Question

A recent study on parents who beat their children indicated that physical punishment still occurs far more frequently than previously thought but that physical punishment was ineffective. Given that 73 percent of the children who were hit waited less than 10 minutes before acting out again.
So, what is?
Many parents deal with their children’s mistakes by taking away toys and separating them from their playmates. But for strong-willed kids like I was, none of these methods were effective.
Like many kids, I wasn’t bad; I was bored. Fortunately, my father realized this fairly early on and developed a new form of “discipline” that produced immediate results and long-term positive effects.
Looking back as an adult, my father’s method of making me read the encyclopedia (百科全書)whenever I did something wrong was the best thing he could have done.
He would tell me a topic and say, “Learn about the aardvark and I’m going to quiz you shortly after.” It was punishment in the sense that I was forced to stop whatever I was doing, but it also had a purpose in that it kept my mind occupied and presented the type of mental challenge I clearly lacked.
Although unwillingly, I went to learn absolutely everything there was to know about aardvarks because I was going to figure out every question he could throw at me. If it weren’t for my driving need to prove him wrong, it may not have worked as well as it did.
So that’s just it: It was effective. It helped me change my behavior in that moment and it conditioned me to seek out books when I was bored. Obviously, that happened frequently and apparently and it worked. I grew up to become a successful lawyer and a famous writer as well.
To this day, Dad’s the only one who can beat me.
【小題1】What is the probable main idea of Paragraph 1?

A．It reports the result of a recent study about the encyclopedia.

B．Physical punishment is useless to deal with children.

C．Physical punishment only occurred previously.

D．73 percent of the children love physical punishment.

【小題2】Why do many kids frequently do what they’re not allowed to do according to
the author?

A．Because they produce immediate results and long-term positive effects.

B．Because they prefer to break the “discipline” set by their parents.

C．Because they are always regarded as bad kids both at home.

D．Because they often find it’s dull in their everyday life.

【小題3】What was the author’s father method of punishing him for his mistakes?

A．His father angrily took away his favourite toys.

B．His father separated him from his playmates.

C．His father forced him to do some reading and tested him later.

D．His father ordered him to learn about the aardvark and quizzed him shortly after.

【小題4】What can be inferred from this passage?

A．Children who are mentally challenged are more likely to be successful.

B．Parents ought to develop a new form of discipline to educate their kids.

C．It’s absolutely necessary to punish strong-willed kids physically.

D．The stricter parents are, the few mistakes children will make.

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】A

解析試題分析:當(dāng)孩子犯了錯(cuò)誤，調(diào)皮搗蛋的時(shí)候，體罰是家長(zhǎng)們的一貫的做法。但是一份調(diào)查表明，盡管實(shí)施體罰的家長(zhǎng)比原先認(rèn)為的要多，但是體罰幾乎不起什么作用。在文中作者講述了父親對(duì)自己進(jìn)行的閱讀的懲罰方法卻是非常成功的。
【小題1】B主旨大意題。本文是一篇調(diào)查報(bào)告，開(kāi)頭提出中心： A recent study on parents…… than previously thought but that physical punishment was ineffective.，調(diào)查表明雖然體罰比最初認(rèn)為的要多，但是對(duì)孩子的體罰是不起作用的。答案選B。
【小題2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三四段內(nèi)容可知作者也是經(jīng)常犯錯(cuò)誤，但是根據(jù)“Like many kids, I wasn’t bad; I was bored”可知 他和大多數(shù)孩子一樣犯錯(cuò)誤不是因?yàn)楸举|(zhì)壞而是因?yàn)闊o(wú)聊，故答案選D。
【小題3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章的第五六段可知作者的父親在懲罰他時(shí)會(huì)讓他去閱讀百科全書，然后再對(duì)他進(jìn)行測(cè)試，故答案選C。
【小題4】A推理判斷題。文章開(kāi)頭提出根據(jù)調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)體罰對(duì)孩子不起作用，但是根據(jù)作者的回憶，父親讓他進(jìn)行閱讀，然后測(cè)試的方法卻讓他學(xué)會(huì)了思考，從而成了一名成功的律師，由此判斷選A。
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