Play allows children to use their creativity while developing their imagination and physical, cognitive (认知的), and emotional strength. Play is important to healthy brain development. Play allows children to create and explore a world they can master, conquering their fears while practicing adult roles. Undirected play allows children to learn how to work in groups, to share, to negotiate, and to resolve conflicts.
Ideally, much of play involves adults, but when play is controlled by adults, children acquiesce (顺从) to adult rules and concerns and lose some of the benefits play offers them, particularly in developing creativity, leadership, and group skills. In contrast to passive entertainment, play builds active, healthy bodies. In fact, it has been suggested that encouraging unstructured play may be an exceptional way to increase physical activity levels in children, which is one important strategy in the resolution of the obesity problem.
Children’s development is critically influenced by appropriate, affective relationships with loving and consistent caregivers as they relate to children through play. When parents observe their children in play or join with them in child-driven play, they are given a unique opportunity to see the world from their children’s vantage point as the child navigates a world perfectly created just to fit his or her needs. The interactions that occur through play tell children that parents are fully paying attention to them and help to build enduring relationships. Parents who have the opportunity to look at their children’s world learn to communicate more effectively with their children and are given another setting to offer guidance. Less verbal children may be able to express their views, giving their parents an opportunity to gain a fuller understanding of their perspective. Quite simply, play offers parents a wonderful opportunity to engage fully with their children.
Play is essential to the academic environment. It ensures that the school setting attends to the social and emotional development of children as well as their cognitive development. It has been shown to help children adjust to the school setting and even to strengthen children’s learning willingness. Social-emotional learning is best integrated (融合) with academic learning; it is concerning if some of the forces that enhance children’s ability to learn are improved at the expense of others. Play and unscheduled time that allow for peer interactions are important components of social-emotional learning.
【小题1】Compared with undirected play, play which is controlled by adults ________.
A.doesn’t benefit the children at all |
B.doesn’t help develop leadership and group skills |
C.makes children become more active |
D.helps increase physical activity levels |
A.play offers parents a good chance to establish good relationships with children |
B.children’s development is greatly influenced by relationships with parents |
C.play helps children better express their views |
D.play offers parents a unique opportunity to see the world from a different perspective |
A.play can’t help children become adapted to the school setting |
B.play makes social-emotional learning and academic learning separated |
C.play is beneficial to social-emotional learning as well as academic learning |
D.it is necessary to strengthen children’s academic development at the expense of others |
A.Undirected play can help children develop team spirit. |
B.Play can improve children’s willingness to learn. |
C.Play helps adults gain a better understanding of the children’s thoughts. |
D.Adults shouldn’t be involved in children’s play. |
【小题1】B
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
解析试题分析:本文介绍了游戏玩耍在孩子的各项能力的发展培养中很重要,它既可以帮助父母了解孩子的世界,与孩子建立良好关系,还可以提高孩子的社会情感学习能力和学术学习能力。
【小题1】细节题,根据第二段中“when play is controlled by adults, children acquiesce (顺从) to adult rules and concerns and lose some of the benefits play offers them, particularly in developing creativity, leadership, and group skills”当游戏是由成年人控制的时候,孩子们会顺从大人的规则和关注点,失去了一部分游戏给他们带来的益处,特别是创造力、领导能力和组织能力的发展。故选B。
【小题2】推理题,根据文章第三段最后一句“ Quite simply, play offers parents a wonderful opportunity to engage fully with their children.”非常简单,游戏提供给父母一个能够和孩子全心全意一起玩的好机会。根据常理可知以孩子的角度和孩子一起玩可以增加亲子关系。故选A。
【小题3】细节题,根据最后一段中“ It has been shown to help children adjust to the school setting”它已经被证明可以帮助孩子适应学校环境,故A错误;根据最后一段中“ Social-emotional learning is best integrated (融合) with academic learning;”社会情感学习和学术学习是融合在一起的,可知B错误;根据最后一段中“It ensures that the school setting attends to the social and emotional development of children as well as their cognitive development”它能确保在学校环境中孩子的社会情感发展和他们的认知发展一样好。因此C正确;根据最后一段中“it is concerning if some of the forces that enhance children’s ability to learn are improved at the expense of others.”如果牺牲其它能力发展来强迫提高孩子的学习能力,这令人感到担忧,由此可知D错误。故选C。
【小题4】细节题,根据第一段中“ Undirected play allows children to learn how to work in groups, to share, to negotiate, and to resolve conflicts.”无指导的游戏可以使孩子们学到如何在团队工作、分享、谈判、解决冲突。由此可知A正确;根据最后一段中“ even to strengthen children’s learning willingness”甚至加强孩子学习意愿,因此B正确;根据第三段中“giving their parents an opportunity to gain a fuller understanding of their perspective”给他们父母一个机会更全面了解他们的观点,由此可知C正确;阅读文章第三段内容可知家长与孩子在一起玩才能更好地了解孩子的思想,和孩子建立紧密的亲子关系,因此D错误。故选D。
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Recently we told you about a finding that more years of school could help students get higherscores on intelligence tests.That was the finding of a study of teenage males in Norway.Now,other research shows that physical activity may help students do better in their classes .
