题目内容
How to help kids stop smoking
Kids start smoking for many different reasons.Some start smoking out of curiosity or be cause they want to look more mature._71_ Tobacco can cause several health problems induding coughing, throat problems.Increased blood pressure, heart disease and cancer.It s important to help kids who smoke to quit early.
Instructions
1.Establish good communication with your kid from an early age so that when issues such as smoking come along, you can easily talk to him about them.__72_
2. 73 Ask your child what he finds so appealing about smoking and whether any of his friends smoke.Consider that peer (同伴) Pressure might be in play here. Communicate in a loving, gentle and honest manner.
3. 74 Mention how smoking affects his health and how it yellows his teeth, costs a lot of money and causes bad breath and unpleasant-smelling clothes.Tell your child that if he stops smoking, he will have more energy and an improved appearance.
4.Set limits if your child isn't ready to quit smoking.Declare your non-smoking area at home and tell your child not to smoke in your presence. 75
5.Support your child and offer to get him nicotine gum if he is willing to quit smoking,. Consult with your doctor or call the American Lung Association or the American Cancer Society for information regarding local program to help your kid stop smoking.
A.Setting such rules might encourage your child to quit sooner.
B.Is your child a regular smoker, over 18 years old and ready to quit?
C.Avoid scolding your child and try to listen to him.
D.Find out why your child is smoking.
E.If so, you may be interested in some support tools designed to help you quit successfully.
F.Others smoke Because they want to rebel against adults and feel more independent.
G.Inform your kid about the dangers of smoking and about the benefits of stopping.
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Children, especially at young ages, are very creative. And creativity can be a glorious thing. Look at all the amazing artists and architects that have created glorious pieces of history. Look at all the authors with the award winning books. Now I am not saying everyone is going to end up this way but creativity is an important part of growing up and becoming who you are. This should be encouraged in young children as well as the older children.
Young children grow up playing with make-believe. And so many people try to make their young child see that their invisible friend isn’t real or that talking when someone is not in the room is weird. To adults it is, but for small children it is them being creative. May it be them playing house, or chef, or playing with stuffed animals, it is their creative part coming out. Some kids can have fun playing with rocks and sticks and it’s because of their creativeness that they can do this. The invisible friend part is another part of being imaginative, and is not a bad thing since they will grow out of that phase. So encourage this and play along with them, play house or stuffed animals or whatever they want to play. Help keep their imagination running. You can even make up games, like treasure hunts, dinosaurs, or super heroes; there is just so much you can choose from.
For older children, talk to them. Help them see things through others’ eyes, or help them see things from a different point of view. Helping children see things from other views helps them keep their minds open for new ideas and new things.
All this can help your children’s minds stay creative. The arts and music, even thoughts are an important part of life and important in our society. If we didn’t have and encourage creative thinking, we wouldn't have had inventors, or philosophers, or as I said before, artists.
【小题1】The underlined word “weird” is the closest in meaning to “_______”.
A.similar | B.strange | C.common | D.natural |
A.the child is longing for friendship |
B.the child has no one to play with in life |
C.the child has great imagination |
D.there is something wrong with the child’s mind |
A.let him be |
B.stop him from doing so |
C.give him some advice |
D.know that he is suffering from loneliness |
A.How creative artists and architects can be. |
B.How to help children grow up in a healthy way. |
C.What kind of activities children like. |
D.How to protect and encourage children’s creativity. |
We know the famous ones—the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells —but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)?Shouldn’t we know who they are?
Joan Mclean think so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that she’s developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and ”how” questions. According to Mclean,” When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”
So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn’t be a built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.
Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations,It’s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan’s traffic light. It’s equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett’s innovation that makes glass invisible, Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?
【小题1】
By mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the author indicates that countless inventions are .
A.beneficial, because their inventors are famous |
B.beneficial, though their inventors are less famous |
C.not useful, because their inventors are less famous |
D.not useful, though their inventors are famous |
Professor Joan McLean’s course aims to_____.
A.add colour and variety to students’ campus life |
B.inform students of the windshield wiper’s invention |
C.carry out the requirements by Mountain University |
D.prepare students to try their own invention |
Tommy Lee’s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was _________.
A.not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer | |
B.inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper | C.due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm |
D.not related to Professor Joan McLean’s lectures |
Which 0f the following can best serve as the title of this passage?
A How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?
B How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?
C Shouldn’t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?
D Shouldn’t We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?