Apple Inc.on Monday unveiled new controls to help people curb the amount of time they spend on iPhones and iPads,as well as allow parents to remotely track and limit their children's use of those devices-a 1 to growing societal concern that adults and chi
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Apple Inc.on Monday unveiled new controls to help people curb the amount of time they spend on iPhones and iPads,as well as allow parents to remotely track and limit their children's use of those devices-a 1 to growing societal concern that adults and children are too 2on phones The company said a new app it will s 3 in September called"Screen Time"will provide users with weekly reports of the apps they use and allow them to set time limits 4 their use of those apps Parents will be able to use the system to remotely monitor the apps their children use and limit their time On 5 The new 6 played a central role 7 Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference,a 8 of about 6,000 developers who create the apps for the iPhone,iPad and Mac computers.The event is designed to 9 Apple's latest software-including the newest features to further 10 into people's digital lives Those new features include a new Shortcuts app that will 11 the Siri voice command with certain apps-12,Siri could state flight and hotel 13 from the Kayak app with a voice command 14 Apple has offered parental controls for years,analysts say the system 15 allows parents to set limits on their childrens device use--not monitor it 16 a continuing basis.The new“Screen time”feature changes that by giving parents those same17.A new reports will 18 how users spend time with the iPhone,including 19 per hour they look at their phones,when they are using particular apps and what apps are sending the most 20
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2选？
A.single-minded
B.reminded
C.focused
D.dedicated
B.reminded
C.focused
D.dedicated
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D)用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词，限用一次。（10分）
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Parents，especially those of teenagers，care about their children's education more than anything else．They would do (1 6) for their children．Many of them spend most of their spare time (17) their children with their studies．If they have no time or cannot do it them selves，they would hire family teachers (18) send their children to after class schools．It seems as if a better (19) is all that parents expect for children．
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16．everything【解析】由上句“父母，尤其是那些青少年的父母，比起其他任何事情来更关心孩子的教育”，可知“他们愿为他们的孩子做一切事情”。 -
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Apple Inc.on Monday unveiled new controls to help people curb the amount of time they spend on iPhones and iPads,as well as allow parents to remotely track and limit their children's use of those devices-a 1 to growing societal concern that adults and children are too 2on phones The company said a new app it will s 3 in September called"Screen Time"will provide users with weekly reports of the apps they use and allow them to set time limits 4 their use of those apps Parents will be able to use the system to remotely monitor the apps their children use and limit their time On 5 The new 6 played a central role 7 Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference,a 8 of about 6,000 developers who create the apps for the iPhone,iPad and Mac computers.The event is designed to 9 Apple's latest software-including the newest features to further 10 into people's digital lives Those new features include a new Shortcuts app that will 11 the Siri voice command with certain apps-12,Siri could state flight and hotel 13 from the Kayak app with a voice command 14 Apple has offered parental controls for years,analysts say the system 15 allows parents to set limits on their childrens device use--not monitor it 16 a continuing basis.The new“Screen time”feature changes that by giving parents those same17.A new reports will 18 how users spend time with the iPhone,including 19 per hour they look at their phones,when they are using particular apps and what apps are sending the most 20
16选？A.on
B.in
C.at
D.for答案：A解析：固定搭配辨析题。该句指出:分析师称该系统只让父母对子女使用设备的情况作出限制,而无法进行持续的监控。[A]on“在…上”,[B]n“在……里”,[C]a“在某地”,[D]for“为了由原文可知此处为固定搭配on a…basis以…为基础,故[A]on为正确选项,其他选项均不构成搭配故排除。 -
第4题：
Text 1 Smartphones have by now been implicated in so many crummy outcomes-car fatalities,sleep disturbances,empathy loss,relationship problems,failure to notice a clown on a unicycle-that it almost seems easier to list the things they don't mess up than the things they do.Our society may be reaching peak criticism of digital devices.Even so.emerging research suggests that a kev Droblem remains underaDDreciated.It involves kids'development,but it's probably not what you think.More than screen-obsessed young children,we should be concerned about tuned-out parents.Yes,parents now have more face time with their children than did almost any parents in history.Despite a dramatic increase in the percentage of women in the workforce,mothers today astoundingly spend morc time caring for their children than mothers did in the 1960s.But the engagement between parent and child is increasingly Iow-quality,even ersatz.Parents are constantly present in their children's lives physically,but they are less emotionally attuned.To be clear,I'm not unsympathetic to parents in this predicament.My own adult children like to joke that they wouldn't have survived infancy ifl'd had a smartphone in my clutches 25 years ago.To argue that parents'use of screens is an underappreciated problem isn't to discount the direct risks screens pose to children:Substantial evidence suggests that many types of screen time（especially those involving fast-paced or violent imagery）are damaging to young brains.Today's preschoolers spend more than four hours a day facing a screen.And,since 1970,the average age of onset of"regular"screen use has gone from 4 years to just four months.Some of the newer interactive games kids play on phones or tablets may be more benign than watching TV or YouTube,in that they better mimic children's natural play behaviors.And,of course,many well-functioning adults survived a mind-numbing childhood spent watching a lot of cognitive garbage.（My mother-unusually for her time-prohibited Speed Racer and Gilligan's Island on the grounds of insipidness.That I somehow managed to watch every single episode of each show scores of times has never been explained.）Still,no one really disputes the tremendous opportunity costs to young children who are plugged in to a screen:Time spent on devices is time not spent actively exploring the world and relating to other human beings.
