Question

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 at home and so on． It’s not easy．

The good news is that being likeable can help a child perform better． Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including the ability to cope（对付） 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, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress; a child who has adequate emotional armor can continue down the path to success． Much research shows that resilience has enabled children to succeed in school, avoid drug abuse, and develop a healthy self-awareness．

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（回馈圈）． 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（察觉） 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．

1.The writer implies in the first paragraph that __________．

A． children are expected much than we usually think         

B． life is not easy for every one of us

C． better education results in smarter children      

D． to be a likable child is almost impossible

2.According to Dr． Leonard, likeable children __________．

A． can cope more easily with stress independently

B． know how to avoid trouble and unpleasant events

C． are always optimistic and ready to help those in need

D． can achieve more and understand themselves better

3.The term “emotional armor” in paragraph 3 means __________．

A． mental support from friends       B． mental support from adults

C． failures in life               D． ability to handle life stress

4.The main purpose of the studies done by Michael Delucchi is to find __________．

A． if a likeable teacher has a positive personality

B． if a likeable teacher draws more attention

C． how a teacher’s likeability gains popularity

D． how a likeable teacher’s teaching style is formed

5.The passage aims at proving that __________．

A． likeable people do better in life generally             

B． likeable people do better in their childhood

C． social creatures enjoy more advantages               

D． likeable people give better advice

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：科学证明活泼讨人喜欢的孩子在人生中获得成功的机率会更大。在本文中作者对此进行了详细的解释和证明，比如活泼乐观的孩子容易得到别人的支持，他们也更加善于调整自己的状况来应对压力，由此可知培养孩子开朗乐观的品质是非常重要的。

1.A推理判断题。在文章首段One period of our lives when better results are demanded of us is, strangely enough, childhood中作者用strangely enough表明了在儿童时期孩子们的实际情况不是人们认为的那样，他们期望的东西要比人们想象的多，所以答案选A。

2.D细节理解题 。根据文章第二、三段Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including the ability to cope（对付） more easily with stresses of growing up可以判断开朗、乐观、讨人喜欢的孩子们会在成长过程中有更多的收获，答案选D。

3.D词义猜测题。根据前面的内容This leads to focus and resilience, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress可知乐观、讨人喜欢的孩子具有处理好压力的能力，而具有应对生活中压力的能力是成功的关键，由此判断“emotional armor”是指应对生活压力的能力，故D选项正确。

4.B细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段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．可知B选项正确。

5.A主旨大意题。文章开头用儿童时期的要求引出话题The good news is that being likeable can help a child perform better．然后再通过研究人员的研究结果来证明乐观、活泼的孩子能更好地处理生活中的一些状况，由此判断作者的写作意图是想证明活泼乐观的人在生活中更能做到游刃有余，故答案选A。

考点：考查社会生活类短文阅读。