“It hurts me more than you,’’and “This is for your own good.’’These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin,clean my room,stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive period in educafion in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school.The schools and the educators made it easy on us.They thought that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators,turned on the television,left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
Now teachers,faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years,are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake.One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students-“so passive”-and-wonders what happened.Nothing was demanded of them,she believes. Television,says Klompus,contributes to children’s passivity.“We’re not training kids to work any more,” says Klompus.“we’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve never been hurt or hungry.They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying ‘go look it up’,you tell them the answer.It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”
Yes,it does.It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work.It’s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good.It’s time to start telling them no again.
【小題1】Why are children becoming more inactive in study?

A.Because they watch TV too often
B.Because they have done too much homework.
C.Because they have to fulfill too many duties.
D.Because teachers are too strict with them.
【小題2】To such children as described in the passage         
A.it is easier to say no than to say yes
B.neither is easy-to say yes or to say no
C.it is easier to say yes than to say no
D.neither is difficult-to say yes or to say no
【小題3】We learn from the passage that the author’s mother used to lay emphasis on       
A.1earning Latin
B.natural development
C.discipline
D.education at school
【小題4】By “permissive period in education’’the author means a time         
A.when children are allowed to do what they wish to
B.when everything can be taught at school
C.when every child can be educated
D.when ehildren are permitted to receive education
【小題5】What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Parents should leave their children alone,
B.Kids should have more activities at school.
C.It’s time to be stricter with our kids.
D.Parents should always set a good example to their kids.

 
【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】 C

解析試題分析:本文介紹了父母親對孩子疏于管理,聽之任之對學(xué)習(xí)帶來的負(fù)面影響。建議父母嚴(yán)格要求自己的孩子。
【小題1】推理題。根據(jù)第三段4,5行內(nèi)容Television, says Klompus, contributes to children’s passivity.可知看電視是引起學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)被動(dòng)的一個(gè)主要原因?傻贸龃鸢浮_xA.
【小題2】推理題:從第三段的句子:“we’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve never been hurt or hungry.They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying ‘go look it up’,you tell them the answer.It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”可知對于文章中描寫的孩子說yes比說no容易。選C.
【小題3】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。從This is for your own good —these are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin…(幾年前母親經(jīng)常說“這是為了你好”來要求我把事情做好)即作者的母親過去是很注重紀(jì)律的,故答案選C。
【小題4】猜測句意題。根據(jù)橫線后面得in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school指在這段時(shí)期里,讓孩子做他們想做的事情。故A正確。
【小題5】主旨大意題。文章在第三段中提及父母為孩子做了太多的事情,放任孩子自由,導(dǎo)致孩子沒有受到挫折的打擊,所以應(yīng)該對孩子有更高的要求。故C正確。
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