共用题干 Child Consultants These days,"what do you want to do when you grow up?"is the wrong question to ask children in the US A.The________(1)should be:"what job are you doing now?" American companies are employing more and more young people as consultants to evaluate products for child ________(2).The 12-to-19 __________(3) group spends more than $100 billion a year in the US A.Specialist agencies have been created to help manufacturers ask kids about all the latest trends in clothes,food and_________(4) markets. One__________(5),Teenage Research Unlimited , has panels（评判小组）of teenagers who give their verdict(裁决)on products. ________(6) jeans（牛仔裤）. Another company,Doyle Research Associated,holds two-hour sessions in a room _________(7) the"imaginarium（想象室）."Children are encouraged to play games to get________ (8)a creative mood.They have to write down any ideas that __________(9)into their heads. Some manufacturers prefer to do their own___________(10)research.The software company Microsoft runs a weekly"Kid's Council"at its headquarters in Seattle, ___________(11)a panel of school children give their verdict on the________(12) products and suggest new ones. One 11-year-old,Andrew Cooledge,told them that they should make more computer games which would appeal equally__________(13)boys and girls.Payments for the work are increasingly attractive.Andrew Cooledge was paid $250 and given some software.__________(14),even if their ideas are valuable,the children will never make a fortune.They cannot have the copyright to their ideas.These are not jobs they can hold for long.__________(15)their mid-teens they can be told that they are too old. _________(3) A:age B:year C:time D:generation
共用题干 Working Mothers Carefully conducted researches that have followed the children of working mothers have not been able to show any long-term problems,compared with children whose mothers stayed at home.My personal______(1)is that mothers should be allowed to work if they wish. Whether we like it or not,there are a______(2) of mothers who just have to work.There are those who have invested such a big part of their lives in establishing a career that they cannot______(3) see it lost.Then there are many who must work out of pure economic______(4).Many mothers are not______(5) out to be full-time parents.After a few months at home with a much loved infant,they feel trapped and isolated. There are a number of options when it______(6) to choosing childcare.These range from child minders and nannies through to Granny or the kind lady______(7) the street.______(8) ,howev-er,many parents don't have any choice；they have to accept anything they can get.Be pre-pared!No______(9) how good the childcare may be,some children are going to protest wildly if they are left.This is a______(10) normal stage of child development.Babies separate well in the first six months,but soon after that they start to get a crush on Mum and close family______(11).Make sure that in the first week you allow______(12) time to help your child settle in. All children are different.Some are independent,while others are more______(13) to their mothers.Remember that if you want to______(14) the best for your children,it's not the quantity of time you spend with them,it's the______(15) that matters. 4._________ A:reason B:duty C:necessity D:task
共用题干 Family History In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before,many people are being ______(1)to the idea of looking back into the past.One way they can do this is by investigating their own family history.They can try to______(2) out more about where their families came from and what they did.This is now a fastgrowing hobby,especially in countries with a______(3) short history,like Australia and the United States. It is______(4)thing to spend some time______(5) through a book on family history and to take the______(6)to investigate your own family's past.It is______(7) another to carry out the research work successfully.It is easy to set about it in a disorganized way and______(8) yourself many problems which could have been______(9)with a little forward planning. If your own family stories tell you that you are______(10) with a famous character,whether hero or criminal,do not let this idea take over your research.Just______(11) it as an interesting possibility.A simple system______(12)collecting and storing your information will be adequate to start with;a more complex one may only get in your______(13).The most important thing, though,is to______(14)started.Who knows what you ______(15) find? 13._________ A:track B:path C:road D:way
共用题干 The Internet House A leading British building and design company has just announced their plans for the home of the future.The new design,______(51)as the“Internet House”,has five bedrooms,plenty of bathrooms and a double garage.But these are not the main selling______(52),for it is the ￡25000______(53)of automation that makes this house really different. It will be______(54),for people who have plenty of money,but not a great ______(55)of time:young professionals in other words.They are likely to be______(56)to the idea of a microwave that provides easy-to-cook______(57)via the Internet and cooker that switches itself on or off at a command received via e-mail. All the appliances in the house,______(58)the heating and lighting controls,are linked together ______( 59 ) means of a gadget（小装置）called a “ router”.Using what's called a“webpad”,a kind of portable lap-top computer,the owners of the house tap in commands from ______(60)they may be. The Webpad______(61)a signal to the router,which ______(62)the message and then activates the necessary controls. On the way home at night, for example,the owners can switch on the lights or______(63)the central heating working, and so______(64)sure that they have a nice warm welcome when they______(65)into their home. 61._________ A: draws B: speaks C: sends D: hearsay
