Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a new study tells that calling attention to the words and letters on the book may lead to better readers.

The two-year study compared (比较) children who were read to this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the words showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding.

Shayne Piasta, a professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, says most preschool teachers would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read storybooks in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed words.

Ms. Piasta says if you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word spelling. But she says studies show that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic (系统的) way.

They watched more than three hundred children aged four and five in classrooms in Ohio and Virginia. The children came from poor families and were poor in their language skills. They may become bad readers when they enter primary schools later.

Professor Justice says children’s language skills can be improved by discussing with him or her when you are reading a book to a child. There are different ways that adults can talk to children about the letters and words on the page. They can point to a word and discuss the shape of it with a finger. They can point out a word: “This is ‘dog’.” They can discuss the meaning of the word or how the words tell the story. And they can also show how words are written left to right in English.

49. What does the underlined phrase “it makes sense” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. It can be understood and agreed.                     B. It is impossible to happen.       

C. It can be difficult to imagine and describe. D. It is surprising to see.

50. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Parents are more important than teachers for little children.

B. Teachers need to learn a lot to use the new teaching way.

C. It’s impossible for preschool children to understand words.

D. Skills are important to children’s reading development.

51. The writer wants to tell us that ____.

A. preschool children should have higher discussing skills

B. parents should make a plan to teach their children reading

C. teachers should help children pay attention to printed words

D. languages skills should be discussed with preschool children

Advertising is part of our life in our world of competition. It is important for both seller and buyer. Even the government cannot do without it. More than $ 400 billion has been spent worldwide on advertising this year.

Advertising is necessary to all business. Without making buyers know about the products (产品) how are products going to get to the buyers? Advertising draws attention to the product or service through television, radio, billboards, flyers, boards, newspapers or magazines. Bikes, buses and trains are also used to carry advertisements. Where there are people advertising can be found. People don’t have to travel far to see an advertisement. Advertising lets people know new products. For example, people come to know about useful new medicines, new computers, cell phones and etc. People often learn about new tools and machines for industry. Advertising tells people different brands (品牌) of the same product. It tells about which brand is better.

It is through advertisements that we come to know of new jobs. People who see the advertisement and think they are able to do the work may come to the company and then might get that job. Advertisement is a good way to educate people and to help students choose colleges or universities that they like. Schools, colleges and universities advertise their classes, courses, and fees and attract students. Government can advertise its plans. It can tell people what good things it might do for the nation.

46. Why is advertising necessary to all business?

A. It sends the products to buyers.                                                 

B. It lets buyers know the products.

C. It sells the products at a good price.

D. It makes buyers see the products everywhere.                                    

47. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Governments should make more advertisements.

B. Schools use advertisements to educate students.

C. There are many ways to advertise new products.

D. People don’t like to see too many advertisements.

48. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. The Importance of Advertising.                B. How to Advertise Products.

C. The Kinds of Advertisements.                   D. The Development of Advertising.

Have you ever had a problem (问题) that has left you wondering where to ask for help?

Eve Hobsbawm is a life counselor (顾问). She offers advice to people with all kinds of problems. She does this through a website inviting people to email her. There’s nothing unusual about that... except that Eve is only eight years old. Eve lives in London with her parents. She charges (收费) between 10p for advice on little worries and £1 for bigger problems. Her areas of counseling are: “Problems about love and life”.  

But Eve can’t always help. She can’t answer questions like “Does space ever end?” and she won’t help to do “schoolwork questions (especially not math)”.

She explained to the Guardian newspaper that she got the idea to set up the company from her father. Eve said, “As soon as I saw his business and understood the kinds of things businesses do, I thought that’s what I’m going to do.” But since setting up her company she received too many messages every day. “There has been a lot of sudden interest in my website,” she says, “but what troubles me is I need to do my homework too.”

43. How old is Eve?

A. 8.                             B. 10.                         C. 17.                          D. 20.

44. What does Eve do?

A. She sells things on a website.                  B. She helps others with homework.

C. She offers advice to people.                           D. She works in her father’s company.

45. What’s Eve’s problem?

A. Nobody asks her for advice.                          B. Her parents don’t like her business.

C. She can’t send messages by herself.               D. She also has homework to do.

  My mom only had one eye. I hated her.

There was one day during primary school where my mom came to say hello to me. How could she   30   this to me? I threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day one of my classmates said, “EEEE, your mom only has one eye!” I wanted my mom to just disappear (消失) from my life. I told her that day, “If you’re only making others laugh at me, why don’t you just   31  ?” My mom was silent… I didn’t   32   to think about what I had said, because I was full of anger.

I wanted out of that   33  , and have nothing to do with her. I studied hard and went to Korea.   34   I had my own family. I was happy with my life and my children.

One day, my mom came to visit me. When she stood by the door, my children laughed. I shouted at   35  , “How dare you come to my house and scare (惊吓) my children!’ GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!” My mom quietly answered, “Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong   36  ,” and she went away.

One day, I came back for a school reunion (聚会). My neighbors saw me and told me my mom died. They   37   me a letter.

My dearest son,

I think of you all the time.... I’m sorry that I was an embarrassment to you when you were growing up.

You see….when you were very little, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t   38   you having to grow up with one eye. So I gave you mine. I was so   39   of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye.

With all my love to you,

Your mother

30. A. say                            B. do                            C. explain                    D. throw

31. A. come                 B. leave                C. die                           D. start

32. A. stop                           B. need                         C. want                        D. care

33. A. school                B. class                        C. hospital                   D. house

34. A. Still                           B. Then                        C. Again                D. Suddenly

35. A. them                          B. you                          C. it                             D. her

36. A. address               B. idea                          C. time                         D. key

37. A. wrote                        B. sent                         C. handed                     D. left

38. A. hear                           B. find                          C. watch               D. keep

39. A. sure                           B. tired                         C. nervous                    D. proud

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