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Helicopter Moms vs. Free-Range KidsWould you let your fourth-grader ride public transportation without an adult? Probably not. Still, when Lenore Skenazy, a columnist for the New York Sun, wrote about letting her son take the subway alone to get back to \story short:my son got home from a department store on the Upper East Side, she didn't expect to get hit with a wave of criticism from readers. 1.When Lenore Skenazy's son was allowed to take the subway alone, he ________.
b.enjoyed having the independence
2. Lenore Skenazy believes that keeping kids under careful watch a.hinders their healthy growth
3.Skenazy's decision to let her son take the Subway alone has net with________.
d.protect children's rights
4.Skenazy started her own blog to ________.
a.promote sensible parenting
5.According to the author, New York City ________.
b.is much safe than before
6.Parents today are more nervous about their kids' safety than previous generations because________.
c.their fear is amplified by media exposure of crime
7. According to child experts, how and when kids may be allowed more freedom depends on ________.
d.their maturity and personal qualities
8. According to Gallagher and Skenazy, children who are watchful will be better able to stay away from _unsafe situation____.
9. Being able to find out where a child is anytime helps lessen parents' _anxiety____.
10. Nowadays with the help of GPS cell phones, parents can ___track their children's movements__ from a distance.
For hundreds of millions of years, turtles (海龟) have struggled out of the sea to lay their eggs on sandy beaches, long before there were nature documentaries to celebrate them, or GPS satellites and marine biologists to track them, or volunteers to hand-carry the hatchlings (幼龟) down to the water's edge 11.We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.
b.efforts have been made to protect turtles from dying out
12.What does the author mean by \fairness\
d.The turtle population has decreased in spite of human protection.
13.What constitutes a major threat to the survival of turtles according to Elizabeth Griffin?
b.Unregulated commercial fishing.
14.How does global warming affect the survival of turtles? a.It threatens the sandy beaches on which they lay eggs. 15.The last sentence of the passage is meant to ________.
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c.call for effective measures to ensure sea turtles' survival
There are few more sobering online activities than entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping as the Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say families about to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well as studying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college is an investment that, unlike many bank stocks, should yield huge dividends. 16.What's the opinion of economists about going to college?
c.College education is rewarding in spite of the startling costs.
17. The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for much of the 20th century, ________.
d.the gap between the earnings of college and high-school graduates narrowed
18. Students who attend an in-state college or university can ________. a.save more on tuition
19. In this consumerist age, most parents ________.
d.consider college education a consumer product
20. What is the chief consideration when students choose a college today?
b.A satisfying experience within their budgets.
Bosses Say \
Rising costs of office space, time lost to stressful commuting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the office-all are strong arguments for letting staff work from home.
1. What is the main topic of this passage?
b.Relations between employers and employees.
2. From the research conducted by the communications provider Inter-Tel, we learn that .
c.more businesses have adopted remote working solutions
3. What development has made flexible working practices possible according to Andy Poulton?
c.Availability of the VoIP service.
4. What is Neil Stephenson's advice to firms contracting internet services?
b.They contact providers located nearest to them.
5. Internet-based telecoms facilitates remote working by __________.
a.offering sophisticated voice services
6. The accountancy firm Wright Vigar promoted teleworking initially in order to __________.
d.reduce operational expenses of a second office
7. According to marketing director Jack O'Hern, teleworking enabled the company to __________.
b.reduce recruitment costs
8. Wright Vigar's practice of allowing for more flexible working hours not only benefits the company but helps improve employees' _home life____ .
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9. With fast, wireless internet connections, employees can still be ____productive_____ while traveling.
10. Single mother Lynne Hargreaves decided to work at home mainly to __increase her own productivity________.
There is nothing like the suggestion of a cancer risk to scare a parent, especially one of the over-educated, eco-conscious type. So you can imagine the reaction when a recent USA Today investigation of air quality around the nation's schools singled out those in the smugly（自鸣得意的）green village of Berkeley, 11. What does a recent investigation by USA Today reveal?
d.Parents in Berkeley are over-sensitive to cancer risks their kids face.
12. What response did USA Today's report draw?
c.Widespread panic.
13. How did parents feel in the face of the experts' studies? a.They felt very much relieved.
14. What is the view of the 2004 report in the journal Pediatrics?
b.Daily accidents pose a more serious threat to children.
15. Of the dangers in everyday life, the author thinks that people have most to fear from __________.
d.unhealthy food
Crippling health care bills, long emergency-room waits and the inability to find a primary care physician just scratch the surface of the problems that patients face daily.
16. The author's chief concern about the current U.S. health care system is __________.
b.the declining number of doctors
17. We learn from the passage that people tend to believe that __________.
c.visiting doctors on a regular basis ensures good health
18. Faced with the government threats to cut reimbursements indiscriminately, primary care physicians have to __________ .
d.see more patients at the expense of quality
19. Why do many new medical graduates refuse to choose primary care as their career?
d.They think working in emergency rooms tedious.
20. What suggestion does the author give in order to provide better health care?
a.Bridge the salary gap between specialists and primary care physicians.
Obama's success isn't all good news for black Americans
As Erin White watched the election results head towards victory for Barack Obama, she felt a burden lifting from her shoulders. \was a validation for my whole race,\
1. How did Erin White feel upon seeing Barack Obama's victory in the election?
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