广东省汕头市六都中学10-11届高三下学期第二学段考试(英语).docVIP

汕头市2011学年度第二学期第二学段考试 高三英语试题 I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. If they can 1 it, they can certainly 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 2 out. There are plenty of loans（货款）and scholarships for the bright and 3 ones who can’t afford to pay. When children grow up and want to get married, their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the 4 to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a(n) 5 not an obligation（责任，义务）. Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal. One of their obligations is to give their children personal 6 .A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly 7 to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so 8 , so afraid of failing that he（or she）won’t try at all. Of course they should be __9__ corrected when they do wrong, but it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves in time. 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 10 .When criticisms（批评）are really needed, they should be 11 with praises, with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn. Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives. This means teaching them to 12 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 13 .A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have 14 laughing and loving. No child asks to be 15 .If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something. 1．A．find B．get C．afford