An Italian couple are become the world’s oldest divorcees, after the 99-year-old husband found that his 96-year-old wife had an affair in the 1940s. The Italian man, called by lawyers in the case as 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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An Italian couple are become the world’s oldest divorcees, after the 99—year—old husband found that his 96—year—old wife had an affair(婚外情) in the 1940s.

The Italian man, called by lawyers in the case as Antonio C, looking through an old drawer when he made the discovery a few days before Christmas.

In spite of the time that had passed since the affair, he was so upset that he immediately asked his wife of 77 years, named as Rosa C, whether it was true, and demanded a divorce.

Stricken by the guilt, she reportedly admitted everything but was unable to persuade her husband to reconsider his decision, though her children also did much more work.

She wrote letters to her lover during a secret affair in the 1940s, according to court papers released in Rome this week , which made people know the truth.

The couple are now preparing to split, though the marriage they built has lasted over nearly eight decades- they have five children, a dozen grandchildren and one great- grand child.

The discovery of the letters was the final problem for their marriage which had already run into difficulty- 10 years ago the husband briefly left their house in Rome and moved in with one of his sons, only to return a few weeks later.

The Italian thought the fierce split resulted from the couple’s southern blood- he is originally from Olbia in Sardinia, while his wife was born in Naples. The couple met during the 1930s when Antonio served as a young officer.

The case appears to set a new record, at least for the age of the oldest figures- the previous oldest couple to divorce were Bertie and Jessie Wood, both aged 98, from the UK.

That pair ended their 36- year marriage in 2009 when they were both two years away from their 100^th birthdays. They got married in Elstree, Hertfordshire, in 1972 having both ended previous marriages, before moving to Falmouth, Cornwall four years later.

56.Which is true according to the text?

A. To find his wife’ affair, Antonio C looked through an old drawer.

B. Rosa C’ lover may be Bertie.

C. Rosa C admitted what she did because she was sorry for her guilt.

D. The Italian thought the fierce split resulted from the discovery of the letters.

57.Which word can replace the underlined one in passage5?

A. advertised B. announced C. concluded D. expressed

58. Which of the following best describe Antonio C?

A. a childish man B. a rude man

C. a romantic man D. a stubborn（固执）man

59. The marriage of Antonio C and Rosa C .

A. may come to an end because the husband sticks to his decision

B. appears to set a new record

C. may have lasted over 36 years

D. began in the 1930s before both ending previous marriages

60. This passage may come from .

A. a text book B. a newspaper

C. a history book D. an advertisement

CBDAB

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Switzerland is famous for its watches. However, this country didn’t invent the watch. It was the British who did it. Here is a story of how the watch was brought to Switzerland.

Many years ago, an Englishman was traveling to Italy, on his way he stopped in a small town in south Switzerland. This Englishman traveled in a carriage inside which there was a carriage watch. This was the earliest kind of watch. A native shop assistant happened to see the watch. He wondered what it was and asked the Englishman about it, “it is a carriage watch,” said the man. “This machine tells the time but now it isn’t working.”

At once the shop assistant offered to try to repair it. So the traveler handed him the watch. The assistant was a very wise man. So it was not very surprising that he managed to repair it. He even remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveler had gone on his journey, he made a watch exactly the same type.

Thus the watch-making was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world.

Switzerland is famous for______.

A. making watches. B. selling watches.

C. inventing watches. D. the carriage watch

The earliest watches were made in_______.

A. Switzerland B. England C. Italy D. a small town

The first Swiss watch was made by_______.

A. an Italian shop assistant.

B. an English shop assistant.

C. a shop assistant in Switzerland.

D. a man who was traveling to Italy.

The carriage watch was a machine which________.

