The get-together after tem years of separation should be a（n）       of excitement, but the old friends could not feel real joy.

       A．situation   B．occasion   C．atmosphere      D．condition

The get-together after tem years of separation should be a（n）       of excitement, but the old friends could not feel real joy.

       A．situation   B．occasion   C．atmosphere      D．condition

Not until the train pulled into the next station ______________ her suitcase gone.?

A. Mary had found                          B. had Mary found?

C. did Mary find                            D. Mary found

When I was twenty, I had to        before graduation and work in a clothes shop to help support my family.

       A．come out  B．stay out    C．leave out   D．drop out

Time out, extra chores and taking away privileges are more useful forms of disciplining (惩戒)naughty children than spanking or hitting, according to a study on Wednesday.

About 94 percent of parents use some form of physical punishment to teach their two-year-olds right from wrong, according to research studies. But psychologists say it could lead to later emotional and behavioral problems.

Even children who were only spanked some of the time are more likely to show signs of sadness or have less confidence.

      “The key is to be fair and do the same thing each time. Doing something like hitting a child that seems cruel at best doesn’t help and can put a child at risk for problems,” said Dr Paul Frick, of the University of New Orleans in Louisians.

      “It is better to use other punishments,” he added.

      The use of physical punishment to teach children has long been debated. In countries such as Austria, Finland, Germany and Sweden, it is illegal to use physical punishment at home or in schools.

Frick and his team, who studied the effects of physical punishment on 98 children, said they couldn’t find any positive effects. Some children learned more from the hitting than what the parent was trying to teach them.

      “The key is to have a lot of different forms of punishment depending on the age of the child,” said Frick, who reported his findings in the Journal of Applied Child Psychology.

      He recommended time out for younger children and taking away television and electronic toys for older children. Giving extra chores can also get the message across.

      Other measures are at least as effective as physical punishment and have less harmful potential consequences.

      The researchers kept children whom they thought were at risk of later conduct problems out of the test and an equal number of other children who acted as a control group, to study what measures would be most helpful.

      They questioned the parents and the children about positive and negative parenting behavior including the use of physical punishment.

      “We got it from both viewpoints,” said Frick.

      He added that children on the receiving end of a hit can learn that when they are upset and angry they hit, rather than understanding their behavior was wrong and that they need to do better.

What’s the purpose of the writer to write this article?

A.To debate if physical punishment is illegal.

B.To introduce how to deal with young kids.

C.To talk about how to discipline young kids.

D.To order parents not to spank young kids.

Which of the following punishments is NOT recommended by Frick and his team?

      A. Taking away toys                          B. Not allowing watching TV

      C. Doing more housework.            D. Switching TV channels 

What should be kept in mind when disciplining a kid?

A. How he or she usually behaves.

B. Tell them why they are punished.

C. Use different forms of punishment each time.

D. Be fair and stick to the same principle.

According to the passage, why did Dr Frick advise against physical punishment?

A. Because the children may hit people as a solution to problems.

B. Because the children will learn their behavior is wrong in time.

C. Because it is illegal to use physical punishment in certain countries.

D. Because parents think it’s the easiest way to teach kids right from wrong.

某期中学生报的“热点话题”专栏讨论的主题是“上大学是高中生的唯一选择吗？”你班同学就此话题进行了热烈讨论。请用英语给该专栏的编辑写一封信，介绍讨论结果，并发表你的个人意见。

参考要点：

1、结果：75%左右的学生认为应该上大学；15%左右的学生认为不必上大学；10%左右的学生认为无所谓。

2、观点：（1）上大学能够增长知识、提高素养、利于择业；（2）大学的学费昂贵，毕业后就业困难；（3）成功的路千万条，不一定非要上大学。

注意：1、信息的开头已给出，但不计入总词数；2、词数：120左右。

Dear Editor ,

The students in our class had a discussion about whether the only way for senior high students to succeed is to go to college . 

To make sure of your success in the coming speech contest, first of all you should know your_____

   A. benefits         B. techniques          C. values           D. strengths

. ____ to speak when the audience interrupted him.

  A.No sooner had he began        B. Hardly had he begun 

 C. Scarcely did he begin          D. Not until he began

. I think immediate action should be ____to prevent the facories sending out waster

A. make  B. brought      C.taken   D.paid

. She works in her spare time babysitting children in the neighborhood____ herself a computer.

  A. to buy   B. buying   C. buy   D. bought.