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| Michelle Obama has just started a campaign against childhood obesity (肥胖) with the admission that she put her girls Malia and Sasha on a diet because they were getting fat. Clearly, childhood obesity must be solved and urgently. But is it a good idea for mothers to put their daughters on diets? Studies show that the more children diet, the more likely they are to become obese as adults. Research also shows that girls are highly influenced by their mothers when it comes to eating habits and body image. |  |
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| Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead. But a recent survey has showed that such desires lack the required support and remain just dreams. The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of l,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 60 percent of interviewees considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store. "But they just stop at the "thinking" stage," it stated. Interviewees put the top reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of money and a lack of business opportunity. They also listed lack of business experiences and social networks, the need for advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way. More than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road. Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year. But he is looking for a job first. "If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to run a company in exhibition services," Guo said. The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant. With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures (资料手册) at a low price. He is also confident that his English language skills can help him do well in the industry. Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation. | |
| 1. Which factor contributes most to the interviewees "unrealized dreams"? | |
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| A. a lack of business experience B. a lack of social networks C. objections from family members D. a lack of money | |
| 2. What can help Guo Bing do well, if he runs a company in exhibition services? | |
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| A. His parents" help B. His strong will C. His good command of English D. His interview experience | |
| 3. How many of the interviewees in the survey would like to find a job first after graduation? | |
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| A. over 1148. B. over 128. C. over 757. D. over 510. | |
| 4. We definitely know from the passage that _____. | |
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| A. more than half of the interviewees have set up their own companies or stores B. the fresh graduates want to set up their own business because of a tough job market C. Guo Bing decided to be his own boss when he graduated from his university D. Guo Bing is so independent that he can do well without others" help | |
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| Today most Chinese teenagers are happy to be favored by two parents and four grandparents in their families. But have you ever thought about how to take care of four to twelve old people when you grow up and get married? This could be a problem for most Chinese youths as China is entering new stage of an aging society. An aging society refers to one where lo percent or more of its population is over 60. By the end of 2007, Chinese over 60 years old have made up 11.7 percent of the nation"s total population "China is getting old before becoming rich," said Cai Chuang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The population increase that has powered Chinese growth for three decades will give way over the next ten years to a rapid aging of the society. This will lead to weaker economic growth, because of a lack of labor resources. As a result of the family planning policy, it is expected that the country"s total working population will decrease after 2015. China is not the only country getting old. More than 60 countries have become aging societies and one in three people in the European Union is a senior citizen. However, experts said that China doesn"t have a highly developed social security network to support the old. Social security is an insurance program protecting those in need, including the old, the disabled and others. | |
| 1. An aging society is a society that _____. | |
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| A. less than 10% of its population is over 60 B. 10% or more of its population is over 60 C. there are four old people in a family D. most of its population is over 60 | |
| 2. If China enters an aging society, _____. | |
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| A. there will not be enough labor resources B. the family planning policy will be ended C. everyone needs to take care of four to twelve old people D. China will have a highly developed social security network | |
| 3. What does Cai Chuang mean by saying"China is getting old before becoming rich? | |
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| A. China will be an aging society, then be a developed country. B. China will be a rich country before being an aging society. C. An aging society will affect Chinese economy development. D. China will stop developing because of its aging problem. | |
| 4. The passage mainly talks about _____. | |
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| A. an aging society B. Chinese social problems C. family planning policy D. aging problem in China | |
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| It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they always have the final say; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems; and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often form too low an estimate of their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young. Young people often anger their parents with their choices in clothes, hairstyles, entertainment, and music. This is not their intention. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or language or clothes or hairstyles anger their parents, this gives them additional pleasure. They feel they are better, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste. Sometimes you are a rebel, and proud because you do not want your parents" praise of what you do. If they did give praise, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are oppressed; you can"t win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of childhood, when you are completely under your parents" control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself. If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do. Because you have the ability to make decisions and do things without to be told what to do. | |
