Question

Chinese are very generous in educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, most parents don’t understand that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents can also see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others. Most parents don’t realize that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need are to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence. 

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with, will make him curious(好奇的) and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1.We know from this passage parents in China         .

A．a(chǎn)re too strict with their children

B．a(chǎn)re too rich to educate their children

C．a(chǎn)re too poor to educate their children

D．have some problems in educating their children correctly

2.We learn from the passage that        .

A．the cheaper an education is, the better it is

B．children today should learn difficult skills

C．practical skills are helpful to children’s growth

D．school education can’t meet parents’ expectations

3.Doing some cooking at home helps children        .

A．benefit (有益于) from it and prepare themselves for the future

B．learn how to serve their parents

C．learn how to become strong and fat

D．make their parents believe that they are clever

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Broken things are useful for children

B．Interest is necessary for everything

C．Learning to think is very important.

D．Using hands helps improve thinking ability

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了中國的父母在孩子的教育問題上存在在一些誤區(qū)，他們更應(yīng)該在早期就教會(huì)一些實(shí)踐技能，學(xué)會(huì)如何思考，這樣能夠幫助他們獲得自信與快樂。

1.主旨題。這篇文章講述了中國的父母在對(duì)孩子的教育問題上，他們認(rèn)為花的錢越多，就會(huì)獲得更好的教育成果，其實(shí)這是不對(duì)的。故選D

2.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need are to be confident, happy and clever.可知，父母應(yīng)該教孩子一些實(shí)踐技能，這對(duì)他們的成長是很有好處的。故選C

3.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life.可知，教孩子學(xué)會(huì)做飯，將會(huì)從中學(xué)到很多在他們的未來生活會(huì)需要到的技能。故選A

4.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.可知，學(xué)會(huì)思考是非常重要的。故選C

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