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短文填空（根據短文內容及首字母提示，補全空格內單詞，使短文完整、通順。共10小題：每小題1分，滿分10分）
Tigers are dangerous and cruel animals. They are the bosses of the Asian jungles with their cleverness, quickness and s小題1: .A cat, on the o 小題2: hand, is a homebody that comforts us with its gentle warmth and calms us with its purring(貓叫聲).
As a mother, there is no doubt that the Chinese-American writer Amy Chua is a tiger. Her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,t 小題3: people about the strict raising she gave her two children. She thinks that being strict is the o 小題4: way to develop a child's potential(潛力)and to make them strong, independent and successful. Her kids were not allowed to watch TV or play video games. They were not allowed to "hang out" with other kids after school. They had to be the top students in their classes. And they had to practise playing the piano and violin for hours every day. As a r 小題5: , her kids became successful.
Chua says, I 小題6: her, most Asian mothers are tigers because they believe their children can achieve a lot if they're pushed hard enough. She says American mothers are really cats. They care m 小題7: about their children's self-esteem(自尊).They don't want to push their kids too hard for fear of hurting their feelings. American mothers e 小題8: their children to find their own path.
So, is a tiger mom better than a cat? Perhaps it depends on the differences b小題9: Asian and Western cultures. It may a 小題10: depend on the child himself. Some kids need to be pushed while others respond(反應)to a gentler hand. To growl or to purr? There is no easy answer.

Answer 1

小題1:strength
小題2:other
小題3:tells
小題4:only
小題5:result
小題6:like
小題7:more
小題8:encourage
小題9:between
小題10:also

試題分析：本文以介紹老虎入文，然后將亞洲的母親比作是老虎，對孩子們要求嚴格，提出只有給孩子們壓力才能更加對孩子們能力的提升。將美洲的母親比做貓，她們關注的是孩子們的自尊，同時鼓勵孩子們走自己的路。她們之間存在著不同是文化的不同。
小題1:考查名詞及語境的理解。句意:亞洲的老虎有著聰明、迅速、和力量。分析前面都是名詞的形式，因此力量也為名詞，故填strength
小題2:考查代詞及語境的理解。分析考查固定短語，on the other hand另一方面。故填other
小題3:考查動詞及語境的理解。分析句意：老虎媽媽告訴人們關于嚴格要求孩子。將Battle Hymn比作虎媽媽，故填tells
小題4:考查語境的理解。句意：她認為嚴格要求孩子是提升潛力的唯一途徑。唯一，故填only
小題5:考查短語及語境的理解。分析句意：結果，她的孩子很成功。考查固定短語：as a result.故填result
小題6:考查語境的理解。句意：Chua說，我像她，亞洲的母親多數都像老虎。像like,故填like
小題7:考查語境的理解。分析句意：美洲的母親是真像貓。她們更多關注孩子們的自尊。更的關注用more，故填more
小題8:考查動詞及語境的理解。分析句意：美洲的母親鼓勵她們的孩子們走自己的路。鼓勵某人做某事。故填encourage
小題9:考查語境的理解。分析：亞洲與美洲的母親不同是依靠著不同的文化。兩者之間用between,故填between
小題10:考查動詞及語境的理解。結合上文得知又提及一點，故用也，故填also