Remember those big, colorful books with large pictures of balls or apples when you were a little kid? Those have proven to be helpful, according to a number of studies. Between 1 and 5 years old, introducing books to Children can help greatly because this is usually the age when intellectual (智力的) capabilities form.
At age 1 to 5, a child can decide whether he wants to learn or wants to be a good learner. The road to learning starts here. Their curiosity (好奇) and imagination are fed with the many pictures, sounds and colors in the books.
Children normally began school at 5 years old. But today, they go to school when they are as young as one and a half years old. This is because many parents have recognized that influencing the child's formative years (性格形成时期) is very important. The fight influence can make the child want to read in the future.
Parents should play a part in encouraging children to read. Even just reading them bedtime stories can help children feel the joy and amazement connected to reading. This can help them become better readers and better learners as they grow older.
If children are interested in reading books rather than watching television, they can improve many skills besides reading and learning. Books can act as stepping stones to intelligence. However, parents must be very careful not to overpower their children. If they force children to read books that are too hard to understand, they might think reading is boring and lose interest in it.
【小题1】. This passage mainly ­­­______.

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Before I started school, people felt that I was not going to be successful. At the age of four I started speech lessons because basically I could not speak well enough for anyone to understand me. The story goes downhill from here.

The first grade was a struggle. I not only had difficulty speaking, but also felt nervous about the fact that I was expected to learn to read and I just couldn’t do it. The second grade was not much better. I still struggled with the inability to read. It was in the third grade that the school district built a new school close to my home. I remember going there with my parents and helping to get the school ready so that we could move to the new one. However, things were still not much better as far as my schooling was concerned and did not get better for the next two years.

It was in the fifth grade. Mrs. Wakefield was my teacher, and if ever there was a teacher that deserved a gold star, it was her. She did not make me feel defeated. On the contrary, she did her best to let me know that I could be whatever I wanted to be. And that is just what I did.

For the past 22 years, I have been a fifth grade teacher. Because of Mrs. Wakefield’s influence on my life, I am now encouraging students who have had difficulties in their lives to believe that they can overcome any difficulty and become someone. I have won numerous awards up to now, such as Teacher of the Year. I owe it all to one fifth grade teacher who believed in me and challenged me to be all that I could be.

1.The writer ______ when he was in the third grade.

2.We can learn from the passage that the writer ______.

3.What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

Solomon Shereshevski was a man with an amazing memory. He was one of the world's most famous me-monists （记忆能手）. Born in Russia in about 1900, he spent much of his life performing memory skills that people found difficult to believe.  He could memorize long lists of numbers after reading them through once, and he could then recite（背诵） them forwards or back-wards.  He could also remember the same numbers months later.. He could easily remember lists of names, dozens of playing cards or hundreds of cities.

Although he had a wonderful memory, he found some normal skills very difficult.  For example,  he found it difficult to learn to read. He also found it difficult to recognize patterns in words or numbers. When presented with a long list of numbers like this : 1234 4231 5678 8765 6789 9876 he could not see that there was a pattern. If he could see or hear a collection of numbers, he could remember it. However, this did not mean that he could understand what he was looking at. He could remember long complex mathematical formulas, but could not understand what the numbers meant.

Solomon suffered from a condition known as Synaesthesia. This meant that all of his senses were connected in a special way. In other words, when he heard a particular word he also experienced a unique taste, or saw a unique color. Each word that he heard brought a particular description into his mind. Each word for him was unique, because he remembered it as a taste, a smell, a color or a sound, or all of them together.

He was not a clever man except this ability and people found him rather stupid. He found it difficult to, become friends with other people because his mind was so different. In a way, his memory was a curse（祸根）. He remembered everything, and that made it difficult for him to understand anything.

