The other day at the supermarket, I saw a naughty child of about six crying loud

The otherday at the supermarket, I saw a naughty child of about six crying loudly,falling to the floor and refusing to move. All the while the troubled motherwas trying to persuade him to behave well but failed. A little smack (掴打) on his bottom would have done the job,I thought.

Teenagersalso cause discipline problems. As a teacher I had a 16-year-old student whohad fallen in love with a waiter at a fast-food restaurant. In fact, she hadleft home to stay with him. So we decided to put her in the school hostel. Sherefused. When she heard her mother begging her to stay in the hostel she turnedround and said: “Why don’t you stay in the hostel if you like it so much?”

My palmswere itching to slap her for being so rude but the poor mother continued tocajole her, hoping that gentle persuasion would work wonders. It did not.The last I heard, she had run away from home again.

   The list goes on and on. Could it be that today’s parents are softer andbelieve that they must not rod (棍棒惩罚) theirchildren for fear of the bad result? Or do they actually believe that thechildren will get rid of the bad habits and behave well naturally as they growolder? I beg to disagree. I believe it is the parents’ duty to discipline thechildren even at a young age.

   My children who are now adults will prove the fact that I used the rod when Ithought it necessary. Later when they went abroad, they related to theirBritish university friends on how they were disciplined. Their friends abroadwere filled with horror and told my daughter that I could be charged for childabuse (虐待).However, my daughter paid me the greatest compliment when shetold them that she would not be where she was today if not for my strictdiscipline.

1.According to the passage, the author would probably _______.

  A. beat the children every day        B.punish the children when necessary

  C. 1eave the children as they are      D. treat thechildren in a softer way

2.Theunderlined word “to cajole” (in Paragraph 3) probably means _______.

  A. to persuade      B. toscold       C. toforgive      D. to punish

3.Which ofthe following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

  A. The naughty boy’s mother hit him on the bottom at last.

  B. The teenager’s mother lived together with her daughter in the school then.

  C. The author was charged for child abuse by her daughter’s friends abroad.

  D. The author’s daughter was very thankful for her parent’s strict discipline.

4. Whichof the following can be the best title of this passage?

  A. Respect Parents   B. Spoil Kids   C. ValueDiscipline  D. Protect Kids

试题答案

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】略