Question

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.

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

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

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

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：最近幾年來很多國家的學校都禁止體罰兒童，現在也有運動要求禁止在家體罰孩子。對此有些家長并不同意，他們認為有時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該禁止在家體罰孩子的原因。

1.A細節(jié)理解題。根據首段末句However, many parents still believe that they have the right to use some physical punishments to deal with certain misbehavior at certain ages.可知許多家長仍然認為他們有權利去體罰某個年齡段內表現不好的孩子，由此推斷B選項正確。

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.，由此推斷家長們認為他們自己小時候就接受過體罰，而且這對他們沒什么害處，故他們會堅持對表現不好的孩子進行體罰，故答案選B。

3.D推理判斷題。根據文章第三段末句In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change their habits.可知作者認為禁止體罰孩子就像當時強制人們系安全一樣，人們會逐漸地接受，并且養(yǎng)成一種習慣，所以答案選D。

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。

考點：考查社會生活類短文閱讀。