Ivy and Bean Make the Rules | Price: $14.99Number of pages: 127. Storyline: Bean and her best friend, Ivy, decide to create their own camp. They think up all the activities and , of course, they make the rules... Recommendation: I’d give this book a 10 because I love the characters. They are funny and creative. |
White Fur Flying | Price: $15.99Number of pages: 128 Storyline: Zoe and Alice’s mother might just have the coolest job ever. She saves great pyrenees dogs(大白熊犬)… Recommendation: I'd give this book an 8 because it is a little sad. I think kids who love animals and a good story will really like it. |
Stick Dog | Price: $12. 99Number of pages: 192 Storyline:A dog lives in an empty pipe under Highway 16. He has four dog friends. One day, they decide to go on an adventure to steal the food from a human family... Recommendation: I'd give this book a 9. It is funny.I was laughing out loud at all the funny scenes. |
Gingernap | Price: $15. 99 Number of pages: 160 Storyline: After their parents are killed in a car accident, Jayna and her elder brother Rob are each other's only family. Soon, Rob goes off to serve in the navy. Recommendation: I'd give this book a 9. I'm interested in romantic novels and science fiction, but not so much in historical fiction. Gingersnap really changed my opinion. |
1.Which of the four novels is the thinnest?
A. Ivy and Bean Make the Rules.
B. White Fur Flying.
C. Stick Dog.
D. Gingersnap.
2.White Fur Flying _________.
A. tells us about the life of four dogs
B. is a historical fiction
C. is a book about saving dogs
D. shows us the camp life
3.If you read Stick Dog, you will _________.
know how the homeless dogs steal food
B. know what rules the two girls have made
C. learn what happened to Jayna
D. know something about saving dogs
4. Tom wants to buy a copy of Stick Dog and a copy of Gingersnap. He should pay________ for the two books.
A. $14. 99B. $28. 98C.$12. 99D. $15. 99
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The characters of Stick Dog are creative.
B. White Fur Flying tells us a funny story.
C. The recommender is not interested in Gingersnap.
D. The recommender likes Ivy and Bean Make the Rules best.
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The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even to England, the US or Australia, though this costs too much. Many also want their children to learn a musical instrument or ballet that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend a large amount of money on education. Even poor couples buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills vary (变化); they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children don’t believe in themselves.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of pleasure and confidence.
An old machine such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious and interested. If he will spend hours looking at it, and try to repair it; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Such activities do more than teach a child to read a book; but they teach them to think, and to use their minds. This is much more important than learning by reading a book.
Title:How Chinese Parents Should 1. their Children | ||
Common practice | ◆ Being2. with money when it comes to education. ◆ Sending them to the best 3._________ or abroad. ◆ Taking extra-curriculum activities to have a head start in life. ◆4.________ more money than they can afford on education. | |
5._______results | ◆ Children will be lack (缺少) of confidence. | |
6.___ | ◆ Teaching their children practical skills, which are of the greatest7.____. | Cooking. |
Sewing. | ||
Other8.____________ . | ||
Repairing a broken radio or TV. | ||
Good results | ◆ To make the children hard-working, 9.___and confident. ◆ To enable(使---能够)them to10.___ and to use their minds. | |