The research comes as educators in some countries are reducing time for activities like physical education.They are using the time instead for academic subjects like maths and reading.The studies appeared between 2007 and 2013.They included more than 55,000 children,aged 6 to 18.
Amika Singh:“Based on the results of our study,we can conclude that being physically active is beneficial for academic performance. There are,first,Physiological explanations,like more blood flow, and so more oxygen to the brain.Being physically active means there are more hormones(荷尔蒙)produced like endorphins(内啡肽).And endorphins make your stress level lower and your mood improved, which means you also perform better.”
Also,students involved in organized sports learn rules and how to follow them.This could improve their classroom behavior and help them keep their mind on their work.
The study leaves some questions unanswered,however.Ms.Stash says it is not possible to say whether the amount or kind of activity affected the level of academic improvement.This is because of differences among the studies .
Also.they were mostly observational studies.An observational study is where researchers do not do controlled comparisons.They only describe what they observe.So they might observe a link that students who are more active often have better grades.But that does not necessarily mean being active was the cause of those higher grades.
The researchers said they found only two high - quality studies.They called for more high-
quality studies to confirm their findings.They also pointed out that “outcomes for other parts of the world may be quite different. ”
Still,the general finding was that physically active kids are more likely to do better in school.Ms.Singh says schools should consider that finding before they cut physical education programs.Her paper on “Physical Activity and Performance at School”is published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
【小题1】The passage mainly tells us that ____
A.a research on physical education has been done by the researchers |
B.there exists a possibility that physical activity leads to higher grades |
C.the amount or kind of activity directly affects academic level |
D.the research shows that the children aged 6 to 1 8 don't do sports |
A.Being mentally active is good for academic subjects. |
B.The more hormones you have,the more stressed you will get. |
C.They have found many high-quality studies to prove the research. |
D.The educators in the research think studies,not exercise,mean much to students. |
A.good marks result from high-quality study |
B.findings probably vary in different areas |
C.physical activity will spread all over the world |
D.academic performance depends on the surroundings |
A.To call our attention to the sports at school. |
B.To introduce all types of physical activities. |
C.To represent the academic performance. |
D.To improve students' health . |
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(2013·高考安徽卷,B)Using too much water or throwingrubbish into our rivers are clear ways that humans can put our water supply in danger,but we also affect our water supply in less obvious ways.You may wonder how paving(铺砌) a road can lead to less useable fresh water.A major part of the water we use every day is groundwater.Groundwater does not come from lakes or rivers.It comes from underground.The more roads and parking lots we pave,the less water can flow into the ground to become groundwater.
Human activity is not responsible for all water shortages(短缺).Drier climates are of course more likely to have droughts(干旱) than areas with more rainfall,but in any case,good management can help to make sure there is enough water to meet our basic needs.
Thinking about the way we use water every day can make a big difference,too.In the United States,a family of four can use 1.5 tons of water a day! This shows how much we depend on water to live,but there’s a lot we can do to lower the number.
