Parents who help their children with homework may actually be bringing down their school grades. Other forms of parental involvement, including volunteering at school and observing a child's class, also fail to help, according to the most recent study on the topic.
The findings challenge a key principle of modern parenting(养育子女) where schools expect them to act as partners in their children's education. Previous generations concentrated on getting children to school on time, fed, dressed and ready to learn.
Kaith Robinson, the author of the study, said, "I really don't know if the public is ready for this but there are some ways parents can be involved in their kids' education that leads to declines in their academic performance. One of the things that were consistently negative was parents' help with homework." Robinson suggested that may be because parents themselves struggle to understand the task." They may either not remember the material their kids are studying now, or in some cases never learnt it themselves, but they're still offering advice."
Robinson assessed parental involvement performance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks. In general, about 20% of parental involvement was positive, about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant.
Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because "children with good academic success do have involved parents", admitted Robinson. But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success." A big surprise was that Asian-American parents whose kids are doing so well in school hardly involved. They took a more reasonable approach, conveying to their children how success at school could improve their lives."
1.The underlined expression "parental involvement " in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.
A. parents' expectation on children's health
B. parents' participation in children's education
C. parents' control over children's life
D. parents' plan for children's future
2.What is the major finding of Robinson's study?
A. Modern parents raise children in a more scientific way.
B. Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging.
C. Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected.
D. Parents are not able to help with children’s homework.
3.The example of Asian-American parents implies that parents should ___________.
A. help children realize the importance of schooling
B. set a specific life goal for their children
C. spend more time improving their own lives
D. take a more active part in school management
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The 1920s was a decade of wealth, decadence(堕落) and social changes. They were known as the Roaring Twenties, and the best place to experience this exciting time was New York City. But what was it really like?
Prohibition
In 1919, a new law in the US known as Prohibition made it illegal to buy and sell alcohol. But Prohibition didn’t stop people drinking; it just drove the sale of strong alcoholic drink underground. Bootleggers(走私贩) waited off the coast of New York after dark and brought illegal alcohol into the city.
Jazz
Jazz was the music of New York in the 1920s. In fact, the decade is called Jazz Age. The best place to listen to this new form of music was the Cotton Club in Harlem. All the great jazz musicians played at the Cotton Club, including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington. Also, in 1942 George Gershwin composed the jazz—influenced Rhapsody in Blue. The piece has been called “a musical portrait of New York” and was used by Woody Allen in his film Manhattan.
Art Deco
Art Deco was the most popular style of the 1920s, with bright colors and geometric designs; it can be seen in the art, architecture and inside designs of the period. New York is full of Art Deco buildings, but the most famous ones are the Chrysler Building (built between 1928 and 1930) and the Empire State Building (built between 1930 and 1931).
The Great Depression
On 29th October, 1929, the Roaring Twenties came to a dramatic end. On that day (known as “Black Tuesday”), the US stock market crashed, causing the Great Depression. The economic downturn lasted ten years and affected most of the Western world. Unemployment in America reached 25% and the country didn’t recover until after World War II.
1.We know from the passage that in 1919 people ________ alcohol in the US.
A. began to buy and sellB. stopped producing
C. completely stopped tradingD. secretly bought and sold
2.The 1920s is called _________.
A. Country Music TimeB. Jazz Age
C. Folk Music AgeD. Pop Age
3.We infer from the passage that the US _________ in the year 1930.
A. was in a bad economic state
B. was in good economic condition
C. developed at a rapid speed
D. had many dramatic plays
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。将答案写在答题纸上。
Tips on Homework
What do you do when you just can’t get yourself to do homework? You know it has to be done. However, it is the last thing on which you want to spend your time. 1. Here are some tips to improve your motivation to study.
Set goals for yourself. 2. Start by setting goals you know you can achieve easily. For instance, a goal such as getting straight A’s on your next report card would be nice, but it is a major goal. An easier one would be taking a page of notes for your report.
Set a schedule for studying and write it down. Why write it down? Something about the written words makes it harder to ignore. Once you’ve written it down, you’ll do it.
