As a school librarian,I’m often asked what books are most appropriate for teaching particularconcepts.As the mother of a toddler,I’m now teaching my son to recognize letters and learn thealphabet.Boaks are a great help in teaching a child letters.Here is this librarian and mom’s picks for the best books to help teach your child letters.




Eric Carle’s ABC
Eric Carle is one of my favorite children’s authors and this colorful book is perfect for helping teach the alphabet.The block-style letters are easier to read
and recognize for toddlers than mitten ones.Each letter is tied to an animal name,so your child will have fun looking at the animals,and 1earn the animal
names while also learning letters.
Baby EinssteinMy First Book of Letters
The Baby Einstein books always promote thinking skills and creativity in
young children.Baby EinsteinMy First Book of Letters is no exception.This
book includes letters in both upper and lower case,and asks questions about nature that go with each letter for your child to answer.This colorful book is great for helping teach your child letters.
DrSeuss’ABC
Dr.Seuss lends his wonderful writing and illustrating(插图)talent to this
great teaching book.His classic writing and funny pictures can be found throughout this alphabet book.The letters are block style,solid-colored,and easy
to read.Your child will love learning letters from this fun book.
Kipper’s A to Zan Alphabet Adventure
In this book,children follow the little dog Kipper as he works his way through the entire alphabet.The clean,solid font used for the letter makes them
easy to read for young eyes.Author Mike Inkpen does a great job in this book,
which tells more of a story than the other books
Teaching your child letters can be a hard task.It’s import to try to make the alphabet fun and interesting for your child.
【小题1】In Paragraph I,“toddler”probably means       

A.babyB.teenagerC.student D.young child
【小题2】If you want to make your son or daughter interested in nature you should choose      
A.Eric Carle’s ABCB.Baby Einstein;My First Book of Letters
C.Dr.Seuss’ ABC D.Kipper’s A to Z;an Alphabet Adventure
【小题3】Why did the author write the passage?
A.To recommend the books.B.To sell the books
C.To adverfise the books D.To criticize the books

What happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball? That question motivated a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players, and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing children.
For the study, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults, men and women. All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed year-round in adult soccer leagues. Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year, as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions (脑震荡) in the past.
Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned, using a complicated new M.R.I. technique which can find structural changes in the brain that can’t be seen during most scans.
According to the data they presented at a Radiological Society of North America meeting last month, the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory, attention and the processing of visual information, compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times.
This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic (外伤的) brain injury”, like that after a serious concussion, the researchers reported, even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion.
The players who had headed the ball about 1,100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them, forgetting or fumbling the words far more often than players who had headed the ball less.
【小题1】The passage is most probably a______.

A.news reportB.research report
C.story for soccer playersD.text for doctors
【小题2】In which way can we find the structural changes in the brain?
A.Computerized test.B.Questionnaire..
C.Scanning.D.M.R.I. technique.
【小题3】From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have_____.
A.significant effect on brainB.little effect on one’s brain
C.nothing to do with the brain injuryD.one’s memory improved
【小题4】The underlined word "fumbling" is closest in meaning to______.
A.rememberingB.misunderstanding
C.recallingD.missing

What happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball? That question motivated a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players, and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing children.

For the study, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults, men and women. All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed year-round in adult soccer leagues. Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year, as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions (脑震荡) in the past.

Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned, using a complicated new M.R.I. technique which can find structural changes in the brain that can’t be seen during most scans.

According to the data they presented at a Radiological Society of North America meeting last month, the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory, attention and the processing of visual information, compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times.

This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic (外伤的) brain injury”, like that after a serious concussion, the researchers reported, even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion.

The players who had headed the ball about 1,100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them, forgetting or fumbling the words far more often than players who had headed the ball less.

1.The passage is most probably a______.

A.news report                           B.research report

C.story for soccer players                   D.text for doctors

2.In which way can we find the structural changes in the brain?

A.Computerized test.                      B.Questionnaire..

C.Scanning.                             D.M.R.I. technique.

3.From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have_____.

A.significant effect on brain                 B.little effect on one’s brain

C.nothing to do with the brain injury          D.one’s memory improved

4.The underlined word "fumbling" is closest in meaning to______.

A.remembering                          B.misunderstanding

C.recalling                              D.missing

 

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What happens inside the skull of a soccer player when repeatedly heads a soccer ball? That question motivated a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players, and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing children.

For the study, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults, men and women. All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed year-round in adult soccer leagues. Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year, as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions (脑震荡) in the past.

Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned, using a complicated new M.R.I. technique which can find structural changes in the brain that can’t be seen during most scans.

According to the data they presented at Radiological Society of North America meeting last month, the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory, attention and the processing of visual information, compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times.

This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic (外伤的) brain injury”, like that after a serious concussion, the researchers reported, even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion.

The players who had headed the ball about 1,100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them, forgetting or fumbling the words far more often than players who had headed the ball less.

1.The passage is most probably a ________.

A.news report                           B.research report

C.story for soccer players                   D.text for doctors

2. In which way can researchers find the structural changes in the brain?

A.Computerized test                       B.Questionnaire

C.Scanning                              D.M.R.I. technique

3. From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have ________.

A.significant effect on brain                 B.little effect on one’s brain

C.nothing to do with the brain injury           D.one’s memory improved

4.What is likely to be the cause of memory loss?

A.Playing soccer frequently                 B.Tests of their memory

C.White matter loss                       D.Information processing

5.The underlined word “fumbling” is closest in meaning to ________?

A.remembering      B.misunderstanding   C.recalling          D.missing

 

When Jeanne Calment entered the world in 1875, telephones and automobiles still lay in the future. Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso were not yet born. The Eiffel Tower was 14 years from being built. As a teenager, she met Vincent Van Gogh, near her home in Arles, in the south of France. He was “very ugly, ungracious (举止粗俗的), impolite, sick—I forgive him, they called him loco (精神失常的)”, she recalled. When she died last week at age 122, she was the world’s eldest person. (There are others who claimed to the title, but only Calment had the official documents to prove her age.)

Each February 21, her birthday, she would share the secrets of long life. Some years it was “a sense of humour”, others it was “keeping busy”. “God must have forgotten me,” she once explained. The truth probably was that she had good genes: her mother reportedly lived to be 86 and her father 94.

Her life had its sadness: she outlived her husband, her only daughter and her grandson. According to a friend, she was imperturbable. “If you can’t do anything about it,” she reportedly said, “don’t worry about it.”

In her last years she was nearly blind and deaf, but her health remained good. She ate a few bars of chocolate each week and continued smoking until a few years ago, when she could no longer light her own cigarettes. She never lost her sense of humour. On her 110th birthday, she commented, “I’ve only ever had one wrinkle, and I’m sitting on it. “Her longevity made her famous; her spirit made her eternal (永恒的).

1.Why does the author mention Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and the Eiffel Tower?

    A. To show that Calment had seen famous people and things.

    B. To emphasize that Calment was born a long time ago.

    C. To indicate that Calment is just as famous.

    D. To admire the knowledge that Calment had.

2.The author believed that Calment’s longevity is mainly due to ______.

    A. a sense of humor                                        B. being kept busy

    C. belief in God                                           D. good genes

3.The underlined word “imperturbable” means ________.

    A. calm           B. humorous            C. friendly                     D. healthy

4.Toward the end of the story, the author seems to be impressed by Callment ’s _________.

A. spirit       B. religious belief         C. knowledge           D. longevity

 

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