Question

I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they can    it, they will certainly send them to the best universities. But they need not feel    if they can’t. If the children really want to go, they’ll find a    . There are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and    ones who can’t afford to pay.

When children grow up and want to    , their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the     to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a     not an obligation (责任，义务).

Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.

One of their obligations is to give their children a personal     . A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly    to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so     , so afraid of failing that he (or she) won’t try at all. Of course they should be   corrected when they do wrong, but it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves    . All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate (宽容) them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand     . When criticisms (批评) are really needed, they should be     with praises, with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.

Parents owe their children a set of solid values around     to build their lives. This means teaching them to     the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by deed and ________. A child who is lied to will    . A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have difficulty laughing and loving.

No child asks to be   . If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child    .

1.A. find   B. afford         C. get     D. accept

2.A. disappointed B. unhappy       C. guilty        D. dissatisfied

3.A. supply   B. hope       C. way              D. hand

4.A. healthy   B. honest   C. eager           D. wealthy

5.A. get a job     B. get married  C. go abroad      D. live alone

6.A. time   B. duty           C. right    D. energy

7.A. service  B. pleasure    C. habit    D. favor

8.A. affair       B. value       C. belief          D. ability

9.A. compared   B. brought    C. forced    D. taken

10.A. unusual    B. unsure       C. unknown      D. unfair

11.A. gently   B. properly      C. nearly    D. possibly

12.A. in time     B. now and then   C. at once       D. right now

13.A. honor      B. failure       C. progress       D. test

14.A. mixed   B. included    C. balanced          D. shared

15.A. it    B. which    C. whom       D. what

16.A. consider  B. refuse    C. follow            D. respect

17.A. blame      B. experience      C. example          D. lesson

18.A. lie         B. win      C. lose        D. cry

19.A. praised    B. born            C. alone       D. poor

20.A. everything B. nothing     C. anything   D. something

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了父母并不亏欠孩子们任何事情，但是如果把一个小生命带到这个世界上来，就有那个责任和义务去指导和教育孩子，并给予他们学校教育。告诉我们父母应该为孩子的教育负责，责任和义务。

1. 考查动词辨析，A.找到，发现；B .afford付得起C.得到；D.接受。If they can it, they will certainly send them to the best universities.如果父母负担得起，当然可以把孩子送去最好的大学。故选B。

2. 考查形容词辨析，A失望的，沮丧的；B不高兴的；C有罪的，内疚的；D不满意的。But they need not feel if they can’t. If the children really want to go,如果他們不能送孩子去最好的學校，他們沒有必要感覺内疚。故选C。

3.’ll find a . There are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and ones who can’t afford to pay.如果你的孩子有天赋真想上学，他们自会有办法way。故选C。

4. 考查形容词辨析，A健康的；B诚实的；C eager热切的；渴望的；D有财富的。There are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and ones who can’t afford to pay.对于聪明好学却付不起学费的人来说，借贷和奖学金的种类还是很多的。故选C。

5. 考查短语辨析，A工作，就业；B结婚；C出国；D独自生活，When children grow up and want to , their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house.当孩子长大想结婚时，父母不欠他們一所房子。故选B。

6. the duty to do sth.有责任做某事。They do not have the to baby-sit their grandchildren.父母没有给子女当保姆照看孩子的责任。故选B。

7. must be considered a not an obligation (责任，义务).如果他们想这么做，那也只能看作是一种帮助favor，而绝不是一种义务。故选D。

8. of their obligations is to give their children a personal .父母的主要责任和任务之一，是让孩子们懂得自身的价值worth。故选B。

9. A compare to与……相比较；B带來；C强迫；D带到。A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly to brighter brothers, sisters,…一个青少年，如果总是拿他与比他聪明的兄弟姐妹或同龄的亲戚朋友相比。这里是与别人相比较。故选A。

10. 考查形容词辨析，A 不寻常的；B不确定的；不自信的；C 未知的；D不公平的。上文中提到如果总是与那些比自己聪明的兄弟姐妹相比较，如果总是让他感到自己愚蠢和无用，那他就会变得毫无自信unsure。故选B。

11. corrected when they do wrong,当他们错误的時候應該适当地改正错误，在合适的时机。故选B。

12. 考查介词短语辨析，A及时；B偶尔，有时；C立刻，即刻；D就是現在，马上；但是經常比孩子自己及时地意识到自己的错误要好得多。故选A。

13. 荣誉；B失败；C进步；D测试，考验。All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate (宽容) them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand 所有父母都應該相信自己的孩子，尊重他們，幷给予机会让他们去尝试并失败，所以他们必须容忍失败failure。故选B。

14. should be with praises, with a smile and a kiss. 不过，在教育子女时，批评应该与表扬并重balance，而且最好是面带微笑，并吻他一下。故选C。

15. 考查代词辨析，Parents owe their children a set of solid values around to build their lives. 父母欠孩子一套坚实的价值來建立起他們的生活，这里which代指solid values,故选B

16. sb to do sth教别人去做某事。這就意味着要教育他们尊重respect别人的权利和意见。故选D。

17. 考查名词辨析，A责备；B经历，经验；C例子；D课程，教程。The best way to teach such values is by deed and ________.教这些价值的最佳途径就是通过契约和例子。故选C。

18. 考查动词辨析，A说谎；B胜利；C失去；D哭泣。一个孩子撒谎会说谎。故选A.

19. 考查动词辨析， A表扬，赞扬；B出生；C独自一人，孤独；D贫穷的。No child asks to be 没有一个孩子是自己要求被生出来born的。根据下文中bring a life into the world,可知选B.

20. 考查代词辨析，If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child .如果你把生命带到这个世界上来，你就欠着孩子们某些事情。而不应该每件事情或者任何事情。故选D。

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