“Tiger Mother” parenting raises media storm. A new book written by a self-described Chinese descent(血统) on her super-strict parenting—Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has raised media storm and fierce debates in the U．S.
Amy Chua is a Yale Law School professor and the mother of two teenage girls. She is the daughter of immigrants of Chinese descent. In the Chinese culture，the tiger symbolizes strength and power. In her book Ms.Chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters. For example，her daughters，Sophia and Louisa，were never allowed to attend a sleep-over，be in a school play，watch TV or play computer games. They couldn’t choose their own after-class activities or get any grade less than an A．They had to play piano or violin—and no other musical instruments. She writes that if a Chinese child gets a B—which she says “would never happen”—there would be a screaming，hairtearing explosion”．She describes making her 7-year-old daughter play a piano piece perfectly—yelling and not letting her leave the bench even to use the bathroom—until it was.
Many people have criticized Chua. Some say her parenting methods were abusive. She even admits that her husband，who is not Chinese，objects to her parenting style. But she says that was the way her parents raised her and her three sisters.
Stacy DeBroff，who has written four books about parenting，says Amy Chua’s parenting style is not limited to Chinese families. She says it represents a traditional way of parenting among immigrants seeking a better future for their children. But she also sees a risk. When children have no time to be social or to follow their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life. Stacy DeBroff advised parents not to just repeat the way they were raised.
Alison Lo，an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Washington’s Bothell campus said, “I don’t think Amy is advocating a best practice of parenting style, or that success and achievements are critical yardsticks(衡量标准) of a good life. But I can imagine how strong her daughters’ college applications are going to be. For many parents whose dreams are seeing their kids graduating from a competitive university，Amy is sharing with the readers that it is achievable by persistent，dedicated parental guidance，”Lo said in an interview with Julie Muhlstein，a columnist with the US-based Heraldnet.com.“In that sense，a young adult’s giftedness can be born，or made，”Lo continued.
1.According to the passage, which is TRUE of Amy Chua?
A．She is an easy-going woman.
B．She is an assistant professor.
C．She is a demanding parent.
D．She is a cruel teacher.
2.Which of the following are Sophia and Louisa allowed to do?
A．Playing the piano.
B．Playing the guitar.
C．Dating with boys.
D．Getting an A minus.
3.Stacy DeBroff advised parents to ________.
A．seek a better future for their children
B．develop their own style of parenting
C．be strict with their children
D．follow Amy Chua’s parenting style
4.Alison Lo concluded that ________.
A．persistent, dedicated parental guidance is the best parenting style
B．parents should respect children’s personalities
C．a gifted child was born with talent
D．a teenager can be raised to be talent by strict parenting
科目：高中英语 来源：2016届河南省八市高三英语第三次质量检测试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My neighbor Mrs. Gargan first told me about it. “Have you seen the tree?” She asked as I was sitting in the backyard enjoying the autumn twilight （暮色）. “The one down at the corner,” she explained. “It’s a beautiful tree—all kinds of colors. All the passers-by stop to have a look. You ought to see it.” I told her I would, but I soon forgot about the tree. Three days later, I was jogging down the street when a splash of bright orange caught my eyes. For an instant, I thought someone’s house had caught fire. Then I remembered the tree.
I approached the tree to look at it closely. There was nothing remarkable about the shape of the tree. It was a medium-sized maple. But Mrs. Gargan had been right about its colors. Like the mess of an artist’s palette（调色板）, the tree blazed a bright crimson（深红色）on its lower branches and burned with vivid yellows and oranges in its center, and deep red at its top. Through these colors were light green leaves as yet untouched by autumn.
Walking closer I noticed several bare branches near the top, their small black branches scratching the air like claws. The fallen leaves lay like a red carpet around the trunk.
As I was amazed at this beauty, I thought of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s comments about the stars. “If the constellations（星座）appeared only once in a thousand years, imagine what an exciting event it would be. But because they’re up there every night, we barely give them a look,” he made a remark in Nature.
I felt the same way about the tree. Because its beauty will last only a week, it should be especially precious to us. And I had almost missed it.
Once in the 19th century when a man noticed a brilliant display of northern lights（北极光）in the sky over Massachusetts, he rang a church bell to alert the whole town’s people. That’s what I felt like doing about the tree. I wanted to awake the countryside to its wonder.
I didn’t have a church bell, but as I walked home, I did ask each neighbor I passed the same simple but important question Mrs. Gargan had asked me: “Have you seen the tree?”.
