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   Some young Cambodians are learning a new sport — skateboarding. The country’s first skateboard park is located on the grounds of a local charity group at the edge of Phnom Penh, the capital.
Sports like Khmer boxing and soccer are wildly popular in Cambodia. But Chea,who has been skating for 6 months,says skating has already become his favorite sport.
The skaters are learning tricks like launching off a jump or half-pipe and flying through the air on their narrow wooden boards.
A non-governmental organization called Skateistan Cambodia organizes weekly programs at the park. Skateistan started its work in Afghanistan years ago. Rory Burke is working with the group which expanded to Cambodia last year.
Rory Burke points out, “Yeah, it’s definitely not a typical Cambodian pastime (消遣). And I think the idea of ‘why skateboarding’is that it’s not been done before here. We want to use skateboarding as something saying, ‘Hey,this is new,this is something different.’And that kind of itself becomes a little bit of hook. People see it and they think and they say, “Wow, ‘what is that?’,and they want to get involved. ”
Skateistan partners with local groups that work with young people. The park is on the grounds of the group known as PSE, where children attend school and learn a trade. There are almost one hundred twenty participants. They all come from troubled lives.
Seventeen-year-old Sang Rotha is a student at PSE. “Sometimes I don’t do well on subjects like math,”he says, “I feel bad when I find it hard to keep up with my lessons. So that is why I skateboard—to improve my bad feelings. ”
He says he began skateboarding more than a year ago. Before he started training, it seemed very easy. But it was very difficult to learn tricks, and he got hurt a lot from falling off.
Rory Burke says learning to deal with the difficulties is part of the lesson for these young skateboarders.
【小题1】According to the passage, PSE is a group _________.
A.that works with Cambodian students
B.for young Cambodians to learn a trade
C.for young Cambodians in troubled lives
D.for young Cambodians taking skateboarding
【小题2】What is said about skateboarding in the passage?
A.It is easy for young Cambodians to learn.
B.It is a good sport to help regain good feeling.
C.It originated in Afghanistan years ago.
D.It is as popular as Khmer boxing in Cambodia.
【小题3】The underlined part a little bit of hook probably means ______.
A.something strangeB.something quite new
C.something differentD.something attractive
【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that skateboarding is becoming _______.
A.a sport liked by most young Cambodians
B.an increasingly popular sport in Cambodia
C.a sport used to better young Cambodians’ life
D.a good way to train young Cambodians’ learning skills
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   Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California.  Frost attended Dartmouth College after graduating from high school in 1892.  In 1894 his first poem, titled My Buterly. An Elegy, was published in The Independent.  Robert Frost went on to attend Harvard University in 1897 after marrying his wife Elinor in 1895.  He left university due to health concerns, and moved to a New Hampshire farm.

The time spent on his farm in New Hamp shire, where he tried to work the land, make a life, and provide for his family, was very hard for Robert Frost, his wife and children.  However, Frost came to respect rural life and grew an appreciation for what those living around him went through.  Because he so intimately (密切地) knew rural country life, he was able to master describing it through prose.  These experiences on the farm inspired many of his well known pieces of poetry, including The Tufts of Flowers and The Trial by Existence, both of which were published in 1906.

It was when Robert Frost decided to sell his farm in 1912 and move to England that he found publishers who were willing to shine a light on his poetry, something that was tough for a new poet to do in America.  His first book of poems, A Boy's Will, was published only a few months after his arrival in England, and North of Boston was published a year afterward.

By the time that Robert Frost made it back to his home country of America, he had built a solid career and reputation in England and was able to further his success.  His standing allowed him to connect with influential publishers, such as Henry Holt, and get his poetry out into the hands of the American people.  In 1916, Frost published Mountain Interval, which contained poems and stories he had written during his stay in England.

Robert Frost died on January 29, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 88.  Before passing away, Robert Frost was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poems and contributions to American literature.

【小题1】What made it possible for Frost to finish The Tufts of Flowers?
A.His familiarity with country life.
B.His hardship on his farm.
C.His experiences in England.
D.His appreciation for his family.
【小题2】When did Frost's first collection come out?
A.Before his stay in England.
B.When he was about to sell his farm.
C.After he moved to England.
D.When he became famous in England.
【小题3】What's the probable meaning of the underlined word in the fourth paragraph?
A.Fame.B.Relation.
C.Career.D.Experience.
【小题4】The passage is developed .
A.by spaceB.by process
C.by comparisonD.by time

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   A generation of parents raised according to the permissive principles of postwar childcare experts is rediscovering the importance of saying "No" to their children. They are beginning to reclaim the house as their own. Even spanking (打屁股) is back.

