If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius, they will cause great damage to him.
According to several leading educational psychologists, this is one of the biggest mistakes which some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well the parents expect and will fail. Unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to their children. However, if parents are not unrealistic about what they expect their children to do, but are hopeful in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well especially if the parents are very supportive of their children. Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons.
Although Michael's father plays the trumpet in a large orchestra, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling. Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want theif son to be as successful as they are and so they enter him in every piano competition held. They are very unhappy when he does not win. "When I was your age, I used to win every competition I enter," Winton's father tells him.
Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
Question 28. The main idea of the passage is.                          A. how parents should bring up a child.
B how parents should make a child a musician
C What differences there are between two kinds of parents
D. what aim of a child can be much earlier to reach.                                                                        Question 29. The word "he" in the third passage refers to
A. Winston Chen's father B. Winston Chen
C Michael Li's father. D. Michael Li.                                    Question 30. Michael is lucky because
A. his father is a musician in an orchestra
B. his family is rich enough to have a car.
C. he is free to do anything that he likes best
D his parents help him in a sensible way.                       Question 31. According to the author's opinion,
A it is unimportant to let the child develop in the way they want                                                                      B parents should be supportive of their children
C. all sensible parents can train their children to success in everything
D. unrealistic parents should arrange private lessons for their children.                                                                            Question 32. Winton's parents set so high a standard for him that
A. he is afraid that he may disappoint them
B. he has to do his best to do everything
C. he often wants to kill himself someday
D. he has made greater progress in music