【正文】 ce a child will be taken by a stranger, according to the Justice Department. And 90 percent of sexual abuse cases are mitted by someone the child knows. Mortality rates from all causes, including disease and accidents, for American children are lower now than they were 25 years ago. According to Child Trends, a nonprofit research group, between 1980 and 2003 death rates dropped by 44 percent for children aged 5 to 14 and 32 percent for teens aged 15 to 19.　　Then there39。s not surprising even normal parental anxiety can be amplified. And many middleclass parents have gotten used to managing their children39。s parents were kids, 87 percent of children who lived within a mile of school walked or biked every day. But today, the Centers for Disease Control report that only 13 percent of children bike, walk or otherwise get themselves to school.　　The extra supervision is both a city and a suburban phenomenon. Parents are worried about crime, and they39。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 right for Skenazy39。s level of fort in handling such situations, and a child39。t: the cell phone. Being able to check in with a child anytime goes a long way toward relieving parental anxiety and may help parents loosen their control a little sooner. Skenazy got a lot of criticism because she didn39。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。re on parole （假釋）.　　1. When Lenore Skenazy39。 expenses　　[C] shows traditional parental caution　　[D] bucks the latest parenting trend　　3. Skenazy39。s right　　5. According to the author, New York City _______.　　[A] ranks high in road accidents　　[B] is much safer than before　　[C] ranks low in child mortality rates　　[D] is less dangerous than small cities　　6. Parents today are more nervous about their kids39。 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。s ________.　　Part Ⅲ 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.　　Laziness is a sin, everyone knows that. We have probably all had lectures pointing out that laziness is immoral, that it is wasteful, and that lazy people will never amount to anything in life. But laziness can be more harmful than that, and it is often caused by more plex reasons than simple wish to avoid work. Some people who appear to be lazy are suffering from much more serious problems. They may be so distrustful of their fellow workers that they are unable to join in any group task for fear of ridicule or fear of having their ideas stolen. These people who seem lazy may fear of failure that prevents fruitful work. Or other sorts of fantasies may prevent work: some people are so busy planning, sometimes planning great deals of fantastic achievements that they are unable to deal with。t working in the orchard when the apple hit him and he devised the theory of gravity. All of us would like to have some lazy build the car or stove we buy, particularly if that laziness were caused by the worker39。s simply working himself overtime too many evenings, at the clinic. So be careful when you39。 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。s admission to ASEAN （Association of Southeast Asian Nations） Mahathir found particularity, irritating. The logical mistakes that underlie such conspiracy theories do not help Malaysia address the serious issues of economic overheatin