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PASSAGE 2:
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 scientists, 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 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, 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.
1. One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to
A. push their child into trying too much
C. make their child become a musician
2. Parents' ambition for their children is not wrong if they_
A. force their children into achieving success
C. understand and help their children sensibly
3. Michael is fortunate in that
A. his father is a musician"
C. his mother knows little about music
B. help their child to become a genius
D. neglect their child's education
4. Winston's parents push their son so much
A. has won a lot of piano competitions
C. has become a good musician.
B. themselves have been very successful
D.. arrange private lessons for their children
B. his parents are quite rich
D. his parents help him in a sensible way
and he
B. cannot learn much music from them
D.is afraid to disappoint them
5. 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