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Chinese are very generous when they begin to educate their children. No caring about money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad. They also want their children to take extra-course activities because they think their children may have a good start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend a lot of money on education.However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children are skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize is that today's children are lack of（缺乏）self-respect and self-confidence.The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. These activities are teaching a child not only to read, but also to think. And that is more important.（1）Many Chinese parents never ________ the money in educating.（2）They believe that the result will be ________ if more money is spent on education.（3）Parents don't realize that today's children are short on ________.（4）Parents should not only educate their children on how to study well, but also teach them to be ________.（5）The importance of teaching a child practical skill is to teach him to read and ________. 【答案】（1）care about（2）better（3）self- respect and self-confidence（4）confident, happy and clever（5）to think【解析】【分析】文章大意：本文揭示了中国父母在教育孩子问题上不惜花钱，却忽视了教他们自信、快乐和聪明等最重要技能的反常现象。

（1）细节理解题。

根据No caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the USA or Australia.，可知在教育孩子身上，中国父母从不在乎花钱，故填care about。

（2）细节理解题。

根据The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is.可知中国人认为在教育上花钱越多，接受的教育就越好，故填better。

（3）细节理解题。

根据Parents can see that their children are skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most pa rents fail to realize is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.，可知大多数父母没有意识到现在的孩子缺乏自尊和自信，故填self-respect and self-confidence。

（4）细节理解题。

根据The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.，可知父母不只是教育孩子如何好好学习，还要教他们自信、快乐和聪明所需要的最重要的技能，故填confident, happy and clever。

（5）细节理解题。

根据短文最后一句These activities are teaching a child not only to read, but also to think. And that is more important.，可知教孩子不仅阅读，还要思考，才是更重要的，故填 to think。

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2．A ）信息归纳：阅读下面的短文，根据短文的大意完成信息卡。

More and more young people from China begin to celebrate Father's Day. They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father's Day started?While Mrs. Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother's Day in a church in 1909, she had an idea of having Father's Day to honor（纪念） her father, William Smart. Mr. Smart. Mr. Smart was a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr. Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs. Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank for her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father's Day. The church agreed with her.The first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington. Children made special desserts and did other thing to make their fathers happy. In 1924, President（总统）Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father's Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Father's Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June FatherThis year, Father's Day was on June 17th. What did you do for you father？Information CardThe third Sunday in June【解析】【分析】文章大意：主要讲述了父亲节的来历。

（1）根据文中原句 While Mrs. Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother's Day in a church in 1909, 可知Mrs. Dodd, 来自美国，故答案为America。

（2）根据文中原句Mr. Smart had to raise his six children alone. 可知Smart先生不得不独自抚养六个孩子。

故答案为six/6。

（3）根据文中原句 The first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington. 可知第一个父亲节是在1910年6月19日在华盛顿庆祝的。