Question

A survey said the average Asian dad spent one minute a day with his children．I was shocked. I mean, a whole minute? Every day? Get real. Once a week maybe. The fact is, many Asian males are terrible at kid—related things. In fact, I am one of them．

Child—rearing (养育) doesn’t come naturally to guys. My mother knew the names of our teachers, best friends and crushes. My dad was only vaguely aware there were short people sharing the apartment. My mother bought healthy fresh food at the market every day. My dad would only go shopping when there was nothing in the fridge except a jar of capers and a bay leaf．Then he’ d buy beer. My mother always knew the right questions to ask our teachers. My dad would ask my English teacher if she could get us a discount on school fees．My mother served kid food to kids. My dad added chili sauce to everything, including our baby food．

The truth is, mothers have superpowers. My son fell off a wall once and hurt himself all over. I demanded someone bring me a computer so I could google what to do. My wife ignored me and did some sort of chanting phrase such as “Mummy kiss it better,” and cured l7 separate injuries in less than 15 seconds．

Yes, mothers are incredible people, but they are not always right. Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best 99.99 percent of the time．Here are some famous slip-ups.

The mother of Bill Gates: “ If you’ re going to drop out of college and hang out with your nerdy friends, don’ t come running to me when you find yourself penniless.” The mother of Albert Einstein: “When you grow up, you’ ll find that sitting around thinking about the nature of time and space won’ t pay the grocery bills.” The mother of George W．Bush: “You’ll never be like your dad, who became President of the United States and started his own war.”

1.The tone for the writer to write the passage is       .

A. cruel    B. humorous     C. disapproving     D. critical

2.In paragraph 2 the writer makes a comparison between mothers and fathers to prove that        .

A. females love kids more than males

B. males are not good at child—rearing

C. my dad is not interested in child-rearing

D. child-rearing is difficult both for females and males

3.What does the underlined word “slip-ups” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. stories    B. shortcomings      C. mistakes     D. advantages

4.The last paragraph is mainly developed by          .

A. providing different examples

B. following the order of space

C. making comparisons

D. analyzing causes

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了男性与女性相比较，不擅长照顾孩子。同时也列举了一些说错了话的母亲的例子。

1. 推理判断题。根据文章第二段内容，尤其是第二段最后两句My mother served kid food to kids. My dad added chili sauce to everything, including our baby food．作者使用了一种很幽默的口吻在讲述妈妈和爸爸之间的差异。本文的语调并不严厉，也没有批评和反对的语气。另外在文章最后一段讲述了一些名人母亲所说错的话时，也显得很幽默。故B正确。

2. 推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句The fact is, many Asian males are terrible at kid—related things. In fact, I am one of them．很多亚洲男性对孩子或者与孩子有关的事情都很不擅长，而我也是其中之一。接着在文章第二段中对爸爸妈妈照顾孩子的不同行为进行对比，正是为了证明第一段最后两句的内容：男性不擅长带孩子。故B正确。

3. 猜测词意题。根据横线前面一句Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best 99.99 percent of the time．妈妈百分之99.99是正确的，还有百分之一是错误的。在最后一段中列举了比尔盖茨的妈妈、爱因斯坦的妈妈、小布什的妈妈对孩子说的话，这些话和最后的事实都相反。说明这些妈妈说的话都是错误的。再次证明““slip-ups””意为“错误”。故C正确。

4. 写作手法题。作者在最后一段中列举了比尔盖茨的妈妈、爱因斯坦的妈妈、小布什的妈妈对孩子说的话，这些话和最后的事实都相反。说明这些妈妈说的话都是错误的。是通过举例说明的方法组织文章的。故A正确。

【名师点睛】

本文5.阅读中恰当的举例能够提供猜测生词的重要线索。

例如：（04 辽宁卷C段）The course gives you chances to know great power polities between nation states. It will provide more space to study particular issues such as relationship among countries in the European Union, third world debt, local and international disagreement, and the work of such international bodies as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, and the World Bank.

根据such as 后面列举的一系列例子，我们应该能推断出句中的issue 是指议题。

英语阅读理解中猜测词义的方法还有很多，如：

技巧1 Definition 定义法：一般通过定义/定语从句/词组或同位语从句来确定词义

技巧2 Contrast 对比法：利用文中的反义词、表对比关系的词猜测词义。

技巧3 Cause＆Effect 因果法：从原因推测结果，从结果推测原因

技巧4 Example 例举法：利用文中的举例猜测词义。

技巧5 Word Formation 构词法：在猜测词义过程中，我们还可以依靠构词法方面的知识，从生词本身猜测词义。

技巧6 根据文段中出现的同义、近义或反义词的意思进行判断。

技巧7 根据句子结构进行判断。

技巧8 根据文章的背景进行判断。如：

技巧9 Context 上下文：利用语境及前后的提示来猜测词义

考点：考查记叙文阅读