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1、Working Mothers Carefully conducted researches that have followed the children of working mothers have not been able to show any long-term problems, compared with children whose mothers stayed at home. My personal 1view is that mothers should be allowed to work if they wish. Whether we like it or no
2、t, there are a 2 number of mothers who just have to work. There are those who have invested such a big part of their lives in establishing a career that they cannot 3afford to see it lost. Then there are many who must work out of pure economic 4necessity . Many mothers are not 5cut out to be full-ti
3、me parents. After a few months at home with a much loved infant, they feel trapped and isolated. There are a number of options when it 6comes to choosing childcare. These range from child minders and nannies through to Granny or the kind lady 7across the street. 8 In reality , however, many parents
4、dont have any choice; they have to accept anything they can get. Be prepared! No 9matter how good the childcare may be, some children are going to protest wildly if they are left. This is a 10perfectly normal stage of child development. Babies separate well in the first six months, but soon after th
5、at they start to get a crush on Mum and close family 11members. Make sure that in the first week you allow 12plenty of time to help your child settle in. All children are different. Some are independent, while others are more 13attached to their mothers. Remember that if you want to 14 do the best f
6、or your children, its not the quantity of time you spend with them, its the 15quality that matters. 第一篇第一篇 A Life with Birds 有鸟陪伴的生活有鸟陪伴的生活 For nearly 17 years David Cope has worked as one of the Tower of Londons yeoman warders, better known to tourists as beefeaters. David, 64, lives in a three-bed
7、roomed flat right at the top of the Byward Tower, one of the gatehouses. “_3 From our bedroom we have a marvellous view of Tower Bridge and the Thames, “ says David.The Tower of London is famous _4 for its ravens, the large black birds which have lived there for over three centuries. David was immed
8、iately fascinated by the birds and when he was _5 offered the post of Raven Master eight years ago he had no _6 hesitation in accepting it. “The birds have now become my life and Im always _7 aware of the fact that I am _8 maintaining a tradition. The legend says that if the ravens leave the Tower,
9、England will fall to enemies, and its my job to _9 make sure this doesnt happen!“David_10 devotes _about four hours a day to the care of the ravens. He has grown to love them and the _11 fact _ that he lives right next to them is ideal. “I can _12 keep a close eye on them all the time, and not just
10、when Im working.“ _13 At first , Davids wife Mo was not _14 keen on the idea of life in the Tower, but she too will be sad to leave when he retires next year. “When we look out of our windows, we see history _15 all around us, and we are taking it in and storing it up for our future memories.“ 第二篇第二
11、篇 A Lucky Break 幸运的骨折幸运的骨折 Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones, and it always seems to happen when hes 1 doing sport. In the film Play It to the Bone he 2 plays the part of a middleweight boxer alongside Woody Harrelson. 3 During the making of the film Harrelson 4 kept complaining that
12、the fight 5 scenes werent very convincing, so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real. The Spanish actor wasnt 6 keen on the idea at first, but he was 7 eventually persuaded by his co-star to put on his gloves and climb into the boxing ring. However, when he realized h
13、ow seriously his 8 opponent was taking it all, he began to regret his decision to fight. And then in the third round, Harrelson hit Banderas 9 so hard in the face that he actually broke his nose. His wife, actress Melanie Griffith, was furious that he had been playing “silly macho games“. “She was r
14、ight,“ confesses Banderas, “and I was a fool to 10 take a risk like that in the middle of a movie.“He was 11 reminded of the time he broke his leg during a football match in his native Malaga. He had always 12 dreamed of becoming a soccer star, of performing in front of a big crowd, but doctors told
15、 him his playing days were probably over. “Thats when I decided to take 13 up acting; I saw it as 14 another way of performing, and achieving recognition. What happened to me on that football 15 pitch was, you might say, my first lucky break.“ 第三篇第三篇 Global Warming全球变暖全球变暖 2013 已考过已考过 Few people now
16、 question the reality of global warming and its effects on the worlds climate. Many scientists (1) made put the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase (2) in the worlds temperatures and are convinced that, more than (3) ever before, the Earth is at (4) risk from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. (5) Ac
