阅读理解
In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child''s acquisition (学会)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.
Parents 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 (道德) . Also, parents should realize that example is better than precept. If they are not sincere and do not practise 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.
单选题
Eagerly watching the child's acquisition of new skills______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】事实细节题。依据文章第一段开头In bring up children，every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill，既然是每个父母都会这样做，那么这种做法在父母中就是普遍的。所以选项B符合题意。universal意为“普遍的”。选项C和D具有一定的干扰。但是仔细阅读就会发现，根据第一段第二句，C选项sets up dangerous states of worry in the child是由hurry the child beyond his natural rate引起的，“迫不及待地要求孩予做超出他的自然成长速度的事情”和题句中所说的“热切地观察孩子学会每一项新技能”显然不是一回事，作者对后者显然没有否定的意思。所以选项A也不对。而依据文章第一段末句，D选项will make him lose interest in learning new thing是由“a child is left alone too much，or without any learning opportunities”而引起的，所以D不符合题意。
单选题
In the process of children's learning new skills parents______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】事实细节题。文章第一一段第二句“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．”说明在孩子成长的过程中，父母不能拔苗助长，逼得太过分。文章第一段末句又说“On the other，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 our new things for himself．”说明对小孩太放任自流同样不利。根据这两方面。选项C最恰当地符合题意。父母对孩子的“严”和“松”之间应有一个恰当的度(平衡)。
单选题
The second paragraph mainly tells us that______.
单选题
The word precept (Line 3, Para. 3) probably means______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】语义理解题。本题四个选项的意思分别是：idea观点；punishment惩罚；behavior行为；instruction说教。依据文章第三段第三、第四句“Also，parents should realize that‘example is better than precept’．If they are not sincere and do not practise what they preach(说教)…”可以猜测，precept应表达和example相对立的意思，而与preach是同义词，引语的意思是“榜样比说教更有力”，选项D最为吻合。
单选题
In moral matters, parents should______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】推理判断题。依据文章第三段第四句“If they fire not sincere and do not practise what they preach，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． (……在某种程度上受到愚弄)”，再依据文章最后一段“A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment．”可以得出结论：关于道德教育问题，父母应该以身作则，带头遵循。A符合题意，故正确。