You can take steps to save water in your home.To start with,use the same glass for your drinking water all day.Wash it only once a day.Run your dishwasher (洗碗机)only when it is full.Help your parents fix any leaks in your home.You can even help to keep our water supply clean by recycling batteries instead of throwing them away.
【小题1】Which of the following is most likely to lead to less groundwater?
A.Using river water. |
B.Throwing batteries away. |
C.Paving parking lots. |
D.Throwing rubbish into lakes. |
A.All water shortages are due to human behavior. |
B.It takes a lot of effort to meet our water needs. |
C.There is much we can do to reduce family size. |
D.The average family in America makes proper use of water. |
A.show us how to fix leaks at home |
B.tell us how to run a dishwasher |
C.prove what drinking glass is best for us |
D.suggest what we do to save water at home |
A.Why paving roads reduces our water |
B.how much we depend on water to live |
C.why droughts occur more in dry climates |
D.how human activity affects our water supply |
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The need to feed a growing population is putting much pressure on the world's supply of water. With 97% of the world's water too salty to be drunk or used in agriculture, the worldwide supply of water needs careful management, especially in agriculture. Although the idea of a water shortage(短缺)seems strange to someone fortunate enough to live in a high rainfall country, many of the world's agricultural industries experience constant water shortages.
Although dams can be built to store water for agricultural use in dry areas and dry seasons, the costs of water redistribution(重新分配)are very high. Not only is there the cost of the engineering itself, but there is also an environmental cost to be considered. Where valleys(山谷)are flooded to create dams, houses are lost and wildlife homes destroyed. Besides, water may flow easily through pipes to fields, but it cannot be transported from one side of the world to the other. Each country must therefore rely on the management of its own water to supply its farming requirements.
This is particularly troubling for countries with agricultural industries in areas dependent on irrigation (灌溉). In Texas, farmers' overuse of irrigation water has resulted in a 25% reduction of the water stores. In the Central Valley area of southwestern USA, a huge water engineering project provided water for farming in dry valleys, but much of the water use has been poorly managed.
Saudi Arabia's attempts to grow wheat in desert areas have seen the pumping of huge quantities of irrigation water from underground reserves. Because there is no rainfall in these areas, such reserves can only decrease, and it is believed that fifty years of pumping will see them run dry.
【小题1】From the first two paragraphs we learn that________.
A.much of the world's water is available for use |
B.people in high rainfall countries feel lucky |
C.water can be easily carried through pipes across the world |
D.the costs of water redistribution should be considered |
A.The water stores in Texas have been reduced by 75%. |
B.Most industries in the world suffer from water shortages. |
C.The underground water in Saudi Arabia might run out in 50 years. |
D.Good management of water use resulted from the project in the Central Valley. |
A.Steps to improving water use management. |
B.Ways to reduce the costs of building dams. |
C.Measures to deal with worldwide water shortages. |
D.Approaches to handling the pressure on water supply. |
A.water supply and increasing population |
B.water use management and agriculture |
C.water redistribution and wildlife protection |
D.water shortages and environmental protection |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
You don't need to get in a time-traveling machine to see how technology will reshape our lives, such as the way we shop.Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already exist.Let's see what's in store for your future shopping.
Try it on, virtually (虚拟的).Want to shop online for a new pair of eyeglasses? You don't need to guess which pair looks best on you. Go and see the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try a pair of eyewear you're checking out on a picture of your face.But what if you want to buy something bigger? Thanks to Microsoft Kinect's motion tracking camera, you can cover clothes on your screen body.You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to enrich your shopping experience.
Get a perfect, custom fit.Everyone's body is shaped differently.To get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changed.But by using 3D scanning technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly.Some companies scan your body using High-tech to get the most accurate measurements, so they can make special clothes just for you.
High-tech shopping carts and checkout counters.High-tech shopping carts could, in time, be a common sight in malls and supermarkets.Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts are currently under test.The cart can follow you along the aisles (通道), controlled merely by your movement and your voice.In China, a supermarket chain introduced tablet-equipped carts that guide shoppers around the stores' aisles.
