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In this age of Internet chat, video games and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest，a competition she won last year.
As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.
A revelation (啟示) came last week when I asked her，“Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自發(fā)地）told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade，I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting (借用）my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.
1. What do we learn from the first paragraph?
A. Rebecca is much too busy to enjoy her leisure time.
B. Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities today.
C. Rebecca benefits a lot from the online materials for her writing.
D. Many senseless activities compete for children’s time nowadays.
2. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?
A. She simply intended to share her story with readers.
B. She believed she possessed real talent for writing.
C. She was sure of winning with her mother’s help.
D. She had won a prize in the previous contest.
3. From the underlined part in Paragraph 4, we can infer that the writer ______________.
A. had unconsciously done too much while correcting her daughter’s story
B. had already offered practical suggestions for her daughter’s story
C. had nearly replaced her daughter to take part in the contest
D. had successfully turned her daughter into a young writer
4. What message is conveyed in the passage?
A. Parents should keep an eye on the activities their children engage in.
B. Children should be allowed more freedom to grow through experience.
C. Children should be given proper guidance to become more excellent.
D. Parents should spare no effort to make their children successful writers.
【答案】1. D 2. A 3. A 4. B
【解析】
本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。文章的作者是一位作家，她通過講述自己指導(dǎo)女兒寫作的故事，向人們揭示出當(dāng)今社會的子女教育問題。
【1題詳解】
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章首句“In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied.（在這個網(wǎng)絡(luò)聊天、電子游戲和電視真人秀的時代，不乏讓孩子忙碌的無需動腦筋的活動。）”可知通過第一段我們可以了解到現(xiàn)在許多無意義的娛樂活動擠占了孩子們的時間。故選D項。
【2題詳解】
細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段“I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.（我只想講一個天使上一年級的故事。）”可知Rebecca想?yún)⒓咏衲甑膶懽鞅荣愂且驗樗牒妥x者分享她的故事。故選A項。
【3題詳解】
推理判斷題。根據(jù)劃線前的句子“The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. （這個故事講的是一個害怕的天使開始上一年級，我很快“引導(dǎo)”她進(jìn)入了一個小女孩的故事，她有著瘋狂的想象力，正在上她的第一堂音樂課。）”劃線部分的句意為：我已經(jīng)把她的比賽變成了我的比賽，甚至自己都沒有意識到。由此判斷出作者在糾正女兒的故事時，她無意中做了太多。故選A項。
【4題詳解】
推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段“All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.（一直以來，我都在提醒自己，孩子們需要空間去試驗、成長和找到自己的聲音。）”可知這篇文章要向我們傳達(dá)的是應(yīng)該讓孩子們在經(jīng)歷中有更多的自由成長。故選B項。
