Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

  “I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How you like it?” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

  Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

  Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

  No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”

  But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents.

  “There’s still a lot strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College, “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

  Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.

  “My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-old, were on the ‘a(chǎn)fter’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

63. The underlined word gulf in Para. 3 most probably means _______.

A. interest      B. distance      C. difference   D. separation

64. Which of the following show that the generation gap is disappearing?

A. Parents help their children develop interests in more activities.

B. Parents put more trust in their children’s abilities.

C. Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.

D. Parents share more interests with their children.

65. The change in today’s parent-child relationship is _____.

A. more confusion among parents

B. new equality between parents and children

C. less respect for parents from children

D. more strictness and authority on the part of parents

66. The purpose of the passage is to _____.

A. describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with

B. discuss the development of the parent-child relationship

C. suggest the ways to handle the parent-child relationship

D. compare today’s parent-child relationship with that in the past

As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) trend (趨勢(shì)) in the U.S. continues to grow. “We needed furniture for our living room, ” says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

  Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $ 420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”

  John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

67. We can learn from the text that many newly married people _____.

       A. find it hard to pay for what they need

       B. have to learn to make their own furniture

       C. take DIY courses run by the government

       D. seldom go to a department store to buy things

68. John and his wife went evening classes to learn how to _____.

A. run a DIY shop  B. make or repair things

C. save time and money D. improve the quality of life

69. Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when ____.

       A. his car repairs cost too much

       B. the car repair class was not helpful

       C. he could no possible do two jobs

       D. he had to raise the children all by himself

70. What would be the best title for the text?

       A. The Joy of DIY

       B. You Can Do It Too!

       C. Welcome to Our DIY Course!

       D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY.

As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) trend in the U.S. continues to grow.

“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.

Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car by myself.”

John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.

65．We can learn from the text that many newly married people ________.

A. find it hard to pay for what they need            B. have to learn to make their own furniture

C. take DIY courses run by the government

D. seldom go to a department store to buy things

66．When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim ________.

A. keeps house and looks after his children         B. does his own car and home repairs

C. does extra work at night                                D. makes shoes in his home

67．Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when ________.

A. he had to raise the children all by himself              B. the car repair class was not helpful

C. he could not possibly do two jobs                  D. his car repairs cost too much

68．What would be the best title for the text?

A. the Joy of DIY                                            B. You Can Do It Too! 

C. Welcome to Our DIY Course!                        D. Ross and Hatfield: Believers in DIY

We gather a great amount of incidental knowledge from pets（寵物）. If we look after them properly, we learn what they like and dislike. We do not set out to gain this knowledge purposely, but in attending to our pets we gain it by the way. It is got without our realizing it.

In keeping our dogs or cats we learn about different diseases(疾病) that can affect them, and the cures for these diseases. We learn how much sleep they need and what kind of food keeps them healthy. In looking after our fish we learn about the composition of water. We get to know what kinds of fish can live peacefully together and what kinds are hostile to each other. We learn that animals, fish and birds have a lot of things in common with human beings.

If children keep pets, their general education is helped by this kind of incidental knowledge. One little incident after another in which their pets are involved adds to their store of learning. It is a more interesting form of learning than that given in the biology lesson in school. People who keep pets should have a sense of responsibility towards them. Children, too, should be taught to be responsible. Pets are completely dependent(依靠) on their owners and the owners should respond to this dependence by looking after them. Irresponsible behavior towards pets is a form of cruelty.

In deciding to keep a pet , we make ourselves responsible（有責(zé)任的）for providing proper food and shelter for the pet. In a crowded city like Hong Kong, where there is so little room for the exercise required by large pets, we should think twice before undertaking the responsibility of keeping one.

72.In keeping pets, we learn that ___________.

A. pets dislike human beings           B. pets share what we have

C. human beings can gain knowledge by keeping pets

D. pets and human beings gather a great amount of incidental knowledge

73.For children ___________ .