68. We know from the first paragraph that                                                        

A. all of his life, Solomon was kept busy doing memory tricks

B. if Solomon read a list of numbers he could immediately remember them

C. Solomon could memorize long list of numbers and found their patterns

D. people thought Solomon could remember the most things in the world

69. Solomon had very powerful memory, but he          .                 

A. could not read or write

B. never knew what people meant when they said to him

C. could not work out some simple math problems

D. found everything he did was meaningless

70. When a person suffers from synaesthesia, he （or she）          .

A. senses things usually in a wrong way

B. confuses feelings with c61ors or tastes

C. often connects words he （or she） hears with things he（or she） experienced

D. each word he （or she） hears changes its meaning completely

71. The author wants to express an idea that               .

A. one cannot be good at both memorizing and understanding things

B. some people are actually quite stupid though they seem clever

C. having a good memory does not mean having good intelligence

D. the more you can memorize, the more stupid you will certainly be

Vocabulary learning is a continuing process. It continues all your life. When you are young you learn something day in and day out. You should keep squeezing every moment of the day into a new and different learning situation. You continually ask questions and drive yourself to learn more. The more you learn, the more vocabulary you will know. No matter what your age, you must continue to learn. Words are “symbols (符号)”for ideas. These ideas make knowledge and knowledge is gained largely through words. The following are some suggestions which may help you increase your vocabulary.

Read books from fields other than your major.

Read books which interest you and concentrate while you read.

The more you read, the more words you will come in contact with.

Use new vocabulary in your everyday communication (writing, speaking).

Become familiar with the vocabulary in your text books.

Become familiar with the dictionary. Understand the pronunciation rules as well as the multiple (众多的) meanings of words.

Try to learn 5 words a day. If you know these words, use them in your communications. Without using these new words, it is a waste of your time.

1．The main idea of the passage is ______.

       A．how to remember vocabulary                B．how to learn vocabulary

       C．how to use vocabulary                        D．how to teach vocabulary

2．The underlined word “ squeezing” probably means “_______”.

       A．压出                   B．利用                   C．浪费                      D．挤出

3．Which of the following statement is NOT suggested in the passage as a way of vocabulary learning?

       A．Use the new words you have learned when you write and speak.

       B．Use your dictionary and be familiar with it.

       C．Concentrate only on the books on your major.

       D．The more you read, the more words you will get.

4．From the passage we know ______.

       A．most of your knowledge is gained through words.

       B．dictionary is the most important way of vocabulary learning.

       C．if you learn a new word, just keep it in your mind.

       D．you should spend most of your spare time on vocabulary learning.

Do you still remember your favorite poem from high school or some other important period in your life？Why is it that decades later it still stands out in your mind？Probably the main reason is that some aspect of that poem resonates (引起共鸣) with you. In the same way，you too as a school leader can touch the hearts of your staff and students.

Poetry allows us to experience strong spiritual connections to things around us and to the past. Thus , it can inspire whatever and whomever it touches. The power that poetry has displayed over time and across cultures actually satisfies this_common need of the human heart and soul.

As one of the oldest art forms，poetry has successfully connected various strands of humanity (人性) from one generation to another. Referring to poetry，Hillyer makes a simple yet meaningful statement，“With this key mankind unlocked his heart.”

School leaders can find and make use of the value of poetry for themselves，their students and their staff members. Beyond the simple use of poetry，techniques of poetry such as metaphors，repetitions and imagery can be used to take advantage of the power of language to transform communication，create meaning and a culture of care and attention.

Since schools are mainly about people and relationships，school leaders，like poets，are required to inspire and encourage the human heart. The use of poetry－or even of some techniques of poetry－in school leadership not only helps to improve communication，but also serves to meet the human need for inspiration.

49．Who is the passage mainly for?

A．Students.      B．School teachers.    C．School leaders.    D．Poets.

50．According to the passage，some poems are unforgettable mainly because________.

A．they are easy to understand            B．they usually tell true stories

C．they can inspire people's imagination    D．they can touch people's hearts

51．The underlined part “this common need” in the second paragraph refers to________.

A．the need to read poetry            B．the need to be inspired

C．the need to learn about the past      D．the need to be connected with other people