【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 How far would you go for your kids education? That39。s a question many parents are asking in the wake of the college cheating scandal(丑聞)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. Here39。s how far I went. In the fall of 2017 my husband and I lost our jobs. We had to tell our daughter, Casey, that we couldn39。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University. We decided the best choice for our family would be for Casey to sit out a year. We promised that we would get her back the following year. Casey decided to spend the year volunteering in South Africa On Sept 30, 2017, we put our oldest child on a plane halfway around the world. Casey worked as a tutor teaching kids math, English and music in Johannesburg. We did get Casey back in school in time. When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。t what she used to be. Each day is marked by gratitude because she knows what it is like not to be able to get an education. I wonder why the college cheating scandal happened and I think it boils down to this: Parents want to create a fort zone for their kids. Of course, we want the best for our kids but sometimes we forget that real growth doesn39。t happen in times of fort。 those valuable lessons e when we are forced to think in ways we otherwise wouldn39。t have. While I did less for my child than these wealthy parents did in terms of means, in other ways I did more. I taught her that disappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it. My husband and I showed Casey that her strength is in her struggle. That39。s how far I went for my kid s education. And I dare say she is wiser and better off for it.（1）What do the parents involved in the college cheating scandal have in mon? A.They are well –knownB.They are aggressiveC.They are very richD.They are conservative.（2）The writer made the decision to pull Casey out of school__________. A.for lack of moneyB.because of her illnessC.as a result of cheatingsD.due to her bad behaviour（3）What does the writer think of her daughter39。s volunteering in South Africa for a year? A.It39。s meaningless.B.It is well worth it.C.It is a waste of timeD.It is a wrong decision.（4）The writer advises parents to____. A.create a fort zone for their kidsB.do whatever they can for their kidsC.help their kids have a better educationD.let their kids experience disappointment【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者由大學(xué)作弊丑聞入手并結(jié)合自己教育女兒的經(jīng)歷告訴我們，真正的成長(zhǎng)不是發(fā)生在安逸的時(shí)候，父母應(yīng)該讓孩子體驗(yàn)失望。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的the college cheating scandal(丑聞)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country可知，陷入大學(xué)作弊丑聞的父母都是有錢人，故選C。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的In the fall of 2017 my husband and I lost our jobs. We had to tell our daughter, Casey, that we couldn39。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University.可知，作者和丈夫失業(yè)了，負(fù)擔(dān)不起讓女兒繼續(xù)讀書的費(fèi)用，所以決定讓她休學(xué)，故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。t what she used to be. Each day is marked by gratitude because she knows what it is like not to be able to get an education.可知，女兒重返校園后，學(xué)習(xí)比以前更加努力了，每一天都充滿感激之情，因?yàn)樗罒o法接受教育是什么滋味，由此可知，作者認(rèn)為女兒在南非的志愿工作是值得的，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的I taught her that disappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it.可知，失望是生活的一部分，我們應(yīng)該勇敢面對(duì)它而不是逃避它，由此可知作者建議父母讓孩子體驗(yàn)失望，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 My mother has a dining table which sits right in the middle of her dining room. It was once buried beneath piles of papers—magazines, articles, copies of schedules for vacations she took back in the 1990s, and baby pictures of grand children who are now paying off their college loans. My brother Ross and I recently flew to New York to visit my mother. Mom, why don39。t we go through all that stuff? Ross said. No. Don39。t touch it! My mother said. The next afternoon, when she couldn39。t find a bill she needed, Ross suggested it might be put somewhere in the dining room and that we find it together. Besides, he said, all those papers are clearly stressing you out. However, my mother just said, Are you boys hungry? And then she seemed to have lost herself in deep thought. On our last night there, my mother walked up to us with a small pile of unopened mails, which she had collected at the western edge of the dining table, and said, Help me go through these. Sure, I said. When we had succeeded in separating wheat from chaff (谷殼), I asked, Would you want to deal with another little pile of papers? My mother led the way walking into the dining room the way an animal manager might be while entering a cage with tigers in it. Ross and I came in behind her and suddenly he reached for a pile of the papers on one side of the table. No! my mother said sharply. Let39。s start at the other end. That39。s where the older stuff is. Finally, we threw 95 percent of the stuff into paper shopping bags. Then I asked what she wanted us to do with them, she surprised us all by saying, Put them in the incinerator (垃圾焚化爐). When I returned home, inspired by the visit to my mother, I sorted out my own accumulated(累積的) piles of papers, sold or gave away half of my possessions, and moved into a smaller house. It seems that my life has been cheaper and easier since then. And it proves that a small change does make a big difference.（1）What did the mother ask her children to do with these unopened mails? A.To burn them.B.To read them for her.C.To collect them together.D.To pick out the important ones among them.（2）When the mother walked into the dining room, she was________. A.angryB.afraidC.impatient1