Traditionally, sole custody to the mother was the only option considered by the courts for divorcing parents. More recently, over half of the states have enacted legislation authorizing joint custody. About 16 percent of separated/divorced couples actually have a joint custody arrangement. In a typical joint custody arrangement, the parents continue to live in close proximity to each other. The
children may spend part of each week with each parent or may spend alternating weeks with each parent. One potential disadvantage of joint custody is that it tends to put hostile ex-spouses in more frequent contact with each other, and the marital war continues. Children do not profit from being subjected to bickering, yet relationships between children and bickering parents are not significantly different from those between children and parents who do not have joint custody. In a national study of children whose parents had a joint custody arrangement, the researchers found no evidence of less conflict or better relationships with their parents than if the children lived with one parent and saw the other on a visitation basis. California, confronted with evidence that joint custody is not always in the best interest of children, has rescinded its 1979 law of "presumptive joint custody." Joint custody has a positive side, however. Ex-spouses may fight less if they have joint custody because there is no inequity in terms of their involvement in their children's lives. Children will benefit from the resultant decrease in hostility between parents who have both "won" them. Unlike sole-parent custody, in which one parent (usually the mother) wins and the other parent loses, joint custody allows children to continue to benefit from the love and attention of both parents. Children in homes where joint custody has been awarded might also have greater financial resources available to them than children in sole-custody homes-fathers awarded joint custody are more likely to pay child support. In the second paragraph, the word rescinded most nearly means
a. added to.
b. researched. c. strengthened. d. repealed.
D
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Le leggende sul caffè sono tante ma probabilmente quelle più popolari hanno origine in Arabia. Forse quella più conosciuta è quella che proviene dal Monastero Chehodet nello Yemen. Secondo questa leggenda uno dei monaci ha saputo da un pastore che si chiamava Kaldi, che le sue capre e i suoi cammelli mangiavano certe bacche (berries). Secondo Kaldi, queste bacche rendevano gli animali molto vivaci anche di notte. Il giorno dopo il monaco ha preparato con queste bacche una bevanda per poter restare sveglio e pregare più a lungo; da qui l’origine del caffè che beviamo oggi. Altrettante sono le leggende sulle origini della parola “caffè” ed anche in questo caso la leggenda più diffusa ha origini arabe. La parola per caffè, nel linguaggio arabo classico “il qahwah”, indicava una bevanda che si otteneva dal succo estratto dalle bacche. In generale il liquido provocava effetti stimolanti ed eccitanti, ed aveva anche un uso medicinale. Non sorprende dunque che le storie più popolari sul caffè arrivino a noi dall'Arabia. Da quale parola deriva l’italiano “caffè”? a. bacche b. qahwah c. Kaldi
¿Subjuntivo,indicativo o infinitivo? Choose the correct form of the verb to complete each sentence.
1. Dudo que Ricardo _____________ a ver al médico esta tarde. a. ir b. va c. vaya 2. Me alegro de que ustedes ____________ aquí con nosotros. a. estar b. están c. estén 3. Sé que ella __________ buena médica. a. ser b. es c. sea 4. Busco un farmacéutico que _____________ mucho sobre remedios naturales. a. saber b. sabe c. sepa 5. Después de que __________ a casa, mis padres se fueron a dormir. a. llegar b. llegué c. llegue 6. Voy a empezar a hacer ejercicio todos los días para __________ peso. a. perder b. pierdo c. pierda ? 7. Estoy segura de que _________ gripe. a. tener b. tienes c. tengas 8. Es necesario que ___________ todas las pastillas. a. tomar b. tomas c. tomes 9. Después de tantos días enfermo, estoy contento de ___________ mejor. a. sentirme b. me siento c. me sienta 10. Ay, Susana, ¡oOjalá que ___________ pronto! a. mejorarte b. te mejoras c. te mejores
The atmosphere in the gym was ________when the score reached 30-30 with
two minutes left in the game. a. intense b. revive c. remiss d. sedentary