The word"ersatz"（Para.3）most probably means_____A.invalid
B.disputable
C.unreal
D.insufficient答案：C解析：词汇理解题。根据定位词定位到文章第三段。根据单词所在句的句意：但是父母和孩子之间的交流质量越来越低，甚至是。父母通常在孩子的物质生活上投入关心，但在情感上，投入却很少。比质量低还差的应该是假的，不真实的，故C项为正确选项。【干扰排除】根据以上分析可知，A项invalid“无效的”、B项disputable“有争议的”、D项insufficient“不足的”均不符合原文语义，故均排除。 -
第5题：
Text 1 Smartphones have by now been implicated in so many crummy outcomes-car fatalities,sleep disturbances,empathy loss,relationship problems,failure to notice a clown on a unicycle-that it almost seems easier to list the things they don't mess up than the things they do.Our society may be reaching peak criticism of digital devices.Even so.emerging research suggests that a kev Droblem remains underaDDreciated.It involves kids'development,but it's probably not what you think.More than screen-obsessed young children,we should be concerned about tuned-out parents.Yes,parents now have more face time with their children than did almost any parents in history.Despite a dramatic increase in the percentage of women in the workforce,mothers today astoundingly spend morc time caring for their children than mothers did in the 1960s.But the engagement between parent and child is increasingly Iow-quality,even ersatz.Parents are constantly present in their children's lives physically,but they are less emotionally attuned.To be clear,I'm not unsympathetic to parents in this predicament.My own adult children like to joke that they wouldn't have survived infancy ifl'd had a smartphone in my clutches 25 years ago.To argue that parents'use of screens is an underappreciated problem isn't to discount the direct risks screens pose to children:Substantial evidence suggests that many types of screen time（especially those involving fast-paced or violent imagery）are damaging to young brains.Today's preschoolers spend more than four hours a day facing a screen.And,since 1970,the average age of onset of"regular"screen use has gone from 4 years to just four months.Some of the newer interactive games kids play on phones or tablets may be more benign than watching TV or YouTube,in that they better mimic children's natural play behaviors.And,of course,many well-functioning adults survived a mind-numbing childhood spent watching a lot of cognitive garbage.（My mother-unusually for her time-prohibited Speed Racer and Gilligan's Island on the grounds of insipidness.That I somehow managed to watch every single episode of each show scores of times has never been explained.）Still,no one really disputes the tremendous opportunity costs to young children who are plugged in to a screen:Time spent on devices is time not spent actively exploring the world and relating to other human beings.
The contact between parents and cluldren is poorer because______A.parents hardly have spare time
B.children are distracted by digital devices
C.affective interaction is hardly involved
D.parents may be addicted to smartphones答案：D解析：事实细节题。根据定位词定位到文章第三段。contact与原文中的engagement为同义替换；poorer与increasingly low-quality为同义替换。原文提到，父母通常在孩子的物质生活上投入关心，但在情感上，投入却很少；再根据最后一句孩子们开的玩笑可知，D项为正确选项。【干扰排除】原文提到父母现在有更多的时间和孩子在一起，A项与原文不符，故排除；B项原文未提及；原文中说的是less emotionally attuned，C项中的hardly过于绝对，故排除。 -
第6题：
Text 2 With so much focus on children’s use of screens,it's easy for parents to forget about their own screen use.“Tech is designed to really suck on you in,”says Jenny Radesky in her study of digital play,"and digital products are there to promote maximal engagement.It makes it hard to disengage,and leads to a lot of bleed-over into the family routine.”Radesky has studied the use of mobile phones and tablets at mealtimes by giving mother-child pairs a food-testing exercise.She found that mothers who sued devices during the exercise started 20 percent fewer verbal and 39 percent fewer nonverbal interactions with their children.During a separate observation,she saw that phones became a source of tension in the family.Parents would be looking at their emails while the children would be making excited bids for their attention.Infants are wired to look at parents’faces to try to understand their world,and if those faces are blank and unresponsive—as they often are when absorbed in a device－it can be extremely disconcerting foe the children.Radesky cites the“still face experiment”devised by developmental psychologist Ed Tronick in the 1970s.In it,a mother is asked to interact with her child in a normal way before putting on a blank expression and not giving them any visual social feedback;The child becomes increasingly distressed as she tries to capture her mother’s attention."Parents don't have to be exquisitely parents at all times,but there needs to be a balance and parents need to be responsive and sensitive to a child’s verbal or nonverbal expressions of an emotional need,"says Radesky.On the other hand,Tronick himself is concerned that the worries about kids'use of screens are born out of an“oppressive ideology that demands that parents should always be interacting”with their children:“It’s based on a somewhat fantasized,very white,very upper-middle-class ideology that says if you’re failing to expose your child to 30,000 words you are neglecting them.”Tronick believes that just because a child isn’t learning from the screen doesn’t mean there’s no value to it－particularly if it gives parents time to have a shower,do housework or simply have a break from their child.Parents,he says,can get a lot out of using their devices to speak to a friend or get some work out of the way.This can make them feel happier,which lets then be more available to their child the rest of the time.
According to Tronick,kid’s use of screens may_____A.give their parents some free time
B.make their parents more creative
C.help them with their homework
D.help them become more attentive答案：A解析：根据题干关键词Tronick和kid’s use of screens可以定位到第四段第二句。定位句指出，特罗尼克认为，尽管孩子可能无法从电子设备上学到东西，但是不能因此就认为它没有价值，因为这可以给父母时间来洗澡、做家务，或者只是从照顾孩子的过程中获得休息时间，也就是获得一些自由时间，由此可知，正确答案为A。 -
第7题：
共用题干
The Sandwich Generation
Today people often look forward to their middle age as a time when they will be able to take things easier. After their children are grown,they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create .However,the reality is often very different. In middle age,many people discover that they have two ongoing responsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.Around the world,there are mil-lions of people who are“sandwiched”in between the older and the younger generations.Some-times there may be two or three generations living in the same household-a situation that is corn-mon in many Asian countries and in some parts of Europe .In other cases,a couple may be taking care of parents and children,but they do not live with them.
There are two important reasons for the rise of the sandwich generation.First,people are liv-ing longer than they used to.In the early nineteenth century,the average life expectancy for adults in the United States,for example,was about 40,whereas today people live to an average age of 75 .Therefore,children are taking care of their parents over a longer period of time.The see-ond reason is that these days,young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past. This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.
Young adults feel sandwiched between their financial responsibilities and their desire to enjoy life .They may have to cover expenses that their parents cannot.They may have to manage their parents' financial and legal affairs.They may have to prepare for their parents' future needs,such as special medical care or a move to a nursing home. This can be a traumatic（长期困扰的）ex-perience for everyone.
Caring for adult children presents challenges as well,and caregivers have to resolve important questions:How can financial responsibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared?What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?Successfully cop-ing with these issues can avoid a lot of stress for the whole family.
The financial and emotional pressures on the sandwich generation can be overwhelming. However,this time in life also has its rewards.It can be a time to rediscover the special qualities of one's parents or children.It can also provide a valuable opportunity to spend more time with them. However,in order to survive this difficult period in their lives,the members of the sand-wich generation must remember that they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look af-ter the quality of their own lives.They can't be totally selfless.The sandwich generation face the following challenges EXCEPT_____.
