Question

 If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius（天才）, they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect. and will fall. Unrealistic（不現實）expectations of the parents can cause great damage to children.

    However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible（明智）way, the child may succeed in doing very well—especially if the parents are very supportive（支持的）to their children.

    Michael Li is very lucky. He likes music and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and let him attend piano and violin lessons. Although Michael's mother knows very little about music, his father is a good musician. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

    Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard（水平）for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age I used to win every competition I enter.” Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always quiet and unhappy.

1.The main idea of the passage is _________.

A. how parents should make a child a musician

B. how parents should bring up a child

C. what differences there are between the two boys

D. what aim is easier for a child to reach

2.Winston's parents set so high a standard for him that _______.

A. he has to do his best to win every competition

B. he has made greater progress in music

C. he is afraid he may disappoint them

D. he often wants to kill himself someday

3.It is one of the parents’ worst mistakes if ______.

A. they want their child to be a musician

B. they help their child to win music competition

C. they don't care for their child's education much

D. they make their child try to achieve too much

4. According to the writer's opinion, _________.

A. it's unimportant to let the children develop（=grow）in the way they want

B. sensible parents can train their children to succeed in everything

C. parents should be realistic and supportive to their children

D. unrealistic parents should arrange（安排）private lessons for their children

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文的主要意思是家長對孩子不現實的期望會對孩子造成傷害。文章中還給我們舉了一正一反兩個例子來給我們證明這一點。

1.主旨大意題。縱觀全文，在文章中第一段告訴了我們家長對孩子不現實的期望會對孩子造成傷害，第二段告訴我們如果家長用明智的方式對孩子寄予希望，孩子反而會更可能成功。故這篇文章講的是如何教育孩子的問題，故選B。

2.細節理解題。根據文章的最后一段Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always quiet and unhappy. Winston總是害怕他會令他的父母失望，所以他總是很安靜不開心。故選C。

3.推理判斷題。根據文章中this is one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make可知家長對孩子期望過高，會讓孩子有更大的壓力，在強大的壓力下，孩子反而會失敗。這是家長們犯的一個嚴重的錯誤。故選D。

4.推理判斷題。根據文章大意，家長不應該對孩子期望過高，施加太大的壓力，而是應該現實一點，支持孩子的做法。故選C。

考點：教育類短文閱讀。