The children decide to clean their school yard this Friday afternoon.（)

A．The outcomes of social class are not inevitable in child rearing

B．The social class decide how children are raised

C．Sociologists have found that parents socialize their children into the behaviors and norms of their work worlds

D．Their experience influences how they deal with their children

A．teenagers how to decide things for themselves

B．readers how to be popular with other people

C．parents how to control and guide their children

D．people how to understand and respect each other

A.In contrast, children on the Pacific island of Tonga, studied by Helen Morton, are regularly beaten by their parents and older siblings.They are seen as being closer to mad people than adults because they lack the highly prized quality of social competence (or poto as the Tongans call it).

B.There’s a tendency to view children in the UK, and in the Western world in general, as incompetent and dependent.But this isn’t the case throughout the world.

C.He has written how a Yanamamö girl is expected to help her mother from a young age and by the age of ten will be running a house.By the age of 12 or 13 she is probably married and will have started to have babies.

D.While Westerners might take exception to eight-year-old girls working or to 12-yEar-old girls marrying, within their own communities such activities are seen as a normal and positive part of childhood.

A.Today, children have few responsibilities, their lives are characterized by play not work, school not paid labor, family rather than public life and consumption instead of production.

B.In contrast, children on the Pacific island of Tonga, studied by Helen Morton, are regularly beaten by their parents and older siblings.They are seen as being closer to mad people than adults because they lack the highly prized quality of social competence (or poto as the Tongans call it).

C.Today, a four year old who can tie his or her shoes is impressive.In colonial times, four-year-old girls knitted stockings and mittens and could produce intricate embroidery: At age six they spun wool.

D.While Westerners might take exception to eight-year-old girls working or to 12-year-old girls marrying, within their own communities such activities are seen as a normal and positive part of childhood.

families have one or two parents and one or two children each. Children in the US will leave their parents ’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.

1.The size of most American families is() that of other countries.

A、larger than

B、smaller than

C、as big as

D、as small as

2.When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to()

A、get married

B、be free

C、find good jobs

D、study

3.They visit their parents()

A、on weekdays

B、on weekends

C、at any time

D、on holiday

4.Which of the following statements is WRONG()

A、Children have the freedom to choose their own job

B、Parents don't ask their children to do the housework.

C、Parents think it important for children to make their own decision.

D、When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home.

5.Some parents pay their children for doing housework because ()

A、children can learn how to make money for themselves

B、their children required them to do so

C、they are rich

D、it is required by law

to be. ready to spend many hours at home planning their lessons. and making homework. They have to be well organized in class, patient with the students able to appear bright and interested even if they are in fact tired or unhappy, and lively enough to controla group of young people for almost 200 days a year. Outside the classroom, they may have to prepare teaching materials,to choose text books,to help organize the work of the otherteachers, or to organize spare time activities for the students.

If you think that you have all the necessary qualities, you may feel that you would like to be a teacher One way lo decide,if you live in the United Stales，is by joining a club for future teachers, such as Student Action For Education. Clubs like this give you advice about your career and also allow you to watch teachers at work, attend meetings and experiment with teaching methods and equipment. You could also talk wiih the career advisors at your school or university. Finally you could try teaching a younger student or becoming an advisor at summer camp for children.Any activity in which you are dealing with children will help you decide whether you have a vocation for teachering.

Which sentence in Paragraph 1 is topic sentence？

A.The 1st sentence

B.The 2nd sentence

C.The last sentence

D.There is no topic sentence in the paragraph

According to tKe author/ a teacher should show a firm mindA.that suffers only from tiredness

B.that suffers only from unhappiness

C.that suffers only from unusual tiredness or unhappiness

D.that does not suffer from tiredness nor from unhappiness

The last paragraph is mainly concerned with___.A.the ways of deciding one’s career

B.the ways to decide whether teaching could be one’s career

C.joining a club for future teachers

D.talking to dn advisor when choosing a career

Which of the following does the author recommend to a person who wants to be a teacher？A.Watching teachers at work/ or organizing students/ spare time activities

B.Joining a future teacKers/ club, tdlking witK career advisors/ or working with children

C.Preparing and correcting homework/experimenting with teaching methods ditd equipment

D.Planning lessons/ or attending teachers/ meetings

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

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

ernment because it depends on so many different things：whether the man is married;how many children he has;whether he supports any relations，how much interest he receives，how much he has spent on his house during the year，and so on. All this makes it difficult to decide exactly how much the tax is.There was an artist who was always very careful to pay the proper amount.

One year，after posting his check as usual，he began to wonder if he had paid enough，and after a lot of work，with a pencil and paper，he found that he had not. He thought that he owed the government something.

He was just writing another check to send it to the tax collector when the postman dropped a letter into the box at the front door. Opening it，the artist was surprised to find inside it a check for five pounds from the tax collector. The official explained that too much had been paid，and that therefore the difference was now returned to the taxpayer.

11. According to the passage，to decide the exact amount of tax to be paid is ____________.

A. simple

B. easy

C. difficult

D. interesting

12. It is mentioned in the passage that one has to pay tax according to ____________.

A. how much education one has received

B. whether one is single or married

C. how old one’s children are

D. where one lives

13. The word “proper” in the second paragraph means __________.

A. small

B. big

C. right

D. wrong

14. After a lot of work，the artist thought that he had paid the government ____________.

A. less tax than he should have

B. more tax than he should have

C. as much tax as usual

D. just enough tax

15. Why did the tax collector send a letter to the artist？

A. To send him a new tax form.

B. To return the money overpaid.

C. To remind him of paying the tax.

D. To explain the rules of tax paying.

Upon reaching an appropriate age （usually between 18 and 21 years), children are encou

raged, but not forced, to “leave the nest” and begin an independent life.After children leave home they often find social relationship and financial support outside the family.Parents do not arrange marriages for their children,nor do children usually ask permission of their parents to get married.Romantic love is most often the basis for marriage in the United States; young adults meet their future spouses (配偶)through other friends, at jobs, and in organizations and religious institutions.Although children choose their own spouses, they still hope their parents will approve of their choices.

In many families, parents feel that children should make major life decisions by themselves.A parent may try to influence a child to f ollow a particular profession but the child is free to choose another career.Sometimes children do precisely the opposite of what their parents wish in order to assert their independence.A son may deliberately decide not to go into his father’s business because of a fear that he will lose his autonomy in his father’s workplace.This independence from parents is not an indication that parents and children do not love each other.Strong love between parents and children is universal and this is no exception in the American family.Coexisting with such love in the American family are cultural values of self-reliance and independence.

1.The writer discusses the marriage of young adults in order to show that they ().

A.enjoy the freedom of choosing their spouses

B.want to win the permission of their parents

C.have a strong desire to become independent

D.try to challenge the authority of their parents

2.Most young adults in America would get married for the sake of ().

A.love

B.financial concern

C.their parents

D.family background

3.Based on the passage, it can be inferred that ().

A.American young adults are likely to follow the suit of their parents.

B.most American parents never make major decisions for th eir children.

C.American young adults possess cultural values of independence.

D.when a young adult steps into his twenties, he will leave his home permanently.

4.A son is unwilling to work in his father’s business mainly because he ().

A.wishes to make full use of what he has learnt in school

B.wants to prove his independence

C.likes to do the opposite of what his parents approve of

D.tries to show his love for his parents

5.The subject matter of this passage is ().

A.cultural values in the American family

B.marriage arrangements

C.young adult’s pursuit of a career

D.decision making