A: sharing household chores
B: ensuring everyone's privacy
C: determining who is the caregiver of the family
D:.shouldering the financial responsibilities of the household答案：C解析：由第一段第二、三句“After their children are grown , they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create. However , the reality is often very different.”可知以此推断，很多中年人不能如愿地享受生活。故选B。
由第一段第四句“In middle age , many people discover that they have two ongoing re-sponsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.”及第五句“Around the world , there are mil-lions of people who are'sandwiched'in between the older and the younger generations.”可知，中年人在对父母和对孩子的责任中左右为难。故选B。
由第二段最后三句“The second reason is that these days , young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past.This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.”可知，如今一些年轻人之所以会更久跟父母住在一起，是因为他们需要父母的经济或情感支持。故选A。
由第四段中的“caregivers have to resolve important questions : How can financial respon-sibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared? What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?”可知，只有（决定谁来照料家庭）不是三明治一代要考虑的问题。故选C。
由最后一段最后两句中的“they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look after the quality of their own lives. They can't be totally selfless.”可知，要度过这个艰难的人生阶段，三明治一代需要考虑自身的幸福。故选B。 -
第8题：
共用题干
A Powerfu Influence
There can be no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives.Parents are worried that children spend too much time playing on the Internet,hardly______(51)doing anything else in their spare time .Naturally,parents are______(52)to find out why the Internet is so attractive,and they want to know if it can be______(53)for their children .Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time______(54)their computers?
Obviously,if children are bent over their computers for hours,absorbed______(55) some game,instead of doing their homework,then something is wrong. Parents and children could decide how much use the child should______(56)use of the Internet,and the child should give his or her______(57)that it won't interfere with homework.If the child is not______(58) to this arrangement,the parent can take more drastic______(59)dealing with a child's use of the Internet is not much different from______(60)any other soft of bargain about behaviour.
Any parent who is______(61)alarmed about a child's behaviour should make an appointment to______(62)the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of the screen does not necessarily______(63)a child's performance at school.Even if a child is______(64)crazy about using the Internet,he or she is probably just______(65)through a phase,and in a few months there will be something else to worry about!58._________
A:. holding
B: sticking
C: following
D: accepting答案：A解析：此句句意为“在他们的课余时间几乎不做其他的事情”，其中hardly ever为固定搭配，意为“几乎不”等同于never。
考查固定搭配。其中A选项worried意为“忧虑的”;B选项concerned意为“担心的”;D选项hopeful意为“有希望的”；而C选项be curious to sth．意为“对……表示好奇”，与句意一致。故选C。
harmful泛指伤害，而hurt强调情感、精神的伤害，根据题意应选B。
四个选项都表示看的意思，stare at表示“盯着看”,glance at表示“缥一眼”, look泛指看，watch有观察之意。本句句意为“孩子们花了大量的时间盯着电脑看”，故选A。
考查固定搭配。此句句意为：如果孩子在电脑上花费了太长时间，如沉迷网络游戏，而不是做功课。D选项be absorbed in sth．表示“沉浸在……”。故选D。
考查固定搭配make use of sth．表示“利用”。
考查固定搭配。此句意为“……并且孩子应该保证这不会干预他的功课。” , A选项 word意为“诺言”;B选项promise意为“许诺，允许”;C选项vow意为“发誓”;D选项 claim意为“声称；断言”，并且give word to = promise表示“许诺”，符合句意。故选A。
此句句意为“如果孩子没坚守这个安排……”从句子的意思上看这里有“坚持”的意思，所以应该在A和B之间选择，hold to表示“坚持”,stick to表示“坚持（信念，理想）”选择A。
固定搭配take step to do sth．意为“采取措施做某事”。
此句句意为“……这样与协商任何关于这样的行为的讨价还价无异。” A选项deal-ing意为“处理”;D选项arranging意为“安排，排列”；只有B选项negotiate意为“谈判，协商”，与句意相符。故选B。
从句子的意思上看这里有“严重”之意，只有C表示此意。widely表示“广泛地”, heavily表示“沉重地”, broadly表示“广泛地”。
从句子的意思上看这里有“讨论”之意，discuss sth. with sb．表示“和某人讨论某事”debate sth. with sb．表示“和某人辩论某事”。
此句句意为：在电脑屏幕前花费时间不一定影响孩子在学校的表现。affect意为 “影响”。因此B项正确。
absolutely表示“完全地”，根据句意，这里没有比较的意思，所以排除B , quite表示 “相当”，根据上下文选择A。
考查固定搭配。此句的句意为“……他也许仅仅是在度过一个时期，几个月以后还会有其他事情去担心。” B选项passing与though搭配意为“穿越”;C选项traveling与 though搭配意为“经过”;D选项walking与though搭配意为“走过，草率地处理”；而A 选项go through意为“度过”，与句意相符：故选A。 -
第9题：
共用题干
The Sandwich Generation
Today people often look forward to their middle age as a time when they will be able to take things easier. After their children are grown,they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create .However,the reality is often very different. In middle age,many people discover that they have two ongoing responsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.Around the world,there are mil-lions of people who are“sandwiched”in between the older and the younger generations.Some-times there may be two or three generations living in the same household-a situation that is corn-mon in many Asian countries and in some parts of Europe .In other cases,a couple may be taking care of parents and children,but they do not live with them.
There are two important reasons for the rise of the sandwich generation.First,people are liv-ing longer than they used to.In the early nineteenth century,the average life expectancy for adults in the United States,for example,was about 40,whereas today people live to an average age of 75 .Therefore,children are taking care of their parents over a longer period of time.The see-ond reason is that these days,young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past. This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.
Young adults feel sandwiched between their financial responsibilities and their desire to enjoy life .They may have to cover expenses that their parents cannot.They may have to manage their parents' financial and legal affairs.They may have to prepare for their parents' future needs,such as special medical care or a move to a nursing home. This can be a traumatic（长期困扰的）ex-perience for everyone.
Caring for adult children presents challenges as well,and caregivers have to resolve important questions:How can financial responsibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared?What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?Successfully cop-ing with these issues can avoid a lot of stress for the whole family.
The financial and emotional pressures on the sandwich generation can be overwhelming. However,this time in life also has its rewards.It can be a time to rediscover the special qualities of one's parents or children.It can also provide a valuable opportunity to spend more time with them. However,in order to survive this difficult period in their lives,the members of the sand-wich generation must remember that they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look af-ter the quality of their own lives.They can't be totally selfless.To survive the difficult period in their lives,the sandwich generation need to_____.
