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Directions: In this ction, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to lect one or each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage though carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Plea mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not u any of the words in the bank more than once.
There’re three main types of financial stress people encounter. The first type is apparent in people being stresd about the 26 ups and downs of investment markets-actually not so much the ups but 27 the downs. The people are usually unable or unprepared to endure the long haul.
The next common type of financial stress is that caud by debt. In a 28 percentage of cas
es of debt-induced financial stress. credit cards and loans will be a central element. Often there’ll be car loan and perhaps a mortgage, but credit cards often em to be the gateway to debt-related financial difficulties for many.
The third type of stress and 29 the least known is inherited financial stress, which is the most destructive. It is experienced by tho who have grown up in houholds where their parents regularly 30 and fought about money. Money therefore becomes a stressful topic, and so the thought of sitting down and planning is an unattractive 31 .
Tho suffering inherited financial anxiety 32 to follow one of two patters. Either they put their head in the sand: they would 33 examining their financial statements, budgeting, and discussing financial matters with tho clost to them. Alternatively, they would go to the other 34 and micro-analyze everything, to the point of complete 35 .They’re convinced that whatever decision they make will be the wrong one.
（A) appearance
（B) argued
（C) avoid
（D) considerable
（E) definitely
（F) extreme
（G) inaction
（H) incredibly
（I) normal
（J) possibly
（K) proposition
（L) rebelled
（M) statement
（N) tend
（O) traditional
Directions: In this ction, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph the information is derived. You may choo a paragraph more than once Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
Doctors’ orders: Let children just play
Imagine a drug that could enhance a child’s creativity and critical thinking. Imagine that this drug was simple to make. safe to take. and could be had for free. The nation’s leading pediatrician(儿科医生) say this miracle compound exists. In a new clinical report, they are urging doctors to prescribe it liberally to the children in their care.
"This may em old-fashioned, but there are skills to be learned when kids aren't told wh
at to do said Dr. Michael Yogman, a Harvard Medical School pediatrician who led the drafting of the call to arms. Whether it's rough physical play, outdoor play or pretend play. kids derive important lessons from the chance to make things up as they go, he said.
The advice, issued Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics, may come as a shock to some parents. After spending years fretting (烦恼)over which toys to buy, which apps to download and which skill-building programs to nd their kids to after school, letting them simply play-or better yet, playing with them-could em like a step backward. The pediatricians insist that it's not. The academy's guidance does not include specific recommendations for the dosing of play. Instead it asks doctors to advi parents before their babies turn two that play is esntial to healthy development.
“Play is not silly behavior,” the academy's report declares, It fosters children’s creativity cooperation, and problem-solving skills-all of which are critical for a 1st-century workforce. When parents engage in play with their children, it builds a wall against the harmful effects of all kinds of stress, including poverty, the academy says. In the pediatrici
ans’ view. esntially eve life skill that’s valued in adults can be built up with play. Collaboration, negotiation, decision making, creativity, leadership, and incread physical activity are just some of the skills and benefits children gain through play, "they wrote. The pediatricians appeal comes as kids are being squeezed by increasing academic demands at school and the constant invasion of digital media.
The trends have been a long time coming. Between 1981 and 1997, detailed time-u studies showed that the time children spent at play declined by 2b percent. Since the adoption of sweeping education reforms in 2001, public schools have steadily incread the amount of time devoted to preparing for standardized tests. The focus on academic “skills and drills” has cut deeply into recess(课间休息) and other time for free play.
