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The old paper mill has been ________ to make way for a new shopping centre.
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“I should have been a King if I was back to the old days.”一句中，should have been 应该重读。
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Butterfly Lovers tells story of the young couple who have no choice but to commit suicide to resist the_____ .
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Fill in the blanks:1,The old couple ___________ live next to us have four grandchildren.2,I can never forget the day ___________ I got the first prize in the competition.
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People send _________ to newly married couple which indicate “the wish to have a baby soon”.
A:forks
B:knives
C:chopsticks
D:bowls
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There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society.In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced
After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform. Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces.The rate increased steadily and in recent years has increased much more rapidly.But there are also quite a lot of people who do actually get married.At present the marriage rate in the UK is about 70 per cent, which has gone down since the number of people who marry has gone down qui te a lot in the last 20 years, but more significantly in the last 10 years.Quite high proportions of people now live together without marrying, and, for example, 40 per cent of children born in the UK are born to couples who aren&39;t married or are born to lone parents.There are quite a large number of lone parent families, 90 per cent of these are headed by a woman rather than a man
The average family size now in the UK is 1.8 children per couple, which
Means that there’s been quite a decline in the birth rate in the UK along with other European countries.
21.What does the passage mainly discuss？()
A.The declining divorce rate in the UK.
B.Trends in marriage and divorce in the UK.
C.The increasing divorce rate in the UK.
22.During the last ten years,（）
A.the marriage rate has gone down more rapidly in the UK
B.the marriage rate has gone up a lot in the UK
C.40% of children were born to unwed couples in the UK
23.According to the passage, the cohabitation rate in the UK tends to ___
A.decline
B.soar
C.stay stable
24.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true？
A.The highest divorce rate was around 1969.
B.The marriage rate has gone down in recent years.
C.The marriage rate is currently 70 percent.
25.The last paragraph tells us（）
A.the birth rate in the UK is increasing at the moment
B.the birth rate in other European countries keeps increasing
C.the birth rate in the UK is decreasing rapidly now
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【简答题】找出下列英语句子中的屈折词缀。（The study) Have you eaten yet？ Do you know how long I've been waiting？ She's younger than me and always dressed in the latest style. We looked through my grandmother's old photo albums. My parents' parents were all froom Scotland.
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Parents of young couples, with the old concept of family and happiness, want their children to live with them after marriage and they don't complain about the troubles they have to take in living with their married children.
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
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听力原文：M: Don" t you think it would have been very nice to have lived in the 19th century？ They didn’t have this terrible stress and pace that we have.
W: Yes, but what did they do with that leisurely pace. ？ All that most people had to think about was where the next meal was coming from.
What problem did she mention？
A．They had too much stress.
B．They had nothing to do in their spare time.
C．They were worried about their meals.
D．The pace was terrible.
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听力原文：M: More than a colleague complains that I smell of garlic for a couple of days after we've been to the Italian restaurant.
W: Then, how about the Korean today？
Q: What can we infer from the conversation？
(17)
A．They'll go to the Italian restaurant.
B．They'll go to the Korean restaurant.
C．They decide not to eat garlic any more.
D．They'll invite the man's colleagues to have some Italian food.
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听力原文：M: I am sorry to inform. you that you have been replaced by a computer at the office.
W: I see. So a machine can be more capable than a man.
What do we learn from the conversation？
A．The woman will work together with a machine.
B．The machine has been replaced by a man.
C．The woman lost her job.
D．The woman was happy to work with a capable computer.
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听力原文：W: Oh．no…．some TV channels have been rerunning a lot of comedies from the sixties．What do you think Of those old shows？
M: Not much．But then，the new ones aren't so great either.
Q: What does the man mean？
(14)
A．He no longer watches much television.
B．He prefers comedies from the sixties.
C．He thinks comedies haven't improved for years.
D．He hasn't seen many of the old shows.
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听力原文：W: You read this？ A couple that couldn't have a baby cloned the husband, and the wife is now in the family way!
M: Oh, you mean the wife is going to give birth to her husband？
W: Right. The child will be born in two months and the couple won't feel sad about having no children! How great!
M: But isn't that strange？ How could the father face another self! You see, they'll look exactly the same! And if they had decided to clone the wife, she'd be giving birth to herself!
W: Well, isn't it charming to live your own life again？ I think human cloning is beneficial in many ways, such as providing remedies for new incurable diseases, prolonging one's life, and so on.
M: That's very good, but what'll be the relationship between the parents and their cloned copy？ What responsibilities should people take for their own clone？ And what if the child falls in love with his own mother one day？ As I see it, human cloning is unethical and must be prohibited!
W: Well, maybe human cloning still has a long way to go, or, maybe, the couple would be better of adopting a child.
Who has the couple cloned？
A．The wife.
B．The husband.
C．The baby.
D．A sheep.
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Because this month has been unusually ______, my team and I have been able to take the time to clean out file cabinets and archive old project materials.
