A debate has been caused by a new book called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother about Chinese-style tough parenting in the US by Amy Chua. She is also a mother of two.
Chua describes the child-rearing methods she used with her daughters. She said they would seem unimaginable to Westerners.
Chua set strict standards for her daughters. For example, in school they weren’t allowed to make grades lower than As. They had to play piano or violin and practice hours a day. There were no sleepovers, play dates or TV.
There has been wide criticism of Chua’s book in the US. “It is kind of extreme,” Jeffrey Seinfeld, a professor at New York University, told the Los Angles Times. “...standards of parenting need to be realistic and tailored to each child. Children need parents who can guide them, not force them to do things they are probably not interested in.”
Now the criticism seems to have spread to China. Sun Yunxiao, an expert from the China Youth and Children Research Center spoke to The Beijing News about his concerns. He argued that Chua’s method of parenting would limit children from reaching their full potential.
“Some Chinese parents do focus on test scores and good degrees,” Sun said. “but what gets sacrificed along the way is their kids’ capacity fully to develop and to enjoy life.”
While critics might sympathize with kids who experience this parenting style, some young people quite appreciate it. “I think anyone can do well if they work hard enough,” said 17-year-old Li Ao, a Senior 3 student at Qingdao No2 High School. “A tiger mother is there to help her kids work hard.”
Others think that Chua has a point when it comes to setting challenging goals for kids.
“It’s crucial for children,” according to Abigail Gewirtz, a professor of family science at the University of Minnesota. She told CNN: “Honestly, kids need to be pushed sometimes. If you push a kid to do well, and they’re good at it, they benefit. It’s good to have high expectations.”
49. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. Most children don’t need strict standards to do well.
B. Chua’s educating method is widely accepted in China.
C. Supporters of Amy Chua believe in high expectations.
D. Most children welcome challenging goals.
50. The underlined word “crucial” could be replaced by .
A. helpful B. cruel C. unfair D. important
51. Which of the following statements might Jeffrey Seinfeld agree with?
A. Children need to be pushed to succeed.
B. The tiger mother is no longer popular in American society.
C. Parents should take their children into account when they give them guidance.
D. Extreme parenting produces children who do not know themselves when grown up.
52. What is the author’s attitude towards Chua’s parenting style?
A. Approving. B. Objective. C. Critical. D. Disapproving.
科目：高中英语 来源：河南省实验中学2010届三下学期第一次月考 题型：阅读理解
E
There is a debate going on in America public schools over the best way to teach English to foreign students. Many schools use bilingual education. This means that students study their core subjects such as science, mathematics and social studies in their native tongues. They also take a few h ours of English.
Recently, many educators have begun to criticize bilingual education. Opponents claim that bilingual education slows not only students’ development of language skills but also their adjustment to American life. They often remain separated from the mainstream student body.
These critics have proposed the immersion method (沉浸式语言教学法). This means that students take only English classes until they can function effectively in regular subject classes. Proponents of the immersion theory argue that in order to prepare these foreign students for college or the job market, they must be able to communicate in English.
Despite this disagreement, nearly all educators agree that English is a necessary tool for improving the quality of one’s life in America.
72. In bilingual education programs, students ______.
A. study in their native countries
B. study their core subjects in their native languages
C. study only English until they can function effectively in regular subject classes
D. mainly work on adjustment to American life
73. A proponent is someone who ______.
A. supports a certain idea or policy B. is against a certain idea or policy
C. uses the immersion method of teaching English D. is a school administer
74. According to the article, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Nearly all educators agree that English is important for foreign students.
B. Students in bilingual education programs are often separated from American students
C. Nearly all educators agree that bilingual education is best for teaching English to foreign students.
D. Students with good English language skills have better chances for college or the job market.
75. What is the author’s opinion about the bilingual education in America?
A. He is for it strongly B. He is against it strongly
C. He doesn’t show his own opinion D. He is against all the educators
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科目：高中英语 来源：河南省2010届三下学期第一次月考 题型：阅读理解
E
There is a debate going on in America public schools over the best way to teach English to foreign students. Many schools use bilingual education. This means that students study their core subjects such as science, mathematics and social studies in their native tongues. They also take a few h ours of English.
Recently, many educators have begun to criticize bilingual education. Opponents claim that bilingual education slows not only students’ development of language skills but also their adjustment to American life. They often remain separated from the mainstream student body.
These critics have proposed the immersion method (沉浸式语言教学法). This means that students take only English classes until they can function effectively in regular subject classes. Proponents of the immersion theory argue that in order to prepare these foreign students for college or the job market, they must be able to communicate in English.
Despite this disagreement, nearly all educators agree that English is a necessary tool for improving the quality of one’s life in America.
72. In bilingual education programs, students ______.
A. study in their native countries
B. study their core subjects in their native languages
C. study only English until they can function effectively in regular subject classes
D. mainly work on adjustment to American life
73. A proponent is someone who ______.
A. supports a certain idea or policy B. is against a certain idea or policy
C. uses the immersion method of teaching English D. is a school administer
74. According to the article, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Nearly all educators agree that English is important for foreign students.
