听力题
If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a (36)
1, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational (37)
2, this is one of the biggest mistakes that (38)
3parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what the parent expects, and will fail. Unrealistic parental (39)
4can cause great damage to children. However, if parents are not too (40)
5about what they expect their children to do, but are in a (41)
6way, the child may succeed in doing very well — especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Li is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging (42)
7 piano and violin lessons for him.
Although Michael''s mother knows very little about music, Michael''s father plays the trumpet in a large (43)
8. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael''s friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. (44)
9.
They want their son to be (45)
10. They are very unhappy when he does not win. "When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered." Winston''s father tells him (46)
11.
【正确答案】
1、genius, 2、psychologists, 3、ambitious, 4、expectations, 5、unrealistic, 6、sensible, 7、private, 8、orchestra, 9、Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set a too high standard for Winston., 10、as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held, 11、Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
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