[不定项选择题]If you have got kids, here is a nasty truth: they are probably not very special, that is, they are average, ordinary, and unremarkable. Consider the numbers of those applications your daughter is sending to Ivy League schools, for instance. There are more than a quarter of a million other kids aiming for the same eight colleges at the same time, and less than 9% of them will make the cut. And those hours you spend coaching Little League because you just know your son's sweet swing will take him to the professionals. There are 2.4 million other Little Leaguers out there, and there are exactly 750 openings for major league ballplayers at the beginning of each season. That gives him a 0.0313% chance of reaching the big clubs. The odds are just as long for the other dreams you've had for your kids: your child the billionaire, the Broadway star, the Rhodes scholar. Most of those things are never going to happen.The kids are paying the price for parents' delusions. In public schools, some students are bringing home 17.5 hours of homework per week or 3.5 per school night and it's hard to see how they have time to do it. From 2004 to 2014, the number of children participating in up to three hours of aider-school activities on any given day rose from 6.5 million to 10.2 million. And all the while, the kids are being fed a promise--that they can be tutored and coached, pushed and tested, hot- housed and advance placed until success is assured. At last, a growing chorus of educators and psychologists is saying, "Enough!" Somewhere between the self-esteem building of going for the gold and the self-esteem crushing of the Ivy-or-die ethos there has to be a place where kids can breathe, where they can have the freedom to do what they love and where parents accustomed to pushing their children to excel can shake off the newly defined shame of having raised an ordinary child. If the system is going to be fixed, it has to start, no surprise, with the parents. For them, the problem isn't merely the expense of the tutors, the chore of the homework checking and the constant search for just the right summer program. It's also the sweat equity that comes from agonizing over every exam, grieving over every disappointing grade--becoming less a guide in a child's academic career than an intimate fellow traveler. The first step for parents is accepting that they have less control over their children's education than they think they do--a reality that can be both sobering and liberating. You can sign your kids up for ballet camp or violin immersion all you want, but if they're simply doing what they're told instead of doing what they love, they'll take it only so far. Ultimately, there's a much larger national conversation that needs to be had about just what higher education means and when it's needed at all. Four years of college has been sold as being a golden ticket in the American economy, and to an extent that's true. But pushing all kids down the bachelor's path ensures not only that some of them will lose their way but also that critical jobs that require a two-year or less--skilled trades, some kinds of nursing, computer technology, airline mechanics and more--will go unfilled. There will never be a case to be made for a culture of academic complacency or the demolition of the meritocracy. It can be fulfilling for kids to chase a ribbon, as long as it's a ribbon the child really wants. And the very act of making that effort can bring out the best in anyone's work. But we cheat ourselves, and worse, we cheat our kids, if we view life as a single straight-line race in which one one-hundredth of the competitors finish in the money and everyone else loses.We will all be better off if we recognize that there are a great many races of varying lengths and outcomes. The challenge for parents is to help their children find the one that's right for them. What does the underlined word "one" in the last paragraph refer to? A. Race.
B． Length.
A.

B.Challenge.
C.

D.Outcome.

[不定项选择题]If you have got kids, here is a nasty truth: they are probably not very special, that is, they are average, ordinary, and unremarkable. Consider the numbers of those applications your daughter is sending to Ivy League schools, for instance. There are more than a quarter of a million other kids aiming for the same eight colleges at the same time, and less than 9% of them will make the cut. And those hours you spend coaching Little League because you just know your son's sweet swing will take him to the professionals. There are 2.4 million other Little Leaguers out there, and there are exactly 750 openings for major league ballplayers at the beginning of each season. That gives him a 0.0313% chance of reaching the big clubs. The odds are just as long for the other dreams you've had for your kids: your child the billionaire, the Broadway star, the Rhodes scholar. Most of those things are never going to happen.The kids are paying the price for parents' delusions. In public schools, some students are bringing home 17.5 hours of homework per week or 3.5 per school night and it's hard to see how they have time to do it. From 2004 to 2014, the number of children participating in up to three hours of aider-school activities on any given day rose from 6.5 million to 10.2 million. And all the while, the kids are being fed a promise--that they can be tutored and coached, pushed and tested, hot- housed and advance placed until success is assured. At last, a growing chorus of educators and psychologists is saying, "Enough!" Somewhere between the self-esteem building of going for the gold and the self-esteem crushing of the Ivy-or-die ethos there has to be a place where kids can breathe, where they can have the freedom to do what they love and where parents accustomed to pushing their children to excel can shake off the newly defined shame of having raised an ordinary child. If the system is going to be fixed, it has to start, no surprise, with the parents. For them, the problem isn't merely the expense of the tutors, the chore of the homework checking and the constant search for just the right summer program. It's also the sweat equity that comes from agonizing over every exam, grieving over every disappointing grade--becoming less a guide in a child's academic career than an intimate fellow traveler. The first step for parents is accepting that they have less control over their children's education than they think they do--a reality that can be both sobering and liberating. You can sign your kids up for ballet camp or violin immersion all you want, but if they're simply doing what they're told instead of doing what they love, they'll take it only so far. Ultimately, there's a much larger national conversation that needs to be had about just what higher education means and when it's needed at all. Four years of college has been sold as being a golden ticket in the American economy, and to an extent that's true. But pushing all kids down the bachelor's path ensures not only that some of them will lose their way but also that critical jobs that require a two-year or less--skilled trades, some kinds of nursing, computer technology, airline mechanics and more--will go unfilled. There will never be a case to be made for a culture of academic complacency or the demolition of the meritocracy. It can be fulfilling for kids to chase a ribbon, as long as it's a ribbon the child really wants. And the very act of making that effort can bring out the best in anyone's work. But we cheat ourselves, and worse, we cheat our kids, if we view life as a single straight-line race in which one one-hundredth of the competitors finish in the money and everyone else loses.We will all be better off if we recognize that there are a great many races of varying lengths and outcomes. The challenge for parents is to help their children find the one that's right for them. According to the author, which of the following perceptions should parents adopt concerning their kids' education? A. They should be their kids' companions on their journey to academic excellence.
B． They should realize the fact that most children would remain mediocre despite their wills.
A.

