Question

Tiger Mom,

You’ve been criticized(批評) a lot since your book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, came out. One problem is that some people don’t get your humor. They think you’re serious about all things and Lulu and I are suffering a lot from such a strict mother. That is not true.

But for real, it’s not their fault. No outsider can know what our family is really like. They don’t hear us laughing over each other’s jokes. They don’t see us eating our hamburgers with fried rice. They don’t know how much fun we have when the six of us — dogs included — squeeze into one bed and argue about what movies to download from Netflix.

I admit it: Having you as a mother was no tea party. There were some play dates I wish I’d gone to and some piano camps I wish I’d got away from. But now that I’m 18 and about to leave the tiger den(穴), I’m glad you and Daddy raised me the way you did.

A lot of people have accused you of producing robot kids who can’t think for themselves. Well, I came to the opposite conclusion: your strict parenting made me more independent(獨立的).

Everybody’s talking about the birthday cards we once made for you, which you refused to take because they weren’t good enough. Funny how some people believe that Lulu and I will feel hurt for life. But let’s face it: It took me 30 second; I didn’t put my heart into it. That’s why, when you rejected it, I didn’t feel hurt at all.

There’s one more thing: I have come to understand what it really means to live a meaningful life to the fullest. To me, it’s about knowing that you’ve tried your best, body and mind. You feel it when the piano piece you’ve practiced for days and hours finally comes to life beneath your fingertips. You feel it when you do something on your own that you never thought you could. And for that, Tiger Mom, thank you.

Yours,

Sophia

1. In the writer’s opinion, why do some people criticize her mother?

A. They don’t know what her family is really like.

B. They have a different culture.

C. They aren’t strict with their children.

D. They don’t have a good sense of humor.

2.The passage tells us her mother’s strict parenting raised the writer to be _________.

A. a robot kid B. a kid with no play dates

C. a kid uninterested in the piano D. an independent thinker

3. Which of the following sentences is Wrong ?

A. Sophia is thankful for what her strict mother has made her

B. Sophia has never been disturbed by tea parties.

C. Sophia is satisfied with her parents’ way of raising her.

D. Tiger Mom was blamed for rejecting her daughters’ birthday cards.

4.The underlined words “it” in the last paragraph refer to_________.

A. Making personal achievements

B. Having lived your life at 110 percent

C. Practicing piano pieces

D. Doing something on your own

 

Answer 1

1.Ａ

2.Ｄ

3.Ｂ

4.Ｂ

【解析】

試題分析：本篇文章是Sophia寫給虎媽媽的一封信，有一些人批評虎媽媽的嚴(yán)厲，然而作者不那樣認(rèn)為，作者認(rèn)為正因為媽媽的嚴(yán)厲養(yǎng)育迫使自己更加獨立.作者認(rèn)為大家普遍渴望過有意義的生活,對作者而言,無關(guān)成就或自滿,而在于知道自己在推動自己,包括身體與思考,達到自身潛力的極限.

1.No outsider can know what our family is really like.沒有人知道我們的生活是什么樣的，故選A。

2.I came to the opposite conclusion: your strict parenting made me more independent(獨立的). 我得到了相反的結(jié)論正是媽媽的嚴(yán)厲才使我變得更加獨立。故選D。

3.Sophia is thankful for what her strict mother has made her 意思是Sophia 很感激她嚴(yán)厲的媽媽為她做的。 C. Sophia is satisfied with her parents’ way of raising her.意思是Sophia很滿意她父母的撫養(yǎng)方式。 DTiger Mom was blamed for rejecting her daughters’ birthday cards. 意思是虎媽被指責(zé)拒絕她女兒的生日卡這三項文章中都曾提到了。只有B. Sophia has never been disturbed by tea parties. 意思是索菲亞從未被茶會打擾過，與Having you as a mother was no tea party.有你這樣的母親不會有茶會想，相矛盾。故選B。

4.You feel it when the piano piece you’ve practiced for days and hours finally comes to life beneath your fingertips. You feel it when you do something on your own that you never thought you could.意思是當(dāng)你正在沖刺,當(dāng)你練習(xí)一首鋼琴曲無數(shù)小時,最終樂曲為化成現(xiàn)實,在你指尖下流出,你會體會得到;當(dāng)你偶然想到一個改變生活的念頭,當(dāng)你自行做到一些你從未想過能夠做到的事,你會體會得到.故選B。

考點：故事類短文閱讀。