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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 bully's 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 don't 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 wonit.” In a recent police
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department 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 child's bullying, listen without getting defensive. That's what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley, California, did when a caller told her that her then 13-year-old son had spit in another boy's food.Her son had confessed, but the victim's mom “wanted to make sure my son hadn't 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 McHugh's 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 bully's 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 boy's parent
［C］he was likely to be affected by these diseases［D］she wanted to teach her own son a lesson 核心词汇
blow away *① to completely surprise sb., to affect intensely; overwhelm使大为惊讶；强烈影响，征服 例：That concert blew me away.音乐会震撼了我。 ② to defeat sb. completely, esp. in a game (尤指在比赛中)彻底战胜 例：Nancy blew away the
rest of the skaters.南希战胜了其他的滑冰运动员。 bully n. ［C］ 恃强凌弱者；流氓，暴徒
vt. ① to threaten to hurt or frighten sb. weaker 欺侮例：He was bullied by the older boys at school. 他在学校里受到大孩子的欺负。 ② to use your strength or power to make sb. do sht. 恐吓, 胁迫 例： The manager tried to bully his men into working harder by threatening them with dismissal. 经理企图以解雇相威胁, 迫使职工更卖力气。
Contract n..［C］ 契约；合同
vi. to become smaller or narrower缩小；收缩 例：Metal contracts as it becomes cool. 金属冷却时收缩。
*vt. to begin to have an illness患（病） 例：He contracted pneumonia.他得了肺炎。 flare vi. （也作flare up）① to suddenly begin to burn, or to burn more brightly for a short time 突然燃烧起来；（短暂地）烧旺 例：The match flared in the darkness.火柴在黑暗中突然着了一小会儿。 *②（感情等）突然爆发 例：Violence has flared up again in the Middle East. 中东又突然爆发了暴力事件。 ③(疾病)突然加剧 例：My asthma tends to flare up on smoggy days. 在烟雾天我的气喘往往会加剧。 n. ［C］ ① 闪光，瞬时的明亮火焰 ② 信号灯（弹）
resolve vt. * ① to find a satisfactory way of dealing with a problem or difficulty解决 例：There weren
t enough beds, but the matter was resolved by George
sleeping on the sofa.床不够用，但乔治睡到沙发上问题就解决了。 ② to make a definite decision to do sth.（某人）决心，决定 例：After the divorce she resolved never to marry again.离婚以后，她下决心永不再嫁。 ③（委员会、会议等通过投票）作出决议，表决 例：The Senate resolved to accept the President's budget proposals by 70 votes to 30.参议院以70票对30票通过决议，同意总统的预算草案。
vi. 下决心，决定 例：He resolved on/against (making) an early start. 他决定（不）早出发. 超纲词汇
itchy a. 使人发痒的
考研英语阅读理解题目与解析四篇