A. was put in the carriage B. wasn’t working

C. told people time D. had to be repaired

虎妈，美国耶鲁大学的华裔教授蔡美儿Amy Lynn Chua，出版了一本名叫《虎妈战歌》Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother的书，在美国引起轰动。在接受采访时，回答了记者的5个问题（第61—65题）。请从下列提问（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出与她的回答相匹配的问题，并在答题卡上将相应选项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。
Questions
A．What do you think of the competition between China and the US?
B．What do you think of the image of “tiger mom?”
C．How do your daughters take the criticism about you after your book was published?
D．You said you would not get her Christmas gifts or anything when your daughter refused to repeatedly practice the music. How did your husband respond?
E．What do you think makes a good mother?
F．What does your husband think of your method of bringing up kids?
【小题1】
Chua’s answer: Well, actually I think there are many ways of being a good mother. In my book my focus is just a memory about my own family story, me trying to raise my own children in a kind of traditional Chinese way. I make mistakes and I make fun of myself. It’s amazing the way the book has been received internationally, because. I didn’t intend my book to be telling other people of view and I am a proud strict “tiger mom”. But I’m not trying to tell other people what are the best ways to teach or raise their children.
【小题2】
Chua’s answer: Well, the title may sound a little frightening. Let me tell you why I chose the title. I was born in the year of the tiger. And “battle Hymn” in the United States comes from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”. The book is really about finding some sort of balance: how can we find the balance between the eastern way of parenting and the western way of parenting. In ways the book as been misunderstood maybe because of the title.
【小题3】
Chua’s answer: I didn’t write this book to have any foreign policy implications. But it’s been taken into the foreign policy realm. It is of course true that there is a connection between child-raising and the future of nations. We are raising, as parents, the next generation. So I think Henry is right. We tapped into this thing of insecurity, American’s fear about the rising power of china. A friend of mine told me that if the book had been called The Battle Hymn of an Italian Mother or The Battle Hymn of a Mexican Mother, nobody would have cared. It’s really “China”. you know.
【小题4】
Chua’s answer: I don’t think he opposes my idea of raising children. I’d like to think we have a combination, which is the right solution. You need a balance. From my perspective, what I give my kids is something that I thought was lacking in the US educational system. You know, they hate memorization, while in China you have too much of it. In the US, learning should be fun, a lot of games,. So I brought hard work and disciplines. My husband and I think this is a great thing always teaching them to question the authority and to ask why. Don’t accept everything just because somebody tells you. Figure it out yourself. I really think you need to combine both these qualities if you want creativity and dynamism.
【小题5】
Chua’s answer: They both are stronger than I am. I am really proud of them. Their friends and communities supported them. At a time, I couldn’t even look at the Internet because there are so many negative comments. And they would find the good ones and text them to me, saying “here’s a good one mommy, hang in there.” This experience has actually brought my family together. Believe it or not, not just my kids, also my parents and my three younger sisters have supported me.

请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑 (若选择E，请涂AB；若选择F，请涂CD)。
首先，请阅读以下San Francisco各宾馆提供的信息。
A. Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf
Guests can enjoy popular activities in Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf including boating, surfing, golfing, fishing and scuba diving. It specialized in leisure activities here, such as saltwater pool, sauna, tennis, and children’s playground. It takes only 25 minutes for guests to take an airport shuttle to Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf from the airport.
B. Beresford Hotel
Beresford Hotel offers a truly charming, family owned hotel with a pleasant, friendly atmosphere. Delicious meals are served. Situated in the heart of San Francisco, it is just a short walk for guests to get to the clothing and souvenir shops, theatres, Chinatown for various traditional Chinese foods.
C. Doubletree Club Livermore
There are some grills outside for barbecue for the guests’ dining convenience. The club environment also offers a business facility, Internet access and convenient meeting space ideal for those quick, impromptu meetings our guests sometimes require.
D. Francisco Bay Inn
Francisco Bay Inn is a five-star hotel. Guests can choose king beds and queen beds among the luxurious rooms with convenient pleasant supplies. In the rooms, microwave, refrigerator, high-speed wireless Internet access, cable TV are all free of cost. Every room is 100% non-smoking.
E. Marriott San Francisco
Pleasure seekers can walk to cable cars and trolleys for rides to Chinatown, and Fisherman’s Wharf. Guests can visit the world renowned San Francisco Museum of Modern Art about a block from the hotel, as well as smaller galleries, such as the Cartoon Art Museum.
F. Clift Hotel
Only a short ride to famous Silicon Valley, Clift Hotel is the ideal lodging choice for business traveler and leisure guests alike. All accommodations come equipped with high-speed Internet access, and cable TV. This 1915 Italian Renaissance style hotel possesses featuring walls made of old redwood trees.
请阅读下面5个人的信息，然后将他们与想预订的宾馆匹配起来。
【小题1】Babara is an Italian art student, who is fond of oriental culture. In the summer holidays, she wants to travel to San Francisco. She prefers to reserve a hotel in or around which she can learn something that helps with her major. At the same time, she also wants to get into something for her favor if possible.
【小题2】David Li works in a big company in Hong Kong. He loves his wife and son very much. Every time he goes out doing business or travelling, he will buy some gifts for them. He doesn’t like foreign foods, so he will check whether there is a Cantonese restaurant in or out of the hotel when he makes reservations.
【小题3】Mr. Brown has just graduated from university, majoring in electronic engineering. He is eager to visit American large electronic corporations, such as Intel, Microsoft and Google. Now he has a chance to visit San Francisco. He wants to stay in a hotel with classical style and not far from the ideal place.
【小题4】Bob is a well-known businessman and he loves sports as well, especially swimming and golfing. He has to fly to San Francisco to sign an agreement with his business partner. After that, he wants to relax himself for a day. But he needs a hotel which is convenient for the transport.
【小题5】Wesley is a wealthy real estate president. He is a workaholic with no bad habits like drinking, smoking or gambling. He wants to stay in a good hotel, but doesn’t want to waste any extra money unnecessary. He also needs to get in touch with his secretary anytime needed.