A: be totally selfless
B:.consider their own well-being
C: value the time spent with their parents
D: rediscover the merits of their children答案：B解析：由第一段第二、三句“After their children are grown , they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create. However , the reality is often very different.”可知以此推断，很多中年人不能如愿地享受生活。故选B。
由第一段第四句“In middle age , many people discover that they have two ongoing re-sponsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.”及第五句“Around the world , there are mil-lions of people who are'sandwiched'in between the older and the younger generations.”可知，中年人在对父母和对孩子的责任中左右为难。故选B。
由第二段最后三句“The second reason is that these days , young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past.This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.”可知，如今一些年轻人之所以会更久跟父母住在一起，是因为他们需要父母的经济或情感支持。故选A。
由第四段中的“caregivers have to resolve important questions : How can financial respon-sibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared? What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?”可知，只有（决定谁来照料家庭）不是三明治一代要考虑的问题。故选C。
由最后一段最后两句中的“they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look after the quality of their own lives. They can't be totally selfless.”可知，要度过这个艰难的人生阶段，三明治一代需要考虑自身的幸福。故选B。 -
第10题：
共用题干
The Sandwich Generation
Today people often look forward to their middle age as a time when they will be able to take things easier. After their children are grown,they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create .However,the reality is often very different. In middle age,many people discover that they have two ongoing responsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.Around the world,there are mil-lions of people who are“sandwiched”in between the older and the younger generations.Some-times there may be two or three generations living in the same household-a situation that is corn-mon in many Asian countries and in some parts of Europe .In other cases,a couple may be taking care of parents and children,but they do not live with them.
There are two important reasons for the rise of the sandwich generation.First,people are liv-ing longer than they used to.In the early nineteenth century,the average life expectancy for adults in the United States,for example,was about 40,whereas today people live to an average age of 75 .Therefore,children are taking care of their parents over a longer period of time.The see-ond reason is that these days,young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past. This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.
Young adults feel sandwiched between their financial responsibilities and their desire to enjoy life .They may have to cover expenses that their parents cannot.They may have to manage their parents' financial and legal affairs.They may have to prepare for their parents' future needs,such as special medical care or a move to a nursing home. This can be a traumatic（长期困扰的）ex-perience for everyone.
Caring for adult children presents challenges as well,and caregivers have to resolve important questions:How can financial responsibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared?What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?Successfully cop-ing with these issues can avoid a lot of stress for the whole family.
The financial and emotional pressures on the sandwich generation can be overwhelming. However,this time in life also has its rewards.It can be a time to rediscover the special qualities of one's parents or children.It can also provide a valuable opportunity to spend more time with them. However,in order to survive this difficult period in their lives,the members of the sand-wich generation must remember that they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look af-ter the quality of their own lives.They can't be totally selfless.Why do some young adults choose to live with their parents these days?
A:.They need support from their parents to deal with their financial problems.
B:.They want to help their parents to take care of their aging grandparents.
C: They are too young to be independent from their parents.
D: They are more emotional than the young adults in the past.答案：A解析：由第一段第二、三句“After their children are grown , they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create. However , the reality is often very different.”可知以此推断，很多中年人不能如愿地享受生活。故选B。
由第一段第四句“In middle age , many people discover that they have two ongoing re-sponsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.”及第五句“Around the world , there are mil-lions of people who are'sandwiched'in between the older and the younger generations.”可知，中年人在对父母和对孩子的责任中左右为难。故选B。
由第二段最后三句“The second reason is that these days , young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past.This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.”可知，如今一些年轻人之所以会更久跟父母住在一起，是因为他们需要父母的经济或情感支持。故选A。
由第四段中的“caregivers have to resolve important questions : How can financial respon-sibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared? What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?”可知，只有（决定谁来照料家庭）不是三明治一代要考虑的问题。故选C。
由最后一段最后两句中的“they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look after the quality of their own lives. They can't be totally selfless.”可知，要度过这个艰难的人生阶段，三明治一代需要考虑自身的幸福。故选B。 -
第11题：
问答题Some people think that parents should plan their children's leisure time carefully. Others believe that children should decide for themselves how to spend their free time. Which opinion do you agree? Write a composition of about 400 words to state your view.正确答案：
Childhood is a decisive period in the process of one's growth. Therefore, many people think that parents should carefully plan not only their children's school education but also their spare time. Other people, however, argue that children should have the freedom to plan their own extracurricular life. On balance, I would side with those parents who respect children's freedom and independence.
If children have the freedom to make decisions on how to spend their spare time and develop their interests, they will gradually form a sense of responsibility and become more capable in the world. Take myself as a good example. My parents are like good teachers and helpful friends in my life. As I remember, they never excessively interfered with my life and always left enough freedom to me so that I could embark upon what I liked to do in my spare time. They quite understood that my weekdays were occupied with a heavy workload, and that only in my spare time I could have a change of pace. Meanwhile, although mutual understanding and tolerance were an important part of my childhood life, in no way does it mean that they spoiled me. They were austere teachers when I made mistakes, and helpful friends when I came across difficulties. Owing to their understanding, tolerance, guidance, and above all, love, I have grown up to be a person of self-confidence, optimism, and independence, ready to meet any challenges in my life. Without the free family environment that my parents carefully designed for me, I wouldn't have lived such a happy life.
On the contrary, some parents expect too much of their children, depriving them of all their independence and freedom. These parents would rather sacrifice their children's interests and happiness for nothing but good scores, thus resulting in serious misunderstanding between parents and children. Some parents even went so far as to plan their children's schedule, filling every minute with study task. In this ease, children are deprived of happiness because they are bound hand and foot by endless homework, numerous exams and boring evening or weekend classes. Furthermore, having no freedom to plan their own life, these children are more likely to become introvert, heavily dependent on their parents when they grow up. This will definitely affect their growth. For one thing, since they have no opportunity to develop their independent thinking and explore their potential, they will find it very difficult to adjust themselves to the competitive society. For another, confining them in an ivory tower will make it hard for them to communicate with others. This will affect their career development in the future because the communication between people plays a major role in the workplace, and is one of the most important elements in achieving career success. Obviously, parents' excessive interference with children's after-school life, if carried to the extreme, can cause serious damage to both their happy childhood and their career in the future.
