Question

【題目】Answer the questions.

I’m not allowed to stay out late

Why do I have to do my homework before I can watch TV

My parents never let me go to parties

Why is it just mum and Dad who make the rules? Life’s just not fair

Do these compalints sound familiar” well, if you think your life is hard, you might like to think about kids in ancient times. For some of them, life was quite hard.

In ancient Greece, only the boys are allowed to go to school. Greek girls stay at home, where their mother taught them sklls like cooking and weaving--things that would help them find a husband.

At the age of seven, some boys were sent to very strick military school, where they were taught become soliders. Nearly everything in their educational system was about war and battle. Life was pretty hard at there schools. For example, the kids were often hungry. The teachers didn’t let them have much food. But if they got caight, they were punished(懲罰）。

A ztec children in central America also had a difficult life in ancient times. If they broke rules, they could expect some pretty curl punishment.

On the goof side, Aztecs believed in the importace of schooling. In the home, children learn practical skills: dads taught their sons how to fish and farm while mothers taught their daughters home-making skills. Girls and boys also wnet to school(although the adults didn’t let them go to the same schools)

Kids went to schools called telpochcalli. They had lessons about history, religion and music. The boys had lessons to learn how to fight. If the children were from more important family, they went to a calmecac where they learned how to read and write, too.

At both schools childen had to be on their best behaviour. They knew all about the punishment for behaving badly, and life was hard enough anyway.

【1】The complaints aren’t mainly about rules, are they?

【2】Why did Greek girls learn skills like cooking and weaving?

【3】What did the Greek boys at military school probably do to survive for themselves?

【4】Who were calmecac school for?

【5】What did the boys in telpochalli learn?

【6】Who do you think have a harder life, children in the past or today? Give your reaons.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes. They are

【2】To find a husband

【3】Stealing food

【4】For children from a more important family

【5】They learn history, religion, music and learn how to fight

【6】答案不唯一。Children in the past./ Because if they broke rules, they could expect some pretty curl punishment.

【解析】

短文大意：針對當(dāng)今的孩子普遍抱怨生活的不公平，本文列舉了古代一些國家少年兒童艱難的生活進行對比。

【1】題意：這些抱怨主要不是針對規(guī)則，對嗎?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)well, if you think your life is hard, you might like to think about kids in ancient times. For some of them, life was quite hard.可知抱怨的是生活的不公平，故填Yes. They are。

【2】題意：為什么希臘女孩要學(xué)習(xí)烹飪和編織等技能?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Greek girls stay at home, where their mother taught them skills like cooking and weaving--things that would help them find a husband.可知這些技能可以幫助她們找到丈夫，故填To find a husband。

【3】題意：為了生存希臘男孩在軍校可能做什么?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)the kids were often hungry. The teachers didn’t let them have much food. But if they got caught, they were punished.（孩子們經(jīng)常餓。老師不讓他們有太多的食物。但如果他們被抓住了，他們就會受到懲罰）可知他們會偷食物，故填Stealing food。

【4】題意：calmecac學(xué)校是為誰開設(shè)的？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)If the children were from more important family, they went to a calmecac where they learned how to read and write, too.（如果孩子來自更重要的家庭，他們也會去calmecac學(xué)習(xí)讀寫）可知為來自更重要家庭的孩子開設(shè)的，故填For children from a more important family。

【5】題意：telpochalli的孩子們學(xué)到了什么?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)They had lessons about history, religion and music. The boys had lessons to learn how to fight.可知他們上歷史、宗教、音樂課，男孩子學(xué)習(xí)打架，故填They learn history, religion, music and learn how to fight。

【6】題意：你認(rèn)為誰的生活更艱難，過去的孩子還是現(xiàn)在的孩子?給你的原因。考查觀點態(tài)度。開放性題目，答案不唯一。根據(jù)children in central America also had a difficult life in ancient times. If they broke rules, they could expect some pretty curl punishment.（古代中美洲的兒童也過著艱苦的生活。如果他們違反規(guī)定，就會受到嚴(yán)厲的懲罰）可知過去的孩子生活更艱難，因為如果他們違反規(guī)定，就會受到嚴(yán)厲的懲罰，故填Children in the past./ Because if they broke rules, they could expect some pretty curl punishment.。

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