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【题目】It is not always a good thing to praise children because “empty” words may make them unhappy. Words such as “Well done!” may make them doubt their own abilities. 【1】 He said that words such as “You’re so clever!” or “You’re such an artist!” could also stop their future development at school. 【2】 They may say they can’t live up to these expectations.

Instead, he advised parents and teachers to praise children less and use words like“trying really hard”. Mr. Grosz said, “【3】People often pay no attention to children’s feelings and thoughts.” He also mentioned a research showing that children who were heavily praised probably performed worse at school.

Some psychologists from Columbia University asked 128 pupils aged 10 and 11 to work out a number of math problems. 【4】 But the researchers told the other group, “You did really well—you must have tried really hard.” Both groups of children were then given more difficult questions and those who had been told they were clever did not do as well as the others.

He said that when collecting his daughter from a school near their home in North London, he heard a teacher telling his daughter,“You have drawn the most beautiful tree. Well done.” Later, after she had done another drawing, the same teacher said, “Wow, you are really an artist.” In his book, Mr. Grosz wrote, “How could I explain to the teacher? 【5】”

As a parent of two children, I strongly agree with Mr. Grosz. I want them to know if I praise them, they have done something beyond my expectation, beyond what they are able to do.

A.Parents should praise their children from time to time.

B. Empty praise is as bad as thoughtless criticism(批评).

C. In fact, I would prefer it if she did not praise my daughter.

D. Later, some were told, “You did really well—you’re so clever.”

E. A leading psychologist(心理学家) Stephen Grosz has warned it.

F. He also said that such empty praise caused children to be unhappy.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】F

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】本文主要讲述了总是用空洞的话语来表扬孩子并不是一件好事。

【1】E

由本空后面的He可知此处需要引出一个权威人物。E项“著名心理学家斯蒂芬·格罗斯已经警告过了。”符合语境。

【2】F

从引出心理学家Stephen Grosz开始，都是在陈述他说的话。F项“他也说如此空洞的赞扬会导致孩子不开心的。”符合语境。

【3】B

由前句“Instead, he advised parents and teachers to praise children less and use words like‘trying really hard’.”和后句“People often pay no attention to children’s feeling s and thoughts”可知B项“空洞的表扬和轻率的批评一样糟糕。”放在此处符合上下文语境，故选B。

【4】D

本段是关于心理学家对128名小学生分组做研究的事情。根据下文“But the researchers told the other group...”表示转折，可推知是对另一组学生做了不同的事情或说了不同的话。D项“然后，一些被告知，“你做的真的很好——你是如此的聪明。”符合语境。

【5】C

本段描述的是Stephen Grosz碰到老师表扬自己女儿的事情。根据上文可推出他对空洞的表扬是持否定态度的。C项“实际上，如果她不表扬我的女儿，我会更愿意的。”符合语境。