[单项选择]It's impossible for parents to ______ their children from every danger.
A. shield
B. conserve
C. relieve
D. free

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It is impossible for parents to shield their children from every danger（）

A. protect
B. relieve
C. conserve
D. free

[单项选择]Their relationships with their parents have been so ______ that they are no longer able to communicate.


A. restless
B. distant
C. tight
D. strained

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One British school is finding that allowing children to listen to music or even to have the TV on while studying is helping improve grades. (21) your teenager starts a family quarrel by sitting in an armchair listening to music while doing his homework, why not (22) a simple experiment Rather than taking the heavy handed (严厉的) line of ordering him to his bedroom to get on with it (23) , let him do the homework the (24) he wants. You might well find that his essay is more sparkling (有文采的) than (25) he’s done before .
According to the research of Millfield prep school, around 20% of youngsters (26) best with background music, 10% excel (突出) when allowed to break up their work with short walks around the room while up to 80% can concentrate (集中注意力) (27) if allowed to fiddle (用手拨弄) with a small object.
The research has advised the school to adopt (采取) a complete (28) approach (措), analyzing p
A. quickly
B. quietly
C. carefully
D. attentively

[单项选择]According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV________.

[单项选择]Her short stories are enjoyed by adults and children ______.


A. like
B. alike
C. together
D. all

[单项选择]Jack's parents were both farmers.

[单项选择]Some black parents claimed California's ball on IQ testing as a discrimination against their children possibly because they thought_________.


A. their children have not been fairly treated
B. their children may have proved highly intelligent
C. their children were not intelligently inferior
D. their children might have proved intellectually low enough to qualify for special education