3、In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s acquisition (学会) of each new skill ― the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is common that parents hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, and a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm(热情) for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.

Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over time of coming home at night or punctuality(准时) for meals. In general, the controls imposed (强加的) represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community (社区) as much as the child’s own happiness.

As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”. If they are not sincere and do not practise what they preach (说教), their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.

A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents’ principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.

 

46.   Eagerly watching the child’s acquisition of new skills_____.

A. should be avoided

B. is universal among parents

C. sets up dangerous states of worry in the child

D. will make him lose interest in learning new things

47.   When children are learning new skills, parents should_____.

A. encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read

B. not expect too much of them

C. achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own

D. create as many learning opportunities as possible

48.   The second paragraph mainly tells us that _____.

A. parents should be strict with their children

B. parental controls satisfy only the needs of the parents and the values of the community

C. parental restrictions vary, and are not always enforced for the benefit of the children alone

D. parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation

49.   The underlined word “precept” (in Paragraph 3) probably means “_____”.

A. idea             B. punishment              C. behavior            D. instruction

50.   In moral matters, parents should _____.

A. observe the rules themselves

B. be aware of the marked difference between adults and children

C. forbid things which have no foundation in morality

D. satisfy their children’s needs

 

1、As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she _21__ out at the audience, hoping to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had driven all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their __22__ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.

   The music __23__ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music carry her along into her turns, and she began skating with much __24 _ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the last seconds before skating onto the ice was __25__. She was feeling the movement of the __26__ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, then did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was finished.

   The crowd loved it and cheered as she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other __27__. It was the remark that always came after a free-skating performance. But what should the __28__ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy waited for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting __29__ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o’clock the results were __30__. The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, California.

21. A. looked

B. watched

C. found

D. stepped

22. A. friend

B. children

C. son

D. daughter

23. A. started

B. played

C. developed

D. sang

24. A. thought

B. belief

C. success

D. anxiety

25. A. lost

B. present

C. strong

D. gone

26. A. music

B. fear

C. ice

D. body

27. A. skaters

B. parents

C. teachers

D. journalists

28. A. players

B. audience

C. judges

D. listeners

29. A. comfortably

B. hurriedly

C. happily

D. anxiously

30. A. carried out

B. let out

C. announced

D. declared

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