During the school year many parents take on the role of driver as they drive the

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During the school year many parents take on the role of driver as they drive their children from one lesson to another .Understandably so. Many of us want our children to have a little taste of everything, from organized sports to music, dance and more. But we can overdo it, leaving our children feeling a little burnt out, and according to parent educator Diane Loisie ,it’s their school work which suffers the most. “After school, if they’re busy in a number of sporting events, besides they need to do their homework, then the time they’ll feel sleepy is in the classroom. Your child needs free time. So if you’re filling up that after school time, then it’s during the day that they’re going to be taking a break.”
Professor Claire McDermott agrees that there’s a lot to be gained from sometimes putting those scheduled lessons and activities away. “Relaxing time is important for children. It’s time just to do the things they want to do. A child can go up to their room, or they can play around. It doesn’t look like productive time; parents certainly wouldn’t be saying ‘Wow, are they ever learning things now?’ But this relaxing time gives both the body and the brain just a wonderful chance to relax after a day. It helps a child prepare for sleep, but it also helps to understand the learning that’s gone on that day.”
It’s hard to prevent signing our kids up for some activities and lessons. After all, many of us want our children to have a head start in life and the chance to join in great activities in the arts or sports is a part of that. However, Loisie feels that in the long run most children feel better with just a few key activities because it gives them an opportunity to master them. “When we get our children in too many activities because we want our children to experience everything, then what we’re doing is setting them up not to be good at one thing or gaining a skill.” So choose your children’s activities wisely. It may be one of the best things you’ve ever done for your kids… and for the family drivers!
小题1:What is the biggest disadvantage for children to attend too many lessons after school?

A．They can get bored easily about everything.

B．They might have no time to do the homework.

C．They might not pay much attention to learning.

D．They cannot easily focus on learning during the day.

小题2:What should we think of children’s playing around aimlessly?

A．It is productive.

B．It is helpful.

C．It is a bad habit.

D．It is a waste of time.

小题3:Why should parents limit the activities our children attend?

A．Because children have no time.

B．Because children cannot learn many things.

C．Because children do not have enough sleep.

D．Because children cannot focus on too many activities.

小题4:What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Don’t be children’s drivers after school.

B．Choose activities for your children wisely.

C．Make your children learn as much as possible.

D．Let children learn something from various subjects.

答案

小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B

解析

试题分析：
小题1:细节题。第一段so if…可知，如果课后时间占据过多，在白天上课时，他们就会打盹，不专心上课。故选D
小题2:细节题。 第二段But……..可知休闲时间有助于睡眠，有助于理解所学的知识。选B
小题3:细节归纳题。从最后一段可知，长期来看，绝大多数只参加几种关键活动的孩子们会感到更好，因为他们能够掌握它们，太多的活动会让他们学得多反而不专，甚至连一项技能都学不会。故选D
小题4:主旨题。可用排除法去解答。A.不要放学后接送孩子，断章取义   C.让孩子们尽可能多的学习，与文章恰好相反 D.让孩子们从不同的领域学习一些东西，文章主旨并非是讲这个这里存在以偏概全。故选B
点评：本题讲到了父母亲希望孩子去学习各种知识，将孩子的课后时间安排的满满的，研究表明这并不好，并鼓励家长多让孩子玩，并为他们明智地选择一些课外活动，这样更有利于孩子。本题中主旨题要注意分析文意，总体把握，既不可断章取义，也不可以偏概全。