2018-2019学年江苏省镇江市高一上学期期末考试英语试题（word版）

2018-2019学年江苏省镇江市高一上学期期末考试英语试题（word版）

江苏省镇江市2018-2019学年高一上学期期末考试 英语试题 注意：本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。两部分答案都做在答题纸上。总分为150分。考试时间120分钟。‎ 第I卷（选择题共105分）‎ 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸上。‎ 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话 仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. What did the woman do for the man?‎ A. She got him a job. B. She paid for his dinner. C. She looked after his cat.‎ ‎2. What will the man do this Saturday night?‎ A. Attend a concert. B. Go to a movie. C. Watch a game.‎ ‎3. Why will the man return his meal?‎ A. It is too cold. B. There is a hair in it. C. He got the wrong order.‎ ‎4. How much does the plane ticket cost today?‎ A. $500. B. $700. C. $1000.‎ ‎5. What is the conversation mainly about?‎ A, Shoes. B. Birthdays. C. A gym.‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7题。‎ ‎6. What is Tom doing?‎ A. Having a meal. B. Shopping in a market. C. Talking with his aunt.‎ ‎7. When will Lily get in a taxi?‎ A. In five minutes. B. In ten minutes. C. In fifteen minutes.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9题。‎ ‎8. How does the woman feel about driving in the city?‎ A. Excited. B. Anxious. C. Calm.‎ ‎9. Where will the speakers park?‎ A. By a music store. B. By a restaurant. C. By a mall.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。‎ ‎10. How many people will be in the group?‎ A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.‎ ‎11. Why do the speakers choose to do a performance?‎ A. Everyone else will choose to do one.‎ B. They want to be creative.‎ C. The teacher said they must do one.‎ ‎12. How often will the group meet?‎ A, Once a week. B. Three times a week. C. Four times a week.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。‎ ‎13. What type of room will the man stay in?‎ A. The poolside room. B. The ocean view room. C. The garden view room.‎ ‎14. What will the man do while he's waiting?‎ A. Play tennis. B. Sit on the sofas. C. Go for a swim.‎ ‎15. Where will the man go to about two hours?‎ A. To the zoo. B. To the opera. C. To the museum.‎ ‎16. What time does breakfast start?‎ A. At 7:00. B.At 7:30. C. At 8:30.‎ 听下面一段独白：回答第17至第20题。‎ ‎17. What did John Muir write?‎ A. Reports about animals. B. Letters to the government. C. Books about his adventures.‎ ‎18. What was founded by John Muir in 1892?‎ A. Yosemite Valley. B. The Sierra Club. C. Sequoia National Park ‎19. According to the talk, what is 211 miles Song?‎ A. John Muir Way. B. John Muir Road. C. John Muir Trail.‎ ‎20. Which location was John Muir most famous for?‎ A. Nevada. B. Scotland. C. California.‎ 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）‎ 第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）‎ 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ 第一节：单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）‎ ‎1.The recent 40 years great changes taking place all over China.‎ A. witnessed B. has witnessed C. had witnessed D. witnesses ‎【答案】B ‎2.Is any possibility the majority of the labour force will work at home in the next few decades?‎ A. it; that B. there; whether C. it; whether D. there; that ‎【答案】D ‎3.Steve gave a look and said he had no idea what I was talking about.‎ A. optimistic B. blank C. outgoing D. tiling ‎【答案】B ‎4.When you're always wanting more and always looking forward to a time you'll be "happy", you'll never be really happy.‎ A. that B. which C. when D. what ‎【答案】C ‎5.The success of her book has given her high social .‎ A. status B. sculpture C. approval D. figure ‎【答案】A ‎6.—There's no need to take any food, Mom, I'm so full.‎ ‎—Come on, baby. Take some just .‎ A. in advance B. in view C. in case D. in time ‎【答案】C ‎7.China's first self-designed modem bridge reopened to road traffic, we Chinese were so ‎ proud when it was built 50 years ago.‎ A. to which B. for which C. in which D. of which ‎【答案】D ‎8.Since its introduction, the Beidou navigation system（导航系统）has been to everyday life, from shared bikes to farming.‎ A. applied B. advanced C. explored D. supplied ‎【答案】A ‎9.The requirement of the government is that the citizens not set off fireworks from January 1, 2019 on.‎ A. shall B. should C. can D. may ‎【答案】B ‎10. great fame he has won, Kris Wu, a popular Chinese-Canadian singer, is trying to bridge the East and West with his music.