63. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. The best way of teaching children about morals.

B. The value of teachers setting a good example.

C. The influence of people’s behaviour on morals.

D. The importance of rewarding good behaviour.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　C

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62. When you tell a child about morals, you should　　　　　　　 .

A. teach him to share personal moral ideas with others

B. tell him about social norms and cultural differences

C. explain that nobody can influence his moral ideas

D．say that the morals at the present time will be changed

61. The author describes his own experience of learning moral lessons in order to 　　　　　　　　.

A. explain that telling lies is not moral for little children

B. advise that people should be rewarded for their goodness

C. prove that moral lessons in schools have little effect

D. show that he has no impression of moral science

60. Which is NOT the reason that moral science is taught in schools with little effect?

A. Morality doesn’t belong to a science

B. Morality is more like a social phenomenon.

C. Different generations have different moral ideas.

D. Morality can’t be written down in textbooks.

59. The writer wants to tell us that　　　　　　　 .

A. writing thank-you notes means caring for others as well as for oneself

B.　　 people who give others gifts must have some purpose

C. writing thank-you notes can make us get others’ compliments

D. one need experience a process to get used to writing thank-you notes.

　　　　　　　　　　　 B

Moral (道德)science is taught as a subject in most schools but with little effect. Perhaps part of the problem lies in the fact that morality is not a science, strictly speaking. It is too much of a social phenomenon, and also has too much of the personal and subjective things mixed within. Besides, morality itself changes with generations, so it is impossible to be printed in a normal textbook.

I remember sitting through forty minutes of moral lessons, which told stories about little children who never told lies and were rewarded for their goodness. It had little effect and left no impression on me, though.

If moral science has to be taught as a subject in schools, it needs a participatory approach. When you tell a child about moral, you also have to deal with social norms( 社会规范) and cultural differences. You have to explain that morality can be subjective, and be able to co-exist in society. You will probably have to refer to the morals at the present time.

The best way to tell a child how to live is to show him what is valued. If a child likes his friend, you have to make the child think about why. Once the child notices and recognizes goodness in others, he or she is likely to develop it as well.

In fact, children learn most of their morals by watching people around them. They absorb behaviour patterns from teachers and older students. They watch to see what is rewarded and who is punished. They learn on the sports field and through social work. Moral science lessons should simply consist of letting them live and interact, and watch you support correct values and reward good behaviour.

58. What can we infer from the third paragraph?

A. Writing thank-you notes reminded the writer that she was cared for.

B.　　 The writer didn’t like writing thank-you notes in the beginning.

C. Mom also wrote thank-you notes for the gift givers.

D. Writing a thank-you note was a religious custom at that time.

57. By saying “Aunt Sally, your sweater is so soft, I never want to stop touching it.” The writer wanted to　　　　　　　 .

A.　 make Sally feel that she liked the gift

B.　　 show her real preference for the soft sweater

C.　 let Sally know that she didn’t like the sweater much

D. lie to Aunt Sally in order to get another sweater

56. Why did the writer get presents from some salesmen?

A.　 Because they really liked her.

B.　　 Because they wanted her to help them join the department store chain.

C.　 Because they wanted to develop a better relationship with her father.

D.　 Because the writer asked them for the presents.

54. I can’t work out this 　　　　　　　　　problem.