How can you help kids cope with (应对) stress? Proper rest and good nutrition can boost coping skills, so can good parenting. Make time for your kids each day. Whether they need to talk or just be in the same room with you, make yourself available.

　　　 Even as kids get older, quality time is important. It’s really hard for some people to come home after work, get down on the floor, and play with their kids or just talk to them about their day — especially if they’ve had a stressful day themselves. But expressing interest in you kids shows that they’ve important to you.

　　　 Help your child cope with stress by talking about what may be causing it. Together, you can come up with a few solutions. For example, he should cut back on after-school activities, spending more time talking with parents or teachers, developing an exercise plan or keeping a journal.

　　　 You can also help by predicting potentially stressful situations and preparing kids for them. For example, let a child know ahead of time (but not too far ahead of time) that a doctor’s appointment is coming up and talk about what will happen there. Keep in mind, though, that younger kids probably won’t need too much advance preparation. Too much information can cause more stress.

Remember that some level of stress is normal; let kids know that it’s OK to feel angry, scared, lonely, or anxious and that other people share those feelings.

When kids can’t or won’t discuss these issues, try talking about your own concerns. This shows that you’re willing to handle tough topics and are available to talk with when they’re ready. If a child shows symptoms (症状) that concern you and is unwilling to talk, consult a counselor or other mental health experts.

Most parents have the skills to deal with their children’s stress. The time to seek professional attention is when any change in behavior persists, when stress is causing serious anxiety, or when the behavior is causing significant problems in functioning at school or at home.

56.What is the purpose of the text?

A、To share the author’s ideas on proper parenting.

B、To persuade parents to spend more time with kids.

C、To advise parents how to help kids deal with stress.

D、To seek different ways to help solve kids’ problems.

57. What makes it difficult for parents to spare quality time for kids?

A、Kids growing so fast.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B、Parents being tired out.

C、Kids losing interest in parents.　　　　　　　　　　 D、There being too much homework.

58. You are advised not to talk too much about a stressful situation in advance because _______.

A、it does no good to your kids　　　　　　　　　　　　 B、it doesn’t work in practice

C、your kinds may lose interest　　　　　　　　　　　　 D、your kids don’t want to listen

59. What can we learn from Paragraph 5?

A、Normal people share the same feelings.

B、It is normal for kids to have some stress.

C、Kids should get rid of the negative feelings.

D、Everybody feels angry, scared, lonely or anxious.

60. The underlined word “counselor” in Paragraph 6 probably refers to _______.

In May 31st Miss Huang married my brother.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    1.________

She teaches our English and she’s our head teacher. So　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2.________

I know her very good. She works hard. She’s friendly　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  3.________

to all of us and we like her, either. Once our parents were　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   4.________

invited to a parent-teacher meeting. My father was　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5.________

busy and my mother was ill that day. But my brother　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 6.________

attended to the meeting instead. Some advice of his　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    7.________

caught her attention. They’ve been good friend　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  8.________

since then. Now I regard her my sister. And she　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    9.________

still my teacher. So I’m sure I’ll do better in my English.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    10.________

 

阅读理解

　　The shopping malls are designed for only one thing: encouraging people to buy，buy, buy. How do they do this? Well, it is something of an art, an art that has been brought to perfection in the 50 years since malls first started appearing in America.

　　Every aspect(方面) of mall design is carefully considered to appeal to(吸引) the customer's psychological(心理的) needs. This starts with the overall environment. Tests have shown that people feel most relaxed and comfortable at a temperature of 24-26 degrees. So, this is the air temperature of most malls. If it is any hotter, people may become too lazy to walk. Any cooler, they may rush around and leave before they've spent enough money.

　　The choice of colors is also very important. Dark colors like orange or purple can make people feel irritable or unhappy. With such feelings, they are not likely to do much shopping. Therefore, very dark colors are almost never used in malls. Instead, walls are usually painted in light colors, which make customers feel relaxed and give the mail a spacious feeling.

　　The arrangement of space in the mall is also done with great care. Research shows that most people are unwilling to walk more than two hundred meters to shop. In one of the new giant malls this could be a problem. The walkways in malls can be made curved(弯曲的) or angled to hide their true length. Or they can be broken up by fountains(喷泉), art displays or any of those other things that you thought were just there to entertain you.

1．From this passage we know that malls _____.

[　　]

A．are where people go for entertainment

B．came into being in the early 1950s in America

C．are places for art displays and social activities

D．have been perfect places for shopping since they were born

2．According to this passage, a mall with dark-coloured walls _____.

A．is likely to enjoy good business

B．looks peaceful and pleasant

C．costs more to be lighted

D．is likely to have poor business

3．What are the fountains and art displays for in a mall?

[　　]

A．To make the walkways seem shorter as well as entertain the customers.

B．Just to make the customers feel happy when they are taking a rest.

C．To cool the mall so that the customers will buy more.

D．To beautify the mall to attract more customers and children.

4．Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．Malls are the best places to do shopping in.

B．The choice of colors is very important in designing malls.

C．Malls are carefully designed to encourage people to buy more and more.

D．Without good service there will be no good business.

In May 31st Miss Huang married my brother.     　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   1. __________

She teaches our English and she’s our head-teacher. So    　　　　　　　　　　　　    2. __________

I know her very good. She works hard. She’s friendly　　  　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   3. __________

to all us and we like her, too. Once our parents were   　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   4. __________

invited to a parent-teacher meeting. My father was     　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   5. __________

busy and my mother was ill that day. But my brother  　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   6. __________

attended to the meeting instead. Some advice of his　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   7. __________

caught her attentions. They’ve been good friends　　    　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   8. __________

since then. Now I regard her my sister. And she 　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  9. __________

still my teacher. So I’m sure I’ll do better in my English. 　　　　　　　　　　　　    10. _________