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The 1900 house

  The bowler family was one of more than 400 families who applied to 1900 house, a reality TV shout which took a typical family back a hundred years to se how people lived in the days before the internet, computer games and even electricity

  The bowler family spent three months in a London home without a telephone, computers, TV, or fast foodThe bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and cooked their meals on a single stovePaul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniformThe children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn't know about then unusural home lifeJoyce stayed at home, cooking and cleaning like a typical housewife of the time, though everything took three times as long

  So does Joyce think that people's lives were better in the old days?

  “I think people in the old days had just ad many troubles and worries,”Joyce said

  And I don't think their life was better or worse, there were lots of things back then that

  I'm happy I don't have to deal with nowadays, but on the other hand life was simpler”“We had a lot more time with our family, and it was hard being nice to each other all the time,”eleven-year-old Hilary said

  So what did the Bowler family miss most about modern life while living in the 1900 house?

  Paul, 39”telephone and a hot shower”

  Joyce, 44”a quick cup of tea from a kettle you could just turn on”

  Hilary, 11”rock CD”

  Joseph, 9”hamburger and computer games”

(1)

While the Bowler family was living in 1900 house, ________

[  ]

A.

the mother spent more time on housework

B.

the two children wore the then clothes for school

C.

they prepared their meals together on a stove

D.

they ate simple foods they had never seen

(2)

According to Paragraph 4, what's Jovce's opinion about life in 1900?

[  ]

A.

There were fewer problems for the family

B.

Life was simpler but worse than it is now

C.

There were things she liked and disliked

D.

The family had more time to stay together

(3)

What would Hilary expect most from modern life in the three months?

[  ]

A.

To play computer games

B.

To make phone calls

C.

To listen to music

D.

To chat on the Internet

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  We have met the enemy and he i s our s.We bought him at a pet shop.When monkey-pox, a di sea se u sually found in the African rain fore st suddenly turn s up in children in the American Midwe st, it' s hard not to wonder of the di sea se that come s from foreign animal s i s homing in on human being s.“Mo st of the infection s we think of a s human infection s started in other animal s, ” say s Stephen Mor se, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedne s s at Columbia Univer sity.

  It' s not ju st that we're going to where the animal s are; we're al so bringing them clo ser to u s.Popular foreign pet s have brought a whole new di sea se to thi s country.A strange illne s s killed I sak sen' s pet s and she now think s that keeping foreign pet s i s a bad idea, “I don't think it' s fair to have them a s pet s when we have such alimited knowledge of them.” say s I sak sen.

  “Law s allowing the se animal s to be brought in from deep fore st area s without stricter control need changing.” say s Peter Schantz.Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call.Re searcher s believe infected animal s may infect their owner s.We know very little about the se new di sea se s.A new bug(病毒)may be kind at fir st.But it may develop into something harmful.Monkey-pox doe sn't look a major infectiou s di sea se.But it i s not impo s sible to pa s s the di sea se from per son to per son.

(1)

We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________.

[  ]

A.

come from Columbia

B.

prevent u s from being infected

C.

enjoy being with children

D.

suffer from monkey-pox

(2)

Why did I sak sen advi se people not to have foreign pet s?

[  ]

A.

Becau se they attack human being s.

B.

Becau se we need to study native animal s.

C.

Becau se they can't live out of the rain fore st.

D.

Becau se we do not know much about them yet.

(3)

What doe s the phra se “the wake-up call” in Paragraph 3 mo st probably mean?

[  ]

A.

A new di sea se.

B.

A clear warning.

C.

A dangerou s animal.

D.

A morning call.

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  My father made a deal with me that he would match whatever I could come up with to buy my fir st car.From the time I wa s a saver.My allowance, back in tho se day s, wa s twenty five cent s a week.I grew up on a farm near a small town called Ventura.In tho se day s the area wa s mo stly agricultural.The climate wa s and still i s a s clo se to perfect a s you could get.I earned some of my money picking one crop or another.When I wa s about ten, a school friend' s family owned walnut orchard s(果园)and it wa s harve st time.She told me we could earn five dollar s for every bag of walnut s we picked.I certainly learned about picking walnut s that day.Not surprisingly, that wa s my fir st and la st time a s a walnut picker.

  In 1960 my grandmother pa s sed away.She left me 100 share s of AT&T.One hundred share s of stock don't seem like much today but back then tho se share s paid me$240 per year in dividend s(利息).That wa s huge for a kid my age.

  By the time I wa s seventeen.I had saved up $ 1, 300 and I knew exactly that I wanted.Ithink my father wa s somewhat suri sed when I announced I had saved up $ 1, 300 and wa s ready to buy my new car.I'll never forget the evening my father said, “Let' s go see about that car”.I wa s so excited.

  My father could have ea sily ju st given me the car but he alway s in si sted that hi s children work for what they got.Thi s wa s not a bad thing.I learned self-reliance.Self-reliance i s equal to freedom.Now that I think about it I need to be thanking my father.

(1)

Which one of the following s didn't belong to the saving of $1, 300?

[  ]

A.

Weekly allowance.

B.

Her earning s by picking crop s.

C.

Share s left by grandma.

D.

Money earned from selling share s.

