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When your parents advise you to "get an education" in order to raise your income, they tel

l you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.

Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully dropout in grade school.

Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A. , you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes (刹车器，闸). If you go for a master's degree, make sure it is an M. B. A. , and is famous law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.

Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors？ Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24000. While the full professors managed to earn just $ 23030.

A Ph. D. is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a dim future. There are more Ph. D. s unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.

If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or-worst of all-in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands.

Thousands of Ph. D. s are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor earns.

You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.

According to the first paragraph, the real reason for people to receive education is that they ______.

A．will earn s lot of money

B．will lead a happy life

C．will become more intelligent

D．can meet the demands of society as a source of manpower

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发布时间：2020-11-24

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第1题

It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them

for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modem ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems--and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.

I think it is tree that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young. Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style. and taste.

Sometimes you are resistant and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog (受压迫者); you cannot win but at least you keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself. If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.

The author is primarily addressing______.

A．parents of teenagers

B．newspaper readers

C．those who give advice to teenagers

D．teenagers

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第2题

听力原文：W: Your parents aren't coming back soon，are they？ M: Yeah well，they e-mailed me t

听力原文：W: Your parents aren't coming back soon，are they？

M: Yeah well，they e-mailed me the other day and they seem to be staying in Poland，at least for the time being，I just don't know when they will change their idea．

Q: What does the man mean？

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A．His parents are heading home for the time coming.

B．His parents are coming back this time next year.

C．His parents live in another country at the moment.

D．His parents settle down in another place from now on.

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第3题

A person's home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears, the fo

od he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n)"【C1】______home". But in general, and especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical【C2】______of cash and location on achieving that idea.

Cash【C3】______, in fact, often means that the only way of【C4】______when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things【C5】______financially. There are obvious【C6】______of living at home personal laundry is usually【C7】______done along with the family wash; meals are provided and there will be a well-established circle of friends to【C8】______And there is【C9】______the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc.

On the other hand,【C10】______depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends？ You may love your family【C11】______do you like them？ Are you prepared to be【C12】______when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back？ If you find that you cannot manage a(n)【C13】______, and that you finally have the money to leave, how do you【C14】______finding somewhere else to live？

If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are【C15】______well-known to you al ready. Friends and the local paper are always【C16】______. If you are going to work in a【C17】______area, again there are the papers and the accommodation agencies,【C18】______these should be approached with【C19】______. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the【C20】______of the first week's rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you.

【C1】

A．ideal

B．perfect

C．imaginary

D．satisfactory

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第4题

听力原文：W: Nine out of ten parents smack their children according to a report published t

oday. What is your opinion about this report？

M: Well, although nine out of ten parents use smacking as a punishment, half of them feel guilty about using it. The other half do smack their children and think they are right. It seems most parents we talked to smack their children more than once a week and 5% actually smack their children every day.

W: The report suggests that parents should make more efforts to understand their children and that smacking isn't always the best solution if children are naughty.

M: Yes, parents should try harder to understand how their children feel when they react in certain ways. For example they might be jealous of a new baby brother or a sister or they might feel insecure. Any number of things might make the child react badly.

W: So in those kinds of situations it would be better not to smack children？

M: Yes, obviously because when a child's behaving badly, it needs love and attention, not anger and violence. I think parents should think really carefully before they smack their children.

W: Maybe parents should find an opportunity to communicate with their children.

M: That's right.

(23)

A．Five out of nine.

B．Nine out of ten.

C．One out of ten.

D．Five out of eight.

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第5题

Not long after the telephone was invented, I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a p

arent saying, "Your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!" The bully's parent replied. "You must have the wrong number. My child is a little angel." A trillion phone calls later. The conversation is the same. When children are teased or tyrannized, the parental impulse is to grab the phone and rant. But these days, as studies in the US show bullying on the rise and parental supervision on the decline, researchers who study bullying say that calling moms and dads is more futile than ever. Such calls often lead to playground recriminations(指责) and don't really teach our kids any lessons about how to navigate the world and resolve conflicts.

"When you call parents, you want them to 'extract the cruelty' from their bullying children, "says Laura Kavesh, a child psychologist in Evanston, Illinois. "But many parents are blown away by the idea of their child being cruel. They won't believe it." In a recent police-department survey in Oak Harbor,Washington, 89 percent of local high school students said they had engaged in bullying behavior. Yet only 18 percent of parents thought their children would act as bullies.

In a new US PTA survey, 5 percent of parents support contacting other parents to deal with bullying. But many educators warn that those conversations can be misinterpreted(误解), causing tempers to flare. Instead, they say, parents should get objective outsiders, like principals, to mediate.

