children there are in a family, their life will be. [ ]A. The less, the better B. The fewer, the better C. Fewer, richer D. More, poorer 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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　　One day Tom went out to look for work．He went from place to place, b　　1　　 could not find a job．In the afternoon he came to a f　　2　　．He went into the office building and o　　3　　 the door of a big room．There he s　　4　　 a fat man sitting at a desk．

　　“What do you want?” the man asked．“I am looking for work,” answered Tom．“What kind of work?” the man asked．“Any kind of work, please．I am strong, you see,” Tom said．

　　The man looked at Tom f　　5　　 a while and then he said, “We have got enough workers in our factory．We want no more．Get out．”

　　Tom turned around．When he was going to the d　　6　　, the fat man said, “Look!Can you see the man over there?” He p　　7　　 to a man outside the window．“I give him f　　8　　 dollars a day．Do you want his job?He is getting old．Of course, I won’t give you five dollars a day．I can only give you four dollars a day．”

　　For some minutes Tom said n　　9　　．He thought of his wife and children．But that worker had wife and children, t　　10　　．Finally Tom said, “No, I don’t want the job!”

　　Tom was right．He didn’t want to take the bread out of another worker’s mouth．

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6．________　7．________　8．________　9．________　10．________

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These children ________/T!>K!:HD/ a good education at those public schools.

Chinese are very generous 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(乐器) 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(激发) 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.
【小题1】Most Chinese parents don't realize_______.

A．how much the best education is worth	B．when children should be educated
C．what children really need in later life	D．why school tests don't satisfy children

【小题2】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Fixing old machines is very important.	B．Interest is necessary for everything.
C．Broken things are useful for children.	D．Using hands helps improve thinking ability.

【小题3】The writer's attitude（看法） to children's education is that

A．the cheaper an education is, the better it is

B．children today should learn different skills

C．practical skills are useful to children's growth

D．school education can't meet parents' expectation.

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.
Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!” “What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed. “Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered. “Mum, do you have courage?” “Certainly.” The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”
After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.
Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”
In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.
【小题1】The girl walked back because _______.

A．the bathroom was too far away.

B．her mother wouldn’t go with her

C．she was too afraid of the dark

D．the bedroom door was locked

【小题2】We learn from the reading that _______.

A．the girl went to the bathroom by herself

B．the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing

C．the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath

D．the girl’s mother was very proud of herself

【小题3】To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl ________.

A．held out her little hands

B．clenched her fists