One period of our lives when better results are demanded of us is, strangely enough, childhood. Despite being young we are expected to achieve good grades, stay out of trouble, make friends at school, do well on tests, perform chores (雜務(wù))at home and so on. It’s not easy.
Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including the ability to deal more easily with stresses of growing up.In her book Understanding Child Stress, Dr. Carolyn Leonard states that children who are likeable and optimistic are able to gain support from others. This leads to focus and resilience（適應(yīng)力）, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress. Much research shows that resilience has enabled children to succeed in school, avoid drug abuse, and develop a healthy self-awareness(自我意識).
Why does a likeable child more easily handle stress and do better in his or her life? Because likeability helps create what’s known as a positive feedback loop(回饋圈). The positive feelings you want to see in other people are returned to you, creating constant encouragement and motivation to deal with the daily stress of life.
This feedback loop continues into adulthood. To return once again to the example of teaching, learning becomes easier with a likeable personality. Michael Delucchi of the University of Hawaii reviewed dozens of studies to determine if likeable teachers received good ratings because of their likeability or because they in fact taught well. Delucchi found that “Students who perceive(察覺) a teacher as likeable, in contrast to(比照) those who do not, may be more attentive to the information that the teacher delivers and they’ll work harder on assignments, and they will learn more.”
You may have noticed this pattern in your own life when you try to give some advice. The more positive your relationship with that person, the more he or she seems to listen, and the more you feel certain that that person has heard you and intends to act on your words.
小題1:The writer implies in the first paragraph that __________.
A．life is not easy for every one of us
B．children are expected much than we usually think
C．better education results in smarter children
D．to be a likable child is almost impossible
小題2:According to Dr. Leonard, likeable children __________.
A．will work harder on assignments and learn more
B．can deal more easily with stress independently
C．can achieve more and understand themselves better
D．a(chǎn)re always optimistic and ready to help those in need
小題3:The main purpose of the studies done by Michael Delucchi is to find __________.
A．how a likeable teacher’s teaching style is formed
B．how a teacher’s likeability gains popularity
C．if a likeable teacher draws more attention
D．if a likeable teacher has a positive personality
小題4:The passage aims at proving that __________.
A．likeable people give better advice
B．likeable people do better in their childhood
C．social creatures enjoy more advantages
D．likeable people do better in life generally

小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:C
小題1:D

試題分析：本文主要講述的就是likeable people在生活中表現(xiàn)的比一般的孩子更好，以及人們對此現(xiàn)象的研究。
小題1:B 段落大意題。根據(jù)本段Despite being young we are expected to achieve good grades, stay out of trouble, make friends at school, do well on tests, perform chores (雜務(wù))at home and so on說明本段講述的是人們在童年時期對孩子的期望值很高。故B正確。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)第二段3,4,5行Dr. Carolyn Leonard states that children who are likeable and optimistic are able to gain support from others. This leads to focus and resilience（適應(yīng)力）, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress.說明likeable children能得到更多的支持，也能夠提高自己的競爭力和適應(yīng)力，能夠更好地理解別人。故Ｃ項正確。
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段7,8行Michael Delucchi of the University of Hawaii reviewed dozens of studies to determine if likeable teachers received good ratings because of their likeability or because they in fact taught well.說明他的研究對象是這樣的老師對學(xué)生的影響，故C正確。
小題4:D 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的就是likeable people在生活中表現(xiàn)的比一般的孩子更好，以及人們對此現(xiàn)象的研究。故D項正確。
點評：本文主要測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點。
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