Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.
The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes "the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't seem to learn from history." Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this.
A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can not even understand why we are and where we are without history, much less (更不必说) try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.
I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio (录音机) tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. if, in doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for

  1. 1.

    The main purpose of this passage is to __________

    1. A.
      instruct the parents how to teach their children history
    2. B.
      show the importance of history in politics
    3. C.
      explain the reasons why children study history
    4. D.
      introduce the writer’s own way of teaching history
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is not the reason for studying history according to the author?

    1. A.
      One can learn from history in order not to make the same mistakes
    2. B.
      It can help us to understand the current political climate
    3. C.
      Without history, one can be nothing but a fool in every aspect
    4. D.
      One can know the principle of doing something and not doing something
  3. 3.

    Some positive historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show __________

    1. A.
      people can be inspired to do good, while also learning to fight against evil
    2. B.
      people may also learn from bad historical figures
    3. C.
      more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements
    4. D.
      today’s people can also achieve what they achieved
  4. 4.

    What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

    1. A.
      How to teach history effectively
    2. B.
      Some negative reasons for studying history
    3. C.
      How to get more people to study history
    4. D.
      Some bad historical figures

Last year, two days after Christmas, we kicked China out of the house. Not the country obviously, but bits of plastic, metal, and wood with the words “Made in China”. We kept what we already had, but stopped bringing any more in. because it had coated our lives with toys, and useless stuff. Sometimes I worried about jobs sent overseas, but price triumphed over virtue at our house. We couldn’t resist what China was selling.
But on that dark Monday last year, an unease feeling washed over me as I sat on the sofa. It wasn’t until then that I noticed a fact: China was taking over the place.
It stared back at me from the empty screen of the television. I spied it in the pile of tennis shoes by the door. It glowed in the lights on the Christmas tree and watched me in the eyes of a doll lying on the floor, I slipped off the couch and sorted gifts into two piles: China and non-China. The count came to China, 25, the world, 14. Christmas, I realized, had become a holiday made by the Chinese. Suddenly I wanted China out.
I persuaded my husband, and on Jan. 1 st, we started a-year-long household embargo on Chinese imports. The idea wasn’t to punish China. And we didn’t fool ourselves into thinking because we wanted to measure how far it had pushed in. We wanted to know what it would take in time, money, and worry to kick our China habit!
In the spring, our 4-year-old son started a campaign to support “China things”. “It’s too long without China,” he cried. He kept at me all day. I have discovered for myself that China doesn’t control every aspect of our daily lives, but if you take a close look at the underside of boxes in the toy department, I promise it will give you pause. “When we can buy China things again? Let’s never stop.” My son said.
After a year without China I can tell you this: You can still live without it, but it’s getting costlier by the day. And a decade from now I may not be brave enough to try it again

  1. 1.

    The best title for the text could be _______

    1. A.
      China Free Living: A Trouble One
    2. B.
      A Year without “Made in China”
    3. C.
      Why I Choose “Made in China”
    4. D.
      “Made in China”: Good or Bad
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, why did the author stop bringing in things “Made in China”?

    1. A.
      Because she wanted to bring back job opportunities for her natives
    2. B.
      Because she has a strong sense of nationalism against “Made in China”
    3. C.
      Because she wanted to learn what life would be like without “Made in China”
    4. D.
      Because too much stuff made in China was take over her house
  3. 3.

    The Underlined word “embargo” in the forth paragraph means ________

    1. A.
      reaction
    2. B.
      ban
    3. C.
      restriction
    4. D.
      cancellation
  4. 4.

    The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is ________

    1. A.
      to tell the readers an interesting experience
    2. B.
      to describe the trouble facing a housewife
    3. C.
      to explain the importance of Chinese goods
    4. D.
      to show the difficulty without Chinese goods

People in developed countries are supposed ____ more healthy food before than what they have today


  1. A.
    to be had
  2. B.
    to have
  3. C.
    had
  4. D.
    to have had

-----Did you enjoy your trip to the town?
-----_________. We had driven more than 3 hours before we found the right way


  1. A.
    Absolutely
  2. B.
    Go ahead
  3. C.
    Not at all
  4. D.
    Quite a lot

----Excuse me, can you tell me if there is a flight available to America today?
----Well, Flight 5042 to USA ________ off at 15:45


  1. A.
    takes
  2. B.
    took
  3. C.
    will be taken
  4. D.
    is taken

— They said they were going to go camping in spite of the rain.
— That’s _________ I disagree


  1. A.
    what
  2. B.
    where
  3. C.
    that
  4. D.
    which

______ pleased me was that there was my purse, in the back seat of the taxi, ______ the driver couldn’ t possibly see it before.


  1. A.
    That ; that
  2. B.
    Which ; which
  3. C.
    What ; where
  4. D.
    How ; when

---Sorry we’re late．We ______ the wrong turning．
---That’s all right．Come in, please．


  1. A.
    take
  2. B.
    have taken
  3. C.
    took
  4. D.
    had taken

---I’ve told her many times, and she still forgot about it!
---I understand. It’s true that she___ be very forgetful sometimes


  1. A.
    can
  2. B.
    should
  3. C.
    ought to
  4. D.
    must

She offered to give me a lift, but I         my bike, so I went to the cinema alone


  1. A.
    had ridden
  2. B.
    have ridden
  3. C.
    will
  4. D.
    was riding
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