Question

In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition which she won last year.

As a writer, I know about winning contests – and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection letter from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and destroyed hopes can resurface in our children.

A revelation (啟示) came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”

I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自發(fā)地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.

Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting my daughter’s experience.

While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.

1.What do we learn from the first paragraph?

A．A lot of amusements compete for children’s time nowadays.

B．Children have lots of fun doing mindless activities.

C．Rebecca is much too busy to enjoy her leisure time.

D．Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.

2.What did the author say about her own writing experience?

A．She was constantly under pressure to write more.

B．Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.

C．She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.

D．Her road to success was full of pain and frustrations.

3.Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?

A．She believed she possessed real talent for writing.

B．She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.

C．She wanted to share her stories with readers.

D．She had won a prize in the previous contest.

4.The author took great pains to improve her daughter’s stories because _______.

A．she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dreams of becoming a writer

B．she was afraid Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing

C．she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much

D．she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance

5.The underlined sentence probably means that the author was _______.

A．trying not to let her daughter enjoy her own life

B．trying to get her daughter to do the thing as the author wished

C．making sure that her daughter would win the contest

D．helping her daughter develop real skills for writing

6.What’s the author’s advice for parents?

A．Children should be given every chance to voice their opinions.

B．Parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in.

C．Children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience.

D．A writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.B

6.C

【解析】　這篇文章講述了一個(gè)作家母親指導(dǎo)女兒寫(xiě)作的故事，通過(guò)作者的親身經(jīng)歷向人們揭示出當(dāng)今社會(huì)的子女教育問(wèn)題。告訴我們要給孩子自由發(fā)展的空間，不要把自己的思想強(qiáng)加于孩子們。

1.A推斷題。根據(jù)第一段第一句話可知，在這個(gè)網(wǎng)絡(luò)聊天，電子游戲，真人電視的年代，從沒(méi)有缺少不動(dòng)腦筋的活動(dòng)使得孩子們保持忙碌。故答案為A—許多娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)角逐孩子們的時(shí)間。

2.D 細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)文章的第二段前半部分I know about winning contests – and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection letter from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories.意思是：“作為一個(gè)作家，我享受過(guò)奪得競(jìng)賽優(yōu)勝的喜悅，也品嘗過(guò)失敗的滋味。我知道辛辛苦苦寫(xiě)出來(lái)一個(gè)故事、結(jié)果卻得到一張出版商的退稿信時(shí)的感受。我同樣知道奪得優(yōu)勝后再想保住這份榮譽(yù)的壓力�！笨芍狣是正確的。

3.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”意思是她想告訴人們一個(gè)上小學(xué)一年級(jí)的天使的故事，也即想與人們(至少是讀到它的人)分享這個(gè)故事，這與B的說(shuō)法是一致的。

4.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文根據(jù)文章是在第四段， I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自發(fā)地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales.可知我相信自己有知識(shí)有經(jīng)驗(yàn)來(lái)提供指導(dǎo)。故答案為D。

5.B句意理解題。很明顯此句話的意思是：不知不覺(jué)的我把女兒的競(jìng)賽變成了我的競(jìng)賽。說(shuō)明我在盡力地使得女兒按照我的希望去做。故答案為B。

6.C 推斷題。根據(jù)第四段：這段的大意是：第一步，我不再干擾孩子，而后，給她空間的同時(shí)又能在需要時(shí)隨時(shí)提供幫助。作者隨時(shí)提醒自己，孩子需要嘗試、成長(zhǎng)以及表達(dá)自我的空間。故答案為C。