A．slow
B．busy
C．late
D．active
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M: Hi, what have you been _____1_____ recently W: Study. You know, the exam is coming
M: Hi, what have you been _____1_____ recently W: Study. You know, the exam is coming in two weeks. M: Exam What exam W: Oh, you don’t know. It’s for a certificate in _____2_____. M: Great. Those skills are necessary and widely used. W: Right. Plus, I want to learn something ______3______ my major. M: That’s good. It’s better to ______4______ ourselves with multiple skills, which are what employers ______5______. W: Agree. That’s why I’ve been teaching myself new things.
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In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. This is perhaps the first generation of American youngster(年轻人)who have never been close by during the birth of a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.
Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we transfer them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally ill patients--even when those patients are their parents. This deprives(剥夺)the dying patient of significant family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.
Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed approximately 500 terminally ill patients in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.
It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients' communications in order to truly understand their needs, fears, and fantasies(幻想). Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their tremendous need to be informed, to be kept up-to-date on their medical condition, and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the approach of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance prior to death.
Five hundred critically ill patients were investigated with the main purpose of ______.
A．learning how to best help them and their families
B．observing how they reacted to the crisis of death
C．helping them and their families overcome the fear of death
D．finding out their attitude towards the approach of death
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You should have been more patient _____ that customer; I’m sure that selling him the watch was possibility.
A.of
B.with
C.for
D.at
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I should like to___ touch with old friends but I have been so busy with my study.
A．get into
B．be in
C．keep in
D．lose
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听力原文：Many interesting sites have come up on the Internet in recent years, but one of the most successful sites has been "oldfriends. com". Like all good ideas, this one is very simple. It's just a database of schools that you can add your name and e-mail address or phone number to, so that old friends can log on, find your details and contact you. In the studio today, we have two guests Mark Sorenson, a sociologist who has been investigating this phenomenon and Dr. Julie Arnforth, a psychologist who has recently produced a study of how and why friendships from the past can become very important to us in later life.
Who is speaking？
A．A sociologist
B．An old friend
C．Dr. Julie Arnforth
D．A radio or TV presenter
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听力原文：M: My shoulder's been hurting for a couple of weeks now ever since I moved that heavy desk by myself.
W: If it hasn't gotten better by now, you should have it looked at.
Q: What does the woman imply？.
(17)
A．He should look at the desk.
B．He should go to the doctor.
C．He should relax a little hit.
D．He should have found some one for help.
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Some people have the age-old desire to put the joke on others.
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Attempts to ______this old system have been made in every presidentialelection in the past one hundred years, but the system has survived all assaults.
A、break down
B、break in
C、break up
D、break through
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Of the many problems in the world today, none is as widespread, or as old, as crime. Crime has many forms, including crimes against property, person, and government. Crime, in all its forms, penetrates every layer of society and touches every human being. You may never have been robbed, but you suffer the increased cost of store- bought items because of others’shoplifting.
Your house is not worth as much today as it was a few years ago because of the increased crime rate in your neighborhood. Perhaps your business is not doing as well as it used to because tourism is down due to increased terrorism in your part of the world.
Crime, especially violent crime, has risen to a point where many people are afraid to walk al one in their own neighborhoods, afraid to open their door after dark, afraid to speak out and voice their own opinions. Some citizens have reacted by arming themselves with various weapons, legal and illegal, to defend themselves. Citizen groups have taken the law into their own hands by forming their own vigilante groups to administer judgment when they feel that their criminal justice system has not performed its duty.
Experts argue whether the number of crimes committed is actually on the rise or whether there is simply a rise in the number of crimes reported. This issue is particularly true in cases of marriage violence, the abuse of spouse or children. Throughout much of history, cases of family violence and neglect often went unreported because of the attitude of society, which considered family matters to be private.
Other experts argue about who is really to blame for criminal behavior. the individual or society. Researchers in the United States and Canada have identified several factors in society that contribute to the crime rate: massive urbanization, unemployment and poverty, and a large immigrant population. Other countries are more affected by factors such as politics, government corruption, and religion.
(1)What does the passage mainly discuss？
A、Crime the widespread problem.
B、The results caused by increasing violent crime.
C、Factors contributing to the crime rate.
D、Citizen groups combating crimes.
(2)The word shoplifting in line 4 is closest in meaning to _____________.
A、the crime of lifting the ban
B、the crime of moving the shops away
C、the crime of robbing things from shops
D、the crime of stealing things from shops
(3)Why does the author in Paragraph 2 mention citizen groups forming their own vigilante groups？
A、To show the criminal justice system is not just
B、To show citizens are powerful in combating crimes
C、To show crime is a serious social problem
D、To show citizens have rights in combating crimes
(4)According to the passage, which of the following are the factors contributing to United States’criminal behavior？
A、Politics, unemployment, poverty and a large immigrant population.
B、Massive urbanization, unemployment and poverty, and a large immigrant population.
C、Politics, government corruption, poverty and religion.
D、Massive urbanization, unemployment and poverty, and government corruption.
(5)Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？
A、Since you have never been robbed, you are not a victim of crime.
B、Some people use illegal weapons to defend themselves.
C、Only the individual should be responsible for the criminal behavior.
D、Family violence and neglect are considered family matters, and therefore private, so they are not crimes.
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The old house is in perfect conditions because it has recently been renovated（）
A．destroyed
B．damaged
C．restored
D．decayed
