阅读短文,根据要求完成下面各小题。

When children are faced with problems, they may not be able to deal with them. Children need to learn how to solve problems. You can help them to learn it. The best way is to take the time to talk about problems as they happen. Of course, this is not easy to do. Problems have a way of bursting upon (突然发生) someone at the worst time. But even if the time is not the best, you should try to help.

There are many things you can do to help children learn problem-solving skills. One good way is to find out what made the problem happen. This is a skill that children won’t learn without help. A child may knock over a glass of milk at the dinner table, but he may not realize that the glass was too close to the edge. You can show the child what the problem is. Then it can be solved.

The next step for children is to learn how to solve the problem alone.  This step takes courage. 83 Some of them are so afraid of being wrong that they cannot solve problems. You can help them by talking about some possible answers. Then two of you can decide which answer is the best. Let the children try it out. Now the children will see that problems can be solved, and you can praise them for choosing an answer.

Another step to problem-solving is to help children see the laws of cause and effect（因果规律）. If a glass is knocked over, it will fall and break. If children might like to write on the wall, the pencil always leaves a mark. Soon the children will see the link between cause and effect, and then they are on the road to growth. When children see someone else knock over a glass. They now know that it will break. When they see writing on the wall, they can tell how it got there.

84 The ability to solve problems is not easy for children to learn. It is not easy for adults either. It takes patience for you, and it takes practice for the child. But problem-solving can be taught. All you need is time and effort.

A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。

81. How many steps are mentioned in the passage to help children learn to solve problems?

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82. Is it easy for adults to learn the ability to solve problems?
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B. 短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

83. _______________________________________________________________________

84. _______________________________________________________________________

请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

85._______________________________________________   

Freerice is an interesting game. Remember to play it when you are free. It can help the hungry around the world.

How to play

In the middle of the Freerice Home page you will see something like:

　　　　　　 small means:

　　　　　　　　　　　 　little

　　　　　　　　　　　　 old

　　　　　　　　　　　　 big

　　　　　　　　　　　　 yellow

Click on one of the four words that you think is correct. If you get it right, Freerice donates 10 grains of rice to help the hunger. You will then get a chance to answer another question in the same way.

How does playing the Freerice help me?

Learning new words is useful. It can help you:

☆Speak persuasively (口才好地)

☆Write better papers, emails and business letters

☆Read faster because you understand better

☆Get better grades in a middle school, a high school and a college

☆Perform better at job interviews and meeting

How does the Freerice vocabulary program work?

Freerice has a big database (数据库). There are words for English beginners, students, businessmen, doctors, drivers… everyone!　

Freerice can adjust to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty. If you get one question wrong, you will go to an easier level. When you get three questions in a row right, you can go to a harder level.

There are 60 levels of vocabulary with over 12,000 words in all, but it is difficult for people to get above level 50.

　　 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

( ) 31. What is Freerice?

A. It is a video game. 　　　　　　　

B. It is an online vocabulary game.

C. It is an online farm. 　　　　　　

D. It is an adventure game.

( ) 32. If you play the game, you can do many things EXCEPT ______.

A. get some rice　　 　　

B. perform better in a speech contest

C. understand the passages better

D. get better grades at school

( ) 33. What does the underlined phrase “adjust to” mean?

A. 调节　 　 　　B. 固定　 　　　　　 C. 减弱　 D. 加强

( ) 34. We can know that ______.

A. the hunger will get 100 grains rice if you get five words right

B. you will improve your English if you play the game

C. the game starts by giving you an easy sentence

D. common people can get above 50 levels of the game

( ) 35. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. How to learn English 　　　　　　　　　　

B. An interesting online game

C. How to get good grades at school　

D. The ways to get high levels

Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers(青少年). Many are adults(成年人). Some study at school, others learn by themselves. A few learn English language over the radio, on TV, or in the films. One must work hard to learn another language.

Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own(自己的) language and maths and English. Some people learn English because it is useful for their work. Many people often learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university(大学) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers and magazines in English.

1.Are there many adults learning English in China?

2. ________learn English.

3.Which of the following is true?

4.“Their own language” means_____________.

5.What’s the Chinese meaning of “learn by themselves”?\

Several years ago, a television reporter was interviewing three of the most important people from local businesses. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

　　The reporter was talking to them about being important.

　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.

　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President is really important.”

　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.

　　The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President said he was too busy to answer it.”

　　The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”

　　“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”

　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.

　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”

1.This story happened in ________.

A. U.N.                         B. U.S.A.                              C. U.K.         D. P.R.C.

2.There are________in this passage.

A. three men        B. three women and one man　

C. four men       D. three men and one woman

3.The banker and the owner of one of the largest companies in the world ________.

A. had similar opinions about the reporter’s question　　        

B. disagreed with each other  

C. had been invited to the White House many times      

D. didn’t reply to the reporter

4.The owner of one of the largest companies thought ________.

A. he himself was really important because he owned one of the largest companies in the world

B. the President was really important because the president of another country called him

C. the visitor was really important if the President would rather treat him than answer an important phone call from another country

D. none of them was really important

5.The underlined word you in the last paragraph refers to (指的是) ________.

A. the television reporter　　                    B. the owner of many buildings

C. the President                   D. the visitor to the White House