Question

    The Tiger Mother, Amy Chua and her book named Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother are famous all over the world, especially in America and China.

Amy Chua is a Chinese American, born in the USA to middle-class Chinese parents who moved to the US from China. She was born in the year of the tiger, so she called herself Tiger Mother. Amy Chua is very famous because of her parenting styles （养育方式） . She has two daughters, Sophia and Louisa. She is very strict with them.

From the moment her daughters were born, she had set targets for them. She decided that the two girls would play instruments, Sophia the piano and Louisa the violin, and what is more, they would be the best at it. At the same time, they had to be the first in study.

The two girls always get an A in each lesson. Sophia could read books and began to play the piano when she was 3 years old. Once, Louisa got the second place in a maths test when she was in Grade 5. After that, Amy Chua made Louisa do 20 pieces of paper and there were 100 maths problems on each paper. A week later, Louisa got the first place and she is the first all the time from then on.

1.Why does Amy Chua have the name Tiger Mother?

A.Because she wrote the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.

B.Because she was born in the year of the tiger.

C.Because she likes tigers very much.

D.Because she is a tiger's mother.

2.What is Amy Chua famous for?

A.Her name B.Her book C.Her parenting styles. D.Her job

3.The underlined word “target”means______.

A.目标 B.模版 C.规则 D.竞赛

4.Sophia could read books and began to play the piano when she was______.

A.two years old B.three years old C.four years old D.five years old

5.How many exercises did Louisa do after she got the second place in a math test?

A.20 maths problems B.80 maths problems C.100 maths problems D.2,000 maths problems

6.What can we learn about Amy Chua?

A.She learnt parenting skills from her mother. B.She was born in China.

C.She doesn't love her children. D.She is a strict mother.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.D

【解析】

本文介绍了蔡美儿。蔡美儿是美籍华人，出生在美国。蔡美儿因其育儿方式而出名。她有两个女儿，索菲亚和路易莎。她对她们很严格。她决定让这两个女孩弹乐器，索菲亚弹钢琴，路易莎拉小提琴，而且，她们会弹得最好。同时，她们学习必须是第一名。

1.细节理解题。根据“She was born in the year of the tiger, so she called herself Tiger Mother.”可知，她出生在虎年，所以她称自己为虎妈。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据“Amy Chua is very famous because of her parenting styles（养育方式）.” 蔡美儿因其育儿方式而出名。可知，蔡美儿出名是因为她的教养方式。故选C。

3.词意猜测题。根据“From the moment her daughters were born, she had set targets for them.”从女儿出生的那一刻起，她就为她们定下了目标。可知，target是“目标”的意思。故选A。

4.细节理解题。根据“Sophia could read books and began to play the piano when she was 3 years old.” 可知，索菲亚3岁的时候就开始读书和弹钢琴了。故选B。

5.细节理解题。根据“After that, Amy Chua made Louisa do 20 pieces of paper and there were 100 maths problems on each paper.”之后，蔡美儿让路易莎做了20张纸，每张纸上有100道数学题。可知，路易莎数学考试得了第二名后做了2,000套练习。故选D。

6.推理判断题。根据短文的内容可知，蔡美儿的育儿方式不是从母亲那里学到的。因此选项A不对；由句子“Amy Chua is a Chinese American, born in the USA”可知，蔡美儿是美籍华人，出生在美国。因此选项B不对；根据短文的内容可知，蔡美儿对子女是即严又爱。所以选项C的说法不对。根据“She is very strict with them.”她对他们很严格。故选D。