Reading Oliver James'Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears."I have so take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it," she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following dry I ask her how the test went and the just says "OK,I got a nine".
"Wow. well done!" I say, before she finishes with "But I never get a ten!"
According to James, this obsession with getting top marks has been a bad development, which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money. To test this, I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests. She looked at me as if I was thick. "Well, if I don't get good grades, I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff."
I was quite surprised, because I don't consider myself a pushy parent. But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright. He points to the Danish system（体制）of education as a better model. Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business.
For me, I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle, recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules, yet I have lived a happy life. What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations, or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality.
This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind. And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests, something more like Tongjon. Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools. It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea, and indeed in many other school systems around the world.
As the Russian poet Pushkin said," Inspiration(灵感）is needed in geometry(几何学）just as much as in poetry ",and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them

1. 1.

   What does the writer probably think of his/her daughter?

   1. A.
      She sets herself a goal too high to reach
   2. B.
      She should be more polite to her parents
   3. C.
      She is hard-working but not very bright
   4. D.
      She takes her grades much too seriously
2. 2.

   What does the word "obsession"in paragraph 3 mean?

   1. A.
      A plain and unavoidable fact
   2. B.
      A satisfied and very proud state
   3. C.
      A practical and widely-used way
   4. D.
      A fixed and often unreasonable idea
3. 3.

   What can we infer from the passage?

   1. A.
      Social skills are as important as high grades
   2. B.
      Interest in grades can shake self-confidence
   3. C.
      The writer regrets not having studied hard at school
   4. D.
      Danish educational system is for very smart students
4. 4.

   The writer wants to tell us that______.

   1. A.
      learning happily is the key to self-development
   2. B.
      top marks may be helpful to increase one's interest
   3. C.
      tests should be improved to give children inspiration
   4. D.
      education should meet one's needs for word and money

You hurry into the kitchen，open the refrigerator and suddenly you forget why you open it．“What am I looking for？”You ask yourself．“What am I doing here？”Don't worry．You are not losing your mind．We have all had this kind of thing．If you think about something very quickly，it goes into your short-term memory and it goes right back out in just a few seconds．You have not moved things from short-term to long-term memory，so you won't be able to remember it later on．
What can you do to help get back your missing short-term memory？You may go back to where you were．So，for example，if you were sitting in a chair listening to the music in the living room，just go back into the living room．This will help you remember，and when you are back in the living room，you will suddenly think，“Oh，yes，I was thirsty and I wanted something cold to drink．That is why I went to the fridge．”If，sometimes，you can't go back to where you were before，just try tracing your steps back in your mind．Think back to things you did before，and this may help you．

1. 1.

   We sometimes forget why we open the refrigerator, probably because______.

   1. A.
      We lose our mind
   2. B.
      We are not thirsty
   3. C.
      We think about something too quickly
   4. D.
      we won’t be able to remember things
2. 2.

   What can you do to help get back the missing short-term memory?

   1. A.
      Stay where you are
   2. B.
      Make yourself thirsty
   3. C.
      Listen to some music
   4. D.
      Try tracing your steps back in your mind
3. 3.

   Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   1. A.
      Only a few of us will have such experiences,
   2. B.
      People always forget why they hurry into the kitchen
   3. C.
      It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember why you do a certain thing at times
   4. D.
      Have something cold to drink can help you to remember the things
4. 4.

   Which is the best title?

   1. A.
      Lose your memory
   2. B.
      What’s wrong with you?
   3. C.
      Learn to forget
   4. D.
      Just open the refrigerator

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