“It hurts me more than you”, and “This is for your own good” —these are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy for us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Clomps who says of her students—“so passive” —and wonders what has happened. Nothing is demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Clomps, contributes to children’s passivity. “We’re talking about a generation of kids who’ vet never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them, instead of saying ‘go and look it up’, you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”
Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It’ s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it’ s for their own good. It’s s time to start telling them no again.
小題1:Children are becoming more inactive in study because _______.
A．they watch TV too oftenB．they have done too much homework
C．they have to fulfill too many dutiesD．teachers are too strict with them
小題2:We learn from the passage that the author’s mother used to lay emphasis on _______.
A．learning LatinB．discipline
C．natural developmentD．education at school
小題3: By “permissive period in education” (L.1, Para.2) the author means a time _______.
A．when children are allowed to do what they wish to
B．when everything can be taught at school
C．when every child can be educated
D．when children are permitted to receive education
小題4:The main idea of the passage is that _______.
A．parents should leave their children alone
B．kids should have more activities at school
C．it’s time to be more strict with our kids
D．parents should always set a good example to their kids

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C

本文介紹了父母親對孩子疏于管理，聽之任之對學(xué)習(xí)帶來的負(fù)面影響。建議父母嚴(yán)格要求自己的孩子。
小題1:事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。從 Television, says Clomps, contributes to children passivity (passivity = inactivity)可得出答案。
小題2:事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。從This is for your own good —these are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin…(幾年前母親經(jīng)常說“這是為了你好”來要求我把事情做好)即作者的母親過去是很注重紀(jì)律的，故答案選B。
小題3:詞義理解題。從The schools and the educators made it easy for us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy 可知此題答案為A。
小題4:主旨大意題。從文章末尾 it hurts you more than them but it’ s for their own good. It’s s time to start telling them no again可知此題應(yīng)選C。
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