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　　London-life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent (不大可能改變的).

　　Their 1 school day and her job as a lawyer's assistant are busy enough. 2 Hagner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her 3 at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club. 4 , the exhausted (精疲力盡的) family doesn't get home until 7 p.m. There is just time for a quick 5 before homework.

　　In today's world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children 6 they were competitors 7 for some finishing line.

　　Parents take their children from activity to activity to make their future 8 . It seems that raising a genius (英才) has become a more 9 goal than raising a happy and well balanced child.

　　“ 10 across the country are reporting a growing number of children 11 from stomachaches and headaches 12 exhaustion and stress,” says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.

　　Teachers are 13 exhausted kids in the classroom. It's a very serious problem. Many children attend 14 clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also 15 an explosion of activities. They 16 sports, language, music and maths classes for children as 17 as four.

　　“There is a new parenting trend(趨勢(shì)) under way which says you have to tap all your child's potential (潛能) at a young age, 18 you will let them down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist(青少年精神病專家).

　　“It isn't entirely 19 : there have always been pushy parents. But what was seen as strange behaviour before is now well 20 .”

1．

[　　]

A．half

B．part

C．full

D．whole

2．

[　　]

A．And

B．So

C．But

D．For

3．

[　　]

A．daughter

B．sons

C．girls

D．kids

4．

[　　]

A．Often

B．However

C．Though

D．Seldom

5．

[　　]

A．lunch

B．supper

C．breakfast

D．tea

6．

[　　]

A．even if

B．a(chǎn)s if

C．now that

D．in case

7．

[　　]

A．hoping

B．caring

C．calling

D．racing

8．

[　　]

A．equal

B．smooth

C．excited

D．bright

9．

[　　]

A．exact

B．excellent

C．difficult

D．important

10．

[　　]

A．Doctors

B．Lawyers

C．Engineers

D．Businessmen

11．

[　　]

A．dying

B．preventing

C．suffering

D．learning

12．

[　　]

A．due to

B．so as to

C．a(chǎn)ccording to

D．referring to

13．

[　　]

A．dealing with

B．playing with

C．going on with

D．getting on with

14．

[　　]

A．grown-up

B．bodybuilding

C．a(chǎn)fter-school

D．night

15．

[　　]

A．grow

B．reduce

C．stop

D．create

16．

[　　]

A．have

B．enjoy

C．teach

D．include

17．

[　　]

A．old

B．young

C．many

D．much

18．

[　　]

A．except that

B．therefore

C．otherwise

D．unless

19．

[　　]

A．old

B．new

C．wrong

D．right

20．

[　　]

A．respected

B．a(chǎn)ccepted

C．refused

D．managed

Answer 1

答案：C;C;A;A;B;B;D;D;D;A;C;A;A;C;D;D;B;C;B;B