Doparentsowetheirkidsanything?Startingfrommyposition,pa...

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Do parents owe their kids anything? Starting from my position, parents do not owe their children a  16  education. If they can  17  it, they can  18    send them to the best universities. But they must not feel guilty if they can’t. If the children really want to go, they’ll find a  19  . There are plenty of loans (贷款) and scholarships for the bright and   20  ones who can’t afford to pay.

When children grow up and want to   21 , their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the  22  to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a  23  not a responsibility.

Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.

One of their duties is to give their children a personal   24  . A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly  25  to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will be so  26 , so afraid of failing that he (or she) won’t try at all. Of course they should be  27  corrected when they do wrong, but it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves  28 . All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate (宽容) them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand  29 . When criticisms (批评) are really needed, they should be  30  with praises, with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.

Parents owe their children a set of solid values around  31  they build their lives. This means teaching them to  32  the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by  33 . A child who is lied to will lie. A child seeing no laughter and no love in the home will have  34  laughing and loving.

No child asks to be  35 . If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.

16. A. college          B. formal           C. usual              D. foreign

17. A. find                   B. get                  C. afford              D. receive

18. A. gradually          B. certainly          C. hardly             D. finally

19. A. supply                     B. help                       C. hand                      D. way

20. A. handsome              B. honest            C. eager             D. wealthy

21. A. get married          B. get a job         C. go abroad              D. live alone

22. A. time                 B. right                C. duty                D. energy

23. A. favor                B. pleasure         C. habit                      D. service

24. A. worth                B. affair                      C. belief                     D. respect

25. A. brought            B. compared              C. forced             D. taken

26. A. unsure                    B. unusual           C. unknown         D. unfair

27. A. properly           B. gently              C. nearly             D. possibly

28. A. now and then   B. in time             C. at once           D. right now

29. A. failure                      B. honor              C. progress         D. test

30. A. mixed                      B. satisfied          C. shared            D. balanced

31. A. it                       B. which              C. whom              D. what

32. A. consider           B. refuse             C. respect           D. know

33. A. explanation             B. time                 C. word                      D. deed

34. A. pleasure           B. difficulty          C. fun                  D. freedom

35. A. praised             B. alone                     C. born                D. poor

【回答】

16-20 ACBDC  21-25 ACAAB  26-30 AABAD   31-35 BCDBC

知识点：教育类

题型：完型填空