Quite a few young people nowadays have the habit of listening to background music while do
Why aren't the British having as many children as they used to? Well, there is a whole range of reasons. One of them is that British people are now having their children at a much older age than before, meaning they have fewer vears in which they can have children. Most young people today want a well-paid job, meaning they usually have to go to university. After years of study at university, they then need a few years of work experience before they can get the job they want. They might then get married, but it's very expensive to buy a house in the UK.
The above also explains why British young people now don't move out of their parents' home until they are around 30 years old on average. It is not until they are 30 that they can afford to get married and start a new life in a new home. It's only after this age that many young people start thinking about having a child.
Paragraph 1 tells us that______.
A.the size of the workforce is becoming larger
B.the population of the UK has been on the rise
C.the workers of the UK are much younger than before
D.the average number of children in a British family is falling
Peter felt ashamed. He went behind the wall, and a few minutes later the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.
"Heavens!" the officer said. "Has that silly man shot himself ?"
He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was still all right. "I'm sorry, sir", he said, "but I missed again".
Why did Peter Judd join the army?
A.In order to be a good soldier.
B.In order to be good at shooting.
C.In order to make friends.
D.We don't know.
Task 2
Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.
Peter Judd joined the army when he was 18, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends were practicing their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot at the target(目标,靶) nine times and had not hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldier to shoot said, "You are quite hopeless, Peter! Don't waste your last bullet(子弹)! Go behind the wall and shoot yourself with it!"
Peter felt ashamed. He went behind the wall, and a few minutes later the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot.
"Heavens!" the officer said. "Has that silly man shot himself ?"
He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was still all right. "I'm sorry, sir", he said, "but I missed again".
Why did Peter Judd join the army?
A.In order to be a good soldier.
B.In order to be good at shooting.
C.In order to make friends.
D.We don't know.
The gunman was a young man from a well-to-do family. After the shooting, police searched his hotel room and found a letter. The letter was addressed to Jody Foster, a young film star. In the letter Hinckley explained that he wanted to shoot tile president in order to impress Miss Foster and to make her pay attention to him. The police later discovered that Hinckley had a history of the mind problems.
Hinckley was _______.
A.a skilled killer
B.a famous film star
C.not quite right in the head
D.a man who liked sports
why didn't people wash in those days long ago?
Well, they did not have water in their house. They carried water from rivers or from holes in the ground (= wells). Towns people bought it from a water--carrier. Sometimes it was expensive; and soap was always expensive. They drank water, of course; and so they were clean inside. They did not think about the outside! And this is true; they just did not like a bath.
Modern life is different. We use a lot of soap and water. And we are all quite clean. However, a few people use too much soap; and they often get ill. Who are these people?
Many young women work as hairdressers. They wash and then "dress" other women's hair. That is their job, and they like it. Young hairdressers sometimes wash dirty heads on a busy day! Their hands are soapy for seven or eight hours; and that is not a good thing. A young hairdresser's hands are often red and ugly; and she must then go to doctor.
Long ago, people ______.
A.often died young
B.did not often have a bath
C.washed every day
D.washed every day and died young
听力原文: Too often young people get themselves employed quite by accident, not knowing what lies in the way of opportunity for promotion, happiness and security. As a result, they are employed doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction. Our school graduates face so much competition that they seldom care what they do so long as they can earn a living. Some stay long at a job and learn to like it, others move from one job to another looking for something to suit them. The young graduates who leave the university look for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectations. Very few go out into the world knowing exactly what they want and realizing their own abilities. The reason behind all this confusion is that there never has been a proper vocational guidance in our educational institutions. Nearly all grope in the dark and their chief concern when they look for a job is to ask what the salary is like. They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or, even more important, whether the job suits them. Having a job is more than merely providing yourself and your dependents with daily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment. It sets a pattern of life and, in many. ways, determines social status in life, selection of friends, leisure and interests.
In choosing a career you should first consider the type of work which will suit your interests. Nothing is more sad than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only discourage your desire to succeed in life but also waste your. talents and ultimately make you an emotional wreck and a bitter person.
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A.Because they want to earn high salary.
B.Because schools do not teach students how to choose jobs.
C.Because there has been severe competitioI1 in the job market.
D.Because they have no working experience.
That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They had also invited a young woman so that there would be four people at the table. Her face was familiar. I was quite sure that we had not met before, but I couldn' t remember where I had seen her. In the course of conversation, however, the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her wallet that afternoon. All at once I realized where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photograph, although she was now much older. She was very surprised, of course, when I was able to describe her wallet to her. Then I explained that I had recognized her from the photograph I had found in the wallet. My uncle insisted on going to the police station immediately to claim the wallet. As the police sergeant handed it over, he said that it was amazing that I had not only found the wallet, but also the person who had lost it.
The wallet which the writer found______.
A.was empty
B.had some money in it
C.had a few coins and a photograph in it
D.had an old photograph in it
案例分析 Directions: In this section you are supposed to analyze the following cases from the perspective of intercultural communication. Then write an analysis about 100 words on the cultural differences and cultural understanding in the case. In Australian families the central relationship is usually that between husband and wife, with children being thought of as independent individuals from an early age. The central relationship around which Chinese families revolve is quite different. Here the stress is placed on the relationship between parents and children. Couples with children view the roles of mother and father as coming before those of husband and wife. It is the parents, usually the father, who make all important decisions for the children. It is the father, for example, who will usually make decisions concerning what and where the children should study. This is in marked contrast to Australian families where children play an increasingly important role in deciding such matters as they grow older. This independence once is also shown in the Australian custom of children leaving home to live independently of their parents long before marriage. There are few if any opportunities for young people to set up independently in this fashion in China. Indeed, the Australian practice in this regard can seem from a Chinese perspective to indicate that Australians do not care about their families.
The social education of young children tries to make them accept the idea that human beings in a Society need to work together for their common good. So the emphasis is on cooperation rather than competition throughout most of this process. This may seem curious, in view of the fact that American society is highly competitive; however, the need for making people sociable in this sense has come to be regarded as one of the functions of education. Most Americans do grow up with competitive ideas, and obviously quite a few as criminals, but it is not fair to say that the educational system fails. It probably does succeed in making most people sociable and ready to help one another both in material ways and through kindness and friendliness.
According to the passage, the U.S. elementary education is supposed to make children ______.
A.sensible and sensitive
B.competitive and interested
C.curious and friendly
D.happy and cooperative
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