‎ A. However B. Whatever C. Whenever D. Wherever ‎【答案】B ‎11.Success always hides behind the next comer in the road, so you will never know how close it lies you turn the comer.‎ A. as B. if C. though D. unless ‎【答案】D ‎12.If you something such as a story or excuse, you invent it, sometimes in order to cheat people.‎ A. take up B. make up C. look up D. keep up ‎【答案】B ‎13.Jonah was a little worried because he a new job the next day and he wasn't sure whether he would be fit for it.‎ A. have done B. will do C. was to do D. did ‎【答案】C ‎14.— It was hard work that won Frank the best scores on each test, ?‎ ‎— Yes. When it comes to study, hard work counts.‎ A. was it B. wasn’t it C. did it D. didn’t it ‎【答案】B ‎15.—Would you mind if I closed the door, as it is so cold?‎ ‎—Of course not. .‎ A. My pleasure B. It depends C. With pleasure D. Go ahead ‎【答案】D 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）‎ 请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎"Paige, go down to the office," said my teacher, There was a strange tone（语气）in her ___16___. I was never known to get into trouble, so I knew something was ___17___ . It got even more ___18___ when my teacher said my mom was on the phone. Did something happen to my ___19___? I picked up the phone; I was barely breathing and my hands were ___20___. "Honey, there was a bank robbery today and your dad was ___21___ in the car chase that followed. He is doing okay, but shots were fired at his squad(特别行动小组)."‎ My dad has been a ___22___ for over 25 years. Every day of my life, I have lived with the ___23___ thought that something could happen to him. I have always been ___24___ to my dad, and I do not know what I would do if he was taken away from me, I am so ___25___ of his job, but I must admit it would be ___26___ if he had a normal job. On April 28, my dad got the call to go to a bank robbery. The robbery ___27___ a car chase. My dad was driving fast to ___28___ the robber. Over the radio, a fellow officer was yelling at him ___29___ him the robber was pointing a gun towards his squad. Three shots were fired. My clad narrowly escaped those bullets. All I had to hear was that my dad was involved in a shooting, and I was ___30___ his funeral (葬礼). I thought the day would never end.‎ My mom and I sat at home waiting for my dad to walk through the door. The second he did. I rushed up to him and gave him the biggest ___31___ in the world.‎ Life is about ___32___ it with the ones you love. What is the ___33___ of life if you do not have your friends and family? This experience has taught me a ___34___ . I have learned to live my life to the ___35___ and never to take anyone or anything for granted.‎ ‎16. A. mind B. heart C. voice D. appearance ‎17. A. wrong B. exciting C. boring D. common ‎18. A. encouraging B. confusing C. satisfying D. annoying ‎19. A. school B. class C. family D. committee ‎20. A. waving B. shaking C. suffering D. moving ‎21. A. lost B. held C. involved D. taken ‎22. A. policeman B. coach C. professor D. doctor ‎23. A. anxious B. optimistic C. interesting D. unnecessary ‎24. A. hateful B. close C. cruel D. helpful ‎25. A. tired B. proud C. jealous D. ashamed ‎26. A. harder B. poorer C. easier D. wealthier ‎27. A. gave out B. took away C. came across D. turned into ‎28. A. keep up with B. look up to C. rise up against D. get away from ‎29. A. inspiring B. warning C. comforting D. instructing ‎30. A. describing B. refusing C. holding D. imagining ‎31. A. demand B. hug C. success D. shock ‎32. A. comparing B. sharing C. hiding D. regretting ‎33. A. way B. atmosphere C. fortune D. point ‎34. A. subject B. rate C. lesson D. skill ‎35. A. happiest B. fullest C. longest D. highest ‎【答案】16. C 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. B 21. C 22. A 23. A 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. B 第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。‎ A The best books of the year Fiction | Simon &Schuster $26.‎ Asymmetry By Lisa Halliday The first section, "Folly," is the story of a love affair between a book editor and an elderly novelist. The second section, "Madness" describes an Iraqi-American economist who is being held up at Heathrow airport. In "Asymmetry," two seemingly unrelated sections are connected by a shocking finale.‎ Fiction | Viking. $27.