There is no question that teenagers need rules, which is often not a difficult thing for parents to give.What can be more challenging is giving teenagers their freedom.It can be difficult to draw the line between the two.However, some issues cannot be changed by discussion and require firm rules.For instance, rules should be established concerning driving the family car.
I will admit that I have no problem coming up with rules.To me they make life easier and they leave no room for questioning.What can be more difficult, however, is giving my teens their freedom.I guess there are really two primary reasons for this.One is that sometimes I am afraid to give them freedom.The second is that I'm not always so sure what the freedom should be.
It helps that I have a husband with whom I can discuss these problems.We talk about them,_give our thoughts and then we come up with an agreement.Sometimes one of us might be more unwilling but we know that there comes a time when we really do have to learn how to let go of the reins(韁繩) a bit.
If we try to make life have nothing but rules, we are more likely to see our teen's rebelling(反抗).They need to know that while we do have certain expectations, we also trust them to begin making their own choices and decisions.How else can they do that unless they are given the space and room to do it?
It's really all about balance and I will be the first to admit that it can be a challenge to carry out.However, it is a necessary part of growing up.Yes, teens definitely need rules but they also need freedom.
【小題1】According to the first paragraph, it is difficult to decide ________.
A.whether the children need rules |
B.whether the children should be given freedom |
C.how much freedom should be given to children |
D.what issues require nonnegotiable rules |
A.strongwilled | B.rebellious |
C.weak | D.independent |
A.Rules are difficult to make for parents. |
B.Rules and freedom are similarly important. |
C.We should give children freedom as much as possible. |
D.Rules are more important than freedom. |
A.Problems. | B.Children. | C.Rules. | D.Reasons. |
科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
“It hurts me more than you,’’and “This is for your own good.’’These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin,clean my room,stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive period in educafion in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school.The schools and the educators made it easy on us.They thought that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators,turned on the television,left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
Now teachers,faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years,are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake.One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students-“so passive”-and-wonders what happened.Nothing was demanded of them,she believes. Television,says Klompus,contributes to children’s passivity.“We’re not training kids to work any more,” says Klompus.“we’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve never been hurt or hungry.They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying ‘go look it up’,you tell them the answer.It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”
Yes,it does.It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work.It’s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good.It’s time to start telling them no again.
【小題1】Why are children becoming more inactive in study?
A.Because they watch TV too often |
B.Because they have done too much homework. |
C.Because they have to fulfill too many duties. |
D.Because teachers are too strict with them. |
A.it is easier to say no than to say yes |
B.neither is easy-to say yes or to say no |
C.it is easier to say yes than to say no |
D.neither is difficult-to say yes or to say no |
A.1earning Latin |
B.natural development |
C.discipline |
D.education at school |
A.when children are allowed to do what they wish to |
B.when everything can be taught at school |
C.when every child can be educated |
D.when ehildren are permitted to receive education |
A.Parents should leave their children alone, |
B.Kids should have more activities at school. |
C.It’s time to be stricter with our kids. |
D.Parents should always set a good example to their kids. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Guide to Stockholm University Library
Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.
Zones
The library is divided into different zones.The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading,and places where you can sit and work with your own computer.The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs.The ground floor is the zone where you can talk.Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.
Computers
You can use your own computer to connect to the Wi-Fi specially prepared for notebook computers;you can also use library computers,which contain the most commonly used applications,such as Microsoft Office.They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.
Group-study Places
If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others,you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor.Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people.All rooms are marked on the library maps.
There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website.To book,you need an active University account and a valid University card.You can use a room three hours per day,nine hours at most per week.
Storage of Study Material
The library has lockers for students to store course literature.When you have obtained at least 40 credits(學分),you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year's rental period.
Rules to be Followed
Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library.Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.
Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library,but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.
【小題1】The library's upper floor is mainly for students to________.
A.read in a quiet place |
B.have group discussions |
C.take comfortable seats |
D.get their computers fixed |
A.A group must consist of 8 people. |
B.Three-h(huán)our use per day is the minimum. |
C.One should first register at the university. |
D.Applicants must mark the room on the map. |
A.can afford the rental fee |
B.a(chǎn)ttends certain courses |
C.has nowhere to put his books |
D.has earned the required credits |
A.Mobile phones. | B.Orange juice. |
C.Candy. | D.Sandwiches. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Last year, over 206,000 students from the United States studied abroad. Does that number surprise you? These students already know the benefits of studying abroad. You may be wondering why you should study abroad. Here are some answers for you.
◆ Timing
The absolutely best time in your life to study abroad is when you are in college. If you miss this opportunity, it’s almost impossible for you to do it later in life.
◆ To gain cross-cultural experience
Life overseas makes you see your everyday world in a whole new light. You don’t even realize it, but our culture shapes the way we view the world and affects us every minute of the day. Differences in culture are more than just differences in language, food, clothing and art.
◆ To improve your communication skills and your self-confidence
People who study abroad tend to be willing to take risks, willing to put themselves in unusual situations, and able to solve problems.
◆ To become more fluent in a language or to learn a new language
The world market is becoming smaller, and many companies require a second language. Foreign languages are not only valuable in the job market but also valuable in the real world.
