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CHICAGO ---- For working parents and heavily scheduled school kids, family mealtime is out of fashion. But supermarkets are trying to attract families back to the dinner table.
There is a cost if family members have meals apart: research shows that teenagers who don’t eat with their parents face a greater risk of drug and alcohol problems.
“The more often kids have dinner with their parents, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs,” said Joseph Califano Jr., head of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, which did the research.
Stores are familiar with the idea and will start telling shoppers about the findings and encouraging them to share meals together at home, instead of separately or at restaurants.
The food marketing Institute will give $25,000 to the center and help stores promote the center’s Family Day in September.
Many stores have grab-and-go dinners and recipe cards. Some have kiosks where people can taste a main dish, then pick out side dishes.
“Our members have worked hard to try to have easily prepared food either ready to eat or ready to take home,” said Tim Hammonds, the institute’s president and chief executive.
Los Angeles-based Contessa Premium Foods makes frozen delicious meals, which a family can heat in 10 minutes to 12 minutes. “That’s nearly as fast as a TV dinner,” said president and chief executive John Z. Blazevich, “but is healthier and makes people feel like they actually cooked.”
“The preparation is the hardest part, so we try to combine a variety of tastes and flavours from around the world and make it fast and easy,” he said.
“Eating at home helps keep meals healthy and teaches kids how to eat right. If we can get people back to having family dinners, parents back to being engaged with their kids, it will have a surprising impact,” he said.
1.The reasons why family mealtime is out of fashion are the following EXCEPT __________.
A. the parents are busy with work
B. the children have a little spare time
C. the children are not fond of family meal
D. it will take much time to cook and eat at home
2.The underlined word “cost” in paragraph 2 can be explained as ___________.
A. gains B. a sum of money
C. advantage D. something you lose
3.According to the passage, stores are trying to attract families back to the dinner table by the following ways EXCEPT ________.
A. telling the parents the disadvantages of having dinner separately.
B. offering various prepared food to make family cooking fast and easy.
C. taking part in Family Day activities in September.
D. helping housewives prepare their meals at home.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A. The efforts that are being made to get people back to having family dinners
B. The benefits of having family dinners together.
C. The changes in American family dinners.
D. A research done by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.
5.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Family Mealtime is out of Fashion
B. Family Day is Promoted in September
C. Parents should Cook Meals for Kids
D. Supermarkets Urges Families to Dinner Table
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If the population of the Earth keeps on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources 1.(leave) to support life on the planet. By the middle of the 26st century, if present trends continue, we 2.（use）up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on the earth will make 3.necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But 4. of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution 5. the problem, 6., has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagan believes 7. before the Earth’s resources are 8.(complete) exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and therefore create a new world almost as large as the Earth9..The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the Earth. 10., there is only a tiny amount of water there.
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Years ago, I had the opportunity to conduct a seminar. This was a motivational one basically designed to _______ people in changing their lives, _______ their personal barriers in life.
It was always _______ to meet the seminar attendees. Some of them couldn’t wait to get started, others were_______ about what they would get for their money, and others attended _______ often being forced by pressure.
This last group was always the most _______ to work with. They sit there with _______ crossed, rarely participating in any of the specific exercises meant to help them build positive behaviors to _______ old habits and thoughts.
In the end, I started to look through the evaluations paying particular attention to find the form submitted by one of the attendees who had seemingly _______ less attentiveness. To my disappointment, in this _______, there was no form. I left that day thinking that I had _______ this person.
As I _______ my preparation for the next seminar afterwards, one day I received a phone call —it was the _______ attendee who had not submitted the evaluation form! My immediate _______ was to prepare for a request for a total refund(退款).
It was not the case, _______. He took his time to tell me how much the seminar had already helped him change his ways, and how much more comfortable he was with himself now that he knew how to overcome his own personal barriers _______ success both personally and professionally. I was surprised and glad to be _______ to him.
Actually we all have power to affect the _______ of others, but this power can also be negative if you use it wrongly or improperly. Power — you all have it — use it _______ because you never know what impact you have on other people even when you think _______.
1.A.rescue B.assist C.sponsor D.treat
2.A.breaking down B.working against C.breaking through D.working out
3.A.fascinating B.frightening C.incredible D.mysterious
4.A.conscious B.explicit C.roundabout D.skeptical
5.A.willingly B.reluctantly C.voluntarily D.naturally
6.A.inspiring B.daring C.challenging D.shocking
7.A.hands B.wrinkles C.smiles D.arms
8.A.impress B.conquer C.twist D.spin
9.A.displayed B.paid C.clarified D.Requested
10.A.court B.case C.guilt D.generation
11.A.succeeded B.managed C.anticipated D.failed
12.A.went about B.turned over C.put away D.set off
13.A.arbitrary B.bored C.very D.suspected
14.A.reaction B.feeling C.effort D.mind
15.A.but B.although C.though D.while
16.A.to B.beyond C.opposite D.against
17.A.hopeful B.helpfu C.handy D.holy
18.A.gestures B.functions C.emotions D.behaviors
19.A.wisely B.foolishly C.regularly D.regularly
20.A.additionally B.alike C.otherwise D.overall
---- Do you know _______ they got to know each other?
---- It was last year_______ they both taught Chinese in Scotland.
A. When it was that, when B. when it was that, while
C. When it was that, that D. When it was that, as
Jessica has always been honest and straightforward, and it doesn’t matter ________ that she’s talking to.
A. who is it B. who it is
C. it is who D. it is whom
It wasn’t until near the end of the letter ______ she mentioned her own plan.
A. where B. that
C. why D. when
