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(優(yōu)先).

4._________Playing video games encourages immediate content（滿足）. 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 (持續(xù)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】

試題分析：本文敘述了父母如何幫助孩子，短文給出了幾點(diǎn)建議：一是家長們應(yīng)當(dāng)幫助孩子認(rèn)識自我，從而讓孩子在未來職業(yè)選擇中揚(yáng)長避短。二是經(jīng)常和孩子談?wù)撍麄兊奈磥怼Ｈ�是父母�?yīng)該教會他們?nèi)绾喂ぷ�，讓孩子有工作技能。四是限制孩子們在娛樂活動上的時間。五是孩子們應(yīng)該學(xué)會如何面對逆境、壓力和自卑感。

1.根據(jù)identify the kinds of interests they keep coming back to, as these offer clues to the careers that will fit them best幫助孩子認(rèn)清自己，故選F。

2.根據(jù)encourage your kids to form some ideas about their own future. 經(jīng)常和孩子談?wù)撍麄兊奈磥�，故選D。

3.根據(jù)Kids need plenty of practice developing effective organizational skills, 讓孩子鍛煉自己的工作技能，故選B。

4.根據(jù)Playing video games encourages immediate content（滿足）要孩子要適當(dāng)?shù)匦菹ⅲ�限制孩子們在娛樂活動上的時間，故選C。

5.根據(jù)They should know how to deal with setbacks, stresses and feelings of inadequacy.幫助孩子培養(yǎng)處理事情的能力，故選E。

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