台州中学2011-1012 学年第一学期期中试题
高 三 英 语
注意事项：
1．本卷考试时间120分钟，满分120分。
2．本试题卷分第I卷和第II卷两部分。答案一律做在答卷页上。
第I卷（共80分）
第一部分：英语知识运用
第一节：单项选择（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
1．—We are planning to have a casual get-together this Saturday or Sunday. Are you coming?
— ________. I‟ve got rather a full day this weekend. A. I hope so B. Sounds great C. I‟m afraid not D. You‟d better not 2. ______ world‟s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, has opened its _____ third store in Beijing, which means the firm now has 52 stores in China. A. The; a
B. A; a
C. The; the
D. The; /
3. _______ size and population, how big is the European Union _________ China? A. In terms of; compared with
B. In honor of; comparing with
C. In addition to; compared to D. In favor of; compared to 4. —Did you get home a little earlier yesterday? —No. It was six o‟clock________ we got home. A. that B. when C. since points will be the winner. A. anyone B. the one
and
left lying on the road with no one offering help, _____ a heated discussion on the
Internet . A. caused
B. to cause
C. causing
D. being caused
7. —Did Zhou Libo say anything that _____ you in Mr Zhou Live Show? —Not really. Actually I slept through his performance.
A. adapted to B. attached to C. referred to D. appealed to
8. Fortunately, with the help of some local villagers, rescuers were able to gain ________ to the disaster-hit area soon enough. A. track
B. access
C. means
D. passage
9. After that, he knew he could ________any emergency by doing what he could to the
best of his ability. A. get away with
B. get on with
C. get through
D. get across
10. Nowadays, sending e-mails to each other has become a way ______________ what
they think to others.
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D. after
5. More than 100 students have entered for the competition and________ gains the most
C. that
D. whoever
6. Two weeks ago in Guangzhou, a two-year-old girl, Yue Yue, was hit by a car seriously
A. many a student expresses C. that most of students express
B. in which more than one student D. the majority of students expresses
express
11. ______ providing entertainment, the website also turns out to be a helpful learning tool.
A. Far from B. Apart from C. Instead of D. Regardless of 12. —I‟m driving to Beijing after breakfast. —Take care, with all this fog.
A. especially B. mainly C. extremely 13. —Have you understood what he really means?
—___________. A. Now and then
B. More or less
C. From time to time D.
Here
and
D. really
there
14. A turning point of the continuously high housing price won‟t appear suddenly because
there must be a certain process _____ many factors lead to the change.
A. which
B. what
C. where
D. that
15. —You may find the key to the math problem on page 107.
—Ah, it‟s so simple. I wonder why I _____ of that. A. hadn‟t thought B. haven‟t thought C. didn‟t think thinking
16. Also when you write your goals in a particular way you are able to make yourself continuously ______ situations that will bring you nearer to your goal. A. aware of B. worried about C. familiar with D. accustomed to 17. —This is my treat and next is yours. How‟s that?
—OK. ____________. A. It doesn‟t matter
B. It depends
C. No way
D. It‟s a deal
D.
wasn‟t
18. —Don‟t forget to go to the football match tomorrow.
—I ________.
A. don‟t
B. won‟t
C. shouldn‟t
D. mustn‟t
19. According to a report, cigarette smoking____ in all indoor public places in China already. A. will ban
B. has banned
C. will be banned
D. has been banned
20. — I need to advertise for a second-hand mountain bike.
— _______？David just plans to sell his present one. A. Why bother B. Why not C. So what D. What for
第二节： 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
“Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight?” I __21___asked my father. “I have to work late tonight. I doubt if I‟ll be able to __22__ it on time. I am just too busy right now,” he replied.
My mind could not ___23__the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to __24__ my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He
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always used the same __25__. Why had I even taken trouble to ask? __26__, there was always a slight hope that tonight would be __27__.
As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends__28__ me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill.” I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the __29__ as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called, __30__ three others. I followed my classmates to the __31__. When I reached out my hand to shake the __32__, a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother‟s camera ___33__ my eyes and I knew my dad wasn‟t there. I walked back to my seat __34___.
Back at home, seeing my dad‟s car in the garage. I told myself he would not be __35__. But the strong smell of alcohol hit me as soon as I __36__inside, and I could feel my tears __37__ . I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him __38__ on the couch. __39__ did Father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more__40__ than his whiskey bottle. 21. A. confidently 22. A. reach 23. A. create 24. A. watch 25. A. excuse 26. A. Besides 27. 28. 29. 30.
