Long ago there were two people--- a young father and an old neighbor. One day the young father was visiting the old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?”
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one．“Please untie（解开）that string，” he said．The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side. “Now tie it again，please,” said the old man, “but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again.”
The young man did so．Then the old man said，“There，it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on．If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
1.The story is about ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
B． how to tie and untie the string
C． how to take care of young trees
D． how strict parents should be with their children.
2.The young man untied the string ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side
B． in order to let the old man teach him
C． in order to throw it away
D． so that both of the trees would grow straight
3.When can the string be taken away？＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． When the young man has untied it next time
B． When the young tree grows strong enough
C． When the old man has left
D． After you have untied it
4.At last the old man told the young man ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone
B． that he should be hard on them
C. that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone
D． that he should always be strict with his children
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Long ago there were two people--- a young father and an old neighbor. One day the young father was visiting the old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, talking about children. The young man said, “How strict should parents be with their children?”
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one．“Please untie（解开）that string，” he said．The young man untied it, and the young tree bent over to one side. “Now tie it again，please,” said the old man, “but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again.”
The young man did so．Then the old man said，“There，it is the same with children. You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on．If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
1.The story is about ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
B． how to tie and untie the string
C． how to take care of young trees
D． how strict parents should be with their children.
2.The young man untied the string ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side
B． in order to let the old man teach him
C． in order to throw it away
D． so that both of the trees would grow straight
3.When can the string be taken away？＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． When the young man has untied it next time
B． When the young tree grows strong enough
C． When the old man has left
D． After you have untied it
4.At last the old man told the young man ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone
B． that he should be hard on them
C. that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone
D． that he should always be strict with his children
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A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man's garden，and talking about children. The young man said，“How strict should parents be with their children？”
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one．“Please untie（解开）that string，” he said．The young man untied it，and the young tree bent（弯）over to one side． “Now tie it again，please，” said the old man，“but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again．”
The young man did so．Then the old man said，“There，it is the same with children．You must be strict with them，but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on． If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again．But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away．”
1.The story is about ______.
A．how to take care of young trees
B． how strict parents should be with their children
C．how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
D． how to tie and untie the string
2.The young man untied the string ______.
A．in order to throw it away
B． so that both of the trees would grow straight
C．only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side
D． in order to let the old man teach him
3.When can the string be taken away？______.
A．When the old man has left
B．After you have untied it
C．When the young man has untied it next time
D．When the young tree grows strong enough
4.In the story the relation（关系）of the big strong tree to the thin one is like that of ______.
A．the young father to the old neighbor
B．parents to their children
C．the old neighbor to the children of the young father
D．grown ups to their parents
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A young father was visiting an old neighbor． They were standing in the old man's garden， and talking about children． The young man said， “How strict should parents be with their children？”
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one． “Please untie（解开）that string,” he said． The young man untied it, and the young tree bent（弯）over to one side． “Now tie it again， please，” said the old man， “but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again．”
The young man did so． Then the old man said， “There，it is the same with children． You must be strict with them, but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on． If they are not yet able to stand alone， you must tie the string tight again． But when you find that they are ready to stand alone， you can take the string away．”
1.The story is about ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． how to take care of young trees
B． how strict parents should be with their children
C． how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
D． how to tie and untie the string
2.When can the string be taken away？＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． When the old man has left
B． After you have untied it
C． When the young man has untied it next time
D． When the young tree grows strong enough
3.In the story the relation（关系） of the big strong tree to the thin one is like that of ＿＿.
A． the young father to the old neighbor
B． parents to their children
C． the old neighbor to the children of the young father
D． grown ups to their parents
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A young father was visiting an old neighbor．They were standing in the old man's garden，talking about children. The young man said，“How strict should parents be with their children？”
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one． “Please untie（解开）that string，” he said．The young man untied it，and the young tree bent over to one side．“Now tie it again， please，” said the old man，“but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again．”
The young man did so．Then the old man said，“There，it is the same with children．You must be strict with them，but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on．If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again．But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away．”
1.The story is about ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． how to take care of young trees
B． how strict parents should be with their children
C． how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
D． how to tie and untie the string
2.The young man untied the string ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． in order to throw it away
B． so that both of the trees would grow straight
C． only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side
D． in order to let the old man teach him
3.When can the string be taken away？＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． When the old man has left
B． After you have untied it
C． When the young man has untied it next time
D． When the young tree grows strong enough
4.At last the old man told the young man ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．
A． that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone
B． that he should always be strict with his children
C． that he should be hard on them
D． that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone
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Just 25 years ago, the top three career hopes for young people in Britain were teacher, banker and doctor. Now, they want to be sports star, pop star and actor, according to a survey by the Guardian newspaper.
Rachel, a character in the popular TV show Glee, may be said to speak for British teenagers. “Nowadays being nobody is worse than being poor.” He said.
Emma Brockes, a reporter with the Guardian, believes it is “the bad influence of celebrity(名人) culture” that is to blame. “When children wanted to be doctor, it wasn’t because they were really more interested in the functions of human organs than they are now; you go where the respect is.” She wrote.
It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression. Dr Carlo Stranger, of Tel Aviv University, studied the sense of self for his new book The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the 21st Century. He told the Daily Mail that young people now are “affected by the close connection to the global entertainment network, which has turned ranking and rating people according to wealth and celebrity into an obsession(痴迷).”