In the United States, several supermarkets use a device called Scan It that gives buyers the freedom to scan purchases on their own while they shop.While it's great not having to line up at a checkout counter, we wouldn't mind it if the store used Toshiba's new Object Recognition Scanner.The machine identifies a product as soon as it's placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color, even if it has no bar code.
【小题1】What's the best title for this text?
A.Ways for future shopping |
B.Influence of new technology |
C.Inventions to change habits |
D.A new time-traveling machine |
A.make vivid pictures of our face |
B.help us sell more clothes online |
C.create us a virtual dressing room |
D.choose suitable eyeglasses for us |
A.Object Recognition Scanner. |
B.The eBay Fashion iPhone app. |
C.3D scanning technology. |
D.Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts. |
A.the customer's voice |
B.its shape and color |
C.the customer's movement |
D.the bar code on it |
A.Checkout counters will disappear from supermarkets in future. |
B.Buyers can use Scan It to go around the supermarket by themselves. |
C.High-tech shopping carts will be widely used in malls and supermarkets. |
D.The new technologies are only dreams that are impossible to come true. |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about one in two hundred if affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman.
There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person can’t tell the differences between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man sees everything in shades of green--- a strange world in deed.
Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions very small things called “cones”. These help us see in a bright day and tell the differences between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes(形状) but not color. Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects but a blue lamp will. In similar way human being also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about ______.
A.color and its surprising effects on drivers |
B.women being luckier than man in that fewer of them are color blind |
C.danger caused by color blindness |
D.color blindness and how our eyes tell different colors and shapes |
A.tell different colors | B.see in weak light |
C.tell different shapes | D.tell orange from yellow |
A.Women are more careful. |
B.There are fewer color blind women. |
C.Women are fonder of driving than men. |
D.Women are weaker but quicker in thinking. |
A.Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing colors. |
B.None of them can see deep red but all can tell blue from green. |
C.None of them can tell blue from green but all can see deep red. |
D.All of them are lucky enough to see everything in shades of green. |
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Monkeys prefer heavy metal to classical music, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin whose findings are published this week in Biology Letters.
Scientists played a selection of music to a group of South American cotton-top monkeys but the only sound that got a reaction were from the heavy metal band Metallica. They were seemingly disinterested in Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis and Bach, but after the beautiful sound of Master of Puppets by Metallica was played the monkeys calmed down.
"Monkeys interpret rising and falling sounds differently than humans. Oddly, their only response to several samples of human music was a calming response to the heavy-metal band Metallica," said Professor Charles Snowdon, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Rather than making them excited or aggressive, the heavy metal tracks had a comforting effect. Dr Snowdon, who teamed up with National Symphony Orchestra musican David Teie, also played the monkeys music composed specifically for them. Although they enjoyed Metallica, they were much more interested in these pieces.
A melody(乐曲) based on the short calls of scared monkeys led to anxiety levels rapidly growing, researchers found, while one based on long calls the creatures make when they are happy had a calming effect.
Frans B.M. de Waal, a professor of psychology at Emory University who studies animals, said the findings appear to say more about how monkeys respond to the sounds they make than they do about music or the evolution of music.
Dr Snowdon no longer has a monkey colony to use in his research, but he said his co-author David Teie is exploring the concept of music for cats.
"If we understand how we can affect their emotional states through using musical sound and aspects of our speech, maybe those of us living with companion animals can have a better relationship with them, too," Snowdon said.
【小题1】The research mentioned in the passage is mainly about ______.
A.the change of music over time | B.animals’ response to music |
C.special music for animals | D.the origin of music |
A.looked anxious | B.became restless |
C.felt at ease | D.made long calls |
A.of Led Zeppelin | B.of Miles Davis |
C.of Metallica | D.specially composed for them |
A.build better ties between animals and humans |
B.compare monkeys and cats in term of music |
C.develop new music based on animals’ calls |
D.find better ways to keep animals under control |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
The relationship between humans and animals has always been complex. Some cultures have developed entire belief systems around favored animals. Even in cultures with less formal belief systems, connections between people and animals still lead to commonly accepted opinions about animals.