A. active
A. recognized A. air
A. rather than
B. eagerly B. keep B. support B. avoid B. reply B. Thus B. formal B. greeted B. audience B. other than B. position B. teacher‟s B. touched
B. disappointedly B. woken B. noticed
B. taking down B. lying B. Where
C. proudly
D. fearfully
C. take D. make C. appreciate D. accept C. attend D. speed C. promise C. Otherwise C. different C. encouraged C. school C. except for C. office C. mother‟s C. hurt
C. delightedly C. forgiven C. examined C. building up C. putting C. Why
D. trick
D. However D. serious D. showed D. playground D. along with D. exit D. father‟s D. inserted D. hopefully D. hidden D. glanced
D. turning around D. carrying D. Whether
31. A. stage 32. A. Jill‟s 33. A. fixed
34. A. successfully 35. A. drunk 36. A. stepped 37. A. getting off 38. A. learning 39. A. How
40. A. perfect B. comfortable C. fortunate D. important
第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C， D ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
A He almost didn‟t see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled up in front her Mercedes and got out.
Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn‟t look safe; he looked poor and hungry.
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He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt.
He said, “I am here to help you, ma‟am. Why don‟t you wait in the car where it‟s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.”
Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.
As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was just passing through. She couldn‟t thank him enough for coming to her aid.
Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened, had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were many people who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.
He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, “And think of me.”
He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.
41. This story most probably took place_______.
A. in a garage B. on a highway C. in a busy street D. near a gas station 42. When the man approached the old lady, the first thing he did was to______. A. ask what was wrong with her car B. get the old lady out of her car
C. change her tire as soon as possible D. make her know he wanted to help her 43. The underlined part in Paragraph 6 suggests that________. A. the old lady had got ready to pay the man B. the old lady was grateful to the man
C. the man had a lot of difficulty changing the tire
D. the man didn‟t stop changing the tire
44. Which of the following words can best describe the man? A. Warm-hearted and sensitive. B. Careful and serious.
C. Thoughtful and helpful. D. Generous and open-minded. 45. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ______________. A. the man was happy after helping the old lady B. the man received a lot of money from the old lady C. the man made the old lady feel cold and depressed D. the man felt extremely frustrated all the way home
B
The following are four books that will help you change your mind and change your life. 1) You Can Heal Your Life, Louise Hay: A groundbreaking book when it was released in 1982. It is still the book that I turn to when I have physical unrest that requires deeper understanding. Louise Hay is the pioneer in looking at the connection between the
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physical unrest that we have in our body and the emotional connection. At the time that she wrote the book many people scoffed at this idea, but it is now widely accepted and millions of people refer to it on a daily basis.
2) The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz: Maintaining a sense of reliability and faith is developed through understanding to The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz written in 1997. We are faced with rules and regulations; don‟t do this, don‟t do that, watch what you are doing, be kind, loyal, faithful etc. The four agreements represent a simple system of maintaining your own inner authority while practicing being a true person with other people.
3) Slowing Down to the Speed of Life, Richard Carlson and Joseph Bailey: This is a new one in my “bedside collection” and one that has made the biggest impact on me lately. Written in 1997, it is even more relevant today than it was when it was written. The idea of “slowing down” to get there faster was extremely hard for me to understand. As a human species we seem to enjoy moving fast and expecting quick results, especially from ourselves. I should be successful now, I should be slim now, get me to my destination now—in contrast to “in the fullness of time” when I am ready.
4) The Game of Life and How to Play It, Florence Scovel-Shinn: A classic book that was first published in 1925 and remains one of my favorite books of all time. Scovel-Shinn understood the power of our words to express either our deepest desires or our most horrible nightmares.
So where does this leave you? The way I see it is if you want to „Heal Your Life” then you had better learn how to play “The Game of Life” by learning how to “Slow Down to the Speed of Life” and keep the “Four Agreements”. The solution may not be easy to do but it is simple. In fact, most solutions are pretty simple, and it is us humans that want to complicate it.
46. According to the author, people who are lacking in personal freedom should read______.
A. You Can Heal Your Life B. The Four Agreements
C. Slowing Down to the Speed of Life
D. The Game of Life and How to Play It
47. Which of the following books did the author read most recently? A. Slowing Down to the Speed of Life B. The Four Agreements
C. You Can Heal Your Life
D. The Game of Life and How to Play It
48. In which part of a magazine would you probably find this passage? A. Arts & Entertainment B. Reference & Education C. Book Reviews D. Self Improvement
49. In the author‟s opinion, the four books _______.
A. offer four ways to change our life and mind B. represent four stages of life C. represent four attitudes D. tell us four interesting stories
C
NASA‟s twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been exploring the Red Planet
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since 2004. But a little more than a year ago, NASA lost contact with Spirit. The space agency has tried several ways to make contact with the rover, but Spirit has not sent back any signals.
