1. In an extended family, people live in different houses.()
2. An extend family includes at least three generations.()
3.In an extended family, children are looked after by their grandparents because their parents are traveling around.()
4. Extended families can be found all over the world.()
5. Children can live happily with their parents and grandparents.()
Extended family
In an extended family, all the people share one household. Apart from parents and children, there may be other family members: grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. That is to say, a large family may have more than two generations, and often there are more than two adults from different generations of a family.
The family members live together for many reasons. They may help to bring up children or to take care of an ill relative. They may also help with saving money. Sometimes children are brought up by their grandparents, for their parents have died or can never take care of them. Many grandparents look after the children, particularly when both parents are busy working. This large family is called extended family. It can be found all over the world. The number of these families has increased by 40 percent in the past ten years. Most of such families live happily together.
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1. In an extended family, people live in different houses.()
2. An extend family includes at least three generations. ()
3.In an extended family, children are looked after by their grandparents because their parents are traveling around. ()
4. Extended families can be found all over the world. ()
5. Children can live happily with their parents and grandparents. ()
At that time, the poor girl can't but______ all her belongings at a low price.
A.to sell
B.sell
C.selling
D.sold
A.include
B.abolish
C.eliminate
D.diminish
A.She was absent all week owing to sickness.
B.She was seriously injured in a car accident.
C.She called to say that her husband had been hospitalized.
D.She had to be away from school to attend to her husband.
Which novel is this selection taken from?
A.She has two children.
B.She has less experience with kids.
C.She loves her kids,but she regrets having babies so early.
D.She takes care of her children all the time.
E.Now she has a new job and works hard.
F.Her mother did a lot to help her take care of the children.
G.She is satisfied with her four-year marriage.
The trees on the wood-edge were a darkish, brownish green in the full light, for it was the end of August. Beyond, the naked, copper-like shafts and limbs of the pine trees shone in the air. Nearer the rough grass, with its long, brownish stalks all agleam, was full of light. The fowls were round about—the ducks were still swimming on the pond under the pine trees. March looked at it all, saw it all, and did not see it. She heard Banford speaking to the fowls in the distance and she did not hear. What was she thinking about? Heaven knows. Her consciousness was, as it were, held back.
She lowered her eyes, and suddenly saw the fox. He was looking up at her. His chin was pressed down, and his eyes were looking up. They met her eyes. And he knew her. She was spellbound—she knew he knew her. So he looked into her eyes, and her soul failed her. He knew her, he was not daunted.
She straggled, confusedly she came to herself, and saw him making off, with slow leaps over some fallen boughs, slow, imprudent jumps. Then he glanced over his shoulder, and ran smoothly away. She saw his brush held smooth like a feather, she saw his white buttocks twinkle. And he was gone, softly, soft as the wind.
She put her gun to her shoulder, but even then pursed her mouth, knowing it was nonsense to pretend to fire. So she began to walk slowly after him, in the direction he had gone, slowly, pertinaciously. She expected to find him. In her heart she was determined to find him. What she would do when she saw him again she did not consider. But she was determined to find him. So she walked abstractedly about on the edge of the wood, with wide, vivid dark eyes, and a faint flush in her cheeks. She did net think. In strange mindlessness she walked hither and hither...
As soon as supper was over, she rose again to go out, without saying why.
She took her gun again and went to look for the fox. For he had lifted his eyes upon her, and his knowing look seemed to have entered her brain. She did not so much think of him: she was possessed by him. She saw his dark, shrewd, unabashed eye looking into her, knowing her. She felt him invisibly master her spirit. She knew the way he lowered his chin as he looked up, she knew his muzzle, the golden brown, and the grayish white. And again she saw him glance over his shoulder at her, half inviting, half contemptuous and cunning. So she went, with her great startled eyes glowing, her gun under her arm, along the wood edge. Meanwhile the night fell, and a great moon rose above the pine trees.
At the beginning of the story, the fox seems to be all EXCEPT______.
A.cunning
B.fierce
C.defiant
D.annoying
第三节 短文理解2
阅读下列短文,从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。
"I would almost rather see you dead. "Robert S. Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia, shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist.
In the 19th century, playing at drawing or painting on dishes was all right for a young lady, but serious work in art was not. And when the young lady's family ranked among the best of Philadelphia's social families, such an idea could not even be considered.
That was how Mary Cassatt, born in 1844, began her straggle as an artist. She did not tremble before her father's anger. Instead, she opposed him with courage and at last made him change his mind. Mary Cassatt gave up her social position and all thought of a husband and a family, which in those times was unthinkable for a young la- dy. In the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance, she became America's most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.
How did Mr. Cassatt react when his daughter made her announcement?
A.He feared for her life.
B.He was very angry.
C.He nearly killed her.
?Read the memo below from the CEO of your company.
MEMO
To: International Sales staff
From: CEO
Date: 30/10/04
Subject: 50th anniversary celebration
I think it would be a good idea to include some of our overseas clients on the guest list for the formal event we are planning as part of the company's 50th anniversary celebrations.
Could all International Sales staff write to their most important clients to invite them to the event.
?Write a letter to an overseas client, Mrs Johannson:
?inviting her to the event
?giving her the date of the event
?giving details of what will happen at the event
?explaining what overnight accommodation is available.
?Write 60-80 words on your Answer Sheet.
?Do not include any postal addresses.
A Happy Family and a Long Life
When Japan's Kamato Hongo died at the age of 116, she was the world's oldest woman. But Mrs. Hongo seemed to have had a perfectly【36】lifestyle, and there seems to be no particular reason for her to have lived so long. She enjoyed things that are sometimes considered to be【37】, such as drinking tea, coffee and even a small amount of alcohol every day, although she did not smoke. So【38】was her secret?
After getting married, she stayed on Kagoshima, the island where she was born, helping her 【39】on his farm during her long life. Mrs. Hongo gave birth to seven children, lived through three wars, and【40】a volcano eruption on Kagoshima in 1914,【41】her eventful life, she was happy and hated being away from her family. She always kept a close relationship with all seven of her children, and in fact, when she could no longer look【42】herself, she went to live with one of her daughters, Shizue, and her family.
Then, at the end of her【43】life Airs. Hongo seemed to think more about her early life than the present, and sometimes【44】to recognize close relatives and friends who visited her. She preferred to live in the【45】, and talk about her very happy childhood. Was happiness the secret of her long life?
(36)
A.normal
B.usual
C.common
D.casual