用心 爱心 专心- 1 -【中考预测系列中考预测系列】2011】2011 年中考英语完型填空、阅读理解预测卷年中考英语完型填空、阅读理解预测卷教育篇教育篇 AChinese are very generous (慷慨的) when it comes to educating their children. Not 1 the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad. They also want their children to take extra-course 2 through which they will learn either an instrument or ballet (芭蕾舞), or other classes which will give them a head start in life.Chinese believe that the 3 an education is, the better it is. So parents would like to spend a large amount of money on education. Even 4 couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter. However, what most parents 5 to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their childrens skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. 6 most parents fail to realize is that todays children lack self-respect and self-confidence. The problem is that parents are only 7 their children by teaching them how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be 8 , happy and clever. Parents can achieve this by teaching 9 skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. 10 a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life.请先通读上面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题后所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项填空，使短文意思完整通顺。( ) 1. A. offeringB. spendingC. caring aboutD. paying( ) 2. A. partiesB. sportsC. clubsD. activities( ) 3. A. more expensiveB. more seriousC. fartherD. cheaper( ) 4. A. richB. oldC. poorD. young( ) 5. A. fail B. tryC. wantD. manage( ) 6. A. Why B. ThatC. WhatD. Which( ) 7. A. advisingB. educatingC. persuadingD. 用心 爱心 专心- 2 -suggesting( ) 8. A. outgoingB. quietC. seriousD. confident( ) 9. A. actualB. practicalC. realD. true( ) 10. A. TeachingB. AskingC. AdvisingD. TellingB BPeople often say, “Children cant do math exercises, because their parents cant do them.” Heres an example to show what I mean.The other day my daughter brought home her math homework. “I have to subtract(减) 179 from 202,” she said.“Its quite easy,” I said. “You put the 202 over the 179.”“But we need a 10 here. Where is the 10?”“I dont know where the 10 is. Lets just subtract 179 from 202. Nine from two is three. You carry one and add it to seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is 23.”“We cant do it that way. We have to use the 10.”“Well, Im going to call your teacher to see how she subtracts 179 from 202.”Over the telephone, I said that I was having a bit of trouble with the homework she had given to my daughter. The teacher said, “In the right-hand column(栏) we have units of one. The two in that column counts for two ones. The zero in the center counts for zero tens. The two in the left-hand column counts for hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didnt think I was clear.I hung up and found my way to the medicine box. My head was now hurting. I started putting pills of medicine into my mouth. “How many did you take?” my wife asked. “I took one and then I took another. I know one and one was two, but dont ask me what it is now.”请根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）。( ) 1. The daughter wanted to show his father how difficult math was.( ) 2. The father couldnt do his daughters math homework.( ) 3. The daughter couldnt understand her fathers way.( ) 4. What the teacher said made the father angry.( ) 5. We can guess from the story that the father would never do his 用心 爱心 专心- 3 -daughters math homework again.CIn a classroom in any country, the teacher teaches more than art or history or language. He or she teaches something behind the culture of the country.In a country such as the United States, people with different history, culture and languages join together, so they pay much attention to personal ideas. Teachers try to make each student special. Students do not have to remember a lot of information. Instead, they work and find answers by themselves. There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age students learn to have their own ideas. Their education encourages personal thought. The importance is placed on how to arrive at an answer instead of getting the correct answer only.In most Asian countries, people have the same language, history and culture. Perhaps for this reason, the education there pays more attention to group goals than personal ideas. Children in China and Japan often work together and help each other with homework. In the classroom, the ways of teaching are often very traditional. The teacher says and the students listen. There is not much discussion. Instead, the students repeat rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind.In many ways these differences come from different educational ideas. In western countries teachers are taught to help students to learn. They make it easier for the students to learn by themselves. In most Asian countries, however, teachers often feel that the