Star Wars Millennium Falcon

This is a gift that, if we’re being honest, many dads want to own for themselves. This huge ship is the greatest Star Wars toy. It lights up and makes some noises. Every boy from 3 to 53 will absolutely like it, if they can find room for it. I dare say even a few grandfathers might go for it.

Biscuit—the Loving Pup

You may clearly know that a pet can be a great thing to a child’s development but you probably don’t think that you can take care of a dog properly. The robot dog Biscuit is less likely to exacerbate the disorder of your house and except for a few dead batteries, won’t leave any surprises on the floor. It will be a good playmate for your kids.

JVC KD-10 Headphones

It’s increasingly common for kids to enjoy themselves on long journeys with a portable (便携式的)DVD player or an iPod MP3, but the headphones that come with expensive electronics are seldom suitable for young ears. Kids should use JVC headphones that have a sound limiter that can be set by the concerned parent.

Sparrow-kids Routemaster Kit

Sparrow-kids Kit makes a huge range of craft (工艺) tools. There are lots of pretty but achievable projects for young girls to take up their (safe plastic) needles and sew.

Holz Wooden Airport

It might be said that Britain doesn’t need another airport but when it’s a traditional wooden toy like this all of you would agree that it’s a good thing. Treated with a little care, this play-set could easily entertain your young air traffic controllers.

The underlined word “exacerbate” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “         ”.

A.worsen               B.improve                    C.protect               D.cure

Which of the gifts is designed mainly for girls?

A.Holz Wooden Airport.                                   B.Sparrow-kids Routemaster Kit

C.Star Wars Millennium Falcon.                 D.Biscuit—the Loving Pup.

The five things listed in the passage are            .

A.presents for the whole family                  B.gifts mainly for children

C.craft tools for children                                   D.the latest high-tech products

Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions, manage their environment, and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson, a Year One student, “operates under the theory of what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine.” Says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers（剑）.Later, I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”

“Examine the extended family, and you’ll probably find a bossy grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin in every generation. It’s an inheritable trait.” Says Russell Barkley, a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance（支配地位）when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, or in disagreement with each other.

Whether it’s inborn nature or developed character at work, too much control in the hands of the young isn’t healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior, says family psychologist John Taylor. Children, he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation, “have secret feelings of weakness ” and “a desire to feel safe.” It’s the parents’ role to provide that protection.

When a “boss child” doesn’t learn limits at home, the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches, for example, or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.

“I see more and more parents giving up their power,” says Barkley, who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don’t want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also fell less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel more anxious.”

43．Bossy children like Stephen Jackson ______.

       A．make good decisions

       B．show self-centeredness

       C．lack care from others

       D．Have little sense o fear

44．The underlined phrase “inheritable trait” in Paragraph 2 means ______.

       A．inborn nature

       B．developed character

       C．accepted theory

       D．particular environment

45．The study on bossy behavior implies that parents ______.

       A．should give more power to their children

       B．should be strict with their children

       C．should not be so anxious about their children

       D．should not set limits for their children

46．Bossy children may probably become ______.

       A．relaxed

       B．skillful

       C．hesitant

       D．lonely

47．What is the passage mainly about?

       A．How bossy behavior can be controlled.

       B．How we can get along with bossy children.

       C．What leads to children’s bossy behavior.

       D．What effect bossy behavior brings about.

单句填空（共10个空；每空1分，满分10分）

1.The book is on __________ to work out maths problems easily.

2. He was confident of success, __________, I was not so sure.

3.Flight A773 __________ (arrive) at 9:30. Let’s drive to the airport to meet Mr. Johnson.

4.When I visited Beijing __________ the first time, my uncle showed me around his company.

5.Jack spent his whole holiday __________ (sit) in front of his computer.

6.Peter was __________ (luck) enough to lose his IC card again.

7.Have you ever seen a film __________ makes up Star Wars in space？There are many __________ (amaze) characters in this movie.

8.Their funny __________ (perform) made the audience __________ (excite).

