【正文】 is mainly about _____.A. how to cure eating disorders B. the importance of eating rightC. a girl’s fight against an eating problemD. why so many people have eating disordersDA recent study on parents who beat their children indicated that physical punishment(懲罰) still happens far more frequently than previously（先前地） thought but that physical punishment was ineffective（無效的）.73 percent of the children who were hit waited less than 10 minutes before acting out again.Many parents deal with their children’s mistakes by taking away toys and separating them from their playmates. But for strongwilled kids like I was, none of these methods were effective.Like many kids, I wasn’t bad。 weather, customs( 風俗) , and places to see. But unlike other travel books then, Tony Wheeler39。高考資源網(wǎng)（） 您身邊的高考專家201820192高一期中考試英語試題第一部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每題2分，滿分40分）第一節(jié)：閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。s book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular. Tony and Maureen started a pany called lonely Planet. They continued traveling. They wrote books for each place they visited. Today, 800 people work for Lonely Planet. The pany has over 650 books. Tony Wheeler, the great traveler, still writes about travels to many places and will bring us more surprises. 5. Tony Wheeler and his wife ended the yearlong trip in _______. A. England B. Iran C. India D. Australia 6. Tony Wheeler wrote the book Across Asia on the Cheap to _______.A. make money for his next trip B. tell people about his new pany C. draw people39。 I was bored. Fortunately, my father realized this fairly early on and developed a new form of “discipline（原則）” that produced immediate results and longterm positive effects.Looking back as an adult, my father’s method of making me read theencyclopedia (百科全書)whenever I did something wrong was the best thing he could have done.He would tell me a topic and say, “Learn about the aardvark（土豚） and I’m going to test you shortly after.” It was punishment in the sense that I was forced to stop whatever I was doing, but it also had a purpose in that it kept my mind occupied and presented the type of mental challenge I clearly lacked.Although unwillingly, I went to learn absolutely everything there was to know about aardvarks because I was going to figure out every question he could throw at me. If it weren’t for my driving need to prove him wrong, it may not have worked as well as it did.So that’s just it: It was effective. It helped me change my behavior（行為） in that moment and it conditioned me to seek out books when I was bored. Obviously, that happened frequently and apparently and it worked. I grew up to bee a successful lawyer and a famous writer as well. To this day, Dad’s the only one who can beat me.12. What is the probable main idea of Paragraph 1?A. It reports the result of a recent study about the encyclopedia.B. Physical punishment is useless to deal with children.C. Physical punishment only happened previously.D. 73 percent of the children love physical punishment.13. Why do many kids frequently do what they’re not allowed to do according to the author?A. Because they produce immediate results and longterm positive effects.B. Because they prefer to break the “discipline” set by their parents.C. Because they are always regarded as bad kids both at home.D. Because they often find it’s dull in their everyday life.14. What was the author’s father method of punishing him for his mistakes?A. His father angrily took