Unit 4 Wildlife Protection reading课时作业

一. 七选五

　　Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head start in life.__1__ So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. __2__ However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

　　Parents can see that their children's skills differ. Some children are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. __3__The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. __4__ It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully step by step. The result, a well cooked dinner, will give him