Passage 2
In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill-the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child: This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Patents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters. Others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness.
As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept”. If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach (说教), their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled.
A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment.
Eagerly watching the child's acquisition of new skills ________.
文章第一段开头提到In bringing up children，every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill，既然是每位父母都会这 样做，那么这种做法在父母中就是普遍的(universal)，因此答案为B。
In the process of children's learning new skills parents ________.
第一段第二句It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child，说明在孩子成长过程中，父母不能揠苗助 长。第一段末句又说On the other hand，though，if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself，说明 对孩子过于放任自流同样不好。从这两方面，可得出结论：父母对孩 子的“严”与“松”之间应有一个恰当的度。选C。
The second paragraph mainly tells us that ________.
文章第二段的主要陈述了“不同父母管教孩子时的严格程度有很大不同。C选项符合原文意思。
The word “precept” (Para.3) probably means “________”.
根据文章第三段第三、四句话Also，parents should realize that “example is better than precept”. If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach…可以推测，precept 表达的是与example 对立的意 思，且和preach 是同义词，引语的意思是“榜样比说教更有力”，故选 D为最佳。
In moral matters, parents should ________.
根据文章第三段第四句和文章最后一段，可以得出结论，在道德教育问题上，父母应当以身作则，带头遵循，故选A。