Chinese parents are very generous when it es to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a puter for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize, though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
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 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 a lot 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,tying to fix them ,your child might bee an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
【小题1】Parents in China according to this passage .A．are too strict with their childrenB．are too rich to educate their childrenC．have some problems in educating their children correctlyD．have no problems in educating their children strictly【小题2】The writer of the passage does not seem to be satisfied with .A．the parents’ ideas of educating their childrenB．the education system of the schoolC．children’s skills in cooking at homeD．children’s hobbies in the classroom【小题3】Doing some cooking at home helps children .A．learn how to serve their parentsB．learn how to bee strong and fatC．get a lot from it and prepare themselves for the futureD．make their parents believe that they are clever【小题4】According to the last paragraph we can conclude that .A．broken radios and television sets are usefulB．one’s interest and curiosity may be useful for his later lifeC．an engineer must fix many broken radiosD．a good student should spend much time repairing radiosC
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(答案→)C
解析：文章介绍了中国的父母在孩子教育上有问题，体现在不注重学前教育，上学后又只重视学习，不注重孩子生活技能的培养。其实教会孩子做饭、缝纫、修理等技能不仅帮助孩子培养责任感，建立自信心，还能在技能培养中产生兴趣和好奇感，这对他们今后的生活有很大的影响。
【小题1】推理题：阅读第一、二段内容可知中国父母在孩子教育上存有很多问题，如不重视学前教育、送孩子出国留学、给孩子报太多的课外班等。故选C。
【小题2】推理题：阅读文章可知作者对家长只注重学习，不注重孩子技能培养的教育方法不满。故选A。
【小题3】细节题：根据第六段第一句“Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. ”教会孩子做饭会提高在今后生活中他会需要的许多技能。故选C。
【小题4】推理题：阅读最后一段可知兴趣和好奇心是最好的老师，对人们以后的生活有很大影响。故选B。