9．Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child．Last spring one at the two，Australia，gave up the bad distinction by setting up paid family leave starting in 20ll．I wasn't surprised when this didn't make the news here in the United States-we're now the only wealthy country without such a policy．
The United States does have one explicit family policy，the Family and Medical Leave Act，passed in 1993．It entitles workers to as much as 12weeks'unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem．Despite the modesty of the benefit，the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly，describing it as"government-run personnel management and a"dangerous precedent （先例）．"In fact，every step of the way，as （usually）Democratic leaders have tried to incrouce work-family balance measures into the law，business groups have been strongly opposed．
As Yale law professor Anne Alstott argues，justifying parental support depends on defining （定義）the family as a social good that in some sense，society must pay for．Parents are burdened in many ways in their lives：there is''no exit"when it comes to children．Society expects-and needs-parents to provide their children with continuity of care．And society expects-and needs-parents to persist in their roles for 18years，or longer if needed．
While most parents do this out of love，there are public punishments for not providing care．What parents do，in other words，is of deep concern to the state，for the obvious reason，that caring for children is not only morally urgent but important to the future of society．To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting：really，it is to steal those benefits because they accrue （累積） to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's citizens．In fact，by some estimates，the value of parental investments in children，investments of time and money，is equal to 20-30% of GDP．If these investments bring huge social benefits-as they clearly do-the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer．
67．What do we learn about paid family leave from Paragraph 1？D
A．It came as a surprise when Australia adopted the policy．
B．Setting up this policy made Australia less influential．
C．It has now become a hot topic in she United States．
D．No such policy is applied in the United Slates．
68．What makes it hard to lake work-family balance measures in the States？B
A．The incompetence of the Democrats．
B．The opposition from business circles．
C．The lack of a precedent in American history．
D．The existing Family and Medical Leave Act．
69．What is Professor Anne Alston's argument for parental support？B
A．Children need continuous care．
B．Good parenting benefits society．
C．The cost of raising children has been growing．
D．The U．S．should keep up with other developed countries．
70．Why is the author against classifying parenting as a personal choice？D
A．Parenting is regarded as a moral duty．
B．Parenting relies largely on social support．
C．Parenting produces huge moral benefits．
D．Parenting is basically a social undertaking．
分析 本文主要講述了美國不支持帶薪家庭休假的原因．
解答 67-70 DBBD
67 D 細節(jié)題．由第一段最后一句"I wasn't surprised when this didn't make the news here in the United States-we're now the only wealthy country without such a policy．"可知，美國沒有帶薪家庭休假制度，故正確答案為D．
68 B 細節(jié)題．由第二段最后一句"In fact，every step of the way，as （usually） Democratic leaders have tried to introduce work-family balance measures into the law，business groups have been strongly opposed．"可知商業(yè)團體的強烈反對阻撓了帶薪家庭休假制度的實施，故正確答案為B．
69 B 細節(jié)題．由第三段第三句"Society expects-and needs-parents to provide their children with continuity of care．"可知社會期望父母更關(guān)心孩子，好的育兒方式有利于社會，故正確答案為B．
70 D 細節(jié)題．由最后一段第三句"To classify parenting as a personal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting：really，it is to steal those benefits because they accrue（累積） to the whole of society as today's children become tomorrow's citizens．"可知作者認為養(yǎng)育孩子不僅是個人的決定，還會影響社會的未來，故正確答案為D．
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