【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 they will surely receive from their friends. Parents owe their children privacy and respect for their personal things. This means not borrowing things without being permitted, not reading diaries and mail, not looking through pockets. If a mother feels that she must read her daughter’s diary to know what is going on, the munication between them must be pretty bad. Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives. This means teaching them to respect the rights and opinions of others。 it means respecting elders, teachers, and the law. The best way to teach such values is by example. A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees his parents steal tools from the factory or towels from a hotel will think that it is all right to steal. A youngster who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have difficult time laughing and loving. No child asks to be born. If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something. And if you give him his due, he’ll have something of value to pass along to your grandchildren. 16. According to the passage, parents owe their children the following things except______. A. cars B. privacy C. respect D. information about their body 17. The writer things that teenagers are frightened when they are in charge of themselves because_________. A. they don’t know how to stop a car without brakes B. there is no one to guide and discipline them C. they are afraid of being left alone D. there is no one to ask for help when in trouble 18. Which of the following ways is advised for parents to show love to their children? A. Saying” Yes” to everything the children ask for B. Never embracing older children C. Refusing something to their children D. Never criticizing children 19. The word “due” in the last paragraph means________. A. something one should do or finish before a fixed time B. reasonable explanation(s) or plan(s) C. what must be given to someone because it is right or owing D. the money to be paid 20. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Parents prefer to let their children be in charge of their own lives at an early age. B. Children learn much by seeing what their parents do. C. Children shouldn’t be corrected because it destroys their selfesteem. D. It is better to pare a youngster to his brighter brothers because it makes him try harder. Passage Three Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. The advantages and disadvantages of a large population have long been a subject of discussion among economies. It has been argued that the supply of a good land is limited. To feed a large population, poor land must be cultivated and the good land worked intensively. Thus, each person produces less and this means a lower average ine than could be contained with a smaller population. Other economists have argued that a large population gives more chance of development of facilities such as ports, roads and railways, which are not likely to be built unless there is a big demand. One of the difficulties in carrying out a worldwide birth control program lies in the fact that official attitudes to population growth vary from country to country depending on the level of industrial development and the availability of food and raw material. In the developing country where a vastly expanded population is pressing hard upon the limits of food, space and natural resources, the first concern of government will be to set a limit on the birthrate, whatever the final result may be. In a highly industrialized society the problem may be more plex. A decreasing birthrate may lead to unemployment because it results in a declining market for manufactured goods. When the pressure of population on housing declines, prices also decline and building industry grows weaker. Faced with concerns such as these, the government of a developed country may well prefer to see a slowly increasing population, rather than one which is stable or in decline. 21. The main topic of this article is _______. A. environment protection B. population growth C. environment and economy D. climate changing 22. The passage says that a small population may lead to _______. A. higher production, but a lower average ine B. lower production and lower average ine C. higher production and a higher average ine D. lower production, but a higher average ine 23. According to the passage, the use of birth control perhaps is good for________. A. a developing country B. a developed country C. the whole world D. each nation with a big population 24. In a developed country, people will perhaps be unemployed if the birthrate________. A. goes up B. goes down C. remains stable D. is out of control 25. The author is aiming to show that ________. A. humans will run out of their food supply in the future B. it is necessary for humans to carry out a worldwide plan for birth control C. different nation have different views of population growth D. we need to take necessary measures to prevent the overuse of natural resources Section C Reading in Depth (10%) Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to 47 a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurants, people 48 their food, wait a few m