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【題目】During the school year many parents take on the role of driver as they drive their children from one lesson to another .Understandably so. Many of us want our children to have a little taste of everything, from organized sports to music, dance and more. But we can overdo it, leaving our children feeling a little burnt out, and according to parent educator Diane Loisie ,it’s their school work which suffers the most. “After school, if they’re busy in a number of sporting events, besides they need to do their homework, then the time they’ll feel sleepy is in the classroom. Your child needs free time. So if you’re filling up that after school time, then it’s during the day that they’re going to be taking a break.”

Professor Claire McDermott agrees that there’s a lot to be gained from sometimes putting those scheduled lessons and activities away. “Relaxing time is important for children. It’s time just to do the things they want to do. A child can go up to their room, or they can play around. It doesn’t look like productive time; parents certainly wouldn’t be saying ‘Wow, are they ever learning things now?’ But this relaxing time gives both the body and the brain just a wonderful chance to relax after a day. It helps a child prepare for sleep, but it also helps to understand the learning that’s gone on that day.”

It’s hard to prevent signing our kids up for some activities and lessons. After all, many of us want our children to have a head start in life and the chance to join in great activities in the arts or sports is a part of that. However, Loisie feels that in the long run most children feel better with just a few key activities because it gives them an opportunity to master them. “When we get our children in too many activities because we want our children to experience everything, then what we’re doing is setting them up not to be good at one thing or gaining a skill.” So choose your children’s activities wisely. It may be one of the best things you’ve ever done for your kids… and for the family drivers!

【1】What is the biggest disadvantage for children to attend too many lessons after school?

A.They can get bored easily about everything.

B.They might have no time to do the homework.

C.They might not pay much attention to learning.

D.They cannot easily focus on learning during the day.

【2】What should we think of children’s playing around aimlessly?

A.It is productive.B.It is helpful.C.It is a bad habit.D.It is a waste of time.

【3】Why should parents limit the activities our children attend?

A.Because children have no time.

B.Because children cannot learn many things.

C.Because children do not have enough sleep.

D.Because children cannot focus on too many activities.

【4】What is the main idea of this passage?

A.Don’t be children’s drivers after school.

B.Choose activities for your children wisely.

C.Make your children learn as much as possible.

D.Let children learn something from various subjects.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。為了孩子的成長(zhǎng)，父母煞費(fèi)苦心�？墒�，這么做對(duì)孩子有益嗎？藝在精而不在多，明智地為孩子選擇適合他們自身的活動(dòng)才是對(duì)他們最好的呵護(hù)。

【1】推理判斷題。結(jié)合第一段后半部分中的“then the time they'll feel sleepy is in the classroom”以及“then it's during the day they're going to be taking a break”可推知，如果孩子們放學(xué)后上太多的課，白天他們就不容易集中精力學(xué)習(xí),就會(huì)打盹，不專心上課。故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 根據(jù)第二段的But this relaxing time gives both the body and the brain just a wonderful chance to relax after a day. It helps a child prepare for sleep, but it also helps to understand the learning that’s gone on that day.可知，但是這個(gè)放松的時(shí)間給了身體和大腦一個(gè)很好的放松機(jī)會(huì)。它幫助孩子做好睡眠準(zhǔn)備，也有助于理解那天的學(xué)習(xí)。故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。從最后一段的However, Loisie feels that in the long run most children feel better with just a few key activities because it gives them an opportunity to master them. “When we get our children in too many activities because we want our children to experience everything, then what we’re doing is setting them up not to be good at one thing or gaining a skill.” 可知，長(zhǎng)期來(lái)看，絕大多數(shù)只參加幾種關(guān)鍵活動(dòng)的孩子們會(huì)感到更好，因?yàn)樗麄兡軌蛘莆账鼈�，太多的活�?dòng)會(huì)讓他們學(xué)得多反而不專，甚至連一項(xiàng)技能都學(xué)不會(huì)。因此推斷，因?yàn)楹⒆觽儾荒軐Ｗ⒂谔�多的活�?dòng)，父母應(yīng)該限制孩子們參加的活動(dòng)。故選D

【4】主旨大意題。最后一段是對(duì)文章主題的歸納，結(jié)合本段后半部分的內(nèi)容，尤其是倒數(shù)第二句可知本文意在倡導(dǎo)父母明智地為孩子選擇活動(dòng)。故選B。