David, my next-door neighbor, has two young kids aged five and seven. One day he was teaching his seven-year-old son Kelly how to push the lawn mower around the yard. As he was teaching him to turn the mower around at the end of the lawn, his wife, Jane, called to him to ask a question. As David turned to answer the question, Kelly pushed the lawn mower right through the flower bed at the edge of the lawn, leaving a two-foot wide path leveled to the ground.
When David turned back around and saw what had happed, he began to lose control. David had spent a lot of time and effort making those flower beds the envy of the neighborhood. As he began to raise his voice to his son, Jane walked quickly over to him, put her hands on his husband’s shoulder and said, “David, please remember…we’re raising children, not flowers!”
Jane reminded me how important it is as a parent to remember our priorities. Kids and their self-esteem are more important than any physical objects they might break or destroy. The window pane broken by a football, a desk lamp knocked over by a careless child, or a plate dropped in the kitchen is already broken. The flowers are already dead. We must remember not to add the destruction by breaking a child’s spirit and deadening his sense of liveliness.
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(1)What did David teach Kelly to do one day?(2分) 2
∙ A. How to water flowers.
∙ B. How to operate a mower.
∙ C. How to clean the yard.
∙ D. How to take care of the lawn.
(2)What did Jane mean by saying “we’re raising children, not flowers”?(2分) 2
∙ A. We don’t have enough time to raise flowers.
∙ B. Children are of greater importance than flowers.
∙ C. We like flowers better than children.
∙ D. Flowers are raised for children.
(3)What should be considered as priorities by parents?(2分) 4
∙ A. Correcting children’s bad behaviors.
∙ B. Always forgiving children for their mistakes.
∙ C. Asking children not to break physical objects.
∙ D. Bearing children’s self-esteem in mind.
(4)What can be inferred from the last paragraph?(2分) 2
∙ A. Children nowadays are very careless.
∙ B. It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
∙ C. Destruction of physical objects means nothing.
∙ D. Not every child has sense of liveliness.
(5)Which of the following words can be used to best describe the author’s attitude towards Jane?(2分) 3
∙ A. Critical.
∙ B. Indifferent.
∙ C. Approving.
∙ D. Negative.
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