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Parents of very young children know this: You catch your child in the act of stealing the cookie--the evidence of candy written on his or her face. However, you get a wide-eyed denial:”I didn’t do it!”

Learning to tell the truth, even at the risk of punishment, is an important part of moral (道德) development, and new research suggests it can take seven or more years for kids to get there.

Early 2017 Professor Craig h published a study. He and his workmates chose 48 children between four and nine years of age. They told the kids a story about a boy or girl doing something wrong, such as taking a classmate’s toy or candy, and then either lying about the wrongdoing to a parent or confessing (承認) it. In each case, they asked the children, How would the child feel? How would the mother feel?

The children’s answers answers were generally divided according to age, which is in agreement with the stolen candy, lying and getting unpunished. They imagined the parent in the study would be angry with the child who confessed. However, the seven-to-nine-year-olds were more likely (可能的) to think the child would feel better confessing the crime and that the parent would have positive (積極的) feelings towards a confessor.

Smith says,”Kids of all ages who expect that a parent would feel happy about a child’s confession are more likely to tell the truth rather than lie. Reward the honesty even if you feel you must punish the wrong action.” He adds, what parents can learn from these studies is to listen calmly without getting angry right away when their child confesses.

28．What does the underlined word “denial” in Paragragh 1 mean?

A．委屈    B．責備    C．否認    D．拒絕

29．Paragragh 2 mainly tell us _________.

A．kids can’t tell “right” from “wrong”

B．it takes time for kids to learn to tell the truth

C．it’s wrong to punish kids for telling the truth

D．all the kids are willing to confess to a bad act

30．What did Smith and his workmates find in their study?

A．Older kids are more likely than younger children to confess to a bad act.

B．Younger children are more likely than older kids to confess to a bad act.

C．The four-to-five-year-olds would feel better confessing the crime

D．The seven-to-nine-year-olds thought parents would be angry with their confessions.

31．According to Professor Smith, what can parents learn from these studies?

A．Parents should at once punish the children who lied.

B．Parents should tell children the wrongness of lying.

C．Parents should never get angry after their children’s confessions.

D．Parents should show positive feeling about their children’s confessions.

【回答】

28．C

29．B

30．A

31．D

【解析】本文是一篇説明文。文中介紹了當很小的孩子犯了錯誤時，家長應該以什麼樣的態度對待孩子。

28．詞義猜測題。根據"the evidence of candy written on his or her face"可知，偷吃糖果的*據寫在臉上，然而孩子卻説"I didn't do it!"顯示，孩子是在"否認"，故*選C。

29．細節理解題。根據第二段最後一句"and new research suggests it can take seven or more years for kids to get there."可知，研究表明孩子要學會説實話需要7年以上，故*選B。

30．細節理解題。根據倒數第二段最後一句“However，the seven-to-nine-year-olds were more likely （可能的） to think the child would feel better confessing the crime and that the parent would have positive （積極的） feelings towards a confessor.”可知"七到九歲的孩子更有可能認為承認錯誤會感覺更好，而且父母會有積極的態度對待懺悔者，故*選A。

31．細節理解題。根據短文最後一句“He adds，what parents can learn from these studies is to listen calmly without getting angry right away when their child confesses.”可知，父母可以從這些研究中學到冷靜傾聽，當孩子坦白時不要馬上生氣。故*選D。

知識點：方法與哲理

題型：閲讀理解