听力试题

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed，listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings，the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase，with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

America Children Raising

答案详解

【听力原文】

The job of raising children is a tough one. /Due to each child's difference in character, /parents sometimes I pull their hair out in frustration，/not knowing what to do. /To raise children, a parent should need patience, love，wisdom，courage and a good sense of humor. /To Americans, the goal of parents is to help children stand on their own two feet. /From infancy, each child may get his or her own room. /As children grow, they gain more freedom/to make their own choices. /Teenagers choose their own forms of entertainment，as well as the friends to share them with. /When they reach young adulthood, / they choose their own careers and marriage partners. / American parents try to treat their children as individuals./They allow them to fulfill their own dreams. /Americans praise and encourage their children to succeed. /When children become adults，/their relationship with their parents becomes more like a friendship among equals. /Even as adults, they respect and honor their parents.

【核心词汇】

entertainment n.娱乐，消遣

frustration n.挫折，阻挠

fulfill v. 履行；达到（目的）

individual n.个人，个体

infancy n.婴儿期

pull one's hair out 伤透脑筋