16．"It hurts me more than you，''and"This is for your own good．''These are the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin，clean my room，stay home and do homework． That was before we entered the permissive period in educafion in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school．The schools and the educators made it easy on us．They thought that it was all right to be parents who take a let-alone policy．We stopped making our children do homework．We gave them calculators，turned on the television，left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation． Now teachers，faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15years，are realizing we've made a terrible mistake．One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students-"so passive"-and-wonders what happened．Nothing was demanded of them，she believes．Television，says Klompus，contributes to children's passivity．"We're not training kids to work any more，"says Klompus．"we're talking about a generation of kids who've never been hurt or hungry．They have learned somebody will always do it for them．Instead of saying‘go look it up'，you tell them the answer．It takes greater energy to say no to a kid．" Yes，it does．It takes energy and it takes work．It's time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work．It's time to take the car away，to turn the TV off，to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good．It's time to start telling them no again．
46．Why are children becoming more inactive in study？A A．Because they watch TV too often B．Because they have done too much homework． C．Because they have to fulfill too many duties． D．Because teachers are too strict with them． 47．To such children as described in the passageC A．it is easier to say no than to say yes B．neither is easy-to say yes or to say no C．it is easier to say yes than to say no D．neither is difficult-to say yes or to say no 48．We learn from the passage that the author's mother used to lay emphasis onC A．1earning Latin B．natural development C．discipline D．education at school 49．By"permissive period in education''the author means a time．A A．when children are allowed to do what they wish to B．when everything can be taught at school C．when every child can be educated D．when ehildren are permitted to receive education 50．What is the main idea of the passage？C A．Parents should leave their children alone， B．Kids should have more activities at school． C．It's time to be stricter with our kids． D．Parents should always set a good example to their kids．
17．Do you know about a series of books that say they are"for dummies"？These American self-help books have been translated into more than thirty-nine language including Chinese，Arabic，Russian，French，German，Greek and Spanish． "Dummy"is a word for a stupid person．The dummies books are not really for stupid people．They are designed to show people how to do something they may never have tried before，like painting a house or learning a language．The books all say in a funny way that they are for dummies，such as World History for Dummies，Rabbits for Dummies，Chinese Cooking for Dummies，and Wedding Planning for Dummies．The first such book，Dos for Dummies，was published in 1991．It helped people learn how to use the DOS operating system for computers．Since then，more than one hundred fifty million dummies books have been sold． The dummies．Com website explains the idea behind the books．It says that they show that people can be taught to do anything．First they can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understand．Then they show how the information can be interesting and easy．The publishers s ay that t he books do not provide more information than necessary．They give readers just enough information to do what they want．They say that the dummies books give the best and easiest way to do something．And the books use simple and easy language． These are more than one thousand different dummies books．A report in New York Times say that the top-selling dummies books are those that explain technology and personal finance． The publishers say that the best-selling dummies books are those providing information many people need-like information about diseases books to help them．And there are even more dummies books to come．The publishers say that they publish about two hundred new dummies books every year．
41．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？A A．Books for Dummies B．The Easiest，the Best C．Self-Help Books D．New Ideas behind the books 42．According to the dummies．com website，people canBwith the help of dummies books． A．simple some personal things B．do anything they want C．become expert in any field D．learn any foreign language 43．The dummies books have been popular becauseA A．they provide just what is needed and are easy to understand B．they provide abundant in formation on the concerning subject C．people can learn to do anything with just one copy D．people can save lots of money through self-teaching 44．According to New York Times，we know that books onAsell best． A．technology and personal finance B．opera and car repairing C..diseases and education D．cooking and world history 45．What can we learn from the passage？B A．The first dummies book was on Chinese cooking． B．The dummies books will continue to be popular C．Fifty million different dummies books have been published． D．The simple language was intended for child readers．
