Question

（2010·安徽模拟）

Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.

The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes “the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don’t seem to learn from history ”.Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this.

A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can not even understand who we are and where we are without history, much less try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.

I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. In doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.

1.What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A. Many people aren’t clever enough to learn well from the past.

B. Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes.

C. Many people feel it hard to understand history.

D. Many people have no interest in studying history.

2.In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because_____.

A. it makes the current political situation go smoothly

B. it helps us realize the importance of historical events

C. it helps us understand why things are the way they are

D. it helps people accept the present situation where they live

3. Some historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show_____.

A. people can be inspired to do good, while also learning to fight against evil

B. people may also learn from bad historical figures

C. more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements

D. today’s people can also achieve what they achieved

4.What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

A. How to teach history effectively.         

B. Some negative reasons for studying history.

C. How to get more people to study history.  

D. Some bad historical figures.

Answer

1.B  细节理解题。根据第二段首句可知作者认为学习历史的一个重要的原因是从过去的历史中学到东西，但是不幸的是我们好像从历史中学到的东西是我们好像并没有从历史中学到东西。这句话的含义表明，实际上很多人并没有充分利用好历史的价值，因此作者希望在教授自己的孩子历史时可以尽一点力量改变这一现状。

2.C  推理判断题。根据第三段第一句A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context．可知，如果不了解历史我们就不可能知道当前的政治气候，就不可能知道我们为什么会成为我们现在的样子等等。因此可以推断学习历史可以让我们知道很多事情形成的原因，知道很多事情为什么会是现在的样子。

3.A  推理判断题。根据最后一段第四句It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself．可知，作者希望孩子能向历史人物学习，做出伟大的贡献。

4.B 推理判断题。根据文章的第一段末句Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history．可知，作者在谈完了学习历史的积极的原因之后，就要在后面的段落中谈论学习历史的一些消极的原因。

【解析】略