Question

Parents are important elements in the children’s educational progress. They are capable of being good resources not just for children, but also for schools and teachers.

Parents can help children realize the value of education through their love and support, and most importantly, their encouragement plays an important role in educational success. So parents can be more involved in children’s classroom activities. For example, parents can help out with teaching arts and crafts（工艺美术）to preschoolers and children in grades 1-3. Asking parents to show the children their own talents and impart（传授）the knowledge on the subject they love is a good way to involve the parents in their children’s education. And as a teacher, having someone on call to help you with the cutting and gluing（粘）during a craft class will ensure a less daunting（使人畏缩的）job.

Having parent volunteers around when organizing activities for children is definitely an advantage. Organizing field trips, outings, community services, camps, etc., can be a daunting task when you are the only member responsible for catering to the needs of a large group of children. At such times, asking parent volunteers to help out with the basic requirements makes perfect sense. You can even ask them to stay together with students on camping and field trips or help with community services. And activities which allow them to mix freely with the children will help them understand the needs of the children better.

How parent volunteers can help in classroom activities
Help in teaching arts and crafts	·Parents can be asked to   1.   their talents and knowledge with the children on the subject they love. ·Parents can help cut and glue in a craft class.
Help in organizing activities	·Parents can help take   2.   for catering to the children’s basic needs during activities. ·Parents can   3.   students on camping and field trips or help with community services. ·__4.____mixing with the children in activities can give parents a better understanding of their children’s needs.
Help in   5.  classroom activities, etc.	·Parents can help restock what is   6.  for arts and crafts. ·Parents can help tune musical instruments, organize the library and the children’s artwork. ·Make parents feel it comfortable to do the assignments in order to   7.    their feelings being offended.
Help in   8.    research or surveys	·Parent volunteers can be employed to help find out the children’s feelings and   9.   about the school. ·Both research and surveys are   10.    to make the school environment- friendly and home-like.

Asking parent volunteers to keep records of classroom activities, the resources used, etc., is a good way of making good use of them. Ask them to help out with restocking（补充）the materials needed for arts and crafts. You can even ask them to help tune musical instruments, organize the library and the children’s artwork. Make sure that they are comfortable doing the work assigned（布置）to them, after all, you would not want to offend（冒犯）their feelings.

 School is considered as a second home, and there is a constant need to conduct research or surveys to find out whether the children are comfortable in school and what they think of it. A better way to do this is to employ parent volunteers to complete the task. Ultimately（最重要地）, the goal of research or surveys is to make the school environment-friendly and home-like. Thus, it makes sense to conduct research or surveys with the help of parent volunteers.

It goes without saying that you ought to thank the parent volunteers for all their help. To conclude, I agree with the saying,“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.share

2.responsibilities

3.accompany

4.Freely

5.recording

6.needed/ required

7.prevent

8.Conducting/doning

9.opinions

10.meant/intended

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了家长在孩子的教育中起着重要的作用。家长可以在学校组织的活动中帮忙，从中可以更好地了解孩子。家长充当志愿者在活动可以做如下事情：帮助组织活动，记录活动，补充材料及分享自己的艺术才华。家长志愿者通过参与活动，可以了解孩子对学校的感情和看法。

1.考查动词。根据Help in teaching arts and crafts 和their talents and knowledge with the children on the subject they love.可知家长可以帮助教艺术和手工艺品课，除了帮忙剪或粘之外，还可分享自己的才华。故用share 。

2.考查名词。根据catering to the children’s basic needs during activities.可知家长有责任满足孩子的需要。take responsibilities for 对……负责。故用responsibilities。

3.考查动词。根据on camping and field trips 可知家长陪孩子去野营和野外旅游。故用accompany。

4.考查副词。根据mixing with the children in activities可知家长可以和孩子在一起自由自在的参加活动。所以此处用 Freely

5.考查 动词。根据restock ,tune,可知家长在手工课各个环节都帮忙，帮助记录着手工艺课。故此处用recording。

6.考查动词。根据Parents can help restock what is   6  for arts and crafts.可知家长帮助 不足手工课所需要的东西。故此处用needed/ required 。

7.考查动词。根据·Make parents feel it comfortable to do the assignments •让父母感觉舒适的做委派的事，所以此处应是防止家长感觉不舒服。故此处用 prevent。

8.考查动词。根据research or surveys可知家长帮做调查。Conduct/do research or surveys做调查。故此处用Conducting/doing。

9.考查名词。与feelings( 感觉 )并列的是想法，故此处用 opinions。

10.考查动词。Be  meant/intended to 打算。make the school environment-friendly and home-like 可知这是活动的目的，故此处用 meant/intended。

考点：任务型阅读。