A young father was visiting an old neighbor．They were standing in the old man's garden，talking about children. The young man said，“How strict should parents be with their children？”

  The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one． “Please untie（解开）that string，” he said．The young man untied it，and the young tree bent over to one side．“Now tie it again， please，” said the old man，“but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again．”

  The young man did so．Then the old man said，“There，it is the same with children．You must be strict with them，but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on．If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again．But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away．”

The story is about ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．

  A． how to take care of young trees   

B． how strict parents should be with their children

  C． how the young father should get on with his old neighbor

  D． how to tie and untie the string

The young man untied the string ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．

  A． in order to throw it away          

B． so that both of the trees would grow straight

  C． only to find that the thinner one bent over to one side

  D． in order to let the old man teach him

When can the string be taken away？＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．

  A． When the old man has left                

B． After you have untied it

  C． When the young man has untied it next time

  D． When the young tree grows strong enough

At last the old man told the young man ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ ．

  A． that he should be strict with his children if they could not yet stand alone

  B． that he should always be strict with his children    

C． that he should be hard on them

  D． that he should tie his children until they are ready to stand alone

   阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One Sunday, Cody decided to go sailing in his boat with his friends Dane, but Dane happened to be away. Dane’s brother Brett wanted to go instead he did not know anything about sailing. Cody and they set out to sea.

Soon they themselves in a thick fog(雾). Cody was sure they would be hit by a big ship. Luckily he saw a large buoy（浮标）the fog and decided to tie the boat to it for  . As he was getting onto the buoy, however, he dropped the wet rope. The boat moved away in the fog carrying Brett who did not know   to use the radio. He drifted（漂流） about and was not seen until twelve hours later.

Cody the night on the buoy. In the early morning he fell asleep and was having a bad when a shout woke him up. A ship, called Good Hope, came up and he climbed onto it and thanked the captain. The captain told him that Brett had been picked up by ship and the ship’s captain had sent out a  .

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。

A.so             B.because          C.though           D.but

A.agreed        B.liked         C.disagreed         D.allowed

A.enjoyed        B.found       C.played            D.helped

A.from          B.across           C.through           D.by

A.trouble        B.help            C.safety            D.time

A.what          B.where         C.when             D.how

A.spent         B.took            C.wasted            D.paid

A.meal         B.lesson           C.ride             D.dream

A.other         B.another          C.the other         D.others

A.note         B.message        C.letter            D.news

A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man's garden，and talking about children. The young man said，“How strict should parents be with their children？”
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one．“Please untie（解开）that string，” he said．The young man untied it，and the young tree bent（弯）over to one side． “Now tie it again，please，” said the old man，“but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again．”
The young man did so．Then the old man said，“There，it is the same with children．You must be strict with them，but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on． If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again．But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away．”
【小题1】The story is about ______.

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

［1］It’s a fine line parents walk as they try to guide their kids into adulthood.You want to protect but not treat too kindly,advise but not control and let them live their own lives—with some input,of course.

［2］When your child asks for help or advice，give only what was asked for.If your Child asks you to tie a particular hard-to-tie knot（绳结）for a project she is working on，just tie the knot.Don’t start helping with the rest of the project or making suggestions on how to do it.She wants to do it herself,in her own way.Befor                 which your child has not askd for,count to ten.Perhaps in those seconds you’ll decide that the advice would do no good，or isn’t really that important，and you’ll drop it.If the advice still seems important,you will give it，but the pause may lead you to give it in a more thoughtful way.

［3］Remember that your child is not you and is not a reflection of you.We mak a serious mistake if we try to shape our children into copies of ourselves,or if we think of them as extensions or reflections of ourselves.We need to help them to be them,not try to turn them into us or into something that we think will make us look good.

［4］Our primary responsibility to our children is not that of telling them moment-to-moment or day-to-day how to behave but providing them with a healthy environment in which to develop.For example,one of the best ways you can help your kids is to work with your community to create safe-enough outdoor places to play in your neighborhood.

1.What’s the best title of this text？ （no more than 10 words）

2.Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one？

It’s not your duty to help her finish the whole thing or give her advice on the way of doing it.

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words.（no more than 5  words）

4.Make a list of three mistakes that we parents usually make in guiding the kids.（no more than 24 words）

（1）                                                                         

（2）                                                                         

（3）                                                                          

5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.

A young father was visiting an old neighbor．They were standing in the old man's garden，talking about children. The young man said，“How strict should parents be with their children？”
The old man pointed to a string（绳子）between a big strong tree and a thin young one． “Please untie（解开）that string，” he said．The young man untied it，and the young tree bent over to one side．“Now tie it again， please，” said the old man，“but first pull the string tight so that the young tree is straight again．”
The young man did so．Then the old man said，“There，it is the same with children．You must be strict with them，but sometimes you must untie the string to know how they are getting on．If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again．But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away．”
【小题1】The story is about ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿．