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The rise of the so-called “boomerang generation” is revealed in official figures showing that almost one in five graduates in their late 20s now live with their parents.

By contrast, only one in eight university graduates had failed to fly the nest by the same age 20 years ago. It also found that grown-up sons are twice as likely as their sisters to still be living with their parents in their late 20s. With nearly a quarter of men approaching 30 still living at home, the findings are bound to lead to claims of a “generation of mummy’s boys”.

Young professionals in their late 20s or early 30s have been nicknamed the “boomerang generation” because of the trend toward returning to the family home having initially left to study. Recent research has suggested that young people in Britain are twice as likely to choose to live with their parents in their late 20s than their counterparts elsewhere in Europe.

Rising property prices, mounting student debts and the effects of recession on the job market have forced a wave of young people to move back into the family home at an age when they would normally be moving out. But commentators warned that the phenomenon may have more to do with young people facing “dire” prospects than simply a desire to save money.

While the proportion of those of university or college age moving out from the family home has continued to rise in the last 20 years, among those in their mid and late 20s the trend has been reversed. Overall 1.7 million people aged from 22 to 29 now share a roof with their parents, including more than 760,000 in their late 20s. In 1988, 22.7 per cent of men aged 25 to 29 were still living with their parents but last year the proportion was 24.5 per cent.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The economic crisis has shown its effect on the young generation.

B. More young professionals are returning home to live.

C. British parents are suffering more loads from their grown-up children.

D. Britain is suffering more than any other country in Europe.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Male children seem to more independent than females.

B. Eighty percent of university graduates were able to live independently two decades ago.

C. The grown-up children choose to live with their parents only to save money.

D. More and more children are moving out at university age.

What does the underlined word “dire” probably mean?

A. promising. B. inconvenient. C. very bad. D. hopeful

The following factors may account for the phenomenon except _____.

A. that living prices have risen a lot.

B. that it’s difficult to land a job.

C. that education has already cost them a lot

D. that parents can help them more

It's time to be water efficient!

As populations increase across Australia and the rest of the world, demand for water will also increase. If we don’t reduce each individual’s demand for water (both directly and through embodied water) the water situation will become dire.

It is obvious that we cannot increase demands for water much more without detrimental(有害的) effects to the environment, society and the economy.

It’s all too easy to blame someone else for the water situation –“if 70% of water is used for agriculture then that’s what we should target” – but it’s not that easy. We all depend on the food and resources that agriculture provides, and while there are definitely opportunities to increase water efficiency on the farm, the solution will take more than that.

We each share responsibility for the sustainable management of our water resources, which means using less water at home, in the workplace, at school, on holidays, on the farm, … everyone, everywhere, every time.

It's time to become water efficient! This involves reassessing our relationship with water, and learning to use it more sparingly. On the most basic level, it requires a behavioural（行动的） change, and assigning a value to water that truly reflects its worth.

We can also unlock economic benefits of being water efficient. There are many real world examples given in the case studies on this site.

Everybody has a responsibility to save water, if future generations are to enjoy a similar standard of living to the one we enjoy now. In fact, many of the impacts associated with water use are likely to have an effect on our own lives!

www.savewater.com.au has been designed to help you respond to the challenge to become water efficient. It acts as a central repository for relevant information and further advice, so that you can actually achieve significant savings. It also showcases those companies with products that will assist you in your goal.

Can you infer where this passage is from?

A. newspaper B. TV programme C. Radio broadcast D. Internet

What can we do to save water?

A. find more water resources

B. use less water everywhere, every time

C. realize the importance of saving water

D. unlock economic benefits of being water efficient

What is not the reason to save water?

A. There are more and more people in the world.

B. The water resources are limited.

C. Agriculture needs more water.

D. The water is very important for us.

What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Water is very important for the human.

B. Everybody has a responsibility to save water.

C. It's time to be water efficient.

D. Let’s save water for our future generations.

The rise of the so-called “boomerang generation” is revealed in official figures showing that almost one in five graduates in their late 20s now live with their parents.
By contrast, only one in eight university graduates had failed to fly the nest by the same age 20 years ago. It also found that grown-up sons are twice as likely as their sisters to still be living with their parents in their late 20s. With nearly a quarter of men approaching 30 still living at home, the findings are bound to lead to claims of a “generation of mummy’s boys”.
Young professionals in their late 20s or early 30s have been nicknamed the “boomerang generation” because of the trend toward returning to the family home having initially left to study. Recent research has suggested that young people in Britain are twice as likely to choose to live with their parents in their late 20s than their counterparts elsewhere in Europe.
Rising property prices, mounting student debts and the effects of recession on the job market have forced a wave of young people to move back into the family home at an age when they would normally be moving out. But commentators warned that the phenomenon may have more to do with young people facing “dire” prospects than simply a desire to save money.
While the proportion of those of university or college age moving out from the family home has continued to rise in the last 20 years, among those in their mid and late 20s the trend has been reversed. Overall 1.7 million people aged from 22 to 29 now share a roof with their parents, including more than 760,000 in their late 20s. In 1988, 22.7 per cent of men aged 25 to 29 were still living with their parents but last year the proportion was 24.5 per cent.
【小题1】 What is the main idea of the passage?

