UNIT 3 课时跟踪检测(二) 语言运用综合练（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修3 （译林版）　

UNIT 3课时跟踪检测(二) 语言运用综合练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 In the mid-1990s, Dr Marshall Duke, a psychologist at Emory University, was asked to help explore ceremonies in American families.“There was a lot of research at the time into the falling apart of the family，” he said.“But we were more interested in what families could do to oppose those forces.” And they found that the single most important thing you can do for your family may be the simplest of all: develop a strong family narrative. Around that time, Dr Duke's wife, Sara, a psychologist who works with children with learning disabilities, noticed something about her students.“The ones who know a lot about their families tend to do better when they face challenges，” she said. Her husband was interested, and along with a colleague, Robyn Fivush, set out to learn if Sara's assumption was valid.They developed a measure called the “Do You Know？” scale (量表) that asked children to answer 20 questions.Examples included: Do you know where your grandparents grew up? Do you know where your mom and dad went to high school? Do you know an illness or something really terrible that happened in your family? Dr Duke and Dr Fivush asked those questions of four dozen families in the summer of 2001, and taped several of their dinner table conversations.They then compared the children's results to a battery of psychological tests the children had taken, and reached a surprising conclusion.The more children knew about their family's history, the stronger their sense of control over their lives and the higher their self-respect.Why does knowing where your grandmother went to school help a child become tougher and happier？“The answers have to do with a child's sense of being part of a larger family，” Dr Duke said. So if you want a happier family, retell the story of your family, especially about the positive moments and how you braved the difficult ones.That act alone may increase the probability that your family will thrive (兴旺) for many generations to c