Meanwhile, if you get a call from a parent who is angry about your child's bullying, listen without getting defensive. That's what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley, California, did when a caller told her that her then 13-year-old son had spit in another boy's food. Her son had confessed, but the victim's mom "wanted to make sure my son hadn't given her son a nasty disease," says McHugh, who apologized and promised to get her son tested for AIDS and other diseases. She knew the chance of contracting any disease this way was remote, but her promise calmed the mother and showed McHugh's son that his bad behavior. was being taken seriously. McHugh, founder of Parents Coach Kids, a group that teaches parenting skills, sent the mom the test results. All were negative.

Remember: once you make a call, you might not like what you hear. If you have an itchy dialing finger, resist temptation. Put it m your pocket.

The word "bullying" (Line 2, Para. 1) probably means ______.

A．frightening and hurting

B．teasing

C．behaving like a tyrant

D．laughing at

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第6题

One of the greatest concerns parents have when facing an international move is. "What scho

ol will be available to my child？ Will my child be disadvantaged academically as a result of this move？" Although this fear is certainly strongest ill families 【C1】______ overseas for the first time, even those who may be more 【C2】______ often have concerns about their children's education.

Dr. Ernest Mannino spoke 【C3】______ about some of the common 【C4】______ parents have 【C5】______ the education of their children. Dr. Mannino 【C6】______ parents against making assumptions about their children's education. To make a(n) 【C7】______ choice, parents need to think through schooling issues and to research post schools in 【C8】______ of a move.

Children who are internationally 【C9】______ have many choices of schools to attend. In most major cities, there are schools 【C10】______ on the US, French, German, and British systems. Some parents also choose to become their children's teachers through 【C11】______ education. Which school is appropriate for your child is an 【C12】______ decision based on many factors.

One of the 【C13】______ factors that should be considered is what type of college or university your child will attend after high school. Some parents want a(n) 【C14】______ education instead of just an education within an American system school and 【C15】______ , they have the opportunity to go to these types of schools. But what parents must keep in mind is whether this school will best prepare your child 【C16】______ education beyond high school.

Parents may be tempted to 【C17】______ their children's school system in order to 【C18】______ cross-cultural understanding, but many experts suggest just the opposite. Mannino warns that differences in the order of curriculum exist in the high school grades; 【C19】______ your child from one academic system to another during this time can 【C20】______ a child academically. At the very least, the parent should learn what the differences in curriculum are and try to keep the child in one system for all of the high school years.

【C1】

A．staying

B．continuing

C．moving

D．convincing

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第7题

听力原文：My parents ran a small restaurant. The restaurant was opened 24 hours a day, seve

听力原文： My parents ran a small restaurant. The restaurant was opened 24 hours a day, seven days a week. [32] And my first job when I was six years old was shining shoes for customers. My duties increased as I grew older. By age of ten I was cleaning tables and washing plates. My father made it clear that I had to meet certain standards. [33] I had to be on time, hard-working and polite to the customers. I was never paid for any work I did. [34] One day I made a mistake of telling Dad I thought he should give me 10 pounds a week. He said, "OK, then how about you paying me for the three meals a day when you eat here and for the times you bring in your friends for free drinks？" [35] He figured I owed him about 40 pounds a week. This taught me quite a lot.

(33)

A．Washing plates.

B．Cleaning tables.

C．Shining shoes.

D．Sweeping the floor.

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第8题

听力原文： Many of the employees think their career path and plans begins during their empl

oyment or when they have already secured a job. (26) But basically, if we look at what becomes of a person, you can root it from the upbringing of the person, to be more specific, from childhood.

As parents, we usually groom our children's future according to what we are or what we wanted to be. We buy them toys and educational materials according to what we dream our children would become someday.

In career pathing, the parents' role plays a major part for the individual's success in identifying their chosen career. (27) The best approach is to support the child's interest and not forcing them to take courses that the parents wanted for themselves. Support can be provided by helping them read materials on their field of interest, (28) exposing them to the career and providing information as to the advantages and sacrifices that one may take to accomplish their chosen field. This is not difficult nowadays. The internet and the publications are now very affordable and even the media provides the information for the different careers that our children may take. There are shows and programs that can provide a picture of the different fields. (29) But before you go to your television and change the channel of what your children is watching, check first if the program is fit for their age and maturity.

(33)

A．During their employment.

B．When they have found a job.

C．During their childhood.

D．When they are in college.

