C

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 dimmers? 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' er 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 (責(zé)任)，" he says. "It builds discipline (紀(jì)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."

( )63. Which child of the Lee family has more activities than the others?

A. Nathan B. Kristian C. Anna D. Lisa

( )64. 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.

( )65. Why do some parents make their children practice 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.

( )66. 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.

D

BEIJING(Associated Press)-China has a growing middle class， a tradition(傳統(tǒng)) of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educational toys should be easy.

While China may be the world's biggest toy-maker. Much of the best is exported (出口) . Department stores here do not have enough high-quality toys. It is said that the demand for educational toys is low.

A Us company， BabyCare， is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.

BabyCare works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals. People who join the company's "mother's club" get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost - if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company's educational toys and childcare books.

"We want to build a seven-year relationship with those people，" said Matthew J. Estes， BabyCare's president. "It starts during pregnancy (孕期) ， when the anxiety and needs are highest." BabyCare works on a one-to-one basis. Doctors， nurses， and teachers-paid by BabyCare-advise parents， explaining toys that are designed for children at each stage (階段) of development to age six.

BabyCare opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.

It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children's education and health that no other companies are in.

( )67. What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?

A. Educational toys and foreign toy markets.

B. Problems with China's toy Markey and education.

C. Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China.

D. Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China.

( )68. Which of the following is a fact according to the passage?

A. Club members buy BabyCare products for free child-care advice.

B. Doctors in Beijing help in making BabyCare products.

C. Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities.

D. BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost.

( )69. BabyCare is developing its business in China buy .

A. opening stores in Beijing hospitals B.offering 18-month courses on child-care

C. setting up children's education centers D.forming close relationships with parents

( )70. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage?

A. Mother's club in China B. BavyCare and Doctors

C. American Company Model D. Educational Toys On

IV. Daily Conversation

A.yes， of course. B. I'm sorry， but he is not in. C.Here you are.

D.No. It began after I got there. E.OK， fine. F. Have you?

G. Yes， I've already done that. H. Yes. I will. Thank you.

( )71.Tom： Would you mind passing me the salt?

Tony：_________________.

( )72.Amy： Do you think you could show me the way to the library?

Ronald：_________________.

( )73.Peter： Did you miss the beginning of the concert yesterday?

Andrew：___________________.

( )74. Simon： Could I see Dr. Brown， please?

Gary：____________________.

( )75. John： I'd like to book five tickets， please， for the earky morning flight to Paris on June 10th.

Jane： Five tickets.________________.