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In recent years, our parenting culture began to send the message that competence(能力) was important for building self-confidence. However, that same parenting culture made a big mistake by telling parents they should tell their children how competent they were. Children can‘t be convinced that they are competent. Only your children can build their sense of competence.
However, you can do several things to encourage them to develop their own competence. First, you can give them opportunities to gain a sense of competence. You should allow your children to “get their hands dirty” in the daily life and find out what they are capable of.
These daily experiences allow your children to develop specific competencies that will be helpful to them as they grow up. Also, the more individual competencies children develop, the more they will view themselves as globally competent people.
Second, you can be sure that they gain the most value from their experiences. You can direct their focus to the competences that enabled those successes rather than some generic(笼统的) praise of the accomplishment itself. And you can also praise their accomplishments.
A great difficulty for parents is allowing their children to be wrong or do something poorly in the mistaken belief that these experiences will hurt their sense of competence. In fact, whether they do it well isn‘t important because success isn‘t really the goal. Instead, the goal is their willingness to keep trying.
Another mistake that parents make is that, after being unsuccessful when their children first try something, they try to correct them so they will succeed the next time they try. That‘s not to say that you can‘t lend a hand when they are struggling. But let them take the lead; if they really want your help, they‘ll ask for it.
41. The passage is mainly about_____.
A. the arts to praise children B. the ways to help children develop ability
C. the ways to evaluate children’s ability D. the proper ways to help children deal with failure
42. What should parents say to help children gain value from their experiences?
A. Well done! B .You are the best!
C. You are really careful! D. You’d better do as I do.
43. Parents often make a mistake by ______.
A. getting their children’s hands dirty
B. not realizing the harmful effect of failure
C. putting themselves into children’s shoes
D. telling their children how competent they are
44. How did the writer develop the passage?
A. By asking and answering questions. B. By introducing different opinions.
C. By listing examples. D. By giving explanations.
45. In which section of a newspaper can you find this passage?
A. Education B. Health and Fitness C. Home and Garden D. Careers
第二节 信息匹配 (共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息,请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。阅读下列应用文及相关信息,并按照要求匹配信息。
Section A: Do-It-Yourself Section -- On these shelves customers can find the latest manuals(手册) on how to do everything from building a computer to constructing(building) your own home.
Section B: Business & Finance -- Students, business people or anyone interested in the world of commerce are certain to find the book they are after here. We have special subsection for international trade and e-commerce.
Section C: Humor Section -- A great selection of joke books, funny stories and wonderful real life adventures that are sure to keep the reader laughing for days.
Section D: Sports & Leisure Section -- Stocks a large range of the latest books on your favourite sporting teams and events. Pick up the perfect Father’s Day present here.
Section E: Education -- Has a huge range of textbooks and supplementary material covering all the major high school and university subjects. Buyers showing their student cards receive a 15% discount on all purchases from this section.
Section F: Biography -- Find out about the lives of your favourite sports stars, singers, actors and other famous people from today and the past. Learn what they had to go through to become successful and the effect it had on their lives.
阅读下列关于各书籍的信息,匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架:
46.The Delighted Eye -- by Prof. John Nash -- The 1994 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, whose ideas have influenced a generation of the world’s greatest economic minds, tells his life story: growing up in a small town in America, becoming one of America’s most influential mathematicians and his battles with mental illness.
47.Mother Tongue: The English Language -- by Bill Bryson -- Bryson’s book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language , one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson’s books, fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces.
48.Into Thin Air -- by John Krakauer -- is a riveting first-hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996, `Outside’ magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of the race eight people were dead.
49.ReadyMade: How to Make (Almost) Everything -- by Shoshana Berger -- beautifully written with great factual information. The theme behind this book is re-use, re-claim, re-cycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects for the reader to try such as making a photo frame(相框) from a book cover or a pot for your plants from plastic shopping bags.
50.The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron -- by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind - As the title suggests the authors cover the rise of the American electricity company to become one of the 10 richest companies in the world and its spectacular fall into dishonour and bankruptcy(破产). A perfect guide on what not to do in business.
III 写作(共两节,满分40分)
第一节 基础写作 (共1小题,满分15分)在北京召开APEC会议期间,为了保证良好的空气质量,有关部门通过减排措施使污染严重的北京市上空出现了被人们称之为“APEC蓝”的蓝天,请用英语写一份演讲稿,号召人们行动起来使“APEC蓝”能够成为一种“新常态”。内容包括:
1.空气污染的害处
2.治理空气污染的方法。
①发展科技,研制新能源;
②控制工厂污染的排放;
③选择公共交通工具,尽量做到低碳出行。
【写作要求】 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容
【评分标准】 句子结构准确,信息内容完整,篇章结构连贯
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第二节 读写任务 (共1小题,满分25分)阅读下面的短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Old couple leaves money for thief
A couple in their 70‘s left 300 yuan (US$50) and a note on the table before going away on Spring Festival holiday for a potential 'thief' who might break in when they are away.
The old couple are retired teachers who love traveling. Every time they go away, they leave some money and a note on the table for a potential thief who might break in when they are away. This has become their tradition for over a decade.
This time they are taking a two-month trip to Shenzhen, Guangdong in south China to celebrate this year‘s Spring Festival. They left a note saying, 'I know you have suffered a lot this year. You must be longing to go home to see your parents. Please take the money and buy a train ticket. Find a decent job when you come back.'
A few years ago, the couple actually had a thief break it. When they went back from a long vacation in 2010, they saw footprints on the floor, and the money on the table gone. Luckily, they didn‘t touch anything else. 'I believe that people are born kind', the husband said, 'whoever he or she is, we should reach out a helping hand when somebody is in trouble.'
写作内容1 请你以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。
2请你以约120词谈谈你的看法,内容包括:
1) 善良、助人为乐是一种美德;
2) 你应如何在生活中去传播善良和美好。
【写作要求】1、作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文的句子。
2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。
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