Question

Dear Mr Zhu,

I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(專欄) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. At the moment, he refuses to do almost everything his mother and I ask him to do. He is our only child and we treat him very well. His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us. He refuses to spend time with us or do as we tell him. Sometimes he acts as if he doesn’t even love us at all.

Now he refuses to do his homework, and instead insists on wasting his time watching DVDs and listening to foreign music. I cannot understand this music, but I don’t like it. He also spends too much time in Internet cafes, where he either plays games or chats online. He is wasting valuable time during this important period in his life!

What am I to do? At present, to prevent making his mother unhappy with an argument, I am allowing him his freedom. However, I am worried that if I keep allowing him to do what he wants, he may fail at school, or worse.

How can I help my son without harming our relationship?

Yours

Liu Zhenhua

1. What’s Mr. Zhu’s job?

A. A teacher.                                                                      B. A magazine columnist. 

C. A youth worker.                                                        D. A doctor.

2.From the passage, we can know that Mr. Liu’s son is _______ to his parents.

A. friendly                  B. thankful           C. polite          D. rude

3.What does Liu Zhenhua write to Mr. Zhu for?

A. To blame his son.

B. To ask for help with his son.

C. To say something about his son.

D. To complain to him about his son.

4.What do you think is the possible answer for the father?

A. The father should let the son alone.

B. The father should give his son a beating.

C. The father should allow his son his freedom.

D. The father should be patient enough to have communication with the son.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要講述了一名孩子家長因在教育孩子上的困惑而向雜志欄目編輯尋求建議的事情；因為家長的寵愛，孩子變得比較自私，沉迷于網絡不愿與家人交流，導致其雙方隔閡大，難以管教。

1.推理判斷題。根據開頭部分I am writing to your magazine’s “Teenagers Now” column(專欄) to ask for some help with my 16-year-old son. 可知作者的寫信目的是向雜志的某個專欄的工作人員請教孩子的教育問題，結合選項可知朱先生是雜志的欄目編輯；故選B。

2.細節理解題。根據短文第一段His grandparents buy him many things, and yet he is still rude to us.可知孩子對長輩的態度是粗魯的，故選D。

3.細節理解題。根據短文中第三段第一句話What am I to do?和第四段的困惑How can I help my son without harming our relationship?可知劉振華寫信的目的是詢問如何幫助他的兒子；故選B。

4.細節理解題。根據短文中作者的描述可知，他的兒子因為嬌慣而不聽管教，沉迷于網絡，不愿與家長交流；所以從雜志欄目編輯專家的角度分析，應該是不能放任孩子的行為，更不能打罵；要多與其交流、談心，慢慢走近孩子的內心世界，故選D。

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。