2015届高考英语二轮专题检测精品练习：阅读理解（16）
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(2014届·合肥四校高三4月质量检测)
Parents are creating an “I want it now” generation by indulging children’s every demand at Christmas，say experts.Youngsters are becoming increasingly lfish，claim the education analysts.
Consumersavvy children are forcing their families into racking up huge debts and risk becoming spoilt and dissatisfied in the future.
Behavioural consultant Chris Calland said，“Parents are desperate to make Christmas into a magical fairy tale for their kids.There’s nothing wrong with that as such.The problem aris when it means always giving into all our children’s demands—even if they are beyond our price range or not ageappropriate.”
Ms Calland，who runs “Santa Says No” style ssions with colleague Nicky Hutchinson，added，“Many of us go into so much debt providing the gifts our children want that we spend the rest of the year paying off the bills.Yet so often the parcels we’ve carefully wrapped，once opened，are just pushed away becau the very thing our little boy or girl was once so desperate for，they have now lost interest in.”
Ms Calland and Ms Hutchinson have drawn up a list of guidelines to help parents manage their offspring’s Christmas lists this year.They say that adults can actually improve their relationships with their children by resisting “pester (纠缠) power”．
Ms Calland said，“All too often we say yes becau we want an easier life when the fact is that we’re only building up problems for the future.We are helping create a generation of youngsters who are blind to the needs of others and the necessity of hard work.”
“Children learn fast—if we sometimes change our mind，they quickly reali it might be worth lying on the floor and screaming for it.Make sure you and your partner are working t
ogether on this.Be consistent.And try not to get caught up in competition with other families or friends.”
5．What is the main problem with the “I want it now” generation?
A．They are quite lfcentered.
B．They like to live in fairy tales.
C．They waste a lot of money on gifts.
D．They can’t keep their interest in gifts.
6．What is probably the aim of “Santa Says No” style ssions?
A．To advi on how to wrap gifts properly.
B．To keep children’s interest in the gifts.
C．To tell parents how to say no to children’s demands.
D．To advi parents on what gifts to buy for children.
7．According to the passage，we can infer that Ms Calland intends to________.
A．analyze children’s behavior
B．give advice to parents
C．introduce a new generation
D．give her support to parents
8．Ms Calland would agree that parents should________.
A．buy nothing for children at Christmas
B．choo gifts carefully for children
C．let children choo their own gifts
D．avoid competing with others
B
I Don’t Think I Wrote Wrong
Lao Yang was born in a small town. He liked reading when he studied at school. He thought the writers were respected(尊敬) and could get a lot of money. He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments (编辑部) but didn’t receive any answers.
Now he works in a factory. He’s busy at work. When he’s free, he always reads something. He always remembers he hoped to be a writer when he was young. One day, Xiao Ping, his ten-year-old daughter, came back. She looked worried and didn’t eat anything. She said Miss GAO, her Chine teacher, told them to write a solicit article(征文) “My Father” that evening. But she did not know what to write.
“That’s easy,” said Lao Yang. “Let me help you.”
Then he sat down to write the solicit article at once. He easily finished it on time. He was
sure Miss GAO would like it. But one afternoon he asked his daughter if the article had been chon to post to the editorial department.
“My teacher said your article digresd from the subject(离题),” said the girl.
“I don’t think so,” Lao Yang shouted angrily. “I described(描写) just my father!”
1. Lao Yang wrote a lot of stories becau _______.
A. he likes reading
B. he learned much at school
C. he wanted to be a writer
D. he wanted to help others
2. Lao Yang posted the stories to the editorial departments, _______.
A. and he got a lot of money B. and he became a famous man
C. and he was respected D. but he failed
3. As _______, Lao Yang decided to help his daughter.
A. he was a writer
B. he was free
C. he wanted to realize his ideal(理想)
D. he wanted to make his daughter happy
4. Lao Yang hoped _______.
A. his article could surpri the teacher
B. his article could be chon
C. the children could like his article
D. everyone could soon know him