Do the homework you dislike the most first. 3. However, if you have a number of small assignments and one major assignment to work on, doing the small ones first will make it seem like you are making progress more quickly.
4. You could “allow” yourself to go to a movie on Friday night if you get your History project completed by then, or you could take a snack break once you get the first thirty Maths questions completed.
Find a way to turn your homework assignments into something that interests you. 5. I you have to do geometry homework, think about how you could use it when you want to become a building designer. If you are researching Russia and your interest is in wildlife, find out what species you would find there.
A. Use rewards to mark your progress.
B. Do physical exercises during study breaks.
C. They don’t have to be big ones, in fact, the smaller the better.
D. How are you going to get yourself motivated and what is the best way?
E. If you have a choice of topics, choose something you’ve always wanted to learn about.
F. Also, if there is homework you find most difficult, do it first while your mind is still fresh.
G. If your friends ask you to hang out when you have homework to do, stay home and do the work.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
There is an old Spanish Proverb which states, "Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week". How many times have we ________ dreams until tomorrow? I’d say too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot ________. We have to go for them now! Here is why.
As you know, tomorrow is not promised. Nobody likes to talk about death, but the ________ is: everybody is going to die at one point. ________ of us know the day, or the hour. ________, today is all we have. Don’t go to your grave with ________ dreams. Make the ________ to go after every dream, big or small right now.
Unless you take the first step, your dreams will never ________. You can ________ about writing the great American play, but it’s never going to happen unless you actually put pen to ________. You can dream about finding a cure ________ cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually go to school to become ________ with the necessary tools to find that cure. In other words, dreams don’t work unless you do. They ________ you to get your head out of the clouds, and actually do the work to make them happen.
You can’t let fear win. One of the biggest dream ________ is fear. There are so many people who could ________ amazing things if only they weren’t afraid. Just think about all the things you’ve wanted to do, but allowed fear to ________ you of the fact that you weren’t capable, or good enough. In the movie After Earth, Will Smith’s character says, "Fear is not ________. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is what exists. But fear is a choice." Choose not to let fear ________ you from achieving your dreams.
Imagine how much ________ you’ll be if you’re living the life you always dreamed about. The only thing that is stopping you is you. There are so many amazing ________ and people waiting for you. So don’t keep your dreams waiting. Go after them today!
1.A. put offB. take offC. set offD. see off
2.A. stopB. disappearC. showD. wait
3.A. theoryB. puzzleC. realityD. concern
4.A. NoneB. NobodyC. AllD. Neither
5.A. HoweverB. ThereforeC. InsteadD. Otherwise
6.A. unfulfilledB. unsatisfiedC. undoneD. unreasonable
7.A. choiceB. decisionC. mistakeD. difference
8.A. realizeB. recognizeC. come trueD. come out
9.A. thinkB. talkC. walkD. dream
10.A. woodB. paperC. bookD. iron
11.A. ofB. asC. toD. for
12.A. equippedB. matchedC. filledD. compared
13.A. requestB. orderC. requireD. command
14.A. supportersB. friendsC. killersD. opponents
15.A. achieveB. have achievedC. loseD. have lost
16.A. tellB. convinceC. persuadeD. remind
17.A. lovelyB. acceptableC. falseD. real
18.A. saveB. shelterC. stopD. protect
19.A. excitedB. happierC. upsetD. more crazy
20.A. advantagesB. informationC. opportunitiesD. dangers
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Liu Jun,
How are you? I have studied in Detroit for almost one year, when the teachers and students are very friend with me. With their help, I’ve made a great progress in my studies. The climate isn’t what I expect. I have never gone through such a cold winter. However, I have gradually adapted me to it. Detroit, whose industry is famous, belongs to the developed world. All kind of lights on at night, Detroit is extreme beautiful. The people there live at a fast pace. They are always on the go, so they have less time chat with each other.
How is everything with you? I’d like to hear about you soon.
