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【题目】任务型阅读(共 10 小题,每小题 1 分,满分 10 分)

阅读下面短文,根据所读内容在文后第1至第10小题的空格里填上适当的单词。注意:每空1个单词。

The back-to-school season is upon us, and once again, parents across the country have loaded their kids’ backpacks up with snack packs and school supplies. It’s a good moment to reflect on what else we should be giving our kids as they head off to school.

American parents are feeling particularly anxious about that question this year. The educational process feels more than ever like a race, one that starts in pre-school and doesn’t end until your child is admitted to the perfect college. Most parents are more worried than they need to be about their children’s grades, test scores and IQ. And what we don’t think about enough is how to help our children build their character—how to help them develop skills like perseverance, optimism, responsibility, and self-control, which together do more to determine success than S.A.T. scores or I.Q.

There is growing evidence that our anxiety about our children’s school performance may actually be holding them back from learning some of these valuable skills. If you’re concerned only with a child’s G.P.A., then you will likely choose to minimize the challenges the child faces in school. With real challenge comes the risk of real failure. And in a competitive academic environment, the idea of failure can be very scary, to students and parents alike.

But experiencing failure is a critical part of building character. Recent research by a team of psychologists found that adults who had experienced little or no failure growing up were actually less happy and confident than those who had experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood. “Overcoming those obstacles,” the researchers assumed, “could teach effective coping skills, help engage social support networks, create a sense of mastery over past adversity, and foster beliefs in the ability to cope successfully in the future.”

By contrast, when we protect our children from every possible failure—when we call their teachers to get an extension on a paper; when we urge them to choose only those subjects they’re good at—we are denying them those same character-building experiences. As the psychologists Madeline Levine and Dan Kindlon have written, that can lead to difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood, when overprotected young people finally confront real problems on their own and don’t know how to overcome them.

In the classroom and outside of it, American parents need to encourage children to take chances, to challenge themselves, to risk failure. In the meantime, giving our kids room to fail may be one of the best ways we can help them succeed.

Back to School: Why Perseverance Is More Important than Good Grades?

Common phenomena

Parents throughout America 【1_______ their kids’ backpacks up with snacks and school supplies.

Many American parents don’t 【2】_______ enough importance to their kids’ character building.

The writer’s 【3】__________

Parents should pay more attention to their kids’ character building.

Evidence and 【4】______ findings

Parents’ anxiety about their kids’ performance may 【5】 them from learning some valuable skills.

Parents concerned only with a kid’s G.P.A. have a 【6】 to minimize the challenges the child faces.

Adults who have experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood are 【7】 and more confident than those who haven’t.

Denying kids character-building experiences can 【8】 in difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood.

The writer’s suggestions

9】_________ kids to be risk-takers.

Give kids room to experience 【10】___________..

【答案】

【1load

2attach

3view/opinion

4research

5block/stop/keep/prevent/discourage

6tendency/trend

7happier

8result

9Encourage

【10failure(s)

【解析】

试题分析: 本文叙述了家长应该关注孩子的性格的培养而不是只看重他们的分数,调查发现在童年经历过挫折的成年人比在童年没经历过挫折的人感到更幸福和自信,所以家长给我们的孩子足够的空间经历失败可能是我们可以帮助他们取得成功最好的方法之一

【1load 根据parents across the country have loaded their kids backpacks up with snack packs and school supplies给孩子打包,故用load

2attach 根据And what we dont think about enough is how to help our children build their character我们没有足够考虑的是如何帮助孩子建立他们的性格,attach importance to重视,故用attach

3view/opinion根据短文的内容可知这是作者的观点,故用opinion/view

4research 根据There is growing evidence that our anxiety about our childrens school performance may actually be holding them back from learning some of these valuable skills.这里提到日益增长的迹象,故用 Evidence.

5block/stop/keep/prevent/discourage根据our anxiety about our childrens school performance may actually be holding them back from learning some of these valuable skills.这里hold +某人+ back from doing阻止某人做某事,故用prevent/stop/keep/discourage

6tendency/trend 根据If youre concerned only with a childs G.P.A., then you will likely choose to minimize the challenges the child faces in school. will likely choose to 有可能选择,故用likely

7happier 根据A recent research by a team of psychologists found that adults who had experienced little or no failure growing up were actually less happy and confident than those who had experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood. 可推知在童年经历过挫折的成年人比在童年没经历过挫折的人感到更幸福和自信,故用happier

8result根据we are denying them those same character-building experiences. As the psychologists Masine Levine and Dan Kindlon have written, that can lead to difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood, lead to导致; result in导致,故用result.

9Encourage 根据American parents need to encourage children to take chances, to challenge themselves, to risk failure. 鼓励孩子抓住机会挑战自己敢于冒险失败,故用Encourage.

【10failure(s) 根据giving our kids room to fail may be one of the best ways we can help them succeed.给我们的孩子足够的空间经历失败可能是我们可以帮助他们取得成功最好的方法之一。故用failure(s).

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John Grogan said that at first he considered that probably his dog could be trained to be a show champion. But he soon realized that was impossible. Marley didn’t like to learn skills that didn’t belong to dogs, and he was driven out of the dog training school for causing troubles for other dogs. He didn’t want to hide his emotions. He would show his anger and tiredness if he felt them.

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【1】The underlined word “this” in the second paragraph refers to the fact that ____.

A. not all dogs won the honor of the most popular breed

B. not all Labs are gentle, clever and friendly

C. Marley caused the Grogans a few troubles

D. Marley provided many stories for the newspaper articles

【2】We can infer when John Grogan wrote the book “Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog.”, he was very ____.

A. angry B. disappointed

C. happy D. frightened

【3】What made Marley attack the furniture when he was left alone in the house during a thunderstorm?

A. The fear of hearing loud noises.

B. The anger of being left alone.

C. The unhappiness of having no toys.

D. The disappointment of getting nothing to eat.

【4】Marley was driven out of the dog training school because he ____.

A. didn’t like to learn skills that didn’t belong to dogs

B. made it difficult for other dogs to get trained

C. liked to attack the trainers when getting angry

D. didn’t know how to hide his emotions

【5】From the passage we can know ____.

A. every dog in America attends the dog training school

B. a Lassie should be a troublesome dog just like Marley

C. Marley often losthis temper and bit other dogs

D. Marley led a life full of love in the Grogans’

【题目】根据短文内容,从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中两项为多余选项。

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B. Let go of things you don’t control.

C. Do your most annoying task first in the morning.

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E. Seize every opportunity to achieve your goal.

F. Don’t worry about what others are thinking.

G. Listen to the music, and choose a book to read.

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【1__________________________________________.

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【2】__________________________________________.

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【3】_________________________________________.

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【4】_________________________________________.

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【5】________________________________________.

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