阅读理解 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 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

阅读理解

　　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 12 weeks' 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 introduce 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(定义)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 18 years, 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(累积)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．

(1)

What do we learn about paid family leave from Paragraph 1?
[　　]
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．

(2)

What makes it hard to lake work－family balance measures in the States?
[　　]
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．

(3)

What is Professor Anne Alston's argument for parental support?
[　　]
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．

(4)

Why is the author against classifying parenting as a personal choice?
[　　]
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．

答案：1．D;2．B;3．B;4．D;

练习册系列答案

年级	高中课程	年级	初中课程
高一	高一免费课程推荐！	初一	初一免费课程推荐！
高二	高二免费课程推荐！	初二	初二免费课程推荐！
高三	高三免费课程推荐！	初三	初三免费课程推荐！
更多初中、高中辅导课程推荐,点击进入>>

相关习题

科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：053

阅读理解

　　Annie Dakley Mozee was only nine when she took her father' s big kentucky rifle (步枪) into woods to hunt food. Her father was dead, and the family was poor and hungry.

　　When she found that she could shoot squirrels and rabbits by aiming the rifle carefully, a new life began for her. She began earning money by selling game to Mr Frost, who owned a hotel in a nearby town.

　　Then Annie began to try for a trick shot(高明的射手) ,everyone heard of her skill with a rifle .

　　When she was fifteen, Mr Frost set up a shooting match between her and a famous marksman (神枪手) . And finally, Annie won the match by one point. She was on her way to becoming a world -famous sharp shooter (一等射手) . She now called herself Annie Oakley .

1．Annie first used her rifle to ________.

[　　]

A．protect herself

B．shoot birds

C．make her living by hunting

D．be fond of shooting.

2．A new life began for Annie when she ________.

[　　]

A．met a famous marksman.

B．met Mr Frost.

C．turned strick shot.

D．found out that she could shoot.

3．Annie Oakley became famous because ________.

[　　]

A．the government gave her a medal of sharp shooter.

B．she beat a famous marksman.

C．she was praised for a first - class shot.

D．she turned big- game hunter.

4．The under lined word “game” of the selection means ________.

[　　]

A．form a play.

B．sports and exercise outdoors.

C．food fed to poultry(家禽) .

D．animals and birds hunted for food.

5．The best title for this selection is ________.

[　　]

A．How Annie Oakley Got Her Start .

B．The Shooting Match.

C．The Girl's Way To A Shot.

D．How To Shoot Game.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英语 来源：101网校同步练习　高二英语　人民教育出版社(新课标A　2002-3年初审通过) 人教版 题型：050

阅读理解：

　　Suppose we built a robot(机器人)to explore the planet Mars．We provide the robot with seeing detectors(探测器)to keep it away from danger．It is powered entirely by the sun．Should we program the robot to be equally active at all times?No．The robot would be using up energy at a time when it was not receiving any．So we would probably program it to stop its activity at night and to wake up at dawn the next morning．

　　According to the evolutionary(进化的)theory of sleep, evolution equipped us with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking for the same reason．The theory does not deny(否认)that sleep provides some important restorative functions(恢复功能)．It merely says that evolution has programmed us to perform those functions at a time when activity would be inefficient and possibly dangerous．However, sleep protects us only from the sort of trouble we might walk into; it does not protect us from trouble that comes looking for us．So we sleep well when we are in a familiar, safe place, but we sleep lightly, if at all, when we fear that bears will nose into the tent．

　　The evolutionary theory explains the differences in sleep among creatures．Why do eats, for instance, sleep so much, while horses sleep so little?Surely cats do not need five times as much repair and restoration as horses do．But cats can afford to have long periods of inactivity because they spend little time eating and are unlikely to be attacked while they sleep．Horses must spend almost all their waking hours eating, because what they eat is very low in energy value．Moreover, they cannot afford to sleep too long or too deeply, because their survival(生存)depends on their ability to run away from attackers．

(1)

The author uses the example of the robot in space exploration to tell us ________．
[　　]
A．	the differences between robots and men
B．	the reason why men need to sleep
C．	about the need for robots to save power
D．	about the danger of men working at night

(2)

Evolution has programmed man to sleep at night chiefly to help him ________．
[　　]
A．	keep up a regular pattern of life
B．	prevent trouble that comes looking for him
C．	avoid danger and inefficient labour
D．	restore his bodily functions

(3)

According to the author, we cannot sleep well when we ________．
[　　]
A．	are worrying about our safety
B．	are overworked
C．	are in a tent
D．	are away from home

(4)

Cats sleep much more than horses do partly because cats ________．
[　　]
A．	need more time for restoration
B．	are unlikely to be attackers
C．	axe more active than homes when they are awake
D．	spend less time eating to get enough energy

(5)

Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
[　　]
A．	Evolution has equipped all creatures with a regular pattern of sleeping and waking．
B．	The study of sleep is an important part of the evolutionary theory．
C．	Sleeping patterns must be taken into consideration in the designing of robots．
D．	The sleeping pattern of a living creature is determined by the food it eats．

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英语 来源：101网校同步练习　高三英语　人民教育出版社(新课标A　2002-3年初审) 人教版 题型：050

阅读理解：

　　Our boat floated on, between walls of forest too thick to allow us a view of the land we were passing through, though we knew from the map that our river must from time to time be passing through chains of hills which crossed the jungle plains．Nowhere did we find a place where we could have landed：where the jungle did not actually spread right down into the river, banks of soft mud prevented us going ashore．In any case, what would we have sailed by landing?The country was full of snakes and other dangerous creatures, and the jungle was so thick that one would be able to advance only slowly, cutting one’s way with knives the whole way．So we stayed in the boat, hoping we reached the sea, a friendly fisherman would pick us up and take us to civilization．

