题文
阅读理解 "Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and let him know that youtrust him." These words are from the black American educator, Booker Washington.He was saying that,
"If you want people to grow up, you have to stop treating them like children."
In America, families are close but children are encouraged to be independent, to make their own
decisions, even at a very early age.It's not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance (津贴)
every week.The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever
they choose, for example, buying clothes, school supplies or CDs.Some teenagers even have their own
credit cards!That's a big responsibility since even adults are tempted tooverspend when they have credit
cards.
From an early age, American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family
decisionmaking.At the dinner table, teenagers will be listened to on any topic, from politics to buying a
new family car or where the family will go on vacation.In this way, teenagers are getting practice in
independence.They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings.You can see this
in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose."Super Girl" Li Yuchun caught
the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the "Super Girl" television contest.She was not the traditional
"nice, young Chinese girl". With her short, spiky hair and boylike clothes, she was telling everyone that
she was different.She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she
won!
There is an old saying, "Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then
choose that way with all his strength." If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find
that you have become the person you always wanted to be.
1. The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________.
A. save money for useful things
B. become independent
C. express their great ambitions
D. make important decisions
2. A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can______.
A. be accepted as a popular guy
B. learn to decide how to use money
C. overspend money without care
D. have school supplies of his own
3. The author implies that many Chinese children________.
A. are more independent than Americans
B. should become intereste
d in America
C. are happy with their present situation
D. are not satisfied to be nice, quiet ones
4. The main idea of the last paragraph is________.
A. that we should do things step by step
B. why we should understand our desires
C. what we should plan for our own life
D. how we can manage to realize our dreams 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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考点
据考高分专家说，试题“阅读理解 "Few .....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