1.What did the author’s neighbor remind him?
A. To appreciate the beauty of the sunset.
B. To find what happened at the street corner.
C. To draw a picture of a tree.
D. To enjoy the beautiful tree in all colors.
2.From the passage we know _________.
A. the author felt it precious to see the beauty of the tree
B. the author thought of the stars as beautiful as the tree
C. the remarkable scene of the tree only appeared in a thousand years
D. People never had a close look at the tree
3.How did the author call on people to enjoy the wonder?
A. He rang the church bell.
B. He passed on the same question.
C. He awakened all neighbors up.
D. He required people to the corner.
4.The best title of the passage can be ________.
A. Have You Seen the Tree?
B. The Most Beautiful Tree
C. One of the Wonders in Nature
D. The Precious Moment in Life
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年福建莆田六中高二下期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
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
Cell Phones: Hang Up or Keep Talking
Millions of people are using cell phones today. In many places, it is actually considered unusual not to use one. 1. They find that the phones are more than a means of communication – having mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.
The explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity(负面报道)of such ideas. __2.__
On the other hand, signs of change in the issues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. In one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory loss. 3. This man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years.
4. The answer is radiation(辐射). High-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. Mobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about.
As the discussion about the safety continues, it appears that it’s best to use mobile phones less often.
___5. Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. In the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health. So for now, it’s wise not to use your mobile phone too often.
A. They will possibly affect their benefits.
B. In many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people.
C. What do the doctors worry about?
D. What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful?
E. They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health.
F. He couldn’t remember even simple tasks.
G. Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届湖南长沙长郡中学高三模底测试英语试卷（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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It amazed me—every time I saw Joe, he was smiling. It didn’t _ ___ whether he had to stop at a stop light, or if he were the seventh person in __ __ at the bank, and the service stopped just before he got there. Joe __ _ smiled. It made me wonder why he seemed so __ __ every day.
Having observed Joe with other people, I __ __ something else also. Joe asked people how they were doing, and really seemed to listen to their __ __. If someone were hurting, he had __ __ for him and kind words, and offered to __ __ in any way he could.
It made me think...What if I tried to smile more? A(n) __ __ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store. I smiled as I went up and down the aisles...and people I didn’t even _ __ smiled back at me. Some even __ __! The little kid in the cart(购物车) who was giving his mother a __ __ time saw me smile and _ ___ talking...and, you guessed it. He made a shy little attempt at a smile. The man in the handicapped(残疾的) cart __ __ a person to reach something...I could get that for him. The smile even transferred over to him, and he __ __ me.
As I drove home, I was smiling. I _ ___ what I had just learned, and when someone passed me and gave me a(n) _ ___, I smiled at him. He looked puzzled.
Now I know a smile is a small thing, but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day? I couldn’t believe how _ __ I felt. Nothing in my life had changed, _ __ maybe it had. For what I learned was that such a small thing could __ _ not only my spirits, but those around me as well.
1.A. workB. happenC. matterD. last
2.A. orderB. debtC. handD. line
3.A. always B. eventuallyC. immediatelyD. still
4.A. naughtyB. happyC. activeD. humorous
5.A. decidedB. judgedC. noticedD. considered
6.A. answersB. complaintsC. excusesD. comments
7.A. guidanceB. respectC. sympathyD. protection
8.A. performB. attemptC. botherD. help
9.A. experimentB. lifeC. projectD. program
10.A. meetB. touchC. knowD. contact
11.A. glaredB. greetedC. approachedD. escaped
12.A. spareB. longC. hardD. great
13.A. stoppedB. triedC. keptD. enjoyed
14.A. persuadedB. acceptedC. supportedD. needed
15.A. thankedB. changedC. encouragedD. invited
16.A. worried aboutB. thought about
C. talked overD. looked over
17.A. gestureB. addressC. callD. ticket
18.A. normalB. greatC. reasonableD. complicated
19.A. soB. forC. butD. till
20.A. releaseB. admireC. displayD. lift
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短文改错
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。错误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）不记分。
For a person, belief always plays an important role in his life. Anyone who has strong belief can enjoy a colorfully life. Otherwise, he will lose him in his own way of life. Belief is so important what it can change one’s fate. Marie Curie, famous scientist, also has set a good example. In 1898, Marie find a new element. In order to improve her discovery, Marie and her husband worked hardly. At last they saw at the dim blue light of new element—radium, which made her dream came true.
