Passage Five
In the United States the family plays an important role in most holiday activities. November is National Adoption Month. We visit with an American family that has an extra special reason to celebrate this year.
It’s not Mary Webster’s birthday. It is the day that she is adopted. She came to the Webster family about two years ago. When her new mother held Mary, she knew Mary would some day be part of their family.
Mary’s birth mother was fighting drug addiction. Webster’s were never sure if the birth mother would want to have Mary back.
The Webster’s were foster parents. It is not known how long the child will stay. No attention is paid to the emotions of the foster parents and the child. Once the birth mother has no more claim on the child, the foster family can adopt the child.
A judge makes the adoption final. The judge says this ceremony touches her emotionally.
The judge said tha
A. Mary's foster parents
B. Mary's birth parents
C. Mary's good friends
D. judges
Passage Five
In the United States the family plays an important role in most holiday activities. November is National Adoption Month. We visit with an American family that has an extra special reason to celebrate this year.
It’s not Mary Webster’s birthday. It is the day that she is adopted. She came to the Webster family about two years ago. When her new mother held Mary, she knew Mary would some day be part of their family.
Mary’s birth mother was fighting drug addiction. Webster’s were never sure if the birth mother would want to have Mary back.
The Webster’s were foster parents. It is not known how long the child will stay. No attention is paid to the emotions of the foster parents and the child. Once the birth mother has no more claim on the child, the foster family can adopt the child.
A judge makes the adoption final. The judge says this ceremony touches her emotionally.
The judge said tha
A. November
B. December
C. June
D. March
Passage 3
Income inequality in the United States remained relatively stable for a period of nearly forty years. Beginning in the 1970’s, however, this period of stability ended, as the first signs of widening income inequality became apparent. Over the course of the 1970’s and 1980’s, an increasingly clear trend toward greater income inequality emerged. By the end of file 1980’s, tile top 20 percent of workers were receiving the largest share of income ever recorded by government figures, and the bottom three fifths were receiving the lowest shares ever recorded. This trend has continued into the 1990’s and currently shows no signs of decline. When the indicators of growing inequality were first observed in the 1970’s, some researchers argued that the effects were merely temporary artifacts of short-term labor market disturbances. The new occupational structure appears to be one with an increase of well-paid technical, scientific
A. The top 20 percent of the workers earned more than the well-paid technicians.
B. Over half of the workers were poorly paid.
C. There were more service jobs.
D. Income still remained unequal.
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