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Passage One
Expecting a
baby?
HEALTHY BABY: Manitoba’s Prenatal(怀孕)
Benefit and Community Support Programs
It’s
what’s inside that counts
When you’re
pregnant, it’s important that you eat well to help
you and your growing baby. That’s why if you live
in Manitoba and your net family income is less
that $$ 32,000 a year, the Manitoba government
offers you a monthly cheque
during your
pregnancy to help you buy healthy foods and
prepare for your baby’s arrival.
How to
apply
Pick up an application form from
medical offices, Healthy Baby community programs
or by calling the number below.
The
application form must include a medical note
indicating your baby’s due date, so see your
health care provider
early.
More support
for you and your baby
Through Healthy Child
Manitoba, Healthy Baby also offers community
programs which help you to learn more about
nutrition, health and parenting a baby.
For more information, please call:
945-1301(
in Winnipeg )
1-888-848-0140( at no cost )
945-1305 TDD( Telephone Device for the Deaf)
1. What program is this passage about?
A. Baby food. B. Low-income
families.
C. Women’s health.
D. Birth and growth of healthy babies.
2.
Who can enjoy the benefits of the program?
A. Pregnant women of high risk. B. pregnant
women of first child.
C. pregnant women in
good health. D. Pregnant women with low
income.
3. The most important information to
be filled in the application forms is ______.
A. the pregnant woman’s name B. when
the baby is due to arrive
C. the pregnant
woman’s medical history D. in which hospital
the baby is to be delivered
4. Healthy Baby
will also provide more help in all aspects but
______.
A. baby education B. baby
nutrition C. baby parenting D. baby
health
5. For further information, the deaf
can ______.
A. call 945-1305TDD
B. dial 1-888-848-0140
C. visit their health
care provider D. send email to a medical
office
Passage Two
In the past, people
who graduated from college felt proud of their
academic achievements and confident that their
degree would help them to find a good job.
However, in the past four years the job
market has changed dramatically. This year’s
college graduates are facing
one of the worst
job markets. For example, Ryan Stewart, a graduate
of san Jose State University, got a degree in
religious
studies, but he has not gotten any
job offers. He points out that many people already
working are getting laid off and
don’t have
jobs, so it’s even harder for new college
graduates to find jobs.
Four years ago, the
future looked bright for his class of 2006. There
were many high-tech (“dotcom”) job opportunities,
graduates received many job offers, and they
were able to get jobs with high salaries and
benefits such as health insurance
and paid
vacations. However, “Times have changed. It’s a
new market.” according to an officer of the
university.
The officer says students who do
find jobs started preparing two years ago. They
worked during summer vacations,
they have had
several short-time jobs, and they majored in
fields that are still paying well, such as
accounting or
nursing.
Even teaching is
not a secure profession now. Ryan Stewart wanted
to be a teacher, but instead he will probably
go back to school in order to become a college
teacher. He thinks college teaching could be a
good career even in a
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bad
economy.
In conclusion, these days a college
degree does not automatically lead to a good job
with a high salary. Some students
can only
hope that the value of their degree will increase
in the future.
1. What did a college degree
mean to people in the past?
A. It was a
proof of their professional skills.
B. It
would guarantee their quick promotion.
C. It
built up their confidence in the job market.
D. It would help them to start an academic career.
2. Ryan Stewart has not got any job offer
because_______.
A. there are too many
graduates of his major
B. he wants to find a
job with very high salary
C. he has not
received a degree in the university
D. the
job market has changed greatly since 2002
3.
According to the passage, _______ had the best job
prospects in 2002.
A. computer science
B. accounting C. teaching D.
nursing
4. Why does Ryan Stewart want to be
a college teacher?
A. Teaching jobs are
well-paid.
B. He majored in teaching in the
university.
C. College teaching is less
challenging than high-tech jobs.
D. College
teaching career won’t be influenced by economy.
5. It can be concluded from the passage that
_______.
A. the value of a college degree
has decreased now.
B. new college graduates
today can’t find jobs.
C. a college degree
can still lead to a good job.
D. graduates
must prepare early to find jobs.
