第四部分阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Chineseareverygenerouswhenitcomestoeducatingtheirchildren．NotcaringaboutthemoneyparentsoftensendtheirchildrentothebestschoolsorevenabroadtoEnglandtheUnitedStatesorAustralia．Theyalsowanttheirchildrentotakeextra-courseactivitieswheretheywilllearnamusicalinstrumentorballetorotherclasseswhichwillgivethemaheadstartinlife．TheChinesebelievethatthemoreexpensiveaneducationisthebetteritis．Sotheparentswillspendanunreasonableamountofmoneyoneducation．Evenpoorcoupleswillbuyacomputerfortheirsonordaughter．

Howeverwhatmostparentsfailtoseeisthatthebestearlyeducationtheycangivetheirchildrenisusuallyverycheap．

Parentscanseethattheirchildren’sskillsvaryskilledinsomeareaswhilepoorinothers．Whatmostparentsfailtorealizethoughisthattoday’schildrenlack（缺乏）self-respectandself-confidence．

Theproblemisthatparentsareonlyeducatingtheirchildrenonhowtotakemultiple-choicetestsandhowtostudywellbutparentsaren’tteachingthemthemostimportantskillstheyneedtobeconfidenthappyandclever．

Parentscanachievethisbyteachingpracticalskillslikecookingsewinganddoinghousework．

Teachingachildtocookwillimprovemanyoftheskillsthathewillneedlaterinlife．Cookingdemandspatienceandtime．It’sanenjoyablebutdifficultexperiment．Agoodcookalwaystriestoimprovehiscookingsohewilllearntoworkhardandgraduallytofinishhisjobsuccessfully．Hisresultawell-cookeddinnerwillgivehimmuchsatisfactionandalotofself-confidence．

SomeoldmachinessuchasabrokenradioorTVsetthatyougiveyourchildrentoplaywithwillmakehimcurious（好奇）andarousehisinterestHewillspendhourslookingatthemtryingtofixthem;yourchildmightbecomeanengineerwhenhegrowsup．Theseactivitiesaren’tmerelyteachingachildtoreadabookbutrathertothinktousehismind．Andthatismoreimportant．

1．ParentsinChinaaccordingtothispassage_________．

A．aretoostrictwiththeirchildren

B．aretoorichtoeducatetheirchildren

C．havesomeproblemsineducatingtheirchil