It was a lovely day at the park and Stella Bianchi was enjoying the sunshine with her two children when a young boy, aged about four, approached her two-year-old son and pushed him to the ground.

“I’d watched him for a little while and my son was the fourth or fifth child he’d pushed,” she says. “I went over to them, picked up my son, turned to the boy and said, firmly, ‘No, we don’t push.’” What happened next was unexpected.

“The boy’s mother ran toward me from across the park,” Stella says, “I thought she was coming over to apologize, but instead she started shouting at me for blaming her child. All I did was let him know his behavior was unacceptable. Was I supposed to sit back while her kid did whatever he wanted and hurt other children?”

Getting your own children to play nice is difficult enough. Dealing with other people’s children has become a hidden danger.

In my house, jumping on the sofa is not allowed. In my sister’s house it’s encouraged. I find myself saying “no” a lot when her kids are over at mine. That’s OK between sisters but becomes dangerous when you’re talking to the children of friends or acquaintances.

“Kids aren’t all raised the same,” agrees Professor Naomi White of Monash University.” But there is still an idea that they’re the property of the parent. We see our children as a mirror of ourselves, so if you’re saying that my child is behaving improperly, then that’s somehow a criticism(批评) of me.”

In those situations, it’s difficult to know whether to approach the child directly or the parent first. There are two opinions.

“I’d go to the child first,” says Andrew Fuller, author of Tricky Kids. “Usually a quiet reminder that ‘we don’t do that here’ is enough. Kids have antennae (直觉) for how to behave in different settings.”

He points out bringing it up with the parent first may make them feel careless, which could cause problems. Of course, approaching the child first can bring its own headaches, too.

This is why White recommends that you approach the parents first. Raise your concerns with the parents and ask them to deal with it,” she says.   

Asked how to approach a parent in this situation, psychologist Meredith Fuller answers: “Explain your needs as well as stressing the importance of the friendship. Start with something like: ‘I know you’ll think I’m silly but in my house I don’t want…’” 

What did Stella Bianchi expect the young boy’s mother to do when she talked to him?

       A. Make an apology             B. Come over to stop her     

       C. Blame her own boy          D. Take her own boy away

What does the author say about dealing with other people’s children?

       A. It’s important not to hurt them in any way

       B. It’s no use trying to stop their wrongdoing

       C. It’s advisable to treat them as one’s own kids

       D. It’s possible for one to get into lots of trouble

According to professor Naomi White, when one’s kids are criticized, their parents will probably feel ______.

       A. discouraged       B. hurt    C. puzzled      D. affected

What should one do when seeing other people’s kids misbehave according to Andrew Fuller?

       A. Talk to them directly in a mild way  B. Complain to their parents politely

       C. Simply leave them alone            D. Punish them lightly

You’ve switched the machine off. I told you not to,_____?

A.didn't I  B.haven't you   C. will you    D. did I

Were you given a _____, or did you have to do it?

A. job     B. duty  C. request         D. choice

Mrs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city,   41_was very near the countryside. She worked   42  a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of.  43__. Mrs. Green had a good voice and she  44  her classes exciting. But she had a   45 point. Some of her notes (音调) were so high that they sounded like a door which needed   46 . In order to improve her notes, she took   47  chance that she could find to practise.

 As her house was not big, she couldn't practise  48__ in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing  49 the country road. She practised her high notes  50  walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car   51  along the road, she  52  singing. She did not want her high notes to be   53 , for she was shy.

One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so   54   and so fast that she didn't  55  it until the car was only a few meters. She was practising some of her  56 and most difficult notes at that time. As the car passed by, she saw a   57  expression come over the driver's face. He stopped suddenly to  58  all the tires (轮胎) carefully.

Mrs. Green felt it shy to tell the driver what the   59  he had heard really was. The driver found  60  wrong, got back into the car and drove off.

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A young British woman had shortly arrived in Hong Kong and had not yet  36   anything about the Chinese   37  . One day she went to the home of a Chinese friend and was                                                                                                                                                       38   given a cup of Chinese tea. She was not   39   and she also found this type of tea rather   40  . However, since she had been given the tea , she felt she should drink it. Hoping to finish it   41   so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she did not   42   , she started to drink as much of it as she could. But as soon as her cup became half - full, the host   43   giving her more. Several times she told the host that she had had   44    , but it seemed to have no   45   . Her cup kept being   46  , and she kept on drinking. During the time of her   47  , she drank about twelve cups of tea. Later she found out that she should have just  48   the tea, and that this would have meant that she had had enough. Influenced by her  49   culture, she felt it too   50   to leave the tea and could not understand why the host took no notice of her protests(抗议) that she had had enough!

A. got   B. learned       C. taught D. remembered

A. culture   B. language    C. food   D. habit

A. hardly   B. certainly  C. carefully         D. immediately

A. tired      B. happy       C. thirsty         D. interested

A. bitter          B. sweet  C. nice  D. cold

A. in time  B. slowly C. gradually        D. quickly

A. take       B. have       C. like     D. buy

A. practised      B. insisted on  C. stopped      D. tried

A. some     B. enough       C. all      D. a little

A. value   B. end     C. effect       D. importance

A. filled   B. moved       C. changed     D. emptied

A. talk     B. visit    C. party   D. investigation

A. left      B. drunk  C. absorbed    D. filled

A. modern       B. ancient       C. Western      D. Eastern

A. impolite      B. polite  C. easy    D. uneasy