Question

Parents play a very important role in children’s development, but that doesn’t mean that parents should spend all their money in educating their children. Or else, it would be unfair to them. However, some modern Chinese parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia without caring about the money. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will learn a musical instrument or ballet or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents aren’t teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing housework.

Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.

Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1.According to this passage, there are some problems with _________.

A. the Chinese children’s skills

B. the education system of China

C. the Chinese parents’ idea of educating their children

D. the Chinese children’s hobbies

2.The writer of this passage seems to agree that parents in China _______.

A. are too strict with their children

B. are too rich to educate their children

C. are too poor to educate their children

D. have some problems in educating their children correctly

3.We can conclude that cooking at home helps children_________.

A. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future

B. learn how to become strong and fat

C. learn how to serve their parents

D. make their parents believe that they are clever

4.The last paragraph shows that_________.

A. broken radios and television sets are useful

B. an engineer must fix many broken radios

C. one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life

D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

【解析】父母在孩子的成长中起很大的作用，但是很多家长在教育孩子方面存在认识误区。给孩子最好的教育是在生活的实际技能培养中教会孩子快乐，自信和聪明。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段的描述The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So the parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education.中国人认为教育越过越好。因此家长们在教育方面花过度不合理的钱。可推断中国父母对孩子的教育理念由问题。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据文章第二，第三段作者的观点However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.但是，大部分家长没有明白的是他们能给孩子最好的早期教育通常是非常便宜的。What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.大部分家长没有意识的是今天的孩子们缺少自尊和自信。可知作者认为中国的父母对于正确教育孩子方面是有些问题的。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段内容Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It’s an enjoyable but difficult experiment.教孩子做饭能提高孩子后期生活中需要的很多技能。做饭要求耐心和时间。这是一个愉快但是苦难的实验。可知孩子在家中做饭会从中受益并且为将来做准备。故选。

4.段落大意题。根据最后一段的内容Some old machines , such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. These activities aren’t merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important一些你给孩子玩的破机器会激发他的好奇心和兴趣。这些活动会交给孩子思考，这更重要。可知孩子的好奇心对他后来的生活很重要。故选C。

【名师点睛】

推理判断主要的解题策略有：

（1）根据不同文体，推断目的意图。不同的文章可能有不同的写作目的, 通常作者的写作目的有以下三种：1) to entertain readers（娱乐读者，让人发笑），常见于故事类的文章。2) to persuade readers（说服读者接受某种观点）常见于广告类的文章。3) to inform readers（告知读者某些信息）多见于科普类﹑新闻报道类﹑文化类或社会类的文章。阅读时要善于根据文章的文体来学会推断作者的情感态度和目的。

（2）根据用词风格，推断情感态度。一篇好的文章，其用词风格常常直接流露或蕴含作者的内心世界和情感态度。所以阅读时要善于捕捉表达或暗示情感态度的词句或短语，捕捉那些烘托气氛，渲染情感的词句，进而很好地洞察作者的思想倾向，是支持、反对抑或中立？对于选项而言，要分清选项中的褒义词、中性词和贬义词，以此对照全文。如：1）表示褒义的词语：positive赞成的，supporting支持的，praising赞扬的，optimistic乐观的，admiring羡慕的，enthusiastic热情的等；2）表示中性的词语：uninterested无兴趣的，不感兴趣的； neutral中立的；impersonal不带个人感情的；subjective主观的；objective客观的等；3）表示贬义的词语：disgusted感到恶心的，厌恶的；critical批评的；negative 否定的，反对的；suspicious怀疑的；tolerant容忍的，忍让的；worried 担忧的等。

（3）根据写作思路，推断段落发展。不同的文体，写作思路和写作手法也不尽相同。做题时，要善于体会作者的写作思路，揣摩作者的谋篇布局，从宏观上左右文章的结构框架；同时，还要把握作者行文时所运用的修辞手段，如对比、举例、下定义等。通过梳理写作思路，明晰写作手法，即可对文章的发展做出比较科学合理的推断和预测。

（4）根据事实细节，推断合理信息。推理题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，做出一定判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话，也可是某几句话，但做题的指导思想都是以文字信息为依据，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根据的推理，也不能根据表面文字信息做多步推理。也就是说，要做到判断有据, 推论有理, 忠实原文。切忌用自己的观点代替作者的本意，切忌片面思考，得出片面结论。例如：本题中的第3小题：

2.D【解题剖析】此题属于推理判断题中的（2）根据用词风格，推断情感态度。答案需要从文章第二，三段中的作者的描述中进行推断。

【答案定位】根据文章第二，第三段句子However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.但是，大部分家长没有明白的是他们能给孩子最好的早期教育通常是非常便宜的。大部分家长没有意识的是今天的孩子们缺少自尊和自信。可推断作者不赞同这些父母的教育方式。

【推理关系】题干The writer of this passage seems to agree that parents in China _______.根据答案定位可推断作者不赞同这些父母的教育方式。☞推断答案D. have some problems in educating their children correctly