47. The best title for this passage probably is ____.

A. Benefits of Playing Pretend Games

B. Tips on How to Improve Your Children’s Imagination

C. Advantages of Playing Outdoors

D. Skills in Playing Pretend Games

C

Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940-the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsyl­vania Railway Station.

After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging pas­sengers. I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it.”

When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do. “You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye. “They’re paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that. ”

I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.

Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me. Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions. Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone.

Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble.

46. Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

A. While playing pretend games, children learn to get along with others.

B. Playing pretend games helps children to do well while they are in school.

C. Playing pretend games only helps children psychologically(心理地).

D. Playing pretend games is good for children’s development.

45. Why can imagination build children’s self-confidence?

A. It makes them feel as if they were much more powerful than they really are.

B. It helps them protect people and make much greater progress.

C. It helps them gain control over themselves.

D. It makes them more willing to play fair.

44. Which of the following can help children develop social skills in a game？

A. Pretending to be a superhero.

B. Preparing a delicious dinner with mud.

C. Helping a doctor to attend patients.

D. Pretending to be a doctor.

43. What’s the purpose in writing this passage?

A. To show readers which jobs are better. 　

B. To tell readers meeting society’s demands is very important. 　

C. To look down upon doctors and professors. 　

D. To advise people not to get a doctor’s degree. 　

B

Children like to imagine they are someone else in a game. As a parent you might never guess how it can benefit your child. It helps your child: 　

Develop social skills

As children play pretend(装扮)games, they explore relationships between family members, friends and co-workers and learn more about how people interact(互相影响). Playing doctors, they imagine how doctors care for their patients. Imaginative play helps develop friendly relationship with others. If children can imagine how it feels to be left out of a game or to lose a pet, they are better able to help those in need. They become more willing to play fair, to share, and to cooperate(合作). 　

Build self-confidence

Young children have very little control over their lives. Imagining oneself as a builder of skyscrapers(摩天楼)or a superhero defending the planet is inspiring to children. It helps them develop confidence in their abilities and their potential.

Improve knowledge growth

Using imagination is the beginning of abstract(抽象)thought. Children who can see a king’s castle in a pileof sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically. This skill is important in school where a child will have to learn that numbers symbolize groups of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.

Practice language skills

Kids who pretend with their friends do a lot of talking. This helps increase their vocabulary, improve sentence structure and develop communication skills.

Get rid of fears

Pretending can help children get rid of their fears and worries. When children role-play the big, bad monster(怪物)under the bed, they gain a sense of control over him and he doesn’t seem quite so big or so bad.

42. What is education in the writer’s opinion?

A. Something embarrassing and unnecessary. 　

B. Something that is not as important as jobs. 　

C. A means to provide manpower for the country. 　

D. Something that can help people get better paid. 　

41. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. You should get enough education for society. 　　　　　　　 　

B. Getting an education means raising your income.

C. How to provide manpower for society.

D. Your parents tell you a lie about the income.

39. A. take off　　　　 　　　　　　　 B. take out　　　　 　　 C take away　　　 D. take in

38. A. persuade　　 　　　　　 B. comfort　　　 　　　　 C. entertain　　　 D. amuse