There have been big changes in the attitudes of most parents over the last few years. Physical punishment is banned in schools in most countries ,and in many countries, there are moves to ban all physical punishment of children even at home. However, many parents still believe that they have the right to use some physical punishments to deal with certain misbehavior at certain ages.
It ‘s    easy to find reasons to allow some physical punishments. One issue is that many parents find it very difficult to abandon physical punishment completely. Parents argue that this was the way they were brought up and that it didn’t do any harm to them. They believe that for the child’s sake they have the right to discipline the child in any way they consider fit ,including using some physical punishments. The other one is that physical punishment can be quick and effective. There is not much point reasoning with a screaming child in the supermarket.
However, there are several reasons why we should stop using physical punishment. One point is that most parents are not trained to deal with misbehaving children. They don’t have enough resources or choices to handle the situation. As a result, they immediately react by hitting the child even if there are other solutions to the problem. Another point is that unless people are challenged or forced to change their belief, they may keep following negative habits. An example is seat belt use ——now most people wear seat belts without thinking, while years ago the idea of using seat belts was strange to most people. In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change their habits.
In conclusion, parents have to change some of their belief and ideas about how children should be raised. It is possible to avoid the use of physical force,and doing so will help us move closer to the dream of removing violence from our society.
【小題1】According to the first paragraph, many parents think that _____

A. they are free to use physical punishment on their children
B. most of the children behave badly in their daily life
C. they have changed their attitudes towards their children
D. physical punishment is effective to educate their children
【小題2】 Many parents won’t give up physical punishment because _____.
A. they are disappointed with their children
B. they were brought up just in the same way
C. they don’t want to hurt their children badly
D. they don’t know what to do with their children
【小題3】The author gives the example of using seat belts in order to show _____.
A. most people are used to wearing seat belts
B. it’s not difficult to change some negative habits
C. seat belts are really very necessary and useful
D. people won’t change their old habits unless forced
【小題4】The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is to _____.
A. talk about a ban on using physical punishment
B. tell us we should educate our children in other ways
C. advise parents to give up using physical punishment
D. suggest physical punishment should be used at home


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】C

解析試題分析:最近幾年來很多國(guó)家的學(xué)校都禁止體罰兒童,現(xiàn)在也有運(yùn)動(dòng)要求禁止在家體罰孩子。對(duì)此有些家長(zhǎng)并不同意,他們認(rèn)為有時(shí)候孩子的確需要體罰,而且體罰孩子也沒有什么壞處,畢竟他們自己就是被體罰過的。在本文中作者還提出了幾條應(yīng)該禁止在家體罰孩子的原因。
【小題1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)首段末句However, many parents still believe that they have the right to use some physical punishments to deal with certain misbehavior at certain ages.可知許多家長(zhǎng)仍然認(rèn)為他們有權(quán)利去體罰某個(gè)年齡段內(nèi)表現(xiàn)不好的孩子,由此推斷B選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題2】B.推理判斷題。文章第二段提到 Parents argue that this was the way they were brought up and that it didn’t do any harm to them.,由此推斷家長(zhǎng)們認(rèn)為他們自己小時(shí)候就接受過體罰,而且這對(duì)他們沒什么害處,故他們會(huì)堅(jiān)持對(duì)表現(xiàn)不好的孩子進(jìn)行體罰,故答案選B。
【小題3】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段末句In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change their habits.可知作者認(rèn)為禁止體罰孩子就像當(dāng)時(shí)強(qiáng)制人們系安全一樣,人們會(huì)逐漸地接受,并且養(yǎng)成一種習(xí)慣,所以答案選D。
【小題4】C推理判斷題。文章開始提出there are moves to ban all physical punishment of children然后講述了人們的看法以及應(yīng)該禁止體罰孩子的原因,由此推斷文章目的是討論禁止體罰這一禁令,故答案選C。
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