20.As any parent knows too well,sometimes a little white lie is the only way to make a naughty child quid.Indeed,parents have shared the top white lies they've told their children.While some of them are amusing,others are somewhat cruel.
"Father Christmas is watching you,""Carrots will make you see in the dark"and"Your pet has gone to live on a farm"are among the top while lies parents tell their children.The top 20list of little lies that adults use shows that four in five parents have told their children something that isn't true.The threat of Father Christmas is on the top,with 62percent of parents employing St.Nick to keep their kids tinder control.The second on the list is:"We'll see",which any little one knows really means"no".
The majority of British people say that they lie to their children to protect their innocence,to save them from being upset or to stop them behaving badly.The top while lie told to kids about their pets is"your pet has to live on a farm in the countryside",which is employed after one dies or has gone missing.On average,parents think that children are ready to start learning about death at the age of seven and a half.
One 62-year-old recalled that when he was four,his cat ran away,because it kept having its tail pulled.It was 53years later that it was revealed that the cat had actually been given away to stop it from scratching the furniture.One respondent (應答者) said that he still remembered that when he was young,he believed his father's statement that the entire world used to be in black and white before colour photography came along.
Forty percent of parents say that they would definitely lie to their children to keep up their belief in Father Christmas,and over hall say they'd certainly tell the truth about a pet dying.However,one in ten parents say they've replaced their children's dead pet with a one looking the same to cheat their children into believing ii was still alive and well,found the study by Blue Cross pet charity.
33.The threat of Father Christmas which is used to control children shows thatA.
A.Some children fear and respect Father Christmas
B.Father Christmas is more important than parents
C.Children should learn more about festivals
D.Father Christmas does live in the world
34.What can we conclude from Paragraph 4?D
A.Children don't understand why their parents tell white lies.
B.Parents'white lies may do harm to their children.
C.Children don't really mind their parents'white lies.
D.Parents'white lies may leave a deep impression on their children
35.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?B
A.Parents'different understandings of while lies.
B.Parents'different attitudes to telling white lies.
C.Parents'different worries about white lies.
D.Parents'different white lies.
分析 本文主要講述了父母對孩子所撒的善意的謊言以及其原因.
解答 33.A 細節(jié)題.根據(jù)文章內容,The threat of Father Christmas is on the top,with 62percent of parents employing St.Nick to keep their kids tinder control.有百分之62的父母會講圣誕老人的故事,以安撫他們的孩子,而圣誕老人與孩子而言就是會給聽話的孩子送圣誕禮物,由此可知,孩子們對圣誕老人是又敬又怕的,結合選項,故選A
34.D 推理題.根據(jù)文章內容,One respondent (應答者) said that he still remembered that when he was young,he believed his father's statement that the entire world used to be in black and white before colour photography came along.很多人在小時候都聽過父母對自己說的善意的謊言,而父母的話讓他們深信不疑,由此可知,父母的善意的謊言對孩子留下了深刻的印象,結合選項,故選A
35.B 概括題.根據(jù)文章內容,F(xiàn)orty percent of parents say that they would definitely lie to their children to keep up their belief in Father Christmas,and over hall say they'd certainly tell the truth about a pet dying.However,one in ten parents say they've replaced their children's dead pet with a one looking the same to cheat their children into believing ii was still alive and well,found the study by Blue Cross pet charity.百分之40的父母會直接對孩子說善意的謊言,而有一部分父母則會選擇用另外的物體來代替孩子們失去了的寵物等,讓他們開心起來,由此推斷,該段落主要講述了父母對善意謊言的不同態(tài)度,結合選項,故選B
點評 本文是一個科技類閱讀理解,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析,結合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).