Is traditional fairytales good all the time? Recent research found one in five parents have abandoned those old classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Hansel and Gretel and they’re in favor of more modern books.
One third of parents said their children have been left in tears after hearing the terrible details of Little Red Riding Hood. The survey of 2,000 adults was carried out to mark the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM, which starts tonight at 9:00 pm on Watch, and sees six series based on traditional fairytales. The research found a quarter of parents wouldn’t consider reading a fairytale to their child until they had reached the age of five, as they cause too many awkward questions. And 52 percent of the parents said Cinderella didn’t send a good message to their children as it portrays (描绘) a young woman doing housework all day. Similarly, Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also a tale likely to be left on the book shelf as parents felt it condones (宽恕) stealing.
Steve Hornsey, General Manager of Watch, said: “Bedtime stories are supposed to relax the children and send them off to sleep soundly. But as we see in GRIMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so it’s understandable that parents worry about reading them to young children. As adults we can see the innocence in fairytales, but a five year old with an over active imagination could think they are true. Despite the dark nature of classic fairytales, as we see in GRIMM, good will defeat evil and there is always a moral to the story.”
Though half of parents said traditional tales are more likely to have a strong moral message than a lot of modern kids’ books, two thirds of mums and dads said they were no longer appropriate to soothe youngsters before bed. On the contrary, they might give their children nightmares.
1.Why aren’t some traditional fairytales read by parents to children?
A. They are forbidden to read according to the rules.
B. They are difficult for their children to understand.
C. They are too scary for their young children to hear.
D. They don’t have any strong moral messages in them.
2.Which of the traditional fairytales tells one can get away with stealing?
A. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
B. Little Red Riding Hood.
C. Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
D. Hansel and Gretel.
3.What’s the author’s attitude towards traditional fairytales?
A. Objective.B. Supporting.C. Disapproving.D. Doubtful.
4.The underlined word “soothe” in the last paragraph means “________”.
A. surprise B. astonish C. stress D. comfort
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年吉林汪清县六中高二下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Earth Day has come and gone, but it’s a fact of daily life that 1.6 billion people around would have no electricity in their homes. Instead, most of them use wood, coal or even animal waste to heat and cook in their homes ,which also gives off greenhouse gases, causing indoor air pollution that kills 1.6million people a year, most of whom are children and women.
It’s not expected to improve much, and in Africa it’s becoming worse now. By 2030, when the Earth’s population will be likely to top 8billion, 1.3 billion people will still lack electricity. Of those, 700 million will be in Africa, and 490 million in South Asia.
Ghana, in West Africa, most of the northern half of the country lives without lights. As a result, three out of four Ghanans in the north are without electricity to refrigerate with and to cook with, to study with and to start businesses with. Like most others around the world in the same situation, these Ghanans use traditional fuels( wood, coal, animal waste) to meet their cooking needs.
What would electricity for everyone around the world cost? The International Energy Agency, which is made up of 28 member countries, figures it would run35 billion dollars a year from 2008 to 2030 to reach that.
The United Nations has been busy with the issue, organizing a meeting on April 28 hosted by Secretary-General Ban Kimoon. ‘ Energy services are very important formeeting basic human needs, reducing poverty, creating and getting together wealth and keeping advances in social development,” He said in an announcement.
1.How many people still lack electricity in the world now?
A. 1.6 billion. B. 1.6 million
C. 1.3 billion D. 700 million
2. Why do many children and women die of indoor air pollution?
A. Because they would rather heat and cook with traditional fuels than with electricity.
B. Because of no electricity they have to use traditional fuels for heating and cooking.
C. Because wood, coal or animal waste does great harm to their health.
D. Because there are too many greenhouse gases from factories.
3.The underlined word “that” probably refer to______.
A. electricity for everyone B. 35 billion dollars a year
C. traditional fuels D. 28 member countries
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The United Nations is trying to solve the problem.
B. The basic human needs are reducing poverty.
C. Working together is a way to develop.
D. The basic needs for humans are energy services.
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河北邯郸大名县一中高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选出能够填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将之涂黑。
When my twin sons, Chad and Brad, were born, I was concerned about everything． Five years later, our little girl, Becky, _________ our family．I wanted everybody to be healthy and happy．I worked hard to see that they _________．
As the kids grew older, I worried about headaches, throat infections and many other _________ childhood illnesses．I didn't like it when the boys spent time "warming the bench " during Little League football games．I worried about Becky when she _________ the ball while playing softball．Before long, the teen years were upon us. I stayed _________ late night waiting for the boys to return home. Many times the _________ crossed my mind that I would call the police if they weren't home on time．__________, they always arrived home safe and sound _________ I had to take such measures.
