Question

“It hurts me more than you.” and “This is for your own good.” These 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 thought that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave 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 Klompus who says of her students “so passive” and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Klompus, contributes to children's passivity. “We're not training kids to work any more.” says Klompus. “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 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, and 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.

　　  1. Children are becoming more and more inactive in study because

　　　　   A. they watch TV; too often

　　　　 B. they have done too much homework

　　　　   C. they have to fulfill too many duties 

D. teachers are too strict with them

　　  2. To such children as described in the passage——.

　　　　   A. it is easier to say no than to say yes

　　　　   B. neither is easy—to say yes or to say no

　　　　   C. it is easier to say yes than to say no

　　　　   D. neither is difficult—to say yes or to say no

　　  3. By “permissive period in education” the author means a time——.

　　　　   A. when children are allowed to do what they wish to

　　　　   B. when everything can be taught at school

　　　　   C. when every child can be educated

　　　　   D. when children are permitted to receive education

　　  4. The main idea of the passage is that——.

　　　　   A. parents should leave their children alone

　　　　   B. kids should have more activities at school

　　　　   C. it's time to be more strict with our kids

　　　　   D. parents should always set a good example to their kids

 

Answer 1

答案：A;C;A;C
解析：

1．A。细节题。文章第三段第四句话讲：Television…contributes to children's passivity (电视是孩子的被动性形成的原因) 。由此推断，选项A中they watch TV too often与此吻合，故选A。文章中讲道：由于家长对孩子采取了放任的态度，孩子可以不做作业，可以用计算器，可以看电视，可以和家人一起度假，等等。结果，在15年后的今天，孩子在学习上显得非常被动。由此推断，选项B、C、D与本文内容完全相反，全部错误。     2．C。文章第三段最后一句讲：It takes greater energy to say no to a kid(拒绝孩子是件很不容易的事)。选项C中 is easier to say yes than to say no与此句意思一致，故选C。选项A、B、D三项与本题要求的意思不符，全部错误。     3．A。语义题。permissive意为“放任的，纵容的”。读者应能从上下文及permit一词猜测出该词的大致意思。“在教育方面有一段时间纵容孩子”即选项A中所表达的意思。选项B、C、D不合题意。     4．C。主旨题。文章讲道：对孩子15年的放纵产生了严重后果，我们犯了可怕的错误。文末又讲道：家长们应该采取行动，如结束度假，关掉电视等等，来严格要求孩子了。这部分点明了文章的主旨。由此推断，选项C正确。选项A的意思与本文主旨相反；选项B和D的意思与本文主旨无关。三项均不合题意。

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