Question

【题目】 Chinese are very generous(慷慨的，大方的） when it comes to 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 or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course ( 额外的课程 ) activities where they will either learn music or dance, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children’s skills are different, maybe good in some areas ,but poor in others. Most parents fail to realize that today’s children are in need of 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 they need to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical 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 requires 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 gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot 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 have 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】What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Parents care about their money. when educating their children.

B. Parents don’t often send their children to the best schools.

C. Parents seldom want their children to take extra-course activities.

D. Parents spend much money on the education without thinking.

【2】Most Chinese parents don’t realize __________.

A. how much the best education is worth

B. when children should be educated

C. what children really need in later life

D. why school tests don’t satisfy children

【3】The writer’s attitude(态度) to children’s education is that __________.

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

B. children today should learn different skills

C. practical skills are helpful to children’s growth

D. school education can’t meet parents’ expectations

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 C

【3】 C

【解析】

本文谈论了中国教育。中国人在教育子女方面非常慷慨。父母在教育上花钱不假思索。父母只是在教育他们的孩子如何考试和如何学习好。孩子的才能是不同的，可能在某些方面好，但在其他方面差。大多数家长没有意识到今天的孩子需要自尊和自信。父母可以通过教授烹饪、缝纫和做其他家务等实用技能来达到这一目的。这些活动不仅教会孩子阅读一本书，而且教会他们思考，运用他们的思想。

【1】题意：我们能从第一段中了解到什么？考查主旨理解。A. Parents care about their money when educating their children. 在教育子女时父母关心他们的钱；B. Parents don’t often send their children to the best schools.父母经常不把孩子送到最好的学校；C. Parents seldom want their children to take extra-course activities. 家长很少希望孩子参加课外活动；D. Parents spend much money on the education without thinking.父母在教育上花钱不假思索。第一段第一句（Chinese are very generous(慷慨的，大方的） when it comes to educating their children. 中国人在教育子女方面非常慷慨。）是本段的中心句，通读第一段可知“中国人在教育子女方面非常慷慨。父母在教育上花钱不假思索。”故选D。

【2】题意：大多数中国父母都不知道_____________。考查细节理解。A. how much the best education is worth最好的教育值多少钱；B. when children should be educated什么时候应该教育孩子；C. what children really need in later life在以后的生活里孩子们真正需要什么；D. why school tests don’t satisfy children为什么学校考试不使孩子们满意。根据第三段第二句Most parents fail to realize that today’s children are in need of self-respect and self-confidence.（大多数家长没有意识到今天的孩子需要自尊和自信。）可知“大多数中国父母都不知道在以后的生活里孩子们真正需要什么”；选D。

【3】题意：作者对儿童教育的态度是_________________。考查细节理解。A. the cheaper an education is, the better it is教育越便宜越好；B. children today should learn different skills今天的孩子应该学习不同的技能；C. practical skills are helpful to children’s growth实践技能有助于儿童的成长；D. school education can’t meet parents’ expectations学校教育达不到家长的期望。根据第5段第一句Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.（父母可以通过教授烹饪、缝纫和做其他家务等实用技能来实现这一目标。）可知“作者对儿童教育的态度是实践技能有助于儿童的成长”；选C。