To sum up, I believe that parents should leave enough freedom and privacy to their children with a view to cultivating their character. As long as parents allow their children the necessary freedom accompanied by careful guidance, their children will grow up to be independent, responsible and successful.解析：
题目要求对“家长是否应该决定孩子课余时间干什么”的问题发表看法。范文作者在引言段表明家长应该尊重孩子的自由。第二段作者以自己的经历为例说明孩子自己做决定的好处。第三段阐述家长做决定的坏处，其中使用On the contrary、Furthermore、For one thing…For another等表达使行文更加流畅。最后一段总结全文。 -
第12题：
Generation gap（代沟） has become a serious problem in our society．l read a (11) about it in the morning newspaper． It is said that some children even want to kill themselves after hav-ing quarrels(争吵) with their (12) ．1 think this is because parents and children don't often (13) each other． Parents now spend more and more time in the office，(14) they don't have much time to stay with their children． As time goes by，they both feel that they don't have the (15) topic to talk about．
T0 (16) this problem，parents should spend more time being with their children，getting to know them and (17) them As for children，you should show your (18) to your parents and let them (19) your thoughts．Parents are the people who love you best． They (20) un-derstand you as long as(只要) you tell them． But the point is that you should try your best to understand them，too．
( )11．
A．message
B．instruction
C．report
D．letter
正确答案：C
11．C【解析】report“报告”，符合文意． -
第13题：
A new scheme for getting children to and from school is being started by the education authorities in part of Eastern England． This could end the worries of many parents fearful for their children's safety on the roads．
Until now the Country Council has only been prepared to provide bus services for children living more than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons existed． Now it has been decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared to go ahead, provided the arrangement will not lose money and that children taking part will be attending their nearest school．
The new scheme is to be tried out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impington school． The children live just within the three-mile limit and the Council has said in the past it will not undertake to provide free transport to the school． But now they have agreed to organize a bus service from Milton to Impington and back, a plan which has the support of the school's headmaster．
Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part in． Final calculations have still to be carried out, but a council official has said the cost of parents should be less than $6．50 a tenn．
They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already an agreement with the bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington． The same bus would now just make an extra journey to pick up the Milton children． The official said they would get in touch with other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport could be provided for their children, to see if they would like to take part in the new scheme．
The children the Council ran buses for in the past were those__________．A.whose parents were worried about them
B.who would have had to walk otherwise
C.who could not walk
D.who had to travel a long way答案：D解析：根据第二段第一句可知，到现在为止，乡村政务会只给住在3英里以外的学生提供巴士服务，这表示这些学生离家很远，因此答案选D。 -
第14题：
Text 1 Smartphones have by now been implicated in so many crummy outcomes-car fatalities,sleep disturbances,empathy loss,relationship problems,failure to notice a clown on a unicycle-that it almost seems easier to list the things they don't mess up than the things they do.Our society may be reaching peak criticism of digital devices.Even so.emerging research suggests that a kev Droblem remains underaDDreciated.It involves kids'development,but it's probably not what you think.More than screen-obsessed young children,we should be concerned about tuned-out parents.Yes,parents now have more face time with their children than did almost any parents in history.Despite a dramatic increase in the percentage of women in the workforce,mothers today astoundingly spend morc time caring for their children than mothers did in the 1960s.But the engagement between parent and child is increasingly Iow-quality,even ersatz.Parents are constantly present in their children's lives physically,but they are less emotionally attuned.To be clear,I'm not unsympathetic to parents in this predicament.My own adult children like to joke that they wouldn't have survived infancy ifl'd had a smartphone in my clutches 25 years ago.To argue that parents'use of screens is an underappreciated problem isn't to discount the direct risks screens pose to children:Substantial evidence suggests that many types of screen time（especially those involving fast-paced or violent imagery）are damaging to young brains.Today's preschoolers spend more than four hours a day facing a screen.And,since 1970,the average age of onset of"regular"screen use has gone from 4 years to just four months.Some of the newer interactive games kids play on phones or tablets may be more benign than watching TV or YouTube,in that they better mimic children's natural play behaviors.And,of course,many well-functioning adults survived a mind-numbing childhood spent watching a lot of cognitive garbage.（My mother-unusually for her time-prohibited Speed Racer and Gilligan's Island on the grounds of insipidness.That I somehow managed to watch every single episode of each show scores of times has never been explained.）Still,no one really disputes the tremendous opportunity costs to young children who are plugged in to a screen:Time spent on devices is time not spent actively exploring the world and relating to other human beings.
We can learn from the first two paragraphs that smartphones_____A.hardly have any advantages
B.bring numerous bad effects
C.bear the most severed criticism
D.have little effect on parents答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据定位词定位到文章第一、二段。第一段提到智能手机带来的危害太多，不能一一列出，但是列出没有被它们干扰的事情似乎还是比较容易的，即B项为合理推断，故B项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A项“几乎没有任何优势”，属于推理过度；原文提到我们的社会对于电子设备的批判可能正值前所未有的高度，C项将可能变成了肯定，故排除；原文第二段提到除了关注沉迷于电子设备的儿童，我们还应该关注那些被电子设备分心的父母，可见父母也受电子设备的影响，D项错误。 -
第15题：
Text 1 Smartphones have by now been implicated in so many crummy outcomes-car fatalities,sleep disturbances,empathy loss,relationship problems,failure to notice a clown on a unicycle-that it almost seems easier to list the things they don't mess up than the things they do.Our society may be reaching peak criticism of digital devices.Even so.emerging research suggests that a kev Droblem remains underaDDreciated.It involves kids'development,but it's probably not what you think.More than screen-obsessed young children,we should be concerned about tuned-out parents.Yes,parents now have more face time with their children than did almost any parents in history.Despite a dramatic increase in the percentage of women in the workforce,mothers today astoundingly spend morc time caring for their children than mothers did in the 1960s.But the engagement between parent and child is increasingly Iow-quality,even ersatz.Parents are constantly present in their children's lives physically,but they are less emotionally attuned.To be clear,I'm not unsympathetic to parents in this predicament.My own adult children like to joke that they wouldn't have survived infancy ifl'd had a smartphone in my clutches 25 years ago.To argue that parents'use of screens is an underappreciated problem isn't to discount the direct risks screens pose to children:Substantial evidence suggests that many types of screen time（especially those involving fast-paced or violent imagery）are damaging to young brains.Today's preschoolers spend more than four hours a day facing a screen.And,since 1970,the average age of onset of"regular"screen use has gone from 4 years to just four months.Some of the newer interactive games kids play on phones or tablets may be more benign than watching TV or YouTube,in that they better mimic children's natural play behaviors.And,of course,many well-functioning adults survived a mind-numbing childhood spent watching a lot of cognitive garbage.（My mother-unusually for her time-prohibited Speed Racer and Gilligan's Island on the grounds of insipidness.That I somehow managed to watch every single episode of each show scores of times has never been explained.）Still,no one really disputes the tremendous opportunity costs to young children who are plugged in to a screen:Time spent on devices is time not spent actively exploring the world and relating to other human beings.
