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 (启示) 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 (自发地) 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. 1.
   What do we learn from the first paragraph?
   1. A.
      A lot of amusements compete for children’s time nowadays
   2. B.
      Children have lots of fun doing mindless activities
   3. C.
      Rebecca is much too busy to enjoy her leisure time
   4. D.
      Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing
2. 2.
   What did the author say about her own writing experience?
   1. A.
      She was constantly under pressure to write more
   2. B.
      Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers
   3. C.
      She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer
   4. D.
      Her road to success was full of pain and frustrations
3. 3.
   Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?
   1. A.
      She believed she possessed real talent for writing
   2. B.
      She was sure of winning with her mother’s help
   3. C.
      She wanted to share her stories with readers
   4. D.
      She had won a prize in the previous contest
4. 4.
   The underlined sentence probably means that the author was ______.
   1. A.
      trying not to let her daughter enjoy her own life
   2. B.
      trying to get her daughter to do the thing as the author wished
   3. C.
      making sure that her daughter would win the contest
   4. D.
      helping her daughter develop real skills for writing

Answer 1

ADCB
试题分析：本文讲述了作者是个作家，她女儿也很喜欢写故事。作者极力的要求女孩按照自己的意志来写故事，最后作者意识到孩子们需要空间自己去经历事情，自己去成长，去发现自己的声音。
1.细节题。从In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. 可知现在有很多的供娱乐的游戏来给孩子们来玩，而作者的女儿却喜欢写故事，故选A
2.推断题。从第二自然段So many of our own past scars and destroyed hopes can resurface in our children.可知，作者的成功之路是充满挫折和痛苦的，她自己的孩子也许也要经历这些事情，故选D
3.细节题。从I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.可知，女儿并非想要赢得这场比赛，而只是想告诉读者们她所写的故事，故选C
4.细节题。从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.可知作者将女儿所写的内容完全的改变了，变成了一个想象力丰富的小女孩第一次上音乐课的场景，所以作者将自己的想法强加给了孩子，希望孩子按她的思路来写，故选B
考点：人生百味类议论文
点评：文章重在理解作者的感情基调，从全文来看，本文在讲应该给孩子们更多的空间去思索，而不能按照大人的意志去生活，由此可见对于议论文的文章重在把握作者的感情色彩，答题时不断提醒自己作者在讲什么，作者的是在褒义还是在贬斥，这一点非常重要。