Some children are natural-born bosses. They have a strong need to make decisions，manage their environment，and lead rather than follow. Stephen Jackson，a Year One student，“operates under the theory of what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine，” says his mother. “The other day I bought two new Star Wars light sabers (剑). Later，I saw Stephen with the two new ones while his brother was using the beat-up ones.”
“Examine the extended family，and you'll probably find a bossy grandparent，aunt，uncle or cousin in every generation. It's an inheritable trait，” says Russell Barkley，a professor at the Medical University of South Carolina. Other children who may not be particularly bossy can gradually gain dominance (支配地位) when they sense their parents are weak，hesitant，or in disagreement with each other.
Whether it's inborn nature or developed character at work，too much control in the hands of the young isn't healthy for children or the family. Fear is at the root of a lot of bossy behavior，says family psychologist John Taylor. Children，he says in his book From Defiance to Cooperation，“have secret feelings of weakness” and “a desire to feel safe.” It's the parents' role to provide that protection.
When a “boss child” doesn't learn limits at home，the stage is set for a host of troubles outside the family. The overly willful and unbending child may have trouble obeying teachers or coaches，for example，or trouble keeping friends. It can be pretty lonely as the top dog if no one likes your bossy ways.
“I see more and more parents giving up their power，” says Barkley，who has studied bossy behavior for more than 30 years. “They bend too far because they don't want to be as strict as their own parents were. But they also feel less confident about their parenting skills. Their kids，in turn，feel more anxious.”
【小题1】Bossy children like Stephen Jackson_________.

“NOW I just don’t believe that.” Surely all of us, at some point, have watched a movie and thought: It’s simply badly researched, or, the makers must think we’re idiots (白痴). Recently, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph ran a humorous piece on unconvincing tech moments from some top movies. Let’s see what all the fuss is about.

Telegraph writer Tom Chiver’s first example is from the end-of-the-world movie Independence Day, in which a character comes up with a virus capable of destroying Windows, the computer system the alien spacecraft uses. “It’s a good thing they didn’t have Norton Antivirus (诺顿防火墙)”, jokes Chivers.

It’s just one case of a movie that takes a lot of license with its science. Another one Chivers mentions is from Star Wars, where glowing beams of light traveling through space look very impressive. The problem is that in space there are no air particles for the light to reflect off. In reality, they’d be invisible, which wouldn’t look so cool on the big screen.

Chiver’s second piece of Star Wars nonsense is the sound the fighters make in the movies: “the bellow (咆哮) of an elephant mixed with a car driving on a wet road”. But sound needs a medium to travel through, like air. In space, there wouldn’t actually be any sound at all.

Few people would deny that the mind-bending Matrix films make for great viewing, but for Chivers, the science in the movies is a little silly. He comments “…the film is based on the idea that humans are kept alive as electricity generator. This is not just unlikely – it’s fundamentally impossible. They would need more energy to stay alive than they would produce. It’s like saying you’ll power your car with batteries, and keep the batteries charged by running a dynamo (发电机) from the wheels.”

And finally, as Chivers points out, DNA is not replaceable. But this bit of elementary genetics passed the makers of the 2002 Bond film Die Another Day by. In the film the bad guy has “gene therapy” to change his appearance and his DNA, which is completely impossible.

1.What does the underlined sentence mean?  

A. The virus created by the character is capable of destroying spacecrafts.

B. Aliens’ using Windows system is totally unconvincing plot.

C. The spacecraft should have Norton Antivirus.

D. Norton Antivirus can stop a virus.

2. We can learn from the example of the Star Wars that       .

A. in space, you can not hear anything

B. light beams travel via air particle in space

C. Chiver thinks the sound of the fighters is vivid

D. the invisible light beams are impressive in the movies

3. Chiver uses the example of car batteries in Matrix to imply that       .

A. the basic idea of the film is rather ridiculous

B. the science in the movies is very convincing

C. the idea that humans can be kept alive as electricity generator is right

D. humans would stay alive as long as they would produce enough energy

4. We can learn from the movie Die Another Day that       .

A. the idea of gene therapy is creative

B. the element of DNA should not be used

C. the makers of the 2002 Bond use the genetic technology

D. DNA can be replaced but in the real world it is impossible

5.Why did Chiver write this passage?

A. To prove all these films are making mistakes.

B. To show his great concern for the movie industry.

C. To joke about some movies in the movie industry.

D. To call for the audience to find out mistakes from the movies.