A. keeping pets widens(拓寬) their general knowledge

B. keeping pets adds to their trouble

C. all kinds of knowledge are gained by keeping pets

D. incidental knowledge is more important than general knowledge

74.In keeping pets, responsibility means ___________.

A. depending on them                                B. taking care of them

C. feeding them                                        D. teaching them

75.In Hong Kong, it is not proper to keep large pets because ___________.

A. they eat a lot while the owner provides little

B. they depend too much on people

C. there is little room for them to move aroundD. the responsibility is too great

What disgusting habits rum your stomach when yon walk the streets of the capital? Beijing residents say spitting is what they hate most about living in the city．

    What comes after spitting are dog owners who fail to clear up their pets’excrement．Third on the list of bad practices is not properly disposing of rubbish．The result was released by the Beijing Social Psychology Institute after they recently conducted a survey of 770 randomly selected people

    The three phenomena that topped the list of uncivilized behavior remained almost the same when they are compared with the survey of one year ago．Nearly 63 percent of those surveyed this month said they often see people spitting in public．However, nearly 27 percent of the residents said that spitting has reduced over the past yean

    People are happy to see this result．However, spitting in public has become a habit for some  The researchers believe that punishment could help reduce some of bad behavior,

    The residents being surveyed said that publicity and punishment for spitting should be strengthened to make those with the bad habit change．But it still needs more effort from the whole of society and every resident in order to achieve the goal．They find that few people will spit in their own neighborhood 01"their workplace．Spitting at home goes without saying．But on streets and in other public places such as buses and railway stations．spitting is more common．

      People believe that home and their neighborhood are their own places．In workplaces，people care about what other people think of them as everybody else will know them．But in public places, due to a lack of supervision，some people believe the environment has nothing to do with them． Besides spitting，with the increase in dogs raised as pets in Beijing，many complaints have been received because some dog owners do not clear up their pets’excrement．

    More than half of the people surveyed said they often saw this happen．They always saw dog excrement on the pass by the sides of streets The dogs have no idea where they should relieve themselves，but why do their owners know nothing about what to d0 with what they leave behind? It is reported that there are more than 1 million pet dogs in Beijing．

    Other habits that really get on the nerves of the city residents are illegal adverts，out of control passengers on buses or the subways and lovers who show affection in public．

    However,44 percent of the people believe that the moral standards of Beijing people are still high despite the problems．Only 7 percent of the people said that the moral standards of Beijing people were low．

    Many people being surveyed believe that local people are more civilized than a year ago． Many local residents said although the moral standards of Beijing people are high compared with those of the people in other cities．there is still a gap between the capital city and some large foreign cities

56．In Line l the expression“turn your stomach, most probably mean      ．

      A．to make your stomach aching      B．to make you sick

      C．to make you hungry    D．to make you full

57．The uncivilized behavior came first on the list of bad habits were     ．

      A．nearly the same as the result of the survey one year ago

      B．quite different from the result of the survey one year ago

      C．a(chǎn)lmost contrary to the result of the survey one year ago

      D．just remaining exactly the same as the result of the survey one year ago

58．Which of the following is NOT the reason why spitting in public is common?

      A．People don’t care about other’s opinion as they don’t know each other

      B．They regard public places as their own home or neighborhood

      C．Some people think they have nothing to do with the environment．

      D．There is no supervision to control people

59．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

      A．Gaps between Bering and Some Big Foreign Cities

      B．Bad Habit：Spitting

      C．Uncivilized getting Residents

      D．Bad Habits Disgust Beijing Residents

Seventeen-year-old Randy Waldron, Jr. was shocked when he applied for his first credit card and was denied. He was even more shocked by the reason: He failed to repay thousands of dollars in debt.

   Waldron’s identity had been stolen by his father, who left when Randy was learning to walk. Form 1982 to 1999, Randy Waldron, Sr, used his son’s Social Security number to obtain credit from various merchants and lenders, then racked up tens of thousands of dollars in debts. He declared bankruptcy in his son’s name, which resulted in default judgments against the younger Waldron. It has taken Randy Jr. now a 24-year-old flight attended, years to untangle the mess.

