It may be possible to enjoy a higher standard (標準) of living if you have a small family. There are clear advantages to having a small family. H____86____, there can also be serious disadvantages if it is a small family. The parents have big responsibilities (責任) of raising children by themselves if they have no help from other family m____87____. Today, it is quite common for both parents to work full time in order to pay for the basic cost of living of family. When the parents come home, they are often very t____88____ from a hard day at work. Still, they have to take care of the children, cook, clean, wash clothes, shop, etc.

When there is only one parent, of course the responsibilities of looking after the children are much h____89____ for him or her. They have to work out all the things by themselves. They just hope that everything goes right every day. More and more, people in small families have been trying to create their own extended families (大家庭) to meet their needs. They often try to develop a net-work of friends and neighbors to be part of their self-created extended family. For example, small families may celebrate holidays t____90____ and, if there are children, they may share responsibilities of child raising. Your child might go to a neighbor’s h____91____ or apartment after school on certain days, and then you would do something in e____92____ to help your neighbor out. Many of these arrangements are very successful and helpful for those families.

In America, people don’t keep their old people at home. At a certain age they put them away. In my country, the old people stay in the home until they ____80____. But here, things are not like that. It’s surprising to me that they put them away. The first thing they think of is a nursing home (養(yǎng)老院). Some of these people don’t need a nursing home. If they had their own bedroom at home, they would watch ____81____ or listen to the radio or have themselves busy doing something interesting.

Right now there’s a lady here, nothing wrong with her, but her children put her away. They don’t come to see her. The only time they come to see her is when she says, “I can’t breathe.” She wants some ____82____. And that way she is just aging. When I came here, she was a beautiful woman. She was looking nice. Now she is going down.

We had another lady here two years ago, she had two sons. She fell and had a ____83____ leg. They called the eldest son. He said, “Why call on me? Call the little one. She gave all the money to that little one.” That was bad. I was right there.

All these people are not helpless. But just the family ____84____ them. There is an old man here. His children took him for a ride one day, pushed him out of the car, let him walk and wander (徘徊) by himself. He couldn’t find his way home. His children try to ____85____ all that he has. They are trying to make him sign papers and things like those. There is nothing wrong with him. He can dress himself, cook his own meals, take a walk… They signed him in here, made the lawyers sign him in. They are just in for money.

How can these children treat their old people like that? How awful!

80. A. fail                 B. disappear                C. die               D. hate

81. A. films        B. pets                C. television                  D. children

82. A. attention     B. freedom                     C. invitation                D. trouble

83. A. frozen                B. broken                    C. weak                   D. terrible

84. A. have pity on        B. deal with                    C. rely on                  D. get rid of

85. A. take away           B. give up                      C. dream of                D. care for

Brazil (巴西) is the greatest football nation in the world. There are 100 million Brazilians (巴西人). How many of them are football fans? 100 million! All of them think that they know all about football. This makes life very difficult for the Brazilian team manager. When things go badly for the Brazilian team, the newspaper would demand (要求) that the team manager should leave his job. “If we win, they put me in heaven (天堂),” as a manager once said, “If we lose, they put me in hell (地獄).”

You can’t escape football in Brazil. There are football matches on every street and beach. On television, the results of the football matches come before the main news programs. There are six television channels in Rio de Janeiro. On Sundays each channel shows a different football match.

Brazil is not the richest country in the world, but the government spends huge sums of money on football. It cost more than one billion pounds to prepare for the 1978 World Cup. That’s 10 pounds for every Brazilian man, woman, and child. And many Brazilians don’t earn as much as 10 pounds a week. Is it worth it?

“Brazil must have a great football team,” says one journalist. “If it costs one billion pounds, that’s all right. If the government doesn’t give a good football team, then it will become unpopular. Football is more than a game in Brazil.”

