Our lives were supposed to be more flexible a...

Our lives were supposed to be more flexible and family-friendly thanks to the technology at our fingertips. But in this age of BlackBerrys, recession (经济衰退) pressures, working at home after hours and on weekends, family time may not be working out the way we thought.

Busy parents who expected more time with the kids are finding that more work hours at home don't necessarily translate into quality time with them.

A new generation of parents needs to discover the meaning of "quality time," researchers say. “Personally, just given the life I lead, I think there is something to this idea of quality time— spending productive time with children instead of just being around,” says Peter Brandon, a professor at Carleton College. He says engaging or interacting with a child in activities such as reading or playing counts as quality time rather than "passive monitoring," such as washing the dishes while the child is watching TV.

“This time with children pays off,” Brandon says. He notes that good parent—child relationships result in children being happier and more successful, including at school.

As parents struggle to be more available to their kids, new research on work and family　 schedules to be presented Friday at the meeting in Dallas includes a study that shows parents' availability is on the decline because more parents are in the workforce. Although parents today may be spending more time on child care, they are less available overall.

Working parents who spend less time with their children should try to make sure the time they do spend is communicating with them instead of doing the dishes or spending more time on themselves, Brandon says “The trade-off is not necessarily taking away time from your kid,” he says "You’d better take away time from other things.”

1.The first paragraph mainly intends to tell us that　　　　　　　　 .

A. technology lets parents work at home

B. parents are satisfied with their work

C. technology makes our lives much easier

D. the family time is not always satisfying

2.We can learn from the third paragraph that　　　　　　　　　　 .

A. some families are not experiencing quality time

B. it's enough for parents to stay with their children

C. parents enjoy engaging in work-at-home activities

D. working hours at home can transform into quality time

3.According to Brandon, the quality time means_________.

A. just, being around with children

B. work time is separate from family time

C. spending instructive time with children

D. letting the children do whatever they want to do

4.The underlined sentence “This time with children pays off ”means　　　　　　　　 .

A. the time with children is of little value

B. the time with children costs quite a lot

C. the time with children leads to good result

D. the time with children has a bad effect on them

5.According to the new research on work and family schedules to be presented at the meeting in Dallas, what leads to the declining of parents’ availability ?

A. Because parents don’t know the meaning of “quality time”.

B. Because parents are unwilling to care about their children.

C. Because parents are under the great recession pressures.

D. Because more parents today are busy at their work.

6.What will the author most probably talk about in next part of the passage?

A. How to spend more time at home

B. How to do the dishes in a proper way.

C. How to spend more time on working at home.

D. How to take away time in a much proper way.

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Friends play an important role in our lives, and although we can’t be more familiar with the fact of friendship, we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends, especially with Americans. Here are some pieces of advice on making friends with Americans:

　1. Visiting places Americans enjoy: parties, churches, restaurants, parks and sports clubs.

　2. Be willing to take the first step. Don’t wait for them to get close to you. Americans in China may not know you speak English. They may be uncomfortable if they can’t speak your language.

3. Use small talks to open the conversation. Ask them where they’re from, why they come to China, etc. . Remember: Be careful not to ask personal questions about age, salary and so on.

　4. Show an interest in their culture, their country or their job. Americans like to talk about themselves!

　5. Invite them to join you for dinner or just for coffee or tea. Try to set a specific(明确的)time. Americans sometimes make general invitations like “Let’s go out for dinner sometime. ”Often this is just a way to be friendly. It is not always a real invitation.

　6. Don’t expect too much at first. Maybe they’re being friendly. But maybe they want to be your good friends. It will take time to tell.

1.According to the text, Americans like to visit the following places except＿＿＿＿.

2.What should you say when meeting an American for the first time?

3.What is mainly discussed in the text?

4.Which is the best way to make friends with an American?

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A key to living a healthy life is seeking and keeping a balance, _____ we can achieve more in our lives.

A.with which B.on which C.in which D.for which

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With the widespread of fog and haze(雾霾) in central and eastern China, our government is supposed to ______ their efforts to prevent further pollution.

A.make up B.show up

C.step up D.wake up

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The children were warned of not being too _______ about things you are not supposed to know.

A．strange  B．amusing  C．curious  D．satisfied

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The children were warned of not being too _______ about things you are not supposed to know.