Which kind of game may be wholesome for kids?A.A game with limited episode.
B.A game according with their nature.
C.A game testing cognitive level.
D.A game promoting brain development.答案：B解析：事实细节题。根据定位词定位到文章最后一段，原文指出孩子们在手机或平板电脑上玩的一些较新的互动游戏可能比看电视或YouTube更有益，因为它们更能模仿孩子天性的游戏行为，B项属于合理推断，故B项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A项利用episode作干扰；c项利用cognitive作干扰；D项原文未提及。故均排除。 -
第16题：
Text 1 Smartphones have by now been implicated in so many crummy outcomes-car fatalities,sleep disturbances,empathy loss,relationship problems,failure to notice a clown on a unicycle-that it almost seems easier to list the things they don't mess up than the things they do.Our society may be reaching peak criticism of digital devices.Even so.emerging research suggests that a kev Droblem remains underaDDreciated.It involves kids'development,but it's probably not what you think.More than screen-obsessed young children,we should be concerned about tuned-out parents.Yes,parents now have more face time with their children than did almost any parents in history.Despite a dramatic increase in the percentage of women in the workforce,mothers today astoundingly spend morc time caring for their children than mothers did in the 1960s.But the engagement between parent and child is increasingly Iow-quality,even ersatz.Parents are constantly present in their children's lives physically,but they are less emotionally attuned.To be clear,I'm not unsympathetic to parents in this predicament.My own adult children like to joke that they wouldn't have survived infancy ifl'd had a smartphone in my clutches 25 years ago.To argue that parents'use of screens is an underappreciated problem isn't to discount the direct risks screens pose to children:Substantial evidence suggests that many types of screen time（especially those involving fast-paced or violent imagery）are damaging to young brains.Today's preschoolers spend more than four hours a day facing a screen.And,since 1970,the average age of onset of"regular"screen use has gone from 4 years to just four months.Some of the newer interactive games kids play on phones or tablets may be more benign than watching TV or YouTube,in that they better mimic children's natural play behaviors.And,of course,many well-functioning adults survived a mind-numbing childhood spent watching a lot of cognitive garbage.（My mother-unusually for her time-prohibited Speed Racer and Gilligan's Island on the grounds of insipidness.That I somehow managed to watch every single episode of each show scores of times has never been explained.）Still,no one really disputes the tremendous opportunity costs to young children who are plugged in to a screen:Time spent on devices is time not spent actively exploring the world and relating to other human beings.
According to Paragraph 4,we can learn that risks of use of screen______A.should be viewed correctly
B.need more credible evidence
C.are higher among parents
D.are overestimated among children答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据定位词定位到文章第四段，原文提到，父母使用电子设备的影响未引起重视的这种想法，并不是要低估电子设备对孩子们的直接危害，可知电子设备对父母及孩子的影响应该同样得到正视，故A项为正确选项。【干扰排除】原文并没有说证据不足，B项与原文不符，故排除；C、D项原文未提及，属于无中生有，故均排除。 -
第17题：
共用题干
A Powerful Influence
There can be no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives.Parents are worried that children spend too much time playing on the Internet,hardly______(1) doing anything else in their spare time.Naturally,parents are______(2)to find out why the Internet is so attractive,and they want to know if it can be______(3) to their children.Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time______(4) their computers?
Obviously,if children are bent over their computers for hours,______(5) in some game,in-stead of doing their homework,then something is wrong.Parents and children could decide how much use the child should______(6) of the Internet,and the child should give his or her______(7) that it won't interfere with homework.If the child is not______(8) to this arrangement,the parent can take more drastic______(9)dealing with a child's use of the Internet is not much dif-ferent from______(10) any other soft of bargain about behaviour.
Any parent who is______(11) alarmed about a child's behaviour should make an appointment to______(12)the matter with a teacher.Spending time in front of the screen does not ______(13)affect a child's performance at school.Even if a child is______(14)crazy about using the Internet, he or she is probably just______(15) through a phase,and in a few months there will be some-thing else to worry about!4._________
A:staring at
B:glancing at
C:looking
D:watching答案：A解析：此句意为“在他们的课余时间几乎不做其他的事情”，其中hardly ever为固定搭配，意为“几乎不”等同于never，所以答案为D。
考查固定搭配。A项be worried about sth.意为“对……表示忧虑”；B项beconcerned about意为“对……感到担心”；D项hopeful意为“有希望的”，与句意不符；而C选项be curious to sth.意为“对……表示好奇”，与句意一致。故选C。
harmful泛指伤害，而hurt强调情感、精神的伤害，根据题意应选B。
四个选项都表示看的意思，stare at表示“盯着看”,glance at表示“漂一眼”, look泛指看，watch有观察之意。本句意为“孩子们花了大量的时间盯着电脑看”，故选A。
考查固定搭配。此句意为“如果孩子在电脑前花费了太长时间，如沉迷网络游戏不是做功课。“A项suppose to…意为“猜想”；B项occupy on sth.表示“专注于某事”，C 项interest in意为“对……感兴趣”，而D选项be absorb in sth.表示“沉浸在……”，与句意相符。故选D。
考查固定搭配make use of sth.表示“利用”，故选C。
考查固定搭配。此句意为“……并且孩子应该保证这不会影响他的功课。” A项word“诺言”；B项promise“许诺”；C项vow“发誓”；D项claim“声称；断言”。give word to = promise表示“许诺”，符合句意。故选A。
此句意为“如果孩子没坚守这个安排……”，从句子的意思上看这里有“坚持”的意思，所以应该在A和B之间选择，hold to表示“坚持”,stick to表示“坚持（信念，理想）”，故选A。
固定搭配take step to do sth.意为“采取措施做某事”。
此句意为“……这样与协商任何关于这样的行为的讨价还价无异。”A项 dealing意为“处理”；D项arranging意为“安排，排列”；只有B选项negotiating意为“谈判，协商”与句意相符。故选B。
从句子的意思上看这里有“严重”之意，只有C表示此意。A项widely“广泛地”,B项heavily“沉重地”,D项broadly“广泛地”均不符合句意。
从句子的意思上看这里有“讨论”之意，discuss sth.with sb.表示“与某人讨论某事”,debate sth.with sb表示“和某人辫论某事”，故选B。
从句子的意思上看这里有“必要”之意，consequently表示“结果是”，故选B。
absolutely表示“完全地”，根据句意，这里没有比较的意思，所以排除B, quite表示“相当”，根据上下文选择A。
考查固定搭配。此句的句意为“……他也许仅仅是在度过一个时期，几个月以后家长还会有其他事情去担心。”B项passing与though搭配意为“穿越”；C项traveling 与though搭配意为“经过”；D项walking与though搭配意为“走过，草率地处理”；而A选项 go through意为“度过”，与句意相符。故选A。 -
第18题：
共用题干
The Sandwich Generation
Today people often look forward to their middle age as a time when they will be able to take things easier. After their children are grown,they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create.______(46) In middle age,many people discover that they have two ongoing responsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.Around the world, there are millions of people who are"sandwiched"in between the older and the younger generations.
