The business of the company was growing so fast that the manager had to _____ more workers.
A. take in B. take on C. take up D. take after
However, at times this balance in nature is disturbed, ____ a number of possibly unforeseen effects.
A. lying in B. calling in C. existing in D. resulting in
China's population is expected to increase to about 1.5 billion in 2040, ______it will start to decline slowly.
A. where B. which C. on which D. after which
Catching _____ sight of their head teacher coming, the students fell into silence all of _____ sudden.
A. the; the B. /; a C. the; a D. /; /
在英语课堂上，你的周围有一些学习效率高的同学，他们表现突出，这与他们良好的习惯是分不开的。请就此话题用英语写一篇120词左右的短文，举一两个例子说明他们的良好习惯，并谈谈你的看法。
[1] Boys whose fathers work very long hours are more likely to be aggressive, according to a new research. A study of more than 1,400 children found those boys, whose fathers worked more than 55 hours a week, were more aggressive than their peers, yet the same thing didn’t happen to daughters. What’s more, mothers’ working hours did not seem to affect it.
[2] Now, further research needs to be carried out to find out why this happens in males, and to look for ways to tackle it. In Germany, 15 percent of fathers of children, aged three and four, worked 55 or more hours a week. Dr. Jianghong Li said, “It is possible when fathers work very long hours, children are less well monitored after school, especially if mothers also work full time hours. There is some evidence young boys are less well monitored than girls, when fathers have high work related demands. As a result, it will cause more problems.
[3] The average amount of time parents spend with their children has increased in recent years, but the quantity and quality of parent-child time is still raised as a concern. Studies in the US and Australia point to a desire among parents to work fewer hours and spend more time with their children. A wish among children is that parents would come home from work less tired and stressed.
[4] The finding provides evidence to support equal opportunities for mothers and fathers to share parenting and work responsibilities. Instead of focusing on negative effects of mothers’ working hours, policy makers should pay attention to negative results of fathers’ long working hours for children’s emotional well being. Fathers should be urged not to work long hours, but to have a greater share of parenting responsibilities.
1.What’s the main idea of the passage? (no more than 11 words)
2.How much time should fathers work a week at most according to the passage? (no more than 5 words)
3.What would happen if fathers work too long hours? (no more than 10 words)
4.What’s the desire among children according to the passage? (no more than 10 words)
5.What does the text suggest to us? (no more than 10 words)
