How can parents really get their children to ...

How can parents really get their children to do housework? It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be ready to do housework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.

If parents give their children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.

My daughter Carla’s fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students received less than a perfect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed.

You can use the same technique when you evaluate(评价) your child’s work at home. Don’t always scold and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he/she has done right, not about what he/she hasn’t done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him/her a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad.

Learning is a process(过程) of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake or failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.

1.Why do children think of themselves unable?

A.They don’t do housework.

B.Parents are not friendly to them.

C.Parents don’t allow them to do what they like.

D.They get too little praise in doing housework.

2.What can parents learn from Carla’s fifth-grade teacher?

A.Take a trip with children. B.Give children more praise.

C.Give children a punishment. D.Promise children a ball game.

3.We can draw a lesson from the passage that ________.

A.children can be forced to do housework

B.there is no way to get children to help at home

C.it is very easy to make children do housework

D.the more you encourage children, the more helpful they will be

4.What is the whole passage mainly about?

A.Social education. B.School education.

C.Pre-school education. D.Family education.

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Many parents find that their children act very mean to their friends. They wonder what they can do about this behavior without squashing their spirit. Here is what parenting experts explain and suggest:

Pre-schoolers have no idea how others feel. They are in the process of understanding their own feelings and have not yet developed “emotional intelligence”. Children of this age also do things just because it can make them feel powerful when they are able to make others respond.

Here are some things you can do to reduce the mean talk: When the child’s in a good mood, look her in the eyes and lovingly tell her how you feel when she speaks in a mean way to another child. Have a look of disappointment on your face and role-play with her to show her the behavior you would like to see. Then, every time you see her demonstrating the “nice” interaction with others, stop what you’re doing, give her eyes contact and make a big deal out of it. Young children need to know what good behavior looks like with regular encouragement. When you catch her being mean to a child, get down on your knees next to her, and, with your arm around her, face the child that is receiving her meanness, and apologize to the child for both of you, then walk away. As soon as the other child is away, let your daughter know how disappointed you are in her behavior and quickly let it go.

Parents should set up a consequence when this negative behavior occurs. You can give these other ideas a try first. If you’re not seeing any results after a few times, then go ahead and set up the consequence（such as not being able to play with that child). Avoid using “time out” because it doesn’t work. It gives the child too much power and too much attention. The most effective consequences are those that are directly tied to the behavior. If she is being mean to children, then the play session ends. And most importantly, set up this consequence in advance when the negative behavior is NOT occurring.

If you should catch her being a “bully” to another child, and she has somehow hurt him or her, immediately put all your attention on the victim, not her. Don’t scold or punish your daughter. Softly, gently, and immediately, nurture the hurt child and get your daughter to assist you in the nurturing. When things have calmed down, let her know face to face how disappointed you are in her behavior, not her as a child.

65. When a child talks mean to his friend, the best way to correct it is to___________.

A. tell him directly that it is a wrong doing

B. demonstrate what a good behavior is

C. make him apologize to his friend

D. ask his friend not to play with him anymore

66. The underlined phrase “make a big deal out of it ” in paragraph 2 probably

Means_____________.

A. show some disappointment B. say a few words of praise

C. exchange gifts with the child      D. present a surprised look

67. When dealing with a child’s mean action, you shouldn’t___________.

A. punish her in the presence of her friend.

B. put on a disappointed look on your face

C. tell her that you are unhappy to see that

D. nurture the hurt child immediately

68. The passage is mainly about how to___________

A. bring up children

B. solve pre-school children’s problems

C. help children make friends

D. guide children when bad behaviors occur

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To learn how their children are doing at school, parents  need to _______ the teachers every now and then.

A．admire           B．combine          C．gather            D．consult

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Scientists suggested parents _______ children do the housework to make money.　

A. made            B. make                C. to make            D. had made

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Parents can cut the chances of their children getting fat simply by keeping them longer at table. Just three extra minutes at a family mealtime could help prevent child fatness. The reasons might lie in communication and the importance of a scheduled mealtime.

Dr Barbara Fiese said, “Children, whose families have a 20-minute meal over four times a week, weigh lighter than kids who leave the table after15 to 17 minutes. Over time, those extra minutes per meal add up and become really powerful.”

Researchers studied 200 family mealtimes, testing the influences of mealtime habits of families with children in primary school. They found that families, who said that shared mealtimes were an important part of family life and had special meaning for them, were less likely to have fat children. Similarly, families who talked more together and communicated more positively during the meal, were more likely to have healthy-weight children.

