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【题目】A new study from Harvard University revealed that the message parents mean to send to children about the value of sympathy (同情心）is being mistaken by the message they actually send. In fact they value achievement and happiness above all else.

The Making Caring Common Project at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education surveyed 10,000 middle and high school students about which is more important to them—achievement, happiness, or caring about others. Almost 80 percent of students placed achievement or happiness over caring about others. Only 20 percent of students considered caring about others as their top aim.

In the study “The Children We Mean to Raise: The Real Message Adults Are Sending about Values”, the authors refer to a reality gap, an incongruity (不一致) between what adults tell children they should value and the message we grown-ups actually send through our behavior.

Simply talking about sympathy is not enough. While 96 percent of parents say they want to raise caring children, and cite the development of moral character as “very important, if not essential”, 80 percent of the youths surveyed reported that their parents “are more concerned about achievement and happiness than caring about others”. Approximately the same percentage of the students reported that their teachers put their achievement over caring.

As the report shows, simply talking about sympathy is not enough. Children are sensitive creatures, fully capable of telling the true meanings in the blank spaces between well-organised words. If parents really want to let their kids know that they value care and sympathy, the authors suggest, they must make a real effort to help their children learn to care about other people—even when it’s hard, even when it does not make them happy, and yes, even when it is at odds with(与……不一致) their personal success.

【1】The first paragraph suggests that parents _____.

A. don’t intend to valuesuccess

B. fail to make students realize the importance of sympathy

C.value achievement less

D. regard achievement and happiness as the same

【2】What can be concluded from the study?

A. About 80% of the students are not caring.

B. Kids care more about achievement.

C. 20% of the students are not ambitious.

D. A majority of the kids are kind students.

【3】What may be the cause for the reality gap?

A. Children’s desire for getting individual achievement.

B. The generation gap between parents and children.

C. Children’s failure to understand parents’ well-organised words.

D. Parents’ lack of a real effort to guide children.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇调查报告。主要反映了现在家长传达给孩子们关于同情心的价值观被孩子们曲解了，这是因为孩子们过于敏感以及家长缺乏正确的教育方式，导致大多数孩子追求所谓的成功而忽视了同情等价值观。

【1】B段落大意题。由第一段中the message parents mean to send to children about the value of sympathy is being mistaken by the message they actually send知家长想要传递给孩子们的同情心的价值观大多数都被孩子曲解了，换句话说，孩子们没能体会到同情心这一价值观的重要性，故选B

【2】B细节理解题。由第二段最后一句Almost 80 percent of students placed achievement or happiness over caring about others. Only 20 percent of students considered caring about others as their top aim知研究表明几乎8成的学生把追求成功和快乐摆在关心他人之前，只有2成的学生把关心他人放在第一位，孩子们大多数关注成功，故选B

【3】D推理判断题，由最后一段最后一句they must make a real effort to help their children learn to care about other people—even when it’s hard, even when it does not make them happy, and yes, even when it is at odds with their personal success知如果家长想让孩子学会帮助他人就要付出努力，尽管这很难、这会让孩子不开心，或许这与他们个人成功无关，故选D。