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Later that night，my dad told me I no longer had a ride to school the next day.I figured my mom would still take me，but when the morning came，she refused.It was midterm，and as a straight-A student ready to start college applications，being late wasn't an option.In my mind，missing these tests would have been the end of my academic career.I begged my mom，I told her she was ruining my future and everything I'd worked for.But she held_her_ground，and that day, I walked to school.And I missed my tests.

My mom didn't rescue me from failure.She let me suffer from it.She let me figure it out.She let me learn.Now，as a mom myself，I've realized that I want my kids to experience failure because failure is how we grow，learn and think outside of ourselves. It's how we self-educate to learn what's right and respectable，and what's not.It's how we become responsible and enthusiastic.

Falling down makes us better，because we learn how to get up.

1．Why did the author shout at her mother?

A．Because she was tired after walking home.

B．Because she missed some important tests.

C．Because her mother had ruined her future.

D．Because her mother didn't pick her up home.

2．How does the author feel about her experience now?

A．Disappointed.B．Merciful.

C．Beneficial. D．Embarrassed.

3．What does the underlined phrase“held her ground” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Stuck to her decision.

B．Gave in to me.

C．Said yes to me.

D．Stayed in the place.

4．What is the best title for the text?

A．Offer Your Kids Help if Necessary

B．Stop Rescuing Your Kids from Failure

C．Be Responsible for Your Kid's Failure

D．Try to Meet Your Kids' Demands

B【导学号：52384044】

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A recent study of middle school children showed that verbal(言语的)abuse by other children can harm development in the brain.The study was a project of researchers at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts.Researcher Martin Teicher and his team studied young adults，aged 18 to 25.These young men and women had not ever been treated in a cruel or violent way by their parents.The researchers asked the young people to rate their childhood exposure to verbal abuse from both parents and other children.Then the researchers performed imaging tests on the brains of the subjects.

The images showed that the people who reported suffering verbal abuse from peers in middle school had underdeveloped connections between the left and right side of the brain.The two sides of the brain are connected by a large bundle of connecting fibers called the corpus callosum.This was the area that was underdeveloped.

The middle school years are a time when these brain connections are developing.So，unkind，hurtful comments from children or adults during this period have the greatest effect.The researchers tested the mental and emotional condition of all the young people in the study.The tests showed that this same group of people had higher levels of fear，depression，anger and drug abuse than others in the study.

The researchers published their findings online on the American Journal of Psychiatry's website.

Parents cannot control what other people say to their children，but they can prepare their children.

5．Why does the author use the popular saying at the beginning?

A．To show the power of words.

B．To introduce an opposite view.

C．To prove the author's argument.

D．To show ancient people's wisdom.

6. What did the subjects have in common?

A．They were hurt by unkind words.

B．They performed poorly in imaging tests.

C．They had their brain slightly damaged.

D．They experienced no physical abuse at home.

7．What will be discussed in the next paragraph?

A．Comments on the findings.

B．Approaches to further studies.

C．Suggestions to parents.

D．Different opinions on the matter.

8．What is the main idea of the passage?

A．The way we speak matters.

B．Verbal violence should be stopped.

C．Unkind words hurt the brain.

D．Words are worse than sticks and stones.

C

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Encoding，Schacter explains，is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later.Failure to encode properly can create an annoying situation.If you put your mobile phone in a pocket，for example，and don't pay attention to what you did because you're involved in a conversation，you'll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe(衣柜)．“Your memory itself isn't failing you，”says Schacter，“Rather，you didn't give your memory system the information it needed.”

Lack of interest can also lead to absent-mindedness.“A man who recites sports statistics from 30 years ago，”says Zelinski，“may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.”Women have slightly better memory than men，possibly because they are more interested in what's happening around them，and memory relies on just that.

Visual cues(提示)can help prevent absent-mindedness，says Schacter.“But be sure the cue is clear and available，”he cautions.If you want to remember to take a medication with lunch，put the pill bottle on the kitchen table—don't leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.

Another common episode of absent-mindedness：walking into a room and wondering why

you're there.Most likely，you were thinking about something else.“Everyone does this from time to time，”says Zelinski.The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room，and you'll likely remember.

9．What does the underlined word “episodes”in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Experiences. B．Experiments.

C．Expressions. D．Feelings.

10．According to the passage，women have better memory than men probably because ________．A．they have a wider range of interests

B．they always put things where they were

C．they pay more attention to their environment

D．they prefer to write notes to tell themselves what they should do

11. What can help prevent absent-mindedness according to Schacter?

A．Writing notes.

B．Taking some medicine.

C．Putting something in sight.

D．Returning to where you were.

12．What is the best title for the text?

A．A Way of Recalling

B．The Importance of Encoding

C．Cures for Absent-mindedness

D．Causes and Coping Strategies of Absent-mindedness

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