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第9题

Individualism, independence, and self-reliance are perhaps the most distinctive American c

haracteristics. In the United States, "individualism" is【C1】______a good thing, it does not mean being【C2】______, and each person is expected to make【C3】______for himself or herself 'about all aspects of life,【C4】______, career, and home. The nuclear family(mother, father, and children)is an important aspect of American society,【C5】______usually has much less influence【C6】______the behavior. of any individual in it【C7】______is generally true in China. Children are【C8】______from an early age to be self-reliant【C9】______care of their clothes and bedrooms, perhaps helping to cook and【C10】______, begin thinking for themselves, and even learning to【C11】______their own money. Parents provide advice and assistance of course,【C12】______when their children are young, but the importance of the individual is【C13】______.This is reflected in American【C14】______such as "Think for yourself," "Do your【C15】______things," and "You are the master of your own fate."【C16】______concentrating on the individual, American【C17】______a greater personal responsibility for the decisions they【C18】______and the actions they take. This principle【C19】______to all aspects of life, including the family,【C20】______relations, finances, business, law, academics, and medicine. Nowadays, the parents in China are trying to cultivate their children in individualism, independence, and self-reliance as well.

【C1】

A．considered

B．believed

C．regarded

D．thought

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第10题

Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space.The amount of space

a person needs around him is a cultural difference, not an economic one.Knowing your own psychological space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices, including, for example, the number of bedrooms in the home.If you were brought up in a two-child family, and both you and your sister or brother had your own bedrooms, the chances are, if you have two children or more, that you also will offer separate bedrooms for them.In America, for example, they train people to want to have their own rooms by giving them their own rooms when they are babies.This is very rare in the world.

In many other countries, the baby sleeps in the same bed with his parents or in a bed near them.

The space in the home also shows a lot about psychological space needs.Some families gather closer to each other and the size of their house has nothing to do with it.Others have separate little corners where family members go to be alone.

Although it is true that psychological space needs are not decided by economic reasons, they sometimes have to be changed a little because of economic pressures.It is almost impossible, however, to completely change your psychological space needs.

26.The passage is chiefly concerned with _______.

A.American way of living

B.living conditions in different countries

C.space requirements in different cultures

D.space requirements and economic factors

27.According to the author, the amount of living space a person needs is decided by ______.

A.his cultural background

B.the relationship between the family members

C.his financial situations

D.how many rooms there are in his house

28.The example of American families seems to suggest that ______.

A.Americans are more eager to be alone when they are at home

B.psychological space needs are developed when one is very young

C.it is advisable to let the baby sleep with his parents

D.it is advisable to let the baby sleep in a separate room

29.Some families gather close to each other at home because _______.

A.they have limited living space

B.it satisfies their psychological space needs

C.they have been brought up in a small family

D.they haven’t small corners for themselves

30.According to the author, psychological space needs _______.

A.will change as one’s incomes reduced

B.can be changed at will

C.will change if you move to a smaller house

D.can hardly be changed altogether

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第11题

Not long after the telephone was invented. I assume, a call was placed. The caller was a p

arent saying，“Your child is bullying my child, and I want it stopped!”The bully's parent replied，“You must have the wrong number. My child is a 1ittle angel. ”

A trillion phone calls later. The conversation is the same. When children are teased or tyrannized(欺压)，the parental impulse is to grab the phone and rant. But these days，as studies in the US show bullying on the rise and parental supervision on the decline，researchers who study bullying say that calling morns and dads is more futile than ever. Such calls often lead to playground recriminations(指责)and don't really teach our kids any lessons about how to navigate the world and resolve conflicts.

“When you call parents, you want them to‘extract the cruelty’from their bullying children. ”says Laura Kavesh，a child psychologist in Evanston，Illinois. “But many parents are blown away by the idea of their child being cruel. They won't believe it. ”In a recent police-department survey in Oak Harbor. Washington. 89 percent of local high school students said they had engaged in bullying behavior. Yet only 18 percent of parents thought their children would act as bullies.

In a new US PIA survey, 5 percent of parents support contacting other parents to deal with bullying. But many educators warn that those conversations can be misinterpreted(误解), causing tempers to flare. Instead, they say，parents should get objective outsiders，like principals，to mediate.

Meanwhile, if you get a call from a parent who is angry about your child's bullying, listen without getting defensive. That's what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley, California, did when a caller told her that her then 13-year-old son had spit in another boy's food. Her son had confessed，but the victim's mom“wanted to make sure my son hadn't given her son a nasty disease，”says McHugh，who apologized and promised to get her son tested for AIDS and other diseases. She knew the chance of contracting any disease this way was remote，but her promise calmed the mother and showed McHugh's son that his bad behavior. was being taken seriously. McHugh，founder of Parents Coach Kids，a group that teaches parenting skills，sent the mom the test results. All were negative.

Remember：once you make a call, you might not like what you hear. If you have an itchy dialing finger, resist temptation. Put it in your pocket.

The word“bullying”(Line 2，Para. 1)probably means____.

A．frightening and hurting

B．teasing

C．behaving 1ike a tyrant

D．laughing at

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