B.They should feel relieved if they don't have to pay for their kid's off-school art lessons.
C.

D.They should be their kids' career director rather than help them find a right path to walk on

[不定项选择题]共用题干 Talking to Kids about SARS（非典）

School age children may be learning about SARS from adults and the media,but may
not know what to make of the situation,says a national health charity.
The Lung Association says parents should take time to talk to their_________(1)
and explain the facts about SARS and how to avoid the illness.
The following is based on recommendations______(2)Thursday by the Lung
Association:
▲ Ask your children if they have heard________(3)SARS at school,from
friends,from TV,etc. Finding out what they already know can be a good_____
(4)to start the conversation and to clear away any wrong ideas they might have about the
illness and how t is spread.
▲School age children are usually old________(5)to understand concepts such
as getting sick from germs（细菌）and how to avoid illness.
A.simple reminder（提示）
_________(6)to cough on people and to wash their hands often may be sufficient for
younger kids.All children should be shown how to_______(7)their hands properly.
▲Remember to keep it simple so_________(8)not to overwhelm children with
information,but answer them truthfully.Kids can tell when you're not being honest or if
you're hiding something,and sometimes the unknown can be more frightening than the
_________(9).Parents with anxious children will know________(10)their kids
will handle information on SARS and can tailor their discussion accordingly.
▲One way to explain the illness is to tell children that SARS is like a bad breathing
problem.It is________(11)from a cold,but people can catch it in the same ways一
such as coughing on someone,not washing your hands or sharing a glass with a sick
person.
▲Describe how SARS is spread,but mention that the chance of_________(12)
SARS is small.There is no reason to tell children people are dying of SARS_________(13)
they ask. Never use the threat of death as a way to remind kids to wash their hands.
▲Children should be_________(14)to trust their parents and other caregivers.
Explain that many smart people,___________(15)doctors and scientists,are working on
the problem and looking out for everyone's health. _________(15)
A.as
B.except
C.like
D.despite

[不定项选择题]共用题干 Bedwetting
Millions of kids and teenagers from every part of the world wet the bed every single night,it's so common that there are probably other kids in your class who do it.Most kids don't______(51)their friends,so it's easy to feel kind of alone,like you might be the only one on the whole planet who wets the bed.But you are not______(52).
The fancy______ (53)for bedwetting is nocturnal enuresis（夜间遗尿）.Enuresis runs in families.This means that if you urinate（排尿）,or pee, while you are______(54) ,there's a good______(55) that a close relative also did it when he or she was a kid.Just like you may have______(56)your mom's blue eyes or your uncle's long legs,you probably inherited bedwetting,too.
The most important thing to remember is that no one______(57)the bed on purpose.It doesn't mean that you ' re______ ( 58 ) or a slob（懒汉）.It ' s something you can ' t help______( 59 ).For some reason, kids who wet the bed are not able to feel that their bladder（膀胱）is full and don't______(60)up to pee in the toilet.Sometimes a kid who wets the bed will have a realistic______(61)that he is in the bathroom peeing-only to wake up later and discover he's all wet.Many kids who wet the bed are very______(62) sleepers.Trying to wake up someone who wets the bed is often like trying to wake a log-they just stay asleep.
Some kids who wet the bed do it every single night.Others wet some nights and are______(63)on others.A lot of kids say that they seem to be drier when they sleep at a friend's or a relative's house.That's because kids who are anxious______(64)wetting the bed may not sleep much or only very lightly.So the brain may be thinking,"Hey,you!Don't wet someone else's bed!"This can help you ______(65)dry even if you're not aware of it. 65._________
A.end
B.stay
C.last
D.begin