Why is it that parents are so often egocentric when it comes to matters concerning their children? Although their ______(1) are undoubtedly altruistic, they assume that the choices they make for their offspring are the right ones. Take the _______(2) of colour, for example. Who decides what colour trousers to buy for young Jimmy? Who chooses the colours for his bedroom or bedclothes? _________(3), parents condition their child's _________(4) of colour from a very early age. Choosing a pair of pink trousers for their six-year-old son ________(5) counter to most parents' idea of how to dress a boy, and they would be loath to decorate their daughter's bedroom in brown. In a similar way, a small child seen drawing a red tree may be quietly told that trees should be green. Yet the underlying criticism ___________(6) in that can be detrimental to the child's ___________(7) of the world around them.
Psychologists believe that allowing children to choose their own colours increases their self-confidence and their ability to express themselves. They use colour as a _________(8) of helping children to identify their feelings and discuss them. For instance, _____________(9) have shown that after listening to a sad story, children tend to draw in dark brown, black or grey, whereas one with a happy ending will evoke a response in yellow or orange. So, a mother should be delighted to see her four-year-old drawing an orange tree or a yellow house, and perhaps be concerned if the child only uses grey. _________(10) children free rein to choose colours for themselves may help parents to understand them better.
1 | A | desires | B | intentions | C | incentives | D | concerns |
2 | A | question | B | type | C | theme | D | view |
3 | A | Unerringly | B | Unwillingly | C | Unenthusiastically | D | Unwittingly |
4 | A | conception | B | perception | C | consideration | D | observation |
5 | A | plays | B | runs | C | goes | D | comes |
6 | A | inferred | B | implied | C | inlaid | D | imbued |
7 | A | thought | B | sense | C | feeling | D | instinct |
8 | A | means | B | tool | C | method | D | help |
9 | A | findings | B | reports | C | studies | D | research |
10 | A | Giving | B | Letting | C | Entrusting | D | Entitling |
