Read the passage below and choose the best answer from A, B, C or D.

HOW TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN?

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 REFUSES.

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.

1. One of the serious mistakes parents can make is to ______. *
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A. help their child to become a genius
B. neglect their child’s education
C. push their child into trying too much
D. make their child become a musician
2. Parents’ ambition for their children is not wrong if they ______. *
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A. understand and help their children sensibly
B. arrange private lessons for their children
C. force their children into achieving success
D. themselves have been very successful
3. Who have criticized the methods of some ambitious parents? *
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A. Successful musicians.
B. Educational psychologists.
C. Their children.
D. Unrealistic parents.
4. Michael Collins is fortunate in that ______. *
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A. his parents are quite rich
B. his parents help him in a sensible way
C. his mother knows little about music
D. his father is a musician
5. The phrase "CRAZY ABOUT" in the passage mostly means ______. *
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A. "confused about"
B. "surprised at"
C. "completely unaware of"
D. "extremely interested in"
6. Winston’s parents push their son so much and he ______. *
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A. has become a good musician
B. cannot learn much music from them
C. is afraid to disappoint them
D. has won a lot of piano competitions
7. The word "THEY" in the passage refers to ______. *
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A. concerts
B. parents in general
C. violin lessons
D. Michael’s parents
8. All of the following people are musical EXCEPT ______. *
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A. Winston’s mother
B. Winston’s father
C. Michael’s father
D. Michael’s mother
9. The word "REFUSES" in the passage mostly means ______. *
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A. "not objecting to doing anything "
B. "eager to do something"
C. "not wanting to do something "
D. "getting ready to do something"
10. The two examples given in the passage illustrate the principle that ______. *
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A. parents should let the child develop in the way he wants
B. successful parents often have unsuccessful children
C. successful parents always have intelligent children
D. parents should spend more money on the child’s education