Sometimes there may be two or three generations living in the same household-a situation that is common in many Asian countries and in some parts of Europe.In other cases,a couple may be taking care of parents and children,but they do not live with them.
There are two important reasons for the rise of the sandwich generation.First,people are living longer than they used to.In the early nineteenth century , the average life expectancy（预期寿命）for adalts in the United States,for example,was about 40,whereas today people live to an average age of 75.______(47)The second reason is that these days,young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past.This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.
______(48)They may have to cover expenses that their parents cannot.They may have to manage their parents'financial and legel affairs.They may have to prepare for their parents'future needs,such as special medical care or a move to a nursing home.This can be a traumatic（使人不快的）experience for everyone.
Caring for adalt children presents challenges as well,and caregivers have to resolve important questions: How can financial responsibilities be shared among members of the household? How can household chores be shared? What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?______（49)
The financial and emotional pressures on the sandwich generation can be overwhelming.However,this time in life also has its rewards.______(50)It can also provide a valuable opportunity to spend more time with them.However,in order to survive this difficult period in their lives,the members of the sandwich generation must remember that they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look after the quality of their own lives.They can't be totally seffless.______（47)
A:Successfully coping with these issues can avoid a lot of stress for the whole family.
B:Therefore,children are taking care of their parents over a longer period of time.
C:People who take care of elderly parents often face difficult issues.
D:Young adults feel sandwiched between their financial responsibilities and their desire to enjoy life.
E:However,the reality is often very different.
F:It can be a time to rediscover the special qualities of one's parents or children.答案：B解析：前面一句话说，孩子长大后，中年父母期望有时间享受自己努力工作创造的生活。后面一句话说，到了中年，许多人发现自己同时担负着照顾年老的父母和帮助年少的孩子处理生活的压力两项责任。联系上下文可知，此处应该是一个转折句。故选E。
前面一句话说，在19世纪早期，美国成年人的平均寿命在40岁左右，而现在人们通常能活到75岁。联系上下文可推测出，由于人们的寿命增长了，所以孩子们照顾父母的时间变长了。故选B。
第三段主要说的是孩子们照顾父母可能要面临的种种困难。联系上下文可知，此处应该是本段的主题句。故选C。
第四段主要说的是父母在照顾成年孩子时面临的种种挑战。联系上下文可知，此处应该是说解决了这些问题可以减轻整个家庭的负担。故选A。
前面一句话说，三明治一代肩上的经济和精神压力可能使他们不堪重负，但这段时间也会给他们带来回报。联系上下文可知，此处应该是三明治一代同时肩负孩子和父母负担的好的方面。故选F0 -
第19题：
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The Sandwich Generation
Today people often look forward to their middle age as a time when they will be able to take things easier. After their children are grown,they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create .However,the reality is often very different. In middle age,many people discover that they have two ongoing responsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.Around the world,there are mil-lions of people who are“sandwiched”in between the older and the younger generations.Some-times there may be two or three generations living in the same household-a situation that is corn-mon in many Asian countries and in some parts of Europe .In other cases,a couple may be taking care of parents and children,but they do not live with them.
There are two important reasons for the rise of the sandwich generation.First,people are liv-ing longer than they used to.In the early nineteenth century,the average life expectancy for adults in the United States,for example,was about 40,whereas today people live to an average age of 75 .Therefore,children are taking care of their parents over a longer period of time.The see-ond reason is that these days,young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past. This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.
Young adults feel sandwiched between their financial responsibilities and their desire to enjoy life .They may have to cover expenses that their parents cannot.They may have to manage their parents' financial and legal affairs.They may have to prepare for their parents' future needs,such as special medical care or a move to a nursing home. This can be a traumatic（长期困扰的）ex-perience for everyone.
Caring for adult children presents challenges as well,and caregivers have to resolve important questions:How can financial responsibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared?What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?Successfully cop-ing with these issues can avoid a lot of stress for the whole family.
The financial and emotional pressures on the sandwich generation can be overwhelming. However,this time in life also has its rewards.It can be a time to rediscover the special qualities of one's parents or children.It can also provide a valuable opportunity to spend more time with them. However,in order to survive this difficult period in their lives,the members of the sand-wich generation must remember that they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look af-ter the quality of their own lives.They can't be totally selfless.Which is true about the sandwich generation?
A: Their parents are unable to take care of themselves.
B: They are torn between the responsibilities for their parents and children.
C: They all have to live with their parents and children.
D: Their parents are often facing the pressures of life.答案：B解析：由第一段第二、三句“After their children are grown , they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create. However , the reality is often very different.”可知以此推断，很多中年人不能如愿地享受生活。故选B。
由第一段第四句“In middle age , many people discover that they have two ongoing re-sponsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.”及第五句“Around the world , there are mil-lions of people who are'sandwiched'in between the older and the younger generations.”可知，中年人在对父母和对孩子的责任中左右为难。故选B。
由第二段最后三句“The second reason is that these days , young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past.This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.”可知，如今一些年轻人之所以会更久跟父母住在一起，是因为他们需要父母的经济或情感支持。故选A。
由第四段中的“caregivers have to resolve important questions : How can financial respon-sibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared? What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?”可知，只有（决定谁来照料家庭）不是三明治一代要考虑的问题。故选C。
由最后一段最后两句中的“they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look after the quality of their own lives. They can't be totally selfless.”可知，要度过这个艰难的人生阶段，三明治一代需要考虑自身的幸福。故选B。 -
第20题：
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The Sandwich Generation
Today people often look forward to their middle age as a time when they will be able to take things easier. After their children are grown,they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create .However,the reality is often very different. In middle age,many people discover that they have two ongoing responsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.Around the world,there are mil-lions of people who are“sandwiched”in between the older and the younger generations.Some-times there may be two or three generations living in the same household-a situation that is corn-mon in many Asian countries and in some parts of Europe .In other cases,a couple may be taking care of parents and children,but they do not live with them.
