If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius（天才）, they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect. and will fall. Unrealistic（不现实）expectations of the parents can cause great damage to children.

    However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible（明智）way, the child may succeed in doing very well—especially if the parents are very supportive（支持的）to their children.

    Michael Li is very lucky. He likes music and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and let him attend piano and violin lessons. Although Michael's mother knows very little about music, his father is a good musician. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.

    Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard（水平）for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age I used to win every competition I enter.” Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always quiet and unhappy.

1.The main idea of the passage is _________.

A. how parents should make a child a musician

B. how parents should bring up a child

C. what differences there are between the two boys

D. what aim is easier for a child to reach

2.Winston's parents set so high a standard for him that _______.

A. he has to do his best to win every competition

B. he has made greater progress in music

C. he is afraid he may disappoint them

D. he often wants to kill himself someday

3.It is one of the parents’ worst mistakes if ______.

A. they want their child to be a musician

B. they help their child to win music competition

C. they don't care for their child's education much

D. they make their child try to achieve too much

4. According to the writer's opinion, _________.

A. it's unimportant to let the children develop（=grow）in the way they want

B. sensible parents can train their children to succeed in everything

C. parents should be realistic and supportive to their children

D. unrealistic parents should arrange（安排）private lessons for their children

If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius（天才）, they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational experts, this is one of the biggest mistakes that some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parents expect. and will fall. Unrealistic（不现实）expectations of the parents can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible（明智）way, the child may succeed in doing very well—especially if the parents are very supportive（支持的）to their children.
Michael Li is very lucky. He likes music and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and let him attend piano and violin lessons. Although Michael's mother knows very little about music, his father is a good musician. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard（水平）for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. “When I was your age I used to win every competition I enter.” Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always quiet and unhappy.
【小题1】The main idea of the passage is _________.

Did you watch NBA All-Star Game（全明星赛）this summer? If you watched it．you should

__1__Shaquille O’Neal’s（沙奎尔·舆尼尔）wonderful play．Shaquille O'Neal is in Cleveland now．

He Was born on March 6th，1972．He is 2.16 meters tall．When he was young。he Was very strong（强壮的）．His strong hands__2__him a good start of life．Shaquille liked playing __3__．But when he Was a high school student in Grade Two，he wasn't good at basketball Just at that time．he__4__his good coach（教练），Dale Brown．Then he began his hard practice．In 1992．he _5__NBA，playing for Magic Team，then Lakers，and later Miami Heat in 2004．He had a great  __6__．He has joined All-Star Game ten times，won NBA Finals MVP（最有价值的球员）three times，_7__got the gold medals（金牌）for the USA in the Olympic Games．They named him one of the fifty__8__players in NBA history．

    Shaquille O’Neal is strong and tall．People call him” Large Shark（鲨鱼）”．But he is good at __9__too．He has six CDs，It's really one of历e happiest things in the world to listen to his CDs and__10__ him play basketball at the same time．

（   ）1．A．remember          B．forget         C．meet          D．say

（   ）2．A．put               B．showed       C．gave           D．took

（   ）3．A．football            B．volleyball       C．tennis          D．basketball

（   ）4．A．missed            B．met           C．left            D．had

（   ）5．A．joined              B．had            C．took            D．became

（   ）6．A．idea               B．success      C．party        D．times

（   ）7．A．and                B．but          C．although       D．so

（   ）8．A．worst                    B．slowest        C．biggest         D．greatest

（   ）9．A．music             B．history        C．math          D．English

（   ）10．A．make           B．help          C．watch        D．look at

根据对话内容, 选择恰当的句子补全对话. 每空1分. A. It has the worst music. B. Because it has the most interesting music. C. But Easy Listening 979 is the most popular. D. Just listen to their commercials. E. What's the best radio station

Reporter: Hi, I'm doing a survey for the Bedford Daily News. _Boy: I guess Jammin 107 FM is the best.

Reporter: Why Boy: _ It's much better than the other stations in town.

Reporter: What about the other radio stations Boy: Well, I think Oldies 102. 1 FM is very bad. _

Reporter: I heard that. _Boy: Not for me.

Reporter: Why not Boy: _ They're worse than the commercials of All Talk 970 AM!