‎ The Great Believers By Rebecca Makkai Set in the Chicago of the mid-80s and Paris at the time of the 2015 terrorist attacks, Makkai's deeply affecting novel uses the AIDS epidemic and a mother's search for her distant daughter to explore the effects of senseless loss and our efforts to overcome it.‎ Nonfiction | Random House $28.‎ Educated By Tara Westover Westover's extraordinary memoir (回忆录)is an act of courage and self-invention. The youngest of seven children, she grew up in Idaho, in a survivalist family lacking even a birth certificate (证明) and did not attend school until she went to college. The reward for her efforts Is a book that shows to a great thirst to learn.‎ Frederick Douglass By David W. Blight Douglass wrote three autobiographies (自传）himself, describing his rise from slavery to a role as one of the greatest figures of the 19th century, but Blight's work is fuller than Nonfiction | Simon & Schuster $37.50.‎ ‎ any of those, relating both the public and private life in a way that Douglass either could not or would not undertake.‎ ‎36. Which of the following books are published by the same publishing house?‎ A. Asymmetry & The Great Believers. B. The Great Believers & Educated.‎ C. Educated & Frederick Douglass. D. Asynimetry & Frederick Douglass.‎ ‎37. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?‎ A. There is no connection between the two sections in "Asymmetry".‎ B. "The Great Believers" is set in a poor family in Idaho.‎ C. Westover didn't attend a single day of school before going to the college.‎ D. Blight wrote three autobiographies about both the public and private life.‎ ‎【答案】36. D 37. C B Summer's here and it won't be long before school-aged kids across America start complaining that they're tired of riding their bikes, playing at the park, swimming in the pooland all the other awesome activities their parents hoped would keep them pleasant for the next 10 weeks. Well, if it's any comfort, such rapid boredom could suggest that the kids have amazing powers of memory. A new study shows that the better your short-term memory is, the faster you fed sated (过饱的）and decide you've had enough.‎ ‎"Though satiation can be physical, like when you feel full after eating too much, we were interested in the psychological (心理学的）side of satiation. Like when you’re just tired of something," Noelle Nelson, assistant professor of marketing and consumer behavior. She and her colleague Joseph Redden at the University of Minnesota tried to think outside the lunch box." Something that was interesting to me is that some people get tired of same things at very different speeds. So if you think about pop songs on the radio, some people must still be enjoying them and requesting them even after hearing them a lot. But a lot of other people are really sick of those same songs."‎ The difference, the researchers thought, might have to do with memories of past experiences. For example, studies show that people push away from the dinner table sooner when they're asked to describe in detail what they ate earlier for lunch.‎ So the researchers tested the memory capacity (能力）of college students, The students then viewed a repeating series of three classic paintingslike The Starry Night, American Gothic, and The Screamor listened and re-listened to a series of three pop songsor three pieces of classical music. Throughout the test, the students were asked to rate（定等级）their experience from zero to tan. And the better a participant scored in the memory test, the faster they got bored." We found that people with larger capacities remembered more about the music or art, which led to them getting tired of the music or art more quickly. So remembering more details actually made the students feel like they'd experienced the music or art more often."‎ The findings suggest that marketers could control our desire for their products by figuring out ways to keep us from fully remembering our experiences. We could also trick ourselves into eating less junk food by putting ourselves in the memory of a previous (之前的）snack. As for kids easily bored, just tell them to forget about it—it might help them have more fun.‎ ‎38. According to the new study, kids get tired of some activities quickly because of .‎ A. too many activities B. good short-term memory C. fast satiation D. physical tiredness ‎39. The researchers did a test on college students and found that .