题目内容
“It hurts me more than you,” and “This is for your own good.” There 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 education” 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 taught 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 Clomps who says of her students—“so passive”—and wonders what has happened.Nothing is demanded of them, she believes.Television, says Clomps, contributes to children’s passivity.“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 and 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.
【小题1】We learn from the passage that the author’s mother used to lay emphasis on(强调:重视)_______.
A.natural development | B.education at school |
C.discipline(磨炼,纪律) | D.learning Latin |
A.they watch TV too much | B.they have to fulfill too many duties |
C.they have done too much homework | D.teachers are too strict with them |
A.when everything can be taught at school |
B.when children are permitted to receive education |
C.when children are allowed to do what they wish to |
D.when every child can be educated |
【小题1】C
【小题1】A
【小题1】C
解析
People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word“mouth”.
For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say“Do not bad mouth me. ”Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say:“I really put my foot in my mouth this time. ”If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.
Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something, the other person might protest,“I did not say that . Do not put words in my mouth. ”
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person“Born with a silver spoon in his mouth. ”This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
Parents might sometimes withhold(拒给)sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.
But enough of all this talk, I have been running my mouth long enough.
【小题1】In what kind of situation will a person say“Do not bad mouth me. ”?
A.When he feels down. | B.When he feels regretful. |
C.When he is spoken ill of. | D.When he feels proud. |
A.Do not bad mouth me. |
B.I really put my foot in my mouth this time. |
C.Do not put words in my mouth. |
D.Stop mouthing off. |
A.he is badly-off | B.he is hard-working |
C.he is well-off | D.he has enough to eat |
A.I have run a long way. | B.I have been a mouthy person. |
C.I have learned a lot. | D.I have talked too much. |