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Part Ⅳ Short Answer Questions （15 minutes）Directions: In thispartthere is a short passage with five questions orincompletestatements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer thequestionsor complete the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10words).Manyparents who welcome the idea of turning off the TV andspendingmore time with the family are still worried that without TVtheywould constantly be on call as entertainers for theirchildren.They remr thinking up all sort of things to do when theywere kids.But their own kids seem different, less resourceful,somehow. Whentheres nothing to do, these parents observeregretfully, theirkids seem unable to come up with any thing to dobesides turning onthe TV.One father, for example, says. “When I wasa kid, we werealways thinking up things to do, projects and games.We certainlynever complained in an annoying way to our parents, ‘Ihave nothingto do!’”He compares this with his own children today:“Theyresimply lazy. If someone doesnt entertain them, theyllhappily sitthere watching TV all day. ”There is one word for thisfathersdisappointment: unfair. It is as if he were disappointed inthemfor not reading Greek though they have never studied thelanguage.He deplores(哀叹)his childrens lack of inventiveness, as iftheability to play were something innate(天生的)that his childrenaremising . In fact, while the tendency to play is built intothehuman species, the actual ability to play-to imagine, to invent,toelaborate on reality in a playful way-and the ability togainfulfillment from it, these are skills that have to learnedanddeveloped.Such disappointment, however, is not only unjust, itisalso destructive. Sensing their parents disappointment,childrencome to believe that they are, indeed, lacking something,and thatthis makes them less worthy of admiration and respect.Givingchildren the opportunity to develop new resources, to enlargetheirhorizons and discover the pleasures of doing things on theirownis, on the other hand, a way to help children develop aconfidentfeeling about themselves as capable andinterestingpeople.Questions:(注意:答题尽量简短，超过10个词要扣分，每条横线限定一个英语单词，标点符号不占格。)S1.Accordingto manyparents, without TV, their children would likethemto______.____________ ____________ _____________________________________________ ____________ _________________________________S2.Many parents think that, instead ofwatching a lot ofTV, their children should _____.___________________________________ ___________ ______________________________________________ ___________ ___________S3.The father oftenblames hischildren for not being able to entertain themselves. Thisisunfairbecause they _______ .____________ __________________________________ _______________________ __________________________________ ___________S4.When parents show constantdisappointmentin their children, the destructive effect isthat thechildren will_______ .____________ ____________ _____________________________________________ ____________ _________________________________S5.Developing childrens self-confidence helpsbring themup to be _______.____________ ____________ _____________________________________________ ____________ _________________________________Part Ⅴ Writing （30 minutes）Directions:For thispart, youare allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on thetopic:Dont Hesitate to Say “No”. You should write at least 120wordsand you should base your composition on the outline (giveninChinese)below:1.别人请求帮助时，在什么情况下我们会说“不”。2.为什么有些人在该说“不”的时候不说“不”。3.该说“不”时不说“不”的坏处。DontHesitateto Say “No”
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