【正文】 n are not taken good care of by their working parents C) both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time D) both parents and children have trouble managing their time 22. According to the author, the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is A) quite convincing B) partially true C) totally groundless D) rather confusing 23. According to the author a child develops better if A) he has plenty of time reading and studying B) he is left to play with his peers in his own way C) he has more time participating in school activities D) he is free to interact with his working parents 24. The author is concerned about the fact that American kids A) are engaged in more and more structured activities B) are increasingly neglected by their working mothers C) are spending more and more time watching TV D) are involved less and less in household work 25. We can infer from the passage that A) extracurricular activities promote children39。s statement, however, can be seen when the word business is taken to mean big business. And the term big business referring to the biggest panies, is seen in opposition to labor. Throughout . history working people have had to fight hard for higher wages, better working conditions, and the fight to form unions. Today, many of the old labor disputes are over, but there is still some employee anxiety. Downsizing the laying off of thousands of workers to keep expenses low and profits high creates feelings of insecurity for many. 26. The United States is a typical country A) which encourages free trade at home and abroad B) where people39。 wages Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Professor Smith recently persuaded 35 people, 23 of them women, to keep a diary of all their absentminded actions for a fortnight. When he came to analyse their embarrassing lapses ( 差錯(cuò) ) in a scientific report, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groupings, Nor did the lapses appear to be entirely random (隨機(jī)的 ). One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her dog her earrings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “the explanation for this is that the brain is like a puter,” explains the professor. People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the woman39。s absentmindedness often results in funny situations 35. It can be concluded from the passage that A) people should avoid doing important things during peak periods of lapses B) hazards can be avoided when people do things they are good at C) people should be careful when programming their actions D) lapses cannot always be attributed to lack of concentration Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. It39。t or won39。s long overdue. Shortly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly39。t always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children. 36. What was the primary consideration in the Florida judge39。t claim custody rights after their child is adopted 38. The Twiggs claimed custody rights to Kimberly because A) they found her unhappy in Mr. Mays39。t have written in the _______ since the book belongs to the library. A) interval C) margin B) border D) edge 50. The_______ of airplane engines announced a ing air raid. A) roar C) whistle B) exclamation D) scream 51. This ticket _______you to a free boat tour on the lake. A) entities C) grants B) appoints D) credits 52. This is the nurse who_______ to me when I was ill in hospital. A) acpanied C) entertained B) attended D) shielded 53. I was about to_______ a match when I remembered Tom39。s personality should be lively and attractive. This does not rule out people who are plainlooking, or even ugly, because many such people have great personal charm. But it does rule out such types as the overexcitable, sad, cold, and frustrated. Secondly, it is not merely desirable but essential for a teacher to have a genuine capacity for sympathy, a capacity to understand the minds and feelings of other people, especially, since most teachers are school teachers, the minds and feelings of children. Closely related with this is the capacity to be tolerant not, indeed, of what is wrong, but of the weaknesses and immaturity of human nature which induce ( i)~ ) people, and again especially children, to make mistakes. Thirdly, I hold it essential for a teacher to be both intellectually and morally honest. This means that he will be aware of his intellectual strengths and limitations, and will have thought about and decided upon the moral principles by which his life shall be guided. There is no contradiction in my going on to say that a teacher should be a bit of an actor. That is part of the technique of teaching, which demands that every now and then a teacher should be able to put on an act to enliven (使生動(dòng) ) a lesson, correct a fault, or award praise. Children, especially young children, live in a world that is rather larger than life. A teacher must be capable of infinite patience. This, I may say, is largely a matter of selfdiscipline and selftraining, for we are none of us born like that. Finally, I think a teacher should have the kind of mind which always wants to go on learning. Teaching is a job at which one will never be perfect。 most important object of study is S7 . S8. Education cannot be best acquired without S8 between the teach