题目内容
LONDON — Life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent(永久的) fast-forward.
Their full school day and her job as a lawyer's assistant are busy enough. But Hanger also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her daughter at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.
Often, the exhausted family doesn't get home until 7 pm. There is just time for a quick supper before homework. In today's world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children as if they are competitors racing for some finishing line.
Parents take their children from activity to activity in order to make their future bright. It seems that raising a genius has become a more important goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.
“Doctors across the country are reporting a growing number of children suffering from stomachaches and headaches due to exhaustion and stress,” says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.
Teachers are dealing with exhausted kids in the classroom. It's a very serious problem. Many children attend after-school clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities. They include sports, language, music and math classes for children as young as four.
“There is a new parenting trend(趋势) under way which says that you have to tap all your child’s potential(潜能) at a young age; otherwise you will let him down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist(青少年精神病专家).
“It isn't entirely new: there have always been pushy parents. But what was previously(以前) seen as strange behaviour is now well accepted.”
From the second paragraph of this passage we can find that _______.
A. Hagner wastes much time helping her children's lessons
B. Hagner doesn't spend much time on her full-time job
C. Hagner is interested in sports and music
D. Hagner busies herself by following a trend
British parents, as the writer described in this passage, _______.
A. treat their children as sports players
B. pay no attention to their children's lessons
C. bring up their children in a simple way
D. give their children little time to develop freely
The writer's opinion about after-school clubs is that ________.
A. activities in the country are too competitive
B. children should attend four clubs at a time
C. some clubs result in competitive pressures
D. clubs should have more subjects for school children
The last paragraph tells us that in Britain _______.
A. parents used to take their children to every club
B. parents used to be wise on how to raise children
C. parents have all benefited from children’s clubs
D. parents have come to know the standard of education
【小题1】D
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】B
解析:
现在的英、美中产家庭的父母亲让孩子们参加各种课外俱乐部,学习体育、语言、音乐、数学等,把孩子们变成了学习的机器。
【小题1】语义理解题。因为第 2 段就是第 1 段内容的具体化。
【小题2】判断题。从文章内容可以看出,在英国,孩子们在学校已经够累了,回到家里,父母亲还要他们参加课外俱乐部的一个又一个活动,孩子们自己发展的空间当然没有了。
【小题3】判断题。第 6 段第 4 句话 But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities 把俱乐部不好的作用讲得清楚明了。
【小题4】判断题。从本段第 2 句话 But what was previously(以前) seen as strange behaviour is now well accepted 可以判断出,在英国,过去家长们是知道怎样教育孩子们的。
【小题5】主旨题。通读全文可知答案。
Visiting London can be an expensive trip, so establishing a budget and finding bargains when you arrive will help you get around London on the cheap. The following steps can help you find cheaper alternatives for transport for your London trip.
l Familiarize yourself with the city’s boroughs and specifically the area where you will be staying. You can use a street map, or an online map search engine, to establish where in the city you will be staying and the distance you are from the major tourist attractions you want to visit.
l Find a local provider of Transport for London tickets or travel cards, since your first bargain purchase will be an Oyster Card. Traveling around London with an Oyster Card will give you access to the cheapest option of transportation methods and the Oyster Card is accepted citywide on buses, boats and the London Underground, known by the locals as “the tube”.
l Seek out your nearest Tube Station. The Tube is the cheapest and most reliable form of transportation and runs from around 6 a.m. until around 1 a.m. ..., depending on the line or the station.
There are 287 tube stations in London that accept the Oyster Card, with a high concentration in central London. If you are staying anywhere in central London, there will be a tube station less than 10 minutes away.
The Transport for London website offers a tube station search facility to find the nearest subway station to any location in the city. When you find a tube station, you can easily locate the closest bus stop by using the comparison bus-tube maps at the station’s entrance.
l Follow the Transport for London Tube Guide to your destinations and always plan ahead. Making a plan for transport will save you unnecessary expenses, wasted trips on the tube and doubling back on your journey .
【小题1】What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To introduce the public transport system in London. |
B.To show readers how to use the Oyster Card. |
C.To prove the subway in London is easy to use. |
D.To offer tips for saving transport costs in London. |
A.Trying different transportation methods. |
B.Taking buses as much as possible. |
C.Traveling with an Oyster Card. |
D.Making a plan before your journey. |
A.identify their own location | B.locate the nearest bus station |
C.find the nearest subway station | D.use an online map to avoid getting lost |
A.the subway is the cheapest means of transport in London. |
B.only Tube stations in Central London accept Oyster Card. |
C.subway lines in London run no less than 19 hours a day. |
D.the transfer from subway to bus is very convenient. |
Oyster
What is an Oyster card?
Oyster is the easiest way to pay for journeys on the bus ,Tube ,tram,Docklands light Railway (DLR),London Overground and National Rail journeys in London You can store your travel cards, Bus & Tram Pass,season tickets and credit to pay for journeys as you go.
Where to get an Oyster card?
There are a number of ways for you to get an Oyster card :
? At over 3,900 Oyster Ticket stops
? At Tube and London Overground station ticket offices
? At some National Rail stations
? At London Travel information Centres
? Online at tfl. gov. uk/oyster
How to use an Oyster card?
To pay the correct fare on the Tube ,DLR,London Overground and National Rail services,you must always touch m on the yellow Oyster card reader at the start of your journey,and touch out at the end. ff you don’t, a maximum cash Oyster fare will be changed When using the bus or tram, you must only touch in at the start, but not at the end of your journey.
What happens if I don’t visit London very often?
Don’t worry. Any pay as you go credit on your card will not expire (过期),so you can keep it for your next visit or lend it to a friend.
Fares
Traveling by Tube from Central London (Zone l)to Heathrow (Zone 6)
Adult Oyster single fare
£ 4. 20 Monday to Friday 06:30 - 09:30 and 16:00 一 19:00
£ 2. 70 at all other times including public holidays
Adult single cash fare £ 5.00
For further information,visit tfL.gov. uk /fares.
【小题1】You can get an Oyster card at the following plaices EXCEPT_____
A.on the website | B.at an Oyster Ticket stop |
C.at a post office | D.at a Tube station |
A.They are limited in use to the owners themselves. |
B.On National Rail services you must touch them on the reader twice. |
C.They are not suitable for those who don’t visit London often. |
D.Oyster card Tube fares cost more on public holidays than on weekdays. |
A.f 18.90 | B.£ 29.40 | C.£21.90 | D.f26.40 |
A journal B. travel brochure C. textbook D. novel