湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习 阅读训练(46).doc

湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (46)AThe other day at the supermarket，I saw a naughty child of about six crying loudly，falling to the floor and refusing to move．All the while the troubled mother was trying to persuade him to behave well but failed．A little smack(掴，打)on his bottom would have done the job，I thought． Teenagers also cause discipline(纪律)problems．As a teacher I had a 16-year-old student who had fallen in love with a waiter at a fast-food restaurant．In fact，she had left home to stay with him．So we decided to put her in the school hostel．She refused．When she heard her mother begging her to stay in the hostel she turned round and said：“Why don’t you stay in the hostel if you like it 80 much?” My palms were itching to slap her for being so rude but the poor mother continued to cajole her，hoping that gentle persuasion would work wonders．It did not．The last I heard，she had run away from home again． The list goes on and on．Could it be that today’s parents are softer and believe that they must not rod (棍棒惩罚)their children for fear of the bad result? Or do they actually believe that the children will get rid of the bad habits and behave well naturally as they grow older?I beg to disagree．I believe it is the parents’duty to discipline the children even at a young age． My children who are now adults will prove the fact that I used the rod when I thought it necessary．Later when they went abroad，they related to their British university friends on how they were disciplined．Their friends abroad were filled with horror and told my daughter that I could be charged for child abuse(虐待)．However，my daughter showed great respect for me when she told them that she would not be where she was today if not for my strict discipline．56．According to the passage，the author would probably_______． A．beat the children every day B．punish the children when necessary C．1eave the children as they are D．treat the children in a softer way57．The underlined word“cajole”(in Paragraph 3)probably means________． A．persuade B．scold C．forgive D．punish58．Which of the following is TRUE according to thle passage? A．The naughty boy’s mother hit him on the bottom at last． B．The teenager’s mother lived together with her daughter in the school then． C．The author was charged for child abuse by her daughter’s friends abroad． D．The author’s daughter was very thankful for her parent’s strict discipline．59．Which of the following can be the best title of this passage? A．Respect Parents B．Spoil Kids C．Value Discipline D．Protect KidsB I went online to check my pay was in my bank account(账户)．To my amazement I discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me!I know I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account，so I tried to get the money back to the right person．Easier said than done． The bank couldn’t help as it“wasn’t a bank problem．”The human-resource department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details．I rang the bank again．Thankfully I had a sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company“Daniel”worked for． I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel．I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called，explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error．He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank，but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves． We decided 1 would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me．Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his．I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay but red tape(繁琐手续)made it difficult to do the right thing．It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn’t do — admit a mistake has occurred and fix it．60．What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account? A．He didn’t know what to do with it． B．He felt lucky to get it． C．He thought of keeping it for himself． D．He wanted to return it to the right person．61．The underlined phrase“beside myself”(in Paragraph 1)probably means ________． A．very fortunate B．very angry C．ready thankful D．at ease62．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A．Daniel had been repaid when he called the author． B．The author was to blame as he didn’t have enough details． C．Neither the bank nor the company admitted their fault． D．Daniel had the same name as the anthor’ s．63．How was the problem solved in the end? A．The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves． B。