2011高考英语阅读理解强化练习(91)

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2012年02月22日15:02　 来源：新东方在线 【发表评论】

        For years we have been told that encouraging a child's self-respect is important to his or her success in life. But child experts are now learning that too much praise can lead to the opposite effect. Praise-aholic kids who expect it at every turn may become teens who seek to same kind of approval from friends when asked if they want to go in the backseat of the car.

    The implication（含义） of saying "You are the prettiest girl in class，" or talking about the goals she scored but not her overall effort， is that you love her only when she looks the best， scores the highest， achieves the most. And this carries over to the classroom.

    Social psychologist Carrol Dweck， PhD， tested the effects of overpraise on 400 fifth graders while she was at Columbia University. She found that kids praised for "trying hard" did better on testes and were more likely to take on difficult assignments than those praised for being "smart".

    "Praising attributes（品质） or abilities makes a false promise that success will come to you because you have that quality， and it devalues effort， so children are afraid to take on challenges， " says Dweck， now at Stanford University， "They figure they'd better quit while they're ahead."

    1. The underlined words "Praise-aholic kids" refers to kids who are ______.

    A. tired of being praised B. worthy of being praised

    C. very proud of being praised D. extremely fond of being praised

    2. The author quoted（引用） Dr. Dweck's words in the last paragraph in order to make the article _____.

    A. better-known B. better-organized C. more persuasive D. more interesting

    3. We can infer from the passage that _____.

    A. praise for efforts should be more encouraged

    B. praise for results works better than praise for efforts

    C. praising a child's achievements benefits his or her success in life

    D. praising a child's abilities encourage him or her to take on challenges

    答案

    1.D.

    解析：推理判断兼主旨概括，在通读全篇文章的情况下还要排除C选项的干扰。

    2.C.

    解析：推理判断题，根据构词法推出persuade与persuasive为同根词，其中文含义不言自喻。

    3.A.

    解析：结合第三段可以得出正确答案。