【Chineseareverygenerous(慷慨)whenitcomestoeducatingtheirchildren.Notcaringaboutthemoney,parentsoftensendtheirchildrentothebestschoolsorevenabroadtoEngland,theUnitedStatesorAustralia.Theyalsowanttheirchild】

　　Chineseareverygenerous(慷慨)whenitcomestoeducatingtheirchildren.Notcaringaboutthemoney,parentsoftensendtheirchildrentothebestschoolsorevenabroadtoEngland,theUnitedStatesorAustralia.Theyalsowanttheirchildrentotakeextra-courseactivitieswheretheywilleitherlearnamusicalinstrumentorballet（芭蕾舞）,orotherclassesthatwillgivethemaheadstartinlife.TheChinesebelievethatthemoreexpensiveaneducationis,thebetteritis.Soparentswillspendanunreasonableamountofmoneyoneducation.Evenpoorcoupleswillbuyacomputerfortheirsonordaughter.

　　However,whatmostparentsfailtoseeisthatthebestearlyeducationtheycangivetheirchildrenisusuallyverycheap.

　　Parentscanseethattheirchildren’sskillsvary,skilledinsomeareaswhilepoorinothers.Whatmostparentsfailtorealizethough,isthattoday’schildrenlackself-respectandself-confidence(自信).

　　Theproblemisthatparentsareonlyeducatingtheirchildrenonhowtotakemultiple-choicetestsandhowtostudywell,butparentsarenotteachingthemthemostimportantskillstheyneedtobeconfident,happyandclever.

　　Parentscanachievethisbyteachingpracticalskillslikecooking,sewinganddoingotherhousework.

　　Teachingachildtocookwillimprovemanyoftheskillsthathewillneedlaterinlife.Cookingdemandspatienceandtime.Itisanenjoyablebutdifficultexperience.Agoodcookalwaystriestoimprovehiscooking,sohewilllearntoworkhardandgraduallyfinishhisjobsuccessfully.Hisresult,awell-cookeddinner,willgivehimmuchsatisfactionandalotofself-confidence.

　　Someoldmachines,suchasabrokenradioorTVsetthatyougiveyourchildtoplaywithwillmakehimcuriousandarouse（唤起）hisinterest.Hewillspendhourslookingatthem,tryingtofixthem;yourchildmightbecomeanengineerwhenhegrowsup.Theseactivitiesarenotonlyteachingachildtoreadabook,butrathertothink,tousehismind.Andthatismoreimportant.

　　小题1:ParentsinChina,accordingtothispassage,_______.A．aretoostrictwiththeirchildrenB．aretoorichtoeducatetheirchildrenC．havesomeproblemsineducatingtheirchildrencorrectly