To my personal view, it can be seen that one with firmly-held belief is likely to getting successful and master his own life.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届云南昆明高三适应性检测（三）英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面衫料，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。
How can a person stand out in a country of 1.35 billion? One safe, inexpensive and relatively stress-free way is to choose a(n) 1.____ (usual) English name.
Chinese people usually get 2.____English name in high school or college English class.Others get one once they start working and regularly deal with 3.____ (foreign), who often have trouble 4.____ (pronounce) their Chinese names.
Many students 5.____ (give) traditional English names by their teachers, or end up with common ones that sound like their Chinese names (for example, David for Dawei and Tracy for Cui Li).
The rest go with whatever word appeals to them, 6.____ (include) adjectives (Vivid), verbs (Happen), animals (Dolphin), brands (KFC) and common nouns (Tears).
Then there are the creative types like Cereal, a kind of main food more commonly7.____ (find) on breakfast tables than business cards, but 8.____ is no doubt that an English name makes an impression.
What's more special, the parents of 3-year-old Arwenry came up with the name of a character in the novel The Lord of the Rings (Arwen) with part of 9._________ (they) daughter's Chinese name(Rui).
But nothing screams unique like Uniqueen. The combination of'“unique”and “queen” comes from a Beijing teenager who wanted a name more unforgettable 10._________Angel.
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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：书面表达
李华是生活在某个社区的孩子，她感到孩子们的社区生活单调，几乎没有朋友，于是打算向社区负责人黄叔叔提出解决该问题的建议。请你就此事以李华的名义写一篇 100 词左右的邮件。
内容包括：
1. 组织社区里的孩子参加清洁本小区的劳动。
2. 提供一个固定场所供孩子们课后学习和交流。
3. 鼓励孩子们加入社区足球俱乐部并安排比赛。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头与结尾已为你写好。
Dear Mr. Huang,
I am Li Hua, a child living in this community.______________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
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Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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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：阅读理解
Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. The following are six cultural differences between China and the US to help promote mutual understanding.
Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and disturbing.
Family
In China, elders are traditionally treated with great respect while the young are cared for. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.
Friends
Chinese people have different meanings to define friends. Just hanging out together time to time is not friendship. Friendship means lifelong friends who feel it deeply necessary to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.
Money
As is well known,the Chinese like to save. They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the US, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts（对应面）.
Education
Chinese people value education and career more than Americans, who in turn put more emphasis on good character and faith.
Team VS Individual
Basically China values the community and the US values the individual. If you achieve something in the US, it’s because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something it’s because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits （功绩）are celebrated.
1.Which is the most appropriate word to show the first cultural difference?
A. Privacy.B. Income.C. Age.D. Marriage.
2.Which is true according to the passage?
A. American parents seldom live with their children.
B. There is no friendship between American people drinking together.
C. Chinese people are usually generous with money to spend.
D. Americans value good character and faith in terms of education.
3.Which one is similar to the underlined phrase?
A. is attached to B. brings in
C. is promoted to D. results in
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年西藏拉萨北京实验中学高二下期末英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
How to Become Cleverer? Once a boy came to ask a fisherman how to become cleverer, because his mother always called him “foolish boy”.
“That’s easy,” answered the fisherman. “I know one way to make you become cleverer.”
“Really?”
“Of course. It is said a fish head is good for brain. If you eat one, you’ll become cleverer indeed. Pay only three pounds for one fish head.” The boy paid him three pounds and the fisherman cut off a fish head and handed it to him.
A raw fish head is not good—not even for a hungry boy to eat but the boy ate it up in two gulps.
“Do you feel anything?” asked the fisherman.
“Not in my head,” said the boy.
The boy lay on the ground and thought. “One whole fish costs only two pounds. I had paid him three pounds for the fish head. Why couldn’t I have the whole fish for soup, a head for brain and one pound left over?” He jumped up and shouted at the fisherman. “You thief! You are fooling me!” The fisherman laughed, saying, “The fish head works now, you see. ”
1.The boy ate up the raw fish head only in two gulps, because he ________.
A. enjoy it B. wanted to taste it
C. took it as a good medicine D. was a foolish boy
2.The boy came to the fisherman in order to ________.
A. buy a fish head B. ask the fisherman a question
C. buy a whole fish D. A and C
3.________ helped the boy become cleverer.
A. A good meal B. The raw fish head
C. Nothing D. What had happened
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