Spirit landed on Mars on January 4, 2004. Three weeks later, Opportunity arrived. Soon after, the rovers went to the opposite side of Mars. Spirit‟s original mission was only designed to last for three months, but Spirit has worked for more than five years doing additional missions. Both rovers have made important discoveries about ancient Mars. They have taken thousands of images and found evidence in the rocks of a water, warmer past in Mars‟ history.
Spirit is solar-powered. It got stuck in a sand trap in April 2009, trapped deep into the soil and with its wheels turning around and around but not able to move forwards or backwards. Spirit had to agree that there is nothing that can be done to change the situation—it‟s never going to move again. However, even if it is a not moving station, it can still study the planet‟s atmosphere and deep interior.
NASA has been concentrating on trying to position its solar panels to get as much energy from the sun as possible, or to get the rover leaning in a manner that will allow the most amount of sunlight falling on its solar panels, in order to keep it alive during the coming winter months. Engineers have planned to rock the vehicle back and forth to acquire a more favorable position. However, no matter how many efforts have been made, Spirit still could not get out of the soft soil and could not lean itself toward the sun as the Martian winter approached. Without enough energy reaching its solar panels and with so little energy in its batteries, it went into hibernation, just like a polar bear, and has not communicated with Earth since March 22, 2010.
Whatever the future holds for Spirit, its mission has been an outstanding success. When it landed on the Red Planet in January 2004, no one was really sure how long it would continue working in the cold and dusty environment. As a matter of fact, three months was its original goal.
After so many fruitless efforts, NASA scientists are losing hope of ever reconnecting with Spirit, but they will give it one more try. Ground controllers are contacting Spirit over a range of frequencies and at different times during the day in case its internal clock stopped working and it lost track of time. They also are commanding the rover to turn on its backup radio transmitter in case the main one is dead.
If this final effort to connect isn‟t successful, NASA will shift the focus to its twin robot, Opportunity, which is in a different part of Mars. Opportunity is still on the move and continues to travel freely to this day. It has traveled 16.6 miles so far, and is currently rolling towards another crater it has yet to explore.
NASA has spent more than $900 million on the project but shows no sign of giving up on these determined and hard-working robots. The rovers are, though, experiencing gradual wear and tear, the expected damage to something caused by using it repeatedly over a period of time. Even before Spirit got trapped, one of its wheels had failed. And NASA says it‟s just a matter of time before both robots break down completely. 50. According to the passage, what can we know about Spirit? A. It had explored Mars several times.
B. Its original mission was to work for five years.
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C. It landed on Mars three weeks later than Opportunity.
D. It discovered that Mars was once a warm and wetter place.
51. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT what NASA did? A. Try to lean Spirit to make it get as much sunlight as possible.
B. Rock Spirit back and forth to make it acquire a more favorable position. C. Make efforts to help Spirit get out of the soft soil where it is stuck. D. Contact and order Spirit to turn on its backup radio transmitter.
52. The reason why Spirit failed to communicate with the Earth is that ________. A. it didn‟t have enough energy B. it had finished its task
C. something was wrong with its wheels D. it met an unidentified creature 53. By saying “NASA will shift the focus” in Paragraph 7, the author means that ______. A. NASA will move the center of Spirit out of the sand B. NASA will depend on Opportunity to do the exploration C. NASA will do nothing but wait for some opportunity D. NASA will make opportunity help Spirit
54. The last paragraph mainly informs us that _______. A. NASA has planned to spend more money on Spirit B. Spirit will be brought back to Earth
C. Spirit will stop operating totally in the future D. Spirit will cause damage to Mars 55. What‟s the text mainly about?
A. NASA makes the last effort to contact Spirit.
B. Spirit has made many important discoveries on Mars. C. How Spirit got stuck and couldn‟t move on Mars. D. Why NASA tried many ways to contact Spirit.
D
“What is the most important thing you‟ve done in your life?” The question was put to me during a presentation I gave to a group of lawyers.
