Pushing children too hard is a really big social problem that seems to be getting worse．Now we have 6-month-olds in music classes and swimming classes．Parents fear that if other children are attending these classes，they will be holding their own children back if they do not enroll，too．
The other extreme，simply taking a_laissez-faire_approach and letting children do—or refuse to do—whatever they want，is not the answer either，of course．
Dr Taylor emphasizes that parents need to push their children based on what is best for the children，not what is best for themselves．If children understand that an activity is in their best interests，then they will accept it, he finds．
Dr Taylor and other family experts remain pessimistic about the possibilities for widespread social change．“The force of our popular culture，driven by money and superficial（表面上的） values，cannot be resisted，” he says．But change can take place at a“micro-level,” in families and schools．
When changes do occur，the rewards can benefit everyone in the family．One mother supporting this new approach toward parenting mentions the advantages her family experienced after her children cut back on activities．“The biggest thing is that since we have done this，we are rested,” she says．“Not only are our kids rested，because they're not in a ton of stuff, but my husband and I are rested，because we're not driving them everywhere．We weren’t living in the moment when we were always busy．We were living by the schedule．The return on our investment of spending time together has been enormous．”
49．One of the reasons why parents push children so hard is that they________．
A．believe in early development in children B．are too busy to take care of their children
C．don't want their children to lag behind D．want to repeat what their parents did to them
50．The phrase“a laissez-faire approach”（in Line 1，Paragraph 2）most probably refers to______．
A．denying them what they need B．controlling children in a flexible way
C．developing a keen interest in children D．letting children do whatever they want
51．The best way to encourage children to work hard is___________．
A．to make them believe it’s in their best interests
B．to consider the matter from parents' standpoint
C．to emphasize the importance of hard work from time to time
D．to make it interesting and enjoyable to them
52．The new approach toward parenting mentioned in the passage most likely refers to _______．
A．relieving children’s hard work and unnecessary activity
B．resisting the superficial values of pop culture
C．reducing more activity off their school schedule
D．spending more time with their children
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The conference has been held to discuss the effects of tourism _____ the wildlife in the area.
A. on B. in C. at D. with
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Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor marketplace for merchants (商人) from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusement from their native countrysides. “ Toronto is truly multicultural,” he said in a newspaper interview. “ It’s a city from many places, and a multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to understand and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city.’
Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at he University of Toronto, He was eleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents. “ Most of Toronto’s immigrants are from lands where marketplace has always been part of daily life.” He said.
Salvatori has been interested in getting an open-air market for Toronto for the last three years. This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the city’s Executive Committee, asking for their support. The proposal pointed out Toronto’s rich variety of national groups, “ Whose customs include market shopping”.
Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Toronto’s immigrant businessmen would support an open-air market. They hope the merchants will support the plan strongly. “ A study done earlier this year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it.” Salvatori said. “ At first it would be an experiment. But we think it will prove to be good business for the merchants, as well as a tourist attraction.”
71. What is Fidenzio Salvatori’s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for Toronto?
A. To provide different forms of amusement.
B. To inspire its immigrant community.
C. To keep the cultural variety of the city.
D. To satisfy its immigrant merchants.
72. Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government _______________.
A. to make an experiment
B. to start a market
C. to perform a research
D. to operate a business
73. According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ______________.
A. market management
B. community service
C. travel industry
D. city planning
74. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. The merchants want the government to support the plan.
B. Most merchants agree to support the plan.
C. The plan is on most merchants’ side.
D. The plan is in the immigrants’ favour.
75. It can be inferred from the text the Canadian government supports____________.
A. the protection of different cultures
B. the plan of an open-air market
C. the request of merchants
D. the attitude of shoppers
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He didn’t attend the competition ______ he was ill at the time.
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第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
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。
Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice．
71 These selections provide practice on employing different reading skills to get the message of the writer．They also give students practice in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for thorough comprehension, and critical reading．
Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents．This kind of rapid reading is suitable when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or
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Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading．However, in this case the search is more concentrated． 73 When you read to find a particular date, or number you are scanning．
Reading for thorough comprehension is carefully reading in order to understand the total meaning of the passage．At this level of comprehension the reader is able to summarize the author’s ideas 74 ．
Critical reading demands that a reader makes judgments about what he or she reads．This kind of reedit requires posting and answering questions such as “ 75 ”, “Do I share the author’s point of view?” and “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?
A．Does my own experience support that of the author?
B．Reader’s Choice is one of the most popular magazines in the world．
C．but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas．
D．The book contains many types of selections on a wide variety of topics．
E ．To scan is to read quickly in order to find out specific information．
F．Do I know about the author?
G．when there is no time to read something carefully．
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— _______, Tommy. You can do it!
A. No problem B. No hurry C. Come on D. That’s OK
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Bad moods can actually be good for you-an Australian study finds that being sad makes people less possible to be taken in, improves their ability to judge others and also improves memory.
The study, carried out by psychology professor Joseph Forgas at the University of New South Wales, showed that people in a negative mood were more critical of, and paid more attention to their surroundings than happier people, who were more likely to believe anything they were told. "Although positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, cooperation, negative moods lead to more attentive, careful thinking and encourage people to pay greater attention to the outside world," Forgas wrote. "Our research suggests that sadness promotes information processing strategies best suited to dealing with more demanding situations."
For the study, Forgas and his team conducted several experiments that started with inducing （引起，导致）happy or sad moods in participants through watching films and recalling positive or negative events. In one of the experiments, happy and sad participants were asked to judge the truth of urban myths and rumors and found that people in a negative mood were less likely to believe these statements. People in a bad mood were also less likely to make quick decisions based on racial or religious prejudices（偏见）, and they were less likely to make mistakes when asked to recall an event that they witnessed.
The study also found that sad people were better at stating their case through written arguments. Forgas said this showed that a negative mood may actually promote a clearer and more successful communication style."
"Positive mood is not universally desirable: people in negative mood are less prone to judgmental errors, and are better at producing high-quality, effective persuasive arguments" Forgas wrote.
56.According to the text, people in a bad mood are more likely to______________.
A. judge other people more exactly
B. believe anything they are told
C. make quick decisions based on prejudices
D make mistakes when asked to describe an event
57. We can learn from the text that Joseph Forgas______________
A. carried out the experiments alone
B. is a psychology professor in Britain
C. likes to deal with demanding situations in life
D believes bad moods might benefit people’s health
58. In what way did Joseph Forgas conclude the study?
A. By comparison B. By explanation C. By analysis D By inference
59. The text is mainly about ______________
A. how to change bad moods into good moods
B. the differences between good and bad moods.
C. benefits of bad moods
D how to beat bad moods.
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.——Don’t look down upon Bob. He has his own advantages.
——Oh, yes. ___________others are weak, he is strong.
A. If B. Where C. Though D. When
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