The mast fundamental group to which a person belongs is the family. The institution of the family exists in almost every human culture. It is considered by behavioral scientists to be one of the oldest institutions in human history.The family unit serves many important functions. The performance of these functions is the reason for the family’s importance. Above all, the family serves as a mechanism of species survival.Families also have important economic functions. In primitive societies, the tasks of gathering food and providing shelter were divided among family members. Today, both husband and wife may work and share the duties of homemaking and child mating.In addition to its survival and economic functions, the family gives its members social status. In many societies, a person is not considered a complete member until he has married and produces children. Finally, the family helps to meet the basic emotional needs of a person through the love and support received from parents, siblings(兄弟姐妹) and relatives. According to the passage, which of the following is an example of the role of the family in giving status()
A child is taught to respect his elders.
B. A couple works for several years to save for the purchase of a house.
C. A politician makes a campaign commercial with his family.
D. A mother comforts a child after he skins his kne
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提出“小儿稚阳未充,稚阴未长者也”的著作是( )
A. 《幼科发挥》
B. 《小儿药证直诀》
C. 《幼幼集成》
D. 《温病条辨》
E. 《颅囟经》
She led the children to a place of (safe)()
Diseases can be prevented by means of vaccination or ____________________.
For the moment, mind-reading is still science fiction. But that may not be true for much longer. Several lines of inquiry are converging on the idea that the neurological activity of the brain can be decoded directly, and people’s thoughts revealed without being spoken. Just imagine the potential benefits. Such a development would allow both the fit and the disabled to operate machines merely by choosing what they want those machines to do. It would permit the profoundly handicapped to communicate more easily than is now possible even with the text-based speech engines used by the likes of Stephen Hawking. It might unlock the mental prisons of people apparently in comas, who nevertheless show some signs of neural activity. For the able-bodied, it could allow workers to dictate documents silently to computers simply by thinking about what they want to say. The most profound implication, however, is that it would abolish the ability to lie. Who could object to that You will not bear false witness. Tell the truth, and shame the Devil. Transparency, which speaks for honesty in management, is put forward as the answer to most of today’s evils. But honestly speaking, the truth of the matter is that this would lead to disaster, for lying is at the heart of civilization. People are not the only creatures who lie. Species from squids to chimpanzees have been caught doing it from time to time. But only human beings have turned lying into an art. Call it diplomacy, public relations or simple good manners: lying is one of the things that make the world go round. The occasional untruth makes domestic life possible, is essential in the office and forms a crucial part of parenting. Politics might be more entertaining without lies—"The prime minister has my full support" would be translated as, "If that half-wit persists in this insane course we’ll all be out on our ears"—but a party system would be hard to sustain without the semblance of loyalty that dishonesty permits. The truly scary prospect, however, is the effect mind-reading would have on relations between the state and the individual. In a world in which the authorities could peep at people’s thoughts, speaking truth to power would no longer be brave: it would be unavoidable. Information technology already means that physical privacy has become a scarce commodity. Websites track your interests and purchases. Mobile phones give away your location. Video cameras record what you are up to. Lose mental privacy as well, and there really will be nowhere. (423 words) Which of the following is NOT true according to Paragraph 2
A. Mind-reading would help the profoundly handicapped to communicate more easily.
B. Mind-reading would help both the able-bodied and disabled to operate machines simply through thoughts.
C. Mind-reading would help to prevent people from telling lies.
D. Mind-reading would help to keep the mental prisons of people locked tightly.