The answer came to me in an instant. It‟s not the one I gave, because the situation was not right. As a lawyer in the entertainment industry, I knew the audience wanted to hear some amusing stories about my work with well-known people. But here‟s the true answer: The most important thing I‟ve ever done occurred on October 8, 1990. I began the day playing tennis with an old friend I hadn‟t seen for a while. Between points we talked about what had been happening in each other‟s lives. He and his wife had just had a baby boy, who was keeping them up at night.
While we were playing, a car came screaming up the road toward the courts. It was my friend‟s father, who shouted to my friend that his baby had stopped breathing and was being rushed to the hospital. In a flash my friend wasin the car and gone, disappearing in a cloud of dust.
For a moment I just stood there, paralyzed(呆若木鸡). Then I tried to figure out what I should do. Follow my friend to the hospital? There was nothing I could accomplish there, I convinced myself. My friend‟s son was in the care of doctors and nurses, and nothing I could do or say would affect the outcome. Be there for moral support? Well, maybe. But my friend and his wife both had large families, and I knew they‟d be surrounded by
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relatives who would provide more than enough comfort and support, whatever happened. All I could do at the hospital, I decided, was to get in the way. Also, I had planned a full day with my family, who were waiting for me to get home. So I decided to head back to my house and check in my friend later.
As I started my car, I realized that my friend had left his truck and keys at the courts. I now faced another problem. I couldn‟t leave the keys in the truck. So I decided to go to the hospital and give him the keys.
When I arrived, I was directed to a room where my friend and his wife were waiting. As I had thought, the room was filled with family members silently watching my friend comfort his wife. I went in and stood by the door, trying to decide what to do next. Soon a doctor appeared. He approached my friend and his wife, and in a quiet voice told them that their son had died.
For a long time the two held each other and cried, unaware of the rest of us standing around in pained silence. After they had calmed themselves, the doctor suggested they spend a few moments with their son.
My friend and his wife stood up and walked past their families. When they reached the door, my friend saw me standing in the corner. He came over and hugged me and started to cry. My friend‟s wife hugged me, too, and said, “Thanks for being here.”
For the rest of that morning, I sat in the emergency room of that hospital and watched my friend and his wife hold the body of their infant son, and say goodbye. It‟s the most important thing I have ever done.
The experience taught me two lessons.
First: The most important thing I‟ve ever done happened when I was completely helpless. None of the things I had learned in university, in three years of law school or in six years of legal practice were of any use in that situation. Something terrible was happening to people I cared about, and I was powerless to change the outcome. All I could do was standing by and watching it happen. And yet it was critical that I do just that—just be there when someone needed me.
Second: The most important thing I‟ve done almost didn‟t happen because of things I had learned in classroom and professional life. Law school taught me how to take a set of facts, break them down and organized them. These skills are critical for lawyers. When people come to us for help, they‟re often stressed out and depend on a lawyer to think logically. But while learning to think, I almost forget how to feel. Today I have no doubt that I should have leapt into my car without hesitation and followed my friend to the hospital. From that one experience I learned that the most important thing in life isn‟t the money you make, the status you attain or the honors you achieve. The most important thing in life is the kids‟ team you coach or the poem you write—or the time when you‟re just somebody‟s friend.
56. When he was asked about the most important thing he had done in life at a presentation, the author __________.
A felt it was not an interesting question B. thought for a while and spoke his mind
C. gave an answer from a lawyer‟s point of view D. didn‟t give the real answer
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57. When he saw his friend rush to the hospital, the author could not decide whether to follow mainly because he thought _________.
A. he had to stay with his family B. his friend did not need his help
C. he would not be of much help D. the baby would be in the doctor‟s care
58. The purpose of the author‟s description of the scene at the hospital is to inform us that ______.
A. he found out that he was in the way B. he would have felt guilty if he had not been there C. he regretted that he went too later
D. his friend would have felt better if he had not been there 59. Which of the following is conveyed in this story?
A. Family and relatives can not take the place of friends. B. More people are a great comfort when one is in trouble. C. It is best to be here when someone needs you.
D. You can certainly help a friend if you want to.
60. The author learned from his own experience that_______. A. what is taught in school is usually of no use B. a lawyer cannot learn much in classrooms C. a lawyer should know people‟s feeling first
D. he needs to be able to feel as well as think logically
第二节： 下面文章中有五处（第61-65题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。 A. Use business recordings B. Speak slowly and clearly C. Learn telephone manners
D. Practice often with a friend
E. Always be considerate of your friends
F. Make sure you understand the other speaker
Telephone tips
If the phone rings and someone speaks in English, don‟t be afraid to answer it! The fear of talking on the phone in a second language will disappear if you practice often. Here are a few tips for helping you improve your ability to answer a call in English.