B. Students in bilingual education programs are often separated from American students
C. Nearly all educators agree that bilingual education is best for teaching English to foreign students.
D. Students with good English language skills have better chances for college or the job market.
75. What is the author’s opinion about the bilingual education in America?
A. He is for it strongly B. He is against it strongly
C. He doesn’t show his own opinion D. He is against all the educators
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011学年上海市松江区高三英语5月模拟测试 题型：填空题
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A. offers B. influences C. uncovered D. exactly E. big F. found G. campaigns H. involved J. properly I. notion |
What’s in a name? Letters offer clues to one’s future decisions, apparently. Previous studies have suggested that maybe a person’s monogram __1__ his life choices — where he works, whom he marries or where he lives — because of “implied self-esteem (自负),” or the temptation of positive self-associations. For instance, a person named Fred might be attracted to the __2__ of living in Fresno, working for Forever 21 or driving a Ford F-150.
Now a new study by professor Uri takes another look at the so-called name-letter effect and __3__ other explanations for the phenomenon. He analyzed records of political donations in the U.S. during the 2004 campaign — which included donors’ names and employers — and found that the name of a person’s workplace more closely related to the first three letters of a person’s name than with just the first letter. But he suggests that the reason for the association isn’t implied self-esteem, but perhaps something __4__ the opposite.
Duyck, one of the researchers whose previous work __5__ the name-letter effect, isn’t so quick to abandon the implied self-esteem theory. He pointed out that the sample group Uri studied may have biased the results: Uri analyzed the name-letter effect in a sample of people who donated money to political __6__. Still, Duyck notes that Uri’s theories are credible, and that even while some people may __7__ the same name of companies, employees may be tending to those companies because they start with the same letter as their names. In the end, whatever the explanation for the name-letter effect, no one really disputes that self-esteem is __8__ on some level. But the true importance of the effect is up for debate. “I can’t imagine people don’t like their own letter more than other letters,” says Uri, “but the differences it makes in really __9__ decisions are probably slim.”
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010届上海市高三八校联考英语试题 题型：其他题
Complete the passage by choosing the proper words in the box.
Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A．political |
B．supported |
C．gossip |
D．set E. contemporary |
F. literary G. alive H. significance I. enterprises J. figures
It is impossible to imagine Paris without its cafés. The city has some 12,000 cafés varying in size, grandeur, and 41 . The cafés are like an extension of the French living room, a place to start and end the day, to __42_ and debate.
When did the cafés in France start? The oldest café in Paris is Le Procope. It was opened in 1686 by Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, the man who turned France into a coffee-drinking society. Le Procope attracted Paris’s political and 43 elite, and in this way played an important part among the upper class. By the end of the 18th century, all of Paris was intoxicated with （沉醉在）coffee and the city 44 some 700 cafés. These were like all-male clubs, with many functioning as centers of 45 life and discussion. By the 1840s the number of cafés had grown to 3,000. The men who gathered in these cafés and 46 the theme of the times included journalists, playwrights and writers. Around the turn of the 20th century, the sidewalk cafés became the meeting halls for artists and literary 47 .
Nowadays in Paris cafés still play the role of picture windows for observing 48 life. The artists gathered at the café may not be as great as those of the past, but faces worth watching are just the same. Linger a bit and you will see that the Parisian stereotypes are still_49 and well. You’ll see the old men in navy berets; ultra-thin, bronzed women with hair dyed bright orange; and schoolchildren sharing an afternoon chocolate with their mothers. The café in Paris has always been a place for seeing and being seen.
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E
There is a debate going on in America public schools over the best way to teach English to foreign students. Many schools use bilingual education. This means that students study their core subjects such as science, mathematics and social studies in their native tongues. They also take a few h ours of English.
Recently, many educators have begun to criticize bilingual education. Opponents claim that bilingual education slows not only students’ development of language skills but also their adjustment to American life. They often remain separated from the mainstream student body.
These critics have proposed the immersion method (沉浸式语言教学法). This means that students take only English classes until they can function effectively in regular subject classes. Proponents of the immersion theory argue that in order to prepare these foreign students for college or the job market, they must be able to communicate in English.
Despite this disagreement, nearly all educators agree that English is a necessary tool for improving the quality of one’s life in America.
72. In bilingual education programs, students ______.
A. study in their native countries
B. study their core subjects in their native languages
C. study only English until they can function effectively in regular subject classes
D. mainly work on adjustment to American life
73. A proponent is someone who ______.
A. supports a certain idea or policy B. is against a certain idea or policy
C. uses the immersion method of teaching English D. is a school administer
74. According to the article, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Nearly all educators agree that English is important for foreign students.
B. Students in bilingual education programs are often separated from American students
C. Nearly all educators agree that bilingual education is best for teaching English to foreign students.
D. Students with good English language skills have better chances for college or the job market.
75. What is the author’s opinion about the bilingual education in America?
A. He is for it strongly B. He is against it strongly
C. He doesn’t show his own opinion D. He is against all the educators
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