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 38 to 45.
If parents bring up a child with the sole aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which ambitious parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what his parents expect, and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children
However, if parents are not too unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well – especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Collins is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Michael’s mother knows very little about music, but his father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Winston Smith, Michael’s friend, however, is not so lucky. Both his parents are successful musicians, and they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him for every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Question:The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that______.
A. successful parents always have intelligent children.
B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children.
C. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants.
D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education.
Đáp án C
2 ví dụ được đưa ra trong đoạn văn minh họa cho nguyên tắc______.
A. những bậc phụ huynh thành đạt luôn luôn có những đứa con thông minh.
B. những bậc phụ huynh thành đạt thường có những đứa con bất tài.
C. bố mẹ nên để con cái phát triển theo hướng mà chúng muốn.
D. bố mẹ nên chi nhiều tiền hơn vào việc giáo dục của con cái.
Giải thích: Ví dụ thứ nhất về Michael Collins, anh luôn luôn được bố mẹ ủng hộ và tận tình giúp đỡ cho niềm đam mê của mình, đó là một niềm may mắn lớn; và ví dụ thứ 2 về Winston Smith – bạn của Michael, bố mẹ anh luôn đặt kì vọng vọng lớn vào con trai và họ sẽ không vui nếu như con mình không chiến thắng. Do đó Winston sống rất lặng lẽ và không mấy cảm thấy hạnh phúc.