, heavy responsibilities, or other conditions make it necessary to give a child less spending money than is customary （惯例的）in the neighborhood．

Whatever the pocket money is, its entire use is not controlled by the parents, because a child learns to use money correctly only through dealing with it himself．If a seven-year-old child gets a quarter as a week pocket money and is made to put it all in his piggy bank to save it up, he gets no idea what the real use for the money is．He gets the shiny coins and they soon disappear．

The idea of a bank account is too early for so small a child, although he can be made to understand and enjoy saving his coins—not all of them, only a part of what he receives—to buy something he especially wants．By the time he is eight he is old enough to take part in the opening of his own savings account, parents may take him to the bank, open a savings account for him and encourage him to put a certain quantity or any checks he receives as gifts into the bank and watch his bank savings grow as entry by entry（存入） is made．

He will be saving, earning, and spending suitable quantities all along in order to learn how to manage money and to keep him in a favorable position with his friend．The boy who can't join his fellows in a sweet shop once in a while, because he has to save every cent he gets or earns for some big unknown project his parents have chosen for him, is a sorry child．

1.Choose the best exolaration for the underlined part in the second paragraph.

A．It is a kind of bank run by children．

B．It is a contralre in the shape of a pig for saving coins.

C．It is a certain place in which pigs are raise．

D．It is a bank whose building looks like a pig

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Most of the rich people in America give children much pocket money．

B．American children usually have their bank accounts until they are eight．

C．American parents seldom care for their children's spending money．

D．American children begin to learn how to manage money when very young．

3.Suppose an 8-year-old child receives 10 dollars as his birthday gift, he may probably ____．

A．spend the money on the things he wants

B．compare the gift with that of his friend

C．have most of it saved in the bank

D．put all the money in his piggy bank

4.Why does the writer think the boy is a sorry one if he saves every cent he gets or earns?

A．Because he can not manage his money and is kept himself in an unfavorable position

B．Because he can not join the fellows in a sweet shop once in a while

C．Because he can not learn the use of money through spending it himself

D．Because he can not have any other choice but save, earn of spend money

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　　 the past year as an exchange student in Hong Kong, Linda appears more mature than those of her age.

A. Spending　　 B. Spent　　 C. Having spent　　 D. To spend

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We live in an age________more information is available with greater ease than ever before.                    　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 (2012·浙江，9)

A．why　                         B．when

C．to whom　                     D．on which

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We have an amazing 99 friends at the age of 21--more than at any other time in our life, according to a new study. The typical 21-year-old’s social circle nearly hits 100, with 13 “best” friends, 17 “close” friends and 70 acquaintances.

The research undertaken by skin care brand Nivea found our social circle peaks at 21 as we meet people at work while keeping in touch with friends from school and university. But as our working lives take over，we lose contact with some old friends causing the number to drop to around 68 by the time we are 29 years old. Although this decline continues into old age，it slows down slightly for people in their 30s when many of them become first-time parents. It is believed that this is because people form new friendships while on the maternity ward(产科病房)，at post­-natal(产后) groups and when taking their toddlers(学步时期的小孩) to nursery.

The Nivea Closeness Report found the balance between our numbers of “best friends”，“close friends” and “acquaintances”，remains fairly constant throughout our lifetime. The average Briton has 18 close friends and a friendship circle，when all Facebook and other social networking “friends” are included，of 208 people. The report found that men have more than twice the number of close friends，with around 27 compared to women who have just 12. Londoners are also the most sociable，with 39 “close friends”，while the Welsh have just 11.

The age of 21 is such a critical junction in life and that’s why we have so many friends then. As we get older we become more selective and have fewer close friends with whom we talk about the things that are really important to us. Perhaps when we are younger，instead of having one trusted confidante(知己) we share different things with a variety of different people.

1.According to the Nivea Closeness Report，who have the largest number of close friends?

A．Canadians. 　　　 B．The Welsh.

C． Londoners.　　 　 D．Americans.

2.Older people have fewer friends than the 21-­year­-olds because　　　　　 .

A．they think friends are no longer important

B．they are more selective and cautious

C．they are less interested in making friends

D．they have little time to make friends

3.The research suggests that the number of friends in one’s late twenties reduces by　　　 or so, compared to that in one’s early twenties.

A．70 　　 B．20 　　 C．30 　　 D．200

4.Why does the number of one’s friends decrease slowly when he is about 30 years old?

A．Because they achieve success in business and get acquainted with more colleagues.

B．Because many parents make friends with people who have similar experiences in bringing up children .

C．Because they make more friends through Facebook or the Internet.

D．Because as they grow older, they have more confidantes instead of acquaintances.

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