C人与自我——兴趣启蒙
①Children are born with a natural interest in everything. They are known to have several interests and high energy levels. And they always find certain activities more interesting than others. As such, hobbies for little kids are a great way to keep them focused and busy. In fact, certain really cool hobbies can help them increase their personality development. Most importantly, hobbies can add a great deal of value(价值) to their time and energy.
②Reading is a must for all age groups. Reading is often viewed as monotonous and now many children don't love it, but what one needs to understand is that reading is a learning experience and is a major factor(因素) in shaping your children's life. There are plenty of books that can meet children's different interests. If they are disinterested at first, you can give them books with a lot of pictures.
③A coin collection is great to understand the fact that different countries have different currencies(货币). This hobby can really make kids realize the value of money and its importance. This hobby is great to develop the habit of saving in kids, from an early age. The hobby is also great to make them more responsible, as they need to keep their collections.
④Let kids learn how to play a musical instrument. This will give them an added advantage in their age circle. It will add a great deal of confidence to their personality. Music has its way of calming down a person. So, this hobby will give kids something to do in their free time.
⑤All in all, if kids develop useful hobbies, they'll help them pass their time nicely. They'll help them grow and develop in an amazing way.
()23. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To tell us hobbies are important for kids.
B. To give advice on taking up a new hobby.
C. To introduce interesting activities to children.
D. To express the worry about children's development.
()24. What does the underlined word “monotonous” mean?
A. important B. dangerous C. wonderful D. boring
()25. What can a coin collection help children do?
A. Have a good learning experience.
B. Get into the habit of saving money early.
C. Realize the importance of keeping a hobby.
D. Make better plans to travel around the world.
()26. What is the structure of the passage?

23－26. ABAD
C篇
本文为一篇说明文，阐述了培养兴趣爱好（阅读、集币、学习乐器）对儿童成长的重要价值和益处。
第24题：根据后文“but what one needs to understand ...”(但我们需要明白的是……)的转折，以及“many children don't love it”(许多孩子不喜欢)的陈述，可以推断出“monotonous”是一个负向评价词，与“有趣”相对。结合选项，意为“单调的、乏味的”的boring最符合语境。
第26题：文章结构清晰：第一段(①)总述兴趣爱好的重要性；第二、三、四段(②③④)分别介绍阅读、集币、学习乐器这三种具体爱好及其好处；第五段(⑤)总结。因此，结构图应为总—分—总，与A选项(顶层为①，中层并列②③④，底层为⑤)相符。

【分析】
23题：需明确第一段核心内容，第一段围绕“爱好对孩子的价值”展开，如帮助专注、发展个性、合理利用时间，目的是强调爱好对孩子的重要性，据此判断选项。
24题：根据转折关系（but）及后文“many children don't love it”，可知划线词为负面评价，结合选项词义匹配。
25题：定位第三段关于集币的描述，找到对应“培养储蓄习惯”的内容，匹配选项。
26题：梳理文章段落逻辑，第一段总述爱好重要性，2-4段分述三种爱好，5段总结，判断结构类型对应选项。
【解析】
23题：第一段主要阐述爱好对孩子的多重价值，核心目的是说明爱好对孩子的重要性。B选项“给新爱好的建议”、C选项“介绍有趣活动”、D选项“担忧孩子发展”均不符合第一段主旨，故选A。
24题：由后文“many children don't love it”及转折词but可知，划线词是负面评价。monotonous意为“单调乏味的”，对应选项D（boring），A、B、C均不符合语境，故选D。
25题：定位第三段，文中明确提到集币“develop the habit of saving in kids, from an early age”，即帮助孩子从小养成储蓄习惯，对应选项B，A、C、D均未提及，故选B。
26题：文章结构为：第一段总述爱好对孩子的重要性（总）；第二、三、四段分别介绍三种爱好的益处（分）；第五段总结爱好的作用（总），为总-分-总结构，对应选项A，故选A。
【答案】
ABAD
【知识点】
阅读理解、词义猜测、文章结构
【点评】
本题为英语阅读理解题，考查主旨大意、词义猜测、文章结构等核心考点，需结合段落内容和逻辑关系分析，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6