Question

Chinese are very generous 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 and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head 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 are very 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.
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 that 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 lots 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 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 merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
【小题1】Generally speaking, children’s skills __________.

A．come from their parents

B．have nothing to do with their education

C．may be different from child to child

D．have something to do with their marks in the exams

【小题2】The writer of this passage does not seem to be satisfied with_______.

A．the parents’ ideas of educating their children

B．the education system

C．children’s skills

D．children’s hobbies

【小题3】Doing some cooking at home helps children_________.

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

【小题4】According to the passage, which of the following is True?

A．Chinese are not very generous on educating their children.

B．All Parents know how to teach their children well.

C．Teaching a child to cook can improve the skills that he will need in the future.

D．Poor parents cannot buy a computer for their children.

Answer 1

【小题1】C
【小题1】A
【小题1】C
【小题1】C

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