题目内容
The Tiger Mother, Amy Chua and her book named Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother are famous all over the world, especially in America and China.
Amy Chua is a Chinese American, born in the USA to middle-class Chinese parents who moved to the US from China. She was born in the year of the tiger, so she called herself Tiger Mother. Amy Chua is very famous because of her parenting styles （养育方式） . She has two daughters, Sophia and Louisa. She is very strict with them.
From the moment her daughters were born, she had set targets for them. She decided that the two girls would play instruments, Sophia the piano and Louisa the violin, and what is more, they would be the best at it. At the same time, they had to be the first in study.
The two girls always get an A in each lesson. Sophia could read books and began to play the piano when she was 3 years old. Once, Louisa got the second place in a maths test when she was in Grade 5. After that, Amy Chua made Louisa do 20 pieces of paper and there were 100 maths problems on each paper. A week later, Louisa got the first place and she is the first all the time from then on.
1.Why does Amy Chua have the name Tiger Mother?
A.Because she wrote the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.
B.Because she was born in the year of the tiger.
C.Because she likes tigers very much.
D.Because she is a tiger's mother.
2.What is Amy Chua famous for?
A.Her name B.Her book C.Her parenting styles. D.Her job
3.The underlined word “target”means______.
A.目标 B.模版 C.规则 D.竞赛
4.Sophia could read books and began to play the piano when she was______.
A.two years old B.three years old C.four years old D.five years old
5.How many exercises did Louisa do after she got the second place in a math test?
A.20 maths problems B.80 maths problems C.100 maths problems D.2,000 maths problems
6.What can we learn about Amy Chua?
A.She learnt parenting skills from her mother. B.She was born in China.
C.She doesn't love her children. D.She is a strict mother.
Honey to treat a wound. Eat cherries（樱桃）if someone has a pain in his knee. Your grandmother is probably satisfied with her old-time treatments and now science is catching up with them. Researchers have produced hundreds of studies in the past five years about these grandmothers’ old-time home treatments. They are often natural, different from the medicine from the hospitals. Here are some old-time treatments which have been prove（证明）to be useful by the scientists.
Burns Try Aloe
“Aloe is a useful treatment for burns,” says a doctor. One study showed it was very useful or second-degree burns, If you have an aloe plant, simply cut pen a leaf and use the liquid （汁液） directly to the burnt area. For serious burns , you should still see a doctor. | Eye Pains Try Cucumber
If you use your eyes for a long time, lie on your back place one piece of cucumber over each closes eye. Cucumber helps reduce the pain. Replace the pieces with a cooler pair every two or three minutes, for up to 15 minutes total. | Wounds Try Honey
Since ancient Egyptian times, people have used honey to treat the wounds. For best results, scientists advised manuka honey, from New Zealand, Brush some honey directly to a wound every 12 to 24 hours an cover it with a piece of clean cloth. |
1.If Lingling burnt her finger when cooking, she would need ________ according to the passage.
A.an aloe leaf B.fresh cherries C.cucumber pieces D.manuka hones
2.The writer wrote this passage to ________.
A.show her pride in those grandmothers' treatments
B.introduce some methods of old-time home treatments
C.show old-time home treatments are better than medicine
D.advise scientists to make research into ancient treatment
3.The passage is probably in the part of ________ in a newspaper.
A.new B.life C.sports D.education