"It hurts me more than you," and "This is for your own good." These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, lean my room, stay home and do homework.

That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it easy on us. They taught that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy. We stopped making our children do homework. We gave them calculators turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.

Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we've made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students-"so passive"-and wonders what happened. Nothing was demanded of them, she believes. Television, says Kiompus, contributes to children's passivity. "We're not training kids to work any more," says Klompus, "We're talking about a generation kids who have never been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them. Instead of saying‘go look it up', you tell them the answer. It takes greater energy to say 'no' to a kid."

Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It's time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work. It's time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good. It's time to start telling them "no" again.

21. Children are becoming more inactive in study because ________.

A. they watch TV too often

B. they have done too much homework

C. they have to fulfil too many duties

D. teachers are too strict with them

答案： A

详解：答案A.见第三段第四句Kompus说，电视助长了孩子们学习的消极性。这与A项的内容一致。contribute to在文中意指“促成、助长”。

22.To such children as described in the passage______.

A. it is easier to say "no" than to say "yes"

B. neither is easy-to say "no" or to say "yes"

C. it is easier to say "yes" than to say "no"

D. neither is difficult-to say "yes" or to say "no"

答案： C

详解：答案C.第三段后一句讲的是：孩子们说不要花更大的力气。言外之意是说“好”可以少费些力气，这正是C项所表达的意思。

23.We learn from the passage that the author's mother used to lay emphasis on _______.

A. learning Latin

B. natural development

C. discipline

D. education at school

答案： C

详解：答案C.作者在文章开头告诉我们：几年前，我不得不学拉丁语、打扫房间，呆在家里做家庭作业时，我母亲就常对我说：“这与其说使你难受，倒不如说使我难受，这是为你好”。根据经验我们知道这是母亲在要求自己的孩子好好学习时常说的话。这表明作者的母亲管教是十分严格的。故C项为正确答案。

24. By "permissive period, in education" (S1, Para.2) the author means a time ________

A. when children are allowed to do what they wish to

B. when everything can be taught at school

C. when every child can be educated

D. when children are permitted to receive education

答案： A

详解：答案A.第二段具体描述了详permissive period in education(教育的自然发展阶段)的情形：无人要求孩子在学校取得好成绩，无人责怪父母对孩子放任自流。孩子可以使用计算器，可以看电视，父母则驱车去度假。总之，父母对孩子不管教，也就是说，孩子可以随心所欲。这与A项的意思一致。

25.The main idea of the passage is that _______

A. parents should leave their children alone

B. kids should have more activities at school

C. it's time to be more strict with our kids

D. parents should always set a good example to their kids

答案： C

详解：答案C.综观全文，段讲作者小时候母亲对他要求严格;第二段讲以后一个时期学校和家长对孩子采取了任其自然发展的态度;第三段讲现在老师发现这个时期成长起来的孩子十分缺乏积极主动的精神，认识到听任孩子自然发展的态度十分错误;第四段指出现在必须改变这种状况，即像以前那样严格要求孩子。由此可见，本文主题思想是C项。

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happend tomorrow, the present moment is where you are-always!

Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things-all at once. We allow past problems and future concerns to dominate our present moments, so much that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed, and hopeless. On the flip side, we also postpone our gratification, ourstated priorities, and our happiness, often convincing ourselves that "someday" will be better than today. Unfortunately, the same mental dynamics that tell us to look toward the future will only repeat themselves so that "someday" never actually arrives. John Lennon once said, "life is what's happening while we're busy making other plans." When we're busy making "other plans", our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss out on life.

Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date. It isn't. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. When our attention is in the present moment, we push fear from our minds. Fear is the concern over events that might happen in the future-we won't have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever.

To combat fear, the best strategy is to learn to bring your attention back to the present. Mark Twain said, "I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." I don't think I can say it any better. Practice keeping your attention on the here and now. Your efforts will pay great dividends.

26.The purpose of this passage is to tell readers ________.

A. people who are busy making plans are living actively

B. how to help others overcome fear

C. we ought to learn to live in the present moment

D. someone who only enjoys the present time usually wastes his time blindly

答案： C

详解：答案C.从文章的大意分析中可知，文章的中心思想在于告诉我们应该学会把握现在，生活在现在。C项的说法与此一致。D项说法与文章意思悖离，不对。A项和B项文章未提到，故也不对。

27. It implies that ________.

A. many people know how to combat fear

B. it isn't necessary to fear for future

C. you can gain more happiness by postponing your gratification

D. some people make plans for their children in order to improve their own lives when they are elder some day

答案： B

详解：答案B。文章第三段第三句指出，事实上，没有人能保证他或她明天将活着。作者在这一段的主要论题是告诉人们不必为未来担心，所以这句话暗示我们为未来担心恐惧是没必要的。B项说法正确。文章后一段虽然指出了战胜恐惧的策略，但并非说许多人知道怎样战胜恐惧，故A项不对。从文章第二段第三句可知，我们未感恩地生活，指望日后会更好，但我们并没获得更好的幸福，故C项不对。D项说法与文章意思不符，也不对。

28."Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal" suggests that _________.

A. they always wish to be an actor or an actress

B. they believe that their present life is prepared for their future life

C. they are always busy making plan for future rather than keep their attention on the here and now

D. they all have a guarantee that they will be alive tomorrow

答案： C

详解：答案C。这句话出现在第三段句，意思是很多人的生活好像在为将来的“正式”生活做准备。作者在这里是承接上一段的内容。上一段作者指出很多人总是忙着为将来的生活做计划，而未把握现在，结果错过了生活可见，C项符合此意，作者暗示的是很多人的生活好像在为将来的生活做准备，并不是说这些人相信这一点，故B项不对。A项误解该句话的含义，故不对。

29."Dividends" in the last paragraph means ________.

A. division of your happier and misery life

B. benefits in return for your efforts

C. money

D. difference between your current state of mind and what you were

答案： B

详解：答案B。dividends本意是“投入股份得到的回报”，这里指“努力得到的结果”B项符合此意。

30.Why are some people depressed and anxious day and night?

A. Because they fear they cannot pass their tests.

B. Because past problems and future concerns dominate their present moment.

C. Because the people they love want to leave them alone.

D. Because they make some mistakes in the past.

答案： B

详解：答案B。从文章第二段可知，因为过去的麻烦和未来的担心控制了他们现在的生活，所以他们变得忧虑。B项正确。A项、C项和D项文章均未提到。

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