◆ For the adventure
Travel to other cities within your host country and around neighboring countries. As you get to know your new classmates, roommates, and host family, you will gain a unique view on the host culture. Discover the differences and, more importantly, the many similarities between your worlds. The friendships you make will last long after the program.
◆ To learn more about yourself
Find out who you really are. What are your limits? How do you overcome the difficulties you’ve never encountered before? How independent are you? These questions are hard to answer until you are removed from your usual surroundings. After solving difficult problems on your own overseas, you’ll find that almost nothing will confuse you at home. Students who study abroad commonly report that their study abroad experience actually changed their lives.
【小題1】The passage mainly talks about _______.
A.the benefits of studying abroad |
B.the time for studying abroad |
C.the difficulty you come across when you're abroad |
D.some tips on how to get used to a new environment |
A.When you're at work. | B.When you are free. |
C.At any time you like. | D.When you are in college. |
A.Opposed. | B.Experienced. | C.Solved. | D.Explained. |
A.getting cross-cultural experience |
B.improving communication skills and self-confidence |
C.improving your foreign language |
D.learning how to get along with people |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Teaching is more than leadership. Some of the teacher’s time and effort is directed toward instruction, some toward evaluation. But it is the teacher as a group leader who creates an effective organizational structure and good working environment so that instruction and evaluation activities can take place. A group that is totally disorganized, unclear about its goals, or constantly fighting among its members will not be a good learning group. The leadership pattern includes helping to form and maintain a positive learning environment so that instruction and evaluation activities can take place.
On the first day of class, the teacher faces a room filled with individuals. Perhaps a few closely united groups and friendships already exist. But there is no sense of group unity, no set of rules for conduct in the group, no feeling of belonging. If teachers are successful leaders, they will help students develop a system of relationships that encourages working together.
Standards and rules must be set to keep order, make sure of justice and protect individual rights, but do not contradict school policy. What happens when one student hurts another’s individual rights? Without clear regulations agreeable to the students and teachers, the classroom can become chaotic. Students may break rules they did not know existed. If standards are set without participation from the class, students may spend a great deal of creative energy in destroying the class environment or finding ways to break rules.
No matter how skillful the teacher is in uniting students and creating a positive atmosphere, the task is never complete. Regular maintenance is necessary. Conflicts arise. The needs of individual members change. A new kind of learning task requires a new organizational structure. Sometimes outside pressures such as holidays, upcoming tests or sport competitions, or family troubles cause stress in the classroom. One task for the teacher is to recreate a positive environment by helping students deal with conflict, change, and stress.
【小題1】The underlined word “maintain” in Para.1 probably means_______.
A.keep | B. build | C.recreate | D.evaluate |
A.free students from outside pressures |
B.set the standards and rules on his own |
C.be responsible for a well-organized class |
D.focus more on instruction and evaluation |
A.rules cannot be changed once they’re formed |
B.outside pressures can not cause tension among students |
C.if the teacher well unites his students, he then will finish his task |
D.if rules are not acceptable both to students and teachers, the classroom can be a mess |
A.To provide information for teaching. |
B.To show the importance of teaching a class. |
C.To study the teacher’s behavior in the classroom. |
D.To compare the teacher’s behavior with the students’ in class. |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower(人力資源) for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.
Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master’s degree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and the famous law of diminishing(逐漸減少的) returns begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average salary for those truckers was $24000 while the full professors managed to earn just $23030.
A doctorate is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a future which is not bright. There are more doctors unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.
If you become a doctor in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.
Thousands of doctors are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater(閉塞) college that pays much less than the doorkeeper earns.
You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
【小題1】According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ______.
A.will not be a disgrace to society |
B.will become loyal citizens |
C.can take care of themselves |
D.can meet the nation’s demand as a source of manpower |
A.they are improperly educated |
B.they are of little commercial value to their society |
C.there are fewer jobs in high schools |
D.they prefer easier jobs that make more money |
A.with diplomas |
B.who specialize in physics and chemistry |
C.who are valuable to the gross national product |
D.who receive little education |
A.Bernard Shaw didn’t finish high school, nor did Edison. |
B.One must think carefully before pursuing a master’s degree. |
C.The higher your education level, the more money you will earn. |
D.If you are too well-educated, you’ll be overeducated for society’s demands. |
A.a(chǎn) means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country’s demands for technical workers |
B.a(chǎn) way to broaden one’s horizons |
C.more important than finding a job |
D.a(chǎn)n opportunity that everyone should have |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Laws that would have ensured pupils from five to 16 received a full financial education got lost in the ‘wash up’. An application is calling on the next government to bring it back.
At school the children are taught to add up and subtract(減法) but, extraordinarily, are not routinely shown how to open a bank account — let alone how to manage their finances in an increasingly complex and demanding world.
Today the parenting website Mumsnet and the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis have joined forces to launch an online application to make financial education a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England. Children from five to 16 should be taught about everything from pocket money to pensions, they say. And that was exactly the plan preserved in the Children, Schools and Families bill that was shelved by the government in the so-called “wash-up” earlier this month — the rush to legislation before parliament was dismissed. Consumer and parent groups believe financial education has always been one of the most frustrating omissions of the curriculum.
