第一部分阅读理解10练.doc

第一部分 阅读理解10练 配套作业 阅读理解训练1 一 (2015·北京西城区高三二模)chool. And these days, planning a young childs schedule is a big challenge. The challenge is no longer finding activities to fill a childs day; it is saying no to the hundreds of options available. Our mailbox is filled with brochures urging us to sign our kids up for classes from cooking to martial arts(武术)． Educators are themselves discouraged by the number of special classes that many children attend. In the name of “enrichment”， three-year-olds not only go to preschool in the morning but study French or gymnastics after lunch. One teacher tells of a four-year-old asking for help in the toilet before hurrying off to tennis. Another teacher says that children sometimes hold on to her at pickup time. What happened to unstructured time? A generous explanation is that we enjoy giving children opportunities we never had. The truth however is that many parents have doubts about how much time they spend away from their families. And one way to reduce this guilt is to believe that time spent in these classes is somehow more beneficial to children than the time we know we should be giving them ourselves. David Elkind, an expert on children, suggests that the 1960s gave birth to the belief that earlier is better. Parents hope that early music lessons, for example will build a childs confidence. The truth, however，is that any time children are asked to do too much, too soon，they are at greater risk for feelings of failure. A childs time does not have to be planned to be meaningful. Remember the lazy days of summer? Some children sleep late and play with the kids across the street until its time to come home for dinner. However, with the majority of mothers working, fewer children enjoy that idle(空闲的)time now.l finish a full day of kindergarten, only to attend an after-school program until 6 p．m. ，when a working mom or dad comes to take them home. Thats too much for a five-year-old. Finances, of course, do limit some parents. But