Being a good parent is harder now than it has ever been before. In pressurized modern lives, demands to be a fulfilled individual, a good partner and a good worker, take no account of being a good parent. We haven’t left space for the nurturing parents who are expected to provide what children need. As a result, many families in the western world just don’t work.
Something will have to change. With luck, people in the future will only have children if they really want them. That should mean parenthood is seen as a much more positive promise than it is now, that parents are socially supported, and are admired for doing a good job.
The problem is that in the last generation or so we’ve come to assume that women should want and be able to everything that by tradition men have done at the same time as pretty well everything that by tradition women have done. And it’s just not possible. Since adopting a male life style is demonstrably only another form of submission（順從）, quite a number of highly educated and economically privileged（優(yōu)越的）women are now choosing to take career breaks so as to be at home with their children for longer than that poor 18 weeks.
The most welcoming trend in parenting is that men are participating more and more, even that is not free of conflict, however. Intellectually（理智上）, women want men to be equal parents and do their share. But there’s often a contradictory（矛盾的）emotion because children are the last fort of the female power in the family. “I want him to help me but this is my region and being better at it is one of the new things I’ve got as a female.” In truth, although they haven’t had generations of practice, there’s no reason why men can’t raise children as well as women. Men left to cope after bereavement or divorce, as well as some who take on the role of principal career within a partnership, are already doing it.
16.Why is it more difficult today to be good parents?
A. Because parents don’t want to face the pressure of rearing children.
B. Because children are in dependent and don’t need to be taken care of.
C. Because husbands and wives have little time to talk to each other.
D. Because people want to fulfill their own dreams, leaving no time to look after children.
17. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A. people in future will not be as interested in children as people at present
B. parenthood will be considered as a positive commitment as it is now
C. women do better in rearing children than men
D. parents will receive admiration for taking good care of children
18. Nowadays, a lot of highly educated and economically privileged women ________.
A. tend to stay at home for more than 18 weeks
B. tend to adopt a male life style
C. tend to quit their jobs and stay at home
D. tend to be submissive wives
19. It seems that in parenting , women ________.
A. are contradictory in their thoughts.                B.demand equality between sexes
C. tend to leave children to their husbands.         D. often quarrel with their husbands
20. The underlined word “bereavement” in the para 4 probably means _________.
A. departure of his wife.                                          B. death of his wife
C. return of his wife                                         D. annoyance of his wife

16---20    DDAAB  
本文為說(shuō)明文講述了為人父母問(wèn)題，當(dāng)今社會(huì)為人父母越來(lái)越不容易，現(xiàn)在社會(huì)人們對(duì)做父母有何種傾向呢？
16.D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段，作者提到了“壓力重重的現(xiàn)代社會(huì)”、“做個(gè)實(shí)現(xiàn)自己抱負(fù)的人”和“我們沒(méi)有為父母留下教育孩子的空間”，這些都解釋了為什么現(xiàn)在做個(gè)好父母比以往任何時(shí)候都要艱難。
17.D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“…that parents are socially supported, and are admired for doing a good job.”，可知答案為D。第二段第二句“With luck, people in the future will only have children if they really want them.”，但不能由此推出A；B與本段第三句“That should mean parenthood is seen as a much more positive promise…”不符；有最后一段倒數(shù)第二句“In truth, although they haven’t had generations of practice,…”可看出C錯(cuò)。
18.A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第三段第三句“事實(shí)上，由于選擇男性的生存方式可以說(shuō)是另一形式的男尊女卑，許多受過(guò)高等教育以及經(jīng)濟(jì)地位優(yōu)越的婦女都情愿有一段職業(yè)間隙，這樣和孩子一起呆的時(shí)間就能長(zhǎng)一點(diǎn)，而不僅是那可憐的18周產(chǎn)假�！盉和原文“由于選擇男性的生存方式可以說(shuō)是另…”相反；C錯(cuò)在quit上，注意文中breaks（間歇）的意思。職業(yè)女性正是不愿意男尊女卑才情愿在家呆段時(shí)間，所以D也錯(cuò)。
19.A．推斷題。根據(jù)第四段” Intellectually（理智上）, women want men to be equal parents and do their share. But there’s often a contradictory（矛盾的）emotion…”可看出答案。B只是原文的部分內(nèi)容（But there’s often a contradictory（矛盾的）emotion…）；CD文中未提及。
20.B．詞義猜測(cè)題。最后一段最后一句提到兩種需要男人獨(dú)立承擔(dān)照顧孩子的情況，一是離婚，那么根據(jù)常識(shí)另一種應(yīng)該是喪偶。
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13.A. difficult     B. hopeless      C. embarrassing   D. pleasing
14.A. bees        B. grass         C. dust          D. tears
15.A. At         B. For           C. In           D. With
16.A. almost      B. again         C. even         D. still
17.A. attention    B. experience     C. knowledge     D. respect
18.A. got       B. given          C. found         D. put
19.A. successful  B. deepest         C. difficult       D. valuable
20.A. courage    B. desire          C. goal          D. teacher

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      Music has often been used in movies to create mood and add dimension to the images which the audience sees on the screen. One man who is famous for his ability to write powerful and highly effective music for movies is John Williams. Mr. Williams has been writing music for movies since 1960, but he is perhaps best known for his award-winning scores for movies such as Jaws, Star Wars, and Schindler's List. Before he began writing music for the movies, Mr. Williams dreamed of being a concert pianist. He studied at both the University of California, Los Angeles and Juilliard School. During the 1950s, Mr. Williams was into jazz and he worked in New York City with many jazz artists. Later, he moved back to Los Angeles where he continued to play the piano for jazz musicians. He also got a job writing music for television shows. It was this television job that led him into movies.
Throughout the 1960s, Mr. Williams wrote the music that can be heard in more than 20 movies. Most of these movies were light comedies. Then, in 1975, the director of the movie Jaws, Steven Spielberg, hired Mr. Williams. The director thought that Mr. William's music added so much to the scary （引起恐慌的）scenes of the movie that he insisted on working with Mr. Williams in all of his future movies. Other directors and Hollywood film studios also demanded to work with Mr. Williams, and his career as a composer of movie soundtracks took off. Many of these movies have soundtracks that are still available in music stores today. They include The Deer Hunter, Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET, and Jurassic Park.
In 1980, Mr. Williams had another chance to expand his musical experience. He was chosen to be the new conductor for the Boston Pops Orchestra when Arthur Fiedler retired. Mr. Williams gladly accepted the position because it only required that he conduct the orchestra during the summer. This left him free to continue writing music for the movies during the rest of the year. Mr. Williams conducted the Boston Pops for more than 12 years before he decided to retire and write music full-time. Along with the many movie music scores he has written, Mr. Williams has also written two symphonies, a flute concerto, and a violin concerto. Up to now, Mr. Williams has written music for more than 60 movies. It is no wonder that he is today's most famous Hollywood composer.
69. What is John Williams most famous for?
A. Conducting.                 B. Making movies.
C. Playing jazz.                 D. Writing music for movies.
70. What happened to Mr. Williams in 1975?
A. He began writing music for movies.      B. He moved to Hollywood.
C. He worked with Steven Spielberg.        D. He worked for the Boston Pops.
71. Which of the following things has Mr. Williams not done?
A. Conducted an orchestra.              B. Directed a movie.
C. Played jazz piano.                   D. Writing classical music.

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