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【題目】I have two kids, a boy and a girl. I don’t worry about my girl; I’m sure she’ll be well trained in mixed martial arts. I worry about my son. I’m pretty sure he’s going to be feminine (女性化的). Sorry to say that, but let’s face it. No dad wants his son to go feminine.

At the rate we’re moving in a couple of years you won’t be able to tell the difference between boys and girls. Sound extreme? Think about this. In every movie where advanced time-traveling beings come to our planet, there’s one constant: You can’t tell the male aliens from the female aliens!

But that’s the future. Kids today are soft and fat. People ask why. Is it junk food? No. Junk food has been around for fifty years. Is it video games? No. Video games have been around for thirty years. None of the kids playing them back in the day were terribly obese. We’re all scratching our heads trying to figure out what we’ve introduced to society to ruin our kids. But it’s not anything we’ve added that has ruined our kids. It’s stuff we’ve gotten rid of.

Take the gym rope for example. Remember that thing that stretched from the floor to the ceiling in your gym class that you could never climb? Most of the kids couldn’t make it to the top. But that wasn’t the point; the point was you had to try while some middle-aged guy who couldn’t make it up a flight of stairs shouted at you. We should have put our son on that rope, and given him a head start. But we didn’t want to shame the boy, so we took it down.

Taking down the rope would be a good idea if there were no ropes in life. But they’re everywhere. You just can’t see them. They’re in every goal unrealized and expectation not met. The point everyone missed about the rope is you weren’t supposed to make it to the top. It was there to create a fire that burned in the oversize belly of every kid.

【1】What is the example of aliens used to show?

A．Girls are growing like boys.

B．Boys are going feminine.

C．There are really time-traveling beings.

D．Alien movies are popular with children.

【2】What causes kids today to be soft and fat?

A．Junk food.

B．Video games.

C．Stuff introduced to society.

D．Things removed from society.

【3】How does the author find teenagers today?

A．They have too much dignity.

B．They are overprotected.

C．They are less independent.

D．They are thought too highly of.

【4】What does the rope probably symbolize?

A．Goals.B．Expectations.C．Competition.D．Assistance.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析:本文主要講了現(xiàn)在的男孩越來越女性化，而他們變得女性化的原因是父母親過多的保護(hù)孩子，而沒有讓男孩子自己去承受一些他們應(yīng)該承受的東西。

【1】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中I’m pretty sure he’s going to be feminine (女性化的). Sorry to say that, but let’s face it. No dad wants his son to go feminine.

可知，作者想告訴我們現(xiàn)在男孩越來越女性化，舉外星人的例子是進(jìn)一步說明，故選B。

【2】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句But it’s not anything we’ve added that has ruined our kids. It’s stuff we’ve gotten rid of.可知，是因?yàn)槲覀儝仐壛艘恍┥鐣?huì)準(zhǔn)則使得孩子變得女性化了。故選D。

【3】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中They’re in every goal unrealized and expectation not met. The point everyone missed about the rope is you weren’t supposed to make it to the top. It was there to create a fire that burned in the oversize belly of every kid.可知，作者認(rèn)為孩子們被過多地保護(hù)。故選B。

【4】C 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中最后兩段可知，這里的rope指的是競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，父母為了不傷害孩子，他們把標(biāo)準(zhǔn)降低了，故選C。