Question

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 USA or Australia. They also want their children to take extra courses or activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. 1.

So parents will spend unreasonable a mount of money on education. 2. .

However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give to their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children’s skills vary. Some children are skilled in some areas while poor in others. 3. .

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but not teaching them the most important skills; 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. 4. . It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of confidence.

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. 5. . And that is more important.

A. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is

B.These activities are teaching a child not only to read a book but also to think, to use his mind

C.What most parents fail to realize, though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence

D.Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter

E.The more cost in education, the better the result will be

F.Cooking demands patience and time

G.They made a lot of money by doing business

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.F

5.B

【解析】

解题分析：中国人在对他们小孩的教育方面很慷慨，从不考虑钱的多少。然而，大多数的父母并没有意识到现在的小孩缺乏自尊心和自信心，父母可以通过教他们实践技巧，而且教会他们思考，学会用大脑，这些更重要。

1.】第一段都在讲述中国人在对他们小孩的教育方面很慷慨，从不考虑钱的多少。送他们的小孩上最好的学校甚至出国，甚至让小孩参与更多的课外活动，因此本段最后总结中国人一直觉得在孩子教育方面投入的越多，获益也就越多。选A。

2.】中国的父母在孩子教育方面投入很大。有些花费是不合理的。贫困家庭给孩子买电脑属于不合理花销。因此选D。

3.】上一句说到父母能看出孩子擅长的技能是千差万别的，下一句应该是表示转折，然而，大多数的父母并没有意识到现在的小孩缺乏自尊心和自信心。选C。

4.】本段在说在家里教孩子做饭能帮助小孩从中受益并且为他们的未来做好准备。下面在解释原因，因为做饭要求有耐心和时间，一个好的厨师总是想办法去提高他的烹饪技术，所以他就会努力工作，逐渐的成功完成他的工作，到最后一顿出色的午餐将会带给他满足感和更大的自信心，选F。

5.前面举例一些老机器，像坏掉的收音机或者电视机你可以给小孩子玩挖掘他们的好奇心培养他们的兴趣。他会花掉很多时间研究它们，尝试着修理他们，当小孩长大后他可能会成为一名工程师。因为这些实践活动不仅仅教小孩读书，而且教会他们思考，学会用大脑，这些更重要。选B。

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