It's common for parents to feel emotional when the moment comes for their child to leave home and go to university. Even parents who don't speak about the event are likely to feel a sense of sadness because it’s the end of an era where you and your family were at the centre of your child's world. As a parent you’ll probably continue to support your child in different ways, but the main job of raising your child is over. It's a huge change for everyone involved.
There are a few things that you can do to make the transition easier. Plan carefully for your child's departure and think about how you can help. Many parents take their child to university for the first time. If you decide to do that, be ready to feel a real wrench when the time comes to say goodbye. Your child will probably be as nervous as you are about the moment when you finally say goodbye – but that might not show!
Be positive and cheerful about the choice your child has made to continue studying, and plan to leave once you've unpacked the car and looked around your child's new living accommodations. If you can, save your tears for the car – you'll make things easier on your child and yourself.
The more you've invested in being a parent, the more you'll feel a sense of loss, so the sadness you feel now is a sign that you've been a good mom or dad. Remind yourself that parenting is all about raising an independent and confident child who functions well without you. If your child quickly settles and starts enjoying himself, you should congratulate yourself.
It's also only fair to allow yourself some time to grieve(悲痛). Don't expect to pick yourself up and move on straight away. But you may decide to find a hobby or sport to fill your extra time. Perhaps you've always wanted to learn a new language, go to yoga classes or take up swimming. You may decide to spend more time with family and close friends, who are likely to be feeling the absence of your child as well.
Agree on the best approach to staying in touch before your child leaves, and stick to your agreement. Try not to panic if your child doesn't respond immediately – remember, they're starting a new and busy life.
小題1:Why do parents feel sad when their child leaves home for college?
A．Because the absence of their child makes them feel lonely.
B．Because their children will start a new life in college.
C．Because it means the end of love between parents and their child.
D．Because they are no longer the main focus of their children’s life.
小題2:The underlined word “wrench” in Paragraph 2 means a feeling of ________.
A．sorrowB．regret C．a(chǎn)ngerD．love
小題3:What does good parenting consist of?
A．Supporting your child in different ways all the time.
B．Congratulating yourself when your child goes to college.
C．Preparing your child to stand on their own feet in the future.
D．Investing as much as possible in the growth of your child.
小題4:What’s NOT advised as the way to recover from your child’s departure?
A．Developing a new hobby or sport
B．Learning a new language.
C．Spending more time with close friends
D．Staying in touch with your child.
小題5:What would be an appropriate title for the whole passage?
A．Staying in Touch with Your Child
B．Preparing to Say Goodbye to Your Child
C．Dealing with Your Child Leaving Home for University
D．Life after Your Child Has Left Home for University

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:C

試題分析：本文敘述了孩子要離開父母去上大學(xué)，父母這時感到不能再親自照顧自己的孩子了，感覺心理很傷心，本文給出了一些建議好的教育方式不是自己照顧好自己的孩子而是培養(yǎng)孩子獨立的性格，能夠自己在生活中獨立生活的能力。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)because it’s the end of an era where you and your family were at the centre of your child's world. 因為父母不能再關(guān)注孩子的生活了，故選D。
小題2:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)when the time comes to say goodbye 可知父母和孩子分開肯定心里是傷心的，故選A。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Remind yourself that parenting is all about raising an independent and confident child who functions well without you.好的教育當(dāng)然包括對孩子的獨立性的培養(yǎng)，故選C。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But you may decide to find a hobby or sport to fill your extra time. Perhaps you've always wanted to learn a new language, go to yoga classes or take up swimming.Agree on the best approach to staying in touch before your child leaves,在孩子離開之前你們保持聯(lián)系，但是為了讓孩子更好適應(yīng)自己獨立的生活，不要和孩子經(jīng)常聯(lián)系，故選D。
小題5:標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)It's common for parents to feel emotional when the moment comes for their child to leave home and go to university. 縱觀全文可知本文敘述了如何處理孩子離開父母去上大學(xué)給帶來的痛苦，故選C。
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完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
On the day before the bass（鱸魚）season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.
　　When his pole  1 he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with    2  as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.  3 , he very cautiously lifted the   4  fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen,   5  it was a bass.
　　The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills（魚鰓）playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father  6 a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.——two hours    7  the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.
　　“Dad！”  8  the boy.
　　“There will be other fish,” said his father.
　　“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy again.
　　He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere    9  in the moonlight. He looked again at his father.  10  no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could  11 from his father’s voice that the decision was not changed. He slowly  12  the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the   13  water. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
　　That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was   14 . He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he caught that night long ago. But he does see that same fish—— again and again——every time he   15  a question of ethics(道德).
For his father taught him, ethics are simple 16 of right and wrong. It is only the  17  of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking？We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the   18 . The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our   19 . It is a   20  we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.
小題1:
A．broke downB．bent overC．turned up D．turned out
小題2:
A．desireB．fear C．a(chǎn)dmirationD．love
小題3:
A．In the beginningB．FinallyC．BesidesD．All in all
小題4:
A．delightedB．frustratedC．frightened D．exhausted
小題5:
A．but B．however C．a(chǎn)ndD．while
小題6:
A．won B．beatC．struck D．picked
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．untilC．whenD．before
小題8:
A．yelledB．shouted C．saidD．cried
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)roundB．frontC．backD．right
小題10:
A．Ever sinceB．Even though C．In caseD．Now that
小題11:
A．sayB．speakC．talkD．tell
小題12:
A．worked B．loosedC．looked D．a(chǎn)ttached
小題13:
A．shallowB．black C．lowD．white
小題14:
A．contentB．wrongC．rightD．pleased
小題15:
A．come up withB．gets on withC．meets withD．catches us with
小題16:
A．mattersB．eventsC．questionsD．things
小題17:
A．meaningB．understandingC．practiceD．point
小題18:
A．fact B．truthC．faithD．incident
小題19:
A．mindB．heartC．memory D．brain
小題20:
A．lesson B．storyC．conceptD．standard

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