题目内容
If your child constantly moves when he's doing math homework or insists on listening to music while studying, take heart. Although it may seem like he’s trying to drive you crazy, he’s probably just using the strategies that help him learn.
“I like to study at a desk in silence, and my daughter can’t think that way. She likes to bounce around on a ball with music in the background,” says author Maureen McKay, whose website, Optimistic Outcomes, provides tips based on a child’s learning style for parents. “Sometimes kids are just doing what works for them.”
Three basic learning styles are auditory, kinesthetic(肌肉运动知觉的), and visual ones. Auditory learners prefer listening to explanations to reading them and may like to study by reciting information aloud. This type of learner may want to have background music while studying, or they may be distracted by noises and need a quiet environment to study. Kinesthetic learners learn by doing and touching something. They may have trouble sitting still while studying, and they are better able to understand information by writing it down or doing hands-on activities. Visual learners process new information by reading, looking at graphics, or watching a demonstration. Children with this learning style can grasp information presented in a chart or graph, but they may grow impatient listening to an explanation.
Most people use a combination of styles but have a clear preference for one. Understanding your child’s learning style can reduce homework frustrations and make it easier for families to communicate, says McKay. She observed different learning styles while working as a teacher’s assistant, and she started researching strategies for working in different learning styles when her daughter began having trouble in elementary school.
Because her daughter had difficulty listening in class, McKay looked for exercises to strengthen listening skills. Her daughter is now doing well in middle school, and she owes her success to the fact that her teachers and parents came to understand her unique style of learning.
1.What does the underlined part “take heart” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. Take care. B. Work hard.
C. Don't worry. D. Don't mention it.
2.It's implied in the passage that McKay's daughter studies in .
A. both auditory and kinesthetic styles
B. a kinesthetic style
C. both visual and auditor’s styles
D. a visual style
3.According to the passage, McKay would agree that .
A. parents should explore their children's learning styles.
B. teachers should reduce their students’ homework
C. students always enjoy trying different learning styles
D. schools are giving up their traditional teaching methods
4.In the case of her daughter, McKay .
A. helps a lot with her homework
B. teaches her in person at school
C. lets her read many books
D. values her personal learning style
One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me for the rest of the night. I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large apartment, I became how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on family and work. difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you make the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a attitude.
Back home, I myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be . I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable .
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the has really taught me. Sacrifices in the end. The separation between us has proved to be for me.
1.A. attract B. praise C. surprise D. promote
2.A. little B. much C. well D. wrong
3.A. refuse B. leave C. contact D. forgive
4.A. wondering B. sleeping C. explaining D. regretting
5.A. poor B. timely C. final D. tough
6.A. nervously B. politely C. eagerly D. curiously
7.A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. Influence
8.A. empty B. expensive C. comfortable D. modern
9.A. interested in B. doubtful about C. aware of D. satisfied with
10.A. when B. where C. which D. that
11.A. abandoning B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing
12.A. Faced with B. Supplied with C. Depending on D. Insisting on
13.A. different B. friendly C. positive D. general
14.A. criticized B. informed C. warned D. reminded
15.A. offered B. managed C. attempted D. expected
16.A. grateful B. independent C. energetic D. practical
17.A. examples B. limits C. rules D. goals
18.A. question B. experience C. history D. occasion
19.A. run out B. come back C. pay off D. turn up
20.A. blessing B. gathering C. failure D. pleasure
A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors，most of which have an effect on one another．Wealth depends to a very degree upon a country's natural resources，such as coal，gold，and other minerals，water supply and so on．Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals，and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate； other regions possess perhaps only one of these things，and some regions possess none of them．The USA is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her borders，her soil is fertile，and her climate is of variety．The Sahara Desert，on the other hand，is one of the least wealthy．
Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use．Sound and stable political conditions，and freedom from foreign invasion （侵略），enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily，and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered．
Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country's people．Old countries that have，through many centuries，trained up numerous skilled craftsmen and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled．
Wealth also produces wealth．As a country becomes wealthier，its people have a large margin （富余） for saving，and can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to turn out more goods in their working day．
| Title | People's （76）livingstandard |
| Meaning | The average share of the goods and services for people （77）producedby the country． |
| Some factors that （78）affect/influencethe standard of living of any country | ▲Wealth depends （79）mainly/mostly/largelyupon a country's natural resources such as coal，gold，other minerals，water supply and a fertile soil and a favorable climate ▲Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn （80）naturalresources to use． ▲The （81technicalefficiency of a country's people is another important factor |
| The comparison between the USA and the Sahara Desert | ▲The USA has vast natural resources，her soil is fertile，and it has （82variousclimate ▲The Sahara Desert，on the other hand，is one of the （83）poorest |
| The （84）effect（s） of wealth | ▲Wealth also produces wealth． ▲Wealthy people can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to （85）turnout more goods in their working day． |