A．strange      B．amusing     C．curious       D．satisfied

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The children were warned of not being too _______ about things you are not supposed to know.

A．strange                B．amusing              C．curious               D．satisfied

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The children were warned of not being too_________about things they are not supposed to  know.

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We can’t live without food. Today our knowledge of food and what it does for our bodies is far more advanced than____1_____of the old times. Now we know____2___vitamins and how each kind of vitamins__3_____in the growth of a special part of our body._____4____ on the market all kinds of vitamins which we can take to______5____our lack of certain important things which are needed for good health.____6____ if we eat well and properly, the food that we eat will ___7____ our bodies and so there is no____8_____to take any kind of vitamins ____9____ our doctors tell us that our bodies are_____10____of something which can be supplied by it. Generally speaking, everything we eat ____11____ some good to our bodies, but if we eat ____12____ of one kind of food and pay______13____attention to others, we may have too much of one kind and not____14____ of others. Then we may be ____15___ trouble. We are often told___16_____ we must eat some meat every day in order to get the necessary proteins. That is only____17____true, for proteins are not found only in meat. We can also get them___18____some vegetables. The best advice about ____19___ to eat is that we should eat all kinds of food____20__ never too much of one kind.

1.                A．it             B．those          C．that  D．this

2.                A．of             B．about          C．/    D．for

3.                A．does           B．makes          C．helps D．works

4.                A．There have      B．There are       C．They are  D．They have

5.                A．have for        B．make for        C．get for   D．make up for

6.                A．Of course       B．Then           C．But  D．And

7.                A．attend         B．take care of      C．look for   D．pay attention to

8.                A．worry          B．possibility       C．need D．chance

9.                A．when          B．if              C．unless    D．until

10.               A．short          B．lost            C．part  D．full

11.               A．has            B．is             C．makes D．does

12.               A．too much       B．too little        C．too few   D．too many

13.               A．too little        B．too much       C．a little too  D．much too

14.               A．a little          B．little           C．many D．enough

15.               A．into           B．at             C．in    D．out of

16.               A．when          B．that           C．how  D．where

17.               A．likely          B．partly          C．hardly D．really

18.               A．from           B．for            C．of    D．into

19.               A．what           B．whether        C．why  D．which

20.               A．even          B．or             C．and  D．but

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The clock rules our lives. The more we try to save time, the less time we seem to have. In every area of our lives we are doing things faster. And many of us live in towns and cities which are getting noisier and more stressful as each day passes. But now a worldwide movement, whose aim is to slow life down, has started. Its supporters are people who believe that a happier and healthier way of life is possible.

The Slow Food movement was founded the day that an Italian journalist, Carlo Petrini, saw that McDonald’s had opened a restaurant in a beautiful square in Rome. He thought it was sad that many people today live too quickly to sit down for a proper meal and only eat much fast food. He decided that he had to try to do something about it and so he started the Slow Food movement. Slow Food has become a global organization ever since and now has more than 80,000 members in 100 countries.

Slow Food also encourages people to eat local and regional food, to use local shops and markets, to eat out in small family restaurants, and to cook with traditional recipes.

The idea of Slow Cities was inspired by the Slow Food movement. The aim of Slow Cities is to improve people’s quality of life. Towns which want to become a Slow City have to reduce traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas, plant trees, build pedestrian zones, and promote local businesses and traditions. Now it has spread to other countries all over the world, from the UK to Japan and Australia. There are now 135 Slow Cities in 24 countries across the world that have been named since founding of the organization in 1999. Gao Chun County, in east China’s Jiangsu Province, is expected to be named the first “Slow City” in China next year.

“Slow Cities are about having a community life in the town,” said a local resident. “It is not ‘slow’ as in ‘stupid’. It is ‘slow’ as in the opposite of ‘worried’ and ‘stressful’.”

But not everybody is happy. For teenagers, who have to go 25km to Norwich, the nearest city, to buy CDs, living in a Slow City is not very attractive. “It’s all right here,” says Lewis Cook, 16. “But if you want excitement, you have to go to Norwich. We need more things here for young people.”

1.What’s the aim of the Slow Food movement?

2.All the following are necessary to be a Slow City EXCEPT ______.

3.From the fourth paragraph, we know that ______.

4.What’s Lewis Cook’s attitude to living in a Slow City?

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

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