| 1. What do the examples of parents given in the first paragraph show? (No more than 10 words) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. According to the passage, why teenagers don"t want their parents. praise of what they do? (No more than 15 words) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the writer"s advice to teenagers to improve parent-child relationship? (Only l word) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Please explain the underlined word "initiative" in English (No more than 15 words) ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Do you often have strange clothes and hairstyles? Please give your reasons. (No more than 15 words) ______________________________________________________________________________________ | |
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| School failure appears to trouble teenage girls more deeply than boys, US researchers said on Tuesday. They said adolescent (青春期的) girls who are dismissed or drop out of high school before they graduate are more likely to have a serious depression by age 21 than boy with similar experiences. "For girls it is more serious to be school failure," said Carolyn McCarty, a University of Washington researcher whose study appears in the Journal of Adolescent Health. "We already know that it leads to more poverty, higher rates of being on public assistance and lower rates of job stability. And now this study shows it is having mental health implications for girls," McCarty said in a statement. The study was drawn from data on more than 800 people in Seattle, Washington,and included people from 18 school in high-crime neighborhoods. The group was separated evenly by gender (性别) and nearly half were white, 24 percent were black, 21 percent were Asian-American and the rest were from other groups. Overall, 45 percent of the girls and 68 percent of the boys in the study experienced a major school failure, but 22 percent of the girls later became depressed compared with 17 percent for the boys. "This gender shows that while school failure is more typical for girls, it appears to have more severe consequences when it does occur," McCarty said. | |
| 1. What is the purpose of writing this article? | |
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| A. Taking good care of the school boys. B. Asking the US researchers to search more evidences. C. Giving help to the graduated students. D. Paying more attention to the girls experiencing school failure. | |
| 2. Carolyn McCarty is _____. | |
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| A. a scientist B. a researcher C. a professor D. a student | |
| 3. The underlined word "it" in Para. 4 means _____. | |
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| A. school failure B. a adolescent girl C. a school boy D. a university | |
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| America is a society in which children have watched about 18,000 television commercials (商业广告) by the time that they have reached their middle teens. My friend Jolie learned this fact a few weeks ago and decided to do something about it. She thinks that the number of commercials that children see can influence the way in which they view the world. That is, Jolie believes that children who watch so many advertisements will grow up to believe that the most important thing in life is to buy, buy, buy! This, says Jolie, is wrong. A little child cannot understand advertisements for what they are and so believes totally in what he or she hears. I have been thinking about what Jolie has told me. I suppose that she is right. I know that it is easy to control the minds of children because they don"t see things logically as adults do. And I am upset myself at how the advertisers can control a child"s outlook on the world. I think I should join Jolie in her efforts to change advertising methods when it comes to advertisements for children. I really have a responsibility (责任) to make sure that future generation are given every chance to develop their minds without being influenced by anything bad. Of course, there is another side to the problem. After all, parents ought to take responsibility for what their children watch and how much television they see. I know that many parents just want their children to be quiet, and so they let them watch as much television as they want. But,in the long run,the methods of advertisers have great power because we are society of consumers (消费者). I only hope that someday there can be an answer of this problem. Children need our guidance, not the guidance of advertisers. | |
| 1. Compared with adults, children can _____. | |
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| A. not tell good advertisements from bad ones B. be more interested in TV advertisements C. sit for longer hours watching advertisements D. not judge things reasonably | |
| 2. The author thinks that _____. | |
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| A. children should not be affected by TV advertisements B. watching television is unhealthy to children C. most TV advenisements tend to tell lies D. little children have difficulty in understanding advertisements | |
| 3. In order to prevent children from watching too much television, the author suggests that _____. | |
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| A. parents keep their children away from the television sets B. advertisements be changed to suit the needs of children C. more programs be started to give guidance to children D. ways be found to have the least influence of commercials on children | |
| 4. American children will have watched 18,000 _____. | |
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| A. hours of commercials when they are about 15 years old B. television commercials when they are about 15 years old C. hours of commercials when they have reached middle age D. television commercials when they have reached middle age | |
| 5. The main idea of the passage is that _____. | |
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| A. children should watch any television commercials B. television advertising has a bad influence on children C. the number of commercials that children see can influence the way in which they view the world D. parents ought to take responsibility for what and how much their children watch on TV |