1 . Educating children to have good manners maybe a difficult task for all the parents. You may know that children are easier to learn when you make something fun. So you tried to dress up like a clown(小丑) to draw their attention but it didn’t work. Making something fun does not mean that you have to entertain (使某人快乐) your children. What I have found is that tapping into their interests will make anything fun. There are tools and materials from other people on how to develop children’s interests and teach them good manners.
A lot of popular characters such as Madeline, The Winnie Bears and Barbie have DVDs and books about manners. I have used all of these DVDs in my classes, and they not only keep children’s interests, but also the children use the good manners that they learn from their favorite characters.
If your children are interested in sports, princesses, superheroes, or dinosaurs, you can use their favorite heroes (real or imaginary) as good examples to teach them, from meeting and greeting, to how to set a table.
Elise McVeigh is an etiquette (礼节) expert for Barbie Princes Charm School DVD, as well as a contributor to Parents. com. She is the mother of three children whom she raises with her husband in Dallas. Her three polite children are influenced by her great achievements and good manners from a very young age. So, the most important thing is that you should not forget to use your good manners, because you are your children’s biggest hero. Acting and being like you is what they are truly interested in.
1. What does the underlined phrase “tapping into” in paragraph 1 probably mean?| A．realizing something. |
| B．making use of something. |
| C．giving no care to something. |
| D．looking forward to something. |
| A．By dressing up like a funny clown. |
| B．By thinking of ways to entertain children. |
| C．By using DVDs to keep children’s interests. |
| D．By buying a lot of books about manners. |
| A．To show some respect for her. |
| B．To give an example of how to be successful. |
| C．To introduce some of her books on manners. |
| D．To advise parents to set an example to children. |
| A．Children’s interests: a key factor in teaching good manners for parents |
| B．Children’s receiving education: a remaining difficult task for parents’ interest |
| C．Children’s interest-forming: of great importance for both children and parents |
| D．Children’s character-choosing: an issue worthy of parents’ attention |
2 . A survey said the average Asian dad spent one minute a day with his children. I was shocked. I mean, a whole minute? Every day? Get real. Once a week maybe. The fact is, many Asian males are terrible at kid-related things. In fact, I am one of them.
Child-rearing (养育) doesn’t come naturally to guys. My mother knew the names of our teachers, best friends and crushes. My dad was only vaguely aware there were short people sharing the apartment. My mother bought healthy fresh food at the market every day. My dad would only go shopping when there was nothing in the fridge except a jar of butter. Then he’d buy beer. My mother always knew the right questions to ask our teachers. My dad would ask my English teacher if she could get us a discount on school fees. My mother served kid food to kids. My dad added chili sauce to everything, including our baby food.
The truth is, mother have superpowers. My son fell off a wall once and hurt himself all over. I demanded someone bring me a computer so I could google what to do. My wife ignored me and did some sort of chanting (咏诵) phrase such as “Mummy kiss it better,” and cured 17 separate injuries in less than 15 seconds.
Yes, mothers are incredible people, but they are not always correct. Yet honesty forces me to record the fact that mothers only know best 99.99 percent of the time. Here are some famous slip-ups.
The mother of Bill Gates: “If you’re going to drop out of college and hang out with your stupid friends, don’t come running to me when you find yourself penniless.” The mother of Albert Einstein: “When you grow up, you’ll find that sitting around thinking about the nature of time and space won’t pay the grocery bills.” The mother of George W. Bush: “You’ll never be like your dad, who became President of the United States and started his own war.”
1. The tone for the writer to write the passage is ________.
| A．serious. | B．humorous. |
| C．disapproving. | D．critical. |
| A．females love kids more than males |
| B．child-rearing is difficult both for females and males |
| C．my dad is not interested in child-rearing |
| D．males are not good at child-rearing |
| A．Stories. | B．Shortcomings. |
| C．Mistakes. | D．Disadvantages. |
| A．providing different examples | B．following the order of space |
| C．making comparisons | D．analyzing causes |
