Question

Last year, on report card day, my son and a group of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonald's. “Jack got a laptop for getting straight A's, and Laurie got a cell-phone,” one boy said. “Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPod Nano, and she's only in third grade,” said another. “And how about Brian? He got $10 for each A.”

I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cell-phone, and the DVD player?       

I saw the road ahead: As the homework load increased, my income would decrease. I saw my comfortable lifestyle disappear before my eyes---no more of those $5 bags of already-peeled organic（施有機肥料的）carrots. No more organic anything!            

I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal achieved by my two children fetch a reward? A high grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns（橄欖球底線得分）? What about the orchestra（管弦樂隊）? Would first chair pay more than second? I'd be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.

“We never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but that's about it.”

Don't you just hate that? We're all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and she’s spending a few dollars on pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation. And what about the primary grades? What do these students get? “When the teacher asked if anyone got rewards for good grades, everyone in my class raised their hands and said they got ice cream cones (蛋卷),” said one third-grader.

1.What's the best title for the passage?

A．Tips on Paying Kids for Good Grades

B．New Trends in Paying Kids for Good Grades

C．Good Grades Mean Good Rewards

D．Don't Pay Kids for Good Grades

2.What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably mean?

A．Taking care of my children would influence my work.

B．I would spend less money on my children's good grades.

C．More rewards would be needed as my children grow up.

D．Reducing my children's homework load would cost me a lot.

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________. 

A．if you buy children pizza as a reward, they will work harder

B．if you pay kids for good grades, they will take it for granted

C．children will not ask for rewards when they enter high school

D．good grades won't help kids make great progress in the future

4.The author takes her neighbor as an example to show _______.

A．pizza is the best way to motivate children

B．it is necessary to reward children for their good grades.

C．getting rewards for good grades is common nowadays

D．rewards are not the only way to motivate children

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文討論的是一種不合理的教育方式，孩子有一點點好的表現，就給孩子獎勵，這讓孩子感覺到自己就是為了得到父母的獎勵而學習，對他們的成長有不好的影響。

1.D 主旨大意題。本文討論的正是孩子在學校里得到了高分或者有很好的表現，很多父母都給孩子獎勵。這樣的教育方法是不正確的，會帶來很多不好的影響。故Ｄ項符合上下文。

2.C 推理題。根據本句As the homework load increased, my income would decrease. 隨著孩子的家庭作業變多了，那么我給孩子的獎勵就會更多，那么我的收入就會變少。是指隨著孩子的成長，需要給孩子更多的獎勵。故Ｃ正確。

3.B 推斷題。如果孩子有一點點的進步，我們就給孩子獎勵。這會讓孩子認為我們應該給他們適當的獎勵。認為他們的學習就是為了得到獎勵而學習的。故B正確。

4.D 推理題。根據文章倒數第二段“We never paid anything for good grades,” said my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but that's about it.作者以鄰居為例就是為了告訴我們不給孩子獎勵，孩子也可以表現得很好。故D正確。

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