阅读理解。 Annual holidays have become a luxury and are no longer a staple of fam

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阅读理解。     Annual holidays have become a luxury and are no longer a staple of family life, according to government
research.
     A getaway of a week or more is no longer considered essential by many families and is often beyond their
reach, said the analysis of what parents and children say they really need. Fashionable clothes for the children,
expensive birthday parties and lots of toys are also on the list of luxuries families don"t have to have. Instead,
recession-hit parents are thinking of the future, and the things they want for their children centre around
learning to behave properly, good education and good health.
     Their picture of what a family ought to have includes a space to eat together away from the television,
plenty of fruit and vegetables, and bicycles so children can get exercise.
     The breakdown of necessities and luxuries was prepared by researchers from the Department for Work
and Pensions (DWP) who were trying to establish an up-to-date picture of what parents say they really need.
     Their findings show how families have scaled down their expectations in the face of economic difficulties-
how parents are now concentrating their attention and money firmly on the long-term interests of their children.
Many believe that while it is vital for a family to do things together, day trips or weekend breaks are enough.
     Spending on furniture or decorating the house was also considered luxurious, unless the state of the home
was so bad it became difficult to invite visitors in.
    Instead, researchers said: A family home should have an area where the family can eat together, not on
their laps in front of a television. Families should be able to go on outings, overnight trips and possibly short
holiday: the fact of being able to share these experiences is more important than the precise activity and its
cost. 1. It can be inferred that _____.A. a week or more holiday is considered beyond many families" reach
B. children hardly ever need fashionable clothes and lots of toys
C. what a family should have is basic things that they must have
D. annual holidays were once considered necessary and vital 2. In the opinion of most parents, _____. A. families can watch TV together in order to keep up their relationship
B. day trips or weekend breaks are enough for families to share experiences
C. their expectations should be increased in the face of economic difficulties
D. a week"s holiday is an essential minimum during the financial crisis 3. Which of the following is TRUE of the researchers from the DWP? A. They confirm many families still need at least a week away on holiday each year.
B. They learn it is insignificant for a family to do things with each other regularly.
C. They want to know what parents really need in the face of economic difficulties.
D. They found spending on furniture or decorating the house was thought valuable. 4. We can conclude from the last paragraph _____.A. being able to share experiences is important for families
B. a family needs at least a week away on holiday each year
C. a family home should have a comfortable area to watch TV
D. going on outings and overnight trips is wasting time for families 5. What does the author mainly discuss in the text? A. Cycling is very important for children"s health.
B. Family holidays once a year have become a luxury.
C. It is vital for parents to eat together with children.
D. Parents are concerned with children’s future.

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阅读理解。     A million motorists leave their cars filled up with petrol and with the keys in the ignition (点燃) every day.
The cars are sitting in petrol stations while drivers pay for their fuel. The Automobile Association(A.A) has
discovered that cars are left unattended for an average three minutes and sometimes longer as drivers buy
drinks, sweets, cigarettes and other consumer items.With payment of credit cards becoming more and more
common, it is not unusual for a driver to be out of his car for as long as six minutes, providing the car theft
with a golden opportunity.
     For more than ten years there has been a big rise in car crime than in most other types of crime. An average
of more than two cars a minute are broken into or stolen in the UK. Car crime accounts for almost a third of
all reported offenses with no signs that the trend is slowing down.
     Although there are highly professional criminal involved in car theft, almost 90 percent of car theft is
committed by the opportunists. Amateur thieves are aided by our own carelessness. The A.A. recommends
locking up whenever you leave the car and for however short a period. A partially open sunroof or window is
a further come-on (诱惑) to thieves.
     There are many other traps to avoid. The A.A. has fond little awareness among drivers about safe parking.
Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots-just the places thieves love. The A.A.
advises drives to park in places with people around because thieves don"t like audiences. 1. We can learn from the passage that _____. A. there is an increasingly large number of car crimes in the UK
B. about 20% of all reported crimes involve cars
C. car crime is decreasing gradually
D. the A. A. didn"t pay much attention to car crimes 2. The underlined word "opportunists" in this passage most probably refers to _____. A. people who take chances to steal into cars
B. people who always steal or break into cars
C. highly skillful criminals
D. careless criminals who tend to fail in their crimes 3. The A. A, suggests that the car owners should _____. A. always lock up their cars when they leave
B. keep the sunroof and windows open
C. avoid parking in crowded places
D. keep some people around to watch their cars 4. Paragraph Three mainly talks about _____. A. the professional car criminals
B. the opportunities for non-professional car thieves
C. the anti-theft tips
D. when to lock the car

