Question

In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.

As a writer I know about winning contest, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.

A revelation（啟示）came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”

I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously（自發(fā)地）told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first trade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her fist music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.

Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting（借用）my daughter’s experience.

While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.

1.What do we learn from the first paragraph?

A．Many children find lots of fun in mindless activities.

B．Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.

C．Rebecca collects online materials for her writing.

D．Rebecca is different from any other child of her age.

2.What was the author's writing experience?

A．She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.

B．Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.

C．She was constantly under pressure of writing more.

D．Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.

3.Why did Rebecca want to enter this year's writing contest?

A．She possessed real talent for writing.

B．She wanted to win.

C．She wanted to share her stories with readers.

D．She had won a prize already.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了自己的女兒參加一項寫作比賽的故事，以及其中的一項相關(guān)情況介紹。

1.A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段1,2行In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied.可知現(xiàn)在的社會中存在著太多的這種不需要動腦筋的活動，很多孩子都很喜歡這樣的活動。故A正確。

2.B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段2,3，4,5行I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again?可知作者經(jīng)歷過所有的這些痛苦，故B正確。

3.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后2行“Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”可知她今年參加只是為了和別人分享自己的這個故事，不是為了贏得比賽。故C正確。

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點評：本文講述了自己的女兒參加一項寫作比賽的故事，以及其中的一項相關(guān)情況介紹。

要求考生在閱讀理解整體語篇的基礎(chǔ)上，把握文章的真正內(nèi)涵。要吃透文章的字面意思，從字里行間捕捉有用的提示和線索，這是推理的前提和基礎(chǔ);要對文字的表面信息進行挖掘加工，由表入里，由淺入深，從具體到抽象，從非凡到一般，通過分析、綜合、判定等，進行深層處理，符合邏輯地推理。不能就是論事，斷章取義，以偏概全。要忠實于原文，以文章提供的事實和線索為依據(jù)。