Chinese are very generous (慷慨) when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is.  However what most parents fail to realize is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Cooking demands (要求)patience and time.  A good cook always tries to improve his cooking. so he will learn to work hard and gradually(逐漸), 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 child 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 are not merely   teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
小題1:Parents in China, according to this passage,_______.
A．a(chǎn)re too strict with their children
B．a(chǎn)re too rich to educate their children
C．have some problems in educating their children correctly
D．a(chǎn)re too poor to educate their children
小題2:Generally speaking, what most parents fail to realize is_____.
A．that their children need to take extra-course activities
B．that the more expensive an education is, the better it is
C．that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence
D． that their children first need to be a good cook if they want to get good marks in the exams
小題3:The writer of the passage does not seem to be satisfied with_____.
A．the parents' ideas of educating their children
B．the education system
C．children's skills
D．children's hobbies
小題4:Doing some cooking at home helps children_____. ,
A．learn how to serve their parents
B．learn how to become strong and fat
C．benefit (受益)from it and prepare themselves for the future
D．make their parents believe that they are clever
小題5:According to the last paragraph we can conclude that____.
A．broken radios and television sets are useful
B．one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life.
C．a(chǎn)n engineer must fix many broken radios.
D．a(chǎn) good student should spend much time repairing radios

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is.”理解可知。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is.  However what most parents fail to realize is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.”理解可知。
小題3:理解歸納題，根據(jù)文中語句理解可知。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self confidence.”理解可知。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“These activities are not merely   teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
”理解可知。
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