【In1985IvisitedChina.IthoughtmanyChineseparentsputmuchpressureononlyhighschoolstudents.ButinthefollowingyearsIfoundthepressurecametoprimaryschoolchildrenthenthoseofpre?schoolageandfinallynew】
In1985IvisitedChina.IthoughtmanyChineseparentsputmuchpressureononlyhighschoolstudents.ButinthefollowingyearsIfoundthepressurecametoprimaryschoolchildrenthenthoseofpre?schoolageandfinallynewbornbabiesandpre?bornchildren.
Inordertosucceedoneortwoyearsbeforeenteringkindergarten(幼稚园)theymuststudyEnglishdrawingsinginganddancingandthethreeyearsofkindergartenaremostlyspenttobuildupanearlyleadinprimaryschoolperformance.
Whatifparentslettheir3or4yearsoldchildenjoyfreetimeonSaturdayandSundayafterfivedaysinnur?sery?Theywouldbethoughttobewastingtheirkid'searlylife.Asothersdosomusttheydo.
Yetchildrenhavenotonlytherightbuttheneedtoplay.Kindergartensshouldnotbeaschool.Thereshouldbenoclassroomnolessonnohomeworkandespeciallynoexams.Insteadplayingshouldbethefirstthingforchildren.
Theyneedtoplaywithothersandalsotoplayontheirownasplayingisgoodforlearninginalivelyway.Childrencandiscovernumberswhileplayinggamesandthealphabet(字母表)throughsongs.SomeChinesecha?racterscanbecomefamiliartothembybeingusedingames.Buttheproblemwithkindergartensisveryserious.Chineseparentsthinkstudyingismoreimportant.Childrenworkhardwhilehavinglessandlesstimetoplay.Whattheseparentsfailtorealizeisthattheyarefollowingtheexamplesofhownottoraiseakid.
()6.What'sthesituationofchildreninChinanow?
A.Theyhavemuchpressure. B.Theyplaytoomuch.
C.Theyhavenopressure. D.Theyworkhardbuthappily.
()7.Whydon'tparentslettheir3or4?year?oldkidsenjoyfreetime?Because________.
A.kidsdon'twanttoplay B.theyhavetodowhatotherpeopledo
C.thegovernmentaskthemtodoso D.thegrandparentsaskthemtodoso
()8.Accordingtotheauthorwhatshouldakindergartenbelike?
A.Aschoolwithlessons.
B.Aclasswithexams.
C.Aplacewherechildrencanplayfreely.
D.Aplacewherechildrenonlyplaygames.
()9.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
A.Onlymiddleschoolstudentsspendmuchtimeinstudying.
B.Studyingisthemo