2． Chinese are very generous（慷慨的） in educating their children.Not caring about the money，parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England，the United States and Australia.They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet （芭蕾） classes，or other classes.They think these will give them a good future.The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is，the better it is.So parents will spend much unreasonable（不合理的） money on education.Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However，what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others.Parents also can see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others.Most parents fail to realize that today's children lack（缺乏） self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well，but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident，happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking，sewing（縫紉） and doing other housework.Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life.Cooking needs patience and time.It is an enjoyable but difficult experience.A good cook always tries to improve his cooking，so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully.His result，a well-cooked dinner，will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines，such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious（好奇心） and improve his interest.He will spend hours looking at them，trying to fix them.Your child might become an engineer when he grows up.These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book，but rather to think，to use his mind.And that is more important.
（1）Parents in China，according to this passage，
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A．a(chǎn)re too strict with their children
B．a(chǎn)re too rich to educate their children
C．a(chǎn)re too poor to educate their children
D．have some problems in educating children correctly
（2）What do most parents doesn't realize at present？
A．Education is very important to children.
B．Today's children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
C．Today's children lack of skills for tests.
D．Taking extra-courses is useful for children's future.
（3）Generally speaking，children's skills
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A．come from their parents
B．have nothing to do with their education
C．may be different from child to child
D．have much to do with their marks in the exams
（4）Doing some cooking at home helps children
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A．learn how to serve their parents
B．learn how to become strong and fat
C．learn to work hard and be full of confidence
D．make their parents believe that they are clever
（5）The writer of this passage does not seem to be satisfied with
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A．the parents' ideas of educating children
B．the country's education system
C．the children's skills
D．the children's hobbies
