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“You’retryingtocontrolmylife,”saysmynine-year-oldson.“Idon’tknowwhyyouthinkyoucandothat,butyoucan’t.”IreceivedthisbitofinformationafterIaskedGabrieletoputhisdirtysocksinthebasket.AndIgetnosympathyfrommymother,whosays,“Youlethimhavehiswayfromthebeginning.”
It’strue.IhavealwaysaskedGabriele’sopinion,foundouthowhefeltaboutthings–treatedhimasmypeer,notmychild.AndwhathaveIgotfrommytroubles?Alotofbacktalk.AtleastI’mnotalone;it’sacomplaintheardamongparentsacrossthecountry.
It’snotjustthatwe’reconfudbythecontradictoryadviceofferedinparentingbooks.Thefactis,inanefforttobreakawayfromhowwewereraid–totrysomethingmoreliberalthanourparents’“doitbecauIsayso”approach–ourgenerationhasgonetoofar.“Today’sparentswanttobeyoung,sotheytrytobefriendswiththeirchildren,”saysKathyLynn,aparentingeducator.
“Whenitcomestodiscipline,oursocietyhasgonefromoneextremetotheother,”saysRonMoorish,abehaviorspecialist.“Weudtouthestrap,tointimidate.Thenwehadpermissiveness,andnowit’saboutgivingchildrenchoicesandallowingthemtolearnfromtheirownexperiences.”
Realdiscipline,saysMoorish,isaboutteaching.“Bycorrectingourchildrenwhentheydosomethingwrong,weteachthemhowtobehaveproperly,”hesays.Butthisonlyworks,heemphasizes,ifparentsregaintheirpositionofauthority.Childrenwillalwaysbechildren.Thekeyisforparentstochoototakethetimetoguideandteachtheirkids.
RitaMunday,amotheroffourchildren,couldn’tbelievethedramasthatplayedoutinthechildren’sshoestoresheoperated.Sheoftensawchildreninsistonhavingthehigh-
priced,brand-nameshoes.Andevenwhenthemotherdidn’twanttospendthemoney,shewouldgiveinwhenthekidstartedactingupandthrowingshoesaround.
RhondaRadice,Munday’syoungercolleague,isoneparentwhohasbuckedthetrendandisproudofit.“Idon’tnegotiatewiththem.Youcan’t.I’veenparentscomeintothestoreandbribetheirchildrentobehave.Youshouldn’thavetobuyloveandrespect.”
1、Theauthor’swayoftreatingherson____________.
A、issharedbymanyparents
皇家少儿英语B、incouragedbyhermother
C、provestobequitesuccessful
D、showslittleconcernforthechild
参考答案:A
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【答案】A【解析】第二段最后一句说我的孩子经常跟我顶嘴，但这不是我一个人的问题，
许多家长都有这样的抱怨。
闭幕式歌曲2、Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat__________.日本瑞穗实业银行
A、parentsshouldlearntomakefriendswiththeirchildren
B、parentsneedtofollowtheadviceofparentingbooks
C、today’schildrenenjoymorefreedomthanthepreviousgeneration
D、today’sparentsarebetteratraisingchildrenthanthepreviousgeneration
参考答案:C
解析:
【答案】C【解析】第三段前两句说育儿书中提供的建议互相矛盾，使家长无所适从。如今许多家长都在摆脱自己小时候的成长模式，希望以更加自由的态度对待自己的孩子。而这些家长成长时受到的教育是“家长说什么就是什么”。因此可以说如今的孩子比以前的孩子享受更多自由。
3、Accordingtothepassage,tohave“discipline”meansthatparentsshould___________.
A、adoptthe“doitbecauIsayso”approach
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B、teachtheirchildrentounderstandtherules
C、negotiatewiththeirchildrenforadecision
D、neverallowtheirchildrentohavetheirways
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解析:
【答案】B【解析】第五段说“纪律”的意思是“教导”，即应该在孩子犯错的时候纠正他们，并教导他们什么才是正确的做法。
4、IfRondaRadiceistheparentwhohas“buckedthetrend”,whichofthefollowingcanalsobecitedastheexamplefor“buckingthetrend”?
A、Parentsbuywhatevertheirchildrenwant.
B、Parentstreattheirchildrenastheirequals.
C、Parentsmakedecisionsfortheirchildren.sissy spacek
D、Parentsmaintainauthorityovertheirchildren.
参考答案:D
解析:
【答案】D【解析】“buckthetrend”意思是反潮流。第四段最后一句讲到如今的潮流是家长给孩子自由选择的权力。而最后一段Radice说，“我从不和他们讲条件”，也就是说家长要保持权威。
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5、Themainpointofthepassageisto__________.
A、comparedifferentwaysofraisingchildren
B、analyzetheproblemsfacedbytoday’sparents
C、explaintheimportanceofunderstandingchildren
D、pointoutthemistakesmadebytheoldergeneration
参考答案:B
解析:
【答案】B【解析】本文主要介绍现代父母与子女的关系从过去的家长式变成朋友式以及由此产生的问题，所以B为文章主题。
In1985,theCoca-colacompanymadethedecisiontochangetheformulaofitsleadingsoftdrink.Thechangewasbadonthefindingsofmanymarketstudies.Thestudieshadshownthatthegeneralrespontothenewproductwasgood.However,thechangeofthetraditionalCoca-colabyNewCokewasrejectedbythemajorityofdrinkers.Infact,thecompanyhadtostepbackandrestartproductionoftheoldformulaofCoca-cola.
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ThemostimportantreasonwhyNewCokewasrejectedwastheemotionalrelationshipthatexistedbetweendrinkersandtheoldsoftdrinkformula.DrinkingCoca-
colahadbecomeatraditionformanypeopleoverits99yearsofexistence.ThechangemadebythecompanywasnotonlyinCoke’sformulabutalsointhetraditionalvaluesandmemoriesthatitreprentedtothedrinkers.“WehadtakenawaymorethantheproductCoca-cola.Wehadtakenawayalittlepartofthemandtheirpast.”Thedrinkersrejectedthis“improvement”,becau“sotheyfeltbetrayedwhentheproductchangedcompletelyovernight”.
AlthoughalotofrearchwasdonebyCoca-colacompany,itdidn’tshowthedepthofdrinkers’emotionfortheproduct.Thestudiestookmanyforms,butnoneofthetestswasabletomeasurethedegreeofpersonalandemotionalreactionscaudbythedisappearanceoftheold,traditionalCoca-cola.Theweaknessoftherearchwasthatitwasmainlyquantitativeinform.Theresultwasonlynumbersthatcouldnotshowthedeepmeaningtheproducthadformanypeople.Amoreextensivestudyfocusingonthequalitativeaspectsofthechangewouldperhapshavebeenabletodemonstratetheclorelationshipexistingbetweendrinkersandproduct.