“As humans, we naturally measure ourselves to those around us, but now we live in a global village. We are comparing ourselves with the most ‘important’ people in the world and finding ourselves wanting…” he said. Today, even high achievers constantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success stories in the media.
The way out? Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity. Dr Strenger said that it is a process called “active self-acceptance through a constant search for self-knowledge through life.”
“The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over and above measurable achievement,” he said.
1..Nowadays, young people in Britain want to________.
A．choose jobs based on interests B．become famous
C．be teacher, banker and doctor D．earn more money
2..．According to Emma Brockes, what causes the increasing level of anxiety?
A．Choices of future careers. B．Access to the global network.
C．Bad influences of celebrities. D．Endless comparison with others.
3..．Which of the following is true of Dr Carlo Strenger?
A．He is a newspaper reporter. B．He is the spokesman of teenagers.
C．He tells success stories on TV. D．He is against ranking people with wealth.
4..．Dr Carlo Strenger suggests that young people should________.
A．seek active self-acceptance B．stick to their own dreams
C．make great achievements D．search for the secret of wealth
5..The text is mainly written to________.
A．talk about job choices B．analyse a social phenomenon
C．encourage celebrity culture D．introduce three famous people
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How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and old people wishing they were young again! Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in their useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities for them to make a living. If a child has good parents, he is well fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What's more, life is always giving new things to the child—things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too common for them. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society just as he used to break the rules of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
1.According to paragraph 2, the writer thinks that ______________.
A. life for a child is fairly easy
B. only children are interested in life
C. a child is always loved whatever he does
D. if much is given to a child, he must do something to pay back
2.A young man ___________ if he expects to live in the way he wants.
A. should lose his heart to his work
B. should try to keep out of trouble
C. should spend most of his time enjoying himself
D. should build up his own position in society for himself
3.The main idea of the passage is that ______________.
A. children's time is the most enjoyable in one's life
B. life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains
C. young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard
D. one can enjoy what each age gives him though there are some pains
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How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child — things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his parents. He is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong.
When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
1. According to the second paragraph, the writer thinks that __.
| A．life for a child is comparatively easy |
| B．a child is always loved whatever he does |
| C．if much is given to a child, he must do something in return |
| D．only children are interested in life |
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．People are often satisfied with their life. |
| B．Life is less interesting for old people. |
| C．Adults are free to do what they want to do. |
| D．Adults should no longer rely on others. |
3.The underlined word "responsibilities" in the second paragraph means__________.
| A．duties | B．jobs | C．suggestions | D．desires |
4.The main idea of the passage is _________ .
| A．life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains |
| B．young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard |
| C．childhood is the most enjoyable time in one's life |
| D．one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life |
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How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups, and, old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities(责任) to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. What’s more, life is always giving new things to the child——things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well known. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is repeatedly being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done.
When a young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.
1.According to Paragraph 2, the writer thinks that ________.
A．life for a child is fairly easy
B．a child is always loved whatever he does
C．if much is given to a child, he must do something in return
D．only children are interested in life
2.The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A．life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains
B．young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard
C．childhood is the most enjoyable time in one’s life
D．one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life
3.The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss ________.
A．examples of successful young men
B．how to build up one’s position in society
C．joys and pains of old people
D．what to do when one has problems in life
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We often hear that children wish they were grown-ups, and that old people wish they were young. __1.__ The happiest people enjoy what each age gives them without wasting their time in useless regrets.
__2.__ A child is fed, looked after and loved by all grown-ups like parents or grandparents. __3.__ However, for older people they often lose their interest in those things.
On the other hand, a child may also have some pains with him. __4.__ He is often told not to do something. He will certainly be shouted at for doing something wrong.
When a child grows up, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, clothes and many other things. __5.__ If he still spends most of his time playing as he used to in childhood, he will go hungry. If, however, he works hard and has no trouble, he can build up his own position in society with great happiness.
A. What’s more, life is always giving new things to him.
B. He enjoys his life very much.
C. And if he wants to live comfortably, he has to work.
D. He is not so free to do what he wishes to do.
E. Life is always sad for old people.
F. Each age has its own pleasures and its own pains.
Childhood is a time when there are few duties.
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There were a family of nine: the father, the mother, two boys and five girls. The father worked as a kitchen cleaner at a local school and the rest of the family did the same job-----clean people’s yards.________1.________
Then one day, the father lost his job at the school. He asked me if I could allow him to clean my yard.________2.________ He and his family came to our house three times a week to clean the yard.
One Sunday morning, the father suffered a stroke and died in the hospital two days later. The poor family had lost their main bread-winner. The eldest boy had just completed high school and was getting ready to go to college.________3.________
For the following years, Andrew, my husband and I did all our best to help make sure the family got their education, and provided some daily needs, like clothes.
________4.________. They didn’t have a toilet in their home! Imagine! A mother, a fifteen-year-old girl, and four smaller children without a toilet or bathroom!
The next morning, my friend Peter came to my house. Then I told him I wanted to do something for the poor family. As a helpful man, he promised to offer some money. So together we built a bathroom and a toilet for this family in three days.________5.________. And we felt happy, too.
A．Clearly, they lived a poor life.
B．The others were just little kids
C．Realizing his situation, I offered him the job at once.
D．This brought a lot of smiles and happiness to the family.
E.Every day we gave her some pocket money.
F.We visited the family once and one thing made us greatly surprised.
G.You would be surprised to know that this poor family lived in just two rooms!
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