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Still Has Regrets. D. The Key to Success.22. What career didn’t Joe Cheng try? A. Acting in some dramas. B. Dancing for an agency. C. Modeling for an agency. D. Recording his own CDs. 23. The underlined word “outlook” in Paragraph 4 means __________. A. attitude B. scene C. fame D. appearance24. Which of the correct order of these events? a. Joe Cheng dropped out of high school. b. Joe Cheng worked on his first album, “Joe Cheng’s Day”. c. Joe Cheng’s parents divorced. d. Joe Cheng played the most popular boy in “It started with a Kiss”. e. Joe Cheng worked in a modeling agency. A. a c e d b B. c a e b d C. c a e d b D. a c e b d BThere is a problem discussed by people about whether parents should hit their children? Or should they ever beat them?Research suggests many of us are likely to respond “no”, and public support for spanking(打屁股)has been falling over the years. But surveys also show that 75 percent to nearly 90 percent of parents admit to spanking their child at least once.I was raised in a zerotolerance home for disrespect, and my parents often turned to physical punishment. And, no, I don’t feel I was damaged by it.Nothing is more annoying than watching illmannered behavior from children.But there is data to suggest that a return to oldschool spanking isn39。t the answer.Two years ago, Newsweek reported that it had found data suggesting that teens whose parents used physical punishment were more likely to bee aggressive.Murray Straus, professor at the University of New Hampshire in America, has studied the topic of children and spanking for decades. He said that children who were physically punished have lower IQs than their peers. It may be that children with lower IQs were more likely to get spanked, but the punishment may have been counterproductive(反作用的)to their mental development, as well.Some researchers make the argument that occasional openhanded smacks(用巴掌打)on the bottom are not only harmless but can have some benefit.Last year, Marjorie Gunnoe, a psychologist at Calvin College, studied teens who have never been spanked. There are a greater number of children growing up without ever having been physically punished. Gunnoe’s research suggests they don’t turn out any better than those who were sometimes spanked.There are some parents who simply cannot control their tempers(脾氣). But I still believe that the best parents are the ones who are able to offer fair and firm discipline(紀(jì)律,約束) without ever turning to physical punishment.25. According to the first three paragraphs, the author was probably hit by her parents when __________.A. they were dissatisfied with her grade.B. they cannot control their temper.C. she showed no respect for the elder. D. their discipline turns out to be not strict enough.26. According to Murray Straus, children who are physically punished __________.A. are less aggressive toward others when they get olderB. may develop lower IQs than their peers C. benefit from occasional spankingD. have slower physical development author seems to agree that __________.A. parents should determine whether a child needs to be smacked or notB. children who have been spanked tend to behave better than those who haven39。tC. physical punishment should be the last resort(手段)of any parentD. good parents discipline their children in a fair and reasonable way CTowards evening, Jennifer was walking on the beach with a gentle breeze blowing through her hair. Looking up at the golden red sun ball, she was surprised by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky. The atmosphere relaxed her. This was what she needed. “It’s getting late,” she thought, “I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.” She wondered how her parents would react when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself to bungalow(平房)163, where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters, she would have been safe in her house. It was really getting dark now. She wished she had her favorite coat on. It might keep her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought dissipated(消散) when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now…She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen and sa