Waldron isn’t alone. Identity theft is this country’s fastest-growing crime-and, increasingly, ID thieves are targeting children. Their clean credit and absence of criminal histories make them ideal victims.

Linda Foley，co-executive director of the Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego estimates that at least 400，000 children had their identities stolen in 2005．more than double the number in 2003．Waldron's case is typical: The resource center estimates that two -thirds of child ID thefts are committed by family members．   

Some dishonest persons use children‘s names and Social Security numbers to ring up massive debts；others use children’s identities in place of their own when caught committing other crimes：still others sell identification information on the black market to illegal immigrants, fellow criminals or even terrorists The theft brings its victims enormous financial and emotional trauma

(創(chuàng)傷)，in part because the identity abuse often goes undetected for years

Dealing with child identity theft after it happens is extremely difficult．Laws in many states are insufficient to handle the crime’s complexity, and financial institutions are often less than helpful Randy Waldron，Jr．，has worked tirelessly for eight years to straighten out his credit record，and he continues to deal with the fallout．”It‘s been a very long and arduous battle，“he says．

”Recovering my identity was really the absolute hardest part．I think a lot of victims assume the problem will go away．”

63．Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Child Identity Theft

B．How to Avoid Identity Theft

C．Recover My Identity

D．Look o kit for Family Members

64 Why do children easily become the targets of identity theft?

A. Because they cannot read or write at a young age.

B. Because they have empty credit and criminal records

C. Because they are too young to protect themselves

D. Because identity theft can’t be found in time

65. With the help of the child’s identity, the criminals can d0 the following except      

A．obtain credits from various merchants and lenders

B．substitute for their own identities when caught committing crimes

C．straighten out their own credit record

D．sell identification information on the black market

66．It can be inferred from the passage that         ．

A．New laws should be made to help the identity theft victims

B．Children should never trust their family members

C．Financial institutions should be responsible for the identity theft

D．Identity theft is the fastest-growing crime in the country

 A religious person will have a different thought than one who is not. And a Democrat usually doesn’t view issues the same way as a Republican.

Take the shoes for example. It has the same principle. Some like custom shoes for personalization. But some don’t. Some will purchase a shoes printer only for one desired image. That all depends on different conceptions. So when you have a negative thought about yourself, don’t consider it a fact until you also reflect on the opposite view. And if the alternative is more positive, accept that to be your truth.

An anorexic (厭食癥患者) looks in the mirror and thinks she is fat. As a result she starves herself and begins to get weak. But society thinks she’s too skinny. Unless she can change her perception, she’ll never agree with society. And she’ll never get better. What are you seeing in you that is preventing you from realizing how beautiful you are? Or how smart you are? Or how lovable? If you take the positive view, that is how other people will see you too.

More often than not the critical statements that damage your self-respect come from your own mind. Now you know how you can silence them. A bad comment is usually not about you, it’s about something that is going on with the commenter. Don’t believe anything that is said to you that isn’t in your best interest. And don’t waste any time or brainpower on anyone who doesn’t think you are amazing.

It’s what you think that creates how you feel. Design your own custom shoes, despite others’ critical eyes. If you like it, it will be the top one. If someone tells you you’re fat, or stupid or otherwise unappealing, the only person you should think badly about is them!

59. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Try to be different.               B. Different belief makes different view.

C. You are actually amazing.         D. Trust what people say to you.

60. Which of the following sentence contains a metaphor (暗喻)?

A. A Democrat usually doesn’t view issues the same way as a Republican

B. Some one likes custom shoes for personalization.

C. An anorexic looks in the mirror and thinks she is fat.

D. Design your own custom shoes, despite others’ critical eyes.

61. The reason why the writer wrote this passage is to ______.

A. confuse people as how to think

B. help people learn how to do self-reflection

C. tell people of different ways of thinking

D. show he is smarter than most of the people

62. What is the meaning of the underlined word “unappealing”?

A. stylish    B. unattractive   C. lazy   D. handsome