【正文】 s political strength to their embrace of technology. [The Internet] exposes them to more think。t have to wait [until] 15 years from　 now to make sense of the world.　　Henry Flores, a politicalscience professor at St. Mary39。 as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might bee disillusioned. As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away?　　The writers of Generation O (short for Obama), a new Newsweek blog that seeks to chronicle the lives of a group of young Obama supporters, want to answer that question. For the next three months, Michelle Kremer and 11 other Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about life across mainstream America, with one twist: by tying all of their ideas and experiences to the new president and his administration, the bloggers will try to start a conversation about what it means to be young and politically active in America today. Malena Amusa, a 24yearold writer and dancer from St. Louis sees the project as a way to preserve history as it happens. Amusa, who is traveling to India this spring to finish a book, then to Senegal to teach English, has ongoing conversations with her friends about how the Obama presidency has changed their daily lives and hopes to put some of those ideas, along with her global perspective, into her posts. She39。s youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2008 study from the Center for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes. But there39。s healthy growth　　B) The fail to provide enough support for parents　　C) They emphasize parents39。s large body of family laws governing children39。　　52. What do we learn about paid family leave from the first paragraph?　　A) America is now the only developed country without the policy.　　B) It has now bee a hot topic in the United States.　　C) It came as a surprise when Australia adopted the policy.　　D) Its meaning was clarified when it was established in Australia.　　53. What has prevented the passing of workfamily balance laws in the United States?　　A) The inpetence of the Democrats.　　B) The existing Family and Medical Leave Act.　　C) The lack of a precedent in American history.　　D) The opposition from business circles.　　54. What is Professor Anne Alstott39。s children bee tomorrow39。 welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the lifechanging obligations society imposes. To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting。re now the only wealthy country without such a policy.　　The United States does have one explicit family policy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993. It entitles workers to as much as 12 weeks39。t surprised when this didn39。　　47. The ninthgrader thought that his art teacher should have given him ______.　　48. According to the answer, a teacher should have the freedom to ______ to encourage learning.　　49. We learn from the answer that a student who gets a 100 should still work hard and keep ______.　　50. The example of Rembrandt39。d produce something you wouldn39。s more, grades are not only an educational device but are also part of a screening system to help assign kids to their next class or program. By capping her grades at 94 while most other teachers grade on a scale that tops out at 100, your teacher could jeopardize a student39。 that is, after all, the prime function of grades. It is she who has the training and experience to make this decision. Assuming that your teacher is neither biased nor corrupt and that her system conforms to school rules, you can39。s always room for improvement. In previous years, I earned a 99% and a 100%. The 94 I received this term does not reflect the hard work that I put into this course. Because of her improvement theory, I got a lower grade than I deserve. Is her grading philosophy ethical (符合職業(yè)道德規(guī)范的)?　　Answer: Your teacher39。re so strong. We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important (37) ______ of our selfconcepts. Later we interact with teachers, friends, (38) ______ partners, and coworkers who municate their views of , how we see ourselves (39) ______ the views of us that others municate.　　The (40) ______ connection between identity and munication is (41) ______ evident in children who are (42) ______ of human contact. Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm selfconcept, and their mental and psychological development is severely (43) ______ by lack of language.　　Communication with others not only affects our sense of identity but also directly influences our physical and emotional wellbeing. Consistently, (44) ________________________________________________. People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others. (45) ________________________________________________. The conclusion was that social isolation is statistically as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. Many doctors and researchers believe that (46) ________________________________________________.Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)　　Section A　　Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or inplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or plete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.　　Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.　　Question: My ninthgrade art teacher doesn39。　　George Herbert Mead said that humans are talked into humanity. He meant that we gain personal identity as we municate with others. In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us