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　My friend John is a university student. Last year he went to Japan and stayed for two months. I was surprised that John was able to have such a long holiday in Japan because he was not rich enough.

　“How did you get so much money, John?”I asked. “I thought you could stay in Japan for at most（最多）two weeks.”“It was easy,”John answered. “I got a job in Japan.”“A job? What did you do?”“I gave English lessons to a shop-owner. We became good friends.”“But you're not a teacher!”“Mr Tanaka, the shop-owner, knew I was not a teacher, but he said he had a lot of American customers, so he wanted to learn English. I spent three hours a day talking to him. In return, he gave me a room, three meals a day and quite a lot of pocket money.”“Did he learn much English?”

　“I don't know,” John said, “but I learnt a lot of Japanese!”

1．The writer was surprised that John had a long holiday. Because he knew ________.

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A． John was rich

B． John was his good friend

C． John didn't have enough money

D． Tanaka helped John learn Japanese

2． John said, "It was easy." He means it was easy 　　　  .

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A． to go to Japan

B． to get a job in Japan

C． to give English lessons

D． to get enough money to stay in Japan

3． Why did Mr Tanaka want to learn English? Because _________.

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A． he liked English

B． he was a student of English

C． he was a friend of John's

D． many Americans came to his shop

4． What is most probably true? Mr Tanaka ________ English.　

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A． did not learn much

B． learnt much

C． gave up learning

D． was no longer

5．In return, he gave me...pocket money. What's the meaning of `in return'?

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A． 回来的时候

B． 再来的时候

C． 作为回报

D．作为友好的表示

Children are natural scientists. They are interested in looking into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of expensive lab tools. You only have to share your children’s curiosity(好奇).

Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-old students to talk about working as a scientist. The children asked me questions about schooling and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another quietly. Finally I said, “Now that we’ve finished, do you have questions of your own about science?”

After a long pause, a boy put up his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper(蚂蚱) eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?” This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.

Secondly, give them time to think. Studies have shown that, after asking a question, adults usually wait only one second or less for an answer, do not leave time for children to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children can give more logical(合逻辑的), complete and creative answers.

Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child telling his idea in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right. ” or “Very good. ”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can mean that discussion is over. Instead, you can say “That’s interesting. ” or “I’d never thought of it that way before. ” or come up with more questions or ideas.

Never push a child to “Think”. Children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target(目标)for your disagreement.

Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life feeling of nature is far more exciting than any lesson children learn from a book. Let children look at their fingertips(指尖) through a magnifying lens(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner.

(   )53. When children are in a science discussion, adults should ________.

A. speak highly of the children.

B. praise the children immediately

C. end up their discussion with “That’s interesting”

D. leave time for them to come up with better ideas

(   )54. What does “this” refer to in the 6th paragraph?

A. Pushing children to think.

B. Finding the answer you want.

C. Talking about science.

D. Telling children to discuss.

(   )55. These are the ways for adults to share children’s curiosity EXCEPT ________.

A. telling them encouraging stories instead of boring facts  

B. offering them chances to see things by themselves

C. being patient when the children answer questions     

D. persuading them to ask the questions of their own