题目内容
Section C
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In my house, bedtime stories are holy.Rarely does something change the nightly routine, although feverish kids have been known to be tucked in, without story.But last week, my 4-year-old awoke at 1 a.m.with this complaint:"You forgot to read me my bedtime story." She was right.So I pulled a book from her shelf' and cuddled her close as she turned the pages.
Reading forges connections between parents and children(even in the middle of the right, it's also good for little brains.
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But does the form in which the words appear matter? The New York Times reports that parents-even those who are avid digital downloader's-are avoiding kids' e-books for the real things.It seems that the feel and texture of paper pages along with colorful illustrations beats the static dimensions of a screen.
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The article ran in the paper's Monday business section, but it may be more of a cultural tale.More than 25%of some adult literature is sold digitally, but e-books targeted at kids under 8 take up less than 5%of total children's book sales."Reading a childhood classic on an e-reader is such a cold thing to do.," says Carol Moyer, head of the children's department at Quail Ridge Books."E-books don't have the warmth and intimacy of the illustration on the page."
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Technology fans believe e-books can compete.On CNET, Rick Broida sings the praises of the iPad, which "can do a lot more than just display static pages.It can read stories aloud; it can enrich a classic tale with 'touch-powered extras; and it can even render pages in 3D." he describes Alice in Wonderland-"Alice for the iPad"-as a classic tale that involves animation like no other e-book to date.Readers can tilt the iPad to make Alice grow, shrink and so on.
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Sounds cool, but it seems more like a movie than a book.Watching digital dramatizations of stories isn't reading.When my kindergartener spent tech-lab time following instructions to surf an e-books site, her teacher recognized that she wasn't reading; she was learning to use a computer.
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1.B 根据In my house, bedtime stories are holy.Rarely does something change the nightly routine, although feverish kids have been known to be tucked in, without story.中的关键词bedtime便知。 2.E 根据avoiding kids' e-books for the real things.It seems that the feel and texture of paper pages along with colorful illustrations beats the static dimensions of a screen.可知选E。 3.F 根据e-books targeted at kids under 8 take up less than 5% of total children's book sales可知F正确。 4.D 根据It can read stories aloud; it can enrich a classic tale with 'touch-powered extras; and it can even render pages in 3D.可知。 5.A 根据Watching digital dramatizations of stories isn't reading和she wasn't reading; she was learning to use a computer可知。 |
SECTION C
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
在旱灾和震灾中的孩子们虽然遇到了无法想象的困难,但他们仍然没有放弃学习。请简要描述这两张照片,并谈谈你的感想。文章的开头已经给出。
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注意:短文的开头已写,不计入总数。
Natural disasters left students in miserable life. However, they never gave up study.
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The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a study in the journal Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply highlight how unhappy they are.
The study's authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by citing older research showing that when people get feedback which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you're just underlining his faults. In one 1990s experiment, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked participants to write essays opposing funding for the disabled. When the essayists were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had written.
In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students' self-esteem. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, "I am lovable."
Those with low self-esteem didn't feel better after the forced self-affirmation. In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren't urged to think positive thoughts.
The paper provides support for newer forms of psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, in contrast, can teach people to put their shortcomings into a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.
1.What do we learn from the first paragraph about the self-help industry?
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A.It is a highly profitable industry. |
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B.It is based on the concept of positive thinking. |
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C.It was established by Norman Vincent Peale. |
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D.It has yielded positive results. |
2.What is the finding of the Canadian researchers?
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A.Encouraging positive thinking many do more harm than good. |
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B.There can be no simple therapy for psychological problems. |
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C.Unhappy people cannot think positively. |
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D.The power of positive thinking is limited. |
3.What does the author mean by "… you're just underlining his faults" (Line 4, Para. 3)?
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A.You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough. |
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B.You are pointing out the errors he has committed. |
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C.You are emphasizing the fact that he is not intelligent. |
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D.You are trying to make him feel better about his faults. |
4. What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic?
A. It is important for people to continually boost their self-esteem.
B. Self-affirmation can bring a positive change to one's mood.
C. Forcing a person to think positive thoughts may lower their self-esteem.
D. People with low self-esteem seldom write down their true feelings.
Section C.
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading that you do not need. (请注意题号,将答案填涂在答题卡相应的位置)