【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】
windsock blowing in the wind? Well, you can make one of your own! This is a fun game that you can do with things you may have at home. You just need to follow a few easy steps.You will need: ? one piece of colored paper ? five ribbons ? strong tape ? a string ? a pencilWhat to do:Step 1: Decorate the paper. You can draw pictures on it. You can write your name. Do anything that will make it special to you.Step 2: Roll the paper into the shape of a tube. Then stick the tube together at each end and in the middle with a strong tape.Step 3: Use a pencil to make a hole into both sides of the tube. The holes should be only on one end of the tube. Pull the string through both holes. Then tie the ends of the string together. Step 4: Make five holes around the top of the other end of the tube. Put a ribbon through each of the holes. Tie firmly in case they get loose.Now your windsock is ready to use, but how does it work? Wind flows through the tube and makes it fly and dance around. Hold the windsock up in the air by its string and run around. It will fly behind you. You can also hang it outside and watch it dance around on its own!46. Which of the following is needed for Step 2? A. Ribbons. B. Tape. C. A pencil. D. A string.47. After which step will your windsock be like this? A. Step 1. B. Step 2. C. Step 3. D. Step 4.48. Right after you put ribbons through the holes in the tube, you should ______. A. tie the ribbons firmly B. tape the tube together C. make holes in the tube D. draw pictures on the paper 49. Why does the author write this passage? A. To tell an interesting story. B. To teach an important lesson. C. To give information about wind. D. To explain how to make a windsock.BMemoryWhat is your earliest childhood memory? Can you remember learning to walk? Or talk? The first time you watched a television program? Adults seldom call back events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four seldom remember any specific, personal experiences.A variety of explanations have been suggested by psychologists (心理學(xué)家) for this “childhood amnesia”. Now Annette Simms, a psychologist of Riverdale University, offers a new explanation for childhood amnesia. According to Dr. Simms, children need to learn to use someone else’s spoken description of their personal experiences in order to turn their own shortterm, fast forgotten impressions of them into longterm memories. In other words, children have to talk about their experiences and hear others talk about them. Without this verbal reinforcement (語(yǔ)言強(qiáng)化), children cannot form permanent memories of what they have experienced.So why should personal memories depend so heavily on hearing them described? Dr. Simms presents evidence that the human mind organizes memories in that way. Children whose mothers talk with them about the day’s activities before bedtime tend to remember more of the day’s special event than those whose mothers don’t. Talking about an event in this way helps a child to remember it. And learning to organize memories as a continuous