When Wilbur and Orville Wright finished their flight at Kitty Hawk,Americans celebrated the brotherly bond.The brothers had grown up playing together,they had been in the newspaper business together,and they had built an airplane together.They even said they "thought together." However,when the Wright brothers said they thought together,what they really meant is that they argued together.After long arguments we often found ourselves in the position of each having been pulled to the other's side,"Orville reflected.I don't think they really got mad," their mechanic (機(jī)械師) remembered,but they sure got awfully hot."
The skill to get hot without getting mad is critical in life.But it's one that few parents teach to their kids.We want to give kids a stable home,so we ?tор ??bl?ng? (兄弟姐妹) from quаrrеl?ng and we have our own arguments behind closed doors.Yet if kids never get exposed to disagreement,we'll end up limiting their creativity.As the psychologist Robert Albert put it,the creative person-to-be comes from a family that is anything but harmonious,one with a "wobble (搖晃)."Orville Wright came from a wobbly family.The brothers often watched their father Milton Wright fight with school authorities who weren't fond of his decision to let his kids miss a half-day of school from time to time to learn on their own.
The Wright brothers weren't t alone.The Beatles fought over instruments and tunes.Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak argued constantly while designing the first Apple computer.Brainstorming groups generate16 percent more ideas when the members are encouraged to criticize one anojye.air.The most creative ideas in Chinese technology companies come from teams that have real disagreement early on.
Children need to learn the value of thoughtful disagreement.We should teach kids that silence is bad manners.It disrespects the value of your own view point and your own voice.It's a sign of respect to care enough about someone's opinion that you're willing to challenge it.Good arguments are wobbly:a team or family might rock back and forth but it never tips over.If kids don't learn to wobble,they never learn to walk;they end up standing still.
(1)What does the author say about the Wright brothers? CC
A.They always took advice from their mechanic.
B.They knew little about the newspaper business.
C.They often held conflicting opinions.
D.They kept a very tense relationship.
(2)What sort of father was Milton Wright? AA
A.Untraditional.
B.Generous.
C.Scholarly.
D.Sensitive.
(3)What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 3? DD
A.Summarize the previous paragraphs.
B.Add some background information.
C.Introduce a new topic for discussion.
D.Provide more examples to support his idea.
(4)What is the best title for the text? CC
A.Conversation matter in a family kids.
B.Uncomfortable silence harms Kids.
C.Kids,would you please start fighting.
D.Parents,would you please stop arguing?
【考點(diǎn)】記敘文;創(chuàng)新與創(chuàng)業(yè).
【答案】C;A;D;C
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