Question

Parents are important elements in the children’s educational progress. They are capable of being good resources not just for children, but also for schools and teachers.

Parents can help children realize the value of education through their love and support, and most importantly, their encouragement plays an important role in educational success. So parents can be more involved in children’s classroom activities. For example, parents can help out with teaching arts and crafts（工藝美術）to preschoolers and children in grades 1-3. Asking parents to show the children their own talents and impart（傳授）the knowledge on the subject they love is a good way to involve the parents in their children’s education. And as a teacher, having someone on call to help you with the cutting and gluing（粘）during a craft class will ensure a less daunting（使人畏縮的）job.

Having parent volunteers around when organizing activities for children is definitely an advantage. Organizing field trips, outings, community services, camps, etc., can be a daunting task when you are the only member responsible for catering to the needs of a large group of children. At such times, asking parent volunteers to help out with the basic requirements makes perfect sense. You can even ask them to stay together with students on camping and field trips or help with community services. And activities which allow them to mix freely with the children will help them understand the needs of the children better.

How parent volunteers can help in classroom activities
Help in teaching arts and crafts	·Parents can be asked to   1.   their talents and knowledge with the children on the subject they love. ·Parents can help cut and glue in a craft class.
Help in organizing activities	·Parents can help take   2.   for catering to the children’s basic needs during activities. ·Parents can   3.   students on camping and field trips or help with community services. ·__4.____mixing with the children in activities can give parents a better understanding of their children’s needs.
Help in   5.  classroom activities, etc.	·Parents can help restock what is   6.  for arts and crafts. ·Parents can help tune musical instruments, organize the library and the children’s artwork. ·Make parents feel it comfortable to do the assignments in order to   7.    their feelings being offended.
Help in   8.    research or surveys	·Parent volunteers can be employed to help find out the children’s feelings and   9.   about the school. ·Both research and surveys are   10.    to make the school environment- friendly and home-like.

Asking parent volunteers to keep records of classroom activities, the resources used, etc., is a good way of making good use of them. Ask them to help out with restocking（補充）the materials needed for arts and crafts. You can even ask them to help tune musical instruments, organize the library and the children’s artwork. Make sure that they are comfortable doing the work assigned（布置）to them, after all, you would not want to offend（冒犯）their feelings.

 School is considered as a second home, and there is a constant need to conduct research or surveys to find out whether the children are comfortable in school and what they think of it. A better way to do this is to employ parent volunteers to complete the task. Ultimately（最重要地）, the goal of research or surveys is to make the school environment-friendly and home-like. Thus, it makes sense to conduct research or surveys with the help of parent volunteers.

It goes without saying that you ought to thank the parent volunteers for all their help. To conclude, I agree with the saying,“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.share

2.responsibilities

3.accompany

4.Freely

5.recording

6.needed/ required

7.prevent

8.Conducting/doning

9.opinions

10.meant/intended

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了家長在孩子的教育中起著重要的作用。家長可以在學校組織的活動中幫忙，從中可以更好地了解孩子。家長充當志愿者在活動可以做如下事情：幫助組織活動，記錄活動，補充材料及分享自己的藝術才華。家長志愿者通過參與活動，可以了解孩子對學校的感情和看法。

1.考查動詞。根據(jù)Help in teaching arts and crafts 和their talents and knowledge with the children on the subject they love.可知家長可以幫助教藝術和手工藝品課，除了幫忙剪或粘之外，還可分享自己的才華。故用share 。

2.考查名詞。根據(jù)catering to the children’s basic needs during activities.可知家長有責任滿足孩子的需要。take responsibilities for 對……負責。故用responsibilities。

3.考查動詞。根據(jù)on camping and field trips 可知家長陪孩子去野營和野外旅游。故用accompany。

4.考查副詞。根據(jù)mixing with the children in activities可知家長可以和孩子在一起自由自在的參加活動。所以此處用 Freely

5.考查 動詞。根據(jù)restock ,tune,可知家長在手工課各個環(huán)節(jié)都幫忙，幫助記錄著手工藝課。故此處用recording。

6.考查動詞。根據(jù)Parents can help restock what is   6  for arts and crafts.可知家長幫助 不足手工課所需要的東西。故此處用needed/ required 。

7.考查動詞。根據(jù)·Make parents feel it comfortable to do the assignments •讓父母感覺舒適的做委派的事，所以此處應是防止家長感覺不舒服。故此處用 prevent。

8.考查動詞。根據(jù)research or surveys可知家長幫做調查。Conduct/do research or surveys做調查。故此處用Conducting/doing。

9.考查名詞。與feelings( 感覺 )并列的是想法，故此處用 opinions。

10.考查動詞。Be  meant/intended to 打算。make the school environment-friendly and home-like 可知這是活動的目的，故此處用 meant/intended。

考點：任務型閱讀。