16．When we give our kids holiday gifts，many of us can't wait to hea r their appreciative cries of"thank you!"once the wrapping gets ripped off．But here's a tip：You'd be wise not to expect much gratitude from them for what they receive．
Gratitude can make us happier，healthier，and even fitter．But do the kids show their gratitude for the stuff we buy them？All the research I've done has convinced me that it won't happen．One mom told me that when she asked her 16-year-old son to thank her for buying him a cellphone，he said，"But that's what moms should do．"From a teenager's angle，it's a parent's responsibility to take care of the family．According to Dunham，Yale's assistant professor of psychology，"When teenagers code it that way，a gift is no longer something given freely and voluntarily"-it's just mom and dad living up to their obligation．
Parents do have the right to demand good manners and children should thank sincerely whoever gives them something．But kids can't know how blessed they are unless they have a basis for comparison．And they don't learn that by a parent complaining that they're ungrateful．We need to give our children the gift of a wider world view．Show by example that gratitude isn't about stuff-which ultimately can't make any of us happy anyway．It's about realizing how lucky you are and paying your good fortune forward．
You can collect all the charitable appeals and sit down together with the kids to go through them．You set the budget for giving and the kids decide how it's distributed．Once the conversation about gratitude gets started，it's much easier to continue all year．Also you can set up a family routine at bedtime where kids describe three things that have made them grateful．When kids go off to college，you can text them a picture each week of something that inspires your appreciation．
Teaching children to focus on the positive and appreciate the good in their lives is perhaps the greatest gift we can give them．And we can all learn together that the things that really matter aren't on sale at a department store．
22．How do children respond when receiving gifts from their parents？D
A．They show no interest in their parents'gifts．
B．They can't wait to open their parents'gifts．
C．They show much gratitude to their parents for the gifts．
D．They take their parents'gifts for granted（認為…理所當然）．
23．To make children grateful for what they have，parents shouldC．
A．live up to their obligation
B．a(chǎn)sk their children to have good manners
C．teach their children by setting an example    
D．complain their children are ungrateful
24．What can we learn from the last two paragraphs？A
A．No gifts are greater than teaching children to be positive and grateful．
B．Children ought to realize how lucky they are to have considerate parents．
C．Children are supposed to decide how to distribute their own money
D．It is easy for parents to start the conversation about gratitude．
25．What's the purpose of the author writing this text？B
A．To explain the reason why children offer no gratitude to their parents．
B．To give advice to parents on how to help children develop gratitude．
C．To encourage parents to do things together with their children．
D．To remind parents of their responsibility to educate their children．

分析 本文屬于議論文閱讀，告訴我們現(xiàn)代社會中很多孩子對于自己得到的事物沒有一點感恩之心，作者對于這種現(xiàn)象給出建議，同時告訴我們教給孩子關注生活中積極的事情并感恩生活中那些美好的事物是父母親給孩子最好的禮物．

解答 22．D，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子From a teenager's angle，it's a parent's responsibility to take care of the family．可知從年輕人的角度出發(fā)，照顧家人是父母親的責任，也就是說他們把父母親給他們禮物當成是理所當然的事情，故答案為D．
23．C，細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子Show by example that gratitude isn't about stuff-which ultimately can't make any of us happy anyway，作者建議父母親通過給出例子向孩子證明感激不是金錢可以換來的，因為金錢是不能讓我們開心的．也就是建議我們通過舉例的方式，故答案為C．
24．A，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子Teaching children to focus on the positive and appreciate the good in their lives is perhaps the greatest gift we can give them．可知，教給孩子關注生活中積極的事情并感恩生活中那些美好的事物是父母親給孩子最好的禮物，故答案為A．
25．B，主旨大意題，短文主要告訴我們現(xiàn)代社會中很多孩子對于自己得到的事物沒有一點感恩之心，作者在三四段對于這種現(xiàn)象給出一些建議，同時也告訴我們教給孩子關注生活中積極的事情并感恩生活中那些美好的事物是父母親給孩子最好的禮物，故答案為B．

點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．

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