words such as “you’re so clever” or “you’re such an artist” could also hinder(阻碍) their future development at school. He says that such empty praise causes children to be unhappy as they may say they can’t live up to (不辜负）these expectations.
Instead he advises parents and teachers to praise children less frequently(经
常地）and use words like “trying really hard,” Mr. Grosz said, “Empty praise is as bad as thoughtless criticism (批评). People often pay no attention to children’s feelings and thoughts.” He also mentions research showing that children who are heavily praised probably perform worse at school.
Some psychologists from Columbia University asked 128 pupils aged 10 and 11 to
work out a number of math problems. Afterwards, some were told, “You did really well — you’re so clever.” But the researchers told the other group, “You did really well — you must have tried really hard.” Both groups of children were then given more difficult questions and those who had been told they were clever did not do as well as the others.
He says that when collecting his daughter from a school near their home in North
London, he heard a teacher tell her, “You have drawn the most beautiful tree. Well done,” Later, after she had done another drawing, the same teacher said, “Wow, you are really an artist.” In his book, Mr. Grosz writes, “How could I explain to the teacher that I would prefer it if she did not praise my daughter?”
As a parent of two children, I strongly agree with Mr. Grosz. I praise them when
praising is proven right. I want them to know if I praise them, they have done something beyond my expectation, beyond what they are able to do. 24. Which of the following praise does Mr. Grosz like most? A. You are so clever!
B. You must have tried hard! D. Well done, darling!
C. You are such an artist!
25.The example of 128 pupils is given to show _____________. A. teaching children is a difficult job B. children’s growing interest in math
C. the disadvantage （缺点）of praising children strongly
D. children are becoming cleverer and cleverer
26. Hearing what that teacher said, Mr. Grosz ___________. A. realized the importance of praise
B. was very proud of her daughter
C. didn’t know how to thank her D. was not really satisfied（满意的） 27. What does the author mainly tell us in the text? A. Too much praise can sometimes hurt children. B. Praise makes good men better and bad men worse. C. Parents should spend more time with their children.
D. Many children can’t live up to their parents’ expectations.
C
The kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet, and some can make words.
The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child.
The goal is to find out whether kids using today’s new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say they’re already amazed. “What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,” said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program.
The fastest learner—and the first to turn on one of the tablets—is 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse. The device’s camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.
With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. “Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. That’s unbelievable,” said Keller.
The project aims to get kids to a stage called “deep reading,” where they can read to learn. It won’t be in Amharic, Ethiopia’s first language, but in English,
which is widely seen as the ticket to higher paying jobs.
28. How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village? A. It trains teachers for them. B. It contributes to their self-study. C. It helps raise their living standards. D. It provides funds for building schools.
29. What can we infer from Keller’s words in Paragraph 3? A. They need more time to analyze data. B. More children are needed for the research. C. He is confident about the future of the project. D. The research should be carried out in kindergartens.
30. It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _______. A. learn English words quickly. B. draw pictures of animals. C. write letters to researchers. D. make phone calls to his friends. 31. What is the aim of the project? A. To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs. B. To make Amharic widely used in the world. C. To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English. D. To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language.
D
With the development of our society, cell phones have become a common part in our lives. Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Maybe they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on We Chat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name---phubbers (低头族).
Recently a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various
social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes a selfie (自拍) in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone.
Although the ending of the film sounds unrealistic, the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Always bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors’ words. “The neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for a long time will damage your eyesight gradually.
But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. When getting together with family or friends, many people prefer to play their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported. It can also cost your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.
32. What is the main idea of the article?
A. Cellphone, the killer of people’s health C. Reasons for phubbing
B. Damage of phubbing
D. Phenomena of phubbing
33. Why does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragraph 2?
A. To suggest phubbers will destroy the world. B. To call for people to go walking without phones. C. To tell people of the bad effects of phubbing. D. To advise students to create more cartoons like this. 34. What’s the author’s attitude towards phubbing?
A. Supportive
B. Confident
C. Negative D. Uncertain
35. What will be talked about in the following paragraph?
A. Ways to avoid the risks of phubbing B. Bad effects of pudding C. Daily life of phubbers
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