Question

 

A. Set a Good Example for Your Kids

B. Build Your Kids’ Work Skills

C. Place Time Limits on Leisure Activities

D. Talk about the Future on a Regular Basis

E. Help Kids Develop Strategies of dealing with different things

F. Help Your Kids Figure Out Who They Are

G. Build Your Kids’ Sense of Responsibility

How Can a Parent Help?

Mothers and fathers can do a lot to ensure a safe landing in early adulthood for their kids. Even if a job’s starting salary seems too small to satisfy an emerging adult’s need for rapid content, the transition from school to work can be less of a setback if the start-up adult is ready for the move. Here are a few measures, drawn from my book Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, which parents can take to prevent what I call “work-life unreadiness.”

1._________You can start this process when they are 11 or 12. Regularly review their emerging strengths and weaknesses with them and work together on any shortcomings, like difficulty in communicating well or cooperating. Also, identify the kinds of interests they keep coming back to, as these offer clues to the careers that will fit them best.

2.________Kids need a range of real role models. Have regular dinner-table discussions about people the family knows and how they got where they are. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of your own career and encourage your kids to form some ideas about their own future. When asked what they want to do, they should be discouraged from saying “I have no idea.” They can change their minds 200 times, but having only a foggy view of the future is of little good.

3._______Teachers are responsible for teaching kids how to learn; parents should be responsible for teaching them how to work. Assign responsibilities around the house and make sure homework deadlines are met. Encourage teenagers to take a part-time job. Kids need plenty of practice developing effective organizational skills, such as managing time and setting priorities(优先).

4._________Playing video games encourages immediate content（满足）. And hours of watching TV shows with canned laughter only teaches kids to process information in a passive way. At the same time, listening through earphones to the songs for a long time encourages kids to stay inside instead of participating in other outdoor activities. All these activities can prevent the growth of children’s communication and thinking skills and make it difficult for kids to develop the kind of sustained (持续的) concentration they will need for most jobs.

5._________They should know how to deal with setbacks, stresses and feelings of inadequacy. They should also learn how to solve problems and resolve conflicts, ways to brainstorm and think critically. Discussions at home can help kids practice doing these things and help them apply these skills to everyday life situations.

What about the son or daughter who is grown but seems to be struggling and wandering aimlessly through early adulthood? Parents still have a major role to play, but now it is more delicate. Most of all, these new adults must feel that they are respected and supported by a family that appreciates them.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.F

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.E

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了父母如何帮助孩子，短文给出了几点建议：一是家长们应当帮助孩子认识自我，从而让孩子在未来职业选择中扬长避短。二是经常和孩子谈论他们的未来。三是父母应该教会他们如何工作，让孩子有工作技能。四是限制孩子们在娱乐活动上的时间。五是孩子们应该学会如何面对逆境、压力和自卑感。

1.根据identify the kinds of interests they keep coming back to, as these offer clues to the careers that will fit them best帮助孩子认清自己，故选F。

2.根据encourage your kids to form some ideas about their own future. 经常和孩子谈论他们的未来，故选D。

3.根据Kids need plenty of practice developing effective organizational skills, 让孩子锻炼自己的工作技能，故选B。

4.根据Playing video games encourages immediate content（满足）要孩子要适当地休息，限制孩子们在娱乐活动上的时间，故选C。

5.根据They should know how to deal with setbacks, stresses and feelings of inadequacy.帮助孩子培养处理事情的能力，故选E。

考点：信息匹配。

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