Since some children lack adequate self-control and self-discipline, they cannot __________

abilities which can at times even______the brightest of adults.

A．outdo

B．overtake

C．contend

D．enhance

In the past, women tended to assume that they would be overtaken

by men in the race to the top. And, today's young women are far less 【S1】______.

philosophical about their status and are more aggressive in their 【S2】______.

resentment in being treated as in some way inferior than men. On the 【S3】______.

other hand, since lack of drive is one of the criticisms leveled with 【S4】______.

women, perhaps this aggression is a positive advantage. Some young

women, though, find it very difficult to come to term with the feeling that 【S5】______.

characteristics of authority which are acceptable in men are often not

acceptable in women. A reason often advanced for women fail to reach the 【S6】______.

top is their desire for balance between work and a life outside work.

Employers know this and tend, when a woman with young children

applies for promotion, treat the fact that she has young children as an 【S7】______.

important factor and, giving the choice, are more likely to give promotion 【S8】______.

to. a man than to her.

What about women whose children are almost grown up？ Well, the

writers of the study recommend a far much more positive approach to 【S9】______.

women who want to return to their careers before their children are off 【S10】______.

their hands.

【S1】

In the past, women tended to assume that they would be overtaken

by men in the race to the top. And, today's young women are far less 【S1】______.

philosophical about their status and are more aggressive in their 【S2】______.

resentment in being treated as in some way inferior than men. On the 【S3】______.

other hand, since lack of drive is one of the criticisms leveled with 【S4】______.

women, perhaps this aggression is a positive advantage. Some young

women, though, find it very difficult to come to term with the feeling that 【S5】______.

characteristics of authority which are acceptable in men are often not

acceptable in women. A reason often advanced for women fail to reach the 【S6】______.

top is their desire for balance between work and a life outside work.

Employers know this and tend, when a woman with young children

applies for promotion, treat the fact that she has young children as an 【S7】______.

important factor and, giving the choice, are more likely to give promotion 【S8】______.

to. a man than to her.

What about women whose children are almost grown up？ Well, the

writers of the study recommend a far much more positive approach to 【S9】______.

women who want to return to their careers before their children are off 【S10】______.

their hands.

【S1】

听力原文： UNICEF is joining with a nonprofit group to bring AIDS prevention programs to more women and children in five countries. UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund, will work with Family Health International. The new partnership will be established at first in Guyana, India, Malawi, Nigeria and Zambia. One of the goals is to improve care for babies infected with H. I. V. , the virus that causes AIDS. Another is to prevent the spread of H. I. V. from mother to child. Activities will depend on the needs of each country. In some cases, anti-AIDS drugs will be provided to infected parents of children. Women and children living in rural communities will receive most of the services (Q18). Both UNICEF and Family Health International will expand their partnership into more countries in the future. Family Health International has been working on public health issues since 1971 (Q19). The organization is based in North Carolina and has programs in seventy countries. It does research on infectious diseases and reproductive health, and also provides services. Experts say an important part of fighting AIDS is political will (Q20). One example they point to is Cambodia. That country has been getting attention for its progress in reducing some of the highest infection rates in Asia. Experts praise the government for supporting public education efforts and programs.

The services of the new partnership are provided mainly to ______.

A．mothers of infected babies.

B．infected children and women.

C．infected children in cities.

D．infected women in cities.

听力原文： Recently a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real. Even though New Zealand has quite liberal rules about naming children, names beginning with a number are not allowed. They decided to call him Superman instead.

In many countries around the world, unusual names for children are becoming more popular, especially since the increasing trend for celebrities to give their children unusual names.

Some parents choose names which come from popular culture. For example, there have been six boys named Gandalf after the character in the Lord of the Rings novels and films. Equally, names relating to sport are fairly common—since 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal after the football team.

Other parents like to make up names, or combine names to make their own unique version, a method demonstrated by Jordan, the British model, who recently invented the name Tiáamii for her daughter by combining the names Thea and Amy the two grandmothers. She was quoted as saying that the accent and double letters were added to make the name "more exotic".

Other countries have much stricter rules when it comes to naming children. Countries including Japan, Denmark, Spain, Germany and Argentina have an approved list of names from which parents must choose.

According to New Zealand's rules about naming children, which of the following names is NOT acceptable？

A．Spiderman.

B．Gandalf.

C．2win.

D．Arsenal.

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese.

Since adopting a male agenda in life is arguably only another form. of submission, quite a number of highly educated and economically privileged women are now opting, to take career breaks so as to be at home with their children for longer than that insulting 18 weeks. The most welcome trend in parenting is that men are participating more and more. Even that is not free of conflict, though. Intellectually, women want men to be equal parents and do their share. But there's often a contradictory emotional sub-text because children are the last bastion of distaff power in the family. "I want him to help me but this is my territory and being better at it is one of the few things I've got as a female." In truth, although they haven't had generations of practice, there's no reason why men can't rear children as well as women. Men left to cope after bereavement or divorce, as well as some who take on the role of principal carer within a partnership, are already doing it.

Homeschooling

Just in last year, more than one million children in the United States chose homeschooling but not traditional school education.This surprising figure was published by the National Center for Education Statistics.Homeschooling is a recent development in education.Not very long ago, it was still considered to be too radical by many education experts.Today, it has been accepted n almost every state.Thousands or even millions of children have tried homeschooling and many more parents are seriously considering it.The interesting thing was what led to such a change.There have been many recent surveys to show that parents are getting impatient and fed up with our public schooling system because it doesn't teach children any practical or real-life skills.