"Please don't ever call the police," one of the boys said when I _________ him after a late arrival. The day the boys moved away to college was a _________ day indeed．I worried about their being able to take care of themselves．Would they starve?
A few months after the boys left college, our _________rang in the middle of the night． It startled （惊醒） us when we looked at the clock．It was 3 o'clock in the morning．" _________ must be wrong," I shouted to my husband, Roy, as we both jumped up．We ran to the door, opened it, and there _________ a police officer．
"You need to _________ your sons," he seriously announced. I picked up the telephone, but unfortunately, it was _________. A line outside had been accidentally cut．Roy and I jumped into the car and _________ to the nearest telephone. My stomach ached．My husband was _________ so badly that he could hardly dial the number.
On the first _________ , Chad answered the telephone．"What's wrong?" Roy shouted into the receiver．
"We were worried about you," Chad told him．"We've been trying to call you all night, but you didn't _________ . We called the police and asked them to go and check on you."
For the first time in their lives, the boys were worried about us. And they were the ones who _________ had to call the police.
1.A．tested B．visited C．completed D．appreciated
2.A．were B．had C．did D．would
3.A．serious B．incurable C．unusual D．common
4.A．hit B．missed C．got D．threw
5.A．down B．in C．out D．up
6.A．plan B．thought C．worry D．advice
7.A．Luckily B．Probably C．Strangely D．Exactly
8.A．before B．when C．after D．since
9.A．surprised B．told C．threatened D．reminded
10.A．nice B．sad C．happy D．embarrassing
11.A．phone B．doorbell C．alarm D．clock
12.A．Everything B．Anything C．Something D．Nothing
13.A．came B．greeted C．turned D．stood
14.A．call B．email C．see D．educate
15.A．gone B．useless C．dead D．stolen
16.A．headed B．rushed C．went D．moved
17.A．shaking B．looking C．suffering D．seeing
18.A．night B．arrival C．ring D．try
19.A．talk B．care C．wake D．answer
20.A．frequently B．suddenly C．rarely D．actually
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届福建省高三模拟考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面材料， 在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Is there such a thing as being “over-protective”?
I can honestly say that my answer to that question 1. (change) dramatically(戏剧性地) since I became a parent.
Before the birth of my daughter, I taught at 2. private school, often viewing my students as over-protected, worrying 3. would happen when they went on to middle schools. Some did fine, and some did not. Some needed constant pats on the back, words of 4. (inspire) and extra support, which I 5. (happy) gave. Others were content on their own, needing little 6. no interaction(互动) with their teacher. I’d always supposed their parents were over-protective, for they were the ones that still walked their 7. (five) graders into the classroom and met them at the school gate.
Admittedly, I laughed at those parents, 8. (think) their children would never learn to be 9. (independence) if they didn’t let go just a little. Then I had my own daughter. The moment I looked at her little face, I 10. (know) I’d do everything in my power to protect her and make sure she always felt safe!
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河南洛阳一中高三上期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
书面表达
假如你是李华，你的澳大利亚笔友Jim要来中国学习中文，请你帮忙找个寄宿家庭（host family）。请你回一封邮件，告诉他你已经找到合适的家庭了，内容包括：
1. 所处的位置；
2、家庭成员情况；
3、费用。
注意： 1.词数100 左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江苏无锡高三上期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：任务型阅读
任务型阅读阅读下列短文并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词
The most common use of intelligence test scores is to predict degree of academic success.Such scores are used in some communities as bases for admitting able children to schools at ages younger than normal, and they are very generally used to determine admissions to schools beyond public secondary school.Another use common in elementary schools involves comparing such scores with performances in various subjects to identify children who are working below capacity.
The greatest problem in using intelligence tests for the purpose of prediction is that no dependable criterion of their accuracy exists.The ideal criteria would be objective and reliable achievement tests following instructions in each subject, but there are few such tests, especially at the college level.Studies have shown that correlations（相关性) between intelligence tests and achievement tests in various subjects through secondary school range roughly from 0.5 to 0.8. Such correlations are fairly high, but they do not suggest anywhere near complete agreement.
At the college level there are two major tests used as criteria of admission. By far the more important is the College Entrance Examination, constructed by the Educational Testing Service authorized by the College Entrance Examination Board.These tests arc returned to the Educational Testing Service for scoring, and the results are then made available to the various colleges authorized by the students to receive them. The second test of this type is the American College Test, which operates in essentially the same fashion.
