“It takes an entire village to raise a child....

“It takes an entire village to raise a child.” That’s an old proverb(谚语) that is being quoted more and more often these days. And I’m pleased about that.

Today, more and more schools are reaching out to involve parents, community members and businesses to help shape a child’s future.

Parents need to be involved in their children’s education in many ways. Helping children with homework and studying, going on a field trip, teaching a craft or coaching a child’s sports team are all great ways to be involved with your child’s education. And don’t forget to communicate with teachers---they need and respect your input. Studies show that children learn more and schools function better when parents and schools work together. It’s important to stay in touch with your child’s education all through his or her school career.

Communities can help children create and achieve new goals. Help with homework, read to a child, coach a children’s team, or provide emotional support. Help solve problems and build self-esteem. Kids need role models and advisers can be role models by sharing their experiences and wisdom.

Businesses can also help shape our children’s future. Invite a class from your local school to visit your workplace. You may be providing a glimpse that opens a new world of possibilities. Show students what goes on during a typical day. Give a mini course for students: how to use a computer; how products are made; how machinery works. You may have a developing electrician, teacher, nurse, or even a newspaper reporter on your hands.

It really does take an entire village to raise a child. So share the responsibility---and the joy---of bringing a child to his or her full potential.

1.The implied advice in the proverb “It takes an entire village to raise a child.” is that ______.

A. All the people in a village should give food to a child.

B.Schools, parents, and other organizations should share the responsibility

of shaping a child’s future.

C. Children’s should be brought up in the village where they were born.

D. Schools should be set up in the village where a child was raised.

2. The text was written mainly for _______________.

A. parents and members in organizations

B. teachers and students

C. newspaper reporters and developing electricians

D. education experts and government officials

3. Students can get developed in practical working skill through ______.

A. parental involvement　　　　　　 B. community activities

C. business training　　　　　　　　 D. school teaching

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Parents play an important part in children’s education.

B. Communities have not a bit effect on the way to new and high ideal.

C. Educating a child well demands of the work not only from school but from other organizations.

D. Businesses may arrange some training courses for students.

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“It takes an entire village to raise a child.” That’s an old proverb(谚语) that is being quoted more and more often these days. And I’m pleased about that.

Today, more and more schools are reaching out to involve parents, community members and businesses to help shape a child’s future.

Parents need to be involved in their children’s education in many ways. Helping children with homework and studying, going on a field trip, teaching a craft or coaching a child’s sports team are all great ways to be involved with your child’s education. And don’t forget to communicate with teachers---they need and respect your input. Studies show that children learn more and schools function better when parents and schools work together. It’s important to stay in touch with your child’s education all through his or her school career.

Communities can help children create and achieve new goals. Help with homework, read to a child, coach a children’s team, or provide emotional support. Help solve problems and build self-esteem. Kids need role models and advisers can be role models by sharing their experiences and wisdom.

Businesses can also help shape our children’s future. Invite a class from your local school to visit your workplace. You may be providing a glimpse that opens a new world of possibilities. Show students what goes on during a typical day. Give a mini course for students: how to use a computer; how products are made; how machinery works. You may have a developing electrician, teacher, nurse, or even a newspaper reporter on your hands.

It really does take an entire village to raise a child. So share the responsibility---and the joy---of bringing a child to his or her full potential.

1.The implied advice in the proverb “It takes an entire village to raise a child.” is that ______.

A. All the people in a village should give food to a child.

B.Schools, parents, and other organizations should share the responsibility of shaping a child’s future.

C. Children’s should be brought up in the village where they were born.

D. Schools should be set up in the village where a child was raised.

2.The text was written mainly for _______________.

A. parents and members in organizations

B. teachers and students

C. newspaper reporters and developing electricians

D. education experts and government officials

3.Students can get developed in practical working skill through ______.

A. parental involvement　　　　　　 B. community activities

C. business training　　　　　　　　 D. school teaching

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Parents play an important part in children’s education.

B. Communities have not a bit effect on the way to new and high ideal.

C. Educating a child well demands of the work not only from school but from other organizations.

D. Businesses may arrange some training courses for students.

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I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval (准允), he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way. Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again. I was getting frustrated (受挫), but then it hit me. I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up. Could he be more absorbed while standing up?

This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success. This child would have the willpower to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life.

Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality qualities, and all you can do is loving and accepting them. As parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids’ best cheerleaders, guiding them and helping them find their way.