While today's parents do not want to return to the Victorian era (时代) — when children were seen, spanked, but not heard — there is a growing acknowledgement that the laissez-faire approach produced a generation of children running rings around puzzled parents struggling to restore order.

Janthea Brigden, a trainer with Parent Network, says: “The problem is that parents don't want all that controlling things. What they want is to be able to discipline (管教) their children through teaching and encouraging."

According to Steve Biddulph, the author of More Secrets of Happy Children, the permissive era was often just an excuse to ignore children. He believes discipline involves firm but friendly teaching and does not need to involve punishment. He teaches a method called "stand and think”, where a child is helped to figure out what is wrong and how to get it right. Mr. Biddulph understands parents using spanking, but lie is against it. "The happiest children are those who know Mum and Dad are in charge. As children grow into their teens, more negotiation can take place, such as: Prove you can be home safely by 1l pm, and we might let you stay out till midnight."

“There is no good evidence that an occasional, properly administered spanking is harmful in any way.”says John Rosemond, an American who has won a huge following by calling for "parent power". It is pure nonsense to believe that restricting children to their room as a punishment could make them have negative feelings about the room and cause sleep problems.

Mr. Rosemond tracks the overturning of traditional family values to the end of the Second World War. He blames the change of the American family into a child-centered, self-respect-oriented (以……为导向) unit on psychologists and social workers, who for 30 years have weakened traditional approaches. Previous generations of American parents raised children not by the book, but by self-evident truth, he says. Children should be seen and not heard. If you make your bed, you'll have to lie in it. He says that those phrases contain time-honored understanding and principles that helped children to develop what we refer to as the "three Rs" of parenting: respect, responsibility and resourcefulness.

【小题1】Which is closest to the meaning of the underlined word "laissez-faire" in the second paragraph?
A.Let it be. B.Go for it.
C.Get it right. D.Take it easy.
【小题2】If his child did something wrong, Steve Biddulph would ______.
A.give him a good beating
B.lock him up in a dark room
C.ask him to stand in a corner for hours
D.help him find out the problem and solution
【小题3】By mentioning the underlined part in the last paragraph, Mr. Rosemond .
A.blames parents for ignoring children's rights
B.reminds parents to communicate more with children
C.encourages parents to involve children more in family affairs
D.explains how previous generations of parents raised children
【小题4】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.The causes of discipline problems.
B.The best way to discipline children.
C.Different opinions on ways of parenting.
D.Differences between parents of different times

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   There have been big changes in the attitudes of most parents over the last few years. Physical punishment is banned(禁止)in schools in most countries, and in many countries, there are moves to ban all physical punishment of children even at home. However, many parents still believe that they have the right to use physical punishment to deal with certain misbehavior at certain ages.

It's easy to find reasons to allow physical punishment. One issue is that many parents find it very difficult to give up physical punishment completely. Parents argue that this is the way they were brought up and that it didn't do any harm to them. They believe that they have the right to punish the child in any way they consider fit, including using physical punishment. The other one is that physical punishment can be quick and effective. There is not much point reasoning with a screaming child in the supermarket.

However, there are several reasons why we should stop using physical punishment. One point is that most parents are not trained to deal with misbehaving children. They don't have enough resources or choices to handle the situation. As a result, they immediately react by hitting the child even if there are other solutions to the problem. Another point is that unless people are challenged or forced to change their belief, they may keep following negative habits. An example is the use of seat belts -now most people wear seat belts without thinking, while years ago the idea of using seat belts was strange to most people. In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change their habits.

In conclusion, parents have to change some of their beliefs and ideas about how children should be raised. It is possible to avoid the use of physical force, and doing so will help us move closer to the dream of removing violence from our society.

【小题1】According to the first paragraph, many parents think ________.
A.most of the children behave badly in their daily life
B.they have changed their attitudes towards their children
C.physical punishment is effective when educating their children
D.they are free to use physical punishment on their children
【小题2】Many parents won't give up physical punishment because ________.
A.they are disappointed with their children
B.physical punishment really works
C.they were brought up just in the same way
D.they don't know what to do with their children
【小题3】The author gives the example of using seat belts in order to show ________.
A.most people are used to wearing seat belts
B.people won't change their old habits unless forced to
C.seat belts are really very necessary and useful
D.it's not difficult to change some negative habits
【小题4】The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ________.
A.talk about a ban on using physical punishment
B.tell us we should educate our children in other ways
C.advise parents to give up using physical punishment
D.suggest physical punishment should be used only at home