摘要: --- Brad was Jane’s brother! --- he reminde me so much of Jane! A. No doubt B. Above all C. No wonder D. Of course

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Three Boys and a Dad

Brad closed the door slowly as Sue left home to visit her mother. Expecting a whole day to relax, he was thinking whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV talk show on his first day off in months. “This will be like a walk in the park,” he’d told his wife. “I’ll look after the kids, and you can go visit your mom.”

Things started well, but just after eight o’clock, his three little “good kids”—Mike, Randy, and Alex—came down the stairs in their night clothes and shouted “breakfast, daddy.” When food had not appeared within thirty seconds, Randy began using his spoon on Alex’s head as if it were a drum. Alex started to shout loudly in time to the beat(节拍). Mike chanted “Where’s my toast, where’s my toast” in the background. Brad realized his newspaper would have to wait for a few seconds.

Life became worse after breakfast. Mike wore Randy’s underwear on his head. Randy locked himself in the bathroom, while Alex shouted again because he was going to wet his pants. Nobody could find clean socks, although they were before their very eyes. Someone named “Not Me” had spilled a whole glass of orange juice into the basket of clean clothes. Brad knew the talk show had already started.

By ten o’clock, things were out of control. Alex was wondering why the fish in the jar refused his bread and butter. Mike was trying to show off his talent by decorating the kitchen wall with his color pencils. Randy, thankfully, appeared to be reading quietly in the family room,but closer examination showed that he was eating apple jam straight from the bottle with his hands. Brad realized that the talk show was over and reading would be impossible.

At exactly 11:17, Brad called the daycare centre (日托所).“I suddenly have to go into work and my wife’s away. Can I bring the boys over in a few minutes?” The answer was obviously “yes” because Brad was smiling.

1.When his wife left home. Brad expected to           .

A. go out for a walk in the park          

B. watch TV talk show with his children

C. enjoy his first day off work          

D. read the newspaper to his children

2.Which of the following did Randy do?

A. Drawing on the wall                 B. Eating apple jam

C. Feeding the fish.                    D. Reading in a room

3.Why did Brad ask the daycare centre for help?

A. Because he wanted to clean up his house.

B. Because he suddenly had to go to his office

C. Because he found it hard to manage his boys home.

D. Because he had to take his wife back

4.This text is developed           .

A. by space       B. by comparison        C. by process    D. by time

 

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Blue is the most attractive eye colour according to a new research.

Blue eyes like those belonging to sexy star Angelina Jolie are the most appealing colour according to a poll of 3,000 18-24 year olds by Fresh Look One Day Colour. Angelina, her partner Brad Pitt and his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston all have blue eyes and have all been named in a top twenty of the world’s most desirable eyes.

The survey found that young folk with blue eyes are generally seen as being more sexy and kind.

And when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could, only one in ten blue-eyed people wanted to, significantly less than people with other colour eyes.

One in three people who didn’t have blue eyes wanted a change.

One quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses(隐形眼镜) to change their eye colour temporarily --- and blue is most wanted colour.

Green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look, with respondents saying green-eyed people were usually mysterious and creative.

People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours.

People with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people, and they were also described as usually being shy.

Blue was the most common eye colour among respondents, with 41 per cent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 per cent having brown or hazel eyes.

The survey also found that 18 per cent of people don’t know what colour eyes their partner has!

Which of the following stars doesn’t have blue eyes?

A. Angelina Jolie       B. Jennifer Aniston      C. Brad Pitt     D. Audrey Hepburn

According to the study result, if you were a manager and wanted to find a most reliable person, you’d better hire one who has _________ eyes.

A. blue    B. green    C. brown     D. grey

According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. All people don’t know what colour eyes their partner has.

B. About 30% people without blue eyes don’t want a change.

C. Blue eyes are considered as the best eyes in the world.

D. People with grey eyes are thought to be less clever.

The underlined word “peepers” in the passage could be replaced by ______.

A. babies     B. colours    C. eyes       D. respondents

Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Different eye colours in the world          B. A survey result on eye colours

C. Blue--- the most attractive eye colour       D. My favourite eye colour

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Young children whose mothers talk with them more frequently and in more detail about people’s thoughts and feelings tend to be better at taking another person’s perspective(观点)than other children of the same age.

That’s what researchers from the University of Western Australia found in a new study published in the journal Child Development.

“Parents who frequently put themselves in someone else’s shoes in conversations with their children make it more likely their children will be able to do the same,” said lead author Brad Farrant.