I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate. Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine. We need to learn to accept our kids’ ways of doing things. Some way may have worked for me but doesn’t mean we need to carry it through generations. There is nothing sweeter than being personal and unique (独特的). It makes us free and happy and that’s just the way I want my kids to live their own life.

1.Time and again the author got his son seated in order to make him ______.

A. work fast                          B. go polite                     C. stay relaxed                    D. keep attentive

2.The underlined “it” (in the first paragraph) probably refers to ______.

A. his son’s doing better while standing up

B. his failure in keeping his son under control

C. his own experience as a school boy

D. his disappointment with his active child

3.By this passage, the author attempts to tell other parents to ______.

A. correct their kids’ manners from the early ages

B. respect and trust their kids’ ways of behaviors

C. develop a good relationship with their children

D. guarantee their children’s freedom at home

4.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. Parental help with teens’ study

B. Adult influence on teen growth

C. Kids’ success in their own styles

D. Friendship between generations

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I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he learns to love himself and will be successful in his own way.

Several weeks ago，I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines．I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he would concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again．I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me．I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up．Could he be more intent while standing up？

This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success．This child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life．

Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality traits，and all you can do is loving and accepting them．As parents，throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids' best cheerleaders，guiding them and helping them find their way.

I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate．Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine．We need to learn to accept our kids' ways of doing things．Some way may have worked for me but doesn't mean we need to carry it through generations．There is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique．It makes us free and happy and that's just the way I want my kids to live their own life．

1. At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him________.

A. pay more attention to his study                 B. keep silent in the room

C. finish his homework on time                      D. get right answers

2. Inspired by the case of his son，the author began to doubt________.

A．the importance of parents                          B．the old form of education

C．the relationship between kids and their parents       D．the good grades of some kids

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is right?

A. We should help kids correct their wrong ways.

B. Parents should study their kids’ DNA.

C. Kids should be taught to behave themselves.

D. Parents should love and accept their kids.

4. The author has stopped asking his son to sit down because __________.

A. he has changed his traditional ideas                           B. his son wants to be unique

C. his son doesn’t follow his advice                      D. his son’s DNAis different

5.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. Study hard and you'll be successful                B. Be friendly to your children

C. Children's success in their own style        D. Parents' help with their children's study

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I am a strong believer that if a child is raised with approval, he will learn to love himself and will be successful in his own way.

Several weeks ago, I was doing homework with my son in the third grade and he kept standing up from his chair to go over the math lines. I kept asking him to sit down, telling him that he should concentrate better. He sat but seconds later, as if he didn’t even notice he was doing it, he got up again. I was getting frustrated, but then it hit me. I started noticing his answers were much quicker and accurate when he stood up. Could he be more intent while standing up?

This made me start questioning myself and what I had been raised to believe. I was raised to believe that a quiet, calm child was a sure way to success. This child would have the discipline to study hard, get good grades and become someone important in life.

Now those same people perhaps come to realize that their kids are born with their own sets of DNA and personality traits, and all you can do is loving and accepting them. As parents, throughout their growing years and beyond that, we need to be our kids’ best cheerleaders, guiding them and helping them find their way.

I have stopped asking my son to sit down and concentrate. Obviously, he is concentrating just in his own way and not mine. We need to learn to accept our kids’ ways of doing things. Some way may have worked for me but doesn’t mean we need to carry it through generations. There is nothing sweeter than being individual and unique. It makes us free and happy and that’s just the way I want my kids to live their own life.

1.At the beginning, the author tried to keep his son seated in order to make him ________.

A. finish his homework on time　　 B. keep silent in the room

C. pay more attention to his study　　 D. get right answers

2.Inspired by the case of his son, the author began to doubt ________.

A. the old form of education　　 B. the importance of parents

C. the relationship between kids and their parents　　 D. the good grades of some kids

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is RIGHT?

A. We should help kids correct their wrong ways.

B. Parents should love and accept their kids.

C. Parents should study their kids’ DNA.

D. Kids should be taught to behave themselves.

4.Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

A. Study Hard and You’ll Be Successful

B. Be Friendly to Your Children

C. Parents’ Help with Their Children’s Study

D. Children’s Success in Their Own Style

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Sixty-four-year-old Pierre Deom has spent his entire life close to the woods and fields that he loves. Twice a year, his magazine, La Hulotte, focuses on an animal or plant native to the French countryside.

