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　　Not long after the telephone was invented, I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a parent saying, “your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!” The bullys parent replied, “you must have the wrong number. My child is a little angel.”
 
　　A trillion phone calls later, the conversation is the same. When children are teased or tyrannized, the parental impulse is to grab the phone and rant. But these days, as studies in the U.S. show bullying on the rise and parental supervision on the decline, researchers who study bullying say that calling moms and dads is more futile than ever. Such calls often lead to playground recriminations and dont really teach our kids any lessons about how to navigate the world and resolve conflicts. 
 
　　When you call parents, you want them to “extract the cruelty” from their bullying children, says Laura Kavesh, a child psychologist in Evanston, Illinois. “But many parents are blown away by the idea of their child being cruel. They won�餿 believe it.” In a recent police�瞕epartment survey in Oak Harbor, Washington, 89% of local high school students said they had engaged in bullying behavior. Yet only 18% of parents thought their children would act as bullies.
  
　　In a new U.S.PTA survey, 5% of parents support contacting other parents to deal with bullying. But many educators warn that those conversations can be misinterpreted, causing tempers to flare. Instead, they say, parents should get objective outsiders, like principals, to mediate.
 
　　Meanwhile, if you get a call from a parent who is angry about your childs bullying, listen without getting defensive. Thats what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley, California, did when a caller told her that her then 13-year-old son had spit in another boys food.Her son had confessed, but the victims mom “wanted to make sure my son hadnt given her son a nasty disease,” says McHugh, who apologized and promised to get her son tested for AIDS and other diseases. She knew the chance of contracting any disease this way was remote, but her promise calmed the mother and showed McHughs son that his bad behaviour was being taken seriously. McHugh, founder of Parents Coach Kids, a group that teaches parenting skills, sent the mom the test results. All were negative. 
 
　　Remember: once you make a call, you might not like what you hear. If you have an itchy dialing finger, resist temptation. Put it in your pocket. [419 words]
 
 
　　1.The word “bullying” probably means______. 
　　[A] frightening and hurting
    [B] teasing
　　[C] behaving like a tyrant
    [D] laughing at
 
 
　　2. Calling to a bullys parent.______.
　　[A]has long existed but changed its content
    [B]is often done with careful thinking
　　[C]often leads to blaming and misunderstanding
    [D]is used to warn the child not to do it again
 
　　3. According to the surveys in the U.S., _______.
　　[A] bullying among adults is also rising
　　[B] parents are not supervising their children well
　　[C] parents seldom believe bullies
　　[D] most parents resort to calling to deal with bullying
 
　　4. When bullying occurs, parents should_______.
　　[A] help the bulling child get rid of cruelty
    [B] resort to the mediator
　　[C] avoid getting too protective
    [D] resist the temptation of calling
 
　　5.Laura McHugh promised to get the bullied boy tested for diseases because________.
　　[A] her son confessed to being wrong
    [B] she was afraid to annoy the boys parent
　　[C]he was likely to be affected by these diseases
    [D]she wanted to teach her own son a lesson

試題精解
　　1. 單詞bullying可能的含義是________。
　　[A] 恐嚇和傷害 [B] 取笑 [C] 表現得像暴君一樣 [D] 嘲笑
　　[精解] 答案A本題考查根據上下文猜測詞義。文章首段雙方家長的對話中出現的“bullying my child”與“My child is a little angel”相互對照，說明 bullying是壞孩子的行為。第三段中提到打電話的目的是“想讓對方改掉他們孩子的殘忍行為”，cruelty一詞說明了bullying的特點。此外第五段給出了bullying的具體事例：把痰吐到另外一個孩子的飯里。因此可推知[A]項“恐嚇傷害”為正確答案。[B]項雖然出現在第二段中，[D]項與其近義，但卻都只是其中一種形式，不足以概括所有的行為。[C]項含義不正確。
 
　　2. 打電話給恃強欺弱者的父母________。
　　[A] (這種做法)長期存在但內容有了改變 [B] 經常是通過仔細考慮后才做
　　[C] 常常導致責備和誤解 [D] 被用來警告這個孩子不要再做
　　[精解] 答案C本題考查事實細節。第一段提到，打電話給恃強欺弱者的父母的做法自有電話以來就長期存在了。第二段首句提到，這樣的電話不計其數，但談話內容卻一樣。由此排除[A]項。第二段第二句提到，沖動的父母抓起電話，大聲抱怨。排除[B]項。第二段末句提到，這樣的電話常常只導致責備;第四段第二句提到，專家指出它可能會被誤解，使對方勃然大怒。由此可知[C]項正確。[D]項未提。
 
　　3. 根據美國的調查表明，______。
　　[A] 成人中的恃強欺弱現象也在增加 [B] 父母沒有很好地看管他們的孩子
　　[C] 父母很少相信恃強欺弱者 [D] 大部分父母打電話解決恃強欺弱問題
　　[精解] 答案B本題考查事實細節。第二段第三句提到，研究表明恃強欺弱現象增加，父母看管減少，因此[B]項正確，[A]項無從得知。第三段最后用數據說明，父母很少相信自己的孩子會恃強欺弱。[C]項換成了不相信恃強欺弱者本身，錯誤。第四段首句提到，研究表明5%的父母支持找家長解決恃強欺弱問題。[D]項錯在most(大部分)，與事實不符。
 
　　4. 當恃強欺弱問題發生時，父母應該_______。
　　[A] 幫助恃強欺弱的孩子改掉殘忍的行為 [B] 求助調停者的幫助
　　[C] 避免變得太過自我保護 [D] 抵擋打電話的誘惑
　　[精解] 答案B本題考查作者觀點。第三段首句提到，受欺負的孩子的家長打電話是希望對方家長能改正其孩子恃強欺弱的毛病。可見，[A]項并不是作者的觀點。第五段首句提到，接到電話的家長不要自我保護。第六段提到，如果你想撥電話，一定要忍住誘惑。顯然[C]和[D]項是分別針對“接到電話”和“打電話”的家長而言的。只有[B]項在第四段提到，是教育者對雙方家長給出的建議，因此也是作者同意的觀點。
 
　　5. 勞拉?麥休許諾讓受到欺負的孩子做疾病測試是因為_________。
　　[A] 她兒子承認他錯了 [B] 她害怕惹怒男孩的家長
　　[C] 他可能會被這些疾病感染 [D] 她想給兒子一個教訓
　　[精解] 答案D本題考查第五段的細節。該段舉例說明應如何正確對待一位憤怒的家長的電話。該段倒數第三句提到，麥休許諾讓受欺負的孩子做疾病測試，不僅讓其母親平靜下來，也讓自己的兒子知道父母是非常嚴肅地對待他的惡劣行為。由此可知[D]項正確。