阅读理解。 For more than six million American children, coming home after school
to an empty house.__1__Some may hide. But all of them have something in common.
They spend part of each day alone. hey are called latchkey children. They are children
who look after themselves while their parents work.__2__
Lynette Long was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said,
"We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their
necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put them inside shirts. There
were so many keys. It never came to my mind what they meant." __3__
She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the
impact working couples and single parents were having on their children. __4__One in
every three latchkey children the Logs talked to reported being scared. Many had
nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding.__5__The
second is TV. They"ll often play it at high volume. It"s hard to get statistics(情况)on latchkey
children, the Longs learned. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.
A. Slowly, she learned they were house ke
ys.B. But they don"t mind.
C. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone.
D. Some deal with the situation by watching TV.
E. Some go to their friends or their relatives.
F. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
G. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet.
The producer of a new Indonesian movie about President Obama"s childhood years in Jakarta(雅加达) is hoping that interested Americans will flock to see the film, Little Obama, in theatres across the
country.
Little Obama is the creation of Damien Dematra, an Indonesian writer and artist who has worked
on the project since November when he was struck with the idea of writing about the time a young
Obama lived in Jakarta with his mother and stepfather in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The film is based on a novel published in March Obama Anak Menteng, and focuses on the president"s childhood friendships in Indonesia.
The novel and the film are fictionalized(把-编成小说) accounts of the president"s time in Jakarta and
are based on interviews with people who are childhood friends and neighbours of Mr. Obama. Many
Indonesians share a deep pride about a man who spent part of his shaping years in the country and went
on to become U.S. president.
The film star is a 14-year-old Hasan Faruq Ali, an American who has lived in Indonesia with his family
for about 10 years. Like the president, he is the son of a white mother and a black father. Since filming
began, he has been under the shine of media attention. "My whole life changed overnight," he says.
The film, which was made on a budget of $1 million, won"t get its first public screening until
Wednesday, but ads for the movie on YouTube have got a few thousand hits. It isn"t clear whether
Little Obama will get a U.S. release(发行), but the film"s producer says he is in talks with a U.S.
distributor(发行人).
B. The political views of Obama from his childhood.
C. The determination and hard work of young Obama.
D. Mr. Obama"s friends when he was young in Indonesia.
B. They shoot a film when they are young.
C. they have the experience of living in Indonesia.
D. Hasan has a white mother and a black father.
B. Little Obama will be popular in America.
C. Little Obama will be popular in Indonesia.
D. Ads for Little Obama proved unsuccessful.
Christmas came in extravagant(奢侈的) fashion to the Muslim desert emirate(酋长国) of Abu
Dhabi as a shining hotel uncovered a bejeweled(饰以珠宝的) Christmas tree valued at more than
11 million dollars on Wednesday.
It is "the most expensive Christmas tree ever" with "a value of over 11 million dollars", said Hans
Olbertz, general of Emirates Palace Hotel, at its inauguratuion(落成典礼).
The 13-metre (40-foot) evergreen, located in the gold hall of the hotel, is decorated with silver
and gold bows, ball-shaped decorations and small white lights. But the necklaces, earrings and other
jewellery hung around the tree"s branches are what give it a record value. "It holds a total of 181
diamonds, pearls, sapphires and other precious stones," said Khalifa Khouri, owner of Style Gallery,
which provided the jewellery.
"The tree itself is about 10,000 dollars," Olbertz said. "The jewellery has a value of over 11 million
dollars-I think $1,141,150."
"This will probably b
e an entry into the Guinness book of world records," Olbertz said, adding that
Emirates Palace planned to contact the organization about the tree which is to stay until the end of the
year.
Asked whether the tree might be against religious sensibilities in the United Arab Emirates, where
the vast majority of the local population are Muslim, Olbertz said he did not think it would. "It is a
liberal(自由的) country," he said.
The hotel has had a Christmas tree up in previous years, but this year "we have to do something
different", and the hotel"s marketing team hatched the plan, said Olbertz.
B. Because the tree itself has a value of more than 11 million dollars
C. Because the tree has unique religious sensibility in the United Arab Emirates.
D. Because the je
wellery hung around the tree"s branches gives it a record value.B. The tree is decorated with jewellery whose value is over 11 million dollars.
C. The tree has been an entry into the Guinness book of world records.
D. The tree is sure to be against religious sensibilities in the United Arab Emirates.
B. turned out
C. looked out
D. broke out
B. The precious jewellery hung around a tree
C. The most expensive Christmas tree ever
D. the United Arab Emirates, a liberal country
count
s more bicycles than people and cycling is so popular that its numerous bike paths can becomecrowded. Two-wheeler traffic jams are es
pecially regular on the main Noerrebrogade road used byaround 36,000 cyclists a day. "You have to elbow your way in to go forward and some cyclists aren"t
always thoughtful," complains 22-year-old university student Lea Bresell.
