Few people would defend the Victorian attitude on children, but if you were a parent in those days, at least you knew where you stood: children were to be seen and not heard. Freud and his colleagues did away with all that and parents have been puzzled ever since. The child’s happiness is all- important, they say, but what about the parents’ happiness? Modern child-rearing manuals（撫養(yǎng)孩子手冊）would never permit cruelty to children .The trouble is you are not allowed even to shout. Who knows what deep psychological(心理的)wounds you might cause? The poor child may never recover from the dreadful experience. So it is the parents that bend over backwards to avoid giving their children complex which a hundred years ago hadn’t even been heard of. Certainly, a child needs love, and a lot of it. But the excessive permissive(縱容) of modern parents is surely doing more harm than good.
Psychologists(心理學(xué)家) have succeeded in weakening parents confidence in their own authority. And it hasn’t taken children long to get wind of the fact. In addition to the great modern classics on child care, there are countless articles in magazines and newspapers. With so much advice flying about, mum and dad just don’t know what to do any more. In the end, they do nothing at all. So, from early childhood, the kids are in charge and parents’ lives are regulated according to the needs of their kids. When the little dears develop into teenagers, they take complete control. Lack of authority over the years makes teenagers rebellion against parents all the more violent. If the young people are going to have a party, for example, parents are asked to leave the house. Their presence merely spoils the fun. What else can the poor parents do but obey?
小題1:The author says that today’s parents _______.
A．a(chǎn)re bombarded with excessive amounts of child-care literature.
B．draw a distinction between permissiveness and carelessness.
C．a(chǎn)re only towards children from happy home backgrounds.
D．weigh their children’s knowledge rather than intelligence.
小題2:The phrase “get wind of” (Para.2) most likely means _______ .
A．become used toB．try to avoid
C．realizeD．become puzzled of
小題3:Which of the following can be inferred from this passage?
A．Victorian child rearing is a model for parents to follow.
B．Psychologists have much to answer for today’s problems on child care.
C．With the help of so much advice, raising children is easier than ever.
D．Parents like to enjoy the freedom when there is a party in the house.
小題4:What’s the main idea of this passage?
A．The excessive permissiveness of today’s parents is harmful to children.
B．Psychologists shouldn’t interfere so much with child care.
C．Parents should hold the Victorian attitudes towards children.
D．Children are too sensitive to be hurt.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A

本文主要講了對孩子過度的放縱所造成的原因以及分析對孩子放縱的結(jié)果。首先講述了父母對孩子的態(tài)度發(fā)生了變化，且作者提出父母對孩子過于縱容肯定是有害無益的。文中講述了在心理學(xué)家、報刊雜志的建議下，父母被弄得無所適從。被縱容、忽略下的青少年走向犯罪，最后作者呼吁父母應(yīng)嚴(yán)格管教自己的孩子。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題�！懊鎸^量的撫養(yǎng)孩子的書”，第一段中的“child-rearing manuals”和第二段中的“countless articles in magazines and newspapers.”說明了這一觀點。B和原文的意思相反；CD未提到。本題易誤選B。
小題2:詞義推斷題。文章第二段第一、二句句意為“心理學(xué)家削弱了父母的權(quán)威，孩子們很快就認(rèn)識（get wind of）到了這一點”，故知其為“realize”之意。本題易誤選A。
小題3:推理判斷題。見文章第二段第一句，意思為：“心理學(xué)家們成功地削弱了父母們對自己權(quán)威的信心”，故可推知，心理學(xué)家應(yīng)在很大程度上為現(xiàn)在父母們縱容孩子負(fù)責(zé)任。
小題4:主旨大意題。文章第一段最后一句是本文主題句。其意思為：“盡管孩子們很需要愛，但現(xiàn)在父母們對孩子的過度縱容給孩子帶來的是壞處而不是益處”，故A項符合要求。
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