14．Chinese are very generous （慷慨） when it comes to educating their children．Not caring about the money，parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England，the United States or Australia．They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet（芭蕾舞），or other classes that will give them a head start in life．The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is，the better it is．So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education．Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter．
However，what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap．
Parents can see that their children's skills vary，skilled in some areas while poor in others．What most parents fail to realize though，is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence （自信）．
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well，but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident，happy and clever．
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking，sewing and doing other housework．
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life．Cooking demands patience and time．It is an enjoyable but difficult experience．A good cook always tries to improve his cooking，so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully．His result，a well-cooked dinner，will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence．
Some old machines，such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse（喚起） his interest．He will spend hours looking at them，trying to fix them； your child might become an engineer when he grows up．These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book，but rather to think，to use his mind．And that is more important．
12．Parents in China，according to this passage，C．
A．are too strict with their children
B．are too rich to educate their children
C．have some problems in educating their children correctly
D．are too poor to educate their children
13．The writer of the passage does not seem to be satisfied withA．
A．the parents'ideas of educating their children
B．the education system
C．children's skills
D．children's hobbies
14．Doing some cooking at home helps childrenC．
A．learn how to serve their parents
B．learn how to become strong and fat
C．benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future
D．make their parents believe that they are clever
15．According to the last paragraph we can conclude thatB．
A．broken radios and television sets are useful
B．one's curiosity may be useful for his later life
C．an engineer must fix many broken radios
D．a good student should spend much time repairing radios．
分析 本文主要講述了中國父母在教育孩子方面存在的一些問題，同時作者也提出了一些辦法供家長們參考．
解答 12．C 細節(jié)題．根據文章內容，However，what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap．但是，大多數父母都沒能意識到最好的早期教育才是最重要而且便宜的，結合選項，故選C
13．A 推理題，由第一段第一句話Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children．Not caring about the money，作者不同意中國父母不在乎經濟，無條件給孩子提供教育的方式．可知選A
14．C推理題，由倒數第二段Cooking demands patience and time．It's an enjoyable but difficult experiment．A good cook always tries to improve his cooking，so he will learn to work hard and gradually to finish his job successfully．His result，a well-cooked dinner，will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence．可知在家學會一些煮飯等技能，能夠幫助孩子在學會技能的同時，也是為自己以后的人生做準備，結合選項，選C
15．B 推理題．根據文章內容，Some old machines，such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse（喚起） his interest．He will spend hours looking at them，trying to fix them； your child might become an engineer when he grows up．These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book，but rather to think，to use his mind．And that is more important．壞了的收音機或者事電視能夠引起孩子們的興趣，他會花時間去研究，可能會對他的人生是有幫助的，當然讀書，看報都有好處，結合選項，故選B
點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據．
