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the fort of your own home. Find out where to eat, play and get pleasure in a place without getting food poison or robbed by criminals. Unfortunately, Americans get into trouble abroad sometimes. Prepare for possible emergencies by visiting . There, the Bureau of Consular Affairs offers advice on how to handle the bad things that happen to good people in other countries. You learn what to do in the case of child abduction(綁架 ), a lost passport and illness. In addition, these officials post travel warnings regarding dangerous regions and why foreigners should avoid them. Are you ready to do your homework? Prepare for your departure by checking out these best travel sites for vacationers. Learn what you need to know now before walking out of the door. 25. What is the characteristic of ? A. It offers you a lot of travel information. B. It tells tourists where the cheap hotels are. C. The photos on the site are really reliable. D. The representatives of are enthusiastic. 26. What is the biggest benefit of your visiting ? A. You can accept their services for free. B. You can book the most modern hotels. C. You can make many friends through the social work. D. You can find the cheapest tour description and direction. 27. We can learn from this passage that _____. A. gives you a chance to chat with a travel agent B. you’ll get answers to your travel questions at C. the Bureau of Consular Affairs is in charge of D. if you lose your passport you’ll get help from C Teamwork is all about working together to achieve a mon goal or purpose. Is teamwork out of date? Why is it so hard to effectively conduct teamwork in those days? One way we employ teamwork in everyday lives is by being a parent. It is parents’ job to teach their children the basic skills and give them the knowledge they need to be successful in life. This, to me, requires teamwork. For example,the mother teaches her children manners and good health skills, while the father teaches them how to catch a ball or drive a car. However, in today’s society ,we find that more and more parents are feeling that this teamwork is a one173。sided thing. According to a report, there are million single parents raising their children in the US and this could be due to the fact that parents don’t take responsibility for their children, so they leave one parent to do it alone. This is a sad fact, and it reflects that effective teamwork is losing ground in the parenting aspect of our everyday lives. Another place where teamwork affects us greatly is in our jobs. It doesn’t matter if you have a small pany or a large pany: if you have at least one employee and yourself, then teamwork works. I have noticed that with the current economic recession(衰退 ), people are racing to grab jobs but the quality of people’s work has gone down greatly. It just appears to me that people do not take pride in their work any more. They get to work as fast as they can, just to receive the paycheck,but their quality standards fly right out of the windows. So I think teamwork is losing ground in the workforce. As you can see, we run into the aspects of teamwork in just about everything we do. Do you believe teamwork is really losing ground in today’s society ? I think it is. 28. Why does teamwork disappear in the parenting aspect of our daily life? A. Parents have no time to spare for their children. B. Parents have no chances to teach their children about it. C. Many children are often brought up by a single parent. D. Many children are independent to deal with their matters. 29. Teamwork is losing ground in the workforce mainly because . A. workers don’t like to work together with others B. workers’ sense is affected by economic recession C. workers want to prove they are more capable D. fewer workers are employed to save money 30. The author wants us to believe his opinion by . A. listing some data B. giving some examples C. asking some questions D. analyzing some cases 31. The underlined phrase “ fly right out of the windows” in Paragraph 3