Passage
Three
Shoron Keating was worried about her
kids when she got a divorce. Her daughter says, “
I was feeling ? like down
and sad even though
I didn’t really show it.
Judith Wallerstein
says problems from divorce can last many years.
They can show up when the kids are adults. And
the kids have their own trouble. Wallerstein
studied 93 children over a generation. The results
can be found in her
book.
She says that
children of divorce are more likely to have
problems with drugs. They are far more likely to
seek
therapy. About 40 percent of them avoid
marriage themselves. When they do marry, fail at
nearly twice the usual rate.
It is hard for
them to trust. They are afraid of failing.
Critics say Wallerstein had too few children in
her study. They think that Wallerstein stresses
too much from a
small study. Other things may
be the cause of the kid’s problem. The study does
not compare kids from divorced families
with
kids from “healthy” families.
Wallerstein’s
families divorced a generation ago. Times have
changed. People feel different about divorce.
Today
programs like Kid’s Turn try to reduce
some of the effects of divorce with family advice.
Talking about their feelings
helps the kids
get though it. Since they know more about the
problem, maybe the kids will be able to handle it.
1. Which word can best describe the kids
from divorced families according to Paragraph 1?
A. Offensive B. Relieved C.
Depressed D. Prejudiced
2. Children
from divorced families who marry later will
______.
A. have no trust in other people
B. be more likely to get divorced
C.
firmly protect their marriage
D. have stable
marriage
3. Wallerstein’s study showed that
______.
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A. divorce left
the children with many problems
B. all the
problems showed up right after the divorce
C. divorce could be avoided
D. divorce is
the only cause of children mature earlier
4.
Which of the following is critics’ opinion?
A. Healthy families do not have problems.
B.
All the related factors were considered in the
study.
C. Divorce is the only cause of child
problems.
D. The number of families studied
was not sufficient.
5. Today children from
divorced families______.
A. have no more
problems
B. are getting more care and help
C. are less able to handle their problems
D. are told not to talk about their problems
Passage Four
It is still sometimes
difficult to understand why those between ages 10
and 18 would endanger their lives by joining
armed forces or rebel groups and become
fighting soldiers. The recently published book,
Young Soldier, Why They Choose
to Fight By
Rachel Brett and Irma Specht, tries to find an
answer.
There is no doubt that children
fight in most armed conflicts today. While
international attention focuses largely
on
those who are forced into battles, thousands more
enlist (应征入伍) voluntarily.
In an attempt to
to understand the young who take up arms, Brett
and Specht interviewed 53 boy and girl soldiers
and ex-soldiers from around the world,
Afghanistan , Colombia, the Republic of the Congo
for example. All interviewees
were involved
with armed forces or armed groups before the age
of 18 and all classified themselves as volunteers.
What these two field officers heard is “I
joined involuntarily- if you have nothing, you
volunteer for the army”.
Other reasons young
people gave are self- defense, revenge, poverty,
and unemployment.
But while it is common
knowledge that most child soldiers come from poor
and disadvantaged backgrounds, Young Soldiers
shows that the issue is far more complex. Many
poor children do not join the army. The
environmental, educational, social,
cultural,
and highly personal factors determine whether
someone decide to join up or not.
The
battlefield is not a place for children. One young
soldier described being there as “too sad an
experience”.
The authors hope that by
understanding why teenagers join up, those child
soldiers should know how to discourage others
from the same tragedy.
1. Young
Soldiers, Why They Choose to Fight is ______.
A. a book B. a magazine C. a
news report D. a TV program
2.
According to paragraph 3, Brett and Specht’s
interviewees _______.
A. joined armed forces
under 18
B. considered going into the army
their duty
C. were only from African
countries
D. were mainly the ex-soldiers
3. The reasons shown in young soldiers for
children to join the army are______.
A. very
simple B. very complex C. unknown
D. unbelievable
writers of Young Soldiers
probably expect that ______.
A. child
soldier would leave armed forces
B. they
could find more than 53 interviewees
C. no
more children would join armed forces
D.
there would be no wars in the world
5. The
tone of the passage is ______.
A. pleasant
B. indifferent C. humorous D.
objective
Passage Five
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