To parents who take the responsibility for children's expenses, the cost of living increas
A.children attend school for more years
B.children are better dressed
C.children spend more money on entertainment
D.all the above
A.children attend school for more years
B.children are better dressed
C.children spend more money on entertainment
D.all the above
A.The workers in community welfare department.
B.Their older brothers and sisters.
C.The nursery workers or their relatives or neighbors.
D.Their fathers or grandparents.
What is a blended family?
A.Both parents work outside the home.
B.A mother or father living with children.
C.Adults take care of children that are not biologically theirs.
D.Men and women who were married before marry again and combine the children from previous marriages into new families.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: A new plan for getting children to and from school is being started by a local government in Eastern England. This could end the worries of man, parents fearful for their children's safety on the roads.
Until now the local government has only been prepared to provide bus services for children living more than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons existed. Now it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared to go ahead, as long as the arrangement will not lose money and children taking part will be attending their nearest school.
The new plan is to be tried out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington School. Now the government has agreed to offer a sum of money for a bus service from Milton to Impington and back, a plan which has the support of the school's headmaster.
Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part. Final calculations have still to be carried out, but a government official has said the cost to parents should be less than £20 a term.
They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost, because there is already an agreement with the bus com puny to take children who live further away to Impington. The same bus would now just make one more journey to pick up the Milton children. The official said they would get in touch with other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport could be provided for their children, to see if they would tike to take part in the new plan.
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A.To prevent the students' road accidents.
B.To relieve the traffic pressure.
C.To save time for the parents and students.
D.To help the parents save money.
A.If the school assures parents that participation in the prepayment plan will be taken into consideration when the school admissions council makes decisions about which first-year students to admit to the school
B.If the parents are certain that their child will attend this high school, and if the rate of tuition increase would surpass the rate of return that the parents could earn if they invested the same 16 payments in interest-bearing investments of their own c
C.If the children of other parents who have taken part in the prepayment plan have been successful at the high school and gone on to enroll at Ivy League universities
D.If the parents feel that this high school will provide the best educational, athletic, and social experience that their child could receive
E.If the school can guarantee that its level of prestige at the time of the student's matriculation will be as great as or greater than its current level
Brian Harper wants to be a priest for the reason that ______.
A.there are so few young men who prefer to emphasize religious observance, ritual and the importance of obedience and personal humility
B.his parents thought that it was the legacy for him to take the religious path
C.he has a sincere interest in the whole area of spirituality and the spiritual life
D.he has been considered an abnormal person who takes on such a life
Until now the County Council has only been prepared to provide bus service for children living more than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons existed. Now it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport, they will be prepared to go ahead, provided that the arrangement will not lose money and that children taking part will be attending their nearest school.
The new plan is to be tried out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington school. The children live just within the three-mile limit and the Council has said in the past it won't undertake to provide free transport to the school. But now they have agreed to organize a bus service from Milton to Impington and back.
Between 50 and 60 parents would like their children to take part and a Council official has said the cost to parents should be less than £ 6.50 a term.
They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children living further away to Impington, The same bus would now just make an' extra journey to pick up the. Milton children.
The official said they would connect with other groups of parents who had once asked if transport could be provided for their children, to see if they'd like to take part in the new plan.
The children the Council ran buses for in the past were those ______.
A.whose parents were worried about them
B.who would have had to walk otherwise
C.who could not walk
D.who had to travel a long way
A.对那些给孩子们花钱的父母而言,生活费的提高是因为孩子们穿着越来越好。
B.对那些负担孩子花费的父母而言,因为孩子们穿着越来越好,所以生活开支增加。
C.对那些负担孩子花费的父母而言,因为孩子们穿着越来越好,所以生活水平提高。
D.对那些给孩子们零花钱的父母而言,生活水平的提高体现在孩子们穿着越来越好。
Samuel Preston, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, studied how the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the average American couple reaches about 40 years of age, their parents are usually still alive. The statistics show the change in lifestyles and responsibilities of aging (老龄化) Americans. The average middle-aged couple can look forward to caring for elderly parents sometime after their own children have grown up. Moreover, because people today live longer after an illness than people did years ago, family members must provide long-term care. These facts also mean that after caregivers provide for their elderly parents, who will eventually die, they will be old and may require care too. When they do, their spouses (配偶) will probably take care of them because they have had fewer children than their parents did.
Because Americans are living longer than ever, more social workers have begun to study ways of caregiving to improve the care of the elderly. They have found that all caregivers share a common characteristic; They believe that they are the best people for the job. The social workers have also discovered three basic reasons why the caregivers take on the responsibility of caring for an elderly, dependent relative. Many caregivers believe they had an obligation (职责) to help their relatives. Some think that helping others makes them feel more useful. Others hope that by helping someone now, they will deserve care when they become old and dependent.
Samuel Preston's study shows that______.
A.lifestyles and responsibilities of the elderly are not changing
B.most American couples over 40 have no living parents
C.middle-aged Americans have to take care of their children and parents at the same time
D.elderly people may need care for a long time because they live longer after an illness
Other reasons they take that first drink are to be rebellious (反抗的), for curiosity or "kicks" (刺激) or to escape an unpleasant environment. And young people drink and use drugs because alcohol (酒精) and drugs are at hand.
After first experimental use, young people continue to drink or use drugs because they believe these substances can relieve boredom, increase energy, decrease anxiety, solve problems, or help them socially. They may simply like the "high" they get in the early and middle stages of substance use. After continued use, they will drink or use drugs because they become physically and psychologically (心理地) addicted (上瘾的).
Now that we have admitted that we have to solve this problem. We must decide how to deal with this challenge. Winning this will take a great effort involving local, state, and national government. It will require the effort of schools, but it cannot be done by schools alone. It will take family and com munity involvement. Already a great amount of time, energy and expert knowledge has been directed toward dealing with it but the problem continues.
Which of the following is not mentioned as the reason of drinking and using drugs in the passage?
A.the selling of alcohol and drugs
B.pressure from their parents and relatives
C.curiosity
D.their eagerness to experience what is not permissible to them
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