If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius（天才）, they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect. and will fall. Unrealistic（不现实）expectations of the parents can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible（明智）way, the child may succeed in doing very well—especially if the parents are very supportive（支持的）to their children.
Michael Li is very lucky. He likes music and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and let him attend piano and violin lessons. Although Michael's mother knows very little about music, his father is a good musician. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard（水平）for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age I used to win every competition I enter.” Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always quiet and unhappy.
【小题1】The main idea of the passage is _________.

请在II 栏中找出与I 栏格句子相对应的答语

I                                               II

1.What do you think of your English teacher ?   A  That sounds good.

2.How was your weekend?                         B  They’re 10 RMB.

3.Can I help you ?                              C  He is a policeman.

4.What does your father do ?                   D  She is nice and I like her.

5.Why do you like koalas?                      E  Yes, there is.

6.Thank you very much.                          F  A medium bowl.

7.Is there a post office near here?             G  It was great!

8.How much are the dumplings?                  H  Because they are cute.

9.What size bowl of noodles would he like?      I  You’re welcome.

10.Let’s go to the zoo!                       J  I’d like some dumplings, please.

从方框中选择最佳选项补全对话，其中有两项多余

A:    1   ?

B:  It was great.  I enjoyed it.

A:    2   ?

B: My family went to the Great Wall.  We visited my uncle in Beijing.

A:    3   ?

B: No,  I stayed at home and studied for the math exam, 

4    .  Did you go?

A:  Yes,  I did.  I saw the Rush Hour last night.

B:    5   ?

A: It was really exciting.

Father came to Jack's bed and sat down beside him. "How was your day?" asked Father. "It wasn't a very    day for me," Jack answered. “I had a   with Tom. The teacher   a note home about me, and I talked back to Mother." "Yes, part of the day was bad," Father said. "But tell me     the best thing that happened today." Jack thought for a minute, and then smiled. "After school l went     alone," he said. “I didn't think I would have any luck. But I did. I   a fish!" "I'm glad you had a good time," Jack's father said. "Think about it till you go to  . Now I'm going to turn off the light. Have happy dreams."
Every night, Jack   the same question: "What was the best thing that happened to you today?" Every night, Jack thinks about the best part of his day. This gives him many happy dreams.
Sometimes he       think hard to find the best thing. Sometimes it is a very small thing .But he    finds one good thing to think about. Jack's father taught him to end his days in a wonderful way.

(Miss Yu is giving a class. Suddenly some bottles drop out of a student’s desk.)

T: What’s the noise there?.

S: Sorry, Miss Yu. 1                                   

T: (Walking over to take a look) Oh, so many bottles.

S: I’m collecting bottles.

T:2.                                  

S: Because I want to make toys out of them.

T:3                           If so, why not put a big paper box at the back of our classroom? Then your classmate can help collect the bottles.

S: Thanks for your advice.

T:4                            

S: Yes, quite a few.

T:5.                                           

S: Of course, I’ll bring a few here tomorrow.

T: Perfect!

B) 根据下面对话中的情境，在每个空白处填入一个适当的语句，使对话恢复完整。

A: Hi, Bob! How was your last weekend?

B:6.                                        I really had a good time.

A:7.                                            

B: I played basketball.

A:8                                   

B: Twice a week. I like it very much. How did you spend your last weekend?

A: 9.                                    

B: Sounds interesting. Do you often go to the mountains?

A: Yes. Once a week. 10                                                    

B: I’d love to. But I’m afraid I can’t go with you this weekend. Maybe next week is OK.