【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 . I had the most wonderful childhood, and it’s not because I had everything I wanted or because I was a cool kid. I have learned a lot about parenting from what my parents did. Here are a few gems (珍寶 ) that I use now or plan to use in the future with my two boys. Here’s how a conversation often went when I was a kid. Usually it was around 4:30 . I said, “I’m hungry. Can I have a cookie?” My mom answered, “No. Have a banana.” “I don’t want a banana.” “Then you’re not hungry.” Sometimes I was angry about it, but I knew that was good for me. Thanks mom for not letting me eat junk food (垃圾食品 ). Now I agree with my mother and I have this same conversation with my threeyearold son. I hope it helps him form healthy diet habits. I know many of us heard this as children. “If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too?” If our kids asked for something just because everyone else had it or was doing it, we often got this response. It was the perfect response, and we soon learned not to ask for things because everyone else had it, but because it was something we wanted. I will always be thankful that my parents let us try the things that interested us, not the things they wanted to push us into. This helped me try swimming, dance, and the piano before second grade. I found a love — singing — and kept up with that through my college years. It drives me crazy, as a mom and teacher, when I see kids who are pushed into their parents’ favorite activities, even when they don’t have a passion for them. 29. What are the gems in the writer’s mind? A. Her parents’ knowledge. B. Her parents’ educational methods. C. Her parents’ love. D. Her parents’ personalities. 30. Why does the writer mention the conversation with her mother in Paragraph 2? A. To show her mother was so strict with her. B. To stress the importance of healthy diet habits. C. To show her mother was not concerned about her. D. To show how her mother helped her develop healthy diet habits. 31. The response from the writer’s parents in Paragraph 3 is mainly used to . A. refuse their kid’s same request B. meet their kid’s right request C. tell their kid not to be in danger D. tell the good from the bad 32. Which of the following may be supported by the writer? A. The children must do what their parents want them to. B. The children can do anything that they want to. C. The children must do what is useful to society. D. The children can try the things that interest them. D Picture this scene, a 6yearold girl is alone on a raft, with no lifejacket, 200 yards from the shore with the winds whipping up the water. She is pointing at her cousins, and yelling out, “They are drowning!” Your eyes scan left only to see a threeyearold above the surface of the water and you realize two hands are holding her up, the hands of 14yearold Mallory, who is struggling below the surface of the water. Three seventeenyearolds from Salt Lake City, Tiana Skeen, Caitlin Caldwell and Jessica Osterloh, were on the lake for fun in the sun at Bear Lake when they heard the cry for help and saw this terrifying scene. The teens witnessed the three young girls in this very dangerous situation. The teens reacted quickly and swam out to save the girls while crying out toward jet skiers and people on the beach for help. Fourteenyearold Mallory was struggling to hold her little cousin Rylee above water. The teens rescued Rylee just in time but couldn’t find Mallory. Meanwhile, 6yearold Sydney was floating away on the raft with no lifejacket. The girls flagged down a jet ski to get her and bring her back to the beach. The three teen heroines (女英雄 ) saved the 3yearold and the 6yearold, but they feel Mallory is the real heroine, as she held her 3yearold cousin above the water until the teens were able to rescue Rylee. Mallory was finally found, but she died on the way to the hospital. Now, the teen heroines strongly remind everyone to wear a life jacket when on the water. 33. What was Mallory doing, when the accident happened? A. She was crying out for help on a raft. B. She was trying her best to catch a raft. C. She was trying to help her cousin survive. D. She was struggling above the surface of the water. is implied in the passage that . A. life jackets are not provided for free at Bear Lake B. Mallory couldn’t have been killed with a life jacket C. Rylee was sav