There are two important reasons for the rise of the sandwich generation.First,people are liv-ing longer than they used to.In the early nineteenth century,the average life expectancy for adults in the United States,for example,was about 40,whereas today people live to an average age of 75 .Therefore,children are taking care of their parents over a longer period of time.The see-ond reason is that these days,young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past. This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.
Young adults feel sandwiched between their financial responsibilities and their desire to enjoy life .They may have to cover expenses that their parents cannot.They may have to manage their parents' financial and legal affairs.They may have to prepare for their parents' future needs,such as special medical care or a move to a nursing home. This can be a traumatic（长期困扰的）ex-perience for everyone.
Caring for adult children presents challenges as well,and caregivers have to resolve important questions:How can financial responsibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared?What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?Successfully cop-ing with these issues can avoid a lot of stress for the whole family.
The financial and emotional pressures on the sandwich generation can be overwhelming. However,this time in life also has its rewards.It can be a time to rediscover the special qualities of one's parents or children.It can also provide a valuable opportunity to spend more time with them. However,in order to survive this difficult period in their lives,the members of the sand-wich generation must remember that they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look af-ter the quality of their own lives.They can't be totally selfless.According to the first paragraph,many people in middle age______.
A: are able to take things easier when their children are grown
B: can't enjoy their life as they have expected
C: can't enjoy their life because they haven't worked hard enough
D: are facing great pressure from their work答案：B解析：由第一段第二、三句“After their children are grown , they expect to enjoy the life they have worked hard to create. However , the reality is often very different.”可知以此推断，很多中年人不能如愿地享受生活。故选B。
由第一段第四句“In middle age , many people discover that they have two ongoing re-sponsibilities:one is to look after their aging parents,and the other is to help their young adult children deal with the pressures of life.”及第五句“Around the world , there are mil-lions of people who are'sandwiched'in between the older and the younger generations.”可知，中年人在对父母和对孩子的责任中左右为难。故选B。
由第二段最后三句“The second reason is that these days , young adults often live with their parents for a longer time than they did in the past.This is often for financial reasons.It's also more common for today's young adults to return home during or after college if they need financial or emotional support.”可知，如今一些年轻人之所以会更久跟父母住在一起，是因为他们需要父母的经济或情感支持。故选A。
由第四段中的“caregivers have to resolve important questions : How can financial respon-sibilities be shared among members of the household?How can household chores be shared? What is the best way to ensure everyone's privacy?”可知，只有（决定谁来照料家庭）不是三明治一代要考虑的问题。故选C。
由最后一段最后两句中的“they also need to pay attention to their own needs and look after the quality of their own lives. They can't be totally selfless.”可知，要度过这个艰难的人生阶段，三明治一代需要考虑自身的幸福。故选B。 -
第21题：
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Working Mothers
Carefully conducted researches that have followed the children of working mothers have not been able to show any long-term problems,compared with children whose mothers stayed at home.My personal ______(51)is that mothers should be allowed to work if they wish.Whether we like it or not,there are a______(52)of mothers who just have to work.There are those who have invested such a big part of their lives in establishing a career that they cannot______(53)to see it lost.Then there are many who must work out of pure economic______(54).
Many mothers are not_______(55)out to be full-time parents.After a few months at home with a much loved infant,they feel trapped and isolated. There are a number of options when it______(56)to choosing childcare.These range from child minders and nannies through to Granny or the kind lady______(57)the street.______(58), however,many parents don't have any choice;they have to accept anything they can get.Be prepared!No ______(59)how good the childcare may be,some children are going to protest wildly if they are left. This is a_______(60)normal stage of child development.Babies separate well in the first six months, but soon after that they start to get a crush on Mum and close family______(61).Make sure that in the first week you allow______(62)time to help your child settle in.
All children are different.Some are independent,while others are more______(63)to their mothers. Remember that if you want to_______(64)the best for your children,it's not the quantity of time you spend with them,it's the______(65)that matters.61._________
A:people
B:adults
C:members
D:grown-ups答案：C解析：该句意思是：我个人的观点是如果妈妈们想工作，就让她们工作。view意思是“观点”,符合句意。idea想法，主意；thought想法；decision决定。
a number of是固定搭配，修饰可数名词，意思是“很多”，符合句意。percentage百分比；group组，群；proportion比例。
该句意思是：有这样一些妈妈们，她们已投入了大半生去创建事业，若是失去这份事业，她们承受不起。can ' t afford to do sth．意思是“不能够，承受不起”，符合句意。
该句意思是：还有很多母亲是出于经济上的原因必须工作。out of necessity意思是“有必要，出于……的必要”，符合句意。out of reason无理的，不合理的；out of duty出于责任的，out of task出于任务的。
be cut out to be sth．是固定搭配，意思是“适合于，天生就是做某事的料”，符合句意。
when it comes to ( doing ) sth．是惯用说法，意思是“提及，涉及”，符合句意。refer to 意思是“涉及，与……相关”，但是并没有when it refers to(doing)sth．的用法。
该句意思是：可以把孩子委托给托儿所、保姆、奶奶或是街对面的好心女士。across the street意思是“街对面”，符合句意。
in reality意思是“在现实情况下”，符合句意。in addition另外；in result结果；in contrast对比之下。
该句意思是：不管你选的托管方式有多好，一些孩子被留下时，都会激烈抗议。no matter+疑问词，表示“无论，不管……”，符合句意。no way没门；no surprise没有惊奇；no exception没有例外。
perfectly normal为惯用说法，意思是“完全正常的”，符合句意。extremely极其，极端地；very非常；certainly肯定地。
该句意思是：婴儿六个月以后会对母亲和亲密的家庭成员产生依恋。family members意思是“家庭成员”，符合句意。
根据逻辑判断，该句意思是：妈妈们要保证在第一周用足够多的时间来帮助孩子安稳下来。plenty of意思是“大量的”，可修饰不可数名词，符合句意。
be attached to意思是“依附于，依恋于”，此处指孩子依恋于母亲，符合句意。be used tosth．习惯于某事；be keen to do sth．急切，渴望；fond不与to连用。
do the best fo：为惯用说法，意思是“为……做到最好”，此处意为“为你的孩子做到最好”。
上半句中的quantity“数量”已经对此题的答案做出了暗示，一定是quality“质量”与之相对，该句意思是：“你与孩子相处时间的长短不重要，相处过程中的质量才重要”。