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1、衡水市2019高考英语二轮阅读理解（三月强化训练03）BOne period of our lives when better results are demanded of us is, strangely enough, childhood. Despite being young we are expected to achieve good grades, stay out of trouble, make friends at school, do well on tests, perform chores at home and so on. Its not easy.The go
2、od news is that being likeable can help a child perform better. Likeable children enjoy many advantages, including the ability to cope more easily with stresses of growing up.In her book Understanding Child Stress, Dr. Carolyn Leonard states that children who are likeable and optimistic are able to
3、gain support from others. This leads to focus and resilience, the ability to recover from or adjust early to life stress; a child who has adequate emotional_armor can continue down the path to success. Much research shows that resilience has enabled children to succeed in school, avoid drug abuse, a
4、nd develop a healthy selfawareness.Why does a likeable child more easily handle stress and do better in his or her life? Because likeability helps create whats known as a positive feedback loop(回馈圈). The positive feelings you want to see in other people are returned to you, creating constant encoura
5、gement and motivation to deal with the daily stress of life.This feedback loop continues into adulthood. To return once again to the example of teaching, learning becomes easier with a likeable personality. Michael Delucchi of the University of Hawaii reviewed dozens of studies to determine if likea
6、ble teachers received good ratings because of their likeability or because they in fact taught well. Delucchi found that “Students who perceive(察觉) a teacher as likeable, in contrast to those who do not, may be more attentive to the information that the teacher delivers and theyll work harder on ass
7、ignments, and they will learn more.”You may have noticed this pattern in your own life when you try to give some advice. The more positive your relationship with that person, the more he or she seems to listen, and the more you feel certain that that person has heard you and intends to act on your w
8、ords.1The writer implies in the first paragraph that _.Achildren are expected more than we usually think Blife is not easy for every one of usCbetter education results in smarter childrenDto be a likable child is almost impossible2According to Dr. Leonard, likeable children _.Acan cope more easily w
9、ith stress independentlyBknow how to avoid trouble and unpleasant eventsCare always optimistic and ready to help those in needDcan achieve more and understand themselves better3The term “emotional armor” in Paragraph 3 means_.Amental support from friends Bmental support from adultsCfailures in life
10、Dability to handle life stress4The main purpose of the studies done by Michael Delucchi is to find _.Aif a likeable teacher has a positive personalityBif a likeable teacher draws more attentionChow a teachers likeability gains popularityDhow a likeable teachers teaching style is formed5The passage a
11、ims at proving that _.Alikeable people do better in life generallyBlikeable people do better in their childhoodCsocial creatures enjoy more advantagesDlikeable people give better advice*结束CDiana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21yearold twin sons: a combinati
12、on of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.“I have two kids in college, and I want to say come home， but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education，” says Jacobs.The Jacobs family did work out a sol
13、ution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.With unemployment rising, financial aid administra
14、tors expect to hear from more families like the Jacobses.More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.At the same time, tuition(学费)continues to rise. A report from the Na
15、tional Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.“If we go on this way for another 25 years, we wont have an affordable system of higher education，” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middleclass families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”Financial aid administrato
