十、七选五
(思维品质)
Ted talks bitterly about being made to play the clarinet as a kid.For three years during his teens,his parents required him to spend an hour after dinner every night practicing.His parents wanted him to be in the marching band.They disagreed with him when he thought maybe jazz was more his thing. 1 However,he learned to hate it.
Angela was forced to take up the violin when she was 12.During her practice,she would close her bedroom door,lay the violin on her bed and pull the bow back and forth across the strings while reading her favorite novels.Then she tried to make them believe that maybe the violin wasn’t for her. 2
The parents of both of the kids were well-intentioned(出于好心的). 3 They saw it as their responsibility to provide the opportunity to have lessons and to insist on regular practicing.
They weren’t wrong to want music in their kids’ lives. 4
●Music can help adjust the mood.
●Making music and listening to it develop the part of the brain that is involved with language and reasoning.
●So many mathematicians,engineers and architects are also musicians.There is evidence that learning an instrument helps in the development of spatial-temporal skills.
●Making music is a way to make friends and to improve self-esteem.
●Best of all,playing an instrument is a skill that can be enjoyed and shared over a lifetime.
Both Ted’s and Angela’s parents’ hearts were in the right place.But they,like many parents,failed to understand that providing lessons would not make their kids into musicians if practicing was a chore(令人厌烦的工作) instead of a pleasure.Music educators are clear: 5 Ideally,music lessons are something we do with our kids,not to them.
A.They wanted him to love his instrument.
B.Playing instruments is good for your health.
C.Much to her relief,they stopped the lessons.
D.Understanding kids is very important,especially for parents.
E.Kids’ success in music depends on parental involvement.
F.There are many good reasons to give kids lessons on an instrument.
G.They believed that playing an instrument would give their kid some kind of advantage.
答案1.A 2.C 3.G 4.F 5.E
(思维品质)
Ted talks bitterly about being made to play the clarinet as a kid.For three years during his teens,his parents required him to spend an hour after dinner every night practicing.His parents wanted him to be in the marching band.They disagreed with him when he thought maybe jazz was more his thing. 1 However,he learned to hate it.
Angela was forced to take up the violin when she was 12.During her practice,she would close her bedroom door,lay the violin on her bed and pull the bow back and forth across the strings while reading her favorite novels.Then she tried to make them believe that maybe the violin wasn’t for her. 2
The parents of both of the kids were well-intentioned(出于好心的). 3 They saw it as their responsibility to provide the opportunity to have lessons and to insist on regular practicing.
They weren’t wrong to want music in their kids’ lives. 4
●Music can help adjust the mood.
●Making music and listening to it develop the part of the brain that is involved with language and reasoning.
●So many mathematicians,engineers and architects are also musicians.There is evidence that learning an instrument helps in the development of spatial-temporal skills.
●Making music is a way to make friends and to improve self-esteem.
●Best of all,playing an instrument is a skill that can be enjoyed and shared over a lifetime.
Both Ted’s and Angela’s parents’ hearts were in the right place.But they,like many parents,failed to understand that providing lessons would not make their kids into musicians if practicing was a chore(令人厌烦的工作) instead of a pleasure.Music educators are clear: 5 Ideally,music lessons are something we do with our kids,not to them.
A.They wanted him to love his instrument.
B.Playing instruments is good for your health.
C.Much to her relief,they stopped the lessons.
D.Understanding kids is very important,especially for parents.
E.Kids’ success in music depends on parental involvement.
F.There are many good reasons to give kids lessons on an instrument.
G.They believed that playing an instrument would give their kid some kind of advantage.
答案1.A 2.C 3.G 4.F 5.E
