D. Children simply need a lot of time to play.

34. What does McCauley think about the young parents in China? A. He thinks they are quite generous with their money.． B. He thinks they are likely to spoil their only kid.

C.. He thinks they concern most about their kid's education. D. He thinks they are eager to offer their kid what is best: 35 ．We can infer from俪text that_____

A. Children's clothes in the present market are not well designd B. Cr ymboree clothes will be sold at a high price

C. Gymboree Corp predicts good sale of its clothes in China

D. Gymboree Corp has to compete with other foreign brands to-enter China's market

C

What is your imagination- on a supercar? Coutd-be -the -ffmnftting7dL-ipti}-the cars used by a British secret agent, James Bond. Agents who have a special number 007 are always equipped with a super car with different types of abilities: begin to disappear,．can swim, can even remove the bullet: Ethan Hunt, super agent of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) has a different concept.

Although both agents are with special abilities, Ethan Hunt in the latest movie

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol actually vas given a car with super. abilities in a very different sense. BMW, which gives the cars for the film did have a different view in

defining a super c故For BMW, the car is not a super car that can swim，fly, and can fire bullets. Super car is a car that actually provides total security fox the. rider.

In this film, Ethan Hunt deliberately drove the BMW 6501 Coupe collided with the BMW X3 which brought his enemy, Wistrom. With very high sjeed, two cars collided to cause two cars overturned. However, both are still safe because the security system pinned the car. You might think, it's just a movie. In fact, according, to Euro NCAP rating (New Car Assessment Program), to crash test categories, the two cars (the BMW X3 and the BMW 650i Coupe) get 5 stars. So do the BMW·1 Series being dropped from a height of 100 meters vertically. Thus, it is not strange if the main character of this film has always survived despite often serious car: accidents:

However, the coolest feature 'is pedestrian safety. This . oar can avoid一collisions between cars and road users. How? When the car detects road users.-who＿may intersect with itself, in quick time, info is sent to the screen (the cat windshield). The windshield looks like“monitor that contains“variety of information ranging from GPS to car speed. Maybe the definition of super cars from BMW in the movie Ghost Protocol may not match your expedtations?. But, back to reality only. A car that provides total security is better than a car that can fire a bullet, right?

36. Why is agent 007 mentioned in the first paragraph?? A. Because the car he uses is considered as a supercar. B，Because the agent is very popular with the readers. C. In order to introduce another agent Ethan Hunt. D. In order to compare his car with Ethan Hunt's.

37. Agent Ethan Hunt can always survive car accidents because．____

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A. it is just a movie B. he is a super agent

C. he is driving a super BMW D. they only cause minor injuries

38 ．The supercar in Ghost Protocal has the following features EXCEPT____ A. it will never collide with other cars

B. its windshield has the function of a monitor C ．it is equipIld with a security system D. it can run at a very, high speed

39. What's the writer's; attitude towards the BMW supercar? A. Approval. B．Neutral. C. Objective. D. Negative. 40. What's the best title for this passage? A. Super Agents and Supercars B ．BMW Future Concept Cars C. BMW and Mission Impossible D. Supercars Beyond Imagination

D

Many parents have learned the hard way that what sounds like open communication is often the very thing that closes a youngster?s ears and mouth. One common mistake is The Lecture, the long monologue that often starts with “When I was your age….” Eighteen-year-old Kelly calls lectures “long, one-side discussions in which I don?t say much.”

Kids reflexively（条件反射地） shut down in the face of a lecture. Their eyes glaze over, and they don?t register any incoming information. Listen to 13-year-old Sarah describe her least favorite times with her mom and dad. “First, they scream. Then comes the ?We?re so disappointed? speech. Then the ?I never did that to my parents? lecture begins. After that, even if they realize how ridiculous（荒唐的） they sound, they never take it back.”

Lines like “When you have children of your own, you?ll understand” have been seriously said by parents since time immemorial. But many of our expert parents, like Bobby, a registered nurse and mother of three, feel that by falling back on clichés（陈词滥调） to justify our actions, we weaken our position.

Since kids are creatures of the here and now, the far-off future has no relevance to them. Therefore, good communicators like Bobby suggest, “Give specific reasons for your actions in present language: ?I?m not letting you go to the party because I don?t think there will be enough adult supervisions（监护）.?”

Betty, who lives in Missiouri, uses an indirect approach. “I find that warnings are accepted

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more readily if I discuss a news article on a subject I am concerned about. My husband and I talk about it while our children absorb the information. Then they never think I?m preaching.”

This really helped when Betty?s kids began driving. Instead of constantly repeating “Don?t drink; don?t speed,” she would talk about articles in the paper and express sympathy for the victims of a car crash. Betty made no special effort to draw her kids into the conversation. She depended on a teen-ager?s strong desire to put in his opinions---especially if he thinks he isn?t being asked for them.

41．The purpose of the passage is to _________.

A．compare two ways of parents` communicating with their kids B．give parents advice on how to communicate with their kids C．explain why kids won?t listen to their parents.

D．introduce kids` reaction to the communication between them and their parents 42. Which of the following statements is NOT right?

A．Kids won?t listen to their parents because they think what their parents say is boring. B．Many kids think they have no right to express their own opinions. C．Some kids think their parents should apologize when they are wrong.

D．Kids don?t like any discussion at all.

43 .What does the underlined word in the first paragraph mean? A. a long speech by cue person during a conversation B. a long; boring conversation

C. the act of stopping others from talking p. a discussion which lasts for a long time 44. Which of the following topic may appeal to kids?

A．Parents` own experience B．Kids possible life in the future

C．Something related to kids` present life D．What parents have done to their own parents.

45．In order to make kids follow their advice, parents should______.

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A．tell their kids to listen carefully B．set out their warnings directly

C．list out as many examples as possible D．arouse kids` desire to express themselves.

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Massive floods deep below Antarctica's ice Cover are accelerating he flow of glaciers， Into the sea

Smoke billows from：a factory chimney. Almost half of Britons do not believe

Human behavior is the main cause of global warming.

Global warming could create \with governments in exile ruling over scattered citizens and land abandoned to rising seas

Rivers in some of the world's . most populated regions are losing water, many because of climate change.

Beijing had its biggest snowfall since. 1951 Britain is suffering its longest cold snap? sine 1981.

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