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【題目】It is not always a good thing to praise children because “empty” words may make them unhappy. Words such as “Well done!” may make them doubt their own abilities. 【1】 He said that words such as “You’re so clever!” or “You’re such an artist!” could also stop their future development at school. 【2】 They may say they can’t live up to these expectations.

Instead, he advised parents and teachers to praise children less and use words like“trying really hard”. Mr. Grosz said, “【3】People often pay no attention to children’s feelings and thoughts.” He also mentioned a research showing that children who were heavily praised probably performed worse at school.

Some psychologists from Columbia University asked 128 pupils aged 10 and 11 to work out a number of math problems. 【4】 But the researchers told the other group, “You did really well—you must have tried really hard.” Both groups of children were then given more difficult questions and those who had been told they were clever did not do as well as the others.

He said that when collecting his daughter from a school near their home in North London, he heard a teacher telling his daughter,“You have drawn the most beautiful tree. Well done.” Later, after she had done another drawing, the same teacher said, “Wow, you are really an artist.” In his book, Mr. Grosz wrote, “How could I explain to the teacher? 【5】”

As a parent of two children, I strongly agree with Mr. Grosz. I want them to know if I praise them, they have done something beyond my expectation, beyond what they are able to do.

A.Parents should praise their children from time to time.

B. Empty praise is as bad as thoughtless criticism(批評).

C. In fact, I would prefer it if she did not praise my daughter.

D. Later, some were told, “You did really well—you’re so clever.”

E. A leading psychologist(心理學家) Stephen Grosz has warned it.

F. He also said that such empty praise caused children to be unhappy.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】F

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】本文主要講述了總是用空洞的話語來表揚孩子并不是一件好事。

【1】E

由本空后面的He可知此處需要引出一個權威人物。E項“著名心理學家斯蒂芬·格羅斯已經警告過了。”符合語境。

【2】F

從引出心理學家Stephen Grosz開始，都是在陳述他說的話。F項“他也說如此空洞的贊揚會導致孩子不開心的。”符合語境。

【3】B

由前句“Instead, he advised parents and teachers to praise children less and use words like‘trying really hard’.”和后句“People often pay no attention to children’s feeling s and thoughts”可知B項“空洞的表揚和輕率的批評一樣糟糕。”放在此處符合上下文語境，故選B。

【4】D

本段是關于心理學家對128名小學生分組做研究的事情。根據(jù)下文“But the researchers told the other group...”表示轉折，可推知是對另一組學生做了不同的事情或說了不同的話。D項“然后，一些被告知，“你做的真的很好——你是如此的聰明。”符合語境。

【5】C

本段描述的是Stephen Grosz碰到老師表揚自己女兒的事情。根據(jù)上文可推出他對空洞的表揚是持否定態(tài)度的。C項“實際上，如果她不表揚我的女兒，我會更愿意的。”符合語境。