【正文】 lt a work of dams in the Tennessee River area to generate electricity, control floods and manufacture fertilizer. The National Recovery Administration regulated fair petition among businesses and ensured bargaining rights and minimum wages for workers. The Social Security Act of 1935 established(建立 ) contributory old age（養(yǎng)老金） and survivors’ pensions, as well as a joint federal state program of unemployment insurance. The Work Progress Administration was one of the most effective of the New Deal measures. Financed by taxes collected by the federal government, the WPA created millions of jobs by undertaking the construction of roads, bridges, airports and other public buildings. It kept workers in the job, thus preserving their skills and their selfrespect. The New Deal programs did not end the Depression. But the economy improved as a result of this program of government intervention（干預(yù)） . 65. According to the passage, “Black Thursday” is the day ________. A . of selling stocks B. of reducing industrial production C. the Great Depression began D. the New Deal was implemented 66. The New Deal is a number of laws ________. A. to make young people plant trees and build dams B. to aid state and local relief funds C. to deal with workers D. to deal with economic problems 67. Which statement is true according to the passage? A. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration paid farmers to reduce crop prices. B. The Work Progress Administration is the most effective Administration in the US. C. The Depression was not ended just by the New Deal programs. D. President Herbert Hoover failed in carrying out the New Deal for the American people. 68. The WPA was an effective measure because ________. A. it provided workers jobs of building roads and airports B. it preserved workers’ skill and self respect C. it provided financial aids to workers D. it ensured workers’ mini mum wages 69. Roosevelt made his New Deal programs effective through ________. A. his presidential power B. government taxation C. congress reputation D. government intervention D Being a mother is apparently not like it was in the good old days. Today’s parents yearn for the golden age that their own mothers enjoyed in the 1970s and 1980s, researchers found. Mothers have less time to themselves and feel under greater pressure to handle work and family life than the previous generation. As a result, 88 per cent said they felt guilty about the lack of time they spent with their children. The survey of 1,000 mothers also found that more than a third said they had less time to themselves than their mothers did – just three hours a week or 26 minutes a day. And 64 per cent said this was because they felt they ‘had’ to go out to work, while nearly a third (29 per cent) said they were under constant pressure to be the ‘perfect mother’, the report found. 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