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阅读理解。     "If there is one thing I"m sure about it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading
newspapers. It is not that newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of their news
from television or radio. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people reading
a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.
     The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our lives-the
big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the
same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It"s already happening in areas
that may directly affect our lives, like genetic (基因) engineering. In the future, I think there will be
more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do-as we develop a better understanding
of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
     It"s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted (传送) electronically from
Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I"m pretty sure that how it will happen in the future.
You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the
things you want to read- sports and international news, etc.
     I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media (媒体).
They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers,
but that hasn"t happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound
lost in the air. And as for the Internet, it"s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen. 1. What is the best title for the passage? A. The Best Way to Get News
B. The Changes of Media
C. Make Your Own Newspaper
D. The Future of Newspaper 2. In the writer"s opinion , in the future _____.A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news
B. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer
C. newspapers will cover more scientific research
D. more and more people will watch TV 3. What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself? A. Sports and international news.
B. A menu of important news.
C. The most important news.
D. What you are interested in. 4. From the passage, we can infer _____. A. newspapers will win the competition among the different media
B. newspapers will stay with us together with other media
C. television will take the place of newspaper
D. the writer believe some media will die out

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阅读理解。     Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes into touch with them. Their
values-this can not be repeated too often-aren"t necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and
order are not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves
faced with a room with rotten food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone on bed, taking
no notice of the worms. But is it interrupting personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of
their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the
worms, think we"re in danger of carrying this idea of personal freedom to the point where serious risks (冒
险) are being taken with the health and safety of the old.
     Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The old is like a car: it needs more mechanical repair as it
gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to provision of spare parts. But never forget that
such operations are painful experiences, however good the results are. And at what point should you stop
to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by continuing the development of medicine
to excite the forgetful old mind and to make the old body active, knowing that it is designed to die? You
cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical chances, they will
feel it necessary to give them a try, by the rule that while there"s life, there"s hope.
    Talking to the old, however, you"re forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant
depends less on money or health than it does on your ability to have fun. 1. After reading Paragraph l, we learn that _____. A. very old people are able to keep their living places very clean
B. old people enjoy living alone so as to have more personal freedom
C. every old people enjoy living with their relatives
D. social services have nothing to do with very old people 2. Some social workers think that _____. A. old people should keep their living places clean
B. one should not take risk dealing with old people
C. health and safety are more important than personal freedom
D. personal freedom is more important than health and safety 3. In Paragraph 3, the underlined word "it" refers to _____. A. one"s memory or health
B. the conclusion you have come to
C. whether age is happy or unpleasant
D. you talk to the old people 4. The writer of this passage thinks that _____. A. it is always morally right to treat old people and push off death
B. the opinion that we should try every means possible to save old people is uncertain
C. old people can enjoy a happy life only if they are very rich
D. medical decisions for old people should be left to the doctors

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阅读理解。 The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there
has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman"s life spent in caring for children. A woman
marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would
be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time
the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further
twenty years, during which custom, opportunity and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today
women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman"s youngest child will be fifteen when she
is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement
at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by household appliances and
convenience food.
This important change in women"s life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women"s
economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity, and most of them took
a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the
school- leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women tend to marry
younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many
more afterwards return to full-time or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage,
with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with both husband
and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to their abilities and
interests of each of them. 1. For women during the twentieth century, the amount of time spent taking care of children _____. A. accounted for a great part of their lives
B. was considered to be surprisingly long
C. was longer than in previous centuries
D. was shorter than in previous centuries 2. According to the passage, around the year 1900 most women married _____.A. in their early fifties
B. at about twenty-five
C. at any age from fifteen to forty-five
D. soon after they were fifteen 3. When she was over fifty, the late nineteen-century mother _____. A. was unlikely to find a job even if she wanted one
B. would expect to work until she died
C. was usually expected to die fairly soon
D. would be healthy enough to take up paid employment 4. One reason why the mother of today may take a job is that she _____. A. can retire from family responsibilities when she reaches sixty
B. need not worry about food for her children
C. is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves
D. does not like children herself

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阅读理解。     "Congratulations, Mr. Jones, it"s a girl."
     Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and brings forth a different answer from every man who
bears these words. Some feel proud when they receive the news, while others worry, wondering whether
they will be good fathers. Although there are some men who like children and may have had considerable
experience with them, others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with them. Many fathers
and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time. For other couples, pregnancy
was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or unwillingly.
     Whatever the reaction to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the shift from the role of husband to that of
father is a difficult task. Yet, unfortunately, few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this
remobilization process. Although numerous books have been written about American mothers, only recently
has literature focused on the role of a father.
     It is argued by some writers that the transition to the father"s role, although difficult, is not nearly as great
as the transition the wife must make to the mother"s role. The mother"s role seems to require complete
transformation in daily routine and highly innovative adaptation; on the other hand, the father"s role is less
demanding and immediate. However, even though we mentioned the fact that growing number of women are
working outside the home, the father is still thought by many as the breadwinner in the household. 1. According to the author, being a father _____. A. brings a feeling of excitement to males
B. has a different meaning for those who have daughters
C. makes some men feel proud and others uneasy
D. means nothing but more responsibilities 2. The transition to the mother"s role requires that the wife _____. A. change her lifestyle in a highly innovative way
B. make a complete change in her everyday life to deal with the new situation
C. stay at home to take care of the baby
D. help her husband in his remobilization process 3. Some writers argue that with respect to the change of roles, fathers, compared with mothers, _____. A. have to shoulder more burdens
B. have to make more difficult adaptations
C. have an easier job to do
D. can usually do a better job

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