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.a(chǎn)ll 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 本文講述一對父母在博客分享自己對于教育孩子的心得,與網(wǎng)友進行交流,如何來教育孩子.
解答 66-70CDBAA
66.答案C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)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."可知他想教會孩子感恩的快樂,故選C項.
67.答案D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段"Our kids have been acting so ungrateful lately"可知,志愿者活動前,孩子們不知感恩.結(jié)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,參加活動后,孩子們會給曾經(jīng)打過的朋友們送禮物,還期待著付出更多.故選D.
68.答案B.詞意猜測題.根據(jù)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,孩子承認他與哥哥表現(xiàn)很糟糕,所以當父母把取消圣誕節(jié)消息告訴他們時,他們悲傷的哭了,故選B項.
69.答案A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段提到My intention is to help support other parents and to raise amazing kids.我的目的是幫父母和如何來教育孩子,故選A項.
70.答案A.主旨大意題.根據(jù)第一段第一句話提到Earlier this month,blogger Lisa Henderson announced that she and her husband John had decided not to have Christmas.可知為什么這些父母決定不再慶祝圣誕節(jié),故選A項.
點評 文化教育類閱讀技巧:1.采用先題后文.先讀題目,再帶著問題讀文章.這類閱讀理解文章相對來說事實細節(jié)題稍多一點,如果帶著問題讀文章,有利于我們抓細節(jié).2.先做細節(jié)題.因為做完了局部性的事實細節(jié)題后,自然會加深我們對文章的理解,這樣更有利于做主旨大意題.3.重點敲定主旨題.主旨大意題提問的形式主要有兩大類:一類是Main idea型;一類是Topic或Title型.在解答這類試題時應(yīng)注意以下幾點:a.讀首句抓大意.文化教育類閱讀理解文章多采用說明文、議論文體裁,而這類文章大都采用文章段落的中心,即主題句在文章開頭.因此,要尋找這類文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句.b.讀尾句抓大意.有時這類文章的主題句安排在文章的結(jié)尾,作為對全篇的總結(jié).c.讀首段抓大意.有些文章或段落的開頭和結(jié)尾部分都有主題句.這種結(jié)構(gòu)是為了突出主題思想而使用兩次點題的寫作方法.這兩個主題句在句子結(jié)構(gòu)和用詞上有所不同,而且在內(nèi)容上前句和后句也不重復.d.從段落中抓大意.有些文章或段落的主題句在文章中,這種文章或段落往往以一句話或幾句話引出要表達的主題,在主題句出現(xiàn)后,再舉例子陳述細節(jié)或繼續(xù)論證.