When raising children, the small things make big differences in development . Because children are people, not machines, different children need different things, and buying band name clothing and having the perfect haircut or the biggest collection of expensive toys are not the kind of attention that they need. These kinds of things will make children feel rejected and teach them that material things and appearance are more important than love.

     Children need the attention from their parents. The areas of their lives and the abilities that get the most attention will develop the most. If the majority of parental attention is given to the way they stand or to finishing tasks, these areas will become more developed. When parents focus on finding faults, children will eventually take in all of that criticism. These methods often lead to unmotivated children with low self-esteem（尊重）.

     Children need attention to be given to the details of their lives. They need encouragement from their parents. Statements like, “It makes me happy when you play nicely with your brother” will make a child feel good . Identify the specific talent, how it is used, and your reaction to it. Train the young minds to search for their talents with the same kind of attention to the details that may have previously been devoted to fault-finding. It also helps to identify personal qualities to praise rather than external ones based on appearance.

     Focusing on the details when children do good things is important. They need to know exactly what they did was good and how it made you feel .Parents often spend too much time looking for faults. When parents focus on good things, it results in motivated children with high self-esteem. If the devil is in the details ,perhaps the saints(圣人) are also.

67．What does the passage mainly talk about?

   A. Parents should pay attention to the small things about their kids.

   B. Parents should treat children as people, not machines.

   C. Parents should find faults with children.

   D. Fix your eyes on children’s advantages.

68. Why is fault-finding bad for children?

   A. Because fault-finding will teach children material things are more important.

   B. Because children may imitate their parents.

   C. It will reduce their self-esteem and motivation.

   D. Because fault-finding methods can apply to their lives.

69. By saying “If the devil is in the details, perhaps the saints are also”, the author means_____.

   A. if the parents can find bad things about their children they can probably find good things too

   B. focusing on details has nothing to do with children’s growing up

   C. details of children are like those of devils and saints.

   D. details are no longer details when there are saints

70. Which of the following is the author’s opinion?

   A. Children at the same age are all the same in many aspects.

   B. Parents should focus on those unmotivated children with low self-esteem.

   C. Parents should try their best to correct their children’ faults.

   D. Parents should pay more attention to children’s good deeds.

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　　Have you ever wondered why we buy more things than we need when we go shopping? Even if we're not in the mood for shopping it __1__ that many of us waste money on unwanted purchase（所购物）. However, consumers __2__ to admit this and in general see themselves as being __3__ enough not to be influenced by advertising, retailers'（零售商) __4__ or even their own mood when shopping.

　　__5__ surveys（调查）which have been carried out, there's a strong __6__ between people's psychology（心理）and their purchases. In other words, if consumers feel __7__, they buy more. It seems retailers have realized this, so they play __8__ to create a more pleasant atmosphere. Apart from __9__, visual（视觉的）tricks are used as well. __10__ goods are placed on shelves where they can easily be __11__ by adults, while children's goods are displayed on __12__ shelves. Other ways of making people buy without __13__ that they are being influenced is the use of vivid __14__ to make products stand out or the smell of baking bread or fresh coffee flowing __15__ the store, which may attract the shoppers' appetite（食欲）.

　　Therefore, it isn't. __16__ to go shopping when you are hungry since you are more likely to __17__ products you don't really need in addition, don't carry __18__ money when out shopping because the more you have the more you __19__.

　　So are you a smart shopper or one that gets tricked into buying without realizing it? __20__ next time you go shopping!

　　In 1993, New York State ordered stores to pay money for those who returned beverage（饮料）containers. Within a year, consumers (people who buy goods) had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as raw materials for new products, but because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills（垃圾填埋场）. The problem was not limited to New York. Unfortunately, there were too few uses for secondhand plastic.

　　Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying throwaway plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence posts, paint brushes, etc.

　　As, the New York experience shows, recycling includes more than simply separating valuable materials from the rest of the rubbish. A thrown-away thing remains a thrown-away thing until somebody figures out how to give it a second life--and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life value. Without enough markets to take in materials collected for recycling, throw always actually reduce prices for used materials.

　　Making landfill space become smaller and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste-management choice. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal(action of getting rid of sth. ), which, in parts of New York, amounts to savings of more than $100 per ton. Recycling also forces the local economy to develop quickly by providing jobs and reduces the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined（纯净的）material.

(1) The returned plastic bottles in New York used to ________.

[　　]

A．be turned into raw materials

B．be separated from other rubbish

C．have a second-life value

D．end up somewhere underground

(2) The key problem in dealing with returned plastic beverage containers is ________.

[　　]

A．how to reduce their recycling costs

B．to sell them at a high price

C．how to turn them into useful things

D．to lower the prices for used materials

(3) Recycling has become the first choice for the disposal of rubbish because ________.

[　　]

A．recycling causes little pollution

B．other methods are more expensive

C．recycling has great interest for the jobless

D．local governments find it easy to manage

(4) It can be concluded from the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．recycling is to be attractive both economically and environmentally（环境）

B．local governments in the U. S. can expect to earn a lot from recycling

C．rubbish is a hidden cure for the shortage of raw materials

D．landfills will still be widely used for waste disposal

　　In 1993, New York State ordered stores to pay money for those who returned beverage（饮料）containers. Within a year, consumers (people who buy goods) had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as raw materials for new products, but because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills（垃圾填埋场）. The problem was not limited to New York. Unfortunately, there were too few uses for secondhand plastic.

　　Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying throwaway plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence posts, paint brushes, etc.

　　As, the New York experience shows, recycling includes more than simply separating valuable materials from the rest of the rubbish. A thrown-away thing remains a thrown-away thing until somebody figures out how to give it a second life--and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life value. Without enough markets to take in materials collected for recycling, throw always actually reduce prices for used materials.

　　Making landfill space become smaller and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste-management choice. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal(action of getting rid of sth. ), which, in parts of New York, amounts to savings of more than $100 per ton. Recycling also forces the local economy to develop quickly by providing jobs and reduces the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined（纯净的）material.

(1) The returned plastic bottles in New York used to ________.

[　　]

A．be turned into raw materials

B．be separated from other rubbish

C．have a second-life value

D．end up somewhere underground

(2) The key problem in dealing with returned plastic beverage containers is ________.

[　　]

A．how to reduce their recycling costs

B．to sell them at a high price

C．how to turn them into useful things

D．to lower the prices for used materials

(3) Recycling has become the first choice for the disposal of rubbish because ________.

[　　]

A．recycling causes little pollution

B．other methods are more expensive

C．recycling has great interest for the jobless

D．local governments find it easy to manage

(4) It can be concluded from the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．recycling is to be attractive both economically and environmentally（环境）

B．local governments in the U. S. can expect to earn a lot from recycling

C．rubbish is a hidden cure for the shortage of raw materials

D．landfills will still be widely used for waste disposal