[简答题]disadvantaged families

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California families are facing a rapidly mounting uphill battle to make enough money to provide basic household essentials, according to a new study conducted by the California Budget Project.
The research compiled by the Sacramento-based non-profit organization concluded an average two-parent family with one employed adult in California needs to make $51,177 a year, or $24.60 cents an hour, to pay for housing, transportation, food, utilities, child care, health coverage, taxes and other basic expenses.
The number grows significantly higher in the Bay Area, the state’s most expensive region. A Bay Area family of four with two working adults living in rental housing needs a combined income of $79,946 to cover essential needs. That number is more than four times greater than the $19,157 income level recognized by the federal government as impoverished.
The study is the fourth semi-annual survey conducted by the California Budget Project since 1999.
A. twice
B. five times
C. four times
D. three times

[填空题]Many American families participate in sports during the weekend such as _________________(跑步、骑自行车或进行球类运动).

[简答题]It is generally acknowledged that families are now not as close as they used to be. Give possible reasons and your recommendations. You should write no less than 250 words. Write your article on ANSWER SHEET 2.

[多项选择]With social development, the Chinese families have witness changes, though some basic charactricties retains. Are they totally different
You are to write an essay of approximately 400 words on this subject:
In your essay, you should compare the two kinds of families and tell the differences and similarities. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

[单项选择]People from large families have an increased risk of stomach cancer, suggests a study that followed more than 7,000 Japanese-American men for 28 years.
The study concluded that family size had a major influence on the development of stomach cancer linked to the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (幽门螺杆菌), and that younger siblings (兄弟，姐妹，同胞，同属) from large families were especially prone to the most common form of stomach cancer.
H. pylori lives in the mucous (黏液的) layer of the stomach and is associated with peptic ulcers (消化器官溃疡) and stomach cancer. It’s estimated that half of the world’s population carries H. pylori in the stomach. It can be transmitted orally from person to person or through contact with human feces (粪便).
The study found that men who carried certain strains of H. pylori in their stomachs and had seven or more siblings had more than twice the risk of developing stomach cancer, compared to men with the same H. pylori strains who had one to three siblings.
A. Family size may determine stomach-cancer risk.
B. Family size may move stomach-cancer risk.
C. The study may follow more than 7,000 Japanese-American men for 28 years.
D. People from small families have an increased risk of stomach cancer.

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Passage 4
When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to Grandma’s generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday-best.
But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given way to a stoneware-and-stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts and guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it spells economic hard times.
Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, announced that it is eliminating 1,000 jobs--one-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more than 4,000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery (陶瓷) region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier.
Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, the layoffs in Stoke have the
A. bankruptcy of fine china manufacturers
B. shrinking of the pottery industry
C. restructuring of large enterprises
D. economic recession in Great Britain

[简答题]Advice for Families from the Scottish Council for Research in Education.
"If you are worried discuss this with a teacher."
Bullying is not easy to define. Sometimes it involves hitting or kicking. But threat% teasing, and taunting are more common and can be more damaging. The word "bullying" is used to describe many different types of behaviour ranging from teasing or deliberately leaving an individual out of a social gathering or deliberately leaving an individual out of a social gathering or ignoring them, to serious assaults and abuse. Sometimes it is an individual who is doing the bullying and some- times it is a group.
The important thing is not the action but tile effect on the victim. No one should ever underestimate the fear that a bullied child feels.
This advice sums up the most important actions to take:
If someone in your family is being bullied at school, you have to do something to help. You must talk to a