　　We lived on fish, caught with home-made net of string(we had no hooks), and fruits and nuts we could pick up out of the water．As we had no fire, we had to eat everything, including the fish, raw I had never tasted raw fish before, and I must say I did not much enjoy the experience; perhaps sea fish which do not live in the mud are less tasteless．After eating my raw fish, I lay back and dreamed of such things as fried chicken and rice, and ice-cream．In the never-ending damp heat of the jungle, ice-cream was a particularly frequent dream．

　　As for water, there was a choice：we could drink the muddy river water, or die of thirst．We drank the water．Men who had just escaped what had appeared to be certain death lose all worries about such small things as diseases caused by dirty water．In fact, none of us suffered from any illness as a result．

　　One day we passed another village, but fortunately nobody saw us．We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time：we might not be so lucky to escape in a stolen boat again．

(1)

What they could see in the boat was only ________．
[　　]
A．	high wall
B．	villagers from time to time
C．	vast land
D．	heavy woods

(2)

They couldn’t land because ________．
[　　]
A．	the mud on the shore was too soft
B．	the forest was too thick to let them go through
C．	they could not find the mark on the map
D．	they could not find anyone to lead them out of the forest

(3)

The passage infers that the forest was ________．
[　　]
A．	rich of fruits and animals to be served as food
B．	not very thick as they could advance slowly by cutting the branches
C．	full of various dangerous beings
D．	full of ancient trees

(4)

The most proper title for this passage might be ________．
[　　]
A．	Escape
B．	Scenes of a River
C．	How to Survive on a boat
D．	A New Experience

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英语 来源：101网校同步练习　高三英语　人民教育出版社(新课标A　2002-3年初审) 人教版 题型：050

阅读理解：

　　One day we passed another village, but fortunately nobody saw us．We did not wish to risk being taken prisoners a second time：we might not be so lucky to escape in a stolen boat again．

(1)

What they could see in the boat was only ________．
[　　]
A．	high wall
B．	villagers from time to time
C．	vast land
D．	heavy woods

(2)

They couldn’t land because ________．
[　　]
A．	the mud on the shore was too soft
B．	the forest was too thick to let them go through
C．	they could not find the mark on the map
D．	they could not find anyone to lead them out of the forest．

(3)

The passage infers that the forest was ________．
[　　]
A．	rich of fruits and animals to be served as food
B．	not very thick as they could advance slowly by cutting the branches
C．	full of various dangerous beings
D．	full of ancient trees

(4)

The most proper title for this passage might be ________．
[　　]
A．	Escape
B．	Scenes of a River
C．	How to Survive on a boat
D．	A New Experience

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英语 来源：101网校同步练习　高二英语　人民教育出版社(新课标A　2002-3年初审通过) 人教版 题型：050

阅读理解：

　　It was at least two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle．As Christmas drew near, her desire for a bicycle seemed to fade, or so we thought．We bought the latest rages．Baby-Sitter’s Club dolls, and a doll house．Then, much to our surprise, on December 23^rd, she said that she “really wanted a bike more than anything else．”

　　It was just too late, what will all the details of preparing Christmas dinner and buying last-minute gifts, to take the time to select the “right bike” for our little girl．So here we were－Christmas Eve around 9∶00 p. m., with Almie and her six-year-old brother, Dylan, nested snug in their beds．Now we could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child．“What if the bicycle out of clay(a kind of earth)and write a note that she could trade the clay model in for a real bike?” her dad asked．“This is an expensive item and she is ‘such a big girl,’ and it would be much better for her to pick it out．”So he spent the next four hours painstakingly working with clay to make a tiny bike．

　　On Christmas morning, we were excited for Almie to open the little heart-shaped package with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note．Finally, she opened it and read the note aloud．“Does this mean that I trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one?”Beaming, I said,“Yes．”Almie had tears in her eyes when she replied,“I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me．I’d rather keep this than get a real bike．”At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy every bicycle on the planet!

(1)

Which is the right time order of the following events? a．The girl asked for a new bike b．The girl opened the little heart-shaped package c．The parents bought the girl a modern and popular doll． d．The father made the girl a bike with clay． e．The girl would rather keep the clay bike than get a real one．
[　　]
A．	b, c, e ,d
B．	a, c, d, b, e
C．	a, c, b, d, e
D．	a, b, d, c, e

(2)

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
[　　]
A．	The parents wanted the girl to have the clay bike forever．
B．	Tears were in the girl’s eyes because she didn’t like the present at all．
C．	The girl never lost her desire for a bike．
D．	The parents paid little attention to the daughter’s desire for a bike．

(3)

Why did Dad make the clay bicycle?
[　　]
A．	Because he wanted to buy a real one, but he had no money．
B．	Because he didn’t want to disappoint his daughter．
C．	Because he thought his daughter would like it．
D．	Because he wanted to give his daughter a surprise．

(4)

What can be inferred from the last sentence of the text?
[　　]
A．	The parents were happy and encouraged．
B．	The parents felt comfortable and relaxed．
C．	The parents were moved and felt proud of the girl．
D．	The parents felt disappointed and sorry for the girl．

查看答案和解析>>

同步练习册答案

练习册

高中

初中

小学