16．He aattempted to make a lot of money and painted lots of masterpieces in the style of VanGogh．——青夏教育精英家教网—

16．He aattempted（努力） to make a lot of money and painted lots of masterpieces in the style of VanGogh．

15．Reading for pleasure is declining among primary-age pupils，and increasing numbers of"time poor"parents are dropping the practice of sharing bedtime stories with their children once they start school．
Research presented to a conference last week found that，while parents read to preschoolers，this later tails off，and by the final year of primary school only around 2%  read to their children every day．Once children can read skillfully，parents tend to step back，and this usually happens at the age of seven or eight．The report also found that 820-/o of teachers blame the government's"target-．driven"education policies for the fact that fewer children are reading for pleasure．
They believe that a straitjacket （束缚） of strictly organized schooling is containing young people's ability to read more widely．Two-thirds of teachers surveyed said they lacked time in the school day to introduce a variety of books and that this was a"major obstacle to being able to develop a level of reading"．Teachers also cited as main factors the reduction in the number of  school librarians，who could put interesting books before children，and the rise in"screen time"，switching children from reading to playing games．
The majority of teachers said the curriculum's  （课程）"emphasis on reading as a skill to be  mastered"was increasing the pressure．This was compounded by parents who saw reading just as a  focus of learning，a skill critical to career advancement in a competitive world．
Reading habits and the digital revolution in publishing were key topics of debate at the  conference．The theme of the lack of British culture was supported by children's writer Frank Cottrell   Boyce，who wrote the scripts（手稿） for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012Olympics．
"We discovered the whole nation had forgotten that  they did  the industrial  revolution，"he said．
"Books are so central  to it；  books can  be written  by anyone．A  lot of the pleasure of a  book  is   listening to somebody read it to you．"
"We found a real love of reading al110ng teachers，and a strong desire，to encourage more  children to read for pleasure，"said Rob Cheney，"However，the teachers also had an overpowering sense of frustration with their situation．""Touch-screen phone and tablets （平板电脑）are naturally attractive to children，"the survey Said，and predicted a period of awkwardness as everyone else adapts．By 2018，children's television will  have adopted  the presence of this second screen，and it"will be strange not to have children，at home drawing along on tablets and then having these appearing live in the show"．
The hope is"that user-friendly screens could，if material is adapted and downloaded easily，present an opportunity for more ambitious publishing-for example，books children can either read or choose to have read to them； or digital books with moving pictures instead of photos to clarify factual and scientific points．Parental controls that are easy to use would be key，the conference was told，such as"a warning for when devices use the Wi-Fi，especially after bedtimes"，to allow parents to shut off access to children in the home．

50．What leads to parents'dropping the practice of sharing bedtime stories with their children？B
A．Children have less time to spend with their parents after they start school．
B．Parents chink it unnecessary to do so when children can read themselves．
C．The government's education policies have placed much burden on children．
D．Children don't like parents reading stories to them when they are seven or eight．
51．Which of the following is not teachers'point of view？D
A．Children are prevented from reading widely enough in school．
B．Schools pay attention to reading skills instead of reading for fun．
C．Playing video games reduces children's time spent on reading．
D．School libraries can't provide good books for lack of money．
52．The word"compounded"（ Paragraph 4）most probably meansA．
A．worsened      B．preserved       C．reduced       D．improved
53．It can be inferred from the article thatB．
A．children don't like reading because books are not attractive
B．British people enjoyed reading books very much in the past
C．teachers forbid their students co read more books for fun
D．children should enjoy more freedom to use the Wi-Fi at home
54．What is the passage mainly about？C
A．Parents should set a limit to their children's using electric devices at hoI11e．
B．Children are encouraged to read  as l11any interesting books as they can．
C．Children miss out on pleasures of reading a good book in modern life．
D．Experts appeals to the government to reduce the heavy burden on children．

14．巧合的是，这一时期油画颜料也得到了发展，使画的颜色看上去更丰富、更深沉．
Bycoincidence，oil paints were alsodeveloped at this time，which made the colors used in paintings look richer and deeper．

13．After a whole year's training，he isabsolutely（绝对）fit for driving a car．

12．He has fewpossessions（财产）though he has been a leader for ten years．

11．The exercises in this chapter can guide you，but it will be up to you to do theactual（实际的） work．

10．The manager was stronglyopposed（反对） to the pay cuts．

9．There is no doubt that the first thingthat should be done is to getfamiliarwith（熟悉） the new environment when we get to a new place．

8．Only when you can find peace in your heartcanyou （你才能） keep good relationships with others．

7．The girl，whose parents work abroad，hasgonethrough （经历） years of hardship by herself．

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