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B.Steve enjoyed cooking Chinese food. C.Steve enjoyed shopping more than Jim. D. Steve’s Chinese accent was quite pure. 63. Which of the following is true about Jim? A. Going out with girls cost him a lot of time. B. He had a French way of making friends. C. He learned French in order to date Paris girls. D. He liked doing housework.
64. What does the last sentence of the 1st paragraph imply? A. Steve didn’t like offering help to others. B. American people only eat their own food.
C. Americans and Chinese differ in their sense of value. D. Steve wanted Jim to do his own shopping. 65. From the last paragraph, we can learn that ______. A. Jim is a very good husband.
B. Steve enjoys teaching Chinese. C. The author works for overseas students. D. The three friends still keep in touch.
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How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.
Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities. If a child has good parents, he is well fed, looked after and loved. It is unlikely that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child — things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well known. But a child has his pains:He is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong. Therefore, a child is not happy as he wishes to be.
When the young man starts to earn his own living, he becomes free from discipline of school and parents; but at the same time he is forced to accept responsibilities. With no one to pay for his food, his clothes, or his room, he has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may get himself into trouble. If, however, he works hard,goes by the law and has good health, he may
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feel satisfied in seeing himself make steady progress in his job and in building up for himself his own position in society.
Old age has always been thought of as the worst age to be; but it is not necessary for the old to be unhappy. With old age comes wisdom and the ability to help others with advice wisely given. The old can have the joy of seeing their children making progress in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them; and, perhaps best of all, they can, if their life has been a useful one, fell the happiness of having come through the battle of life safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and rest, leaving everything to others.
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66. The happiest people should be those who ______.
A. Face up to difficulties in life B. Hope to be young again C. Enjoy life in different age D. Wish to be grown up
67. The word “they”underlined in Line 5, para. 2 refers to ____.
A. Older people B. New things C. Children D. Interests 68. A child has his pains because____. . A. He can not do whatever he wants to
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B. He is not allowed to play in rain C. He has a lot of new things to learn D. He can not play at the seaside freely
69. When a child becomes a grown-up, he is supposed to ____.
A.live comfortably B. Take responsibilities C. Make progress in job D. Impress the society
70. The best title of the passage might be ____.
A. Pains and Ages B. Differences in Ages C. The Best Age to Be D. Happiness and Ages
Life really should be one long journey of joy for children who are born with a world of wealth at their tiny feet.But experts on psychological research now believe that silver spoons can leave a bitter taste. If suicide statistics are a sign of happiness, then the rich are a miserable lot. Figures show that it is the rich who most often do away with themselves.
Dr. Robert Coles, an internationally famous doctor, is the world’s top expert on the influence of money on children. He has written
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a well-received book on the subject, The Privileged Ones, and his research shows that too much money in the family can cause as many problems as too little. Obviously there are certain advantages to being rich,” says the 53-year-old doctor, such as better health, education and future work expectation. But most important is the quality of family life. Money can’t buy love.”
It can buy a lot of other things, though, and that’s where the trouble starts. Rich kids have so much to choose from that they often become confused. Their parents’over favoring can make them spoiled. They tend to travel more than other children, from home to home and country to country, which often makes them feel restless.
“But privileged children do have a better sense of their positions in the world,” adds Mr. Coles, “and they are more self-assured.”
Today’s rich parents perhaps have realized that their riches can be more of a burden than a favor to their children. So their priority is to ensure that their families are as rich in love as they are in money.
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71. According to the passage, children of rich families __________.
A. enjoy traveling B. can buy love
C. usually commit suicide D. ar
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