63.  According to the passage, which is true?

A. It doesn’t matter we give reward to the children according to their performances.

B. A reward will help a child increase his creativity.

C. In early grades, we can’t give children any rewards.

D. It doesn’t matter whether we tighten grading standards at university.

C

London has more than nine million visitors every year. They come and visit some of the most famous places in England: Big Ben, the Tower of London and the River Thames.    You can see some of the most interesting places in the city by getting on one of London's tour buses. It has an open roof and let you off at the places you want to visit.    Or you can take a ride on the London Eye. This large wheel slowly takes you 135m above the River Thames. From the top you have wonderful views of the whole city.    The River Thames is London's main waterway. It has shaped the capital's landscape, history and geography. So one of the best ways of making sense of the city is to take a trip along the river. Much of the riverbank can now be walked along, particularly the south bank.    The clock tower of the Houses of Parliament (议会大厦), Big Ben, has become one of the main symbols of London. It rises up nearly 100m to a golden point above the clock and a 13-ton bell. The sound of the bell, which you can hear at the beginning of many television and radio programmes, has become well-known throughout the nation.    No visit to London is complete without a look at the Tower of London, in the eastern part of the city. After Big Ben, the Tower may be London's most visited tourist spot. It is Europe's oldest palace and prison.    Directly south is Tower Bridge, which is more than 100 years old.    Among all the palaces in London, Buckingham Palace (白金汉宫) is the most famous. It has been the main London home of the royal family since Queen Victoria moved there in 1837. You can visit some of the rooms in August and September. And most mornings of the year you can watch the soldiers outside hanging the guard.    About one hour by train out of London is the town of Windsor. Here you can visit another of the Queen's homes - Windsor Castle (温莎城 堡). This wonderful building is Europe's biggest castle. There was a fire in 1992 and many of the rooms were badly burned. But now they are full of beautiful pictures, tables and chairs again.    Sight-seeing in London is great, but it can get very tiring. So, the best way to start the day is to fill up on an English breakfast.    For starters, have an egg, bacon, sausages (香肠), tomatoes, mushrooms, black pudding and fried bread. Then finish off with toast and jam, and a large pot of tea. You can buy an English breakfast in nearly every hotel, and at many restaurants and cafes.    An English pub is a good place to stop for lunch and a drink. You can get hot or cold food and try one of England's many ales (淡色啤酒).    The English also like to have afternoon tea. This is toast and jam, or cake and another pot of tea.

Fish and chips are also a traditional English meal. So look out for fish and chip shops in cities as well as by the sea.     Or you can sit outside one of the many roadside pubs and cafes in London, and simply watch the busy world go by.

58. The high school teacher, Judy Herrell, used the example of her class to show that _______.   A. the Web could take them everywhere     B. the Web taught them a lot   C. the Web is a good tool for information   D. the Web, better than the textbooks, can give the latest and comprehensive (全面的) information 59. The paperless classrooms will benefit _____ the most.   A. students         B. teachers         C. trees           D. computers 60. What does the phrase in the last paragraph, “break down”, mean?   A. Break into pieces.   B. Stop working.    C. Fall down.       D. Lose control.

B

Psychologists take opposing views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their consequences argue that rewards can improve performance at work and school. Cognitive researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on approval and gifts from others.

The latter view has gained many supporters, especially among educators. But the careful use of small monetary rewards sparks creativity in grade-school children, suggesting that properly presented inducements indeed aid inventiveness, according to a study in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

“If kids know they’re working for a reward and can focus on a relatively challenging task, they show the most creativity,” says Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark, “But it’s easy to kill creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much anticipation for rewards.”

A teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands out high grades for ordinary achievement ends up with uninspired students, Eisenberger holds. As an example of the latter point, he notes growing efforts at major universities to tighten grading standards and restore failing grades.

In earlier grades, the use of so-called token economies, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based points toward valued reward, shows promise in raising effort and creativity, the Delaware psychologist claims.

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