Requiring children to save part of their______ can also open the door to future saving and
A.commission
B.allowance
C.grant
D.pension
A.commission
B.allowance
C.grant
D.pension
第1题
But it's a rueful chuckle (苦笑). Somehow our family does revolve around our child: her sports, her homework, her social commitments. My husband and I have lives too. It's just that we must fit them into whatever scrap of time is left over.
Somewhere in the last two generations, we shifted our focus from marriage as the family foundation to children. It's been a subtle change, and you have to look closely to see its impact on marriage.
Compare the time your parents spent exclusively together to the amount you and your mate do. Parents of earlier generations went out on Saturday nights. Today's families cart the kids to parties with family friends. Is it good for the parents and kids to be together?
Parents once supported each other's needs, and children's preferences came second. "Turn off that television. Your father deserves some peace when he comes home" and "No, you can't sit in the front. That's your mother's seat" were perfectly reasonable things to say. Many couples took half an hour at the day's end to share a drink and conversation. Children were expected to play independently.
Bedroom doors were closed and parents' beds sacred. Sex was an adult secret enjoyed by parents who were confident that their children wouldn't walk in without knocking. Now, parents can't find time or privacy. Children centeredness has gone too far.
How did we make marital love second to parental love?
The increasing balance of power between the sexes that resulted from women achieving more economic independence cut ruthlessly into the time women have for their children. A marriage- centered family was once a father-centered family. Parents spent time together when Dad came home. Today Mum might spend that half hour reading a story to her son. He too wants to reconnect, and in a child-centered family, that takes precedence. When time is limited, we put our children first.
Dad's position has been eroded by the demands of an ever more competitive childhood. Child experts have shown us the benefits of early stimulation, socializing, being read aloud to. To afford a child these advantages requires 1,000 gymnastics visits, music lessons, tutoring.
Intellectual achievements are all fast-tracked now too. Children arrive in kindergarten having long since learned the letters and colours once lovingly taught during that first year of school. And good schools are the ones assigning more homework, requiring more parent participation.
What is the author's attitude towards children centeredness?
第2题
听力原文: Teaching is supposed to be a professional activity requiring long and complicated training. The act of teaching is looked upon as a flow of knowledge from a higher source to an empty container. The student's role is one of receiving information; the teacher's role is one of sending it. However, teaching need not be the province of a special group of people nor need it be looked upon as a technical skill. Teaching can be more like guiding and helping than forcing information into a supposedly empty head. If you have a certain skill you should be able to share it with someone. All of us, from the very youngest children to the oldest members of our cultures, should come to realize our own potential as teachers. We can share what we know, however little it might be, with someone who has need of that knowledge or skill.
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A.A professional activity.
B.Something special.
C.A technical skill.
D.Information.
第3题
A、a party designed by specialists
B、a plan requiring careful thought
C、a situation causing difficulty or trouble
D、a demand made by guests
第4题
A.The perpetual studiers can not choose careers requiring social skills.
B.The perpetual studiers with high grades lack social skills.
C.The careers requiring many social skills do not want perpetual studiers.
D.It is hard to be successful choosing careers requiring many social skills.
第5题
Select the statement that best expresses the main idea of the paragraph.
A.Every person has the potential to be a teacher.
B.It is not difficult to be a good teacher.
C.Teaching is a professional activity requiring special training.
D.Teaching is the flow of knowledge from a higher source to an empty containers.
第6题
A vessel casualty must be reported to the MSA in China if it involves ______.
A.loss of life
B.an injury requiring only first aid
C.property damage
D.loss of equipment which doesn't reduce the vessel's maneuverability
第7题
Mr. Leonard does not achieve those results by admitting only high-testing students into his school. Of the students arriving with lower test scores, Mr. Leonard says that he is not looking for the students with the highest grades, or even the best behavior. He's looking for the ones who understand his basic mission of discipline and respect, and are willing to devote themselves to his regular training course.
The Bedford Academy High School is famous for its autonomy. For Mr. Leonard, autonomy means insisting that all entering students spend their Saturday mornings in preparatory classes tile summer before they enroll. Autonomy also means an automatic weeklong suspension for any student who "disrespects a female," said Mr. Leonard. It means requiring struggling students, in the weeks before the Regents exams, to attend studying sessions on Saturday from 9 a. m. until 9 p. m. It means the most senior, experienced teachers, including Mr. Leonard, teach not the school's academic jewels, but the most struggling students.
And autonomy also means the school's teachers administer almost no homework. Instead they emphasize after-school tutoring where the teachers can keep a better eye on whether the student is actually grasping the material.
In Mr. Leonard's school, most of the students who don't have to pay for lunch ______.
A.are adopted children
B.are parentless
C.are homeless
D.have a single parent
第8题
Mr. Leonard does not achieve those results by admitting only high-testing students into his school. Of the students arriving with lower test scores, Mr. Leonard says that he is not looking for the students with the highest grades, or even the best behavior. He's looking for the ones who understand his basic mission of discipline and respect, and are willing to devote themselves to his regular training course.
The Bedford Academy High School is famous for its autonomy. For Mr. Leonard, autonomy means insisting that all entering students spend their Saturday mornings in preparatory classes tile summer before they enroll. Autonomy also means an automatic weeklong suspension for any student who "disrespects a female," said Mr. Leonard. It means requiring struggling students, in the weeks before the Regents exams, to attend studying sessions on Saturday from 9 a. m. until 9 p. m. It means the most senior, experienced teachers, including Mr. Leonard, teach not the school's academic jewels, but the most struggling students.
And autonomy also means the school's teachers administer almost no homework. Instead they emphasize after-school tutoring where the teachers can keep a better eye on whether the student is actually grasping the material.
In Mr. Leonard's school, most of the students who don't have to pay for lunch ______.
A.are adopted children
B.are parentless
C.are homeless
D.have a single parent
第9题
A fishing vessel casualty must be reported to the Coast Guard if it involves ______.
A.loss of life
B.an injury requiring only first aid
C.$(SA)10,000 in property damage
D.loss of equipment which doesn't reduce the vessel's maneuverability
第10题
A zero-coupon bond is one that().
A.effectively has a zero percent coupon rate.
B.pays interest to the investor based on the general level of interest rates, rather than at a specified coupon rate.
C.pays interest to the investor without requiring the actual coupon to be mailed to the corporation.
D.is issued by state governments because they don't have to pay interest.
E.is analyzed primarily by focusing (“zeroing in”) on the coupon rate.
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