甘肃省庄浪县第四中学高二下学期期末考试英语试题Word版含答案.docVIP

2015-2016年高二第二学期期末考试 英语试卷 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） (共15题：每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Sharing cars to work is not unusual．But what about sharing time to raise children together? In Ningbo city of Zhejiang province in East China, young mothers in the same neighborhood pool their children together, and share the responsibility of being parents． Spending every day together, but not families – in this coastal city of East China, three mothers are trying a new way of raising their kids, by pooling them together. Among the mothers are both office workers and housewives.They say they do so not just because of the tight schedule． Jiujius mother said, By kids pooling, we mean to create an opportunity for the kids to spend time together so that we can observe our kids, learn more about them．And then we can discuss how to better bring them up． The three families have been doing so for two years, in school days and holidays．Their children have grown used to each others company,Chichis mother said, My son was a bit shy．Weve been talking him to be more active, but he hardly changed．After joining the kids pool, suddenly we found him willing to communicate with others now．When we are not there, he has to rely on himself to get along with his pals． Generally, mothers speak highly about the pooling．The mothers describe the pooling as bringing the running water into a closed pond．It opens a window to a different world for both kids and parents．But there are moments when opinions differ．Xiaoxiaos mother said, Sex education for example．Kids will be curious about it when they reach a certain age．Personally I want to talk with my child about it, frankly and sincerely．But the other two moms think it better not to bring it up． Xiaoxiaos mother says her solution is to share some parenting guidebooks with other mothers and let them make the decision． The headmaster of the kindergarten believes such pooling activities test not only children, but also the parents．J