[单项选择]You can spot them in the grocery store. They’re the morns with the shopping cart cover that’s supposed to protect babies from lurking germs. You can see them on the playground hovering over their toddlers, negotiating toy disputes for their 7-year- olds. They’re in high school, phoning teachers if their children bring home anything other than A’s. They’re even at college - intervening with professors, setting up their children’s dorm rooms and bank accounts and keeping in near-constant contact with their kids via cell phone and instant messaging.
They’re not just parents, they’re superparents.
And while in many communities the above behavior is par for the parental course, experts say that superparenting is really not so super. It’s more like over-anxious, over- vigilant and just plain overdone.
Fragile creatures "Certainly, there are plenty of neglected children in America. But in middle class and upper middle class communities the coddled kid is becoming the nor
A. Children are becoming exceptionally fragile now.
B. Many parents wait longer to have children and there are fewer children.
C. Many mothers are better educated.
D. B and C

[单项选择]You can spot them in the grocery store. They’re the morns with the shopping cart cover that’s supposed to protect babies from lurking germs. You can see them on the playground hovering over their toddlers, negotiating toy disputes for their 7-year- olds. They’re in high school, phoning teachers if their children bring home anything other than A’s. They’re even at college - intervening with professors, setting up their children’s dorm rooms and bank accounts and keeping in near-constant contact with their kids via cell phone and instant messaging.
They’re not just parents, they’re superparents.
And while in many communities the above behavior is par for the parental course, experts say that superparenting is really not so super. It’s more like over-anxious, over- vigilant and just plain overdone.
Fragile creatures "Certainly, there are plenty of neglected children in America. But in middle class and upper middle class communities the coddled kid is becoming the nor
A. They are super parents.
B. They are strict with their children’s academic performance.
C. They care too much and have done too much for their children.
D. This is what most parents have learnt to be parents.

[单项选择]A. About 3 miles. B. You can take the No. 2 bus.
C. In half an hour. D. It’ s very near.

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You can get a lot out of your phone if you know the right number. In London, for example, you can hear tourist information in German if you dial 5468036. Or you may dial 4679024 to listen to poets reading their own poems.
If you don’t know what to cook for dinner, dial 5468345 for the recipe of the day. And your children can hear a bedtime story if they dial 5468567.
For information on almost anything under the sun you can ring 2536141. That’s the number of the Daily Telegraph Information Service.
Do you have problem so big that you think you can’t go on You’ll find understanding, help, and advice if you call "The Samaritans" at 8356266.
You want to meet other people, make a friend, or perhaps find a wife or husband Why not ring 4678324 then’ If you do, you’ll hear men and women talking on tape. They, too, are looking for a friend of partner.
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If you’re a male and you’re reading this, congratulations: you’re a survivor. According to statistics, you’re more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you’ll die on average five years before a woman.
There’re many reasons for this--typically, men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke--but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.
"Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should," says Dr. Gullotta. "This is particularly so for the over-40s, when. diseases tend to strike."
Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45, it should be at least once a year.
Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed doing anything about his smoker&r
A. They are more likely to survive serious diseases today.
B. Their average life span has been considerably extended.
C. They have lived long enough to read this article.
D. They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.

[单项选择]______you’re early you can’t be sure of getting a seat.
A. If
B. Unless
C. When
D. Because

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