LONDON — Life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent(永久的) fast-forward.

Their full school day and her job as a lawyer's assistant are busy enough. But Hanger also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her daughter at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.

Often, the exhausted family doesn't get home until 7 pm. There is just time for a quick supper before homework. In today's world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children as if they are competitors racing for some finishing line.

Parents take their children from activity to activity in order to make their future bright. It seems that raising a genius has become a more important goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.

“Doctors across the country are reporting a growing number of children suffering from stomachaches and headaches due to exhaustion and stress,” says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.

Teachers are dealing with exhausted kids in the classroom. It's a very serious problem. Many children attend after-school clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities. They include sports, language, music and math classes for children as young as four.

“There is a new parenting trend(趨勢) under way which says that you have to tap all your child’s potential(潛能) at a young age; otherwise you will let him down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist(青少年精神病專家).

“It isn't entirely new: there have always been pushy parents. But what was previously(以前) seen as strange behaviour is now well accepted.”

From the second paragraph of this passage we can find that _______.

A. Hagner wastes much time helping her children's lessons

B. Hagner doesn't spend much time on her full-time job

C. Hagner is interested in sports and music

D. Hagner busies herself by following a trend

British parents, as the writer described in this passage, _______.

A. treat their children as sports players

B. pay no attention to their children's lessons

C. bring up their children in a simple way

D. give their children little time to develop freely

The writer's opinion about after-school clubs is that ________.

A. activities in the country are too competitive

B. children should attend four clubs at a time

C. some clubs result in competitive pressures

D. clubs should have more subjects for school children

The last paragraph tells us that in Britain _______.

A. parents used to take their children to every club

B. parents used to be wise on how to raise children

C. parents have all benefited from children’s clubs

D. parents have come to know the standard of education

【小題1】D

【小題2】D

【小題3】C

【小題4】B


解析:

現(xiàn)在的英、美中產(chǎn)家庭的父母親讓孩子們參加各種課外俱樂部,學(xué)習(xí)體育、語言、音樂、數(shù)學(xué)等,把孩子們變成了學(xué)習(xí)的機器。

【小題1】語義理解題。因為第 2 段就是第 1 段內(nèi)容的具體化。

【小題2】判斷題。從文章內(nèi)容可以看出,在英國,孩子們在學(xué)校已經(jīng)夠累了,回到家里,父母親還要他們參加課外俱樂部的一個又一個活動,孩子們自己發(fā)展的空間當(dāng)然沒有了。

【小題3】判斷題。第 6 段第 4 句話 But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities 把俱樂部不好的作用講得清楚明了。

【小題4】判斷題。從本段第 2 句話 But what was previously(以前) seen as strange behaviour is now well accepted 可以判斷出,在英國,過去家長們是知道怎樣教育孩子們的。

【小題5】主旨題。通讀全文可知答案。

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