A private group of scientists has announced plans to make an exact copy of a human being. An American member of the team says he and the others will soon begin a serious effort to clone humans. Panos Zavos says the team hopes to manufacture the world’s first cloned baby within the next two years.

In recent years, scientists have produced exact genetic copies of sheep and a few other animals. They created these clones from a single cell of an adult animal.

Three years ago, another American doctor, Richard Seed, announced plans to clone a human being. However, there is no evidence that he has been successful.

Doctor Zavos says the new international group plans to offer human cloning only to women who are currently not able to become pregnant or produce children. He says the aim is to assist people who want to have their own biological child.

The technology would be similar to that used to clone animals. It would involve cleaning genetic material from a woman’s egg. Doctors then would place genetic material from the woman’s husband into the egg before putting it into the woman’s uterus(子宫).

Doctor Zavos says his group plans to do the work in a country near the Mediterranean Sea. He did not name the country. He says an Italian reproductive expert, Sevorino Antinori, is leading the team. Doctor Antinori has led the efforts to help many older women become pregnant. He is known for establishing pregnancies in women as old as sixty.

Many medical experts and other groups are opposed to the idea of cloning humans. Several countries ban or restrict work on human cloning. Several doctors criticize the announcement by Doctor Zavos. They say doctors do not know if cloning humans is possible or safe. They say it would be irresponsible to attempt to clone a human being. That is because the chances of success are too small and the risks are too great.

1.The underlined word “manufacture” in the first paragraph means “_________”.

A．produce B．oppose C．attempt D．experiment

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．In theory, scientists are unlikely to clone humans.

B．Richard Seed has fallen behind other scientists in cloning humans.

C．Cloning human beings is good for men.

D．People have different ideas about cloning humans.

3.How do many medical experts and other groups like the idea of cloning humans？

A．They are in favour of the idea.

B．They are against the idea.

C．They have an optimistic attitude to the idea.

D．They think it is none of their business.

From the earliest times, man has been interested in art. People have often worked together to collect and save the world’s art treasures.

Fine art treasures from many countries are kept in an art museum called the Louvre in Paris, France. The works of art have been collected by the people of France over many centuries. The Louvre has not always been a museum. The first building was a fort(炮台). In 1190, it was the king’s castle with high walls and a round tower. It had a moat to keep out his enemies.

Over the years，the number of buildings around the castle grew. By 1350, the castle was no longer needed as a fort. The Louvre became a palace home for French kings and queens.

During times of peace, new treasures were brought in. During days of war, many treasures were stolen, and the buildings were damaged.

When Francis I became king of France in 1515, he brought in artists from many countries. One of the artists was Leonardo da Vinci from Italy. Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is the best known painting in the museum today.

In 1793, the Louvre became a public museum, just as it is now. It is a place where art treasures have been saved for everyone to enjoy.

On the whole, this passage is mainly about__________.?

A. an art museum called the Louvre

B. an Italian artist named Leonardo da Vinci

C. a king of France named Francis I

D. the best known painting in Louvre

Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. The Louvre used to be a fort a very long time ago.

B. French kings and queens once lived in it.

C. The Louvre was taken by enemies in 1190.

D. Many treasures were brought into the Louvre over the years.

Why is it good for great art to be kept in public museums?

A. It helps people remember who the King of France is.

B. It keeps people out of the palaces.

C. It gives everyone a chance to enjoy good art.

D. It helps people to know who is the greatest artist.

In the third paragraph the underlined word moat probably means________.

? A. a high tower built in former times where soldiers watched out for enemies

B. a long and deep ditch(渠) dug round a castle and was usually filled with water

C. a cart pulled by horses on which soldiers fought

D. a long and high wall around castle

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