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It’s not just an American phenomenon: 1 the globe, single-parent homes are on the 2 . Numbers for one-parent families increased from England to Australia during the 1990s, mirroring demographic (人口统计学的) changes reflected in the US census.
Just as in America, those changes 3 new questions about how 4 government should be in helping single-parent families, which often are less well-off 5 than those led by a married mom and dad.
Should single parents be afforded tax breaks to help pay for child 6 ? Should employers be monitored to make 7 flexible work hours are offered?
Annie Oliver, a 32-year-old single mother from Bristol, England, thinks so. “You wouldn’t believe 8 becoming a single parent suddenly made me a second-class 9 ,” said Oliver, who struggles to 10 a full-time job and give the extra care her disabled son needs.
( ) 1. A. on B. in C. across D. through
( ) 2. A. rise B. way C. fall D. decrease
( ) 3. A. asked B. answered C. avoided D. raised
( ) 4.A. included B. concluded C. involved D. intended
( ) 5. A. physically B. financially C. mentally D. spiritually
( ) 6. A. care B. growth C. happiness D. concern
( ) 7. A. clear B. known C. out D. sure
( ) 8. A. when B. what C. how D. why
( ) 9. A. employee B. citizen C. partner D. mother
( ) 10. A. keep B. look for C. find D. own
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完形填空 It's a small gas station that has snacks, drinks, cigarettes, and candies.The young man behind the counter knows his__1__by name and what they normally want to buy.He treats children and adults with equal__2__.He reads science fiction behind the counter when business in__3__. One day, three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could, __4__not intending to pay for it.He hit the "panic button", then went over the counter and__5__the front door.It was obvious they were homeless, and equally obvious that they weren't going__6__with their illgotten gains. They__7__the food and simply crowded together in panic-knowing the police were__8__the way. Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn't have to steal if they were that__9_." We have food in the back, expired (到期) but still__10__to eat.If you need food, you__11__have some." They were told to__12__what they had dropped and put it back, and then asked to straighten out the mess.They were doing just that__13__the police arrived.The officers were told the situation was under control and the police were no longer__14__. This wasn't what they had__15__.They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong they'd done.Shocked, they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to clean up. Soon three__16__people walked out with all the__17__their arms could hold.They were__18__that, if they needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab. And then the young man went back to read until the next customer came in.He would be the__19__ person in the world to claim he was a hero.But he gave three people something they were in desperate need of—a__20__amount of selfrespect and a little bit of hope. | ||||
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"It's my own fault." Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning wind. "The re ![]() Just another ![]() service at the church-and look where it landed hi ![]() Who would have guessed that the tamale in every shop in the city would be sold out the day before Christmas?But they__3__, as Carl knew.He had been driving all over El Paso that morning.__4__to bring home tamales, Carl tried one last shop, an old favorite out in Canutillo. When he arrived, a fresh batch (一炉) was__5__off the steamer in 45 minutes.__6__at the end of the snaking line of tamaleseekers, he watched the woman in front of him__7__her jacket to cover her shivering youngster.It wasn't long before she, too, __8__in the biting wind.After only a moment's__9__, Carl took off his own jacket and offered it to the__1 ![]() Together, they__11__when the line slowly moved forward at last, and smiling people exited the shop carrying steamy bags.__12__, Carl got inside the door and__13__closer to the counter, the woman now first in line."Sorry folks, " the clerk announced, "that's the last of the tamales.""__14__!" Carl groaned (抱怨) with everyone else__15__behind him. "__16__, "stressed the man at the counter, "we'll have a final batch ready__17__, oh, about two hours." Defeated, Carl backed away, but the young mother grabbed his arm. "You'r ![]() "I__18__, "Carl glanced at his watch."I promised to put up luminarias (传统圣诞灯) at my church." "I'll get your order of tamales and bring them to your house." Carl's brow furrowed "I couldn't ask you to do that." "But it's__19__I can do.You lent me your coat." Her smile overrode (推翻) his objections."Just give me your address." She and her little girl settled in for the long wait. And at__20__noon on Christmas Eve, they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales-along with Carl's brown jacket-to his home. | ||||
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Mother's Day was coming,but John had been visiting customers.He was now in a small town just outside a flower shop and he knew what to do. He went into the shop and saw a young man__1__the clerk to sell him some roses for six dollars, but the clerk just explained that roses were__2__. The clerk looked up at John,__3__her head.Something inside of John was__4__by the boy's voice. John had been__5__in his business,and he looked at the clerk and__6__mouthed that he would pay for the roses. The clerk looked at the young man and told him to get the roses for six dollars.The young man almost jumped into the__7__and ran from the store with the__8__.It was worth the extra dollars just to see that kind of__ ![]() John ordered his own flowers and made sure that the__10__would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her.He drove away fro ![]() blocks away.As he__12__at the light,he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk.He watched him cross the street and enter a park throug ![]() cemetery (公墓). The light__14__,and John slowly crossed the intersection.He__15__and on an impulse (冲动) got out and began to follow the boy.The young man stopped by a small monument and went to his__16__. He began to cry after he carefully__17__the roses on the grave.He stared at the little boy's heaving (起 伏的) body and listened to his crying. John turned with__18__,and walked back to his car.He drove__19__to the shop and told the clerk he would__20__the flowers personally.He wanted to tell his mother one more time just how much he loved her. | ||||
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It's no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That's especially_1_of children who remain in homes where they're badly treated__2_the law blindly favors biological parents. It's also true of children who__3_for years in foster (寄养) homes because of parents who can't or won't care for them but 4 to give up custody (监护) rights. Fourteenyearold Kimberly Mays 5 neither description, but her recent court victory could 6 help children who do. Kimberly has been the 7 of an angry custody battle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge 8 that the teenager can remain with the only father she's ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal 9 "on her. Shortly after 10 in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched and sent home with the 11 parents. Kimberly's biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests 12 that the child wasn't the Twiggs' own daughter, but Kimberly was, thus leading to a custody 13 with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families 14 that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting 15 rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being 16 . The decision to 17 Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made it clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue (起诉) 18 her own behalf. Thus he made it clear that she was 19 just a personal possession of her parents. Biological parentage does not mean an absolute ownership that cancels(取消) all the 20 of children. | ||||
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