LastmonthIpaidavisittoChina．Chineseeducationonchildrenreallyshockedme．IthoughtmanyChineseparentsputmuchpressureononlyhighschoolstudents．Butinthefollowingyears，Ifoundthepressurecametoprimaryschoolchildren
LastmonthIpaidavisittoChina．Chineseeducationonchildrenreallyshockedme．IthoughtmanyChineseparentsputmuchpressureononlyhighschoolstudents．Butinthefollowingyears，Ifoundthepressurecametoprimaryschoolchildren，thenthoseofpre-schoolage，andfinallynewbornbabiesandpre-bornchildren．
Inordertosucceed，oneortwoyearsbeforeenteringkindergarten（幼稚园）theymuststudyEnglish，drawing，singing，anddancing，andthethreeyearsofkindergartenaremostlyspenttobuildupanearlyleadinprimaryschoolperformance
Whatifparentslettheir3or4yearsoldchildenjoyfreetimeonSaturdayandSunday，afterfivedaysinnursery？Theywouldbethoughttobewastingtheirkid'searlylife．Asothersdo，somusttheydo．
Yetchildrenhavenotonlytheright，buttheneedtoplay．Kindergartensshouldnotbeaschool．Thereshouldbenoclassroom，nolesson，nohomework，andespeciallynoexams．Instead，playingshouldbethefirstthingforchildren．
Theyneedtoplaywithothersandalsotoplayontheirown，asplayingisgoodforlearninginalivelyway．Childrencandiscovernumberswhileplayinggamesandthealphabet（字母表） throughsongs．SomeChinesecharacterscanbecomefamiliartothembybeingusedingames，Buttheproblemwithkindergartensisveryserious．Chineseparentsthinkstudyingismoreimportant．Childrenworkhardwhilehavinglessandlesstimetoplay．Whattheseparentsfailtorealizeisthattheyarefollowingtheexamplesofhownottoraiseakid．
51．What'sthesituationofchildreninChinanow？___
A．Theyhavemuchpressure．
B．Theyplaytoomuch．
C．Theyhavenopressure．
D．Theyworkhardbuthappily．
52．Whydon'tparentslettheir3or4-yea～oldkidsenjoyfreetime？Because___
A．kidsdon'twanttoplay
B．theyhavetodowhatotherpeopledo
C．thegovernmentaskthemtodoso
D．thegrandparentsaskthemtodoso
53．Whatshouldakindergartenbelike？___
A．Aschoolwithlessons．
B．Aclasswithexams．
C．Aplacewherechildrencanplayfreely．
D．Nplacewherechildrenonlyplaygames．
54．Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage？___
A．O