Both tests constitute(组成) measures of certain skills, abilities, and knowledge that have been found to be related to success in college. Their correlations with academic success are limited for three outstanding reasons. First, measures of achievement in college are themselves perhaps no more reliable than those in elementary and secondary schools. Second, intellectual factors do not alone determine academic success, especially at the college level. Many students drop out of schools because they are inadequately motivated or because they dislike the instructional programme. Third, correlations are lowered because the use of such tests for denying admission to some students means that the range of scores for those admitted is restricted, and such restrictions tend to reduce correlations.
Common 1.__________ of intelligence test scores | .To tell in 2.__________ the degree of academic success .To help admit children with outstanding 3.__________ to school at the age younger than ordinary .To find out children with 4.__________ ability in primary school than aveage | |
5.__________ with intelligence tests | .Ideal criteria for objective and reliable achievement tests in college courses are 6.__________ to find. .Correlations between intelligence tests and achievement tests are fairly high but still limited. | |
Two major tests at the college level | .CEE .ACF | .Both tests are scored by the Educational Testing Service. |
.The7.__________ of the College Entrance Examination will be sent to the colleges that the students choose. | ||
.The correlations with academic success are limited for three reasons as 8.__________. a. Measures of college achievement are as 9.__________ as those in primary and middle schools. b. Academic success is determined by many other factors 10.__________ from intellectual ones. c. Admission restrictions tend to reduce correlations. | ||
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届江苏无锡高三上期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
To strengthen Japan's diplomatic influence and increase military presence across the world, Abe (安倍) ________ a greater role for his country in international affairs since he took office.
A. soughtB. had soughtC. is seekingD. has been seeking
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届河北省高三下期三模考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The day before Christmas I pulled into a store parking lot and counted my money again. It wasn’t much. I _________ being poor, not having enough to _________my small children a few simple toys. As I was _________I noticed the Salvation Army(救世军) bell ringer at the _________ . I felt bad again because I didn’t feel I could _________ anything to give him. I started walking towards the entrance _________ two cars entered empty parking spaces in front of me. The first was a __________, new Cadillac which became the _________ of me the moment I saw it. “How _________,”I thought, “would it be to have enough money to buy a car like that!” The second car, _________ , was an ancient car more shabby than the one I was driving.
A man got out of the Cadillac and hurried into the store _________ past the bell ringer without a second _________. Out of the old car came a young mother with three small children following_________behind her. Her clothes looked as _________as her car, yet she stopped at the entrance and _________ a bill. In that second a(n) _________ touched me, my envy and dislike __________ me, and all the love and joy filled me. I fished a bill out of my own purse, _________ it in the Salvation Army kettle, and wished the _________ a “Merry Christmas!”
Now I felt I was a poor man but rich on the _________ . After finding a few things for my kids, I drove home with my heart singing.
1.A. hated B. permitted C. escaped D. regretted
2.A. make B. buy C. award D. lend
3.A. pulling out B. settling in C. getting out D. cutting in
4.A. parking space B. counter C. parking lot D. entrance
5.A. spare B. split C. spend D. save
6.A. though B. since C. when D. if
7.A. sharp B. dull C. pure D. shiny
8.A. target B. envy C. item D. bargain
9.A. nice B. precious C. rare D. expensive
10.A. therefore B. however C. anyhow D. besides
11.A. merely B. right C. hopefully D. seldom
12.A. smile B. nod C. glance D. wave
13.A. firmly B. bravely C. casually D. closely
14.A. worn out B. cast down C. tired out D. broken down
15.A. paid B. passed C. donated D. rejected
16.A. equality B. sympathy C. approval D. warmth
17.A. left B. visited C. reached D. missed
18.A. took B. handed C. started D. dropped
19.A. salesman B. bell ringer C. woman D. man driver
20.A. wealth B. luck C. inside D. outside
查看答案和解析>>
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年广东实验中学高一下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
Which of the following sentences is not correct?
A．I find it worthwhile to take part in the anti-smoking campaign.
B．The new house really didn’t worth so much money.
C．His suggestion is worthy of consideration.
D．He is a gentleman worthy to be respected.
查看答案和解析>>
湖北省互联网违法和不良信息举报平台 | 网上有害信息举报专区 | 电信诈骗举报专区 | 涉历史虚无主义有害信息举报专区 | 涉企侵权举报专区
违法和不良信息举报电话：027-86699610 举报邮箱：58377363@163.com