The 100th edition was published in November. The magazine counts more than 150,000 subscribers in many countries, and is doing very well financially. Deom says it all began in January 1972, when he was teaching science in a one-room schoolhouse here. “It upset me how the forests and swamps were beginning to be ruined. The word ‘ecology’ (生态学) didn’t really exist yet. Some friends and I wanted to call attention to the issue. So we said, let’s educate the kids. They’re ready to hear our message.” So he took a step into the unknown, planning to publish his nature journal.

Deom does all the research and writing and the illustrations (插图) of the magazine by hand. He combines science and humor in his writing and drawing to describe the daily life and sufferings of his creatures. Animals you might overlook or consider dull are magically and vividly brought to life in La Hulotte. “I try to write about animals and plants that are easy to find because I want kids to put on boots, take a magnifying glass, go to the woods and fields to observe and be amazed by what they find,” Deom says.

And it seems to work. Biologist Jerome Fournier began subscribing to La Hulotte when he was just eight years old. “For me it was the first contact with nature when I was a child. And maybe it’s the beginning for my life of scientist. I think so.”

What’s amazing is its approach. The magazine has realistic drawings and also a little cast of cartoon creatures who comment on things and give a different views. You can read it as an adult or a child; it can be understood on two different levels. So scientists, regular people and children all get something out of it. “It’s extraordinary.” Fournier says, who works at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, where he says La Hulotte has a crazy following.

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

A. Readers.　　 B. Editors.

C. Sellers.　　 D. Collectors.

2.What’s the purpose of creating the magazine?

A. To make a lot of money.

B. To finish the task of teaching.

C. To enlarge the areas of forests.

D. To promote people’s awareness of ecology.

3.Which words can best describe the magazine La Hulotte?

A. Scientific and interesting.　　 B. Magical and dull.

C. Vivid and unreal.　　 D. Hard to understand.

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The magazine is a cartoon one.

B. Adults find the magazine too easy.

C. Many scientists are the fans of the magazine.

D. The magazine is not fit for regular people to read.

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It often seems that some people possess superhuman eating powers, allowing them to eat an entire pizza while remaining slim. Others only eat a slice but gain five pounds. Now one doctor says there' s evidence that genetics could be behind some of these differences. Regardless of how much you eat, your weight may be out of control.

Vann Bennett, a biochemist at Duke University and his team led a new study and discovered why this happens. They engineered mice to have several common modifications of the gene found in humans. They observed that mice who had mutations of ankyrin-B(锚蛋白B的变异) took more glucose(葡萄糖) into their fat cells, which in turn made more fat. Typically, the cell membrane( 膜) acts as a barrier to prevent glucose from entering these cells ; the change kept the gate open. The change may serve a useful purpose. “ Probably this is not always a bad thing,” Bennett told Newsweek. “It could help people survive hunger in the past. But today we have so much food that it probably is a bad thing.”

Dieters have long been told to watch their calories and exercise more, but this new finding suggests that a common approach doesn't work for everyone. Our metabolism( 新陈代谢) naturally slows with age, making it harder to maintain the weight of our 30-year-old selves when we' re 50. Now add an uncontrollable ankyrin-B gene, and it may seem impossible to stay slim.

The mice in the study gained more weight when on high-fat diets. Despite being studied in mice, the researchers believe further research on this gene could potentially create a field of customized diets and health plans based on genetics. Bennett imagines such assessments being performed at birth one day. For now, disappointed dieters can take comfort with one saying: It's not you, it's your genes.

1.How did a mouse gain weight with mutations of ankyrin-B?

A.The ankyrin-B could make the mouse eat more.

B.The fat cells in the mouse would take more glucose to create more fat.

C.The glucose could function as a barrier to prevent the fat from reducing.

D.The cell membrane in the mouse could open the gate of fat into the mouse.

2.What was the effect of the change in the past in paragraph 2?

A.It could help people to avoid fat food.

B.It could help people to absorb more nutrition.

C.It could help people to get through the starvation.

D.It could help people to enjoy more delicious snacks.

3.Why is it more difficult to stay slim when we are older?

A.Because we all lack exercise. B.Because we have ankyrin-B genes.

C.Because we watch our calories less. D.Because our metabolism weakens.

4.What can be expected from further research?

A.It may help people to maintain the weight.

B.It may provide more comfort for the depressed dieters.

C.It may change many new-born babies’ gene arrangement.

D.It may present human beings with a series of health plans.