These belief systems usually develop around the animals that interact (互动) with humans most frequently. Therefore, it should not be surprising that so many stories surround the most common of animals: rats. Rats live side by side with humans all over the world and regularly interact with people. Human-rat coexistence may be common all around the world, but different cultures respond to that closeness in different ways.
In the United States and Europe, one typical attitude is that the rat is a pest. This could be due to the common belief that rats spread disease. Actually, they don’t, at least not directly, but many people don’t know that. The Pied Piper of Hamlin, a well-known children’s story, is one example of how rats have been described in Western literature: in that story, rats cause such a problem that a town has to hire a piper to call them all away.
In many Latin American countries, the rat is described in a very different way. The story of the tooth fairy (a fairy believed by children to leave money while they sleep in exchange for a tooth that has come out) is common all over the world, but in Latin America, the “fairy” is a rat! Rats do have very strong teeth, which could explain the association. Clearly, this shows another attitude toward rats that is much more positive.
Yet another attitude toward the rat can be seen in the Chinese Zodiac (生肖). The Rat is one of the animals of the Zodiac. Like the other zodiac animals, the Rat is neither entirely good nor entirely bad. It’s described as clever and friendly, but also tricky and not entirely honest. That may be the most accurate description of the rat so far. Whether you like rats or not, it’s hard to deny their reputation for cleverness.
As many people are discovering these days, rats can even make excellent pets, so long as you remember to close the cage carefully!
【小题1】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.A trend of keeping rats as pets. |
B.How different cultures look at rats. |
C.How humans get along with animals. |
D.Favored animals in different cultures. |
A.unpleasant | B.honest | C.smart | D.unusual |
A.the tooth fairy is lovely |
B.rats look very frightening |
C.rats are welcome in Latin American countries |
D.the story of the tooth fairy is common all over the world |
A.don’t spread disease |
B.should be treated as pests |
C.are fairly described in the Chinese Zodiac |
D.are kept as pets by more and more people |
A.travel guide | B.news report | C.nature magazine | D.history textbook |
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
A farm planted levels or floors is called a vertical(垂直的)farm. A skyscraper type building can house a vertical farm. Since the garden is built upwards,rather than outwards,it requires much less space than a conventional farm.
The world is quickly running out of room for conventional farming. Vertical farms could be a key to this situation. An 18story vertical farm could feed as many as 50,000 people,all in an area which is the size of the average city block. Vertical farms in the city could cut down on transportation costs as well. Think about the amount of fuel it takes to transport food from farmland to city. The resources saved would be surprising. Besides saving travel time,food would be delivered in fresher condition and with less damage.
There is a growing concern about the use of pesticides(杀虫剂) in agriculture today. But the vertical farm would be a greenhouse type environment, avoiding the need for a large number of pesticides. Vertical farms can be built in a contained space,therefore they are an excellent solution for living well in an environment far different from our own. Hydroponics(水耕法) could be a big part of vertical gardening. This would reduce the amount of soil needed to grow food. Of course,not all food does well with this type of planting,but there are many crops that actually seem to do better.
In some climates,a lack of sunlight creates a short growing season. The solar power option may not work as well here. The addition of grow lights would make it possible to grow crops in vertical gardens in these areas .In other words,we could grow crops in areas where we never could before.
Vertical farms may just be a concept for now,but they are a concept that will solve many of our problems in the future.
【小题1】According to the passage, a vertical farm ________.
A.is mainly built outwards |
B.is dependent on solar power |
C.is planted on levels upwards |
D.is only an environmental friendly farm |
A.depend far less on sunlight |
B.greatly increase the use of soil |
C.help to protect the limited gardens |
D.reduce the harmful effect of pesticides |
A.have already been put into use |
B.only use hydroponics to grow food |
C.need less room than conventional farms |
D.may increase the transportation costs |
A.Vertical farms for our future |
B.Ways to deal with future problems |
C.Vertical farms and green skyscrapers |
D.Making full use of our limited land |
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