【正文】 Parkrun is succeeding where London39。s Olympic legacy has failed to_____.【選項】A．boost population growthB．promote sport participationC．improve the city39。s attitude to what UK governments have done for sports is_____.【選項】A．tolerantB．criticalC．uncertainD．sympathetic【答案】B
Text 2With so much focus on children39。s easy for parents to forget about their own screen use. Tech is designed to really suck on you in, says Jenny Radesky in her study of digital play, and digital products are there to promote maximal engagement. It makes it hard to disengage, and leads to a lot of bleedover into the family routine.Radesky has studied the use of mobile phones and tablets at mealtimes by giving motherchild pairs a foodtesting exercise. She found that mothers who sued devices during the exercise started 20 percent fewer verbal and 39 percent fewer nonverbal interactions with their children. During a separate observation, she saw that phones became a source of tension in the family. Parents would be looking at their s while the children would be making excited bids for their attention.Infants are wired to look at parents39。 The child bees increasingly distressed as she tries to capture her mother39。t have to be exquisitely parents at all times, but there needs to be a balance and parents need to be responsive and sensitive to a child’s verbal or nonverbal expressions of an emotional need, says Radesky.On the other hand, Tronick himself is concerned that the worries about kids39。s based on a somewhat fantasized, very white, very uppermiddleclass ideology that says if you39。t learning from the screen doesn39。s no value to it－particularly if it gives parents time to have a shower, do housework or simply have a break from their child. Parents, he says, can get a lot out of using their devices to speak to a friend or get some work out of the way. This can make them feel happier, which lets then be more available to their child the rest of the time.26.【題干】According to Jenny Radesky, digital products are designed to ______.【選項】A．simplify routine mattersB．a(chǎn)bsorb user attentionC．better interpersonal relationsD．increase work efficiency【答案】B
27.【題干】Radesky39。 use of devices ______.【選項】A．takes away babies39。s attentionC．slows down babies39。s cites the still face experiment to show that _______.【選項】A．it is easy for children to get used to blank expressionsB．verbal expressions are unnecessary for emotional exchangeC．children are insensitive to changes in their parents39。s emotional needs【答案】D
29.【題干】The oppressive ideology mentioned by Tronick requires parents to_______.【選項】A．protect kids from exposure to wild fantasiesB．teach their kids at least 30,000 words a yearC．ensure constant interaction with their childrenD．remain concerned about kid39。s use of screens may_______.【選項】A．give their parents some free timeB．make their parents more creativeC．help them with their homeworkD．help them bee more attentive【答案】A
Text 3Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fastmoving world often causes students to pletely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. After all, if everyone you know is going to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year, doesn39。t feel natural to spend a year doing something that isn39。s not a good enough reason to condemn gap years. There39。re not convinced of the inherent value in taking a year off to explore interests, then consider its financial impact on future academic choices. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 80 percent of college students end up changing their majors at least once. This isn’t surprising, considering the basic mandatory high school curriculum leaves students with a poor understanding of themselves listing one major on their college applications, but switching to another after taking college classes. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but depending on the school, it can be costly to make up credits after switching too late in the game. At Boston College, for example, you would have to plete an extra year were you to switch to the nursing school from another department. Taking a gap year to figure things out initially can help prevent stress and save money later on.31.【題干】One of the reasons for highschool graduates not taking a gap year is that_____.【選項】A．they think it academically misleadingB．they have a lot of fun to expect in collegeC．it feels strange to do differently from othersD．it seems worthless to take offcampus courses【答案】C
32.【題干】Studies from the US and Australia imply that taking a gap year helps_____.【選項】A．keep students from being unrealisticB．lower risks in choosing careersC．ease freshmen39。s other work－such as forest conservation, watershed and cultural resources management, and infrastructure upkeep－that affect the lives of all Americans.Another nationwide concern is whether public funds from other agencies are going into construction in fireprone districts. As Moritz puts it, how often are federal dollars building homes that are likely to be lost to a wildfire?It39。t e at the expense of the rest of the equation.The human systems and the landscapes we live on are linked, and the interactions go both ways, he says. Failing to recognize that, he notes, leads to an overly simplified view of what the solutions might be. Our perception of the problem and of what the solution is bees very limited.At the same time, people continue to treat fire as an event that needs to be wholly controlled and unleashed only out of necessity, says Professor Balch at the University of Colorado. But acknowledging fire39。ve disconnected ourselves from living with fire, Balch says. It is really important to understand and try and tease out what is the human connection with fire today.36.【題干】More frequent wildfires have b