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20．Dear Volunteers，
The service you will provide to elderly individuals in Abilene as a Meals on Wheels volunteer is deeply appreciated．I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the many miles you will travel and all of the hours you will contribute to help make this one of the best programs in the entire state．
We have our staff members make a home visit before adding each person to the program and try to visit everyone at least once every year．That is hardly enough，and we depend on your contact a great deal!It is important that you report back when you do not get an answer to your knock on the door．The person inside may be hurt or ill．They may be in hospital or out of town and fail to inform us．If they are frequently absent，we may need to determine if they still need meals．
If you find someone with a medical emergency，please call 911 to request medical assistance，and then call the Meals on Wheels office．If you find someone who needs assistance other than for a medical emergency，please call the Meals on Wheels office at 6725050，and we will try to find the appropriate agency or individual to call．
Let us know when a certain person needs extra food．We have a food preparation room of shelf stable items to share with them．Please feel free to take a few magazines when you deliver meals．Many of those we serve cannot afford magazines and enjoy reading．If someone is interested in getting books from the Abilene Public Library，let us know．We can sign them up for the Books on Wheels program．Call if you smell gas strongly when you deliver meals，or if someone needs a space heater，a blanket，or an electric fan．Please convey all needs to us，and we will try to see that they are met．Some of the elderly people who we offer our service may have cancers，liver diseases，AIDS，etc．If you do not want to deliver meals to the people with certain types of health problems，such as these，please let us know．
Sincerely，
Betty L．Bradley，LBSW，
Executive Director
60．Why does the author write this letter？C
A．To express great thanks to volunteers．
B．To explain how the old people get help．
C．To tell volunteers what they are tasked with．
D．To describe the life situation of the old people．
61．What can we learn about the volunteers from the passage？D
A．They order books for needy people．
B．They design programs to help people．
C．They offer medical help to sick people．
D．They deliver food to the elderly people．
62．How does the author learn about the needs of the people served？A
A．The volunteers report back the information to him．
B．His staff members call them to get the information．
C．He visits them now and then to get the information．
D．The family members send the information to his office．

分析 作者写这篇文章是为了告诉参与此次活动的志愿者要去做什么，解释老人如何获得帮助或者描述老人们的生活状况．

解答 CDA
60：C   主旨题．由文章第一段作者所说的话可知作者写这篇文章是为了告诉参与此次活动的志愿者要去做什么，而不是表达作者的感谢，解释老人如何获得帮助或者描述老人们的生活状况，故正确答案为C．
61：D   细节题．由第四段前三句"Let us know when a certain person needs extra food．We have a food preparation room of shelf stable items to share with them．Please feel free to take a few magazines when you deliver meals．"可推断志愿者的工作是给老人送食物，故正确答案为D．
62：A  细节题．由第四段第一句"Let us know when a certain person needs extra food．"第七句"Call if you smell gas strongly when you deliver meals，or if someone needs a space heater，a blanket，or an electric fan．"等内容可知作者通过志愿者收集上报的信息来了解被服务的老人的需要，故正确答案为A．

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C．How to improve the European market．
D．Changes on technical side．
9．Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child．Last spring one at the two，Australia，gave up the bad distinction by setting up paid family leave starting in 20ll．I wasn't surprised when this didn't make the news here in the United States-we're now the only wealthy country without such a policy．
The United States does have one explicit family policy，the Family and Medical Leave Act，passed in 1993．It entitles workers to as much as 12weeks'unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem．Despite the modesty of the benefit，the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly，describing it as"government-run personnel management and a"dangerous precedent （先例）．"In fact，every step of the way，as （usually）Democratic leaders have tried to incrouce work-family balance measures into the law，business groups have been strongly opposed．
As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues，justifying parental support depends on defining （定义）the family as a social good that in some sense，society must pay for．Parents are burdened in many ways in their lives：there is''no exit"when it comes to children．Society expects-and needs-parents to provide their children with continuity of care．And society expects-and needs-parents to persist in their roles for 18years，or longer if needed．
While most parents do this out of love，there are public punishments for not providing care．What parents do，in other words，is of deep concern to the state，for the obvious reason，that caring for children is not only morally urgent but important to the future of society．To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting：really，it is to steal those benefits because they accrue （累积） to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's citizens．In fact，by some estimates，the value of parental investments in children，investments of time and money，is equal to 20-30% of GDP．If these investments bring huge social benefits-as they clearly do-the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer．

67．What do we learn about paid family leave from Paragraph 1？D
A．It came as a surprise when Australia adopted the policy．
B．Setting up this policy made Australia less influential．
C．It has now become a hot topic in she United States．
D．No such policy is applied in the United Slates．
68．What makes it hard to lake work-family balance measures in the States？B
A．The incompetence of the Democrats．
B．The opposition from business circles．
C．The lack of a precedent in American history．
D．The existing Family and Medical Leave Act．
69．What is Professor Anne Alston's argument for parental support？B
A．Children need continuous care．
B．Good parenting benefits society．
C．The cost of raising children has been growing．
D．The U．S．should keep up with other developed countries．
70．Why is the author against classifying parenting as a personal choice？D
A．Parenting is regarded as a moral duty．
B．Parenting relies largely on social support．
C．Parenting produces huge moral benefits．
D．Parenting is basically a social undertaking．
10．The flowers don't need too much water； you can just water them _____．（　　）
A．each other daysB．every other day
C．each of two daysD．every of two days

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