[单项选择]If children have flu-like symptoms, their parents ______.


A. are advised not to give them aspirin
B. should watch out for signs of Reye syndrome
C. are encouraged to take them to hospital for vaccination
D. should prevent them from mixing with people running a fever

[单项选择]If children have flu-like symptoms, their parents ______.


A. are advised not to give them aspirin
B. should watch out for signs of Reye syndrome
C. are encouraged to take them to hospital for vaccination
D. should prevent them from mixing with people running a fever

[单项选择]Many parents have abandoned their children （　） responsibilities to outsiders such as teachers and policemen.
A. rearing
B. training
C. feeding
D. cultivating

[单项选择]Parents have to accept their children for （　） they are and not （　） they want them to be.
A. who; what
B. where; who
C. what; why
D. how; when

[单项选择]Parents have to find ways to show their children that they their feelings and reactions.


A. appeal
B. approve
C. appreciate
D. acknowledge

[单项选择]Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do, and home has be- come much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made. Washing can go to the laundry; food can be bought cooked, canned or preserved.

[单项选择]Parents have to accept their children for（）they are and not（）they want them to be.
A. who; what
B. where; who
C. what; why
D. how; when

[单项选择]My parents have lived here（）
A. since 1986
B. many years ago
C. for many years ago
D. since 1966 ago

[单项选择]According to the passage parents have become increasingly interested in______.

[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

[单项选择]According to the passage, parents have become increasingly interested in

[单项选择]My parents have promised to come to see me before I （）for Africa.
A. have lef
B. t leave
C. left
D. will leave

[单项选择]Parents have to do much less housework for their children today than they used to do.
A. 现今，做父母的让其子女们操持家务的比以往少得多了。
B. 现今，做父母的为其子女们操持家务比以往少得多了。
C. 现今，父母做的家务事比子女们少得多了。
D. 现今，父母做的家务事比子女们多得多了。

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Passage Two
Parents have to do much less for their children than they used to do, and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made; washing can be done at the laundry; food can be bought cooked, canned; bread is baked and delivered by the baker; milk arrives on the doorstep; meal can be had at the restaurant, the work’s canteen, and the school dining room.
It’s unusual now for father to persue (追求)his trade of other employment at home, and his children rarely, if ever, see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom, trained to follow their father’s business, and in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money, and soon gains a feeling of economic independence (经济上的独立). In textile areas it bas been customary for mothers to go out to work, but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now not an unusua
A. that children also like to have jobs outside
B. that there is a wide choice of employment for children
C. that father do not like to pursue employment at home anymore
D. that children nowadays rarely see their places of work