横峰中学高三英语第十四周周练阅读理解A“Helicopter parenting” describes a style of raising children where parents are overprotective and do too much. The term describes parents who hover over their kids athome and on the playground like a helicopter. Today, modern technology allows these helicopter parents to hover from even faraway places. They can give their children directions at any moment from anywhere.Julie Lythcott-haims wrote a book titled How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kids for success. In her book, she gives readers a closerlook at this parenting style. She also explains why parents should stop it.Julie Lythcott-Haims says she experienced the effects of helicopter parentingfirst-handwhen she worked as dean of first-year students at Standford University. The incoming students, or freshmen, she says, were very smart and accomplished on paper. But many wereunable to take care of themselves. “They were turning to parents constantly for guidance,for problem-solving, to have them make the choice about something.”Lythcott-Haims warns this kind of parenting has many short-term wins but long-term coststhat harm the child. She uses an area common to most children--a playground.Lythcott-Haimssuggests letting your child get a little hurt.“If you do your child's homework, it will be perfect. That is what she calls theshort-term win. The long-term cost is that your child may not feel capable. And he does not become a determined learner, meaning he will give up easily when faced with a difficultproblem to solve.” So what can parents do if they want to beak the overparenting “helicopter” cycle? Reading Julie's book, you can follow some ways to stop hovering overyour children. In a word, when kids have all the skills to take care of themselves, they will be prepared for adulthood.28. The underlined words “hover over” in Paragraph 1 probably mean “________”.A. deal withB. fly overD. circle aroundC. stare at29. What do the “helicopter parents ” believe?A. Short-term wins can harm the kids.B. Getting protection from parents is necessary.C. Trying to make decisions should be valued.D. Learning from failure is helping kids.30. What should parents do for their children based on Julie's study?A. Encourage them to do what they can do.B. Help them grow with parents' protection.C. Guide them in doing as parents do or say.D. Prevent them from playing on a playground.31. What would be the best title for the text?A. How to Break the Overparenting CycleB. How to Help Adults with Their ProblemsC. Helicopter Parenting Is Well Worth TryingD. Helping Children Too Much Is Hurting ThemBThey swim lovely along the shore, looking for underwater greens to feed on. But thesedays, along Florida's western coast, something is mixing with the seas grass that manateeslike to eat. And it's making them sick --- even killing them.It's a poisonous form of algae, usually called “red tide” because of its color. Algaeare plant-like organisms (微生物) that live mainly in water. Most are harmless, but not red tide. When it gets mixed in with the grass and the manatees eat it, they get so sick that they can't even swim.“They're basically paralyzed (瘫痪的), and they become unconscious, ” said Virginia Edmonds, an animal care manager. Manatees are mammals and they need to surface often tobreathe in air. If a manatee is paralyzed, it can't swim and will drown.As of Monday, the current red tide outbreak has killed at least 174 manatees since the beginning of this year. That has already beaten Florida's record-high number for manatee deaths in a single year --- and we still have nearly nine months to go!perts aren't sure when the red tide outbreak will end. So many more manatees are The exin danger. The situation has gotten so desperate that Florida zoos have rescued at leasta dozen manatees. You can find manatees anywhere from Brazil up to Florida --- and throughoutmuch of the Caribbean Sea.In fact, the manatee is officially considered an endangered species. Thanks to the US government's protection, Florida's manatee population has grown to approximately 5,000 in recent years. But the red tide is threatening their survival. Some experts suspect thatpollution from farms even might be fueling the red tide outbreak, because fertilizerthat'sused on farms often winds up in water. And when that fertilized water runs off into theGulf of Mexico, it makes things grow faster --- just like on land.If you're in Florida and you see a manatee that doesn't look right, wildlife officials would like you to call them. They've set up a free hotline --- 888-404-3922. “We want to preserve the manatees for the future of Florida,” said Martine, a veterinarian (兽医) with Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. “We want future generations to enjoy manatees the way we enjoy them right now.”32. All of the following are about descriptions of red tide except ____________.A. plant-like organisms that live mainly in waterB. a kind of sea grass that manatees like to eatC. a poisonous form of algaeD. growing rapidly33. In the text, the author seems to worry that _____________.A. manatees from Brazil up to Florida will be huntedB. the experts cannot prevent the red tide from spreadingC. more manatees will be killed in the following nine monthsD. manatees will have to spend their winter in the Caribbean Sea34.What can we infer from the text?A. The experts know the red tide will end this year.B. Florida zoos should try to search for sick manatees in the sea.C. The manatees benefit little from the US government's protection.D. Farms should be stopped from sending out harmful materials into the sea.35.The free hotline is mentioned in the last paragraph to ________.A. call on people to protect the environmentB. let future generations enjoy manatees betterC. remind people to save the manatees in troubleD. show the determination of protecting the manatees第二节．七选五It was the First day of school, 1961. Five-year-old Maecarol Jemison was confident kindergartner who could already read. When her teacher asked her , “36 ” The First BlackWoman AstronautMae replied: A scientist. Her teacher looked surprised: Not many women became scientists then, and certainly few black women. 