Our particular parenting style reflects our own way of “l(fā)ooking”. Here’s a great piece of writing reflecting parent’s particular ways on the parenting style that have become known humorously as helicopter parenting and submarine parenting.
Helicopter parents hover over their children, managing every aspect of their child’s life. On the contrary, submarine parents remain “hidden” coming to the surface when guidance is needed.
While helicopter parents may have the best intentions, in reality, they are raising children with few problem solving skills. Children with hovering parents never get the chance to face disappointment and build up their ability to recover from misfortune.
Think about your typical submarine. Submarines usually remain underwater. In case of a need for emergency surfacing, submarines can rise so quickly. They are driven partially out of the water. Submarine parents also remain out of sight, yet able to appear in the case of an emergency.
I admit I’m a submarine mom. My job as a parent is to have fun with my daughters while letting them explore and learn natural consequences.

My older daughter found herself acting in commercials and making more than minimum wage as a teen. To give her a sense of the real world, I insisted she spend three weeks every summer, picking strawberries and earning $3.50 on a good day.
When my youngest daughter Sondra was six, she wanted a very expensive American Girl Doll. I cut the full color 18" picture out of the American Girl catalogue and had it laminated (壓膜). “Here’s your American Girl Doll.” I said “When you turn nine, I’ll buy you the 3D doll on your birthday.” Sondra played with her flat doll for months, making clothes and furniture for her. She learned creativity. I saved $88.00.
【小題1】What is the text mainly about?

A．Various means of transportation.
B．Funny experiences of a mom.
C．Humorous stories about parents.
D．Different styles of parenting.
【小題2】The underlined phrase “hover over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “_____”.
A．leave behind B．fly around C．watch over D．set aside
【小題3】Which of the following can be learned about helicopter parents from the passage?
A．They give their children proper guidance.
B．They try to do everything for their children.
C．They teach their children how to face failures.
D．They help their children explore by themselves.
【小題4】The author supports her point of view mainly by _____.
A．stating facts and offering advice
B．using figures and giving evidence
C．a(chǎn)nalyzing data and drawing conclusions
D．making comparisons and giving examples


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】D

解析試題解析：本文是一篇議論文，討論了兩種不同的育兒方式：直升機(jī)式和潛水艇式，通過(guò)作比較和舉例說(shuō)明陳述了自己的觀點(diǎn)。
【小題1】D 主旨大意題。本文開(kāi)篇點(diǎn)題：我們特別的養(yǎng)育風(fēng)格反映了我們自己的“看”。這里是一個(gè)偉大的作品反映了父母的育兒的特殊方式，已經(jīng)成為眾所周知的幽默像直升機(jī)育兒潛水艇育兒。下面內(nèi)容主要對(duì)這兩種育兒方式進(jìn)行了介紹，所以D正確。
【小題2】C 詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)后句On the contrary, submarine parents remain “hidden” coming to the surface when guidance is needed相反，當(dāng)被需要指導(dǎo)時(shí)潛艇父母保持“隱藏”浮出水面，和本句直升機(jī)父母在他們孩子的頭上盤旋（引申為監(jiān)視，照顧），管理他們生活的每一個(gè)方面，A. leave behind 落后B. fly around盤旋C. watch over監(jiān)視，照顧D. set aside把..放在一邊。所以C正確。
【小題3】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段：盡管直升機(jī)父母可能有最好的意圖，在現(xiàn)實(shí)中，他們培養(yǎng)出幾乎沒(méi)有解決問(wèn)題的能力的孩子。有著直升機(jī)父母的孩子沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)面對(duì)失望和增強(qiáng)從不幸中恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)的能力，判斷出父母為孩子做好了一切，所以B正確。
【小題4】D細(xì)節(jié)推理題。A. stating facts and offering advice陳述事實(shí)和提建議B. using figures and giving evidence用數(shù)字和給出證據(jù)C. analyzing data and drawing conclusions分析數(shù)據(jù)和得出結(jié)論，D. making comparisons and giving examples作比較和舉例子，本文第三，第四段對(duì)兩種育兒方式進(jìn)行比較，后面三段是以我的女兒為例張開(kāi)敘述的，所以D正確。
考點(diǎn)：考查社會(huì)生活類短文閱讀。

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