Question

Certainly, a well-rounded education is the foundation from which all of us spring forth. I am grateful to the many incredible teachers who have inspired me to do greater things, and have fired my enthusiasm for everlasting learning!

I have also been honored to have the most amazing teachers in all of my children's lives. These are extraordinary people who not only teach our children, but love them, challenge them, and provide an environment where a child learns how to learn.

But, sometimes I wonder if the outline of our educational plan is lacking something. I watched the movie Easy A with my older daughter. The main character's parents were loving, supportive, and built great confidence in their daughter and developed her ability to handle her own problems.

There was a scene where the mother was speaking to the younger child and he announced that he received an "A" on his spelling test. She replied, "That' s great, honey, but everything has spell check these days. " It was funny --- but TRUE ! I don't mean that we shouldn't teach our children how to spell, but maybe some of our time should be spent educating them about the dangers of posting things on Facebook.

Maybe we might want to spend time showing them how real life works - the credit card isn't free money - you will have to pay it back at sometime. Oh, and get this - they charge you for borrowing that money. Perhaps, we should spend some time on interpersonal relationships. I worry that our kids do not know how to relate to one another.

Choosing a career (職業(yè)) is a daunting task. My daughter is in her second year in college and has changed her major twice. It' s not that she didn't know what she wanted to do. What she "wanted to do" and the degree she chose did not match.

I have learned many college students do not know what they want to do because they haven' t seen what it looks like in the real world. Being a journalist in the real world looks very different from writing stories. Maybe if we spent some time exposing them to real life experience - maybe two or three courses m areas of interest in high school that give them a "feel" for what that particular field would look like, they might be better prepared. I do not know the solution, but it seems that it should at least be a topic of discussion.

1. Why does the author mention the movie Easy A?

A. To prove the importance of book learning.

B. To show the parents' ignorance of spelling.

C. To lead to the topic he is going to talk about.

D. To share with the readers his feeling about the movie.

2.The author believes that

A. students need to focus on the skills in learning

B. parents and school should be consistent in education

C. his daughter is smart enough to make her own choice

D. courses in areas of interest in high schools will benefit students

3.The underlined word "daunting" in Paragraph 6 probably means_____

A. discouraging B. specific

C. rewarding D. regular

4.What is mainly discussed in the passage?

A. Schools should prepare students for the real life.

B. What students learn in school should be practiced in life.

C. Life experience is of greater importance than school education.

D. Students should spend more time discussing practical problems.

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：我們的孩子們接受到很好的教育，但是在現(xiàn)有的教育體系中，我們只重視教給孩子書本上的知識還不夠，還應該讓孩子多參與社會實踐等。

1.推理判斷題。文章用Easy A這部電影的故事內(nèi)容來引出話題：I wonder if the outline of our educational plan is lacking something. Maybe we might want to spend time showing them how real life works.學校不應該只是關注成績，還要關注孩子們的興趣、能力和對生活的正確認識。所以選C。

2.細節(jié)理解題。由“Maybe if we spent some time exposing them to real life experience - maybe two or three courses areas of interest in high school that give them a "feel" for what that particular field would look like, they might be better prepared.”可知，高中課程樹立起來的孩子的興趣方向可能會影響到他以后的職業(yè)和工作選擇。因此高中的課程也許會讓他們受益。所以選D。

3.詞義猜測題。擇業(yè)是一項艱巨的任務。我的女兒改了兩次專業(yè)，不是因為她不知道怎么做，而是她“想做的”和她“能做的”并不完全吻合。discouraging使人沮喪的；specific特殊的；rewarding有益的；regular有規(guī)律的。通過文章意思分析應該是艱難而令人生畏的。所以選A。

4.推理判斷題。從最后一段“I have learned many college students do not know what they want to do because they haven' t seen what it looks like in the real world.”聯(lián)系全文可知，文章指出了現(xiàn)階段的教育和實際生活有出入，孩子們自身的能力尚需要引導發(fā)掘，而能夠承擔這個任務的非學校莫屬了。所以選A。

考點：社科類短文閱讀。