1 Rewrite the following
1 Timber often talks over his personal problems to one of his friends.(a)
2 Using violence can harm a child's psychological development (effect)
3 this is the best secondary school you can find in this city (nowhere)
Rewrite these sentences using the suggested word in the bracket:
1. I can just about live on this a mount of money. (get)
2. You must'n allow your troubles to depress you, you know. (get)
3. I can't stand his behavior to me any more. (put)
4. This is one of the biggest problems historians have ever faced. ( come)
Josh is one of the gifted seventh graders at an international lower secondary school
with over 800 students aged from 11 to 15. It also has modern facilities and well-qualified
teachers, which can provide Josh and his friends with the best learning conditions. Josh has a
D. WRITING (2,5pts)
VIII. Circle the letter A, B, C or D under the word/ phrase that needs correcting
(0,5pts)
31. We find carving eggshell is difficult.
A B C D
32. My favourite activity outdoor is cycling with my friends in the park.
A B C D
IX. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.(0,5 pt)
33. music / school, / compulsory / English / and / In / are / subjects / Lan’s /.
…………………………………………………….…………………………………….…
34. mineral / drinks / Fruit / and / water / are / juice / healthy /.
…………………………………………………….……….………………………………….…
X. Rewrite the sentence with the same meaning. (0,5 pt)
35. My brother is interested in eating tofu.
-> My brother …………………………………………………….…………….…
36. This picture is brighter than that picture.
-> That picture is not ………………………….…………………………………….
great passion for science. He likes doing interesting experiments in the science laboratory
under the guidance of his teacher. He finds these experiments about electricity or light quite
useful and practical. The computer room is also a place where he often goes after class to
search for necessary information about safe, funny and simple experiments on the Internet.
He also does many science projects with his partners there. With great efforts, he hopes he
will become a scientist in the future
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
BRINGING UP CHILDREN
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so. This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and is the basic of work in child clinics.
The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them. Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
With regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that“Example is better than precept”. If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
The practice of the rule “Example is better than precept” .
A. only works when the children grow old enough to think for themselves
B. would help avoid the necessity for ethics and morals
C. will free a child from disillusion when he grows up
D. is too difficult for all parents to exercise
Đáp án C
Thông tin: Also, parents should realize that“Example is better than precept”. If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
Dịch nghĩa: Các bậc phụ huynh cũng nên nhận ra rằng “Ví dụ tốt hơn lời giáo huấn”. Nếu họ đạo đức giả và không thực hành những gì họ nói, con cái của họ có thể trở nên bối rối và không an toàn về mặt cảm xúc khi chúng đủ lớn để tự suy nghĩ, và nhận ra họ bị, đến một mức độ nào đó, lừa dối. Một nhận thức đột ngột của một sự khác biệt đáng kể giữa đạo đức của cha mẹ và đạo đức của họ có thể là một sự vỡ mộng nguy hiểm.
Do đó sự thực hành phương châm “Example is better than precept” có thể giúp trẻ tránh khỏi tất cả những cảm xúc bối rối và không an toàn, hơn hết là giúp họ tránh khỏi bị vỡ mộng về chính cha mẹ mình.
Phương án C. will free a child from disillusion when he grows up = sẽ giải phóng đứa trẻ khỏi sự vỡ mộng khi nó lớn lên, là phương án chính xác nhất.
A. only works when the children grow old enough to think for themselves = chỉ các tác dụng khi đứa trẻ đủ lớn để tự suy nghĩ.
Trong bài chỉ có thông tin nói rằng nếu cha mẹ không thực hành phương châm trên thì đứa trẻ sẽ bị rối loạn khi đủ lớn để tự suy nghĩ chứ không có thông tin nào nói rằng sự thực hành phương châm chỉ có tác dụng khi đứa trẻ đủ lớn để tự suy nghĩ.
B. would help avoid the necessity for ethics and morals = sẽ giúp tránh khỏi sự cần thiết cho đạo đức và luân lý.
Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.
D. is too difficult for all parents to exercise = là quá khó để cho tất cả phụ huynh thực hiện.
Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
BRINGING UP CHILDREN
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so. This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and is the basic of work in child clinics.
The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them. Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
With regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that“Example is better than precept”. If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
In the 1st paragraph, the author lays some emphasis on the role of ____ helping the child in trouble.
A. Psychiatrists
B. community
C. famil
D. nursery
Đáp án C
Thông tin: A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so.
Dịch nghĩa: Một ngôi nhà tốt khiến điều này có thể - ví dụ, bằng cách cung cấp các cơ hội cho trẻ chơi với một chiếc xe ô tô dây cót hoặc đồ chơi tàu hỏa lên đến độ tuổi bất kì nếu trẻ vẫn cần phải làm như vậy.
Ngôi nhà được nhắc đến như yếu tố quan trọng trong việc giúp trẻ em gặp khiếm khuyết có cơ hội trải nghiệm trở lại. Nói các khác, tác giả nhấn mạnh tầm quan trọng của gia đình khi đứa trẻ gặp rắc rối.
Phương án C. family = gia đình, là phương án chính xác nhất.
A. Psychiatrists (n) = bác sĩ tâm thần
B. community (n) = cộng đồng
D. nursery (n) = nhà trẻ
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
BRINGING UP CHILDREN
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so. This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and is the basic of work in child clinics.