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While an entire month free of homework or tests may sound too good to be true, that is exactly what the students at Sturenskolan School in Boden, Sweden were treated to in April. What’s more, if the results of the experiment prove encouraging, starting 2019, the middle schoolers will never have to worry about after－school work or tests, aside from the national examinations, which are compulsive for students across the country.

The school’s principal, Petronella Sirkka, who came up with the idea, said, “We are constantly receiving new reports that our children feel bad. And that’s because they have a high level of stress all the time. This is our way of trying to reduce that stress.”

The educator says that while banning homework and tests sounds radical(激进的), it makes sense given the changes in the curriculum and approaches to education. While in the past students were primarily subjected to memorizing facts, learning today is all about reflection and analysis. As a result, it is often harder for kids, especially those with little support at home, to comprehend the material by themselves.

Sirkka is not the only one who believes after－school work does not help students learn.　 In March 2018, another principal in Canada also decided to do away with homework. They hope parents will spend the extra time reading to their kids.

While the long－term impact of the recent decisions made by the two educators remains to be seen, the experiment has already proved successful in Finland which has done away with homework, grades, and even teaching by subjects for many years. Yet, Finnish students always rank high in the PISA(Programme for International Student Assessment) tests especially in math and science but they have the least homework! Hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before US educators follow their lead and ban after－school work as well!

1.The students at Sturenskolan School had no homework in April because ________.

A.the headmaster was experimenting with her idea

B.they needed to do some experiments during the month

C.they were busy preparing for the national examinations

D.the headmaster had to carry out the government’s policy

2.What makes children’s learning hard nowadays?

A.Children have to do more analyzing.

B.The approach to education is complex.

C.Children get no support at home and school.

D.There are more facts to memorize.

3.What does Petronella Sirkka most likely advise parents to do?

A.Help children with their homework.

B.Free children from after－school housework.

C.Spend more time reading to their children.

D.Communicate with teachers from time to time.

4.What can we infer about the students in Finland?

A.They study the hardest at school.

B.They have a more relaxing school life.

C.They enjoy great success after graduation.

D.They all have a talent for math and science.

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52. Don’t worry. Your child is old enough to___________himself.

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LONDON, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A four-year-old child’s ability to draw could be an indicator of intelligence at age 14, according to a study published on Tuesday in the British journal Psychological Science.

The researchers from King’s College London (KCL) studied 7,752 pairs of identical and non-identical twins, and found that the link between drawing and later intelligence was influenced by genes.

At the age of 4, children were asked by their parents to complete a ‘Draw-a-Child’ test. Their drawings were rated from 0 to 12, based on the presence and correct number of body-parts, like arms, legs, head, eyes and nose.

The children were also given verbal and non-verbal intelligence tests at ages 4 and 14. According to researchers, the test was devised in the 1920’s to assess children’s intelligence, so it’s not surprising that the test correlated with intelligence at age 4.However, they found that higher scores on the test were also moderately associated with higher scores of intelligence at 14.

The researchers also measured the heritability of figure drawing. Identical twins share all their genes, whereas non-identical twins only share about 50 percent. Overall, at age 4, drawings from identical twin pairs were more similar to one another than drawings from non-identical twin pairs.

Therefore, the researchers concluded that differences in children’s drawings have an important genetic link. They also found that drawing at age 4 and intelligence at age 14 had a strong genetic link.

“Drawing is an ancient behaviour, dating back beyond 15,000 years ago,” Dr. Rosalind Arden, lead author of the paper from KCL, said that: “This capacity to reproduce figures is a uniquely human ability and a sign of cognitive ability, in a similar way to writing, which transformed the human species’ ability to store information, and build a civilisation.”

1.According to the passage, which of the following statement about ‘Draw-a-Child’ test is true?

A. The test was devised in the 1920’s.

B. 7,752 identical and non-identical twins took part in it.

C. The test was set to assess children’s intelligence.

D. The children took the test at four.

2.Which of the following words is closest in meaning to the underlined word “devised” in the 4th paragraph?

A. changed　　 B. formed　　　 C. taken　　 D. designed

3.What do we know about the twins from the passage?

A. Those who could draw better at 4 tend to be more intelligent at 14.

B. Twins who look similar to each other draw better pictures.

C. They were chosen to take the drawing test by the researchers.

D. They were tested on how smart they were once.

4.From the last paragraph, we can infer that ___________.

A. human society develops because of the ability to draw figures

B. drawing helps improve humans’ ability to study

C. one’s intelligence is related to his ability to draw pictures

D. only human beings are able to draw pictures

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