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A.uses;compared toB.use;compared withC.use;comparing toD.uses;comparing with
二、阅读理解Do youknow howchildren inother countriesspend theirschooldays andwhat kindof gamestheyalways playChildren in Brazil（上学）The schoolyear runsfrom Februaryto December.Children attendschool forabout fourSchoolhoursin themorning orthe afternoon.About aquarter ofchildren inBrazil do not attendschoolat all.Football isthe mostpopular sport.Brazifs beautiful beaches alsomake swimmingandPlayvolleyball popular.Family Brazilianfamilies areoften large.Nearly athird of the populationis undereighteen!Children in FranceThe schoolday beginsfrom8:00am to4:00pm,with atwo-hour lunchbreak.Schools closeonSchoolWednesday andSunday,and areclosed fora halfday onSaturday.Football,bicycling andtennis arefavorite sportsinFrance.In someareas,pelote,a traditionalPlayballgame,is alsovery popular.（幼园）Most French mothers work.The majorityof preschoolJL childrenattend daycarecentres knownas creches.FamilyFrance haslaws aboutnaming childrenand allnames haveto bechosen froman officiallist.Childrenin Japan（竞争的）.Schools in Japan arevery competitiveEven pre-schoolers mayattend“crammingSchool（填鸭式教学的）schools^^to preparefor exams.There isa summerbreak aboutsix weeks,but thechildren havehomework duringthis time.Play Comicbooks havebeen popular inJapansince the1700s.Comics nowaccount forabout40%of allpublished materialsinJapan.Kite flyingis enjoyedby peopleof everyage.Homes inJapan aresmall onaverage.The typicalfamily offour livesin fivesmall rooms.Mostfathers inJapan worklong hours.As aresult,some childrenonly seetheir fatherson weekendsFamilyorholidays.
11.What kindof sportis verypopularinFrance
①Kite flying.
②Bicycling.
③Football.
④Pelote.A.
②③④B.
①②③C.
①④D.
①②③④
12.What isa crechein FranceA.Places withbeautifulbeaches.B・The nameoftheplace whereFrenchmotherswork.C.A daycare centrefor preschoolchildren.D.Cramming schoolsto improvechildrens examresults.
13.In Japan,many children.A.like toread comicbooks B.write theirnames onan officiallistC.only seetheir fatherson weekdaysD.donotattend schoolIam astrong believerthat ifa childis raisedwith praise,he willlearn tolove himselfand willbesuccessful inhis ownway.Several weeksago,I wasdoing homeworkwith my son in the thirdgrade andhe keptstanding upfromhis chairto goover themath lines.I keptasking himto sitdown,telling himthat hewouldconcentrate better.He satbut secondslater,as ifhe didnteven noticehe wasdoing it,he gotup again.Iwas gettingfrustrated,but thenit hitme.I startednoticing hisanswers weremuch quickerand accurate（准确的）（专心的）when hestood up.Could hebe moreintent whilestanding upThismade mestart questioningmyself andwhat Ihad beenraised to believe.I wasraised to偿己律）believe thata quiet,calm childwas asure way to success.This childwould havethe disciplinetostudy hard,get goodgrades andbecome someoneimportant inlife.Now thosesame peopleperhaps cometo realizethat theirkids areborn withtheir ownsets ofDNA（特点）and personalitytraits andall youcan dois lovingand acceptingthem.As parents,throughout theirgrowingyears andbeyond that,we need tobeour kidsbest cheerleaders,guiding themand helpingthemfind theirway.I havestopped askingmysonto sitdown andconcentrate.Obviously,he isconcentrating justin hisownway andnot mine.We needto learnto acceptour kidsways ofdoing things.Some waymay haveworkedfor mebut doesntmean weneedtocarry itthrough generations.There is nothing sweeterthan（个人的）（独——无二的）.being individualand uniqueIt makesus freeand happyand thafsjust thewayI wantmy kidsto livetheir ownlife.
14.At thebeginning,the authortried tokeep hisson seatedin orderto makehim.A.pay moreattention tohis studyB.keep silentintheroomC.finish hishomework ontime D.get rightanswers
15.Inspired by the caseof hisson,the authorbegan todoubt.A.the importanceof parentsB.the oldform ofeducationC.the relationship between kidsand theirparents D.the goodgrades ofsome kids
16.According tothepassage,which ofthe followingstatements isrightD.We shouldhelp kidscorrect theirwrong ways.E.Parents shouldstudy theirkids DNA.F.Kids shouldbe taughtto behavethemselves.G.Parents shouldlove andaccept theirkids.
17.Which ofthe followingwould bethe besttitle ofthe passageA.Study hardand youllbe successfulB.Be friendlyto yourchildrenC.Childrens successin theirown styleD.Parents,help withtheir childrensstudyHave youever foundyourself in this situation:You heara songyou usedto singwhen youwere a（怀旧）child-a bitof nostalgiaBut itisnota distantchildhood memory.This wordscome backto youasclearly aswhen yousang themall thoseyears ago.Researchers atthe Universityof Edinburghstudied therelationshipbetweenmusic andrememberinga foreign language.They foundthat rememberingwords ina songwas the best waytoremember evenone ofthe mostdifficult languages.Here iswhat theydid.Researchers took60adults andrandomly dividedthem intothree groupsof
20.Then theygave thegroups threedifferent typesof€Clisten-and-repeaf,learning conditions.Researchers hadonegroup simplyspeak the words.They hadthe secondgroup speakthewordsto arhythm,or beat.Andthey askedthe thirdgroup tosing thewords.All threegroups studiedwords fromthe Hungarianlanguage for15minutes.Then theytook partina seriesof languagetests tosee whatthey remembered.Why Hungarian,you askResearchers saidthey choseHungarian becausenot manypeople knowthelanguage.It doesnot shareany rootswith Germanicor Romancelanguages,such asItalian orSpanish.After the tests wereover,the singerscame outon top.The peoplewho learned these newHungarian wordsbysinging themshowed ahigher overallperformance.They didthe bestin fourout offive ofthetests.They alsoperformed twotimes betterthan those who simplylearnedthewords byspeaking them.Dr.Katie Overysays singingcould leadto newways tolearn aforeignlanguage.The brainlikes torememberthings whenthey arecontained ina catchyor memorabletune.Dr.Ludke saidthe findingscould helpthosewhostruggle tolearn foreignlanguages.On theUniversityof Edinburghswebsite Dr.Ludke writes,This studyprovides the first experimentalevidencethat a listen-and-repeat singingmethod cansupport foreignlanguage learning,and opensthe doorforfuture researchinthisarea.”
18.The“song”mentioned inthefirstparagraph isintended to.A.recall thepast B.amuse thereadersC.introduce thetopic D.compare thepast withthe present
19.From thelast twoparagraphs,we canconclude that.A.singing isthebestwaytolearn aforeign languageB・brain probablyworks bestwhen foreignlanguage learnerssing thewordsC.alisten-repeat methodis veryeffective forany languagelearnerD.Dr.Katie Overyand Dr.Ludke disagreewith eachother
20.Whats correctabout the study undertakenbytheresearchers atthe Universityof EdinburghA.Altogether twentyadults weretested inthestudy.。
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