Teaching families how to make full use of family mealtimes was a wise idea. “This is something we can do and teach. It’s also important to recognize the increasing differences of families and their complex living schedules that may challenge(挑战) their abilities to plan ahead and set some time to communicate with each other,” said Dr Fiese.

Families in poorer US neighborhoods faced more problems, including poor chances of getting healthy food. But even so, regular high quality family mealtimes made a difference to the children’s weight. Dr Fiese said, “Three to four extra minutes per meal will make a healthy weight more possible.”

1.How long is reasonable for a family mealtime according to the text?

A.About 10 minutes. B.About 12 minutes

C.About 15 minutes D.About 20 minutes.

2.What’s the advantage of a longer family mealtime according to the text?

A.Children can better enjoy their meals.

B.Children can have a good rest while eating.

C.Children can communicate more during the time.

D.Children can have more time to choose what they like.

3.What does the author want to show in paragraph3?

A.The result of a study. B.Different eating habits.

C.Causes of child fatness. D.The importance of normal eating

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.Mealtime talk helps to lose weight

B.Healthy food makes normal weigh

C.Poorer families have thinner children

D.Longer family mealtimes help prevent child fatness

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Parents can cut the chances of their children getting fat simply by keeping them longer at table. Just three minutes extra at a family mealtime could help prevent child obesity. Research found that among poor families, the extra minutes at mealtimes made great improvement of a normal weight for the youth. The factors are likely to be communication and the importance of a scheduled mealtime.

Dr Barbara Fiese said, “Children, whose families have a 20-minute meal over four times a week, weigh less than kids who leave the table after 15 to 17 minutes. Over time, those extra minutes per meal add up and become really powerful.”

The researchers studied 200 family mealtimes, testing the effects of factors and mealtime behavior of families with children in primary school. They found that families, who said that shared mealtimes were an important part of family life and had special meaning for them, were less likely to have an obese child. Similarly, families, who talked more together and interacted more positively during the meal, were more likely to have healthy-weight children.

Teaching low-income families how to make the most of family mealtimes was a wise idea. Dr Fiese said, “This is something we can target and teach.” She added, “It’s also important to recognize the increasing differences of families and their sometimes complex living arrangements that may challenge their abilities to plan ahead and arrange a single time to communicate with each other.”

Families in poorer US neighborhoods faced a lot of problems, including poor access to healthy food. But even so, regular high quality family mealtimes made a difference to the children’s weight. Dr Fiese said, “Three to four extra minutes per meal will make a healthy weight more possible.”

1.According to the passage, to have a healthy-weight child, parents should ________.

A. limit the food for each meal　　 B. increase their eating time

C. shorten the mealtime　　 D. make them eat healthy food

2.How much time is reasonable for one meal according to the passage?

A. About 15 minutes.　　 B. About 17 minutes.

C. About 20 minutes.　　 D. About 30 minutes.

3.Why does a longer mealtime make a difference to a normal weight?

A. Because people can have a good rest as they eat meals.

B. Because people can have time to choose what they like.

C. Because people can use mealtimes to do other things.

D. Because people can communicate more in the scheduled time.

4.What does Dr Fiese suggest to us?

A. Parents should not communicate during mealtime.

B. It’s better to add three to four extra minutes to one meal.

C. Four meals a day will make a difference to the children’s weight.

D. Twenty extra minutes per meal make a healthy weight.

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1.    Good parents are always c________ about how their children are getting along with their education.

2.    Some people like （遛）_______ their dogs after supper.

3.    Putonghua is the o________ language of China.

4.    Our baby is just starting to talk; he has got a v________ of about ten words.

5.    Lady Gaga is said to have _________ （毕业） from New York University before 2006. But in fact, she didn’t.

6.    Peter’s ________ (态度) towards women really scares me.

7.    Wenchuan was badly d_________ in the earthquake in the year 2008.

8.    Don’t worry. Progress will be made ________ (渐渐地).

9.    As an adult, you have the right to _______ (投票).

10.   P________ Hu Jintao has won a better fame over Obama.

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Parents do not owe （欠） their children a college education. If they can afford it, they can certainly send them to a good university. But they needn’t feel guilty if they can’t. When children grow up and want to get married, their parents do not owe them an apartment. They do not have the duty to look after their grandchildren, either. If they want to do it, it must be considered a favor, not an obligation.

Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.

One of their obligations is to give their children a personal worth. Children who are always made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly compared with brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so unsure, so afraid of failing that they won’t try at all. Of course they should be properly corrected when they do wrong, but it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves in time. All their parents should do is to trust them, respect them, understand them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand failure. When criticisms （批评） are really needed, they should be balanced with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.

Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives. This means teaching them to respect the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by deed. A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have difficulty laughing and loving.

No child asks to be born. If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.

1.The author thinks parents ________.

A.should send their children to college

B.should support their children after they get married

C.need to buy an apartment for their children

D.needn’t feel guilty if they can’t send their children to universities

2.What does the underlined word “obligation” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.Right. B.Promise.

C.Duty. D.Excuse.

3.According to the passage, what should parents do when children make mistakes?

A.Understand them and tell them not to do that again.

B.Let them learn the mistakes by themselves in time.

C.Compare them with brighter brothers or sisters.

D.Correct their mistakes immediately.

4.What does the author mainly talk about in this passage?

A.The duties of parents.

B.The best way to teach children.

C.The reason why children feel stupid and unworthy.

D.The reason why parents owe their children something.

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Sometimes children do not do what their parents tell them to do．When this happens，a parent tries to help the child to do the right thing．When this does not work，the parent usually punishes the child．

There are many things that a parent can do．One thing that people have done is to spank(打屁股)the child．When a parent spanks a child, they will use their hand or a hard object to strike them on the bottom．This means showing the child that they have done something wrong．

One parent remembers being spanked when he was a child．His parents used a wooden spoon．When he spanked his own children with his hand, he saw that he put a red mark on his child’s leg．He never did that again．

One problem with spanking is that it teaches the child to hit someone when they do not like what the other person is doing．Another problem with spanking is that the parent is usually angry and can hit the child too hard．Sometimes parents will use spanking for everything and not try other ways to get the child to do the right thing．

Many parents are not sure of what to do instead of spanking．Some people think that their religion tells them that spanking is okay．Some think that the law lets them do it．The courts(法院)say that parents have the right to teach their children how to behave．

Other things should be tried before a parent decides to spank a child．Telling the child exactly what is wanted from them can be one thing．Giving a child more than one choice is another thing that can be tried．Getting down to the child’s level and taking a more child-friendly approach can help as well．

1.According to the passage，when children do something wrong，one thing that parents usually do　　　　　　　　　　　　 to punish them is to

A．strike them on the bottom

B．try to help them do the right thing

C．teach them what to do

D．take them to court

2.Which of the following is NOT the problem caused by spanking?

A．It teaches the child to hit others when they offend him or her．

B．The parents may get angry and hit the child too hard．

C．Sometimes parents may use spanking for everything．

D．It makes parents try other ways to make the child do right．

3.From this passage，we can conclude that

A．good children always do the right thing

B．parents should try their best to avoid spanking their children

C．parents have no choice but to spank their children

D．children can have more than one choice to avoid being spanked

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How do you get a man to do his share of the housework? If you are like most women, you’ve faced this question the hard way.

A man will enjoy a clean, orderly house, but he usually won’t make the effort to clean or organize it. This doesn’t mean that a woman has to do all the housework; she may have to manage many of the household duties, and request her partner’s joining. A woman can often say that men and women should take equal responsibility for housework.

Very few men are raised to be fully responsible for housework, and many men look on housework as women’s work. On the other hand, most men will readily work around the yard, make repairs and complete projects on weekends or evenings, and it’s important that you give your man appreciation(欣赏) for those things, too. Most men will take on a little housework around the house if asked politely. They are even more likely to do housework if they can choose what they want to do , and do it without being monitored(监视).

Here is the key: men want to feel that they are doing housework either because they want to do a task, or they simply want to please their women. Men are less likely to take on household tasks they consider uninteresting and unimportant. In other words, men are likely to do a housework task just for the good of the house.

1.The passage is mainly about how to ________.

A．get men to do some housework            B．get men to serve their families

C．praise men’s housework                 D．get men to do all the housework

2.According to a passage, a man _______ .

A．is willing to do housework

B．likes to be told to do housework

C．is taught to be responsible for housework from childhood

D．likes a clean house but doesn’t make effort to clean it.

3.In order to get men to do housework, women should often ________ .

A．order them to do their share              B．ask them to do some housework politely

C．blame men’s laziness                   D．monitor men’s work

4.According to the passage, the underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that men won’t __________ .

A． work without any payment               B．do unimportant housework tasks

C．do housework with women’s praises       D．please their wives

5.According to the passage, which of the following would a husband most probably like to ?

A．Cleaning the table                       B．Doing some washing

C．Painting the fence                       D．Asking his wife to work on the yard.

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