30、---- Can’t you _____ a bit? I wouldn’t like to miss a single minute of the concert?

---- Don’t worry. We’ll get there in time.

A. sweep up       B. take up            C. speed up       D. make up

29、_____ money, the young man couldn’t afford to buy a new car.

A. Lacks          B. To lack            C. Lacked         D. lacking

28、At the entrance all passengers _____ to show their tickets.

A. required       B. are required       C. require        D. are requiring

27、Rather than spend a lot of money repairing the car seriously _____ in the accident, he preferred to buy a new one.

A. injured        B. damaged           C. destroyed       D. wounded

26、At the conference, political leaders from many countries promised to work   together to defend the world _____ terrorism and other threats.

A. for            B. against           C. beyond          D. without

25、Seldom ______ breakfast when I was a middle school student.

A. had I          B. I had             C. did I have      D. I did have

22、The Hidden Health Issue: Emotional Well-Being

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health has just released the results from the second annual Bay Annual Parent Poll, a telephone survey of nearly 1,800 parents from Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco. San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties in California.

For the second year in a row. Bay Area parents have put their children’s emotional health at the top of their worry list, highlighting a health risk not usually discussed. Parents across economic, ethnic, and geographic lines say that they worry about stress, depression, weight, and the impact of family stress on their kids.

Stress and Depression

About 65% of the parents of teenagers say their children experience stress from schoolwork, pressure to compete in school, divorce and family finances. In addition, 25% of the parents worry that their children might be depressed. Comparatively, less than 10% of the parents of the teens are concerned about their children smoking cigarettes, using alcohol or smoking marijuana.

Other Results

Family Time: More than 25% of the parents say they do not spend enough time together as a family.

Media: More than 45% of the parents way that the media have a negative effect on their teens.

It is clear from the results of this survey that parents of older teens are more worried about their emotional health, and I would guess that part of this finding reflects parents not feeling “connected” to their teens. We know that stress and depression are predictors for teens participating in many unhealthy behaviors, including drinking and smoking.

Not only do these results call for schools and health care to regularly assess the emotional well-being of teens, it is also a wake-up call for parents to “engage” with both the health care and educational systems to support changes to reduce the stress our youth are feeling.

1．What is the greatest stress for the Bay Area Children in the parents’ opinions?

      A．Activities like sports, music, arts.

       B．Difficulties with family members.

       C．Pressure to compete in school.

       D．Homework and schoolwork.

2．According to the survey, parents worry most about their kids’            .

       A．unhealthy behaviors                             B．emotional health

       C．physical health                                     D．school lessons

3．How many parents think that the media have a bad effect on their teens?

       A．One out of ten.                                    B．Over a quarter.    

       C．Nearly a half.                                      D．About two thirds.

4．We can conclude from the results of the survey that           .

       A．children’s health risk should be highlighted

       B．parents should help to reduce children’s stress

       C．educational systems should be completely changed

       D．parents should prevent their children from bad behaviors

21、

Dior was born in Normandy in 1905, and his family’s original plans for him included a career in the diplomatic service, but by the time he was twenty-three, with his parents’ money, he opened a small art gallery in Paris. By 1931, the money had been used up. Dior’s friends in the art gallery asked him to draw and be took his first step at designing and drawing. His first job was with Lucien Lelong from whom Dior learned his craft（手藝）.

In February, 1947, Dior started the New Look in his first major Paris collection. He was backed by a famous textile producer. Boussac, who looked after the dollars, while Dior looked after the fashions. Dior knew nothing about cutting and sewing, but he was good at fashion design.

The New look started an entirely different look to costume, with a tiny waist, a rounded shoulder and a shapely bust（胸圍）, usually with a low-cut neekline and a long, full skirt. To women who had lived through the war years, the femaleness of the New Look was a great success, for people were tired of the extremely plain, wartime restrictive fashions.

It is said that dresses by Dior were “constructed like buildings,” but young people were attracted to his design, and all over the western world, manufacturers plunged（投入）into the production of his new style. Dior’s revolutionary designs lighted up a whole cycle of fashion, rounded, gentle, feminine, a delight in elegance. A New Look House of Dior opened in 1948, followed by one in London. Considered as King of Couture（Women’s clothing） for years, the Dior empire grew until it covered every country in the western world, and included furs, hosiery, jewelry, perfumes, men’s wear and on and on. More than 1,000 people worked at the Paris headquarters then.

His sudden death in 1957 when he was 54 years old did not stop the growth of the House of Dior. Even now, so many years after his death, his name is closely connected with fashion throughout the world, and indeed is one of the most recognized names in the world. His first, great New Look, with its long skirts was an expression of freedom in the late 1940s.

1．Which of the following designs is close to Dior’s?

                A．           B．           C．             D．

2．According to the passage, in Dior’s life, he did NOT              .

       A．make creative fashion designs               B．work in a diplomatic service

       C．learn craft as his first job                      D．open a New Look House 

3．We can infer from the passage that             .

       A．Dior and his supporter had different interests in business

       B．Dior’s New Look had little influence on people then

       C．Dior is only a brand of women’s fashion

       D．Dior’s fashion was not accepted at first

4．What is probably the best title for the passage?

       A．The History of the New Look.

       B．The Growth of the Dior Empire

       C．An Expression of Freedom-Dior.

       D．The Founder of the New Look-Dior.