In the third paragraph, the word "handsome" actually mean ______.
A. beautiful
B. considerable
C. poor
D. good-looking
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"Brands must speak to consumers eye-to-eye" probably implies that ______.
A. products should be made as attractive as possible
B. brands should identify and respond to the needs of consumers
C. brands should focus on product benefits offered to customers
D. brands should accept the praise and blame by customers
All mothers deserve our support--those who care for children at home and those who have joined the work force. But many working mothers continue to believe that they are shortchanging (少找钱)their children. They shouldn't. Research tells us that kids do just fine when mothers work.
Suzanne Bianchi a scientist of the University of Maryland, has found that mothers today spend as much if not more time with their children than they did in 1965, even though the percentage of mothers who work rose from 35 percent to 71 percent. Then there are the obvious financial benefits. For many children, these earnings are the difference between living in poverty—or out of it.
The kids are all right. Studies conducted by the University of Michigan have consistently demonstrated that a child's social or academic competence does not depend on whether a mother is employed. In my research four out of five children (nine out of ten in single parent families) told me that having a working mother was their preferred arrangement. My study found that children with working mothers are no more likely to drop out, take drugs, break the law, or experiment with sex prematurely than children with non-employed mothers. Children have taken their mothers' example to heart. Ninety percent of the young women I interviewed said they hoped to combine work with motherhood, while two-thirds of the men said they wanted to share parenting and work.
Sadly, children support working mothers more than we do as a society. Parental leave and child-care benefits in the United States remain inadequate, particularly when compared to what's offered in other countries. Children thrive when their mothers have satisfying, well-paid jobs when they can count on other caretakers to share the load. The challenge facing us is thus not whether good workers can also be good mothers, but whether we can create the conditions that enable working mothers and fathers to be good parents.
From the first paragraph, we can see that ______.
A. now more American mothers are working than any time in American history and anywhere else in the world
B. more than half Americans think that before going to school, children need their mothers' whole-hearted care
C. a majority of Americans believe that once working outside home mothers think of their own work more than their children
D. more American mothers work than ever before, but this problem of working mothers has not been solved satisfactorily
By writing the passage, the author intends to ______.
A. introduce diverse ways of traveling
B. points out the best mode of traveling
C. emphasize the advantages of traveling by air
D. compare the means of relaxing when traveling
听力原文:W: Aren't you leaving tomorrow for your honeymoon vacation? Has all been packed and ready to go?
M: Not yet. I still have to stop by the drug store and get some medicines for carsickness.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
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A. The man's vacation has been postponed.
B. The man might be carsick.
C. The man is going to change his medicine.
D. The man's wife asked him to buy some medicine for her.