‎ A. lower capacities could help them remember more about the music or art B. these students got tired of things at the same speed C. they remembered the three classic paintings better than the songs D. students with larger memory capacity would get bored faster ‎40. The underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refers to .‎ A. the past memory B. the past capacity C. the past boredom D. the past complaints ‎41. What does the passage mainly talk about?‎ A. School-aged kids tend to have good short-term memory in summer.‎ B. Bad short-term memory is more likely to make us lose interest in something easily.‎ C. The quality of your short-term memory affects the speed you feel bored.‎ D. It is important to develop the memory capacity of college students.‎ ‎【答案】38. B 39. D 40. A 41. C C In the years ahead, AI will raise three big questions for bosses and governments. One is the ‎ effect on jobs. Although bosses publicly praise the broad benefits AI will bring very much, their main interest lies in cutting costs. One European bank asked a technology company to find a way of reducing the staff in its operations department from 50,000 to 500. This special report has shown that AI-enhanced tools can help reduce staff in departments such as customer service and human resources by a large amount. The McKinsey Global Institute finds that by 2030 up to 375m people, or 14% of the global workers in companies or countries, could have their jobs automated away. Bosses will need to decide whether they are prepared to offer and pay for retraining, and whether they will give time off for it. Many companies say they are all for workers developing new skills, but not at the employer’s expense.‎ A second important question is how to protect privacy as AI spreads. The Internet has already made it possible to track people's digital（数字的）behaviour in extremely small detail. AT will offer even better tools for businesses to monitor consumers(客户) and workers, both online and in the physical world. Consumers are sometimes happy to go along with this if it results in personalised（个性化的）service. But AI probably brings privacy violations (侵犯) that are seen as shocking and morally unacceptable. In the wrong hands, useful technology could be against fair and equal treatment. Countries with a record of the careful watching of a person place, especially by the police or army and human-rights abuses already using AI to monitor political activity. The police around the world will use AI to spot criminals, but may also look on ordinary citizens secretly, in order to discover things or find out information about them. New rules will be needed to ensure agreement on what degree of monitoring is acceptable.‎ The third question is about the effect of AI on competition in business. Today many firms are competing to provide AI-enhanced tools to companies. But a technology company that achieves artificial intelligence could race ahead of competitors, put others out of business and lessen competition. This is unlikely to happen in the near future, but if it did it would be of great concern.‎ ‎42. What can we learn from the second paragraph?‎ A. All the daily behavior of people is tracked by the Internet.‎ B. AI is a kind of technology against fair and equal treatment.‎ C. Consumers are happy to be monitored as long as there is suitable service provided.‎ D. AI may be applied in more ways including discovering things about ordinary people.‎ ‎43. What does the underlined word “spot” in Paragraph 2 mean?‎ A. notice B. prevent C. reduce D. analyze ‎44. Which of the following statements is true according to this passage?‎ A. The staff in a European bank has been sharply reduced by AI technology.‎ B. AI has aroused concern about privacy as it spreads.‎ C. New rules for monitoring have been set.‎ D. Technology companies have achieved major breakthroughs in AI.‎ ‎45. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?‎ A. Big rise in profits B. possible track in digital behaviour C. Sunny with a chance of thunderstorms D. Promising with a concern of privacy protection ‎【答案】42. D 43. A 44. B 45. C D A mother stared down at her son who was dying of terminal leukemia (白血病). Like any parent she wanted her son to grow up and realize all his dreams. She took her son's hand and asked, "Bopsy, did you ever think about what you wanted to be when you grew up?"