Chinese are very generous (慷慨) 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 or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. However what most parents fail to realize is that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Cooking demands (要求)patience and time. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking. so he will learn to work hard and gradually(逐渐), finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot 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:Parents in China, according to this passage,_______.
A．are too strict with their children
B．are too rich to educate their children
C．have some problems in educating their children correctly
D．are too poor to educate their children小题2:Generally speaking, what most parents fail to realize is_____.
A．that their children need to take extra-course activities
B．that the more expensive an education is, the better it is
C．that today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence
D． that their children first need to be a good cook if they want to get good marks in the exams小题3:The writer of the 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4:Doing some cooking at home helps children_____. ,
A．learn how to serve their parents
B．learn how to become strong and fat
C．benefit (受益)from it and prepare themselves for the future
D．make their parents believe that they are clever小题5:According to the last paragraph we can conclude that____.
A．broken radios and television sets are useful
B．one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life.
C．an engineer must fix many broken radios.
D．a good student should spend much time repairing radios
