题目内容
1.Earlier this month,blogger Lisa Henderson announced that she and her husband John had decided not to have Christmas.The family,who lives in Utah,will still put up decorations,but presents from Santa are a no-go this year."John and I feel like we are fighting a very hard uphill battle with our kids when it comes to their rights,"Henderson wrote on her blog."It is one of the biggest struggles as a parent these days in middle class America.Our kids have been acting so ungrateful lately…John said,"We shouldn't just celebrate Christmas.And,so that's what we did."
Instead,the Hendersons are putting the money they would have spent on gifts toward service projects in order to teach their three sons the"pleasure of giving."The children will still receive gifts from grandparents and other family members,but this year,she said,their letters to Santa will be asking him to find someone who needs presents more than they do.
In an interview with ABC News,11-year-old Caleb Henderson admitted that he and his brothers had been behaving badly."We would hit each other,we were fighting.Crying,"he admitted,and Lisa said that when she broke the news to her sons,they cried pretty hard.
But so far,Henderson told Fox News last week,the family is having a sudden turning this into a different kind of gift.They have already held a clothing drive and sent boxes of clothes and candy to a village in the Philippines that was hit hard last year by Typhoon Haiyan.
"The children were excited and kept wanting to give more and more,"she reported on her blog.Many readers responded positively to Henderson's post,some sharing their own stories of limiting Christmas in order to teach their children to be charitable(仁慈的)or grateful."As parents you're giving your kids something so much more special than a bunch of gifts on Christmas,"one wrote.
But Henderson received negative follow-ups as well on her blog.Responding to critics,she updated her blog with a statement that reads,in part:
I just wanted to explain a couple of things.First,my kids are in no way hurting for things…They have reacted by making gifts for each other and packing them into each other's stockings stealthily.They are learning exactly what we wanted them to learn,because they are not moving around feeling sorry for themselves.They are thinking of others.
The second thing I wanted to explain is why I wrote this post.Some people seem to think I wrote this for attention.Ummm,the attention you get from posts like this is not good and actually extremely difficult to deal with…The reason I wrote this post is I want to empower parents to feel like it's okay to take a stand…I wanted to share what we are doing,so any parents that feel they are struggling with the same issues in their home can see what others are doing and get ideas for their family.My intention is to help support other parents and to raise amazing kids.
66.The Hendersons decided not to spend Christmas becauseC.
A.their kids could receive presents from their other family members
B.the struggling couple tried to save some money to buy kids gifts
C.they wanted to make their kids understand the pleasure of giving
D.the whole family would go to the disaster areas in the Philippines
67.After joining their parents in doing volunteer services,the Hendersons'kids becameD.
A.selfish and stubborn
B.determined and devoted
C.hopeful and honest
D.grateful and generous
68.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4can be replaced byB.
A.all the kids let out an excited cry when Santa sent them Christmas presents
B.when Lisa told the kids they didn't spend Christmas,they felt extremely sad
C.the moment Lisa said the Philippines was hit by typhoon,they burst into tears
D.when their grandparents didn't send them gifts,the kids couldn't help crying.
69.From the last two paragraphs we can conclude thatA.
A.the writer wants to share his experiences of raising amazing kids
B.educating kids needs regular communication and great patience
C.the writer strongly called on people to care for the unfortunate
D.parents should praise children for their kindness to other people
70.Which of the following can be the best title?A
A.Why These Parents Decided Not To Celebrate Christmas.
B.How Americans Spend A Traditional Christmas Nowadays.
C.A Hard Battle between Kids And Parents At Christmas.
D.What American People Do To Have A Nice Christmas.
分析 本文讲述一对父母在博客分享自己对于教育孩子的心得,与网友进行交流,如何来教育孩子.
解答 66-70CDBAA
66.答案C.细节理解题.根据第三段提到Instead,the Hendersons are putting the money they would have spent on gifts toward service projects in order to teach their three sons the"pleasure of giving."可知他想教会孩子感恩的快乐,故选C项.
67.答案D.推理判断题.根据第二段"Our kids have been acting so ungrateful lately"可知,志愿者活动前,孩子们不知感恩.结合第四段"They have already held a clothing drive and sent boxes of clothes and candy to a village in the Philippines that was hit hard last year by Typhoon Haiyan"和第五段"The children were excited and kept wanting to give more and more"可知,参加活动后,孩子们会给曾经打过的朋友们送礼物,还期待着付出更多.故选D.
68.答案B.词意猜测题.根据第四段提到11-year-old Caleb Henderson admitted that he and his brothers hadbeen behaving badly."We would hit each other.We were fighting and crying,孩子承认他与哥哥表现很糟糕,所以当父母把取消圣诞节消息告诉他们时,他们悲伤的哭了,故选B项.
69.答案A.推理判断题.根据最后一段提到My intention is to help support other parents and to raise amazing kids.我的目的是帮父母和如何来教育孩子,故选A项.
70.答案A.主旨大意题.根据第一段第一句话提到Earlier this month,blogger Lisa Henderson announced that she and her husband John had decided not to have Christmas.可知为什么这些父母决定不再庆祝圣诞节,故选A项.
点评 文化教育类阅读技巧:1.采用先题后文.先读题目,再带着问题读文章.这类阅读理解文章相对来说事实细节题稍多一点,如果带着问题读文章,有利于我们抓细节.2.先做细节题.因为做完了局部性的事实细节题后,自然会加深我们对文章的理解,这样更有利于做主旨大意题.3.重点敲定主旨题.主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类:一类是Main idea型;一类是Topic或Title型.在解答这类试题时应注意以下几点:a.读首句抓大意.文化教育类阅读理解文章多采用说明文、议论文体裁,而这类文章大都采用文章段落的中心,即主题句在文章开头.因此,要寻找这类文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句.b.读尾句抓大意.有时这类文章的主题句安排在文章的结尾,作为对全篇的总结.c.读首段抓大意.有些文章或段落的开头和结尾部分都有主题句.这种结构是为了突出主题思想而使用两次点题的写作方法.这两个主题句在句子结构和用词上有所不同,而且在内容上前句和后句也不重复.d.从段落中抓大意.有些文章或段落的主题句在文章中,这种文章或段落往往以一句话或几句话引出要表达的主题,在主题句出现后,再举例子陈述细节或继续论证.
A. | to walk | B. | walking | C. | walked | D. | has walked |
A. | Swear | B. | Sworn | C. | Having sworn | D. | To have sworn |