Unless you are brave enough to speak up, you'll lose chances to make yourself understood．

A．more	B．less
C．much	D．fewer

—Daddy, how much do you earn an hour?
—If you ______ know, $20 an hour．
A. may B- must
C．can D．should

A new learning center has been built in the school, ______ students to get to know the world more easily．

A．allow	B．allowed
C．to allow	D．allowing

My granny does crossword puzzles each day ______ her mind sharp．

A．to keep	B．kept
C．having kept	D．to be kept

In China, New Year's Day isn't a big moment______ with the Spring Festival.

A．comparing	B．compared
C．to compare	D．being compared

For better sound effects, he was asked to speak ______ the microphone during the whole process．

A．in	B．for
C．into	D．from

Susan's voice still remained calm ______ she was getting annoyed．

A．even if	B．as long as
C．as if	D．now that

—Something smells really good in here!
—You ______ my Easter cookies．Have one!

A．smell

B．are smelling

C．were smelling

D．smelt

I ______ for six months．I'm really out of shape．

A．hadn't exercised

B．didn't exercise

C．don't exercise

D．haven't exercised

—How was your trip to Switzerland?
—Perfect 1．How I wish you ______ with us!

A．have been	B．are
C．were	D．had been

—The tickets to Texas are not available now．
—Oh．Flights ______ fast at festivals．

A．sold	B．sell
C．will sell	D．have sold

—Could you give me some advice on getting a job?
—First, find out ______ you like doing best．

A． what	B．which
C．how	D．why

So heavy ______ that I felt great relief after taking it off．

A．is the load	B．the load was
C．was the load	D．the load is

If you need someone with professional computer knowledge, to Joe．

A．talks	B．talking
C．talk	D．talked

Jack will hold a meeting ______ people can voice their opinions on today's global economy．

A．which	B．when
C．where	D．whose

   A generation of parents raised according to the permissive principles of postwar childcare experts is rediscovering the importance of saying "No" to their children. They are beginning to reclaim the house as their own. Even spanking (打屁股) is back.

While today's parents do not want to return to the Victorian era (时代) — when children were seen, spanked, but not heard — there is a growing acknowledgement that the laissez-faire approach produced a generation of children running rings around puzzled parents struggling to restore order.

Janthea Brigden, a trainer with Parent Network, says: “The problem is that parents don't want all that controlling things. What they want is to be able to discipline (管教) their children through teaching and encouraging."

According to Steve Biddulph, the author of More Secrets of Happy Children, the permissive era was often just an excuse to ignore children. He believes discipline involves firm but friendly teaching and does not need to involve punishment. He teaches a method called "stand and think”, where a child is helped to figure out what is wrong and how to get it right. Mr. Biddulph understands parents using spanking, but lie is against it. "The happiest children are those who know Mum and Dad are in charge. As children grow into their teens, more negotiation can take place, such as: Prove you can be home safely by 1l pm, and we might let you stay out till midnight."

“There is no good evidence that an occasional, properly administered spanking is harmful in any way.”says John Rosemond, an American who has won a huge following by calling for "parent power". It is pure nonsense to believe that restricting children to their room as a punishment could make them have negative feelings about the room and cause sleep problems.

Mr. Rosemond tracks the overturning of traditional family values to the end of the Second World War. He blames the change of the American family into a child-centered, self-respect-oriented (以……为导向) unit on psychologists and social workers, who for 30 years have weakened traditional approaches. Previous generations of American parents raised children not by the book, but by self-evident truth, he says. Children should be seen and not heard. If you make your bed, you'll have to lie in it. He says that those phrases contain time-honored understanding and principles that helped children to develop what we refer to as the "three Rs" of parenting: respect, responsibility and resourcefulness.

【小题1】Which is closest to the meaning of the underlined word "laissez-faire" in the second paragraph?

A．Let it be.	B．Go for it.
C．Get it right.	D．Take it easy.

【小题2】If his child did something wrong, Steve Biddulph would ______.

A．give him a good beating

B．lock him up in a dark room

C．ask him to stand in a corner for hours

D．help him find out the problem and solution

【小题3】By mentioning the underlined part in the last paragraph, Mr. Rosemond .

A．blames parents for ignoring children's rights

B．reminds parents to communicate more with children

C．encourages parents to involve children more in family affairs

D．explains how previous generations of parents raised children

【小题4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The causes of discipline problems.

B．The best way to discipline children.

C．Different opinions on ways of parenting.

D．Differences between parents of different times

Things Your Pilot Won't Tell You
You may not be getting the airline you paid for．
You may go to an airline website and buy a ticket, and get onto an airplane that has a similar name painted on it, but half the time, you're really on a regional （地方的） airline．The regionals aren't held to the same safety standards as the majors: their pilots aren't required to have as much training and experience, and the public doesn't know that．
—Captain at a major airline
If you're a nervous flier, book a morning flight．
The heating of the ground later causes bumpier （颠簸的） air, and it's much more likely to thunderstorm in the afternoon．
—Jerry Johnson , pilot, Los Angeles
The smoothest place to sit is often over or near the wing．
The bumpiest place to sit is in the back．If you're in the middle, you don't move as much．
—Patrick Smith, pilot, and author of Cockpit Confidential
Sit in the front if you want fresher air．
The general flow of air in any airplane is from front to back．So if you're really concerned about breathing the freshest possible air or not getting too hot, sit as close to the front as you can．Planes are generally warmest in the back．
—Tech pilot at a regional airline, Texas
You never know where the safest seat is．
There is no safest place to sit．In one accident, the people in the back are dead; in the next, it's the people up front．
—John Nance, aviation safety analyst and retired airline captain, Seattle
I've been struck by lightning twice．
Most pilots have．Airplanes are built to take it．You hear a big boom and see a big flash and that's it．You're not going to fall out of the sky．
—Charlotte, pilot for a regional earner,．North Carolina
People don't understand why they can't use their cell phones．
Well, what can happen is 12 people will decide to call someone just before landing, and I can get a false reading on my instruments saying that we are higher than we ideally are．
—Jim Tilmon, retired American Airlines pilot, Phoenix
【小题1】Jerry Johnson advises nervous fliers to ______．

A．sit in the back

B．fly in the morning

C．fly with major airlines

D．avoid flying in bad weather

【小题2】The best seats for those who need fresh air are ______．

A．in the front	B．in the middle
C．in the back	D．near the wing

【小题3】Passengers' use of cellphones before landing is likely to ______．

A．increase the risk of being struck by lightning

B．make it difficult for pilots to control the plane

C．cause the instruments of the plane to break down

D．affect pilots' judgment about the height of the plane