Chinese are very generous 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 and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument(樂器) or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter. However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children are short of self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking requires patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully step by step. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots 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(激發(fā)) 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 only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
小題1:Most Chinese parents don't realize_______.
A．how much the best education is worthB．when children should be educated
C．what children really need in later lifeD．why school tests don't satisfy children
小題2:What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A．Fixing old machines is very important. B．Interest is necessary for everything.
C．Broken things are useful for children.D．Using hands helps improve thinking ability.
小題3:The writer's attitude（看法） to children's education is that
A．the cheaper an education is, the better it is
B．children today should learn different skills
C．practical skills are useful to children's growth
D．school education can't meet parents' expectation.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C

試題分析：這篇文章講述了中國大多數(shù)家長在教育子女方面的偏差，作者認為應該讓孩子多學習一些對他們自身成長有用的技能。
小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.可知，大多數(shù)中國家長并沒有意識到他們的孩子在未來的生活中真正需要的是什么。故選C
小題2:主旨題。根據(jù)這篇文章最后一段These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.可知，動手能力能夠提高孩子的思考能力。故選D
小題3:推斷題。通過文章可知，作者認為對孩子的教育應該是讓他們學會對他們自身成長有用的技能。故選C
點評：此類題目較簡單，議論文重在理解全文所講的內(nèi)容，把握好作者的寫作的感情色彩和觀點，對于推斷題，結合前后文的意思及題目的選項綜合作答，在答題時注意結合題目找到文章中找到相對應的出處，仔細的對比，快速定位。
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