I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they can it, they will certainly send them to the best universities. But they need not feel if they can’t. If the children really want to go, they’ll find a . There are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and ones who can’t afford to pay.

When children grow up and want to , their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a not an obligation (責(zé)任, 義務(wù)).

Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.

One of their obligations is to give their children a personal . A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so , so afraid of failing that he (or she) won’t try at all. Of course they should be corrected when they do wrong, but it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves . All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate (寬容) them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand . When criticisms (批評) are really needed, they should be with praises, with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.

Parents owe their children a set of solid values around to build their lives. This means teaching them to the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by deed and . A child who is lied to will . A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have difficulty laughing and loving.

No child asks to be . If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child .

1.A. find B. afford C. get D. accept

2.A. disappointed B. unhappy C. guilty D. dissatisfied

3.A. supply B. hope C. way D. hand

4.A. healthy B. honest C. eager D. wealthy

5.A. get a job B. get married C. go abroad D. live alone

6.A. time B. duty C. right D. energy

7.A. service B. pleasure C. habit D. favor

8.A. affair B. value C. belief D. ability

9.A. compared B. brought C. forced D. taken

10.A. unusual B. unsure C. unknown D. unfair

11.A. gently B. properly C. nearly D. possibly

12.A. in time B. now and then C. at once D. right now

13.A. honor B. failure C. progress D. test

14.A. mixed B. included C. balanced D. shared

15.A. it B. which C. whom D. what

16.A. consider B. refuse C. follow D. respect

17.A. blame B. experience C. example D. lesson

18.A. lie B. win C. lose D. cry

19.A. praised B. born C. alone D. poor

20.A. everything B. nothing C. anything D. something

 

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章講的是父母對孩子的教育問題。父母有責(zé)任教孩子做人的道理，幫助孩子樹立正確的人生觀和價值觀。但是父母沒有義務(wù)讓孩子接受高等教育，當(dāng)孩子長大以后，父母沒有義務(wù)幫孩子買房，也沒有義務(wù)照看子女的小孩。

1.If they can it, they will certainly send them to the best universities.如果父母能夠支付得起大學(xué)的費用，他們當(dāng)然會讓孩子上最好的大學(xué)，afford常與情態(tài)動詞can連用，意為“買得起，負(fù)擔(dān)得起，提供”，故選B。

2.But they need not feel if they can’t.但是，如果父母支付不起大學(xué)的費用，他們不用為此而感到內(nèi)疚，故選C。

3.If the children really want to go, they’ll find a .父母不用內(nèi)疚，因為如果孩子想上大學(xué)，他們就能夠找到上大學(xué)的方法，故選C。

4.There are plenty of loans and scholarships for the bright and ones 有許多助學(xué)貸款和獎學(xué)金可以幫助渴望上大學(xué)的孩子，這里指渴望上大學(xué)的孩子，故選C。

5.When children grow up...a down payment on a house”可知，這里講的是當(dāng)孩子長大了想結(jié)婚的時候，父母沒有義務(wù)為孩子支付房子的首付，故選B。

6.not an obligation (責(zé)任, 義務(wù))”可知，父母沒有幫他們的孩子照看小孩的義務(wù)，故選B。

7.If they want to do it, it must be considered a 如果父母想幫他們的孩子照顧小孩，那也不是出于義務(wù)，而是一種幫助，故選D。

8.A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy...”可知，孩子被迫認(rèn)為自己很笨或一無是處，說明父母的職責(zé)之一應(yīng)該是幫助孩子形成正確的價值觀，而不是總是拿孩子與別人作比較，根據(jù)下一段“Parents owe their children a set of solid values”可知答案，故選B。

9.constantly to brighter brothers, sisters,孩子被拿來跟比他聰明的哥哥姐姐們作比較，故選A。

10.A child...will become so ,有的孩子總是被拿來跟他人比較，以至于他們變得缺乏自信，害怕失敗，故選B。

11.Of course they should be corrected when they do wrong當(dāng)然，孩子犯錯時，他們應(yīng)該得到恰當(dāng)?shù)募m正，故選B。

12.it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves . 與批評指正相反，讓孩子自己及時發(fā)現(xiàn)錯誤并從錯誤中得到教訓(xùn)，這樣會更好，故選A。

13.give them chances to try and fail”可知，父母應(yīng)該讓孩子不斷地嘗試、不斷地經(jīng)歷失敗，他們必須學(xué)會接受失敗，故選B。

14.they should be with praises, with a smile and a kiss當(dāng)確實需要批評時，應(yīng)該用表揚、微笑等來加以平衡，即用一種鼓勵性的言語進行批評教育，故選C。

15.Parents owe their children a set of solid values around to build their lives.父母有義務(wù)幫助孩子們樹立可靠的價值觀念，孩子憑借它們來建立起他們自己的生活，故選B。

16.it means being respectful to...”可知，這里指的是教會孩子尊重他人的觀點和權(quán)利，故選D。

17.The best way to teach such values is by deed and .向孩子傳授這些價值觀念的最好的方法就是以身作則和樹立榜樣，故選C。

18.A child who is lied to will .對孩子撒謊，孩子將學(xué)會撒謊，故選A。

19.If you bring a life into the world”可知，這里指沒有人是主動要求來到這個世界的，故選B。

20.Yes, they owe them a great deal.”和第五段“Parents owe their children a set of solid values”可知，父母有責(zé)任教育孩子怎樣做人，當(dāng)孩子長大以后，他們應(yīng)該學(xué)會獨立生活。根據(jù)前兩段可知，父母沒有義務(wù)讓孩子接受高等教育，也沒有義務(wù)幫助照看小孩，說明父母沒有義務(wù)負(fù)責(zé)孩子的一切事情，而是履行部分職責(zé)，故選D。

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