Spending time with your kids is the best way to give them you attention. No matter whether you stay at home or work outside the home, you can still give quality time to your kids. Quality time doesn’t mean the whole family sitting for four hours watching TV. It means turning the TV off and playing games together, reading books, going for walks---anything!

Giving kids your attention means listening to them when they talk. I don’t mean half-way listening and saying “uh huh” like we do to our spouses (配偶) when they’re talking about their day at work. I mean sitting down, looking children in the eye, and listening. Ask questions. Be interested. It shows that you’re paying attention, even if your question is just, “So you say you painted the cat blue?”

Raising kids is not the time to be selfish with your time. You can be selfish later on when they’re grown and having kids of their own. If you feel guilty about not being able to spend enough time with your kids, resist trying to buy their attention. You don’t have to make every weekend a Disneyland day. And you don’t have to continually buy them gifts as a means of letting them know you love them. The answer is “time”. Time is what they want most from you.

Your kids, no matter what age, are on some type of schedule. They get up, eat breakfast, eat lunch, eat dinner, etc. What do they do the rest of the time? Fill up some of the empty spots in their schedules with activities. Have them help you do something around the house or make them take part in a project with you. This is how day care workers are able to keep so many kids under control---they fill up the day with activities.

1.According to the author, spending quality time with kids means .

A. watching TV with them

B. staying with them as long as possible

C. doing meaningful things together with them

D. giving up jobs to stay with them

2.The author thinks it is important for parents to .

A. listen to their kids carefully

B. choose the best gifts for their kids

C. help their kids develop some interests

D. teach their kids the importance of time

3.The author mentions day care workers to show the importance of letting kids .

A. eat well B. help parents

C. do housework D. do activities

4.The text is written for .

A. kids B. parents

C. school teachers D. education officers

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William Wordsworth wrote that “the human mind is capable of excitement without the application of violent stimulants(刺激)”. And it appears that simply reading those words proves his __________ .

Researchers at the University of Liverpool found the works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth and __________ had a beneficial effect on the mind. It can __________ the reader’s attention and trigger(触发) moments of self-reflection.

Using scanners, they __________ the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in their __________ form and in a modern translation.

And, according to the Sunday Telegraph, the experiment showed the more __________ prose(散文) and poetry __________ far more electrical activity in the brain than the easier versions.

The research also found poetry, __________, increased activity in the right part of the brain, an area __________ with “autobiographical(自传式的) memory”, which helped the reader to __________ on their own experiences. The researchers said this meant the __________were more useful than self-help books.

The brain __________ of 30 volunteers were watched in the first part of the research as they read Shakespeare in different __________ .

In one example, volunteers read a line from King Lear, “A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded”, before reading the __________ version: “A father and a gracious aged man: him you have annoyed”. Shakespeare’s use of “mad” as a(n) __________caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforward prose.

The next stage of the research was looking at the__________ to which poetry could affect __________ and provide therapeutic(治疗的) benefit. Volunteers’ brains were scanned while reading four lines by Wordsworth, and four “translated” lines were also provided.

The first version caused more brain activity, __________ not only the left part of the brain connected with language, but also the right part that relates to autobiographical memory and emotion.

“Poetry is not just a __________ of style. It is also about deep versions of experience that __________ the emotional to the cognitive(认知的),” said Prof Davis, who will present the findings at the North of England education conference in Sheffield this week.

1.A. point B. attitude C. mind D. advice

2.A. the way B. the like C. the likely D. the kind

3.A. break B. focus C. catch D. fix

4.A. participated B. interrupted C. monitored D. controlled

5.A. original B. traditional C. conventional D. ancient

6.A. attractive B. beneficial C. challenging D. emotional

7.A. call off B. put off C. take off D. set off

8.A. for example B. on occasion C. in particular D. in contrast

9.A. mixed B. concerned C. fixed D. conflicted

10.A. reflect B. agree C. depend D. take

11.A. average B. modern C. classic D. academic

12.A. records B. responses C. recalls D. receptions

13.A. moods B. manners C. forms D. times

14.A. shorter B. simpler C. better D. deeper

15.A. adjective B. noun C. adverb D. verb

16.A. extension B. degree C. amount D. scale

17.A. philosophy B. biology C. sociology D. psychology

18.A. raising up B. waking up C. taking up D. making up

19.A. matter B. mark C. manner D. mass

20.A. prefer B. add C. cater D. refer

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