5．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 saidtheir 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 and 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 hurt for things…They have reacted by making gifts for each other and packing them into each other's stockings stealthily（偷偷地）．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．
32．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
33．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
34．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 washit by typhoon，they burst into tears
D．when their grandparents didn't send them gifts，the kids couldn't help crying．
35．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
36．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 文章講述一對父母在博客上分享教育孩子的心得，與網(wǎng)友交流如何教育孩子．
解答 32-36 CDBAA
32．C 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段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，他主要想教會孩子理解感恩的快樂，故答案為C．
33．D 歸納推理題．根據(jù)First，my kids are in no way hurt for things…They have reacted by making gifts for each other and packing them into each other's stockings stealthily可知，孩子們悄悄地送對方禮物，They are thinking of others他們?yōu)槠渌丝紤]，所以通過參加這些活動，孩子們現(xiàn)在大方和體貼了，故答案為D．
34．B 猜測詞意題．根據(jù)第四段劃線句子意思可知，孩子承認他和 哥哥關系很糟糕，所以當父母告訴他們?nèi)∠フQ節(jié)，他們都悲傷的哭 了，故答案為B．
35．A 主旨大意歸納．通過最后兩段的描述可知，主要介紹了自己是如何將孩子教育成大方體貼感恩的人，并與網(wǎng)友分享了，故答案為A．
36．A 主旨歸納．根據(jù)第一句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在圣誕節(jié)取消慶祝的活動，故答案為A．
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
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