Shapingachildislikeshapingclay（粘土）—youhavetostartfromthebeginningandworkyourwaytotheendwithextremecautionbutwithgentleandloving 16 .Howeverunlikeclayyoudon’tgetasecond 17 withachild.Youcanputalltheclaybacktogetherandstartagainbutwithachildwhatisdoneisdone. 18 it’sevenmorecautionwithcare.

Buildingachild’sesteemisnosmallplay;itmakesyourblackhair 19 stealsawayyearsofyourlifeandstillwillnotlookdone.Thereforeyouhavetolearnhowtobuildself-esteemand 20 yourchildfromthebeginning.Afterallparentingbeginsfrombabyhood.

Smallcasecouldleavelarge 21 onyourchild’smind.Reasonwhyyoushouldnotoverlooksomethingthatwentwrong.Ifanotherchild 22 yourkideveryonelaughedandyoutoldyoursonto 23 itthat’sthefirstwrongstep.Youhavetoteachyourchildto 24 upforhimself.Don’tletyourchildfalldowninside.Tellhimtoaskthechildwhyheishittinghimor 25 tothenearestadulthecanreach.

Mostofallbeforeyouspeaktoachildyouhavetobea 26 example.Ifyougoaroundlaughingatpeopleyourkidswilldothe 27 .Ifyouareacoward（懦夫）yourselfanddonotstanduptosituationsdonot 28 yourchildnottofollowyou.Childrenarelikemonkeys—theycopyevery 29 fromhowyoueattohowyouhandlesituations.

Buildingself-esteembeginsathome.Smallself-confidentactsmakea(n) 30 impactonyourchild.

【小题1】A．headsB．handsC．toolsD．knives【小题2】A．testB．gradeC．classD．chance【小题3】A．ThusB．ButC．OrD．Although【小题4】A．lostB．grayC．weakD．curl【小题5】A．interestB．directC．orderD．encourage