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| Marriages improve after children grow up and move out,according to an academic study,which suggests an "empty nest" is not always a bad thing. Popular wisdom has it that parents" relationships may suffer once their young fly the coop,because they feel they have lost their purpose in life.However,a new study by researchers at the University of California,Berkeley,has found that many couples actually feel happier when their children leave home because they are able to enjoy spending time together. In total,123 American mothers born in the 1930s were tracked for 18 years and asked to rate their satisfaction levels shortly after marrying,when they were bringing up babies,once their children reached their teenage years and finally at age 61,when almost all had "empty nests". Although not all said they were happier in general,most claimed their marriages had improved since their children had left home.Researchers believe this is not just because the spouses were spending more time together,but because they were able to enjoy each other"s company more. One of the participants in the study,which is published in the journal Psychological Science,said:" Once the kids grow up...there"s some of that stress removed...that responsibility removed,so things are a little more relaxed." Psychologist Sara Gorchoff,who carried out the investigation,said:"The takehome message for couples with young children is "hang in there". " Her coauthor Oliver John added:"Don"t wait until your kids leave home to schedule quality time with your partner." However,Dr Dorothy Rowe,from the British Psychological Society,said the effects of living in an "empty nest" will depend on the parents" relationship with their children."If you"re just waiting for them to leave home so you can get on with your life,then of course you"ll be pleased to see them go," she said, "But if you"ve built your life around your children you"ll be terribly lonely.For some parents,their world falls apart when their children leave." 1. It is commonly believed that________. A. marriages improve after children leave home B. an "empty nest" is always a happy thing C. parents" relationships may suffer once their young grow up and move out D. parents will be pleased after their children leave home 2. When did many couples feel happier according to the study? A. At age 61,when almost all had "empty nests". B. Shortly after marrying. C. Once their children reached their teenage years. D. When they were bringing up babies. 3. Marriages improve after children fly the coop not because______. A. many couples are able to spend time together B. many couples are able to enjoy each other"s company C. things are a little more relaxed D. many couples needn"t work at all 4. The author of the passage tends to agree that________. A. parents should build their life around their kids B. parents should schedule quality time with each other before kids leave home C. parents" relationship with their kids has no effect on marriages at all D. parents should be pleased to see their kids leave home | |||
| 短文填词 There is a famous saying,"Time is money". Not everyone see that time is valuable,even fewer knows it is ________(有限). We are told from time to time that when time is g________it will never return to us.Year after year we________goodbye to the past year.It is a pity that many people fail to make ________of time.They waste their ________(宝贵) time sleeping,drinking and traveling.They don"t realize wasting time is equal ________wasting their lives.They always regret having________(取得) nothing.Therefore,we should form the h________of valuing time.Do not put off________can be done until tomorrow. Idleness and________(懒惰) will bring us nothing but failure. | |||
| Every summer thousands of Americans stay at home instead of going on holiday because they"re overweight. They don"t want people to see them sunbathing and they don"t want to have to squeeze into plane seats. But now, thanks to the growing number of weight-friendly holiday packages, the overweight are having their days in the sun. "Overweight people will have a great time an our holidays as we don"t judge them like other people do," said Liz Nickels, owner of Big Adventures, a US based company that hosts scuba-diving-a sport of swimming underwater while breathing through a tube connected to a tank on your back for large people. As a way to keep up with the demand for extra-large accommodation, many hotels in the US have started to offer features such as wide beds and handheld showers. But the best in plus-size vacationing lies at Mexico"s Freedom Paradise, a112-room resort(度假胜地) opening this month, which urges guests to "Live Large, Live Free". The hotel has broad doorways, reinforced (加固) furniture and extra large chairs. It also boasts (自夸) a private beach to protect people from the stares that can occur on public beaches. "It"s not a hotel just for large people. It"s a size-friendly place where anyone can enjoy a holiday," said owner Jurrian Kilnk. "What we noticed was that a lot of oversized people don"t feel comfortable at resorts. " Staff members of all sizes are hired by the hotel to make overweight people feel OK. Though many welcome the new service, some feel differently. "I have a real problem with this," said Nancy Lenhart, owner of Camp La Jolla, a Californian weight-loss and fitness camp. "If you talk about oversized beds and doorways, you are throwing their weight in their faces. Overweight people want to be normalized. They shouldn"t be discriminated against like this. " | |||
| 1. Large people don"t want to go on holiday because . | |||
| A. they don"t like sun-bathing B. they don"t want to be looked at C. the planes are too crowded D. the hotels are not open to them | |||
| 2. In the first paragraph, weight-friendly holiday packages means _ . | |||
A. there are some free packages for the overweight | |||
| 3. Scuba-diving is a sport of swimming _ . | |||
| A. for larger people B. only for larger people C. jumping from the platform D. underwater | |||
| 4. Mexico"s Freedom Paradise is a hotel . | |||
| A. for people of all sizes B. only intended for larger people C. where everything is oversized D. where larger people can live for free | |||
| 5. The underlined part "you are throwing their weight in their faces" means . | |||
| A. you are beating them in the face B. it"s easy to know they"re overweight C. their faces seem bigger than others D. you can make them lose weight | |||
| So much to do, so little time. So much information, so little time to read it. In this age there is more information than ever before. There is not enough time to read everything we want to read. However, you can consume more information in shorter time through speed-reading. This article will not make you read 3 000 words per minute, but it will show you how to increase your speed significantly. You will also learn the basic techniques of speed-reading, along with the do"s and don"ts of speed-reading. When you first learned to read, you would say the word out aloud and sound it out. Then you might whisper the word because people can become annoyed when you read aloud. The stage you are now at is saying the word in your head. Most people tend to read this way. Saying the word in your head will cut your reading speed tremendously(极大地) . How do you calculate your reading speed? The speed is measured by how many words per minute you can read. Get some reading material, preferably a book. Find out how many words are on the page. Time yourself for one minute. Start your timer and start reading. When the timer beeps, stop. If you counted 500 words on the page and you read half of the page, and then you are probably reading at 250 words per minute. The first thing about speed-reading is looking at the word and recognizing it. Don"t say the word in your mind, just look at it and recognize its importance. Later you will recognize clumps of four words or more to increase your speed. This is the first and most important step in speed reading. The next step is technique. As with any other skill, speed-reading requires technique. You should first be sitting up straight with your book flat on a horizontal(水平的) surface, such as a table desk. Next, you should be able to see the entire page. This is necessary if you want to recognize clumps of words. Lastly, you should be focused. It"s hard to read with a lot of noise. Find a quiet place to read. This will help your understanding of the text. You need something to guide your eyes while reading. That"s right, you should use your hand. Remember when you were little, you would read using your finger. That is a great technique, only now you"re using your hand to underline each line, move your finger smoothly across the page. No need to go rush, start out slow. Keep your eyes focused on the words as you recognize them while using your hand as a guide. This will increase your speed. The third step is practice. Practice makes perfect. Set time intervals(间歇). Read using different techniques, but make sure you understand what you"re reading. | |||
| 1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? | |||
| A. Now there is limited information than ever before. B. Now conditions ask people to use less time to know more information. C. Now people can read what they like. D. Now the less you read, the more time you will spend. | |||
| 2. What is the subject discussed in the text? | |||
| A. What speed-reading is. B. Why we need speed-reading. C. Now it is much information time. D. People should practice speed-reading in different kinds of ways. | |||
| 3. The underlined sentence "you should be focused" in the fifth paragraph means that . | |||
| A. a person should devote his attention to it while reading B. your feelings will be hurt while reading C. a person should smooth away difficulties while he reads D. you should pay attention to your faults while you are reading |