[单项选择]To parents who take the responsibility for children' s expenses, the cost of living increases because children are better dressed.


A. 对那些给孩子们花钱的父母而言，生活费的提高是因为孩子们穿着越来越好。
B. 对那些负担孩子花费的父母而言，因为孩子们穿着越来越好，所以生活开支增加。
C. 对那些负担孩子花费的父母而言，因为孩子们穿着越来越好，所以生活水平提高。
D. 对那些给孩子们零花钱的父母而言，生活水平的提高体现在孩子们穿着越来越好。

[单项选择]To parents who take the responsibility for children's expenses, the cost of living increases because______.
A. children attend school for more years
B. children are better dressed
C. children spend more money on entertainment
D. all the above

[单项选择]The parents of children who attend private schools ______ for their children's education.

[单项选择]It's the media's responsibility to help those who are kept silent by their humble social positions to ___________ their wishes.


A. ventilate
B. articulate
C. inaugurate
D. mediate

[单项选择]Parents have to show due concerns to their children's creativity and emotional out-put; otherwise what they think beneficial to the kids might probably ______ their enthusiasm and aspirations.
A. hold back
B. hold to
C. hold down
D. hold over

[单项选择]Urban parents have difficulty ______ their children into childcare facilities.
A. in getting
B. get
C. to get
D. for getting

[单项选择]If parents take an attitude of benign neglect, they ______.

[单项选择]Parents take a great interest in the ______questions raised by their children.
A. nasty
B. naive
C. obscure
D. offensive

[单项选择]Parents take a great interest in the ______ questions raised by their children.
A. nasty
B. naive
C. obscure
D. offensive

[单项选择]Parents take a great interest in the ________ questions raised by their children.
A. nasty
B. naive
C. obscure
D. offensive

[单项选择]Parents who buy the watch may discover that it is one thing for kids to tell time; it's quite another for them to be on time．


A. 给孩子们买表的父母们可能会发现，让孩子们知道时间是一回事，让孩子们准时又是另一回事。
B. 买表的父母们发现让孩子们知道时间是一方面，让他们做事情准时是更重要的另一方面。
C. 买表给孩子的父母们会发现它既能告诉他们时间，也能提醒他们不迟到。
D. 给孩子买表的父母们也许会发现这是让孩子们知道时间的，但也是让他们准时的。

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There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set.
Now those (21) seem hopelessly old-fashioned: this Christmas, there were a lot of (22) computers under the tree. (23) that computers are their key to success, parents are also frantically insisting that children (24) taught to use them on school—as early as possible. The problem for schools is that when it (25) computers, parents don’t always know best. Many schools are (26) parental impatience and are purchasing hardware without (27) educational planning, so they can say, OK, we’ve moved into the computer age. Teachers (28) themselves caught in the middle of the problem — between parent pressure and (29) educational decisions.
Educators do not even agree (30) how computers should be used. A lot of money is going fo
A. on
B. with
C. to
D. among