第四部分阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。Chineseareverygenerouswhenitcomestoeducati
第四部分阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Chineseareverygenerouswhenitcomestoeducatingtheirchildren.NotcaringaboutthemoneyparentsoftensendtheirchildrentothebestschoolsorevenabroadtoEnglandtheUnitedStatesorAustralia.Theyalsowanttheirchildrentotakeextra-courseactivitieswheretheywilllearnamusicalinstrumentorballetorotherclasseswhichwillgivethemaheadstartinlife.TheChinesebelievethatthemoreexpensiveaneducationisthebetteritis.Sotheparentswillspendanunreasonableamountofmoneyoneducation.Evenpoorcoupleswillbuyacomputerfortheirsonordaughter.
Howeverwhatmostparentsfailtoseeisthatthebestearlyeducationtheycangivetheirchildrenisusuallyverycheap.
Parentscanseethattheirchildren’sskillsvaryskilledinsomeareaswhilepoorinothers.Whatmostparentsfailtorealizethoughisthattoday’schildrenlack(缺乏)self-respectandself-confidence.
Theproblemisthatparentsareonlyeducatingtheirchildrenonhowtotakemultiple-choicetestsandhowtostudywellbutparentsaren’tteachingthemthemostimportantskillstheyneedtobeconfidenthappyandclever.
Parentscanachievethisbyteachingpracticalskillslikecookingsewinganddoinghousework.
Teachingachildtocookwillimprovemanyoftheskillsthathewillneedlaterinlife.Cookingdemandspatienceandtime.It’sanenjoyablebutdifficultexperiment.Agoodcookalwaystriestoimprovehiscookingsohewilllearntoworkhardandgraduallytofinishhisjobsuccessfully.Hisresultawell-cookeddinnerwillgivehimmuchsatisfactionandalotofself-confidence.
SomeoldmachinessuchasabrokenradioorTVsetthatyougiveyourchildrentoplaywithwillmakehimcurious(好奇)andarousehisinterestHewillspendhourslookingatthemtryingtofixthem;yourchildmightbecomeanengineerwhenhegrowsup.Theseactivitiesaren’tmerelyteachingachildtoreadabookbutrathertothinktousehismind.Andthatismoreimportant.
1.ParentsinChinaaccordingtothispassage_________.
A.aretoostrictwiththeirchildren
B.aretoorichtoeducatetheirchildren
C.havesomeproblemsineducatingtheirchil