【考点】O5：科教类阅读；P2：文中细节；P6：作者情感态度
【分析】本文先讲述了一种社会现象﹣﹣父母希望孩子成为自己的"克隆"，希望孩子能继续"接力"自己年轻时的任务．随后作者通过记叙自己在校表现并不优异的儿子的帮自己修好了车的事例来表达观点﹣﹣出版社需要打字员，工程需要技工，建筑行业需要建造者，每个人都有自己的价值，只要用在合适的地方．作者为自己的儿子感到骄傲，虽然他从未上过学校的光荣榜
【解答】41﹣﹣45DACBA
41．D 推理判断题．本题需理解作者一开始对儿子的寄望是什么．由第一段的第一句话可以推断出来 Every man wants his son to be somewhat of a clone，not in features but infootsteps．（每个人都希望他的儿子成为自己某方面的克隆，不是外表的克隆，而是在"传承"上的克隆．）可见，作者也是其中之一．因此答案为D
42．A 细节理解题．解答此题的关键词在于 the author's children，因此需要在文中找出 有关作者孩子的信息．由第三段 My daughter is a university graduate working toward her master's degree in English．But Jody？When he entered the tenth grade he became a"vo﹣ tech"student（技校学生）．They're called"motorheads"by the rest of the student body．可以找 到，作者的女儿是大学生，正准备攻读英语类的研究生．而儿子却被其他学生叫做 "motorhead"．可见，女儿的在校表现比儿子要好．因此答案为A
43．C 细节理解题．在第五段可以找到答案．I doubted it，but let him go ahead，for I hadnothing to lose．可知，我让儿子修车的原因是﹣﹣我并没有什么损失．因此答案为C
44．B 深层理解题．本题需要判断作者情感态度．由倒数第二段可以找到信息，These kids are happiest when doing repairs ． They joke and laugh and are living in their own relaxed world．And their minds are bright despite their dirty hands and clothes．可知，答案为 B
【答案】A
【解析】深层理解题．本题需猜测作者情感态度．由最后一段可知作者想要表达的全文的 中 心 思 想 ． publishers need printers ， engineers need mechanics ， and architects need builders．Most important，I have learned that fathers don't need clones in footsteps or anywhere else．My son may never make the school honor roll．But he made mine．作者对社会上的普 遍观点是持否定态度的﹣﹣希望自己孩子"继承"自己的志愿是不明智的．因此答案为 A
【点评】考生需在文中着重抓住细节信息．在综合细节的基础上进行判断，在文中找到信息
19．（12.5 分）When John was growing up，other kids felt sorry for him．His parents always had him weeding the garden，carrying out the garbage and delivering newspapers．But when John reached adulthood ， he was better off than his childhood playmates ． He had more job satisfaction ， a better marriage and was healthier ． Most of all ， he was happier ． Far happier
These are the findings of a 40﹣year study that followed the lives of 456teenage boys from Boston ． The study showed that those who had worked as boys enjoyed happier and more productive lives than those who had not．"Boys who worked in the home or community gained competence （能力） and came to feel they were worthwhile members of society，"said
George Vaillant，the psychologist （心理学家） who made the discovery．"And because they felt good about themselves，others felt good about them．"
Vaillant's study followed these males in great detail．Interviews were repeated at ages 25， 31and 47．Under Vaillant，the researchers compared the men's mental﹣health scores with their boyhood﹣activity scores with their boyhood﹣activity scores．Points were awarded for part﹣ time jobs，housework，effort in school，and ability to deal with problems
The link between what the men had done as boys and how they turned out as adults was surprisingly sharp．Those who had done the most boyhood activities were twice as likely to have warm relations with a wide variety of people，five times as likely to be well paid and 16times less likely to have been unemployed．The researchers also found that IQ and family social and economic class made no real difference in how the boys turned out．Working﹣﹣﹣ ﹣at any age﹣﹣﹣﹣is important．Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility， independence，confidence and competence﹣﹣﹣the underpinnings （基础） of emotional health．They also help him understand that people must cooperate and work toward common goals ． The most competent adults are those who know how to do this ． Yet work isn't everything．As Tolstoy once said，"One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love，to work for the person one loves and to love one's work．"