In the Western world in-laws（姻亲）usually don’t get along well with each other or with a new spouse（配偶）. Perhaps they have a problem in understanding that their wonderful child has now grown up and got married. Maybe they don’t like the spouse their child picked. Or maybe they just don’t think that anyone will ever be good enough for their own “baby”.
So what can the newly married people do?
First of all, go for a long honeymoon. This will give you two things. First, it will give you time to get close to your new partner. Now you must stay with him or her just as you said on your wedding day. Second, it will give the in-laws time to cool down after the exciting wedding. Enjoy your honeymoon! When you return, it will be time to start dealing with the rest of the family.
After you get back from your honeymoon, move to another place. Do whatever you need to do. Change your job. Start a new career, and so on. If you stay near your home or move into a house just down the street from either family, you’ll get in trouble. Trust me!
You also need to start making new family traditions. You don’t have to make your mum’s apple pie for Thanksgiving. You don’t have to go to both families on Christmas Eve! Relax. You don’t have to have both soon-to-be grandmothers with you when you are giving birth! Don’t give in to in-law pressure.
Finally, talk with other new spouses. They will encourage you and give you support for the never-ending and ongoing reality of having in-laws.
65．What is Paragraph One mainly about?
A．In-laws don’t like their daughter-in-law or son-in-law.
B．In-laws misunderstand their wonderful child.
C．There is always trouble between in-laws or a new couple in the western world.
D．In-laws think their own child better than his or her spouse.
66．Why should newly married spouses go for a honeymoon?
A．To find a chance to enjoy their time alone.
B．To realize what they said on their wedding day.
C．To allow in-laws time to enjoy themselves after the wedding.
D．To begin to deal with the rest of the family.
67．In the writer’s opinion, how does a new spouse make new family traditions?
A．To start a family life independent of in-laws.
B．To stay with in-laws.
C．Not to cook apple pie for parents.
D．To spend festivals with parents in-law.
68．From the passage, we can infer that ______.
A．following in-laws is a good idea
B．distance helps to deal with in-laws
C．new spouses mustn’t stay near their house
D．new spouses shouldn’t do anything for their in-laws
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Dear Editor,
Brockingham is run by people who are more interested in tourists than its residents. The problem is that the people running the government refuse to accept new ideas. By banning(禁止) all fast-food restaurants and discount stores, they take away all the places kids can afford to shop.
These people forget that when they were young, they could go to the South Street Soda Fountain and get an ice-cream soda for 25 cents. Today you can’t find an ice-cream soda anywhere in Brockingham for less than $2! Where can kids go for a snack?
There is not a single restaurant in Brockingham where a family of four can eat dinner for less than $100. Add a 15% tip and sales tax and you have spent nearly $125 to eat a meal you could prepare at home for about $12. Have you noticed that Brockingham families never dine in Brockingham?
Fast-food restaurants are also a good place for school kids to get an after-school job. Fast-food restaurants are busiest during the early supper hours when students are able to work, whereas the fancy food restaurants cater to late-night diners. Working in one of these establishments requires working shifts that are too late for most students.
The City Council claims that local merchants, rather than national chains, should benefit from the tourist business. I agree that it is important to support local businesses, but I think the fast-food restaurants would encourage more people to shop in Brockingham.
Another thing that disturbs me is that we must travel 25 miles to the nearest discount store. If I need a tire for my bike, I have a choice of buying one at Surf and Peddle Sport Shop for $15 or driving to Parkersburg Discount Center where I can buy the same kind of tire for $9. Again, I think the ban on all food chains and discount houses is counterproductive for our city.
Wes Woodrow
9th-Grade Student at Brockingham High School
Why does Wes Woodrow write this letter to the editor?
Because the government bans all fast-food restaurants and discount stores in Brockingham.
Because the writer can’t find an ice-cream soda anywhere in Brockingham for less than $2.
Because a family of four can’t find a restaurant in Brockingham to eat dinner for less than $100.
Because the writer has to travel 25 miles to the nearest discount store.
From the letter we can infer that _____.
the writer used to buy a lot of ice-cream soda
the students refuse to work in fancy food restaurants
the government’s ban benefits local merchants much
discount stores usually offer a discount of 40%
The underlined word “counterproductive” in paragraph 6 of the letter probably means _____.
A. cheap, not expensive B. surprising, not expected
C. harmful, not helpful D. doubtful, not sure
One way the writer of this letter tries to convince the reader is by _____.
complaining that someone has to drive him to Parkersburg
getting an after-school job in fast-food restaurant himself
suggesting that many businessmen have the same opinion
giving specific examples of the high costs in Brockingham
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If a new idea in America becomes a law, people who suffer from obesity (肥胖症）could suffer financially too. The proposal (建议) aims to encourage people to be healthy.
The US state of Arizona wants to charge overweight citizens $ 50 (325 yuan) annually if they fail to follow their doctor’s advice. People with children or who are overweight because they suffer from a medical condition would be exempt(被豁免的). If the idea is approved by Congress, smokers and diabetics who fail to stick to a healthy lifestyle will also have to pay.
Medicaid, the organization which provides healthcare to the poor in the USA, costs the government $ 339 bn (2.2 trillion yuan) a year. Monica Coury, assistant director at Arizona’s Medicaid program, said that this proposal would ask people to give something back.
She said that Arizona would take a carrot and stick approach to the problem. As well as penalizing(惩罚) people who go against their doctor’s wishes, incentives (奖励) would be offered for following advice, possibly a keep-fit video. Arizona’s senator Kyrsten Sinema has not backed the plans, saying that there isn’t a system to decide whether someone is or isn’t following medical advice. Other critics claim that people don’t need the government to look after them; if they want to be fat and smoke, the “nanny state” shouldn’t try to stop them. Wes Benedict of the Libertarian Party said: “If you want to save the state money, cut Medicaid across the board, but don’t single out overweight people and smokers.”
