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(批评的)

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.Males are 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】

这是一篇说明文。文章用幽默的语气以对比的形式描写了父亲和母亲在养育孩子上的差异，但母亲也并不是完全正确的，作者对此也用例子进行了说明。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段中的I was shocked. I mean, a whole minute? Every day? Get real. Once a week maybe.（我很震惊。我是说，整整一分钟？每天？现实点吧。也许一周一次）”可知，作者写这篇文章的语气是幽默的。A. cruel残酷的，残忍的；B. humorous幽默的；C. disapproving不满的，反对的；D. critical批评的。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的Child—rearing (养育) doesn’t come naturally to guys.（养育孩子对男人来说不是一件自然的事情）以及后面出现的几个“My dad……My mother……”的对比，可知此处是为了证明男性不擅长抚养孩子。故选B。

3.词义猜测题。根据第五段列举的三个名人（Bill Gates、Albert Einstein、George W. Bush）的例子，来证明母亲的教育不一定总是对的。由此可知，划线词所在句意为“以下是一些著名的失误”。A. stories故事；B. shortcomings短处，缺点；C. mistakes错误；D. advantages优势。故选C。

4.推理判断题。在第五段中，作者列举了三个名人的例子，使用的是举例子的方法。故选A。