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【题目】Marianne Hardwick was timid and unadventurous, her energy consumed by physical activity and longing, her intelligence by indecisiveness, but this had less to do with the inborn characteristics of her weaker sex ( as her father, Creighton Montgomery, called it) than with the enfeebling(使人衰弱的) circumstances of her upbringing. Creighton Montgomery had enough money to mould (塑造) his daughters according to his misconceptions that girls were not meant to fend for themselves so he protected them from life. What is to say is that Marianne Montgomery grew up without making any vital choices for herself. Prevented from acquiring the habits of freedom and strength of character which grow from decision-making, very rich girls, whose parents have the means to protect them in such a crippling fashion, are the last representatives of Victorian womanhood. Though they may have the boldest manners and most up-to-date ideas, they share their great grandmothers’ humble dependence.

Most parents these days have to rely on their force of personality and whatever love and respect they can inspire to exert any influence over their children at all, but there is still an awful lot of parental authority that big money can buy. Multi- millionaires have more of everything than ordinary people, including more parent power, and their sons and daughters have about as much opportunity to develop according to their own inclinations(意向) as they would have had in the age of absolute monarchy (君主专制) .

The rich still have families. The great divide between the generations is the state of the /span>lower and middle classes, whose children begin to drift away as soon as they are old enough to go to school. The parents cannot control the school, and have even less say as to what company and ideas the child will be exposed to; nor can they isolate him from the public mood, the spirit of the age. It is an often heard complaint of the middle-class mother, for instance, that she must let her children watch television for hours on end every day if she is to steal any time for herself. The rich have no such problems; they can keep their offspring busy from morning to night without being near them for a minute more than they choose to be, and can exercise almost total control over their environment.

As for schooling, they can handpick tutors with sound views to come to the children, who may never leave the grounds their parents own, in town, in the country, by the sea, unless for an exceptionally secure boarding school or a well- chaperoned (伴护着的) trip abroad. It would have been easier for little Marianne Montgomery to go to Cairo than to the nearest newsstand.

【1】The author implies that Marianne Hardwick’s timidity were closely associated with ______.

A. the inborn characteristics of the weaker sex

B. the conditions where she was brought up

C. the consumption of her energy

D. her physical activity and longing

【2】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Rich girls always share their ideas with their grandmothers.

B. Wealthy children learn at home instead of going to school.

C. Middle-class mothers usually steal time for their children.

D. Rich parents may have more control over their children than the middle-class parents do

【3】What can we know about Creighton Montgomery's daughters from the passage?

A. They did not have up-to-date ideas.

B. They were unintelligent.

C. They did not have much freedom.

D. They had no physical activity.

【4】It can be learned from the passage that multimillionaires’ children have ______.

A. little opportunity to develop according to their own inclinations

B. absolute opportunity to develop according to their own inclinations

C. more opportunity to develop according to their own inclinations than ordinary children

D. as much opportunity to develop according to their own inclinations as ordinary children

【5】What is the main idea of this passage?

A. The rich control their children's lives without being near them.

B. The generation gap only occurs in the lower and middle classes.

C. Rich parents have more authority over their children than poor parents.

D. Rich girls who are being overprotected by their parents are rather dependent.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

试题分析：文章采用举例论证和对比论证的方式，分析了富人家的女儿的依赖性和软弱性格的形成原因：与其父母以及成长环境有关。

【1】推理判断题。文章第一段but this had less to do with the inborn characteristics of her weaker sex ... than with the enfeebling(使人衰弱的) circumstances of her upbringing可知：造成这种现象的原因更多的是与她成长的环境有关，而不是与女孩子天生柔弱的个性有关。故选B

【2】推理判断题。根据第二段第二句话Multi- millionaires have more of everything than ordinary people.. much opportunity to develop according to their own inclinations(意向) as they would have had in the age of absolute monarchy (君主专制) .可知，富裕家庭为孩子提供了太多的保护和限制，这些家庭的父母比起一般家庭的父母更能按照自己的意愿给孩子设计人生道路。故选D

【3】细节理解题，根据第一段第一句话中的Creighton Montgomery had enough money to mould (塑造) his daughters according to his misconceptions that girls were not meant to fend for themselves so he protected them from life可知她们的父亲根据自己的思想为她安排了一切，所以她们没有太多的自由，故选C

【4】细节理解题。根据第二段第二句话Multi- millionaires have more of everything than ordinary people.. much opportunity to develop 可知千万富翁的孩子比普通人的孩子有更多的发展机会。故选A

【5】主旨大意题。本文一开始就点明Marianne Hardwick 很怯懦，没有冒险精神，思想和推理能力也因优柔寡断而受到影响，这一切都跟她的成长环境有关。后面的内容也都基本上围绕过度保护所造成的依赖性来写，穿插中下层子女的状况也是为了对比，使问题更明显。故选D