A．The economic crisis has shown its effect on the young generation.

B．More young professionals are returning home to live.

C．British parents are suffering more loads from their grown-up children.

D．Britain is suffering more than any other country in Europe.

【小题2】 Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Male children seem to more independent than females.

B．Eighty percent of university graduates were able to live indepen

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tly two decades ago.

C．The grown-up children choose to live with their parents only to save money.

D．More and more children are moving out at university age.

【小题3】 What does the underlined word “dire” probably mean?

【小题4】 The following factors may account for the phenomenon excep

t _____.

A．that living prices have risen a lot.

B．that it’s difficult to land a job.

C．that education has already cost them a lot

D．that parents can help them more

The rise of the so-called “boomerang generation” is revealed in official figures showing that almost one in five graduates in their late 20s now live with their parents.

By contrast, only one in eight university graduates had failed to fly the nest by the same age 20 years ago. It also found that grown-up sons are twice as likely as their sisters to still be living with their parents in their late 20s. With nearly a quarter of men approaching 30 still living at home, the findings are bound to lead to claims of a “generation of mummy’s boys”.

Young professionals in their late 20s or early 30s have been nicknamed the “boomerang generation” because of the trend toward returning to the family home having initially left to study. Recent research has suggested that young people in Britain are twice as likely to choose to live with their parents in their late 20s than their counterparts elsewhere in Europe.

Rising property prices, mounting student debts and the effects of recession on the job market have forced a wave of young people to move back into the family home at an age when they would normally be moving out. But commentators warned that the phenomenon may have more to do with young people facing “dire” prospects than simply a desire to save money.

While the proportion of those of university or college age moving out from the family home has continued to rise in the last 20 years, among those in their mid and late 20s the trend has been reversed. Overall 1.7 million people aged from 22 to 29 now share a roof with their parents, including more than 760,000 in their late 20s. In 1988, 22.7 per cent of men aged 25 to 29 were still living with their parents but last year the proportion was 24.5 per cent.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. The economic crisis has shown its effect on the young generation.

B. More young professionals are returning home to live.

C. British parents are suffering more loads from their grown-up children.

D. Britain is suffering more than any other country in Europe.

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Male children seem to more independent than females.

B. Eighty percent of university graduates were able to live independently two decades ago.

C. The grown-up children choose to live with their parents only to save money.

D. More and more children are moving out at university age.

3. What does the underlined word “dire” probably mean?

A. promising. B. inconvenient. C. very bad. D. hopeful

4. The following factors may account for the phenomenon except _____.

A. that living prices have risen a lot.

B. that it’s difficult to land a job.

C. that education has already cost them a lot

D. that parents can help them more

Taste is such a subjective matter that we don’t usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone’s preference is that it’s one person’s opinion. But because the two big cola companies-Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola-are marketed so aggressively, we’ve wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.

We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi. Diet Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they’d have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.

We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them with four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants’ choices with what mere guesswork could have accomplished.

Getting all four samples right was a tough test but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse-only 7 out of 27 identified all four samples correctly.

Both groups did better than chance would predict, but nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so tiredness, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.

1.According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to___________.

A. show that a person’s opinion about taste is mere guesswork

B. compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks

C. find out the role taste preference plays in a person’s drinking

D. reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers

2.The statistics recorded in the preference tests show that____________.

A. there is not much difference in taste between Coca-Cola and Pepsi

B.few people had trouble telling Coca-Cola from Pepsi

C.people`s tastes differ from one another

D.Coca-Cola and Pepsi are people`s two most favorite drinks

3.It is implied in the first paragraph that

A.the competition between the two colas is very strong

B.blind tasting is neccssary for identifying fans

C.the purpose of taste test is to promote the sale of colas

D.The improvement of quailty is the chief concern of the two cola companies

4.The underlined word "burnout" here refers to the state of

A.being seriously burnt in the skin

B.Being badly damaged by dire

C.Being unable to burn for lack of fuel

D.Being unable to function because of too much use

5.The author`s purpose in writing this passage is to

A.emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other

B.Recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas

C.Show that taste preference is highly subjective

D.Argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy

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