Researchers of the UWA’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research looked at the influence of how parents interact with their children to learn more about how people develop the ability to take another’s perspective.

The two-year study involved more than 120 Australian children aged between four and six, including children with typically developing language and others delayed in language acquisition(习得).

The children completed tasks which were designed to assess their language skills, ability to infer others’ beliefs and use these to predict others’ behavior, and their ability to shift flexibly between different perspectives.

Among children with typically developing language, the researchers found that mothers who talked more often and in greater detail about people’s thoughts and feelings — commenting on how another person might react to a particular situation as well as their own feelings about the topic — had children with better language skills and better perspective-taking skills.

Children with delayed language acquisition were also delayed in their development of perspective-taking skills. This displays the role played by language as children develop the ability to take another’s perspective.

“Solving the many challenges that the world faces today requires us all to get better at taking the perspective of other people,” said Brad Farrant.

1.According to the text, to help children gain better perspective-taking skills, parents should __________.

A.give their children more chances to express themselves

B.talk more with their children about people’s feelings

C.encourage their children to guess other people’s thoughts

D.spend more time playing with their children

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the study?

A.Over one hundred American children took part in it.

B.All the children had delayed in language acquisition.

C.The children in the study were around five years old.

D.Mothers helped their children to complete the tasks.

3.Which have an effect on the development of children’s perspective-taking skills?

A.The surrounding environments.

B.Mother’s perspectives.

C.Personal characters.

D.Language skills.

4.In the last paragraph, Brad Farrant __________.

A.stressed the importance of perspective-taking skills

B.expressed his concern about the world’s challenges

C.showed how to take the perspective of other people

D.explained why other people’s opinions are important

5.According to the text, we can learn __________.

A.parents should talk to their children frequently no matter how old their children are

B.it was Brad Farrant who wrote the study in Child Development herself

C.the only way to improve language skill is talking to children more often

D.parents who are always thinking about others will help their children do the same way

 

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Angelina Jolie says she has a really wonderful time with her partner Brad Pittwho is an American actor and film producer—and that’s why they’re still together!

Jolie ____ six children with the actor.She was ____ by America’s Parade magazine if their children are the ____ she and Brad stay together.

“The children certainly tie us togetherbut a relationship won’t ___ if it’s only about the kids” Jolie replied.“You also must be really interested in each other and have a reallyreally wonderful____ time together.We do.Brad and I ____ being together.We enjoy it.We need itand we____ find that special time.We keep connected.We talk about it.It’s very ____ to our family.If Brad and I are strong and happythen our kids have happy ____ and that’s the best thing we can give them.Brad knows me completely____ as I amevery part of me.He loves me.The kids love me.Hopefully I’m giving my children the ____ that they are deeply loved and deeply safe.At the same time we are hopefully ____ their individuality (个性) as they get to know who they areand not getting in the way of that.That’s why they are six very strong individuals.”

The Oscar?winning star showed ____ of helping her children develop their individuality is ____ them to develop their own identities (自我认同感)____ she admitted that she can’t ____ the recent controversy(争论) with Brad when she agreed that her daughter Shiloh could cut her hair short and ____ like a boy.For exampleshe usually wears a jacket instead of a skirt.

Angelina added to ____“She wants her hair cut like a boy and she wants to be ____ John for a while.Some kids wear caps and want to be Superman and she wants to be like her ___.”

1.A.finds Bteaches

Craises? Dhires

2.A.written? Breported

Cstopped? Dasked

3.A.reason? Bintention

Cpurpose? Dresult

4.A.break? Bhold

Close? Dhappen

5.A.boring? Bdisappointing

Cexciting? Dsurprising

6.A.love? Bavoid

Chate? Dconsider

7.A.never? Bseldom

Calways? Dsometimes

8.A.easy? Bdifferent

Cfar? Dimportant

9.A.parents? Bclassmates

Crelatives? Dneighbors

10.A.mostly? Bonly

Cexactly? Dsimply

11.A.knowledge? Bsense

Csight? Dview

12.A.changing? Bforming

Cencouraging? Ddestroying

13.A.little Bnone

Call? Dpart

14.A.forcing? Ballowing

Cwarning? Drefusing

15.A.and? Bthough

Cbecause? Dbut

16.A.remember? Bexplain

Crealize? Dunderstand

17.A.walk? Bdress

Ceat? Dthink

18.A.doctors? Bplayers

Creaders? Dreporters

19.A.mistaken? Bcalled

Crecognized Dmade

20.A.brothers? Bsisters

Cuncles Daunts

 

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