B
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 was 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 thought back. "I don't think they really got mad," their mechanic(机械师) remembered, "but they got awfully hot."
The skill to get hot without getting mad is important in life. But it's one that few parents teach to their kids. We want to give kids a warm home, so we stop brothers and sisters from quarrelling and we have our own arguments behind closed doors. Yet if kids never face disagreement directly, 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 one with a "wobble(摇晃)". Wilbur and Orville Wright came from a wobbly family. The brothers often watched their father Milton Wright fight with school teachers 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 were not alone. The Beatles fought over instruments. Steven Jobs and Steve Wozniak argued constantly while designing the first Apple computer. Brainstorming groups get 16 percent more ideas when the members are encouraged to criticize one another. 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.
()29. What's the writer's purpose in writing Paragraph 3?
A. To summarize the paragraphs above.
B. To add some background information.
C. To introduce a new topic for discussion.
D. To provide more examples to support his idea.
()30. What does the writer say about the Wright brothers?
A. They always took advice from their mechanic.
B. They knew little about the newspaper business.
C. They often held opposite opinions.
D. They kept a very bad relationship.
()31. What kind of father was Milton Wright?
A. Rude.
B. Generous.
C. Hard-working.
D. Unusual.
()32. What's the best title for the text?
A. Conversation Matter in a Family Kids
B. Uncomfortable Silence Does Harm to Kids
C. Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting?
D. Parents, Would You Please Stop Arguing?

B
文章大意:本文以Wright兄弟等为例,阐述有建设性的分歧对创造力等的积极意义,强调要教孩子认识其价值。
29. D 解析:推理判断题。根据第三段列举“The Beatles fought over instruments. Steven Jobs and Steve Wozniak argued constantly...The most creative ideas in Chinese technology companies come from teams that have real disagreement early on.”等内容可知,作者写第三段是为了提供更多例子支撑前文关于“有建设性分歧有价值”的观点,即是为提供更多例子支持论点。故选D。
30. C 解析:细节理解题。根据第一段中“However, when the Wright brothers said they thought together, what they really meant was that they argued together. ‘After long arguments, we often found ourselves in the position of each having been pulled to the other's side’”可知,Wright兄弟经常有相反观点并争论,即常持有对立意见。故选C。
31. D 解析:推理判断题。根据第二段中“The brothers often watched their father Milton Wright fight with school teachers 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.”可知,Milton Wright让孩子偶尔缺半天课自学,这与常规做法不同。由此可推知他是不寻常的父亲。故选D。
32. C 解析:最佳标题题。通读全文可知,本文围绕“有建设性的分歧对个人、团队等有积极意义,要让孩子学会面对分歧”展开。C选项“孩子们,请开始争吵好吗?”符合文意。故选C。