题目内容
.If their marketing plans succeed, they ____ their sales by 30 percent.
| A.will increase | B.have been increasing | C.have increased | D.would be increasing |
A
解析
Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.
My earliest memories of my father are a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and his family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor café. We talked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father’s critical air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?
The next day dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After s
o many years, I’m at last seeing anot
her side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.
【小题1】Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?
| A.He was silent most of the time. | B.He was too proud of himself. |
| C.He did not love his children. | D.He expected too much of her. |
| A.nervous | B.sorry | C.tired | D.safe |
| A.More critical. | B.More talkative. |
| C.Gentle and friendly. | D.Strict and hard-working. |
| A.the author’s son | B.the author’s father |
| C.the friend of the author’s father | D.the café owner |
Why do parents have such a difficult time to communicate openly and honestly with their teens? For this, there are many reasons but most of them stem from not being able to properly understand their teens. It is a dangerous gap because parents will have to communicate with their teens about a wide variety of issues during the most important years of their lives. Thus, parents must know how to communicate openly and honestly with their teens.
Here are a few tips to make communication easier between parents and teenagers.
1. Try not to talk down to your teens. Make them feel as if their views really matter, which not only helps your discussions with your teen but bring you closer to him.
2. Imagine what it would be like to be a teen. Try to remember some of the negative feelings you experienced as a teenager and apply it to your teen's situation.
3. Never make negative remarks to your teen about what she has said or done.
4. Remember how much courage it would have taken for your teen to come and talk to you about his personal issues. So listen respectfully.
5. Don't ignore your teen's feelings because it is usually a cry for help. For instance, if your teen is unusually angry, it may be time to spend a bit of quality time with your teen to determine what is wrong and where he is coming from.
It is, therefore, necessary for parents to strive to keep lines of communication open at all times with their teens. Try to remember what it was like to be a teenager and how vulnerable(脆弱的)you felt. Then you will be well on your way to help your teen communicate more openly and honestly.
【小题1】Why don't teens want to talk about their personal issues with their parents?
| A.Because they can't respect their parents. |
| B.Because they can't understand their parents. |
| C.Because their parents won't understand them well. |
| D.Because their parents are not honest. |
| A.listen respectively | B.treat him seriously |
| C.care about his feeling | D.make negative remarks |
| A.put down | B.look down upon | C.chat with | D.quarrel with |
| A.Causes of generation gap |
| B.Relations between teens and parents |
| C.Suggestions for parents-children effective communication |
| D.Problems with communication between teens and parents |
Have you thanked your grandma today? You might want to consider it. A recent study found that kids live longer when a grandmother takes part in their daily lives.
Most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over. Women, however, often live for many years after they stop having kids.
To try to understand why, researchers from Finland looked at birth and death records of two communities from the 18th and 19th centuries, one in Finland and one in Canada. In these communities, 537 Finnish women and 3,290 Canadian women were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50.
For every decade they lived beyond 50, the researchers found that the women ended up with an average of two extra grandkids. It didn’t matter what the differences in health or living conditions were between the two communities or from family to family.
Grandchildren were also more likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers were alive when they were born. If their grandmothers were younger than 60 at the time, that was even better. The study also found that women had children 2 to 3 years earlier if their own mothers were still alive at that time than those whose mothers had died.
The researchers suggested that grandmothers have provided important assistance in raising their grandchildren for at least the past 200,000 years. As a result, they helped extend everyone’s lifespan.
So, don’t take your grandma for granted!
【小题1】How many women in the survey in the two communities were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50?
| A.537. | B.3,290. | C.3,827. | D.2,753. |
| A.She was also more likely to live into adulthood. |
| B.She had children 2 to 3 years earlier. |
| C.She ended up with an average of two extra grandkids. |
| D.It had no influence on her. |
| A.They provided them with better living conditions. |
| B.They provided assistance in raising their grandchildren. |
| C.They helped with housework. |
| D.They made everyone happy. |
| A.kids live longer when grandmothers take part in their daily lives |
| B.most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over |
| C.women often live for many years after they stop having kids |
| D.grandchildren are less likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers are alive |