The easiest and least complicated way to motivate somebody is quite simply to pay them attention. What you say is not particularly important, nor necessarily is how long you spend saying it, as long as it’s something.“Nice weather” or “How are you? ”will do.

People just love attention, adults and children.  Children love attention so much that they will do anything to  get some. In fact, if children are not getting enough attention, they would rather be naughty and get told off than be“good”and be ignores. An interesting time in most households with young children is dinnertime—it’s the end of the day, everybody is tired, the house is in a mess and Johnny doesn’t like carrots and is refusing to eat his food. Again, the easy trap to fall into is to start getting cross with Johnny and getting into a big argument about his food. Again, he’s getting the attention he desires；even if it’s not the best sort of attention, it’s better than nothing. It’s fascinating if you’re able to stand back from the situation and instead focus attention and praise on Johnny’s brother who is eating his food—after all, he’s the one that is doing what you want him to do. After five or ten minutes or so of being ignores and deprived of the attention, it’s amazing how quickly（usually）Johnny sees sense and obeys. I’ve watched my own children in this situation go from screaming from behind the sofa that they won’t eat their food, to sheepishly crawling to the table saying that maybe they’ll have a little bit, to sitting in their chair wolfing the lot and saying, “Mummy, aren’t I doing good dinner eating? ”—all without having one word spoken to them by their parents, who are busily paying attention to their brothers.

This fundamental need for attention, and doing whatever it takes to get it, doesn’t disappear when we turn into adults. Sure, there are people who are “real attention seekers” in a loud and extravert（外向的）way, and there are the shy, retiring types who don’t want attention in such a“sociable”way. But everybody still wants to be recognized and seen as worthwhile.

6. What will children probably do to get parents’ attention？

[A] They will keep quiet for a long time.

[B] They will ignore their parents.

[C] They will behave naughtily.

[D] They will get cross easily.

7. What does the phrase “the easy trap to fall into” in Paragraph 2 probably mean？

[A] A set-up situation parents are likely to go into.

[B] The household work parents can not avoid.

[C] Some tempting food children love to eat.

[D] A bad habit children easily develop.

8. An effective way to make children behave themselves may be to .

[A] scold them severely

[B] teach them what to do

[C] give them total freedom

[D] praise their sisters or brothers

9. “Real attention seekers”in the last paragraph are probably those who .

[A] motivate others to learn

[B] associate with shy types

[C] rely on negative attention

[D] arouse others’ attention openly

10. What point does the author make by relating to children’ s behavior？

[A] Children’ s upbringing needs parents’ constant care.

[B] Children are usually extravert while adults are sociable.

[C] Both adults and children need to be seen as worthwhile.

[D] The motivation of children differs greatly from that of adults.

[答案及解析]

6.C 【解析】Pra.2 中有…they would rather be naughty and get told off than be“good”and be ignores 可以得知孩子們寧愿淘氣或者被教訓來獲得大人的關注，也不會選擇被忽視。

7.A 【解析】由 Pra.2 中可以得知在晚飯時間，Johnny 想要獲得父母關注，就會與他的兄弟爭食。而面對這種情況，Johnny 的父母一般先忽視 Johnny 而贊揚他的兄弟來達成讓 Johnny 自己變得乖巧聽話的意圖。因此選擇選項 A：父母可能會進入的設置情況更為恰當。

8.D 【解析】由 Pra.2 中.. praise on Johnny’s brother who is eating his food…可以看出選項 D 的做法更合理。選項 A：嚴厲苛責孩子會讓情況更為嚴重。選項 B：告訴孩子們怎么做，不是較為有效的方法，一般孩子會適得其反。選項 C；給予孩子足夠的自由，也不是較為有效的方法。且選項 A、B、C 本文未涉及。

9.D 【解析】“Real attention seekers”指真正關注尋求者，主要為了引起別人的廣泛的注意，選項 D 符合。

10.C 【解析】文章最后一段最后一句說明每個人都希望被認可和看待是值得的，故選擇選項 C 正確。