[单项选择]Some working parents and teachers once believed that
A. it is necessary for children to attend specific after-school programs.
B. it is not much help for children m attend specific after-school programs.
C. children can benefit greatly from attending specific after-school programs.
D. attending specific after-school programs can help children obtain new skills.

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Working parents and teachers see after-school programs no longer as optional, but as an essential support for children as they grow and develop, according to a new national study of after-school programs, released by Reader’s Digest Funds. Nearly 80 percent of parents surveyed in the study said that after-school programs helped their children cope with behavioral problems and helped them obtain new skills to meet increased demands in school.
At a time when states and the federal government are pressing harder than ever for improved academic achievement by all children, a three-year study shows that after-school programs, particularly in low-income communities, are an effective and affordable way not only to keep children safe and out of trouble, but also to keep them engaged in school. The report concludes that children in school-based after-school programs benefit both academically and socially in programs that offer a diverse set of activities. The report findings
A. improving children's academics performance.
B. helping parents get better jobs.
C. making children be more obedient.
D. making children be more independent.

[单项选择]An hour later the visiting parents assembled in the school hall.


A. stood
B. gathered
C. huddled
D. lined

[单项选择]His parents were once well-off but they lost all their money.
A. in good health
B. not happy
C. well-to-do
D. not rich

[单项选择]Working parents usually don't have enough time（）with their children.
A. stay
B. stayed
C. to stay
D. staying

[单项选择]Working parents usually don't have enough time ______ with their children.
A. stay
B. stayed
C. to stay
D. staying

[单项选择]— ______ do you go to see your parents —Once a week.

[单项选择]What may happen to computer criminals once th.ey are caught

[单项选择]Their parents once lived under very severe conditions.
A. sound
B. hard
C. strict
D. tight

[单项选择]On first reading it appeared to offer some hope that the industrial world can achieve a soft ______ from its present overheated state.
A. rising
B. falling
C. climbing
D. landing

[单项选择]Frequently single-parent children ______some of the functions that the absent adult in the house would have served.
A. take off
B. take after
C. take in
D. take on

[单项选择]Laura ____ her parents travel abroad once a year.
A. and
B. together with
C. as well as
D. accompanied by

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A. sound
B. hard
C. strict
D. tight

[单项选择]Their parents once 1iVed under very {{U}}severe {{/U}}conditions．
A. sound
B. hard
C. strict
D. tight