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5.Being Authoritative (权威的) ParentsPhrases like"tiger mom"and‘‘helicopter parent"have made their way into everyday language.Many of us find ourselves drawn to the idea that with just a bit more parental hard work and effort,we might turn out children with bright futures.But is there anything wrong with a kind of"overparenting style"?
Parental involvement has a long history of being studied.Many of the studies,conducted by Diana Baumrind,a famous psychologist at the University of California,Berkeley,have found that a good parent is the one who is involved and reacts to her child in a positive way,who sets high expectations but gives her child independence.These"authoritative parents"appear to hit the sweet spot of parental involvement and generally raise children who do better academically,psychologically and socially than children whose parents are not strict and less involved,or controlling and more involved.Why is this parenting style so successful?
Authoritative parents actually help improve motivation in their children.Carol Dweck,a social psychologist at Stanford University,has done research that indicates why authoritative parents raise more motivated children.In a typical experiment,Dr.Dweck takes young children into a room and asks them to solve a simple puzzle.Most do so with little difficulty.But then Dr.Dweck tells some,but not all,of the kids how clever they are.As it turns out,the children who are not told they're smart are more motivated to solve increasingly difficult puzzles.They also show higher levels of confidence and show greater progress in puzzle-solving.
As the experiment suggests,praising children's talents and abilities seems to shake their confidence.Dealing with more difficult puzzles carries the risk of losing one's status as"smart".Dr.Dweck's work strongly supports that of Dr.Baumrind,who also found that reasonably supporting a child's independence and limiting interference (干涉) causes better academic and emotional results.
The central task of growing up is to develop a sense of self that is independent and confident.If you treat your young child who is just learning to walk as if she can't walk,you reduce her confidence.Allowing children to make mistakes is one of the greatest challenges of parenting.It is easier when they are young.The potential mistakes carry greater risks,and part of being a parent is reducing risk for our children.
25.According to the passage,a"tiger mom"D.
A.helps her children realize their dreams
B.speaks her children's everyday language
C.places reasonable expectations on her children
D.pays close attention to her children's experiences
26.It is implied that controlling style of parenting mayB.
A.face more challenges of children
B.cause more problems in children
C.develop independence in children
D.lead to children's academic success
27.The example of the children doing the puzzles suggests thatC.
A.a good game plays a big role in training young minds
B.puzzle-solving can give children the motivation they need
C.overpraising makes children less motivated and confident
D.bright children usually show less confidence in difficult games
28.The last paragraph tells us thatD.
A.children should not be given much freedom
B.parents should not increase the risk of challenging
C.children should correct mistakes with the help of their parents
D.parents should allow their children to learn from the mistakes.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了父母应该让自己的孩子在错误中学习,从而得到自身的成长.
解答 25.D.细节理解题.文章第二段中的a good parent is the one who is involved and reacts to her child in a positiveway,who sets high expectations but gives her child independence,可知这类型的父母在孩子身上抱有期望,但同时也加以适度的关注并参与,故选D.
26.B.推理判断题.根据第二段的最后几句,由此可推断控制型的父母所带出来的孩子通常在学业、心理、社交等方面都不如别的孩子.结合各个选项的意思,故选B.
27.C.细节理解题.根据第四段中的praising children's talents and abilities seems to shake their confidence,可知过分表扬孩子反倒会动摇了他们的自信,由此分析,故选C.
28.D.细节理解题.由本文最后一段的内容理解,尤其是最后的两句句,可知父母应该让自己的孩子在错误中学习,从而得到自身的成长,故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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