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The following are the reasons why British coal mining is today called a"sick"industry except（）
A . Britain has used up almost all coal deposits
B . the demand for British coal has declined
C . petroleum,water power,and electric power are replacing coal for many purposes
D . the old British mines are narrow and deep,making it difficult to sue machines fro mining.
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Why was the British government interested in New Zealand?（）
A . Trade with New Zealand was economically important.
B . There were no laws to protect Maori rights in dealings with white settlers.
C . The French government was taking an interest in New Zealand,too.
D . All of the above.
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What school did the British poet William Wordsworth belong?
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Why are women’s career paths different from those of men?
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Why did the listeners panic?
A、They thought that monsters had invaded their country.
B、They didn't like the play.
C、They lived in the USA.
D、They lived in small houses.
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Why did British women work as prostitutes according to Bernard Shaw?
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Why has corset been popular among women even in modern days?
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Why were women easily subjected to domestic violence in the past?
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Why did Ivanov fly to Seattle?
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8. M:Helen, why did you give up the job?W: It was too boring.Question: Why did Helen give upthe job?
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1. When did the earliest settlers migrate to the British Isles?
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What did the religion so for the women?
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What did the Queen Elizabeth do for the women in culture?
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Why did the wolf get killed?
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Why do British young people live with their parents till around 30？
A．They can't afford to buy a house.
B．They haven't got their children yet.
C．They have to look after their parents.
D．They are used to living with their parents.
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Why do women swear according to some recent studies？
A．Because they want to be more like man.
B．Partly because they want to imitate women they admire.
C．Mainly because they try to create a masculine
D．Because they think it's cool.
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Why did many women feel that knitting wasout of date？
A．Because their mothers didn'tteach them．
B．Because they were influencedby feminism and consumerism．
C．Because they were feminists．
D．Because they were consumerists．
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45 When did British gentlemen begin to wear ties regularly？
A After the late 19th century.
B In the 1630s.
C In 1660.
D In the late 18th century.
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Why did the professor mention Walden？
A．It is probably well-known to many of the students in the class.
B．It is considered an excellent example of Transcendental literature.
C．It is required reading for the course that She is teaching.
D．It is her personal favorite of nineteenth-century essays.
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Why would the British buyer in the example prefer to pay the additional ￡ 15？
A．He can use the $ 3,000 for investment for one month.
B．He can be insured against loss through pound sterling devaluation or floating down during the month.
C．Because the rate of these purchases is fixed whatever happens to exchange rates in the meantime.
D．Both Ｂ and Ｃ.
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They are said to be reluctant to forsake the pleasures of single life. But nothing could be further from the truth; British women are much more attached to marriage than their European counterparts, around 95.1 percent of British women have married at least once by age 49, the highest figure in the European Union. Only 91.2 percent of British men have walked up the aisle by the same age.
Meanwhile, the much discussed trend for delaying marriage until later in life--blamed on career women reluctant to have children--may actually reflect a return to the historical norm.
The average age of first marriage in Europe 200 years ago was 28, the same as British brides in 1998, according to a paper for the National Family and Parenting Institute, the independent thinktank set up by Jack Straw to advise on family issues.
"The public conversation about marriage has often been conducted in an atmosphere fraught with anxiety that can easily tip over into what commentators have described as a moral panic," the report, comparing European trends in marriage, adds.
"Changes in the marriage rate and in the way people form. relationships are part and parcel of a society where change is rapid and individuals feel helpless in the face of new developments; yet it is vital that these issues can be discussed without blame."
The paper does not include divorce rates. In 1997 Britain had the highest divorce rate in Europe, although by 1999 the rate had fallen to the level of the late 1980s.
Despite much political consternation about the family, the report suggests British attitudes are more socially conservative than those of many EU counterparts.
Nine out of 10 couples in Britain living with their children are married, compared to half in Finland. And while cohabiting is becoming the norm for European twentysomethings, "change has happened much more rapidly across the whole of the EU than in the UK", the report finds. Around a third of British under-thirties live with a partner, but it is closer to half in France and 40 per cent in Germany.
"This report is about let's bring a cool head to this debate," said Gill Keep, head of policy at the institute. "It is much easier to take the panic out of the discussion if you look at it in a comparative way; things that you think are destroying your own society are actually common trends and they may not be that destructive."
She said that despite anxiety over later marriages--the average age of first-time brides rose from 23 in the postwar period to 28 for women and 30 for men by 1999--historically this would have seemed normal.
Social historian Christina Hardyment said that in the nineteenth century couples would not marry until they could afford to support a household. "Women below the middle classes would always work in some capacity, mainly in domestic service, and it made sense to save; people think of kings and queens and nobility being married off at 12 but that was highly unusual," she said.
It is a well-known fact that British women are unwilling to abandon single life for a marriage.
A．True
B．False
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Why haven't British government bodies initiated any studies？
A．Because they do not take the problem of sleepy drivers on motorways as of great significance.
B．Because they have not been aware of the seriousness of the problem of sleepy drivers.
C．Because they have no figures on the number of accidents caused by drivers' sleepiness.
D．Because they plan to support relevant researches or a general study on "driver behaviour".
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Why did Ron leave the supermarket？
A．He knew he would find work in Bournemouth.
B．He took a job as a lorry driver.
C．He gave up the job because he felt unwell.
D．He wanted to work at the seaside.
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Why were the French troops in Canada defeated by the British during the Seven Years' War（）
A．Because they were not used to the weather in Cananda.
B．Because they did not get support from the local people.
C．Because they did not receive the supplies they needed so badly.
D．Because the British had larger and better settlements in Canada.
