“It hurts me more than you，” and “This is for your own good”—these were the statements my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin，clean my room，stay home and do homework.
That was before we entered the_ permissive_ period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve(獲得)their best in school.The schools and educators made it easy for us.They taught that it was all right to be parents who took a letalone(放任的，不管的)policy.Now teachers，faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years，are realizing we've made a terrible mistake.
One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says of her students—“so passive(被動的)”—wonders what has happened.Nothing is demanded(要求)of them，she believes.Television，says Klompus，causes children's passivity.“We're talking about a generation of kids who've never been hurt or hungry.They have learned somebody will always do it for them，instead of saying go and look it up，you tell them the answer.It takes greater energy to say no to a kid.”
Yes，it does.It takes energy and it takes work.It's time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work.It's time to take the car away，to turn the TV off，to tell them it hurts you more than them but it's for their own good.It's time to start telling them NO again.
1. “The permissive period”(Para.2)means a time ______.
A. when children are allowed to do what they wish to
B. when everything can be taught at school
C. when every child can be educated
D. when children are permitted to receive education
2. According to Sharon Klompus，children are becoming more passive in study because ______.
A. teachers are too strict with them
B. they have done too much homework
C. they have to fulfill too many duties
D. they watch TV too often
3. The main idea of the passage is that ______.
A. parents should leave their children alone
B. parents should say no to their children in some way
C. parents should sometimes tell their children the answers
D. parents should not let their children watch TV
參考答案及解析
【答案】 (1)A (2)D (3)B
【解析】(1)由“the permissive period in education”後的定語從句“in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school”及下文的“They taught that it was all right to be parents who took a letalone policy.”可知，在這個時期的正確做法是，不要要求孩子在學校裡獲取最好的發展，而是採用letalone的寬鬆政策即可。
(2)從“Television，says Klompus，causes children's passivity.”可知，在Sharon Klompus老師看來，學生變得更加被動是因為電視的緣故。
(3)文章主要是通過Klompus老師的言論說明家長的放任自流導致了學生在學習和生活上的被動性，因此呼籲家長應該對孩子適當說“不”。
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