Peter: What are you doing for vacation, Steven?
Steven: I’m visiting my aunt in San Francisco. My brother’s staying there. He’s joining a club.
Peter: Oh? When are you going?
Steven: Next Friday.
Peter: How long are you staying?
Steven: I’m staying at my aunt’s home for four days. I’m going sightseeing in San Francisco, and then I’m seeing
all of my friends New York. How about you?
Peter: I’m going to the beach and my friends and I are also going hiking for a few days.
Steven: Aren’t you renting video tapes and relaxing at home?
Peter: No, it’s boring. We like outside activities.Peter is going _______ on his vacation.
to Florida B. riding C. hiking D. to San Francisco Steven’s leaving ______ for vacation.
| A．tomorrow | B．next month | C．next Monday | D．next year |
Steven’s brother is staying ________.
| A．at home | B．at school | C．in San Francisco | D．in New York |
Steven is staying in his aunt’s house for ______.
| A．a week | B．four days | C．several days | D．two days |
Peter thinks that staying at home is _____.
| A．interesting | B．boring | C．fun | D．exciting |
I usually get up at 5:00. I make coffee, go to my desk and work. When my boys get up, I’m theirs. I follow the min to the kitchen and make them breakfast. While they’re eating, I make their lunch, pick out their school clothes and get the little one dressed.
My wife takes them to school. I bring them home. I am not the only father at the school gate. The boys and I walk the 12 blocks home unless the weather is terrible. Then we take the subway. I remind them of looking out, like an animal looking after their babies.
At home, they play on the computer and the little one will draw, sometimes for hours. When their mother comes home, they run to her. She has been in the official day and tired, but her attention is all on them.
I have made dinner. We sit down and eat together. After they do their homework, Karen takes them to bed. I listen to the noise of the boys’ and their mother’s voice.
One afternoon when we were on the way home from school, the boys and I stopped at the clothing store. The saleswoman looked at the boys and said to me in a low voice, “You’re Mr. Mom, aren’t you?” I felt very angry. I’m not Mr. Mom. That’s not how I look at myself. The boys have a mother, a wonderful mother. She works outside the home, I work in the home. We are parents together. I’m a father!The first paragraph talks about_____________.
| A．what the children have for breakfast | B．how busy the man is in the morning |
| C．why the man cooks lunch | D．when the children go to school |
We know from the second paragraph that_____________.
| A．they take the subway to school when the weather is bad |
| B．the man drives a car and his wife walks to work |
| C．the man goes to meet the boys before school is over |
| D．it doesn’t take them long to arrive home |
Paragraph 3 tells us that __________.
| A．the children’s mother is very strict with them |
| B．the man’s wife works in an office very near the school |
| C．the children’s mother used to be back hours later than them. |
| D．the man has three or more children and the youngest loves drawing |
We learn from the last two paragraphs________________.
| A．what the saleswoman said has hurt the man a lot |
| B．before the children get to sleep, the man’s wife tells stories |
| C．what the man hast o do from morning to night everyday |
| D．the man’s wife is Karen and she talks a lot |
This passage tells us_____________.
| A．never to call a man Mr. Mom |
| B．the man doesn’t enjoy working at home |
| C．something about the children’s school life |
| D．what kind of people the man and his wife are |
Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time—is considered (考虑，认为) a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices (电子产品) as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts (努力) as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect (影响) on young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive (肯定的) response (回应). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary (没必要) for them to learn special skills to do their work. What does the underlined word “juggle” most probably mean?
| A．Want to buy. | B．Use at the same time. |
| C．Take the place of. | D．Search information from. |
In Paragraph 3, the author points out that__________.
| A．family members do not greet each other |
| B．family members do not eat at the family table |
| C．young people get on well with their families |
| D．young people hardly communicate with their family members |
What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
| A．Young people must learn skills for future jobs. |
| B．Young people benefit (获益) a lot from modern gadgets. |
| C．Multitasking is an important skill to young people. |
| D．Multitasking influences young people’s development seriously. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work. |
| B．Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again. |
| C．Educators feel that young people don’t need to improve their study skills. |
| D．People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children’s later study skills. |
The author develops (阐述) the passage mainly by__________.
| A．providing special examples |
| B．following the natural time order |
| C．giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects |
| D．comparing opinions from different worlds |
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