You are from a middle-class family, and live in a normal-size home without any showy possessions, but you are surrounded by surprising consumption (消费). This contrast is beginning to bother your 6-year-old son. You are worried that he will want to live as they do, and wonder if you should move.

Sometimes big pocket money, joyful birthday parties, special playrooms and super-big houses tell you that your neighbors probably have more money than you do, and that they’re not as careful as you are with money, but you may find that they cook and dig in the garden with their children just as often as you do, talk with them as freely and read to them every night.

Or you may find that some of these parents stay in one wing of their big house while their child plays by himself, way off in a wing of his own. In that unfortunate case, he is basically growing up alone without being looked after properly, but this can happen to a child who lives in a normal-size horse, too, if he has a TV, a computer and a few video games in his room. Even the most caring parent doesn’t walk in and out of it to see what show her child is watching, what Internet site he has found and if he’s still playing that video game.

Too much uncontrolled screen time may lead to a certain loss of innocence (天真), but mostly this child will lose the sense of unity and satisfaction that comes from being in a family.

A neighborhood should also provide you with a sense of unity and satisfaction, and if it doesn’t, you might decide to move. Don’t judge your neighborhood too harshly (严厉地), though. There are some things that are right with almost any neighborhood and some things that are wrong with the best of them — like those super-big houses. The wealth of their owners — and the way they throw money around — may make your son feel sorry for himself, unless you help him understand that you and his dad save some of the money, give some to people who don’t have enough and use the rest to pay for whatever the family needs.

Children want — should be provided with — explanations when their patents don’t give them what they want .

1.What is the problem with the worried parent in the text?

A． Her house isn’t as big as her rich neighbors’.

B． Her son is left alone without anyone in charge.

C． She cannot provide her son with a special playroom.

D． She worries about the effect of her neighbors on her son.

2.In paragraphs 2 and 3, the author seems to agree that parents should      .

A． spend more time with their children.

B． give their children more freedom.

C． work hard to lead a richer life.

D． set an example for their children to follow

3.By saying “throw money around” (paragraph 5), the author means that rich people      .

A．spend money carelessly              B．save money for their children

C．help the poor people willingly         D．leave money all round the house

4.What is the main idea the author aims to express in the text?

A． Children are unfortunate to have poor parents.

B． Children should enjoy their comfortable life.

C．Children need proper guidance from their parents.

D．Children feel ashamed of themselves in a rich neighborhood.

You are from a middle- class family, and live in a normal-size home without any showy possessions, but you are surrounded by surprising consumption（消费）．This contrast is beginning to bother your 6-year-old son．You are worried that he will want to live as they do, and wonder if you should move．

Sometimes big pocket money, joyful birthday parties, special playrooms and super-big houses tell you that your neighbors probably have more money than you do, and that they’re not as careful as you are with money, but you may find that they cook and dig in the garden with their children just as often as you do, talk with them as freely and read to them every night．

Or you may find that some of these parents stay in one wing of their big house while their child plays by himself, way off in a wing of his own．In that unfortunate case, he is basically growing up alone without being looked after properly, but this can happen to a child who lives in a normal-size house, too, if he has a TV, a computer and a few video games in his room．Even the most caring parent doesn’t walk in and out of it to see what show her child is watching, what Internet site he has found and if he’s still playing that video game．

Too much uncontrolled screen time may lead to a certain loss of innocence（天真）,but mostly this child will lose the sense of unity and satisfaction, and if it doesn’t , you might decide to move．Don’t judge your neighborhood too harshly（严厉地），though．There are some things that are right with almost any neighborhood and some things that are wrong with the best of them—like those super-big houses．The wealth of their owners—and the way they throw money around—may make your son feel sorry for himself, unless you help him understand that you and his dad save some of the money, give some to people who don’t have enough and use the rest to pay for whatever the family needs．

Children want—should be provided with—explanations when their parents don’t give them what they want．

1．What is the problem with the worried parent in the text?

A．Her house isn’t as big as her rich neighbors’

B．Her son is left alone without anyone in charge．

C．She cannot provide her son with a special playroom．

D．She worries about the effect of her neighbors on her son．

2．In Paragraphs 2and 3, the author seems to agree that parents should____．

A．spend more time with their children

B．give their children more freedom

C．work hard to lead a richer life

D．set an example for their children to follow

3． By saying “throw money around”（Paragraph 4）,the author means that rich people___．

A．spend money carelessly  

B．save money for their children

C．help the poor people willingly

D．leave money all round the house

4．What is the main idea the author aims to express in the text?

