Strong families are without problems at all.A.YB.NC.NG
Strong families are without problems at all.
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Strong families are without problems at all.
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第1题
Strong families can enjoy high quality of time just by spending little time together.
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第2题
Hundreds of families dropped into the sea when______.
A.a strong ice storm tilted the ship.
B.the cruise ship sank all of a sudden.
C.the badly damaged ship leaned toward one side.
D.the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats.
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Secrets of Strong Families
A group of American marriage and family counselors once placed a brief notice in four dozen newspapers in 25 states. "If you live in a strong family, please contact us.We know a lot about what makes families fail; we need to know more about what make them succeed. " Letters poured in. Then a questionnaire was mailed to each family who responded and more than 3000 families participated. one of the most surprising things to emerge is that six key qualities for making a strong, family function were mentioned time and again by many families. Those qualities are:
Commitment
Crucial to any family% success is an investment of time, energy, spirit and heart, an investment otherwise known as commitment. The family comes first. Family members are dedicated to promoting each other's welfare and happiness-and they expect the family to endure. For strong families, commitment and sexual fidelity (忠诚) are so closely linked that an extramarital affair (婚外变) is regarded as the ultimate threat to a marriage. "An affair does terrible things to your partner's self-esteem, "one woman wrote. "ft says, 'you are replaceable." Some families have seen commitment eroded by a more subtle enemy-work, and its demand on time, attention and energy.
Time Together
When 1500 children were asked "What do you think makes a happy family?", they didn't list money, cars, or fine homes. They replied: doing things together. Members of strong families agree. They spend lots of time together-working, playing, attending religious services, and eating meals together. What you do isn't as important, they say, as doing it. What about quality versus quantity of time? Strong families realize the time they spend together needs to be good time. It also needs to be sufficient; quality interaction isn't likely to develop in a few minutes together. A working mother wrote, "To excuse myself for spending so little time with my daughter by saying, 'It was only 15 minutes, but it was high quality, ' is a cop-out."
Appreciation
Feeling appreciated by others is one of the most basic of human needs. Questionnaires and interviews showed that the quantity of appreciation family members expressed to one another was even greater than anticipated. One mother wrote.. "Each night we go into the children's bedrooms and give each a big hug and kiss. Then we say, 'you are really good kids and we love you very much, ' We think it is important to leave that message with them at the end of that day. "A wife said "when my husband comes home he says, 'I see you've been busy with boys today and you got your hair cut and did the marketing. ' He doesn't mention the weedy garden. And when he comes in disappointed over a sale he missed, I remind him of the three he made last week. We've conditioned ourselves to look at what we have rather than what we lack. ”
Communication
Psychologists know that good communication helps to create a sense of belonging, and ease frustration as well as full-blown crises. Strong families emphasize that good communication does not necessarily happen; it takes time and practice. Good communication means clearing up misunderstandings. Strong families work at explaining one an other's messages. A new Mexico husband wrote: "My wife would say, 'Are there any good movies downtown?' and she'd mean, 'I'd like to go to a movie'. I'd answer the question literally, by telling what was playing. Rarely did I suggest going to a show. Then I'd be surprised when she was unhappy. Eventually we figured this pattern out. She is better now about saying 'I'd like to… ' instead of hinting, and I'm better about checking to be sure I understand what she really means."
Spiritual Wellness
Spiritual wellness was defined by strong families as a caring center within each of us that promotes sharing, love and compassio
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听力原文: Like Malaysia, Indonesia is a traditional honor-oriented society. There is strong in-group loyalty including family, friends, and members of the same ethnic group. This is the basis for widespread favoritism in the economy.
Indonesians value large families, with extended families living together and supporting one another. However, increasing urbanization and the need to move to find employment is breaking up this interdependence and extended family living.
Harmony and respect characterize the relations among people, Conflict is avoided as values and behavior. in all aspects of life are directed towards smooth relations with others. People of low ranks do not make decisions; there is a wait-and-see attitude until senior managers reveal what the decision is.
The best time of year to schedule business trips to Indonesia is between February and June, and again between September and early December. July and August axe vacation months for Indonesians who can afford to travel.