51. The state of Arizona wants to charge people who ____.
A. are fat parents
B. are fat and obedient
C. are fat due to a medical condition.
D. are fat and don’t follow their doctor’s advice.
52. People who are ___ and don’t adopt a healthy life will NOT be charged if the proposal becomes law?
A. overweight B. HIV carriers
C. diabetes D. smokers
53. What does “a carrot and stick approach” mean?
A. A kind of healthy diet
B. A kind of unhealthy diet.
C. A policy of offering a combination or rewards and punishment.
D. A policy of offering a combination of rewards and prizes.
54. What did Wes Benedict think of the proposal?
A. Biased. B. Just and fair.
C. Influential. D. Not practical.
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If a new idea in America becomes a law, people who suffer from obesity could suffer financially too.
The US state of Arizona wants to charge overweight citizens $50 (325 Yuan) annually if they fail to follow their doctors' advice. People with children or who are overweight because they suffer from a medical condition would be exempt(豁免的).
If the idea is approved by Congress, smokers and diabetics who fail to stick to a healthy lifestyle will also have to pay.
Medicaid, the organization which provides healthcare to the poor in the USA, costs the government $339bn (2.2 trillion Yuan) a year. Monica Coury, assistant director at Arizona's Medicaid programme, said that this proposal would ask people to give something back.
She said that Arizona would take a carrot and stick approach to the problem. As well as penalizing(惩罚) people who go against their doctor's wishes, incentives（奖励）would be offered for following advice, possibly a keep-fit video.
Arizona's senator Kyrsten Sinema has not backed the plans, saying that there isn't a system to decide whether someone is or isn't following medical advice. Other critics claim that people don't need the government to look after them; if they want to be fat and smoke, the 'nanny state'(保姆国家) shouldn't try to stop them. Wes Benedict of the Libertarian Party said:"If you want to save the state money... cut Medicaid across the board, but don't single out overweight people and smokers."
68. The state of Arizona want to charge people who are ______.
A. fat parents B. fat and don’t follow their doctors’ advice
C. fat due to a medical condition D. fat and obedient
69. Which statement of the following is true?
A. Everyone in Arizona approves of the new idea.
B. All overweight citizens in Arizona will be charged.
C. The state wants to save money.
D. Charging overweight people is just put forward and hasn’t become a law.
70. What does “a carrot and stick approach” mean?
A. A kind of healthy diet.
B. A kind of unhealthy diet.
C. A policy of offering a combination of rewards and punishment.
D. A policy of offering a combination of rewards and prizes.
71. The passage mainly tells about ______.
A. Many people are beginning to realize the importance of keeping fit
B. People who are overweight will be charged by the state
C. Smokers and diabetics will be charged by the state
D. Being overweight costs the state a lot of money every year
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Dear Editor,
Brockingham is run by people who are more interested in tourists than its residents. The problem is that the people running the government refuse to accept new ideas. By banning (禁止) all fast-food restaurants and discount stores, they take away all the places kids can afford to shop.
These people forget that when they were young, they could go to the South Street Soda Fountain and get an ice-cream soda for 25 cents. Today you can’t find an ice-cream soda anywhere in Brockingham for less than $2! Where can kids go for a snack?
There is not a single restaurant in Brockingham where a family of four can eat dinner for less than $100. Add a 15% tip and sales tax and you have spent nearly $125 to eat a meal you could prepare at home for about $12. Have you noticed that Brockingham families never dine in Brockingham?
Fast-food restaurants are also a good place for school kids to get an after-school job. Fast-food restaurants are busiest during the early supper hours when students are able to work, whereas the fancy food restaurants cater to late-night diners. Working in one of these establishments requires working shifts that are too late for most students.
The City Council claims that local businessmen, rather than national chains, should benefit from the tourist business. I agree that it is important to support local businesses, but I think the fast-food restaurants would encourage more people to shop in Brockingham.
Another thing that disturbs me is that we must travel 25 miles to the nearest discount store. If I need a tire for my bike, I have a choice of buying one at Surf and Peddle Sport Shop for $15 or driving to Parkersburg Discount Center where I can buy the same kind of tire for $9. Again, I think the ban on all food chains and discount houses is counterproductive for our city.
Wes Woodrow 9th-Grade Student at Brockingham High School
69. Why does Wes Woodrow write this letter to the editor?
A. Because the government bans all fast-food restaurants and discount stores in Brockingham.
B. Because the writer can’t find an ice-cream soda anywhere in Brockingham for less than $2.
C. Because a family of four can’t find a restaurant in Brockingham to eat dinner for less than $100.
D. Because the writer has to travel 25 miles to the nearest discount store.
70. From the letter we can infer that _________.
A. the writer used to buy a lot of ice-cream soda
B. the students refuse to work in fancy food restaurants
C. the government’s ban benefits local businessmen much
D. discount stores usually offer a discount of 40%
71. The underlined word “counterproductive” in paragraph 6 of the letter probably means ______________.
A. cheap, not expensive B. surprising, not expected
C. harmful, not helpful D. doubtful, not sure
72. One way the writer of this letter tries to convince the reader is by _________.
A. complaining that someone has to drive him to Parkersburg
B. getting an after-school job in fast-food restaurant himself
C. suggesting that many businessmen have the same opinion
D. giving specific examples of the high costs in Brockingham
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