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【题目】【改编】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 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 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】What can we know from the first paragraph?

A. Life is not easy for everyone.

B. Children often expected more.

C. Being a happy child is not easy.

D. People often demand more of children.

【2】What is the meaning of the underlined word “armor”?

A. The ability to control oneself.

B. The ability to deal with pressure.

C. The ability to change the situation.

D. The ability to tell right from wrong.

【3】From the third paragraph we can know likeable children _______.

A. are more optimistic and confident

B. are easy to turn to others for help

C. can easily get support from other people

D. often choose not to rely on others

【4】What did Michael Delucchi find in the studies?

A. Likeable teachers may have a good effect on students.

B. Likeable teachers teach much better.

C. Teachers like likeable students better.

D. Likeable teachers have more flexible teaching methods.

【5】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Children are more likeable than adults.

B. People with likeability often perform better in life.

C. Likeable people have a happy childhood.[.来

D. People should be more likeable.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【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。

【小题1】D推理判断题。根据文章首段One period of our lives when better results are demanded of us is, strangely enough, 可知在儿童时期人们对孩子期望的东西很多，选D。

【小题2】B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“armor”是指应对生活压力的能力，故选B。

【小题3】C细节理解题。根据本段中children who are likeable and optimistic are able to gain support from others．可知可爱的孩子容易得到别人的帮助，故选C。

【小题4】A推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“Students who perceive a teacher as likeable, in contrast to 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．”可知如果学生认为老师可爱那么他们就会对老师的讲课注意力更加集中，对老师布置的任务也会努力完成，学生的是收获也多，由此判断选A。

【小题5】B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，故选B。