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1、whatisgrit答案whatisgrit答案PartReading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirections:In this section, thereis a passage with ton blanks. You are required toselectone word for each blank froma list of choices given inawordbank following thepassage Read the passage throughcarefullybeforemakingyour choices

2、.Each choice in the bank is identified by aletter:Pleasemark the correspondingletter for eachitem on Answer Sheet2with asingleline through the centre. You may not use any of the words in thebank more than once.When my son completes a task, I cant help but praise him. Its only natural togive praise w

3、here praise is due,right? But is there sucha thing as too much praise?According to psychologist Katherine Phillip, childrendont benefit from26praiseasmuch as wed like to think.“Parents often praise, believing they are building theirchilds self-confidence.However,over-praising can have a27effect,” sa

4、ys Phillip.“When we use the same praise28, it may become empty and no longer valued bythe child. It can also become an expectation that anything they do must be29withpraise.This may lead to the child avoiding takingrisks dueto fear of30theirparents.”Docs this mean weshould do away with all the prais

5、e? Phillip says no,“The keyto healthy praise is 1o focus on the process rather thanthe31it is the recognition ofa childs attempt, or the process in which they achieved something, that is essential,”she says,“Parents should encourage their child to take the risks needed to learn andgrow.”So how do we

6、 break the32of praise were all so accustomed to? Phillip saysitsimportant to33between “person praise”and“process raise”.“Person praise is34saying how great someone is. Its a form personal approval. Process praisesacknowledgement of the efforts te person has just35. Children who receive personpraise

7、are more likely to feel shameafter losing,”says Phillip.A) chooseB) constantC) disappointingD) distinguishE) exhaustingF) experiencedG) negativeH) outcomeI) patternJ) pluralK) repeatedlyL) rewardedM) separatelyN)simplyO) undertaken答案：26.B27.G28.K29.L30.C31.H32.I33.D34.N35.OSection BPoverty is a stor

8、y about us, not themA Too often still we think we know the poverty looks like. Its the way weve been taught, the images weve beenforced-fed decades. The chronically homeless. The undocumented immigrant. The urban poor, usually personified as awoman of color, thewelfare queen politicians still too of

9、ten reference.B But as income inequality rises to record levels in the United States, even in the midst of a record economic expansions,.those familiar images are outdated, hurtful and counterproductive to focusing attention on solutions and building ladders ofopportunity.IC Today s faces of inequal

10、ity and lack of opportunity look like all of us. Its Anna Landre,a disabledGeorgetownUniversity student fighting to keep health benefits that allow-her the freedom to live her life lts TiffanieStandard, acounselor for young women of color in Philadelphia who want to be tech entrepreneurs but who mus

11、t work multiple jobsto stay afloat.Its Ken Outlaw, a welder in rural North Carolina whose dream of going back to school at a local communitycollege was dashed by Hurricane Florence-just one of the extreme weather events that have tipped the balance forstruggling Americans across the nation,D If thes

12、e arc the central characters of our story about poverty. what layers of perceptions, myths, and realities must weunearth to find meaningful solutions and support? In pursuit of revealing this complicated reality,Mothering Justice, led bywomen of color, went last year to the state capital in Lansing,

13、 Michigan, to lobby on issues that affect working mothers.One of the Mothering Justice organizers went to the office of a state representative to talk about the lack of affordablechildcare-the vestiges (痕迹) of a system that expected mothers to stay home with their children while their husbandsworked

14、, A legislative staffer dismissed the activists concerns, telling her“my husband took care of that-l stayedhome.”E That comment, says Mothering Justice director DanielleAtkinson.,was meant to shame and relied on the familiartrope that a woman of colorconcemed about income inequality and programs tha

15、t promote mobility must by definition be asingle mom, probably with multiple kids.,In this case.Mothering Justice activist happened to be married.And in most casesin the America of 2019, the images that come to mind when we hear the words poverty or income inequality fail miserablyin reflecting a co

16、mplicated reality: poverty touches virtually all of us. The face of income inequality, for all but a very fewof us, is the one weeach see in the mirror.F How many ofus are poor in the U.S.? It depends on who you ask. According to the Census Bureau,38 million people inthe U.S. are living below the of

