【正文】 s advice　　D） a storm damaged the protection for his house　　24. The story of Milton Glaser shows that ______.　　A） colors are not important in geomancy　　B） geomancy is used by artists　　C） geomancy is used in the West　　D） the fight against crime is being won　　25. Which of the following best describes geomancy?　　A） It is a style of Oriental decoration.　　B） It is a type of painting.　　C） it is an ancient Chinese belief called FengShui.　　D） It is an architectural design.　　PartⅣ Cloze （15 minutes）　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A）, B）, C） and D） on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.　　Though it is a mere one third of the population, the upper class makes up at least 25 percent of the nation39。s ments on the currency problems______.　　A） prove that he has been a poor leader in general　　B） are poor because own credibility　　C） are sharp in identifying the cause of the problem　　D） reveal his keen insight into the plex issue　　19. Which of the following is the tone of this essay?　　A） Sarcastic and prejudice　　B） Objective and detached　　C） Piercing and indifferent　　D） Impassive and hostile　　20. The which in the last paragraph （Line 5） refers to______.　　A） theories　　B） experts　　C） periods　　D） issues　　According to some individuals, if your house is built in the right position, this may affect your success in life, which seems strange to many people. However, to believers in FengShui, or the art of geomancy, not only the position but also the choice of decorations and even the color of your home can mean the difference between good fortune and disaster. This art has been practiced for centuries in China and is still used all over South East Asia. Even the huge Hong Kong banks call in a geomant if they are planning to build new offices. They have such faith in his knowledge that if he advises them to move, they will alter their plans for even their biggest buildings.　　Like many Oriental beliefs the geomant39。 the socalled Southeast Asian tigers have rivaled the western lions for stock cliches that make economic headlines. The myth of American economic hegemony（霸權(quán)） over Asia in the imposing and patriarchal figure of Uncle Sam has provided frequent political grist （有利） for Southeast Asian political leaders, particularly Malaysia39。 psychological makeup　　[D] their maturity and personal qualities　　8. According to Gallagher and Skenazy, children who are watchful will be better able to stay away from _________.　　9. Being able to find out where a child is anytime helps lessen parents39。d lose it and wanted him to learn to go it alone without depending on moma major principle of freerange parenting. But most parents are more than happy to use cell phones to keep tracks on their kids.　　And for those who like the idea of freerange kids but still struggle with their inner helicopter parent, there may be a middle way. A new generation of GPS cell phones with tracking software make it easier than ever to follow a child39。s not used to pedestrians. On the other hand, there are still plenty of kids whose parents give them a lot of independence, by choice or by necessity. The After School Alliance finds that more than 14 million kids aged 5 to 17 are responsible for taking care of themselves after school. Only million kids participate in organized programs. Many children who have working parents have to take the subway or bus to get to school. Many do this by themselves because they have no other way to get to their schools, says Dr. Richard Gallagher, director of the Parenting Institute at the New YorkUniversityChildStudyCenter.　　For those parents who wonder how and when they should start allowing their kids more freedom, there39。s ranked 136th in crime among all American cities. Nationwide, stranger kidnaps are extremely rare。s not. It39?！俊　ould you let your fourthgrader 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 her Manhattan home from a department store on the Upper East Side, she didn39。t e home? But Skenazy got a lot of support, too, with women and men writing in with stories about how they were allowed to take trips all by themselves at seven or eight. She also got heaps of praise for bucking the helicopter parent trend: Good for this Mom, one menter wrote on the Huffington Post. This is a muchneeded reality check.　　Last week, encouraged by all the attention, Skenazy started her own blogFree Range Kidspromoting the idea that modern children need some of the same independence that her generation had. In the good old days nineyearold baby boomers rode their bikes to school, walked to the store, took busesand even subwaysall by themselves. Her blog, she says, is dedicated to sensible parenting. At Free Range Kids, we believe in s