Yours,
Li Hua
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My father grew up in Oklahoma during the early years of the Great Depression. He was the only living child of a hard-working farmer and a ________ mother. When Dad completed eighth grade, my grandfather believed his only son would work on the farm. My grandmother, ________, understood the door that education could open even in ________ economic times. She persuaded grandfather to ________ Dad to finish high school.
Dad worked hard and completed high school at the age of 16. At last, grandpa was to have his wish. Dad would work on the farm, easing the economic and physical ________ grandpa carried. But grandmother again ________ grandpa to permit my father to go to college.
After ________, grandpa made the most difficult decision of his lifetime. He walked to the chicken coop(鸡笼子), where he did his ________. Taking a shovel in his work-worn hands, grandpa ________ a jar that held all the family’s savings. He offered the jar and its precious ________ to Dad, saying, "Here boy, go make something of yourself."
Realizing that his family was ________ all their savings by investing in his education, Dad became a steward of those funds. He ________ his bachelor’s degree and then went on to the University of Oklahoma, where he graduated second in his ________ school class in 1936. Jobs were hard to ________ when Dad graduated, so he opened his own practice and lived in a home with a dirt floor. He worked long hours, but I remember him ________ the great books he discovered in the course of his education with me.
Our family was changed by the long walk grandpa took to the chicken coop. Education is ________ an investment in our family. It is a treasure. I ________ my father to college and law school, and all of my children have also ________ higher education. We have been transformed by a sacrifice made two ________ ago by a loving, if not fully convinced, grandfather and a persistent grandmother and that has made all the ________.
1.A. beautifulB. curiousC. capableD. devoted
2.A. soB. howeverC. otherwiseD. thus
3.A. toughB. greatC. peacefulD. competitive
4.A. permitB. takeC. askD. force
5.A. painsB. troublesC. burdensD. activities
6.A. refusedB. beggedC. orderedD. required
7.A. graduationB. workC. reflectionD. permission
8.A. cookingB. cleaningC. farmingD. banking
9.A. picked upB. dug upC. broke upD. cut up
10.A. booksB. contentsC. billsD. coins
11.A. sacrificingB. storingC. treasuringD. wasting
12.A. failedB. receivedC. offeredD. needed
13.A. mathsB. educationC. economicsD. law
14.A. come offB. come aboutC. come byD. come on
15.A. makingB. writingC. protectingD. sharing
16.A. more thanB. rather thanC. other thanD. less than
17.A. joinedB. followedC. advisedD. accompanied
18.A. soughtB. insistedC. favoredD. considered
19.A. yearsB. centuriesC. decadesD. generations
20.A. senseB. differenceC. useD. effect
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I will share one experience with you. With the college Entrance Examination draw near, I was filled with great anxiety. However, I couldn’t be absorbed in study, resulting from my failing in the examination. I got very discouraging. Just then, my teacher, Miss Zhang, approached me and said, “In life we all have moments when we can’t achieve what we want to. It is natural. Don’t allow those moments to weaken you, and turn them into motivation to inspire yourself.” Her words were reminder that provided me with constant encouragement to smile at life. Consequently, I gained that I deserved.
So it is an optimistic attitude which matters most of all. It gives you the confidence to deal with difficulties and to achieve what you want in your life.
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假如你是李华，是某中学高一的新生。请你给以前的好朋友小明写封信。介绍你现在各方面的情况。信中包括以下内容：
1．学校环境优美，有一个很大的操场，树木成荫。
2．老师对我们学习上要求严格，生活中很友好，关心同学。
3．身边的同学都很优秀，很勤奋。彼此相处融洽。
4．高中生活充满压力，但是在老师的帮助下，我充满信心，一定会不断取得进步。
注意：1. 内容应包括以上要点，可以适当发挥，增加细节，以使文章连贯；
2. 开头已给出，但不计入总词数； 词数：100左右。
Dear Xiao Ming,
I’m Li Hua. I’m writing to tell you my lifestyle in the new school.
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Yours，
Li Hua
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Not far from the club, there was a garden, _______ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.
A. whoseB. thatC. whichD. its
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