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Teachers Terry and Amy Labrecque coached 145 primary school students，and about 40 percent of them completed this year's half marathon race.The school serves lowincome students and has no organized sports available.The training program began with a single lap around the school and a promise from each child to set the goal to run the race.
How do we take advantage of the value of setting goals with kids？I spoke with Megan Searfoss，author of the blog RunLikeAMother.com.Being a multisport athlete，Ms.Searfoss is also the coach of Team Stonyfield.The team is raising funds to support Girls on the Run，a nonprofit organization which encourages schoolage girls to build confidence and healthy living habits through running.
She feels parents are important in helping kids set goals and serving as role models.From a fitness perspective，she feels this is especially important when older kids begin to look beyond team sports in school and towards healthy living as young adults.She also points to the value of parents setting goals with their kids that they can complete at the same time.For example，Searfoss says that a parent could choose to register themselves and their kid for a running race on the same day.
And，just like adults need to motivate themselves to take on a new challenge，kids respond to rewards as well.Searfoss asserts(主张)that rewards can be something as simple as a sticker(贴纸)or a journal celebrating little advances along the way to a bigger achievement.
When it comes to what to do when kids fall short of goals，Marie Faust Evitt，an early childhood educator，advises still praising what progress has been made.Just like a marathon isn't run without training，setting and achieving goals might not happen without a few small problems along the way.Evitt's advice celebrates the steps in the journey，rather than focusing only on the finish line at the end.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。主要讨论了帮助孩子设立目标并坚持目标的一些技巧。
1．What do we know about Ms. Searfoss?
A．She is in charge of a popular organization.
B．She coached schoolage girls to be bloggers.
C．She used to be a sportswoman in the national team.
D．She supports girls in living a healthy life by doing sports.
D [推理判断题。根据第二段“Ms.Searfoss...encourages schoolage girls...healthy living habits through running”可推断，Searfoss支持女孩通过运动来过上健康的生活。]
2．What does Searfoss suggest parents do in Paragraph 3?
A．Join in team sports.
B．Compete with their kids.
C．Receive training online.
D．Take the lead in sticking to goals.
D [推理判断题。根据第三段“serving as role models”和“complete at the same time”及其后的例子推断，Searfoss建议家长以身作则，带头坚持目标。]
3．How should parents reward kids according to Searfoss?
A．Buy kids educational toys.
B．Record kids' small achievements.
C．Provide kids with top tools.
D．Keep making delicious meals for kids.
B [细节理解题。根据第四段“rewards can be...a journal celebrating little advances”可知，Searfoss认为家长可以通过记录孩子成长点滴来作为对孩子的一种奖励。 ]
4．What is Evitt's attitude towards children missing their goals?
A．Tolerant. B．Critical.
C．Indifferent. D．Unclear.
A [观点态度题。根据末段“Marie Faust Evitt... advises still praising what progress has been...problems”可推断，Evitt对未能达成目标的孩子持“包容的”态度。]
