Question

There have been big changes in the attitudes of most parents over the last few years. Physical punishment is banned in schools in most countries ,and in many countries, there are moves to ban all physical punishment of children even at home. However, many parents still believe that they have the right to use some physical punishments to deal with certain misbehavior at certain ages.

It ‘s     easy to find reasons to allow some physical punishments. One issue is that many parents find it very difficult to abandon physical punishment completely. Parents argue that this was the way they were brought up and that it didn’t do any harm to them. They believe that for the child’s sake they have the right to discipline the child in any way they consider fit ，including using some physical punishments. The other one is that physical punishment can be quick and effective. There is not much point reasoning with a screaming child in the supermarket.

However, there are several reasons why we should stop using physical punishment. One point is that most parents are not trained to deal with misbehaving children. They don’t have enough resources or choices to handle the situation. As a result, they immediately react by hitting the child even if there are other solutions to the problem. Another point is that unless people are challenged or forced to change their belief, they may keep following negative habits. An example is seat belt use ——now most people wear seat belts without thinking, while years ago the idea of using seat belts was strange to most people. In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change their habits.

In conclusion, parents have to change some of their belief and ideas about how children should be raised. It is possible to avoid the use of physical force,and doing so will help us move closer to the dream of removing violence from our society.

1.According to the first paragraph, many parents think that _____

A.      they are free to use physical punishment on their children

B.      most of the children behave badly in their daily life

C.      they have changed their attitudes towards their children

D.      physical punishment is effective to educate their children

2. Many parents won’t give up physical punishment because _____.

A.      they are disappointed with their children

B.      they were brought up just in the same way

C.      they don’t want to hurt their children badly

D.      they don’t know what to do with their children

3.The author gives the example of using seat belts in order to show _____.

A.      most people are used to wearing seat belts

B.      it’s not difficult to change some negative habits

C.      seat belts are really very necessary and useful

D.      people won’t change their old habits unless forced

4.The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is to _____.

A.      talk about a ban on using physical punishment

B.      tell us we should educate our children in other ways

C.      advise parents to give up using physical punishment

D.      suggest physical punishment should be used at home

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：最近几年来很多国家的学校都禁止体罚儿童，现在也有运动要求禁止在家体罚孩子。对此有些家长并不同意，他们认为有时候孩子的确需要体罚，而且体罚孩子也没有什么坏处，毕竟他们自己就是被体罚过的。在本文中作者还提出了几条应该禁止在家体罚孩子的原因。

1.A细节理解题。根据首段末句However, many parents still believe that they have the right to use some physical punishments to deal with certain misbehavior at certain ages.可知许多家长仍然认为他们有权利去体罚某个年龄段内表现不好的孩子，由此推断B选项正确。

2.B.推理判断题。文章第二段提到 Parents argue that this was the way they were brought up and that it didn’t do any harm to them.，由此推断家长们认为他们自己小时候就接受过体罚，而且这对他们没什么害处，故他们会坚持对表现不好的孩子进行体罚，故答案选B。

3.D推理判断题。根据文章第三段末句In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change their habits.可知作者认为禁止体罚孩子就像当时强制人们系安全一样，人们会逐渐地接受，并且养成一种习惯，所以答案选D。

4.C推理判断题。文章开始提出there are moves to ban all physical punishment of children然后讲述了人们的看法以及应该禁止体罚孩子的原因，由此推断文章目的是讨论禁止体罚这一禁令，故答案选C。

考点：考查社会生活类短文阅读。