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微阶段刷题过关卷(六)
(时间:70分钟 分值:85分)
Unit 3 Developing ideas & Presenting ideas
第Ⅰ卷(满分25分)
Ⅰ. 阅读理解(共4小题;每小题2.5分,满分10分)
Nothing succeeds like success, as every parent of a straightA student knows, but trying to highlight academic excellence by telling your child, “You're so smart,” may be counterproductive (适得其反的). Telling kids they're smart strengthens (加强) the idea that intelligence is a genetic gift rather than a skill that can be developed.
In a recent study, researchers at Michigan State University looked at 123 children who were about 7. The team assessed (对……进行评估) the children to determine whether they had a“growth mindset(思维模式)”(believing that you can work harder to get smarter), or a“fixed mindset”(believing that your intelligence is unable to change). They then asked the children to complete a fastpaced computer accuracy task while their brain activity was recorded. In the task, children played a game, helping a zookeeper capture (捕获) escaped animals by pressing the space bar when an animal showed up on their screen — unless it was a group of three chimps. During the recording, researchers noted that brain activity spiked within a halfsecond after making a mistake, as children became aware of their error and paid closer attention to what went wrong. The larger the brain response was, the more the children focused on the error.
Based on the data they collected, the researchers concluded (得出结论) that children with a“growth mindset” were much more likely to have a larger brain response after making a mistake, and in turn were more likely to improve their performance by paying closer attention to the task after making an error.
For parents, the lessons are clear: don't pay compliments (赞扬) that suggest that intelligence is fixed. If a child hands you an A+ test paper, don't say, “You're so smart!” Instead say, “Wow, that studying really paid off!” Note the effort, not the intelligence. Second, focus on using errors to work together and learn. “Many parents and teac