The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with sheer physical survival and beyond that,is own economic prosperity,Thus,children were valued in terms of their productivity and they assumed the role of producer quite early.Until they fulfilled this role,their position in the structure of the family was one of subordination(从属),and their psychological needs and capacities received little consideration.
As the society became more complex,the status of children in the family and in the society became more important.In the complex,technological society that the United States has become,each member must fulfill a number of personal and occupational roles and be in constant contact with a great many other members. Consequently,viewing children as potentially acceptable members of society means tha they are regarded more as people in their own right than as utilitarian organisms.This acceptance of
四、阅读理解：共 15 小题;每题3 分，共45 分。阅读下列短文，然后根据 短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。
A
The sea is very big.Look at a map of the world.There is less land than sea.The sea covers three quarters of the world.
The sea is very deep in some places.There is one spot,near Japan,where the sea is nearly 11 kilometres deep.The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometres high.If that mountain were
put into the sea at that place,there would be 2 kilometres of water above it.
If you have swum in the sea,you know that it is salty.You can taste the salt.Rivers,which flow into the sea,carry salt from the land into the sea.Some parts of the sea are less salty than other parts.There is one sea,called the Dead Sea,which is very salty.Because it is very salty,swimmers cannot sink! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea.
In most parts of the sea,there are plenty of fishes and plants.Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down.There are also millions of tiny living things that float in the sea.These floating things are very small.It is hard to see them.Many fish live by eating them.
The sea can be very cold.Divers,who dive deep down in the sea,know this.On the top the water
may be warm.When the diver goes downwards,the sea becomes colder and colder
Another thing happens.When the diver goes deeper,the water above presses down on him.It squeezes him.Then the diver has to wear clothes made of metal.
36.One spot of the sea near Japan is
A.nearly nine kilometres deep
B.almost eleven kilometres high
C.two kilometres above the highest mountain in the world
D.two kilometres deeper than the height of the world's highest mountain
37.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Fish cannot live in the salty sea.
B.The sea gets its salt from rivers.
C.Different parts of the sea have different amount of salt.
D.There is no fish in the Dead Sea.
38.Fish in the sea live
A.near the top of the sea B.deep down in the sea
C.at different depth of the sea D.on tiny living things in the sea
39.The deeper divers goes down in the sea,
A.the warmer the sea becomes B.the colder they find the sea is
C.the less the water above presses down D.the heavier their clothes must be
B
The ordinary family in colonial North America was primarily concerned with sheer physical survival and beyond that,is own economic prosperity,Thus,children were valued in terms of their productivity and they assumed the role of producer quite early.Until they fulfilled this role,their position in the structure of the family was one of subordination(从属),and their psychological needs and capacities received little consideration.
As the society became more complex,the status of children in the family and in the society became more important.In the complex,technological society that the United States has become,each member must fulfill a number of personal and occupational roles and be in constant contact with a great many other members. Consequently,viewing children as potentially acceptable members of society means tha they are regarded more as people in their own right than as utilitarian organisms.This acceptance of
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children as equal participants in the contemporary family is reflected in the variety of statutes protecting the rights of children and in the social public welfare programs devoted exclusively to their well-being.
This new way of children and the increasing contact between the members of society has also resulted in a great interest in child-rearing techniques.People today spend a considerable portion of their time on the proper way to bring up children.It is now possible to influence the details of the socialization of another person's child by spreading the principle of current and fashionable theories and methods of child-rearing,
40.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
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