‎ ‎"Mommy, I always wanted to be a fireman when I grew up."‎ Mom smiled back and said, "Let's see if we can make your wish come true." Later that day she went to her local fire department in Phoenix, Arizona, where she met Fireman Bob. She explained her son's final wish and asked if it might be possible to give her six-year-old son a ride around the block on a fire engine. Fireman Bob said, "Look, we can do better than that. If you'll have your son ready at seven o'clock Wednesday morning, well make him an honorary fireman for the whole day, He can come down to the fire station；, eat with us, go out on all the fire calls, the whole nine yards! And, if you'll give us his sizes, we'll get a real fire uniform made for him."‎ Three days later Fireman Bob picked up Bopsy, dressed him in his fire uniform and escorted（护送）him from his hospital bed to the waiting hook and ladder truck. Bopsy got to sit up on the back of the truck and help steer it back to the fire station. He was in heaven.‎ There were three fire calls in Phoenix that day and Bopsy got to go out on all three calls. He rode in the different fire engines and even the fire chief's car. Having his dream come true, with all the love and attention that was lavished（慷慨给予）upon him, Bopsy lived three months longer than any doctor thought possible.‎ One night all of his vital signs began to drop and the head nurse began to call the family ‎ members to the hospital. Then she remembered the day Bopsy bad spent as a fireman, so she called the fire chief and asked if it would be possible to send a fireman in uniform to the hospital to be with Bopsy as he made his transition. The chief replied, "We can do better than that. We'll be there in five minutes. Will you please do me a favor? When you hear the sirens（警报器）screaming and see the lights flashing, will you announce over the PA system that it's just the fire department coming to see one of its finest members one more time? And will you open the window to his room? Thanks?"‎ About five minutes later a hook and ladder truck arrived at the hospital, extended its ladder up to Bopsy's third floor open window and 14 firemen and two fire-women climbed up the ladder into Bopsy's room. With his mother’s permission, they hugged him and held him and told him how much they loved him. With his dying breath, Bopsy looked up at the fire chief and said, "Chief, am I really a fireman now?"‎ ‎"Bopsy, you are," the chief said. With those words, Bopsy smiled and closed his eyes for the last time.‎ ‎46. Bopsy's mother went to the local fire department and asked if .‎ A. her son could get a fire uniform B. Fireman Bob could make her son a real fireman C. her son could see a fire engine D. they could give her son a ride on a fire engine ‎47. What did Fireman Bob probably mean by saying "the whole nine yards"?‎ A. The fire engine was nine yards long.‎ B. The whole journey that day was very upsetting.‎ C. Bopsy could experience everything as a fireman,‎ D. All the sirens of the fire engines would scream that day.‎ ‎48. According to Paragraph 4 and 5, Bopsy managed to do many things EXCEPT .‎ A. driving the hook and ladder truck B. going out on all the three fire calls that day C. riding in the fire chef's car D. living longer than he was supposed to be ‎49. Why did the head nurse want a fireman in uniform to be sent to the hospital?‎ A. Because Bopsy begged her to do so.‎ B. Because Bopsy saw the firemen as his family members.‎ C. Because she wanted to do something for Bopsy before he died,‎ D. Because she wanted Bopsy to be approved as a real fireman.‎ ‎50. Which of the following statements best shows the theme of the passage?‎ A. Where there is a will, there is a way.‎ B. Sometimes there are miracles because of love.‎ C. Great things may be done by painstaking efforts.‎ D. A mother understands what a child does not say.‎ ‎【答案】46. D 47. C 48. A 49. C 50. B 第II卷（非选择,共三大题,45分）‎ 第四部分：短文填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）‎ 请认真阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。‎ I grew up in one of the poorest communities on the south side of Atlanta, US and was raised by a single mother who didn't finish 3rd grade. Not many people expected much of me, so I had to expect something of ___51___.