61._______________
Listening to someone speaking in a second language over the telephone can be very challenging because you cannot see the person you are trying to hear. However, it may be even more difficult for the person you are talking with to understand you. You may not realize that your pronunciation isn‟t clear because your teacher and fellow students know and understand you. Pay special attention to your weak areas of your pronunciation when you are on the phone.
62._______________
Don‟t pretend to understand everything you hear over the telephone. Even native speakers ask each other to repeat and confirm information from time to time. This is
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especially important if you are taking a message for someone else. Learn the appropriate expressions that English speakers use when they don‟t hear something properly. Don‟t be afraid to remind the person to slow down more than once. Keep your telephone in an area that is away from other noise distractions such as a radio or television. 63._______________.
Ask another student to practice talking on the phone with you. You might choose one night a week and take turns phoning each other at a certain time. Try to talk for at least fifteen minutes. You can talk socially, or role play different scenarios in a business environment. The most important thing about practicing telephone English is that you are not able to see each other‟s mouths. 64. _______________.
There are many ways to get free telephone English practice. After business hours, you can call and listen to recorded messages. Write down what you hear the first time, and then call back and check if your notes are accurate. Make sure you have a pen handy so that you can repeat the information and check your comprehension. 65._______________.
The way that you speak to your best friend on the phone is very different from the way you should speak to someone in a business setting. Many speakers make the mistake of being too direct on the telephone. It is possible that the person on the other line will think that you are being rude on purpose if you don‟t use formal language in certain situations. Sometimes just one word such as could or may is necessary in order to sound polite. Take the time to learn how to answer the phone and say goodbye in a polite manner, as well as all the various ways one can start and end a conversation casually.
Listening to someone on the telephone is like listening to a taped recording in class. The only difference is that you have to talk back! Follow the tips above and remember that practice makes perfect!
第II卷 (共40分)
第三部分：
第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
My little cousin is greatly interested on science. And he does some dangerous experiments sometime. Although his parents want to encourage him to be great scientist, at times they worry about his safety. Last week, when my cousin was doing an experiment, he hurts his thumb. My aunt felt sadly and wanted him to stop from doing that experiment. However, my cousin didn‟t want to give up. She said, “Many scientists got hurt when they were doing experiments, so they didn‟t give up.” My aunt had to let him finish the experiments and he finally succeeded in finish it. 第二节：书面表达（30分）
留意一下我们的周边，可以发现陪读现象已蔚然成风。请你根据以下要点写一篇短文，内容应包括：
1.简要描述陪读现象；
2．分析父母陪读的原因（2至3个）；
3．发表你对此的看法。 注意：词数100—120词。
Should Our Parents Accompany Us in Studying at School
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In recent years, many parents choose to accompany their children in studying, which has aroused a wide concern.
台州中学2011-1012 学年第一学期期中试题
高 三 英 语
参考答案
一、单项填空（每题0.5分，满分10分）
1-5 CDABD 6-10 CDBCA 11-15BABCC 16-20 ADBDA 二、完形填空 （每题1分，满分20分）
21-25 BDDCA 26-30 DCBAD 31-35 ABCBA 36-40ACBCD 三、阅读理解（每题2分，满分50分）
41-45 BDBCA 46-49 BACA 50-55 DBABCA 56-60 DCBCD 61-65 BFDAC
四、改错（每题1分，满分10分）
1.on science→ in science 2. sometime →sometimes 3. be a great scientist 4. hurts his thumb →hurt his thumb 5. sadly→ sad 6. stop from doing →stop doing 7. She said→ He said 8. so they didn‟t give up →but (and) they didn‟t give up 9. finish the experiments→ finish the experiment 10. in finish→in finishing 五、作文(参考例文)（满分30分）
Should Our Parents Accompany Us In Studying at School
In recent years, many parents choose to accompany their children in studying, which has aroused a wide concern.
These parents are willing to leave their hometown, even quit their jobs to follow their children into the campus. Most of them rent an apartment nearby so as to take good care of their children. Parents consider it necessary to offering a better living condition to their children. Meanwhile, it enables them to keep track of their children‟s academic performance.
Nevertheless, what they have ignored is that it will get their kids into the habit of being dependent. Thus, they will never develop the ability of self-control in the future.
Trust leads to independence. So it seems to me parents should create room for children‟s growth and study in order to ensure their overall development.
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