Many parents have learned the hard way that what sounds like open communication is otfen the very thing that closes a youngster’s ears and mouth, One common mistake is the Lecture, the long monologue that often starts with “When I was your age……”Eighteen –year –old Kelly calls lectures “Long , one-side discussions in which I don’t say much.”
Kids reflexively（條件反射地）shout down in the face of a lecture , Their eyes glaze over（呆滯）,and they don’t register any incoming information , Listen to 13-year –old Sarah describe her least favorite times with her mom and dad, “First, they scream, Then comes the“We’re so disappointed’ speech , Then the ‘I never did that to my parents’ lecture begins , After that, even if they realize how ridiculous they sound, they never take it back’”.
Lines like “When you have children of your own, you’ll understand” have been seriously said by parents since time immemorial, But many of our expert parents, like Bobby , a registered nurse and mother of three, feel that by falling back on cliches（陳詞濫調(diào)）to justify our actions, we weaken our position.
Since kids are creatures of here and now, the far-off future has no relevance to them, Therefore ,good communicators like Bobby suggest, “Give specific reasons for your actions in present language:‘I’m not letting you go to the party because I don’t think there will be enough adult supervisions（監(jiān)護(hù)）”。
Betty, who lives in Missouri ,uses and indirect approach, “I find that warnings are accepted more readily if I discuss a news article on a subject I am concerned about, My husband and I talk about it while our children absorb the information, Then they never think I’m preaching（布道）”.
This really helped when Betty’s kids began driving , Instead of constantly repeating “Don’t drink; don’t speed”, She would talk about articles in the paper and express sympathy for the victims of a car crash, Betty made no special effort to draw her kids into the conversation, She depended on a teenager’s strong desire to put in his opinions—especially if he thinks he isn’t being asked for them.
【小題1】The purpose of the passage is to       

A．compare two ways of parents’ communicating with their kids
B．give parents advice on how to communicate with their kids
C．explain why kids won’t listen to their parents
D．introduce kids’ reaction to the communication between them and their parents
【小題2】Which of the following statements is NOT right?
A．Kids won’t listen to their parents because they think what their parents say is boring
B．Many kids think they have no right to express their own opinions
C．Some kids think their parents should apologize when they are wrong
D．Kids don’t like any discussion at all.
【小題3】What does the underlined word in the first paragraph mean?
A．獨(dú)白B．對(duì)話C．插話D．討論
【小題4】Which of the following topic may appeal to kids?
A．Parents own experience
B．Kids possible life in the future
C．Something related to kids’ present life
D．What parents have done to their own parents
【小題5】In order to make kids follow their advice, parents should       
A．tell their kids to listen carefully
B．set out their warnings directly
C．list out as many examples as possible
D．a(chǎn)rouse kids’ desire to express themselves


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：文章主要講了父母對(duì)孩子談話需要注意的事項(xiàng)，他們常會(huì)說一些讓孩子認(rèn)為無趣的陳詞濫調(diào)，而孩子也無法完全接受需要傳達(dá)的信息。
【小題1】主旨大意題。文章主要是給家長一些可行的交流建議，讓他們?cè)谂c孩子談話時(shí)能取得理想的成果，所以選B
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題。D項(xiàng)說孩子不喜歡任何形式的談話過于絕對(duì)，是不正確的，ABC項(xiàng)都能在文中找到根據(jù)，所以選D
【小題3】詞義理解題。根據(jù)上下文，這里的名詞monologue強(qiáng)調(diào)的是只有家長一方在說話的狀態(tài)，所以是獨(dú)白，選擇A
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第五段I find that warnings are accepted more readily if I discuss a news article on a subject I am concerned about，可知孩子更能接受與他們現(xiàn)實(shí)生活有關(guān)的話題，所以選C
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段She depended on a teenager’s strong desire to put in his opinions—especially if he thinks he isn’t being asked for them ，可知最有用的交流方法是讓孩子想要抒發(fā)自己的感想，所以選D
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Education has an important effect on the mind or physical ability of an individual. It is the process by which society passes its accumulated knowledge, skills, and values from one generation to another.
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A．It has nothing to do with society
B．It helps people to achieve what they want
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