‎ On my 13th birthday, I bought a poster of Harvard and put it up in my room. Being at Harvard was ___52___ I dreamt about all the time though many people thought it was far ___53___ my reach. I would bum the midnight oil,___54___ (bury) in piles of books. I'd begin my day by asking myself these two questions, "What do I want in my life?" and "Are the things I am doing today going to get me closer to that life?"‎ ‎ ___55___ (remind) myself of my goal each made it easy to say no to the same choices I saw my peers making, because those paths wouldn't have taken me closer to my goal. Asking myself those questions gave me the courage and energy to study just one more hour on my SATs when my friends were asleep; and it gave me the determination to submit（提交）just one more scholarship ___56___ (apply) when 180 others had already turned me down.‎ On March 31st, 2011, ___57___ email arrived from Harvard. The first word was "Congratulations!" A month later, Harvard invited me to visit the campus ___58___ for the first time I got to see inside Sanders Theater, tour Widener Library and eat dinner in Annenberg Hall. I couldn't wait to start my ___59___ (explore) here.‎ Who you are today is the result of the decisions that ___60___ (make) earlier, and who you will be tomorrow will be the result of the choices you make today. Who do you want to be tomorrow?‎ ‎【答案】51. myself ‎ ‎52. what 53. beyond ‎ ‎54. buried 55. reminding ‎ ‎56. application ‎ ‎57. an 58. where ‎ ‎59. exploration ‎ ‎60. were made 第五部分：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）‎ 阅读下列句子，根据中文或首字母提示，写出正确单词，每空仅填一词。‎ ‎61. There are v _____ kinds of hotels with different in the city. You can choose the one you like.‎ ‎62. He is such a c _____ boy, keeping asking questions about the equipment when visiting the lab.‎ ‎63. After the students handed in their paintings, the class was d _____ and they all went home.‎ ‎64. It never o _____ to me that it would take two days for the students to finish the program.‎ ‎65. Excuse me but you can't sit here. These seats are r _____ for special guests.‎ ‎66. She is _____ (热情的）about going to Spain，, which is always her dream country.‎ ‎67. .We are _____ (安排）the schedule to end the last program a little earlier to allow the guests more time for the dinner meal.‎ ‎68. I decided not to do my more personal interviews until I _____ (官方地)became president that December.‎ ‎69. Dad, when will we arrive at the _____ (目的地)？The journey is so long that it seems endless.‎ ‎70. Scientists haven't found strong evidence for the _____ (存在）of this creature.‎ ‎【答案】61. various ‎ ‎62. curious ‎ ‎63. dismissed ‎ ‎64. occurred ‎ ‎65. reserved ‎ ‎66. enthusiastic/passionate ‎ ‎67. arranging ‎ ‎68. officially ‎ ‎69. destination ‎ ‎70. existence 第六部分：书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎71.很多父母太溺爱孩子，导致一些孩子缺乏基本的生活自理能力。你班正准备就这一话题召开一次主题班会，请你依据下表用英语准备一篇发言稿，要点如下：‎ 原因 ‎1、父母只关注孩子的学习，忽视其他能力的培养 ‎2、父母包办过多，为孩子安排好一切 结果 ‎1、缺乏基本的生活自理能力 ‎2、经受不住困难的考验 ‎3、以自我为中心，比较自私 建议 ‎（至少两点）‎ ‎1. 对所给提示，不要简单翻译，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。‎ ‎2. 词数150左右。开头己给出，不计入总词数。‎ Nowadays, many parents try their best to give their children a happy and meaningful life.‎ ‎________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‎ ‎【答案】Nowadays, many parents try their best to give their children a happy and meaningful life. However, too much care and love may spoil a child and even bring about problems.‎ ‎ Two major reasons account for this phenomenon. To begin with, parents today pay too much attention to children's study, ignoring the importance of developing other skills. Secondly, a lot of parents have done almost everything for their children for the sake of love. As a result, some of them gradually get used to depending on others, unable to look after themselves and face any challenges independently. Worse still, quite a few children are becoming self-centered and selfish, which is unhelpful for their future development.‎ ‎ Therefore, it's high time something should be done to change the situation. Parents should expose children to the hardships in life instead of protecting him from difficulties. In addition,‎ ‎ it is also of benefit to let children study in a boarding school which can provide them with chances to become more mature and independent.‎ ‎ ‎