As the Personal Finance Education Group (Pfeg) points out, the good habits of young children do not last long. Over 75% of seven- to 11-year-olds are savers but by the time they get to 17, over half of them are in debt to family and friends. By this age, 26% see a credit card or overdraft(透支) as a way of extending their spending power. Pfeg predicts that these young people will “find it much harder to avoid the serious unexpected dangers that have befallen many of their parents' generation unless they receive good quality financial education while at school.”
The UK has been in the worst financial recession(衰退)for generations. It does seem odd that — unless parents step in — young people are left in the dark until they are cruelly introduced to the world of debt when they turn up at university. In a recent poll of over 8,000 people, 97% supported financial education in schools, while 3% said it was a job for parents.
【小題1】The passage is mainly about _____________.
A.how to manage school lessons |
B.how to deal with the financial crisis |
C.teaching young people about money |
D.teaching students how to study effectively |
A.the author complains about the school education |
B.pupils should not be taught to add up and subtract |
C.students have been taught to manage their finances |
D.laws on financial education have been effectively carried out |
A.instruct the pupils to donate their pocket money |
B.promote the connection of schools and families |
C.a(chǎn)sk the government to dismiss the parliament |
D.a(chǎn)ppeal for the curriculum of financial education |
A.it is easy to keep good habits long |
B.teenagers spend their money as planned |
C.parents are willing to pay the debt for their kids |
D.it will be in trouble if the teenagers are left alone |
A.stress the necessity of the curriculum reform |
B.show the seriousness of the financial recession |
C.make the readers aware of burden of the parents |
D.illustrate some people are strongly against the proposal |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
The arts, especially music, should be part of every school's lessons at every grade level. Students would be much smarter if they had some musical experience. They could improve their classroom skills, like paying attention and following directions. People develop all these skills when they learn music. Making music also lets children use their imagination. It provides students with a chance to try out their own ideas.
Music not only makes children better students, but also gives them something positive to do. In a music program, children can be part of a band instead of joining a gang (團伙). Parents can enjoy listening to their children's music instead of seeing them glued to a computer or TV screen. In a school band, students get to be part of a team. They can get along well with old friends and make new friends through music.
Music builds self-confidence, too. It gives children a sense of achievement and success. Making music is something for them to be proud of, and it lets kids practice performing in front of an audience. Music gives children an opportunity for self-expression, and that helps develop their self-confidence.
Once again, music is important because it can make children better students, give them something positive to do, and build their character. That is why music should be offered in every single grade in every school.
【小題1】According to the passage, music could make students smarter by _______________.
A.improving their classroom skills and paying attention |
B.improving their classroom skills and imagination |
C.improving their attention, direction and imagination |
D.learning music, making music and trying out their own ideas |
A.unwilling to turn on | B.a(chǎn)lways looking |
C.unwilling to leave | D.a(chǎn)lways playing |
A.give children self-expression and self-confidence |
B.bring to children achievement and success |
C.give children something to be proud of |
D.develop children's self-confidence |
A.Music is a must as a course at school |
B.Music builds children's self-confidence |
C.Music makes students much smarter |
D.Learning music and making music |
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
Neighbors play an important role in our lives. Their lifestyle, friends, and social habits can have a strong influence on our lives. So it’s a good idea to get along well with neighbors and build a better relationship that will last for many years to come. But how should you get along with your neighbors?
When you hear of a special need you can meet, do it, such as sitting with a sick child while your neighbor goes to work or taking an elderly parent to a doctor’s appointment when their car won’t start.
If you hear that someone close by is ill, has an accident, or is out of work, give him or her a hot meal or a fresh dessert. Your kindness will add a special feeling during a difficult time. If your neighbor is cutting down a tree or building a doghouse, offer helping hands to him or her. There is no better way to build relationships. Besides, you never know when the favor might be returned.
Exchange holiday cards, gifts or traditions. Invite your neighbors over for a cup of coffee or lunch. A backyard barbecue can be a great way to share food and fun. If they’ve watched your kids grow up or been concerned about your family events, they may want to share these special events.
Plan a party. Invite all your neighbors to your party. Planning and carrying out the activity helps everyone to know and understand each other.
Your neighbors are like your family in many ways since you have to live with them, or near them for a long time. Appreciate their strong points and ignore weak points, and everyone will get along well.
【小題1】The purpose of the first paragraph is to___________.
A.introduce how you can get along well with your friends |
B.explain the importance of getting along well with your neighbors |
C.show how to make friends with your new neighbors |
D.list the advantages of building strong family relationships |
A.try to give them a helping hand |
B.do housework for them when they are sick |
C.give them a good job if they’re out of work |
D.lend them money when their parents are ill |
A.Tips on how to form a healthy lifestyle. |
B.The best way to form good habits. |
C.The importance of being helpful. |
D.Tips on how to get along with your neighbors. |
A.a(chǎn) physical science magazine | B.the travel news |
C.a(chǎn) magazine of social life | D.the technology news |
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