Question

（2010·安徽模擬）

Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask. But, as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history, I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history. Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history.

The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past. I am convinced that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures. However, as the unfortunately true statement goes “the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don’t seem to learn from history ”.Perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this.

A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context. We can not even understand who we are and where we are without history, much less try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be.

I teach my children history, for one more reason. I purchased a set of historical audio tapes for our children. My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over. It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself. I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. In doing so, young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he accomplished. I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler, people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for.

What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A. Many people aren’t clever enough to learn well from the past.

B. Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes.

C. Many people feel it hard to understand history.

D. Many people have no interest in studying history.

In Paragraph 3, the author shows that history is useful because_____.

A. it makes the current political situation go smoothly

B. it helps us realize the importance of historical events

C. it helps us understand why things are the way they are

D. it helps people accept the present situation where they live

Some historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show_____.

A. people can be inspired to do good, while also learning to fight against evil

B. people may also learn from bad historical figures

C. more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements

D. today’s people can also achieve what they achieved

What would be talked about in the following paragraph?

A. How to teach history effectively.         

B. Some negative reasons for studying history.

C. How to get more people to study history.  

D. Some bad historical figures.

Answer 1

【小題1】B  細節理解題。根據第二段首句可知作者認為學習歷史的一個重要的原因是從過去的歷史中學到東西，但是不幸的是我們好像從歷史中學到的東西是我們好像并沒有從歷史中學到東西。這句話的含義表明，實際上很多人并沒有充分利用好歷史的價值，因此作者希望在教授自己的孩子歷史時可以盡一點力量改變這一現狀。

【小題1】C  推理判斷題。根據第三段第一句A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context．可知，如果不了解歷史我們就不可能知道當前的政治氣候，就不可能知道我們為什么會成為我們現在的樣子等等。因此可以推斷學習歷史可以讓我們知道很多事情形成的原因，知道很多事情為什么會是現在的樣子。

【小題1】A  推理判斷題。根據最后一段第四句It was my hope that he would become inspired by the accomplishments of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself．可知，作者希望孩子能向歷史人物學習，做出偉大的貢獻。

【小題1】B 推理判斷題。根據文章的第一段末句Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history．可知，作者在談完了學習歷史的積極的原因之后，就要在后面的段落中談論學習歷史的一些消極的原因。

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