Question

As a parent, you might never guess all the ways a good imagination benefits your child. It helps a preschooler.

Develop social skills

As children play pretend, they explore relationships between family members, friends and co-workers and learn more about how people interact. Playing doctor, they imagine how physicians care for their patients. Playing house, they learn more about how parents feel about their children. Imaginative play helps develop empathy (同情) for others. If children can imagine how it feels to be left out of a game or to lose a pet, they are better able to help those in need. They become more willing to play fair, to share, and to cooperate.

Build self-confidence

Young children have very little control over their lives. Imagining oneself as a builder of skyscrapers (摩天大楼) or a superhero defending the planet is empowering to a child. It helps them develop confidence in their abilities and their potential.

Boost intellectual growth

Using the imagination is the beginning of abstract thought. Children who can see a king’s castle in a mound (堆) of sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically (象征性地). This skill is important in school where a child will have to learn that numerals symbolize groups of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.

Practice language skills

Kids who play pretend with their friends do a lot of talking. This helps boost their vocabulary, improve sentence structure and promote communication skills.

Work out fears

Playing pretend can help children work out their fears and worries. When children role-play about the big, bad monster under the bed, they gain a sense of control over him and he doesn’t seem quite so big or so bad. Imaginative play also helps kids vent (发泄) confusing feelings they might have, such as anger toward a parent or compete with a new sibling (兄弟姐妹).

To encourage your youngster’s imagination, read to him every day. Books offer children the opportunity to visit other worlds and create new ones of their own.

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1.What’s NOT the advantage of children having a good imagination?

A. Understanding the other people’s feelings and problems

B. Expressing their feelings like anger.

C. Having a strong faith in their own abilities and potential.

D. Helping them form a good habit of reading story.

2.What does the underlined word “Boost” mean?

A. Improve.     B. Limit.     C. Push.      D. Praise.

3.What’s the purpose of writing the article?

A. To tell readers the benefits of encouraging children’s imagination.

B. To introduce some wonderful Disney stories to readers.

C. To provide ways of helping make kids more imaginative.

D. To persuade parents to buy the Disney edition of Peter Pan.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.A

【解析】

试题分析: 本文介绍了培养学龄前孩子想象力的好处。培养孩子的想象力能够帮助孩子发展社交能力，建立自信，促进抽象思维的发展，克服恐惧。所以作者建议家长要买彼得·潘的故事这本书，这本书深受孩子的欢迎

1.D细节理解题。第二段的Imaginative play helps develop empathy(同情) for others.充满想象力的游戏有助于培养对其他人的同情心，因此排除A.第六段的Imaginative play also helps kids vent(发泄) confusing feelings they might have, such as anger toward a parent or compete with a new sibling充满想象力的游戏可以帮助孩子发泄(发泄)困惑他们可能,例如对父母的愤怒或与之竞争的新兄弟，故排除B。第三段的It helps them develop confidence in their abilities and their potential.它帮助他们发展的自信心和潜能。故排除C。文章没有提帮助儿童养成一个好的阅读习惯，故选D。

2.A词义猜测题。第四段的Children who can see a king's castle in a mound(堆) of sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically(象征性地).孩子们看到一个在一堆的沙子上或一个美味晚餐派里的的国王城堡将可以学习抽象思维。这说明想象力游戏可以促进孩子的抽象思维的发展，故选A项。

3.A写作意图；根据第一段提到As a parent you might never guess all the ways a good imagination benefits your child.作为家长,你可能永远不会猜到好的想象力使你的孩子受益的所有的方面。作者重点向家长介绍了鼓励孩子想像力的益处，故选A项。