The tired kids ________ get back home ________ 7 pm.

A．if they expect to learn

B．if they are expected to learn

C．if they learn to expect

D．if they are learned to expect

While we have complained about our jobs or fallen asleep in car-pool lines, our children have been noticing. They are worried about us. A new survey, "Ask the children," conducted by the Families and Work Institute of New York City, queried more than 1,000 kids between the ages of 8 and 18 about their parents' work lives. "If you were granted one wish to change the way your parents' work affected your life," the survey asked kids, "what would that wish be？" Most parents assumed that children would want more time with them, but only 10% did. Instead, the most common wish (among 34% ) was that parents would be less stressed and tired by work.

Allison Levin is the mother of three young children and a professional in the growing field of "work/ life quality". Levin counsels employees who are overwhelmed by their work and family obligations to carefully review their commitments-not only at the office but at home and in the community too—and start paring them down. "It's not about getting up earlier in the morning se you can get more done," she says. "It's about saying no and making choices."

We can start by leaving work, and thoughts of work, behind as soon as we start the trip home. Do something to get yourself in a good mood, like listening to music, rather than returning calls on the cell phone. When you get home, change out of your work clothes, let the answering machine take your calls, and stay away from e-mail. When your kids ask about your day, tell them about something good that happened. (In the survey, 69% of moms said they liked their work, but only 42% of kids thought their mothers really did. )

Parents can also de-stress by cutting back on their children's activities. If keeping up with your kid's schedule is killing you, insist that he choose between karate lessons and the theater troupe. Parents should also sneak away from work and family occasionally to have some fun. I keep a basketball in the trunk of my can. I might never be able to fix everything at work or at home, but at least I can work on my jump shot.

Which of the following sentences can be the best title of this passage？

A．Kids Say: Chill

B．Kids Stress Parents

C．Parents Complain about work

D．Parents Get in Good Mood

Starrett's daughters—Georgia, 10, and Caroline, 7—attend Vallecito.They are thrilled with their desks.“You feel happier, you're less tired, andyou're more active,” Georgia says.

Some of the desks have wheels and fidget bars.The bars let kidsmove in a way that doesn't disturb the class.Wheels allow the desks to bemoved easily.The desks also adjust to different heights.Kids take breaks bysitting on the floor or on stools.

There is the trend of designing things to make them easy and safe touse.According to Mark Benden, director of the Texas A&M Center, standingworkers are more focused and healthier.He says his research shows that kidsusing standing desks are more engaged and burn more calories (卡路里).InDecember, researchers in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdomreleased similar findings.But not everyone is convinced standing is betterthan sitting.Some parents and teachers worry that kids will get tired and thatstanding for long periods of time may be harmful.And standing desks are moreexpensive.

Benden says both sitting and standing desks can cause problems ifthey are not the proper height.“Our message should not be ‘Sit less, standmore,'” he says, “but ‘Sit less, move more.'”

11.How many classrooms in Vallecito areequipped with standing desks？()

A.3

B.25

C.19

D.22

12.What is Paragraph 3 mainly about？()

A.Why standing desks are used

B.Where standing desks are used

C.How standing desks are used

D.Who use standing desks

13.Mark Benden's research shows that kidsusing standing desks().

A.feel more tired

B.are more focused

C.get better scores

D.tend to eat more

14.The researchers in Australia and the UK(para.4)().

A.would agree with Benden

B.are not fully convinced by Benden

C.partly support Benden's findings

D.find it hard to accept Benden's theory

15.Some parents and teachers worry that usingstanding desks may().

A.disturb the kids in class

B.leave the classroom noisy

C.harm the students' health

D.increase the teachers' workload

A．As common practice for American young teachers

B．Having experienced too many highs and lows in her work

C．With the endless tests given to the kids totally beyond her expectation

D．Growing tired of greeting her kindergartners every day

A.which

B.where

C.that

D.what

A、tire

B、tired

C、get tiring of

D、get tired of

A．To get

B．To have got

C．Getting

D．Have got

A、bored

B、tired

C、excited

D、overslept