17、ficial poverty thresholds,Taking into account economic need beyond that absolute measure,the Institutefor Policy Studies found that 140 million peoplc are poor or low-income. Thats almost half the U.Spopulation.G Whatever the measure,within that massive group, poverty is extremely diverse.We know th

18、at some people are moreaffected than others, like children, the elderly, people with disabilities, and people of color.H But the fact that 4 in 10 Americans cant come up with $400 in an emergency is a commonly cited statistic for goodreason:economic instability stretches across race, gender, and geo

19、graphy.It even reaches into the middle classes, as realwages have stagnated (不增长) for all but the very wealthy and temporary spells of financial instability are not uncommon.I Negative images remain of who is living in poverty as well as what is needed to move out of it. The big American mythis that

20、 you can pull yourself up by your owneffort and change a bad situation into a good one. The reality is that findingopportunity without help from families,friends. schools，, and community is virtually impossible.And the playing field isnothing close to level.J The FrameWorksinstitute, a research grou

21、p that focuses on public framing of issues,has studied what sustainsstereotypes and narratives of poverty in the United Kingdom.People view economic success and wellbeing in lifeasproduct of choice, willpower, drive, grit, and gumption,says Nat Kendall-Taylor, CEO of FrameWorks.“When we seepeople wh

22、o are struggling.”he says, those assumptions “lead us to the perception that peoplein poverty are lazy. they dontcare, and they haven t made the right decisions.”K Does this sound familiar? Similar ideas surround poverty in theU.S.And theseassumptions wreak havoc on reality.When people enter into th

23、at pattern of thinking, says Kendall-Taylor, it s cognitively comfortable to make sense of issuesof poverty in that way. It creates a kind of cognitive blindness - all of the factors external to a person s drive and choicesthat theyve made become invisible and fade from view.”Thoseexternal factors i

24、ncludethe difficulties accompanying low-wagework ot struetual discrimination based on race,gender, or ability. Assumptions get worse when people who are poor use government benefits to help them survive. There isa great tension between the poor and thosewho are receiving what has become a dirty word

25、:welfare.According to the General Social Survey,7l percent of respondents believe the contryis spending too littleon awelfare:37 percent believe we are spending too much,NPoverty has been interchangeable with people of color - specifically black women and black mothers, says Atkinsonof Mothering Jus

26、tice. Its truethat black mothers are more affected by poverty than many other groups,yet they aredisproportionately the face of poverty.For example，Americans routinely overestimate the share of black recipients ofpublic assistance programs.O In reality, most peoplewill experience someform of financi

27、al hardship at some point in their lives. Indeed, people tendto dip in and out of poverty,perhaps due to unexpected obstacles like losing a job,or when hours of a low-wage jobfluctuate.P Something each of us can do is to treat each other with thedignity and sympathy that is deserved and to understan

28、ddeeply that the issueof poverty touches all of us.答案：36.E That comment,says Mothering Justice director Danielle Atkinson,was meant to shame37.H But the fact that 4 in 10 Americans cant come upwith$400 in an emergency is a commonly cited statistic forgood reason: economic instabilitystretchesacross

29、race,gender ,and geography.38.MAccording to the General Social Survey,71 percent ofrespondents believe the country is spending too little onassistance to the poor.39.J The Frame Works Institute,a research group that focuses on public framing of issues,has studied what sustainsstereotypes and narrati

30、ves of poverty in the United Kingdom40.D lf these are the central characters of our story aboutpoverty,what layers of perceptions,myths,and realities mustwe unearth to find meaningful solutions and support?41.F How many of us are poor in the U.S.?42.N“Poverty has been interchangeable with people ofc

31、olor - specifically black women and” black mothers,saysAtkinson of Mothering Justice.43.1Negative images remain of who is living in poverty aswell as what is needed to move out of it.44.E That comment,says Mothering Justice director Dan-ielle Atkinson,was meant to shame45.L Those external factors in

32、clude the difficulties accompanying low-wage work or structural discrimination basedon race,gender,or ability.Section CPassageOneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Boredom has,paradoxically, become quite interesting to academics lately.In early May.LondonsBoringConferencecelebratedsevenyearsofdelightingindullness.Atthisevent.people flocked to talks about weather