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The Hunan Satellite TV(HNTV) show “Where are we going, Dad?” is a big hit. Many famous stars brought their children to a strange village alone, and they had to spend 72 hours with their children there. The program fully showed us a modern version of the “how to be a good father”. As the young parents today are too busy to take care of their children, this new form of “Lost on the way” played by nanny Daddy and cute kids triggered(触发)a lot of people’s emotional resonance(共鸣). Both the kids and their parents will find that their hearts are being drawn closer. But this kind of feeling has just proved that there is a big spiritual barrier between the modern parents and children.
The TV shows like “Children are hard to support!”, “Where are we going, Dad?”, “hot mom” and “cute kids” are becoming more and more popular. All of these show the new parents’ confusion in children’s education and the appeal for the balance between career and family.
In real life, on the one hand the young parents feel helpless because they are too busy to accompany their children under the pressures of work and life; on the other hand they continue to do so. The data collected by HNTV shows that nearly two-thirds of their audience are female, among whom 36% are aged from 25 to 34.We can imagine such a scene that one evening a young mother is watching the show with her young children, while her husband is still at work or trapped in socializing, or maybe is just playing computer games in the bedroom. The story of a child without the company of father is still going on. In fact, it is sometimes the same to mothers. In a modern family, it is often the old who take the responsibility of raising a child. The participation of mother in the children’s education is also very low.
It is just this kind of confusion where the parents have gone in the modern family education, and where the parents will guide their children to go that “Where are we going,Dad?” shows us. If a child wants to grow up healthily and safely into a modern citizen with independent personality and free spirit, it is very important for him or her to follow the parents who serve as their first teacher. Maybe this is the real reason why such kind of TV programs could get hot. The truth is that children will go where their parents go; and society will go where the children go.In raising a child in modern society, parents should ________.
A.play computer games with their children |
B.keep their children at home to avoid socializing |
C.balance well between family and career |
D.break down the barrier between children and teachers |
Which of the following can be inferred in the passage?
A.Parents shouldn’t entirely leave the education of children to the old. |
B.36% of the audience of the program are female aged from 25-34. |
C.The program shows us the confusion where the parents and children will go to play. |
D.In a modern family it is often mothers who are responsible for raising a child. |
Which one is the best title of the passage?
A.Confusion Behind “Where are we going, dad?” |
B.Modern Education is Important |
C.Nanny Daddy and Cute Kids |
D.New problems in Modern Children’s Education |
What attitude towards modern family education does the author express in the second paragraph?
A.Proud. | B.Worried. |
C.Optimistic. | D.Indifferent. |
回答问题
In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. But how do I know when I have found a good friend? I think a good friend should have certain good qualities(品质), especially understanding, honesty and reliability(可靠).
Above all , I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He puts himself in the other person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.
At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.
Sometimes you will meet “fair weather friends”. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. So, I think another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he is in trouble, I will do my best to help him. If I need a favor, he will not run away from me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I’ve found a friend!
58. According to the writer, what good qualities should a good friend have? (回答词数不超过5个)
59. What will you do when your good friend is in trouble? (回答词数不超过8个)
60. What is the meaning of understanding in a friend according to the writer’s opinion? (回答词数不超过18个)
Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.
My earliest memories of my father are a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and his family, but uncomfortable with his children. He seemed to expect too much of me. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to feel very nervous.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor café. We talked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father’s critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. After my visit to Tucson , My father seemed to be so friendly and gentle. What had held him back before?
The next day dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father. And in doing so, I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was. Why did the writer feel uncomfortable about her father as a young adult?
A.He was silent most of the time. | B.He was too proud of himself. |
C.He did not love his children. | D.He expected too much of her. |
When the writer went out with her father on weekends, she would feel very_______.
A.nervous | B.sorry | C.tired | D.safe |
What does the writer think of her father after her visit to Tucson?
A.More critical. | B.More talkative |
C.friendly and gentle | D.Strict and hard-working. |
The underlined words “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer to_____ .
A.the writer’s son | B.the writer’s father |
C.the friend of the writer’s father | D.the café owner |
Charlie was spending his summer holidays by the sea. One day he climbed over some rocks. He was looking for some crabs (螃蟹) for supper. He took off his shorts and put them on a rock.
The afternoon went quickly. Time was flying by. Look! The sea was coming in fast. It was over some of the rocks now.
Charlie looked up. "It's getting late. Oh dear! Look at the sea. Where are my shorts now?" he thought. He saw them on a rock.
Oh dear! The rock was an island! Now he must swim and got them.
Charlie jumped into the sea and started swimming. He reached the rock and put his shorts on his head. Then he started swimming back. Oh no! The sea was too strong for Charlie. It was pulling him away from the beach.