A．Children are unfortunate to have poor parents．

B．Children should enjoy their comfortable life．

C．Children need proper guidance from their parents．

D．Children feel ashamed of themselves in a rich neighborhood．

阅读理解

　　There are a great many professions on specialization(专门化). You find these professions in engineering, in production and in teaching. But there is an increasing demand for people who are able to take in a great area, people who perhaps do not know too much about any one field. There is, in other words, a demand for people who are able to see the forest rather than the trees, and be able to make a general judgment. We can call these people “generalists”(通才). And these “generalists” are particularly needed for positions in government, where it is their job to see that other people do the work, where they have to plan for other people, to organize other people's work, to begin it and judge it.

　　The specialist understands one field：his concern is with technique and tools. He is a “trained” man. The generalist and especially the administrator(管理者)－deals with people：his concern is with leadership, with planning, and with direction giving. He is an “educated” man. Very rarely is a specialist able to be an administrator. It is your work to find out, during your training period, into which of the two kinds of jobs you fit.

　　Your first job may turn out to be the right job for you. Certainly you should not change jobs constantly. At the same time you must not look upon the first job as the final job：it is a training job, an opportunity to understand yourself and your fitness for being a worker.

1．There is an increasing demand for ________.

[　　]

2．The specialist is ________.

[　　]

A．a man who can see the forest rather than the trees

B．a man who has been trained in more than one field

C．a man who is an expert in his field

D．a man whose job is to train other people

3．The generalist is ________.

[　　]

A．a man who is good at organizing other people' s work

B．a man who is an “educated” specialist

C．a man who is very strong in society

D．a “trained” man who is more than an administrator

4．During your training period, it is important ________.

[　　]

A．to choose a job that is very easy to be done

B．to decide whether you are fit to be a specialist or a generalist

C．to find an organization which fits you

D．to try to be a generalist

5．A man's first job ________.

[　　]

A．is an opportunity to fit himself for his first job

B．is never the right job for you

C．should not be changed

D．should not be regarded as his final job

He says the problem with teachers is, “What will a kid learn from someone who chose to become a teacher?” He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what they say about teachers: Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.
I decide to bite my tongue instead of biting his and stop myself from reminding the other dinner guests that it’s also true what they say about lawyers－that they make money from the misfortune of others.
“I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor,” he says to me.” Be honest. What do you make?”
I wish he hadn’t asked me to be honest, because now I have to teach him a lesson.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I can make a C+feel like a great achievement and an A-feel like a failure.
How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best?
I make parents tremble in fear when I call them:
I hope I haven’t called at a bad time.
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.
Billy said, “Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don’t you?”
And it was the bravest act I have ever seen.
I make parents see their children for who they are and what they can be.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids wonder.
I make them question.
I make them criticise.
I make them think.
I make them apologise and mean it.
I make them write, write, write.
And then I make them read.
I teach them to solve math problems that they once thought impossible.
I make them understand that if you have brains then you follow your heart and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you teach them a lesson.
Let me make this simple for you, so you know what I say is true:
I make a great difference! What about you?
【小题1】What is the tone of the passage?

He says the problem with teachers is, “What will a kid learn from someone who chose to become a teacher?” He reminds the other dinner guests that it’s true what they say about teachers: Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.

I decide to bite my tongue instead of biting his and stop myself from reminding the other dinner guests that it’s also true what they say about lawyers－that they make money from the misfortune of others.

“I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor,” he says to me.” Be honest. What do you make?”

I wish he hadn’t asked me to be honest, because now I have to teach him a lesson.

You want to know what I make?

I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.

I can make a C+feel like a great achievement and an A-feel like a failure.

How dare you waste my time with anything less than your very best?

I make parents tremble in fear when I call them:

I hope I haven’t called at a bad time.

I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said today.

Billy said, “Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, don’t you?”

And it was the bravest act I have ever seen.

I make parents see their children for who they are and what they can be.

You want to know what I make?

I make kids wonder.

I make them question.

I make them criticise.

I make them think.

I make them apologise and mean it.

I make them write, write, write.

And then I make them read.

I teach them to solve math problems that they once thought impossible.

I make them understand that if you have brains then you follow your heart and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you teach them a lesson.

Let me make this simple for you, so you know what I say is true:

I make a great difference! What about you?

1.What is the tone of the passage?

A．Upset and disappointed.                  B．Cheerful and positive.

C．Angry and proud.                       D．Humorous and light-hearted.

2.What do we know about the man that the author is speaking to?

A．He dislikes lawyers.                      B．He is actually a lawyer.

C．He is respectful to teachers.               D．He is in the author’s home.

3.What’s the best title of this passage?

A．Requirements of a Good Teacher           B．An Argument Between Two Guests.

C．A Dinner Conversation                   D．What Teachers Make

4.The underlined phrase “bite my tongue” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to       .

A．stop myself saying what I really think         B．say something that is wrong

C．speak out honestly but carelessly           D．keep silent about myself