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Experts agree that there is no easy solution to the problem of education. Education is very important, of course. A child’s early education is especially important. This is ______ the British government would like to increase the availability(实用性) of nursery education and to improve teaching ______ in nursery schools. Education ______ the age of 16 is also important. When young people leave school at 16 without _____, it is very hard for them to find interesting and well-paid work.

One ______ to improve education is to pay good teachers more money. But this idea is not popular ______ teachers because they do not like the idea that people who do the same job should get different ______ of pay. Another suggestion is to improve careers ______ to young people in school. In this way, they will ______ understand the opportunities that exist and the qualifications that are needed.

Family _____ remains important in influencing a young person’s _____ of improvement. Families that ______ learning and help their children at school give their children a better chance of success. But the ______ is that too many families do not _____ the importance of education. Children in these families miss big opportunities to develop and grow as _____.

It is not easy to find ways of helping families encourage their children to learn and to have ______ for success. Some people have suggested that parents should ______ lessons on how to be good parents. But a lot of people don’t agree with this idea. They say that the government should not ______ in private family life.

Certainly, it is good to live in a society that allows people to______ their position, but it is not so easy to put ______ practice.

1.A. because B. why C. that D. what

2.A. requirements B. standards C. expectations D. concepts

3.A. before B. at C. after D. in

4.A. qualifications B. abilities C. certificates D. degrees

5.A. proportion B. position C. approval D. suggestion

6.A. to B. with C. of D. from

7.A. rates B. systems C. access D. standards

8.A. opinion B. advice C. recommendation D. idea

9.A. closely B. more C. better D. fully

10.A. background B. condition C. education D. economy

11.A. success B. process C. chances D. importances

12.A. encourage B. improve C. facilitate D. stimulate

13.A. question B. fact C. problem D. issue

14.A. indicate B. interpret C. understand D. overlook

15.A. individuals B. adults C. people D. adolescents

16.A. dreams B. ideals C. ambitions D. hopes

17.A. learn B. teach C. give D. attend

18.A. trouble B. interfere C. interrupt D. disturb

19.A. improve B. enhance C. develop D. raise

20.A. into B. in C. out D. off

A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.

“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …”

“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”

“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation… ‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.

One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title.“What is your occupation?” she asked.

The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”

The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.

I repeated the title slowly, and then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.

“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?”

Without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”

There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.

As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (依托) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---ages 13, 7, and 3.

Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern.

I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”

Motherhood…What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.

1.How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?

A. curious B. puzzled

C. indifferent D. interested

2.How did the author feel when describing her job to the clerk?

A. calm B. funny C. worried D. cool

3.Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?

A. Because the author cared little about rewards.

B. Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab.

C. Because she thought the author did admirable work.

D. Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of.

4.What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it.

B. To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect.

C. To show that the author had a grander job than Emily.

D. To show that being a mother is hard and boring work.

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