"Help!" he called. "I can't get back. "
Luckily, a boat was coming by. The people in the boat saw Charlie and heard his call for help.
"Are you all right?" asked the woman in the boat.
"No! I can't swim back. The sea is too strong. "
The woman stopped the boat and she and a girl pulled Charlie into the boat. He threw his shorts into the boat too. Then they turned the boat Bound and took Charlie back to the beach.
"That was lucky," said the woman.
"Thank you very much," said Charlie.
"Be careful next time," said the woman. "The sea is usually very strong near these rocks. "
"Next time, I'm going to keep my shorts in my bag," said Charlie. "Better safe than sorry!" Where did the story take place?
A.In the hills | B.By the sea | C.On the river | D.In the town |
Before looking for crabs, Charlie put _______________.
A.his shirts in a bag | B.his shoes on a rock |
C.his shorts in a bag | D.his shorts on a rock |
Charlie cried for help because______________.
A.the sea was carrying him away from the beach |
B.the sea was pulling Charlie onto the rocks |
C.the sea was getting lower |
D.the sea was going out |
Who saved Charlie? _____.
A.A man and a girl | B.Two men | C.A woman and a girl | D.A man and a boy |
I am an e-mail user.When I first started to use the e-mail system. I used to read all my e-mail.I didn’t have much mail.1 was very excited about receiving any e-mail.I gave my friends my e-mail address.Soon I had more mail than 1 wanted.Some of the mail was junk mail.1 was worried.I didn't want my mail to control me.
I've tried some methods to help me get control of my mail.First,I check my mail at the same time every day.Also I try to allow myself only 15-20 minutes every day to process my e-mail.This doesn't always work,but I try.Sometimes I save the messages.Sometimes I just read them,maybe answer a few,and then delete them.Sometimes I'm not at all interested in a message,so I don't even open it.I delete it right away.This is very much the way I go through the mail that the postal service delivers to my home.
These methods are very simple.I have some friends who are very clever with computers.From time to time,they teach me new tricks for managing my e-mail.I've also learned to transfer(转存)some messages to a disk so they don't fill up my mail files(文件夹).Then I can read them later and maybe use them in my work.I'm still amazed at what e-mail can do for me! I'm still worried,however,about having too much to read. The writer used to read all his e-mail because __________.
A.he didn’t have much mail | B.he had nothing else to do |
C.he didn’t know how to read mail | D.he was forced to do that |
Which of the following does NOT belong to the ways of the writer’s dealing with his mail?
A.Saving the message | B.Just reading more |
C.Deleting some | D.Passing some into friends |
What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.messages | B.friends | C.computers | D.methods |
What’s the purpose of the writer to write this passage?
A.To share happiness in using mail with us |
B.To share some worries in using mail with us |
C.To share some methods of using computer with us |
D.To persuade us out of using mail |
Air travel is such an everyday experience these days that we are not surprised when we read about a politician having talks with the Japanese Prime Minister one day, attending a meeting in Australia the following morning and having to be off at midday to sign a trade agreement in Hong Kong. But frequent long-distance flying can be so tiring that the traveler begins to feel his brain is in one country, his digestion in another and his powers of concentration nowhere---in short, he hardly knows where he is.
Air travel is so quick nowadays that we can leave London after breakfast and be in New York in eight hours, yet what really disturbs us most is that when we arrive it is lunch time while we have already had lunch on the plane and are expecting dinner.
Doctors say that air travelers are in no condition to work after crossing a number of time zones. Airline pilots, however, often live by their own watches.After a long air travel, a traveler _______.
A.finds himself in a different world |
B.finds his brain apart from his body |
C.finds himself in Hong Kong the following morning |
D.has little sense about where he is |
After a traveler arrives in New York from London, he______.
A.feels tired and needs a good rest |
B.feels hungry and needs another lunch |
C.doesn’t want to have supper |
D.has not had lunch yet |
Which statement is right? _______.
A.A traveler from London to New York needs lunch during his travel |
B.A traveler from London to New York doesn’t need any lunch on the plane |
C.The lunch hour in New York is eight hours later than that in London |
D.In fact, the distance from London to New York is only four hours’ trip by air |
The sentence “Airline pilots often live by their own watches.” means______.
A.they don’t trust others’ watches |
B.they don’t change their watches |
C.they make a living by their own watches |
D.they do as they used to do |
Doctors suggest the travelers_______?
A.should rest when they arrive in New York from London. |
B.should work in good condition since they just finish a long journey. |
C.rest in a place with good condition. |
D.give up long journey since it makes them tired. |