Both Malay and Chinese Indonesians respect age, status and position. You should be equally sensitive to those factors at meetings and in social engagements associated with business. Defer to older people by standing when they enter and letting them sit down first. If a meeting involves a very senior Indonesian, it is respectful that your organization has a very senior person available to attend.
You should be punctual at all time even though your Indonesian counterparts may not be Indonesians generally shake hands all round and give a slight bow of the head. You should do the same. They smile a lot, but this does not necessarily have a positive meaning.
What breaks up Indonesians' extended family living?
A.Change of family values.
B.Increase of urbanization.
C.Charm of being mobile
D.Pressure of changing houses.
第6题
Based on the information in the passage, it can be inferred that the extended family is most likely to be found in agricultural societies because______.
A.agricultural societies are larger than industrial societies
B.agricultural societies have fewer social institutions
C.agricultural societies are stronger than industrial societies
D.extended families are less complex than nuclear families
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Benefits of Educating Girl
The benefits of educating girls are numerous—to individual girls both when they are young and when they become adult women, to their future families, and to society as whole. Education enables women to contribute more fully to the social and economic development of their societies. A girl's education is also an investment in future generations. The more educated a mother is, the more likely are her children—particularly her daughters—to roll and stay in school.
The higher level of education attained by women is strongly associated with lower child death. Experts believe more educated women practice better hygiene and nutrition(营养),use health services more frequently, and survive better. Woman with more schooling tend to be healthier themselves. Perhaps reflecting their improved ability to avoid frequent childbearing (分娩)and to take advantage of available health services during pregnancy(怀孕).
The educational level achieved by women, like family planning services, has the most powerful influence on family size. The impact of education on family size is strongest and most consistent for women who have completed some secondary schooling. Educating girls is three times more likely to lower family size than educating boys. Education appears to affect family size in many ways. More educated women not only want fewer children than their less educated husbands, but also are more likely to use effective contraception(避孕) successfully and to limit their families to the number of children, which contribute to smaller family size.
Family size is ideal and child death rates are lowest, therefore, in countries that combine strong family planning and health programs with high levels of education for women.
According to the article, families and the whole society benefit from women's ______.
A.work
B.education
C.effort
D.health
第8题
听力原文: For good or bad, computers are now part of our daily lives. With the price of a small home computer now being lower, experts predict that before long all schools and businesses and most families in the rich parts of the world will own a computer of some kind. Among the general public, computers amuse strong feelings--people either love them or hate them.
The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can rein business, in education and in the home--apart from all the games, you can do your accounts on them, use them to control your control heating, and in some places even do your shopping with them. Computers, they say, will also bring some leisure, as more and more unpleasant jobs are taken over by computerized robots.
The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers bring not leisure but unemployment. They worry, too, that people who spend all their time talking to computers will forget how to talk to each other. And anyway, they ask, what's wrong with going shopping and learning languages in classroom with real teachers? But their biggest fear is that computers may eventually take over human, beings altogether.
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A.Computers have become part of our daily lives.
B.Computers have advantages as well as disadvantages.
C.People have different attitudes to computers.
D.More and more families will own computers.
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Benefits of Educating Girl
The benefits of educating girls are numerous --to individual girls both when they are young and when they become adult women, to their future families, and to society as whole. Education enables women to contribute more fully to the social and economic development of their societies. A girl's education is also an investment in future generations. The more educated a mother is, the more likely are her children --particularly her daughters -- to roll and stay in school.
The higher level of education attained by women is strongly associated with lower child death. Experts believe more educated women practice better hygiene and nutrition(营养),use health services more frequently, and survive better. Woman with more schooling tend to be healthier themselves. Perhaps reflecting their improved ability to avoid frequent childbearing (分娩)and to take advantage of available health services during pregnancy(怀孕).
The educational level achieved by women, like family planning services, has the most powerful influence on family size. The impact of education on family size is strongest and most consistent for women who have completed some secondary schooling. Educating girls is three times more likely to lower family size than educating boys. Education appears to affect family size in many ways. More educated women not only want fewer children than their less educated husbands, but also are more likely to use effective contraception(避孕) successfully and to limit their families to the number of children, which contribute to smaller family size.
Family size is ideal and child death rates are lowest, therefore, in countries that combine strong family planning and health programs with high levels of education for women.
According to the article, families and the whole society benefit from women's ______ .
A.work
B.education
C.effort
D.health