16.A)It should be attached to the status

B)It should be hung from the top of the monument

C)It should be spread over the object to be unveiled

D)It should be carried high up in the air

17.A)There has been a lot of controversy over the use of flag

B)The best athletes can wear uniforms with the design of the flag

C)There are precise regulations and customs to be followed

D)Americans can print the flag on their cushions or handkerchiefs
Passage Three

18.A)Punishment by teachers

B)Poor academic performance

C)Truancy

D)Illness

19.A)The Board of Education

B)Principals of city schools

C)Students with good academic records

D)Students with good attendance records

20 . A) Punishing students who damage school property

B) Rewarding schools that have decreased the destruction

C) Promoting teachers who can prevent the destruction

D) Cutting the budget for repairs and replacements

Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Passage one

Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly(无情的)manipulated into parent-hood by their parents , who think that happiness among older people depends on having a grand-child to spoil. We need an organization to help beat down the persistent campaigns of grandchildless parents. It’s time to establish Planned Grandparenthood, which would have many global and local benefits.

Part of its mission would be to promote the risks and realities associated with being a grandparent. The staff would include depressed grandparents who would explain how grandkids break lamps, bite, scream and kick. Others would detail how an hour of baby-sitting often turns into a crying marathon. More grandparents would testify that they had to pay for their grandchild’s expensive college education.

Planned grandparenthood’s carefully written literature would detail all the joys of life grand-child-free a calm living room, extra money for luxuries during the golden years, etc. Potential grandparents would be reminded that, without grandchildren around, it’s possible to have a conversation with your kids, who----incidentally-----would have more time for their own parents .

Meanwhile, most children are vulnerable to the enormous influence exerted by grandchildless parents aiming to persuade their kids to produce children . They will take a call from a persistent parent, even if they’re loaded with works. In addition, some parents make handsome money offers payable upon the grandchild’s birth. Sometimes these gifts not only cover expenses associated with the infant’s birth, but extras, too, like a vacation. In any case, cash gifts can weaken the resolve of even the noblest person.

At Planned Grandparenthood, children targeted by their parents to reproduce could obtain non-biased information about the insanity of having their own kids. The catastrophic psychological and economic costs of childbearing would be emphasized. The symptoms of morning sickness would be listed and horrors of childbirth pictured. A monthly newsletter would contain stories about overwhelmed parents and offer guidance on how childless adults can respond to the different lobbying tactics that would-be grandparents employ.