Question

Fear is an emotion like others such as happiness, anger, hurt, sadness. We need emotions to process information we receive and decide how to respond. Being afraid of fast cars, for example, is something that might protect us from harm. Being afraid of the consequence of a choice may prevent us getting into trouble.

Fears in young children commonly center on certain animals like snakes or big dogs. Fears are caused often because of experiences or ideas expressed by others, and at times, the media. Many normal fears during the early years, like men with beards, or large dogs, disappear with age. Those relating to personal failure and ridicule (嘲笑) remain through adulthood and may need special help to overcome.

Children’s fears are often trivial, but that doesn’t mean they should be ignored. They need to be recognized and accepted as real for that child. Only when we help children understand their fears can they grow normally in their ability to deal with them.

Research shows that as a child grows up, the center of his fears changes a lot. Things like divorce, a teacher who “shouted at me”, people with guns, bullies, big boys, or “making fun of me” top the list of childhood fears.

We can not always prevent these experiences from happening, but it’s essential that children be allowed to freely express their emotions without judgment. Sympathy and a caring listener will help ease the pain of these fears. Read books and stories to your child about children who have experienced similar fears. This helps children talk about their fears and find ways to cope. With all emotions, fears become less of a problem for children as they gain self-confidence and they find that fear is normal and can be dealt with.

1.According to Paragraph 2, we can know that fears in young children_______. .

A. only center on frightening animalsB. are not born but learned

C. can make sure of their safetyD. need special help to deal with

2.The underlined word “trivial” in the third paragraph probably means “_______”.

A. smallB. seriousC. harmfulD. common

3.In dealing with children’s fears, the final goal of the parents is to _______.

A. stop unpleasant experiences happening to children

B. let children know about the nature of fear

C. create an environment where there is nothing to fear

D. develop children’s ability to treat their fear on their own

4.From the passage we can learn that ________ .

A. some childhood fears may have a lasting influence

B. children should avoid the media to reduce their fear

C. fears can be judged according to the environment

D. children with similar fears can communicate easily

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A. How to Overcome Children’s FearsB. Children’s Fears

C. The kind of Children’s FearsD. The Bad Effects of Fears

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講是小孩恐懼的形成的原因及應(yīng)對的辦法，通過恐懼讓孩子能贏得自信，發(fā)現(xiàn)這種情感并不可怕，是可以克服的。

1.Fears are caused often because of experiences or ideas expressed by others, and at times, the media,害怕可能由于別人對于事物的描述，或者媒體對他的描述的導(dǎo)致的，所以不是天生的而是后天所知道了，故選B項。

2..細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第三段Children’s fears are often trivial, but that doesn’t mean they should be ignored.孩子的恐懼通常是很小，但并且不意味著他們被忽視，所以只有小還會被忽視故選A項。

3.到Only when we help children understand their fears can they grow normally in their ability to deal with them只有通過幫助孩子理解恐懼，他們才能真正的成長來自己處理他們。所以選D項。

4.Those relating to personal failure and ridicule (嘲笑) remain through adulthood and may need special help to overcome那些與個人失敗或被嘲笑有關(guān)的恐懼可能需要一些特殊的幫助才能克服，所以有些恐懼可能很強的影響，故選A項。

5.

考點：科普類閱讀。