For years we have been told that encouraging a child’s self-respect is important to his or her success in life. But child experts are now learning that too much praise can lead to the opposite effect. Praise-aholic kids who expect it at every turn may become teens who seek the same kind of approval from their friends when asked if they want to go in the backseat of the car.

The implication(含义) of saying “You are the prettiest girl in class,” or talking about the goals she scored but not her overall effort, is that you love her only when she looks the best, scores the highest, achieves the most. And this carries over to the classroom.

Social psychologist Carol Dweck, PHD, tested the effects of over-praise on 400 fifth graders while she was at Columbia University. She found that kids praised for “trying hard” did better on tests and were more likely to take on difficult assignments than those praised for being “smart”.

“Praising attributes(品质) or abilities makes a false promise that success will come to you because you have that quality, and it devalues effort, so children are afraid to take on challenges,” says Dweck, now at Stanford University, “They figure they’d better quit while they’re ahead.”

1.The underlined words “Praise-aholic kids” refer to kids who are ______.

A．tired of being praised                    B．worthy of being praised

C．very proud of being praised               D．extremely fond of being praised

2.The author quoted Dr.Dweck’s words in the last paragraph in order to make the article ______.

A．better-known                          B．better-organized

C．more persuasive                        D．more interesting

3.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．praise for efforts should be more encouraged

B．praise for results works better than praise for efforts

C．praising a child’s achievements benefits his or her success in life

D．praising a child’s abilities encourages him or her to take on challenges

Love and Friendship

They are both so much related to each other. And both are so dissimilar! What are the differences between friendship and love? Is platonic(柏拉图式的) friendship possible between persons of the opposite sex? ___1.____

What is friendship? Why do we call a person our friend? When do we call someone a very good friend? If we care for a person, if we are always ready to help that person and if we share most of our thoughts with a person, they are our good friends. We can always count upon our good friends in an emergency. We are always sure that our friends will understand why we acted in a certain way. ___2. ___ The friendship is so deep and the relationship is so intimate, that most of the things are automatically understood by our friends.

__3.____ In a relationship of deep love, all the sharing that we discussed above is taken for granted. But love transcends(超出) all this. During love, we are attached with a particular person, while in friendship, one may have many friends. A loving relationship makes one so much attached to the other that one gets pained if his/her beloved is hurt! Love also involves a physical element. ____4.____ This is a vital difference. Nature gives us love so that the species can go forward. Nature does not give us friendship.

Your heart beats will never increase in anticipation of meeting your friend. ___5._____ You will not feel totally lost, if you don’t meet your friend for a few days. You will not have dreams in your eyes thinking about your friend. But in love, you will do all this and much more. Indeed, there is no comparison between love and friendship.

A．What about love?

B．My answer is “Yes”.

C．Let us try and understand.

D．Friendship does not have that.

E.We need not explain anything to our very good friends.

F.You will not lie awake at night thinking about your friend.

G.The physical element may include hand in hand while walking.

短文改错

This afternoon I went to see my grandfather by a bus. It was very

crowded and I had to stand. Besides me there was a woman held a little boy

in her arms. In front of her, a young man occupies two seats, pretending to be

sleeping. I heard the little boy curious asking his mother, “What’s wrong with

the uncle?” I had thought if perhaps the woman would blame the man.

Beyond her expectations, the woman answered with a smile, “Be quiet. This

uncle must very tired because of hard work.” The young man must have

heard the word. His face turned red and offered one seat for the woman at once.

在英语课上，你喜欢你的老师授课时只用英语，还是英语、汉语兼用？ 某英语杂志社就此话题邀请中小学生发表看法。请你围绕“How do you prefer your English classes to be taught? In English only, or in both English and Chinese?” 这个问题，参考所给要点，选择一种授课形式，写一篇英语短文。

注意：

词数100—120，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：atmosphere 氛围

I prefer my English classes to be taught in _______________________________

——It’s said John will be in a job paying over ＄60,000 _____ year.

—— Right, he will also get paid by  _____ week.

A．the; the           B．a; a              C．the; a            D．a; the

As far as I see, ________is no possibility ______he will win the tennis match this time.

A．it; that                                B．there ; that

C．it; whether                            D．there; whether

It was a pity that when we got to the cinema, the movie___ , so we saw only the end of it.

A．was finishing                           B．has just finished

C．just finished                           D．had just finished

I felt so bad all day yesterday that I decided this morning I couldn’t face ________ day like that.

A．other            B．another           C．the other          D．others

 When Marx was in London, he  __   read at the library for hours.

A．would            B．might             C．could             D．should

Had I known the party was so boring, I wouldn’t have come. I __anything.

A．hadn’t done      B．haven’t done      C．didn’t do         D．wouldn’t do