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 demands 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 gradually finish his job successfully. 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 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:          Generally speaking, children’s skills __________.
A．come from their parents
B．have nothing to do with their education
C．may be different from child to child
D．have something to do with their marks in the exams
小題2:          The writer of this 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3:          Doing some cooking at home helps children_________.
A．learn how to serve their parents
B．learn how to become strong and fat
C．benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future
D．make their parents believe that they are clever
小題4:          According to the passage, which of the following is True?
A．Chinese are not very generous on educating their children.
B．All Parents know how to teach their children well.
C．Teaching a child to cook can improve the skills that he will need in the future.
D．Poor parents cannot buy a computer for their children.
小題5:           Cooking_____
A demands patience  B demands time.
C. is an enjoyable but difficult experience.
D.above all

小題1:          C.
小題2:          A.
小題3:          C
小題4:          C
小題5:          D

小題1:          C根據(jù)全文，孩子實(shí)際技能要通過做家務(wù)如烹飪，縫紉等培養(yǎng)，所以孩子之間的技能應(yīng)該有所不同。
小題2:                A從第一段知很多父母對孩子的教育只是讓孩子如何參加考試，如何學(xué)習(xí)成績好，卻忽略了對孩子實(shí)際技能的培養(yǎng)。
小題3:          C從第三段第一句Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life可知答案
小題4:          從第三段第一句Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life可知
小題5:          從第三段Cooking demands patience and time及 It is an enjoyable but difficult experience可知包括ＡＢＣ，所以選Ｄ。
點(diǎn)評：本文論述了父母可以通過做家務(wù)如烹飪，縫紉等培養(yǎng)孩子的實(shí)際能力，從而培養(yǎng)讓他們自信，快樂，聰明所需的最重要的技能。
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