For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub．Traditionally, the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, where the people gather together to socialize and exchange news．
As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved．Many of them have become historic sites．The most famous example is the pub in the city of Nottingham called " Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem" , which dates back to the year 1189 AD and is probably the oldest pub in England．
However, British pubs are not just for kings and queens; they welcome people from all classes and parts of society．On a cold night, the pub's landlord or landlady can always find a warm place for you by the fire．There is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drinks available at an affordable price．
That's how things used to be．Things are beginning to change．It is said that the credit crunch （信貸緊縮） is causing 39 British pubs in a week to go out of business．People do not have enough spare money to spend on beer．Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may also have affected the number of customers going to pubs．
This decline is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the UK government started to allow pubs to stay open after 11 p．m．．Previously, with 11 p．m．a(chǎn)s closing time, customers would have to drink quite quickly, meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly．The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as "binge drinking" , and it causes long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities．
In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market．British pubs now offer something for everyone．A lot of pubs used to be "Working Men's Clubs" , meaning that women could not usually enter．Today, however, women can freely enter 99% of pubs without experiencing any problems．Perhaps things are changing for the better after all．
小題1:British people have the habit of gathering in the pubs to _____．
A．have the hearty food
B．enjoy the historic sites
C．make themselves known
D．communicate with each other
小題2:The British pubs are allowed to stay open after 11p．m．to ______．
A．urge customers to drink quickly
B．a(chǎn)ffect the number of customers
C．help reduce social problems
D．give pub owners better income
小題3:We can learn from the last paragraph that the author _____．
A．is against the admission of too many women to the pubs
B．holds an optimistic attitude towards the future of the British pubs
C．thinks that women in the pubs will cause less social problems
D．holds the view that British pubs should offer everything you need
小題4:The passage mainly tells us ______．
A．the long history of British pubs
B．the present situation of British pubs
C．the reason why British people go to pubs
D．the disadvantages of running pubs in Britain

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:B
文章主要講述的是關(guān)于現(xiàn)在英國(guó)酒吧的一些相關(guān)信息。
小題1:推理判斷題，根據(jù)第一段where the people gather together to socialize and exchange news可知，英國(guó)人在酒吧是從事社交活動(dòng)，談?wù)撔侣劇?br />小題2:推理判斷題，根據(jù)第五段可知，在11點(diǎn)之前關(guān)門會(huì)導(dǎo)致很多問題，比如long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities
小題3:推理判斷題，根據(jù)文章最后一句Perhaps things are changing for the better after all可知，
小題4:文章講述的英國(guó)酒吧的現(xiàn)在的狀況。
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B．Many countries in the world celebrate Labor Day．
C．Labor Day has a deep meaning for American laborers．
D．Labor Day shows the social and economic power of America．
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C．How American employers treated their workers．
D．The life that American workers ever expected．
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D．The first ever Labor Day parade was held in 1882．
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Recently, two American spaceships, Vikings 1 and 2, landed on Mars trying to discover whether that planet has any life on it. So far the signs of life on Mars has neither confirmed(確認(rèn)) nor ruled out. Russians have discovered that the surface of Venus(金星) is so hot that it is almost certain that there is no life there. Also the atmosphere of Venus is extremely dense(稠) and the pressure is nearly a hundred times greater than that of the Earth’s atmosphere.
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小題1:
According to the passage, traveling to the planets will be ________.
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小題3:
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C．Scientific purposes.D．Excavation law.
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C．making use of the InternetD．solving the money problem
小題3:Which of the following four suggestions about archaeology is from the author?
A．No selling of any unearthed ancient artifacts.
B．Some money should be raised for the purpose.
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