题目内容
The Adventure Guides Program
New Member Information for the Adventure Guides Program ( for children aged 4—12)
What Is the Adventure Guides Program All about?
The objectives of the program are:
● Fostering companionship and setting foundation for positive, lifelong relationships between parent and child
● Increased understanding of one another
● Expanded awareness of spirit, mind and body
● Great memories
● Fun!!!
Parent and Child Will Be Joining…
The nationwide affilicated(隶属的) program sponsored by local YMCA’s and part of the National Council of YMCA’s
A smaller group of families called a “circle”
What Is the Time Commitment?
● Program runs from October to May (ending with the Memorial Day Parade)
● One “circle” activity per month ( one circle decides on fees and dates)
Additional all participant activities (scheduled by Wilton Family Y) —additional fees and registration required.
Outing Dates: To Be Announced
What Do I Do Now?
● Registration is on-going. Registration forms are available online under “Registration”.
● You will be notified by the Wilton Family Y of which “circle” you and your child are in and who your “circle” leader is.
● You will be notified by your “circle” leader as to when your first parent/child “circle” meeting will take place.
Fees:
Participant: Full Child or Family member $110.00 / Program member $200.00
Sibling: Full child or Family member $75.00 / Program member $150.00
Adult: Family member FREE / Program member $125.00
Wilton Family Y Contact Information:
Geoff Malyszka Teen Director 762-8384 ext.224
E-mail: gmalyszka@wiltonymca. org
Kim Murphy Early Childhood Ed. Director762-8384 ext.214
E-mail: kmurphy@wiltonymca. org
1. Which of the following is true about “circle”?
A. You and your children will make up a “circle”.
B. A “circle” activity will be held once a month.
C. You have the right of choosing your “circle” leader.
D. You are free to choose to become a member of a “circle”.
2. What information can you get from the passage?
A. There is no extra fees for additional all participant activities.
B. The program will be held only in October and May
C. You can register just by making a call to 762-8384 ext.224.
D. It has not been decided yet when you will go out.
3. The passage is mainly written for _____.
A. parents and their children
B. adventurous travelers
C. international students
D. children with bad memories
1.B2. D3.A
【解析】略
For most people, shopping is still a matter of wandering down the street or loading a cart in a shopping mall. Soon, that will change. Electronic commerce is growing fast and will soon bring people more choices. There will, however, be a cost: protecting the consumer from fraud will be harder. Many governments therefore want to extend high street regulations to the electronic world. But politicians would be wiser to see cyberspace as a basis for a new era of corporate self-regulation.
Consumers in rich countries have grown used to the idea that the government takes responsibility for everything from the stability of the banks to the safety of the drugs, or their rights to refund when goods are faulty. But governments cannot enforce national laws on businesses whose only presence in their country is on the screen. Other countries have regulators, but the rules of consumer protection differ, as does enforcement. Even where a clear right to compensation exists, the online catalogue customer in Tokyo, say, can hardly go to New York to extract a refund for a dud purchase.
One answer is for governments to cooperate more: to recognize each other’s rules. But that requires years of work and volumes of detailed rules. And plenty of countries have rules too fanciful for sober states to accept. There is, however, an alternative. Let the electronic businesses do the “regulation” themselves. They do, after all, have a self-interest in doing so.
In electronic commerce, a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset. Governments, too, may compete to be trusted. For instance, customers ordering medicines online may prefer to buy from the United States because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration; or they may decide that the FDA’s rules are too strict, and buy from Switzerland instead.
Consumers will need to use their judgment. But precisely because the technology is new, electronic shoppers are likely for a while to be a lot more cautious than consumers of the normal sort---and the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain noisily when a company lets them down. In this way, at least, the advent of cyberspace may argue for fewer consumer protection laws, not more.
【小题1】According to the author, what will be the best policy for electronic commerce?
A.Self – regulation by the business. | B.Strict consumer protection laws. |
C.Close international cooperation. | D.Government protection. |
A.Refuse to pay for the purchase. | B.Go to the seller and ask for a refund. |
C.Appeal to consumer protection law. | D.Complain about it on the Internet. |
A.international cooperation would be much more frequent |
B.consumers could easily seek government protection |
C.a good reputation is a great advantage in competition |
D.it would be easy for consumers to complain |
A.very quick | B.very cautious | C.very slow | D.rather careless |
A.It will be easier for him to return the goods he is not satisfied with. |
B.It will be easier for him to attain the refund from the seller. |
C.It will be easier for him to get his complaints heard by other consumers. |
D.It will be easier for him to complain about this to the government. |
Until recently historians assumed that calendars ________ with the advent of agriculture.
A.came to existence |
B.came to existing |
C.came to exist |
D.were existential |