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5.Have you played it?It's a game for a person or for a carload.
Someone begins,"I'm grateful to God for…"And he or she shares something.Then the next person gives gratitude for something.This goes on for 5minutes or more until you reach your destination.There's no loser.Everyone feels happy after expressing gratitude.And sometimes you discover amazing things.
My 5yearold granddaughter and I played the gratitude game when she visited us.I found out she was grateful to her friend Josh…and"the other Josh".She was grateful to go swimming at the pool.She was grateful to have a daddy who played with her and to a nice mommy.
She would begin the gratitude games as soon as we settled into the car to drive somewhere.Playing it with her,I tried to be honest and not just say something fast.I really stopped to think.What was I grateful for at the moment?That our country was not at war.That we had plenty to eat.Playing the game made me more aware of the good things in my life.
A friend of mine was having a tough time seeing that there wasn't any good in his life.I suggested to my friend that he take a few minutes before going to bed and write down all the good things he could think of that happened during the day.
Later he told me what happened.He couldn't think of anything good.But he persisted until he was able to write a few things down.The next morning he decided to look for signs of good during the day.He sat down on his front steps.A robin(知更鸟) landed on the grass.In his words,it began"doing a little dance",preening(整理羽毛) and cleaning itself.He watched the entire show.It was delightful.He realized that if he hadn't been really looking for good,he would never have noticed the robin and would have missed what to him was a remarkable display.
That evening he filled several pages with recordings of good that had happened during the day and things he was grateful for.Gratitude had made a huge difference!
28.The purpose of the gratitude game is toC.
A.let people share their gratitude to God
B.make people realize the good things around them
C.discover amazing things in life
D.practice people's skill of expressing themselves
29.What was the problem with the writer's friend?B
A.He had lost his purpose of life.
B.He saw nothing worth his appreciation.
C.He had trouble remembering what had happened during the day.
D.He found it hard to play the game.
30.In which way has the game helped the writer's friend?B
A.It made him interested in birds.
B.It opened his eyes to nothing good in life.
C.It taught him the necessity of giving gratitude.
D.It inspired him to play the gratitude game every day.
31.The story of the writer's friend tells us thatC.
A.life is meaningless to a person who doesn't know how to give gratitude
B.one can always find relief in nature when he is in depression
C.it's not difficult to find good things in life if one starts looking for them
D.gratitude plays an important role in changing a person's character.

分析 这是一篇生活类短文.作者通过一个感恩游戏引入话题,提醒我们要寻找身边美好的东西,学会感恩.

解答 28.C.推理判断题.根据第四段"That our country was not at war.That we had plenty to eat.Playing the game made me more aware of the good things in my life"可以推断出这个游戏的意图是让人们意识到他们身边美好的东西;故选C.
29.B.细节理解题.由第五段"A friend of mine was having a tough time seeing that there wasn't any good in his life"可知,有一段时间"我"的朋友看不到生活中任何美好的东西,即他看不到值得欣赏、感激的事物;故选B.
30.B.推理判断题.根据文章第六段"But he persisted until he was able to write a few things down.The next morning he decided to look for signs of good during the day"可知这个游戏让作家的朋友学会发现生活的美好;故选B.
31.C.推理判断题.作者的朋友接受了作者的建议后坚持寻找并记录生活中美好的事情,取得了成效,由此可以推断D项正确,即只要你寻找就不难发现生活中美好的事物.故选D.

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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52.A.wordB.thingC.minuteD.lesson
53.A.saveB.changeC.colourD.lose
54.A.importanceB.methodC.resultD.influence
55.A.choiceB.decisionC.differenceD.conclusion

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