Parents are also concerned about the negative news from schools.For example, some students take drugs in schools, fight with schoolmates and even bring guns and knives to school.Parents are deeply worried about how the behavior. of these students would affect their children's healthy growth.

Homeschooling, on the other hand, allows parents to bring up their children in a natural and loving environment.It is especially important in the early years of the children's development (between three and twelve years old) because this is the period when they are easily affected by negative influences and peer pressure.And during this time most of them cannot tell what is right and what is wrong.Obviously, homeschooling can keep them from some of these bad influences.

Homeschooling has some other benefits, Since parents and children spend more time together, a nice relationship or a stronger bond can be formed between them.This bond can connect with them closer than they have ever thought before.If parents choose homeschooling, they can easily pass their moral values and beliefs on to their children since they stay together longer or maybe they are even the teachers themselves.

So what major factors are stopping parents from adopting homeschooling？ One important thing is that homeschooling costs a lot of time and money.For most families, both parents have to work full-time to support the family.Many homeschooling families depend on one parent for the income, while the other parent has to spend all the time on teaching the child.Therefore in some cases, it is not possible to adopt homeschooling if the family doesn't have stable income.

To help and guide homeschooling families, more and more homeschooling support groups are appearing in the neighborhood.Some have even gone online.If parents do decide to choose homeschooling, they can always get advice from a homeschooling support group.

Read this passage carefully and choose the best answer to each of the following questions

21.What did many American education experts think of the new trend of homeschooling______

A.They thought it to be a too much revolutionary idea

B.They believed that this trend would develop very fast

C.They encouraged parents to support the new idea of education

D.They hoped that governments would provide more support

22.A growing number of American parents have been accepting and choosing homeschooling as They ______.

A.realized that homeschooling is the only best way to develop their children

B.have found more and more weak points in the public education system

C.thought that public schools can spoil talents more than train them

D.began to realize that public school educators are not worth trusting

23.What do parents try to avoid in educating the kids in their early years______

A.Giving their children less knowledge from books

B.The negative effect from some bad news at school

C.Hiring non-professional educators to teach their children

D.The natural environment for their children to grow in

24.All the following except______are the main advantages brought forth by homeschooling

A.Students got more actively involved in social or community activities

B.Parents invest more time and energy in developing their children

C.Children benefit more from homeschooling than from public schools

D.The environment for learning is much better for children's healthy growth

25.When parents decide to choose homeschooling, they have to consider carefully the following major factors except the______.

A.time and energy parents have to invest

B.environment for children to learn and interact

C.Stable Income to afford the cost for children's learning

D.relationship between their children and other students

听力原文： UNICEF is joining with a nonprofit group to bring AIDS prevention programs to more women and children in five countries. UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund, will work with Family Health International. The new partnership will be established at first in Guyana, India, Malawi, Nigeria and Zambia. One of the goals is to improve care for babies infected with H. I. V. , the virus that causes AIDS. Another is to prevent the spread of H. I. V. from mother to child. Activities will depend on the needs of each country. In some cases, anti-AIDS drugs will be provided to infected parents of children. Women and children living in rural communities will receive most of the services (Q18). Both UNICEF and Family Health International will expand their partnership into more countries in the future. Family Health International has been working on public health issues since 1971 (Q19). The organization is based in North Carolina and has programs in seventy countries. It does research on infectious diseases and reproductive health, and also provides services. Experts say an important part of fighting AIDS is political will (Q20). One example they point to is Cambodia. That country has been getting attention for its progress in reducing some of the highest infection rates in Asia. Experts praise the government for supporting public education efforts and programs.

The services of the new partnership are provided mainly to ______.

A．mothers of infected babies.

B．infected children and women.

C．infected children in cities.

D．infected women in cities.

听力原文： Recently a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real. Even though New Zealand has quite liberal rules about naming children, names beginning with a number are not allowed. They decided to call him Superman instead.

In many countries around the world, unusual names for children are becoming more popular, especially since the increasing trend for celebrities to give their children unusual names.

Some parents choose names which come from popular culture. For example, there have been six boys named Gandalf after the character in the Lord of the Rings novels and films. Equally, names relating to sport are fairly common—since 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal after the football team.

Other parents like to make up names, or combine names to make their own unique version, a method demonstrated by Jordan, the British model, who recently invented the name Tiáamii for her daughter by combining the names Thea and Amy the two grandmothers. She was quoted as saying that the accent and double letters were added to make the name "more exotic".

Other countries have much stricter rules when it comes to naming children. Countries including Japan, Denmark, Spain, Germany and Argentina have an approved list of names from which parents must choose.

According to New Zealand's rules about naming children, which of the following names is NOT acceptable？

A．Spiderman.

B．Gandalf.

C．2win.

D．Arsenal.

l a bargain. Using the subway and minibuses used to show class status; now people of all classes take them, while some wealthy prefer taxis or private cars. What a change in just a few years !

But there are downfalls to having more cars on the roads. Fortunately, the government is aware of the problem. No-lead gasoline is the only one permitted in the city, and the rest of the country follows. Thousands of trees are planted in and around the city every year. Children are taught why and how to protect the environment. At the same time, public transportation has marked real progress: buses are everywhere and run frequently. We no longer see those old buses with broken windows. Instead, there are fast buses, double- decker buses, air-conditioned or heated buses, all offering a good service.

The author mainly discusses __________ of public transportation.

A．the price

B．the types

C．the improvement

D．the advantage