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　　passage 12 passage 13

　　Passage 12

　　Take a deep breath and spend a week with the Lee family in Minneapolis. The three older Children - Anna， 12， Nathan， 9， and Kristian， 7 - play one sport or another almost all year round. （Lisa is only 1 so she gets a break here.） Anna's practicing football， volleyball， basketball and softball. Nathan and Kristian do them all except volleyball. In the summer， add on tennis and swim lessons.

　　All of this means that dad， Darwin， a teacher， and mom， Joann， a nurse， spend a lot of time making sure everyone gets where he needs to be. Family dinners？ Forget about it. A busy family timetable， says Barbara Carlson， a school teacher， has become the new thing that shows your status （地位）。 “It used to be a house or car，” says Carlson， “Now you say， `you're busy？ You should see how busy we are.'”

　　In hope of getting their children into Harvard， many parents send their children to violin lessons at 3 and sign them up for tennis as soon as they're big enough to hold a bat. And that's just the warm-up. The real serious task begins as soon as they start school. Mr. Moffat， father of a nine-year-old boy， said， “it's important for children to learn honour and responsibility（责任），”he says. “It builds discipline（纪律性）and character.”

　　Maybe， but scientists say that too many outside activities destroy something children need even more-time to connect with their family members. Professor William J. Doherty， a University of Minnesota professor of family social science says that if parents and children don't make time for each other， there will be problems. He says， “Parents are so eager to develop the children in every possible way that raising children becomes like product development.”

　　1. Which child of the Lee family has more activities than the others？

　　A. Nathan. B. Kristian.

　　C. Anna. D. Lisa.

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE of the Lee family？

　　A. A busy timetable is something new.

　　B. The children are taken wherever they want to go.

　　C. Lisa is free because she only has one activity.

　　D. It is difficult to have a family dinner.

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　　used to do 过去常常做某事

　　答案：D

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　　3. Why do some parents make their children practise sports or music even when they are very young？

　　A. To fill up the timetable for their spare time.

　　B. To find them a way into best universities.

　　C. To help them do well in school.

　　D. To show a kind of social status.

　　答案：B

　　细节定位题

　　4. “It” in “It used to be a house or car” refer to ______.

　　A. a busy family timetable

　　B. the thing that shows your status

　　C. the warm-up

　　D. outside activity

　　答案：B

　　5. What might the writer suggest parents should do for children？

　　A. Get them into various activities.

　　B. Build up a close family tie for them.

　　C. Prepare them for school as early as possible.

　　D. Help them understand honour and responsibility.

　　答案：B

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