2009年
Passage One
The other day my son asked me if he could ride up to his elementary school on his bike and meet his friend. He wanted the both of them to ride back to our hou so they could play video games and jump on the trampoline (蹦床). I have to admit, part of me wanted to say no. We can go pick him up or his parents can bring him over here, I thought. But my son is eleven years old now. And after all, I do let him ride his bike to school. But I also drive my daughter to school and I can e him on the way, making sure he is getting there safely.
My husband thinks I am too overprotective. I don't dare to let my children walk anywhere without one of us going along. As you pull out of our neighborhood, there is a shopping center across the street. My son always asks if he can ride his bike or walk over to the drugstore by himlf. But crossing that street is just too dangerous. The cars fly around the comer like they're driving in a car race. What if he gets hit? What if some teenage bullies are hanging out in the parking lot?
I want so much to give my children the freedom that I enjoyed having when I was growing up but I hesitate to do so becau there are dangers around every corner. Too many kidnaps, too many x offenders. I went online and discovered there are 41 x offenders in my area alone.
I honestly don't think my mom worried about such things when her children were young.
Growing up in the 1970s was indeed a different time. I never wore a helmet (头盔) when I rode a bike. We were all over the neighborhood, on our bikes and on foot, coming home for dinner and then back out-again until dark. We rode in the back of the truck, didn't wear atbelts. I walked to and from school
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31. What did the author feel reluctant to let her son do?
A. Meet his friend. B. Play video games.
C. Ride his bike on streets. D. Jump on the trampoline.
32. What does the author mean when she says “But my son is eleven years old now”?
A. He is a bit too young to go out alone.
B. He is old enough to be given some freedom now.
藤萝花C. He has reached the legal age for riding a bike.
D. He can't protect himlf from road hazards.
33. Given her husband’s attitude towards bringing up kids, he would most probably 证券业从业人员资格考试.
A. drive his son to school to ensure safety
B. follow his son all the way to school and back
C. ask the other boy’s parents to bring him over here
D. give his son more freedom in deciding what to do
34. Which of the following is NOT considered by the author as a potential threat to kids?
A. The drugstore. B. Teenage bullies.
C. Child aburs. D. Cars racing by.
35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The social curity back in the 1970s was no better than it is today.舞的成语
B. Today's children enjoy more freedom than tho in the 1970s.
C. Children in the 1970s enjoyed more freedom than tho today.
D. Children today are more obedient to their parents.
36. What is the author’s main purpo in writing this passage?
A. To show her concern over the increasing crime rate in her neighborhood.
B. To compare today’s social environment with that of the 1970s.
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初中好词好句摘抄C. To describe her hesitation as to how much freedom she should give her son.
D. To express her worries about both safety and curity in her area.
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Passage Two
You may have wondered why the supermarkets are all the same. It is not becau the companies that operate them lack imagination. It is becau they all aim at persuading people to buy things.
In the supermarket, it takes a while for the mind to get into a shopping mode. This is why the area immediately inside the entrance is known as the “decompression zone”. People need to slow down and look around, even if they are regulars. In sales terms this area is a bit of a loss, so it tends to be ud more for promotion.
Immediately inside the first thing shoppers may come to if the fresh fruit and vegetables ction. For shoppers, this makes no n. Fruit and vegetables can be easily damaged, so they should be bought at the end, not the beginning, of a shopping trip. But what is at work here? It turns out that lecting good fresh food is a way to start shopping, and it makes people feel less guilty about reaching for the unhealthy stuff later on.
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Shoppers already know that everyday items, like milk, are invariably placed towards the back of a store to provide more opportunities to tempt customers. But supermarkets know shoppers know this, so they u other tricks, like placing popular items halfway along a ction so that people have to walk all along the aisle looking for them. The idea is to boost “dwell time”: the length of time people spend in a store.
