第 1 页 共 5 页高考英语二轮复习专项限时训练高考英语二轮复习专项限时训练阅读理解（五十）阅读理解（五十） （附答案与解析）（附答案与解析）A In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the childs acquisition (习得) of each new skill the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is common that parents hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, and a young child might be encourages to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm (热情) for life and his desire to find out new things for himself. Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over time of coming home at night or punctuality (准时) for meals. In general, the controls imposed (强加的) represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the childs own happiness. As regards the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that “example is better than precept (言传)”. If they are not sincere and do not practice what they preach (说教), their children may grow confused, and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been to some extent fooled. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents principles and their morals can be a dangerous disappointment. 1. Eagerly watching the childs acquisition of new skills _. A. should be avoided B. is universal among parents C. sets up dangerous states of worry in the child D. will make him lose interest in learning new things 2. When children are learning new skills, parents should _. A. encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read B. not expect too much of them C. achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own D. create as many learning opportunities as possible 3. The second paragraph mainly tells us that _. A. parents should be strict with their children B. parental controls satisfy only then needs of the parents and the values of the community C. parental restrictions vary, and are not always enforced for then benefit of the children alone D. parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation 4. In moral matters, parents should _. A. observe the rules themselves B. be aware of the marked difference between adults and children C. forbid things which have no foundation in morality 第 2 页 共 5 页D. satisfy their childrens needs BKing Midas was a very wealthy king. Collecting gold was his hobby, his joy and his life. One day as he sat counting his wealth he saw an old man asleep under a tree. He saw that it was Silenus from the court of Dionysus, God of wine. Midas was cunning and treated Silenus like a king for ten days before taking him back to Dionysus. Dionysus was thankful and told King Midas that he would grant any wish that he made. Midas asked that anything he touched would be turned to gold. Dionysus _but warned him about his greed. Midas was very happy. He touched a tree and it turned to gold. He touched the walls of his palace and it turned to gold. He touched his horse, then his servant, his food and finally his children. Everything turned to gold. Midas began to feel very unhappy. He could not eat, sleep, drink or touch anything because everything turned to gold. He missed his children dreadfully. Finally Midas went back to find Dionysus and told him that he wanted to get rid of his golden touch. Dionysus laughed when he saw the change in the king. Eventually he decided to take pity on him and told him to go and bath in the river Pactolus. King Midas went to the river. He was afraid to get into the water in case it turned to gold and killed him. He got a jug and washed himself down. Little by little the gold washed away. King Midas was very happy. He took jug after jug of water back to his palace to wash his children, his servants, his horse and the whole palace. He did not stop work until he had restored everything to its normal state. 阅读短文，回答问题。 5. Whats the best title of the passage?_. 6. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following sentence?One day he was counting his money when he caught sight of an old man sleeping under a tree_ 7. Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please