37 .Mae's love for science took her to the library. She read books about the universe. 38 .In sixth grade she read A Wrinkle in Time and The Arm of the Starfish. Those books stand out because they had women scientists and girl heroines, Mae remembers. 39 . She wasactive in student government, acted in plays, and studied dance. In dance class, I grew stronger and gained an appreciation for hard work, physical strength, and grace,(优雅)she says.In college, Mae studied the physical and social sciences, and learned to speak Russian andthe African language Swahili. She earned a degree in chemical engineering and African studies. After college, she studied medicine for four years, and became a medical doctor.40 . She trained in Texas, learning about space exploration. She worked for NASA, and waitedfor a shuttle assignment.When the space shuttle Endeavour launched into orbit in 1992, Mae became the first African-American woman to orbit the earth. Mae looked down from the shuttle and saw Chicago.She remembered visiting the library, making science fair projects, and dancing. I felt like I belonged right there in space, she remembers.A. She also enjoyed science fiction books.B. But that was Mae's first and only choice.C. Books weren't the only way Mae learned.D. What do you want to be when you grow up?E.W hat do you know about your hero and why?go to school like everyone else.F. Astronauts aren't born ; theyG. In 1987, Mae was accepted into NASA's astronaut program.完形填空Everyone has stories about facing adversity in his lives. The 41 is what we did to overcomeit.We used to have a glass studio near our home. Several years ago we 42 an awful winter;we had much snow and ice. The 43 of the ice and snow collapsed the roof of our studio, takingwith it one of the sources of our income. Before it collapsed, we got on the roof and triedto 44 the snow and ice, but when the thickness of ice was 5 feet and the temperature wasminus 20 ℃, it was pretty 45 to do.We had a friend helping us try and 46 the roof by bracing(支撑) . Finally, there was 47that could be done. The roof 48. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studiobut we 49 a lot also: glass, stoves, workbenches, to 50 only a few of the items. It was a(n) 51 experience.Here we were in the middle of 52 with our studio collapsed. We couldn't work as we had53 all the material we were not using in a building. We could have done one of two things. First, we could simply no longer 54 our glass business. And this was certainly a thoughtthat crossed our 55. Second, we could find a way to get our studio 56 up and running. We picked option 2. We had a large 57 that we were not using. 58 we renovated(翻新) thebarn, redesigned our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we have 59 had. If the adversity we faced had not happened, we probably would still be working in the oldstudio—a studio that was 60.judgement．differenceDB．discussionC．41．A.opinionforecast DC．overcame ．42．A.remembered B．experiencedweight ．C．Bmixture ．43A.quality ．length Dcarry remove ．D．Cprevent B．A.melt 44．important necessary ．．DA.difficult C upset．B．45repair．Dchange．Csave．BA.move．46．anything D．everything C47．A.something B．nothing ．D. came down cut up ．48．A.broke up took down C．Bdamaged B．．A.missed lost C．found D．49give 50．D．C．buy B．followdevastating uninteresting C．boring 51．A.surprising B．D．work D．winter ．．experience C52．A.lifeBput away ．A.given away D．put upBgiven up C．53．D. enlarge ． C．avoid reduce B54．A.continueD. sense feelings B55．C．mind A.hearts ．look back ．A.turnDB．Cmake ．56．studio B．．Darea C．workshop A. barn 57．So ．DB．C．But A.For ．Or 58ever 59．never C．A.yet ．．already DBwider ．．Cbetter60A.higher ．Bworse．D 四．语法填空China's capital city Beijing has recently introduced a new smoking ban, 61 is thetoughest anti-smoking so far. The law prohibits smoking in all indoor public places, onpublic transport and in workplaces. Anyone 62 (catch) smoking in these places will geta big fine. Restaurants will have a big part to play in making sure the ban works. Restaurant63 (own) will get a heavy fine if people smoke in their restaurants. The public is alsobeing required 64 (report) anyone who breaks the law and smokes in public.The World Health Organization 65 (welcome) it. “We applauded Beijing for its strongand 66 (determine) leadership in protecting the health of its people 67 making publicplaces smoke-free. We are delighted to be 68 (formal) recognizing the Beijing MunicipalGovernment.” said a WHO spokesperson. The country is the world's 69 (big) tobaccoproducer and has the most smokers. There are around 300 million smokers in China. This isalmost 70 same size as the population of the USA. More than one million Chinese die eachyear from diseases caused by smoking.五．短文改错We are bound to see some ups and downs in our lives. What counts is that we should always face failure brave and spare no effort to make new start. I used to be a top student injunior school. But much to my disappointment, I only get 65 points in math in the first term. Instead of feeling discouraging, I soon calmed down and managed to find out the reasonsof my failure with the help of my teachers and parents. Then I adjusted my ways of studyingtaken the teachers' advice and soon my hard work was rewarded with some great progresses in the next term. It was my confidence and perseverance which helped me recover from failure.Never give up and keep from trying! I believe everyone will overcome the difficulties orenjoy the glory of life again.第十四周周练答案阅读28-31 DBAD 32-35 BCDC 36-40 DBACG完形填空41-45 CBDCA 46-50 BBDBA 51-55 CDBAC 56-60 BADDB单词填空61. which 62. caught; 63. owners; 64. to report; 65 . welcomed;66. determined; 67.by; 68. formally 69. biggest 70. the改错got改为a 73. get 前面加bravely 72. new start改为 71.brave74.discouraging改为discouraged 75. reasons 后面的of 改为for76.taken 改为taking 77. progresses 改为progress78. which 改为that 79. keep from 中的from 去掉； 80. or 改为and。