英語四級考試備考提分練習題閲讀理解

In bringing up children，every parent watches eagerly the child‘s acquisition (學會) of each new skill- the first spoken words，the first independent steps，or the beginning of reading and is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate，but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he the other hand，though，if a child is left alone too much，or without any learning opportunities，he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.

Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their may be especially strict in money rs are sever over times of coming home at night or punctuality for general，the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child‘s own happiness.

As regard the development of moral standards in the growing child，consistency is very important in parental forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality(道德)。Also，parents should realize that “ example is better than precept ”。If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach(説教)，their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves，and realize they have been to some extent fooled.

A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents‘ principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.

　　練習題：

Choose correct answers to the question：

◆rly watching the child‘s acquisition of new skill ______

be avoided

universal among parents

up dangerous states of worry in the child

make him lose interest in learning new things

◆ the process of children‘s learning new skills parents ________

ld encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read

ld not expect too much of them

ld achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own

ld creative as many learning opportunities as possible

◆ second paragraph mainly tells us that _________

nts should be strict with their children

ntal controls reflect only the needs of the parents and the values of the community.

ntal restrictions vary， and are not always enforced for the benefit of the children alone.

ntal vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation.

◆ word “precept” (Line3， Para.3) probably means “_______”

shment

vior

ruction

◆ moral matters， parents should ________

rve the rules themselves

aware of the marked difference between adults and children

id things which have no foundation in morality

istently ensure the security of their children

　　答案及解析：

1.[B] 事實細節題。第1段第1句中的every parent，often等詞表明這種做法在父母中是非常普遍的，顯然B與之相符。A説法無原文依據，且由原文可看出題幹所述現象是很難避免的;C中dangerous—詞在原文中本是修飾其他情緒，故C不符;D是過多地讓孩子自己一個獨處的後果，不是題幹所述行為的後果。

2.[C] 推理判斷題。第1段第2句説明父母逼得太過分，應避免。最後一句則説明對小孩太放任自流同樣不利。由這兩點，我們可以做出如下判斷：父母對孩子的.“嚴”和“鬆”之間有一個恰當的“度”。C與之相符。

3.[C] 事實細節題。文章第2段表明：不同的家長對孩子的管制程度不同;家長對小孩的管制不僅是為了孩子個人的幸福，也反映了父母的需要以及社區的價值觀，故C與原文相符。

4.[D] 詞義理解題。由precept所在句可猜測precept應與example相對，且與下文的preach意思相近，故D正確。

5.[A] 推理判斷題。第3段提到父母應該避免講一套做一套，結合最後一段可得出結論：關於思想道德教育問題，父母應以身作則，帶頭遵循，故A正確。