The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them. Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
With regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that“Example is better than precept”. If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
Learning to wait for things is successfully taught____.
A. in spite of excessive demands being made
B. only if excessive demands are avoided
C. because excessive demands are not advisable
D. is achieved successfully by all children
Đáp án B
Thông tin: Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them.
Dịch nghĩa: Học cách chờ mọi thứ, đặc biệt đối với thức ăn, là một yếu tố rất quan trọng trong sự giáo dục, và đạt được một cách thành công chỉ khi những nhu cầu quá lớn không được đưa ra trước khi trẻ có thể hiểu chúng.
Phương án B. only if excessive demands are avoided = chỉ khi những yêu cầu quá lớn được tránh khỏi, là phương án chính xác nhất.
A. in spite of excessive demands being made = mặc dù những yêu cầu quá lớn được đưa ra
C. because excessive demands are not advisable = bởi vì những nhu cầu quá mức là không được khuyến khích
D. is achieved successfully by all children = được đạt được một cách thành công bởi tất cả trẻ em.
Read the following passage and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each for the question
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so. This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and is the basic of work in child clinics.
The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them. Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
With regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that "Example is better than precept". If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion
The practice of the rule "Example is better than precept" _________
A. only works when the children grow old enough to think for themselves
B. would help avoid the necessity for ethics and morals
C. will free a child from disillusion when he grows up
D. is too difficult for all parents to exercise
Đáp án là C
Việc thực hành câu nói “ Noi gương tốt hơn là giáo điều...”
A. chỉ có tác dụng khi bọn trẻ đủ lớn
B. sẽ giúp tránh sự cần thiết về đạo đức và dân tộc.
C. giải phóng cho đứa trẻ khỏi ảo tưởng khi chúng lớn lên
D. quá khó cho tất cả bố mẹ thực hiện.
Dẫn chứng: If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
BRINGING UP CHILDREN
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so. This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and is the basic of work in child clinics.
The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them. Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
With regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that“Example is better than precept”. If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
The encouragement of children to achieve new skills_______.
A. should be focused on only at school
B. can never be taken too far
C. will always assist their development
D. should be balanced and moderate
Đáp án D
Thông tin: Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child.
Dịch nghĩa: Mỗi phụ huynh háo hức xem sự đạt được mỗi kỹ năng mới của đứa trẻ: những tiếng nói đầu tiên, các bước đi độc lập đầu tiên, hoặc sự bắt đầu đọc và viết. Nó thường là hấp dẫn để đẩy nhanh các con vượt quá khả năng học tự nhiên của mình, nhưng điều này có thể tạo nên cảm giác nguy hiểm về sự thất bại và trạng thái lo âu ở trẻ em.
Việc đẩy nhanh tốc độ học các kỹ năng của trẻ có thể gây ra những tác dụng phụ không mong muốn, do đó việc khuyến khích con trẻ học các kỹ năng mới cần phải từ từ, điều độ.
Phương án D. should be balanced and moderate = nên được cân bằng và điều độ, là phương án chính xác nhất.
A. should be focused on only at school = nên được tập trung vào chỉ ở trường học.
Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.
B. can never be taken too far = không bao giờ có thể đi quá xa.
Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.
C. will always assist their development = sẽ luôn luôn giúp đỡ sự phát triển của chúng.
Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 36 to 42.
BRINGING UP CHILDREN
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so. This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and is the basic of work in child clinics.
The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them. Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
With regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that“Example is better than precept”. If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion.
Hypocrisy on the part of the Parents may__________
A. result in their children's wrong behaviors
B. make their children lose faith in them
C. disqualify their teachings altogether
D. impair their children's mind
Đáp án B
Thông tin: If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived.
Dịch nghĩa: Nếu họ đạo đức giả và không thực hành những gì họ nói, con cái của họ có thể trở nên bối rối và không an toàn về mặt cảm xúc khi chúng đủ lớn để tự suy nghĩ, và nhận ra họ bị, đến một mức độ nào đó, lừa dối.
Sự đọa đức giả của cha mẹ có thể khiến trẻ cảm thấy bị lừa dối và do đó mất niềm tin vào cha mẹ.
Phương án B. make their children lose faith in them = khiến con họ mất niềm tin vào họ, là phương án chính xác nhất.
A. result in their children's wrong behaviors = dẫn tới những hành động sai trái của con họ.
Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.
C. disqualify their teachings altogether = làm mất tư cách giảng dạy của họ một cách toàn bộ.
Không có thông tin như vậy trong bài.
D. impair their children's mind = làm suy yếu tâm trí của con cái.
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Read the following passage and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each for the question
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so. This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and is the basic of work in child clinics.
The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them. Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
With regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that "Example is better than precept". If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion
In the 1st paragraph, the author lays some emphasis on the role of the_________in helping the child in trouble
A. psychiatrists
B. community
C. family
D. nursery
Đáp án là C
Ở đoạn 1, tác giả nhấn mạnh về vai trò của....trong việc giúp đỡ bọn trẻ vượt qua khó khăn
A. nhà tâm thần học
B. cộng đồng
C. gia đình
D. nhà trẻ
Dẫn chứng: A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so