The creation of bike highways "comes right on time", says Danish Cyclist Federation Spokesman
Frits Bredal. "Copenhagen"s roads are overloaded with people who want to ride their bicycles in all
kinds of weather," he says. "If in the 1960s Danes viewed the car as the symbol of freedom, the bicycles
have supposed that role today," Bredal says. "It"s a mode of transportation used by all social classes,
even politicians ride bikes," he says.
It is on crowded Noerrebrogade-the busiest bicycle street in Europe, according to the cyclist
association-that city planners have decided to build the first of Copenhagen"s environmentally friendly
roads. The jammed bike paths will be widened up to four metres on either side of the road, which itself
will be reserved for bikes only. The idea is to make Noerrebrogade "Europe"s great cycling street", says
Andreas Roehl, Copenhagen government"s bicycle program manager who is also known as "Mr. Bike".
But Roehl is not content with making life easier for Copenhagen"s inner-city cyclists: He wants to get
suburbanites(郊区居民) out of their cars and onto two wheels as well. His goal is to hike the percentage
of suburban commuters cycling to and from the city from the 37 percent it is today to 50 percent by 2015.
B. Because it"s a part of the city"s development program.
C. Because the inner-city commuters urge that it should be built.
D. Because too many bicycles cause the paths to be crowded.
B. Because the bicycle is viewed as the symbol of freedom nowadays.
C. Because it"s hard for people to find parking space in crowded streets.
D. Because politicians ride bikes and commuters enjoy following them.
B. improvement
C. reform
D. law
B. Noerrebrogade is to be made "Europe"s great cycling street".
C. All commuters will be pushed to leave their cars at home.
D. More suburbanites will be got out of their cars and onto two wheels.
I"ve been keeping a journal since I was 16 and I"m now 65. I have more than 80 notebooks in a big
box. I don"t want my children embarrassed by them when I die. But I can"t bring myself, yet, to burn the
case. My journals are still part of me. Might my grandchildren, with a bit more distance, be interested? Or
is there some way I could turn them into something creative? I"m thinking about art instead of a book.
*shirleyujest
5 March 2012, 11:22 p.m.Please don"t burn them! What a wonderful source of memories for you-or if you feel you"d rather not
keep them, possibly what a wonderful resource for others! Why not contact something like the Mass
Observation Project at the University of Sussex? Then they will remain as a record of everyday life
throughout your lifetime, and if your grandchildren are interested they"ll know where to find them.
*bloggsie45 6 March 2012, 8:30 a.m.
Please don"t burn them! If possibl
e, transcribe(转录) them, or have them transcribed, into a computer medium before your words are lost because the paper has decayed. I recently had an
opportunity to read a similar diary of the WW? record of an ordinary soldier. It was attractive in the way
it differed from the official record. I suppose to some degree it all depends on what you have recorded,
but many social historians and similar people would find such a complete personal record of a life led
during the second half of the 20th century to be very valuable.
Please don"t stop writing now just because you are 65!
B. The best responses to his problem.
C. His more than 80 diary books.
D. The changes from 18 to 65.
B. His grandchildren will continue to write following his habit.
C. They can be pu
blished by famous publishing houses.D. They can be filmed or changed into a TV play.
B. They will educate the young to remember the hard life.
C. They will help his grandchildren earn more money.
D. They will make others learn more about the war.
B. tell him social historians may be interested in his notebooks
C. encourage him to write journals like determined soldiers
D. show the owner his notebooks will benefit some people
Time management is important in our daily life. There never seems to be enough hours in the day to
accomplish all you need to do. Here are some tips that might be of some help to you.
●Set up a plan. Go for a week at a time, and decide the most important ones. Include things you
want to accomplish. Focus mostly on the things that are important to you.
●Control your stress. No matter what kind of pressure mounts on you, try to keep cool. Stressing
out can lead to an early breakdown, which is definitely counter-productive when you have a list of things
to do. It"s easier to take a 10-minute break and cool off than to work all week with stress.
●Shut your door. When working under a schedule, perform your important tasks with your door
shut to get them done. This will ensure a better quality time to get what needs to be done, done.
●Focus on one thing at a time. Forget trying to multi-task! You will lose concentration, and it will
take you longer to accomplish what you set out to do.
●Just say "no." If you are constantly interrupted, and you really don"t have the time to help out, just
say "no." You"re only one person, and you can"t save the world by yourself!
●Stop wasting time on the phone. While talking on the phone, keep your conversations short, and
to the point and you"ll waste much less time.
●Be realistic. You can only do what you can do. Don"t set out to accomplish the impossible. Do
your best, but keep realistic expectations of yourself.
●Relax. The most important thing is remember to take time to relax, and regroup. You need a break
every now and then to keep working efficiently. Even if it"s a 10-minute walk, get away from your list and
get refreshed.
As families today get busier and busier, it"s important to your own mental health to keep things on track. Don"t delay; get your life in order now.