Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Text 1 Mary Eberstadt writes in Home-Alone America that growing obesity, the high incidence of sexually transmitted disease among teenagers and an overdependence on drugs such as Ritalin for attention deficit disorder are often the fault of parents who "outsource" their responsibilities. "We tend to think that the problems with juveniles are located at the bottom end of the social spectrum, but latchkey children are more common among the affluent," said Eberstadt, a mother of four who is a conservative writer and research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. According to the most recent figures from the US Census Bureau, 41% of children aged 12 to 14 regularly look after themselves at the end of the school day. The figures rise with prosperity. For children aged 5 to 14, "self-care increases from 11% of children in poverty to 22% of those with family incomes at least double the poverty line." Eberstadt’s book is dividing sociologists, critics and partisans in the "mommy wars" between stay-at-home and working parents. A child clings to the ankles of his smartly dressed mother to stop her leaving for work on the front of the book; he does the same to his father on the back. P. J. O’Rourke, the conservative commentator and satirist, supports Eberstadt’s thesis. "If you don’t think (her) arguments have merit, try treating your dog the way America treats its kids," he said. "Give the puppy her own set of house keys and put her in front of the television instead of taking her for a walk. Let her eat anything she wants and house train herself. Send her to another master for visitation at the weekends. And when she comes into heat, turn her loose in the pound." James Q. Wilson, author of The Marriage Problem: How Our Culture Has Weakened Families is one of the intellectual forces behind zero tolerance policing. He praised the book’s "great, unarguable theme that parental care is of decisive importance in shaping the character of our children". Feminist critics, in contrast, accuse Eberstadt of Taliban-style thinking. The Washington Post attacked her "seductive" but "nasty" opinions and lack of "interest in how real people live or think about their lives". Eberstadt insists that she is not ordering women back to the home. "The bottom line is a lot more nuanced," she said. "It doesn’t have to be ’you’ there after school, but there are not enough protective, supporting, loving adults around." Neighbourhoods, she added, "are so emptied of adult presence that even the richest kids just go home, throw the deadbolt and get no exercise more strenuous than walking from the video game to the refrigerator." The result of being home alone is not just snacking and obesity but casual sex, leading to an explosion in venereal diseases that can lead to infertility and cervical cancer, Eberstadt said. The text is mainly about()
A. the introduction of the wonderful contents of Mary Eberstadt's new book.
B. the publishment of a new book and reactions from the society.
C. the high incidence of many social problems resulting from the fault of parents.
D. the phenomenon that latchkey children are more common among the affluent.
第12届国际逻辑学、方法沦和科学哲学大会在西班牙举行,哈克教授、马斯教授和雷格教授中至少有一人参加了这次大会。已知:(1)报名参加大会的人必须提交一篇英文学术论文,经专家审查通过后才会发出邀请函。(2)如果哈克教授参加这次大会,那么马斯教授一定参加。(3)雷格教授向大会提交了一篇德文的学术论文。根据以上情况,以下哪项一定为真
A. 哈克教授参加了这次大会
B. 马斯教授参加了这次大会
C. 雷格教授参加了这次大会
D. 哈克教授和马斯教授都参加了这次大会
李进和陈红分别是班上男生和女生中学习优秀者。他们一起上了五门课,其中只有《机械原理》一门课的成绩相同。他们每门课的成绩都在D0—A00分之间。下列哪一项可以帮助我们确定李进五门课的平均成绩是否比陈红的高
A. 李进的《物理学》成绩最低,而陈红的《机械制图》成绩最低。
B. 李进的最高成绩和陈红的最高成绩都是《最优化方法》,而且成绩相同。
C. 李进有三门课的成绩比陈红的高,包括《物理学》、《工程力学》和《机械制图》
D. 李进的《机械原理》不如其他功课,陈红的《机械原理》成绩比其他课程高。