Football is more than a game in Brazil. This is certainly true in its largest city, Sao Paulo. The most popular team is Corinthians. Corinthians’ fans are the most loyal (忠實的) and emotional in Brazil. When Corinthians win, production in the Sao Paulo car factories increases by fifteen per cent. When they lose, it drops. At one time Corinthians won the national championship for the first time. For four days fans danced and sang in the streets.

74. In Brazil the number of football fans and its population are __________.

A. the same       B. less                   C. more           D. 100 billion

75. Life for __________ is no easy, for he will be put in hell if the football team loses.

A. a football fan      B. any government official          C. the Brazilian team manager     D. a football player

76. It is the __________ that come before the main news programs on television.

A. football matches                   B. results of football matches

C. football matches on the streets           D. football matches on the beaches

77. The government spent __________ in preparing for the 1978 World Cup though the country was not rich.

A. one billion dollars      B. one million pounds      C. one billion pounds      D. one million RMB

78. Football is more than a game in Brazil. The underlined sentence means “In Brazil __________.”

A. people like football very much     B. there is something else in football

C. people are keen on competition    D. football has influences (影響) on the politics and economy of the nation

79. The best title of the passage is __________.

A. Brazilians and Football            B. Brazilians’ Way of Life

C. Football and Income             D. Football and Government

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67. The charity organization will receive some money from the local government next year. (改為否定句)

   The charity organization __________ receive __________ money from the local government next year.

68. We can improve air quality in the cities by driving less. (對劃線部分提問)

   __________ __________ you improve air quality in the cities?

69. John decided to adopt (收養(yǎng)) all the homeless dogs and cats of the community. (保持句意基本不變)

   John __________ a __________ to adopt all the homeless dogs and cats of the community.

70. Mum put the presents round the Christmas tree the day before yesterday. (改為被動語態(tài))

   The presents __________ __________ round the Christmas tree by Mum the day before yesterday.

71. Sally didn’t go to a movie last night. She stayed at home watching the news on ICS. (合并為一句)

   Sally stayed at home watching the news on ICS __________ __________ going to a movie last night.

72. The man climbed to the top of the hill so as to have a good view of the whole town. (保持句意基本不變)

   The man climbed to the top of the hill __________ __________ he could have a good view of the whole town.

73. “Have you got any further information about the accident?” The boss asked. (改為賓語從句)

   The boss asked __________ I __________ got any further information about the accident.

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59. In the __________ part you have a test in grammar and vocabulary. (two)

60. All the assistants are the students who come from different famous __________. (university)

61. I often go to that restaurant, for both the food and __________ there are excellent. (serve)

62. __________ is not very difficult to learn if you are good at English. (Germany)

63. In spring many birds fly over the lake __________. (beautiful)

64. To our surprise, even children can __________ the machine without any directions. (operation)

65. The Xinhua News Agency says the president made an __________ speech at the welcome party. (attract)

66. It was __________ for my father to talk so much at table that day. He is always quiet. (usual)

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When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad.

Just ____51____ most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign ____52____ to the people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America, I was really ____53____ having a nice holiday without any language problems.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding (誤解) began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Tina a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A ____54____ old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.

“Yes,” I said. “I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young?”

“Who’s talking about marriage?” I ____55____. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I have arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”

“Oh!” He said. “There is a phone downstairs.”

When at last we did meet up, Tina ____56____ the misunderstanding to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use____57____ in meaning from the British. You will soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand ____58____.”

--- It’s getting clear. What about going for sightseeing in Hangzhou tomorrow?

--- __________

A. All right.　　　　 B. Oh, yes.　　　　 C. Yes, I will.　 　　 　　　D. That’s right.

--- Could you lend me a hand to carry this heavy box, Tom?

--- __________

A. Never mind.　　　　 B. Not at all.　　　　 C. Sure.　　　 D. Yes, please.

 __________ delicious the steak is!

A. What                B. What a                 C. How                  D. What an

--- __________ did Marian get from her grandparents on the first day of school?

--- A big new schoolbag with four wheels.

A. What　 　 　　 　B. Why　　　　　 C. When　 　　　　 　 D. Where