Chinese are very generous(慷慨的)when it comes to educating their children．Not caring about the  1  ，parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad—to England，the USA or Australia．The Chinese  2   that the more expensive the education is, the better it is． 3  parents will spend a lot of money on their children’s education．Even  4 parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter．Though they’re not rich，they would rather pay for the education．

    Parents can  5  that their children’s skills are different，skilled(有技能的)in some areas while poor in others．But most  6  fail to realize that the children today need more self-confidence．

   The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to  7  tests and how to study well, but they are not teaching them the most important skills that they need．And these skills are important to help them to be  8  ，happy and clever． 

    Parents can achieve this  9  teaching their children the skills like cooking or doing other housework．

    Teaching a child to cook will  10  many of the skills that he will need later in life．Cooking needs patience and time．It is an interesting but difficult experience．A good cook  11  tries to improve his cooking,，so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish  12  job successfully．His result，a well-cooked dinner，will make him  13  good and give him a lot of self-confidence．

    Some old machines，such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play  14 ，will make him interested and want to know more．He will spend hours studying them and trying to fix them．Your child might become an engineer when he  15  ．These activities are teaching a child not only to study at school，but also to think，to use his mind．And that is more important．

1．A．money         B．education          C．children

2．A．compare         B．believe                 C．disagree

3．A．Or                 B．So                    C．But

4．A．old              B．rich                  C．poor

5．A．see              B．hope                 C．a(chǎn)llow

6．A．sons            B．daughters          C．parents

7．A．discuss           B．pass                 C．give

8．A．educational         B．different          C．confident

9．A．before           B．by                  C．of

10．A．improve         B．choose               C．miss

11．A．sometimes     B．a(chǎn)lways               C．never

12．A．my             B．his                  C．her

13．A．sound          B．look               C．feel

14．A．with           B．for                  C．a(chǎn)gainst

15．A．wakes up       B．grows up               C．shows up

Chinese are very generous(慷慨的) when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the  money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter. However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children are short of self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking requires patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully step by step. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse(激發(fā)) his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
【小題1】. Most Chinese parents don’t realize __________.