45. According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by_____.

A. listening to skilled people’s advice. 　　　 B. asking older people many questions

C. making mistakes and having them corrected　　　　 D. doing what other people do

44. What do you think “florists” do?

A. They sell flowers　　　　 B. They made bread or pastry

C. They offer enough room for having family parties.

D. They sell special clothes for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

B

Let children learn to judge their own work. A. child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle…They compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake. If it is a matter in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time in such routine(日常的)work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what he does not know.

43. Which do you think is right about “carnation”?

A. It only has two kinds of color.

B. It is a special kind of clothes people wear on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.

C. It’s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.

D. People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.

42. What do you know from the passage?

A. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are both in May.

B. Fewer women worked outside the home in the past

C. Not all the children respect their parents

D. Fathers are not as important as mothers at home

41. Which is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?

A. Parents bring children　　　 B. Parents give love and care to children

C. Parents educate children to be good persons.

D. Parents pass away before children grow up

39. A. Like　　　　 B. So　　　　　 C. As　　　　　　　 D. Yet

38. A. Even　　　　 B. Thus　　　　 C. Finally　　　　　 D. Actually

37. A. price　　　　　　 B. number　　　 C. amount　　　　　 D. speed

36. A. As a result　　　 B. Immediately　 C. First　　　　　　　　 D. Above all