汕头市金山中学2011届高三上学期期末考试

英  语

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各题所给出的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 a 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.