【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 mance and found one of the most damaging things a parent could do was to punish their children for poor marks. In general, about 20% of parental involvement was positive, about 45% negative and the rest statistically insignificant. Common sense suggests it was a good thing for parents to get involved because children with good academic success do have involved parents , admitted Robinson. But he argued that this did not prove parental involvement was the root cause of that success. A big surprise was that AsianAmerican parents whose kids are doing so well in school hardly involved. They took a more reasonable approach, conveying to their children how success at school could improve their lives. 29. The underlined expression parental involvement in Paragraph 1 probably means . A. parents39。 expectation on children39。s health B. parents39。 participation in children39。s education C. parents39。 control over children39。s life D. parents39。 plan for children39。s future 30. What is the major finding of Robinson39。s study ? A. Modern parents raise children in a more scientific way. B. Punishing kids for bad marks is mentally damaging. C. Parental involvement is not so beneficial as expected. D. Parents are not able to help with children’s homework. 31. The example of AsianAmerican parents implies that parents should . A. help children realize the importance of schooling B. set a specific life goal for their children C. spend more time improving their own lives D. take a more active part in school management D Children’s lives have changed greatly over the last 50 years. But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did? It’s difficult to look back on one’s own childhood with out some element of nostalgia(懷舊的 ). I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them, playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children, racing up and down on our bikes, or exploring the nearby woods. My parents scarcely appear in these memories, except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure. These days, in the UK at least, the nature of childhood has changed dramatically. Firstly, families are smaller. It is mon for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn’t time to bring up a large family, or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child. As a result, today’s boys and girls spend much of their time alone. Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home, inside. This is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers, so they wouldn’t dream of letting their children play outside by themselves. Finally, the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different. Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood. The irony(令人啼笑皆非的事情 ) is that so many ways of playing games are called “interactive”. The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today. Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same. 32. What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph? A. To get people’s attent ion and lead in the topic. B. To gather people’s opinions on childhood. C. To show who the passage is written for. D. To pare the childhood lives of two generations. 33. Which is NOT a reason for the changes? A. Families are smaller today. B. Parents worried too much about their children. C. Toys can be played by children alone at home. D. It’s too dangerous to play outside. 34. What has the writer focused on in the fourth paragraph? A. Young people today shouldn’t play electronic games. B. Some games that young people play today aren’t really good. C. Computer and video games have replaced the board games. D. Board games are much more interesting than puter games. 35. The writer’s attitude towards the childhood changing is ________ . A. approving B. unconcerned C. objective D. optimistic 第二節(jié) (共 5小題；每小題 2分，滿分 10分 ) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。 (E涂 AB， F涂 BC， G涂 CD） If tests can make students nervous, anxious and even scared, shouldn’ t schools just get rid of them? 36 Teachers and schools give students tests for very important reasons: 37 Giving a test is a way for a teacher to see which students are learning the skills and knowledge they should be learning, and which ones are having trouble. Depending on how kids do on the test, the teacher will kno