(2)

The underlined part in the second paragraph probably meant ________.

[  ]

A.

she didn't have the chance of picking walnut s

B.

enough money had been earned for her car

C.

the work wa s too hard for children like her

D.

she had no time to do that again for some rea son

(3)

We can know from the pa s sage the author got her car at the age of ________.

[  ]

A.

16

B.

17

C.

18

D.

19

(4)

The purpo se of the author' s father doing like that wa s to ________.

[  ]

A.

give the author freedom

B.

be unwilling to buy the author a car

C.

teach the author to learn self-reliance

D.

give the author a big surpri se

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  Two year s ago, Wendy Ha snip, 47,experienced a brain injury that left her speechle s s for two week s.When she finally recovered, she found her self talking with what seemed to be a French accent.“I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the fir st ten minute s laughing, ” Ha snip said at the time, “while I have nothing again st the French.”

  Ha snip suffered from foreign accent syndrome(外国口音综合症), a rare condition in which people find them selve s speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country.The condition u sually occur s in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke-a sudden lo s s of con sciou sne s s, sen sation, or movement cau sed by a blocked or broken blood ve s selin the brain.

  The condition wa s fir st identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman who se head wa s injured during an attack by the German military.The woman recovered but wa s left with a German-sounding accent, to the horror of fellow villager s who avoided her after that.

  Re searcher s have di scovered that the combined effect of the damage to several part s of the brain make s victim s lengthen certain syllable, mi spronounce sound s, and change the normal pitch(音高)of their voice.Tho se change s in speech add up to what sound s like a foreign accent.

  Another re searcher, a phonetician, say s victim s of the syndrome don't acquire a true foreign accent.Their strangely changed speech only re semble s the foreign accent with which it ha s a few sound s in common.

  When an Engli sh woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke, she spoke with what seemed to be a Scotti sh accent.However, Annie' s Scotti sh coworker s said she didn't sound at all like a Scot.

(1)

According to the pa s sage, people ________ may have foreign accent syndrome.

[  ]

A.

who se parent ha s experienced a head injury

B.

who have lived in a foreign country for a long time

C.

who have lo st their con sciou sne s s owing to a stroke

D.

who have learned foreign language from their coworker s

(2)

If a per son suffer s foreign accent syndrome, ________.

[  ]

A.

hi s coworker s will be afraid of him and avoid contacting with him

B.

he ha s more chance of suffering stroke again

C.

he will speak a fluent foreign language like native speaker s

D.

hi s speech only ha s a few sound s in common with the foreign accent

(3)

Writing thi s pa s sage, the writer' s main purpo se i s to ________.

[  ]

A.

introduce foreign accent syndrome and some related information

B.

warn people not to be at the ri sk of experiencing a stroke

C.

make it clear that foreign accent syndrome can be cured

D.

tell a story of an injured woman during the Second World War

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  Mama' s voice floated through the apartment a s she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life.“Hola, ” she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom.“Plea se speak to me in   1  , ” I interrupted.She paid no attention and   2   speaking in Spani sh.The word s   3   me of my grandparent s and birthday partie s in Mexico, but I knew my mother' s life would be   4   if she learned to speak Engli sh.We had lived in the United State s for three year s, and she still had difficulty   5   to store owner s and my teacher s.I wa s determined that she should try.“Why won't you speak Engli sh? ” I   6  .“Don't you want to be   7   to talk to people here? ” “I sabel, ” she whi spered.Mama alway s whi spered when she wa s up set with me.“What? ” I wa s not   8   with her, either.She   9   for the Engli sh word s.“Come with me to the, uh-how do you say it? Meeting.” “What kind of meeting? Where i s it? ” I   10   her, but now she refu sed to an swer.In   11  , we drove acro s s town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot.I wa s   12  .I had expected a meeting at someone' s   13  -a garden club or a parent s’ group.Then I   14   a sign on a door.My mother wa s   15   night cla s se s to learn Engli sh!

  “I don't under stand.  16   you’re learning Engli sh, why won't you speak Engli sh at home? ” I a sked.“You'll learn fa ster if you   17   with me.” “I speak Engli sh here, ” she said in her thick accent.She he sitated, putting the word s together, and then went on, “I speak Spani sh at home   18   you.”

  I   19   under stood-she spoke Spani sh at home so that I wouldn't forget the word s, song s, and   20   of Mexico.I said, “O.K., Mama, e stabien.”

(1)

[  ]

A.

Spani sh

B.

Indian

C.

Engli sh

D.

Ru s sian

(2)

[  ]

A.

remembered

B.

con sidered

C.

avoided

D.

continued

(3)

[  ]

A.

reminded

B.

informed

C.

warned

D.

accu sed

(4)

[  ]

A.

brighter

B.

fre sher

C.

bu sier

D.

ea sier

(5)

[  ]

A.

explaining

B.

ge sturing

C.

agreeing

D.

speaking

(6)

[  ]

A.

repeated

B.

in si sted

C.

stated

D.

reque sted

(7)

[  ]

A.

kind

B.

able

C.

equal

D.

worried

(8)

[  ]

A.

friendly

B.

happy

C.

bothered

D.

annoyed

(9)

[  ]

A.

searched

B.

accounted

C.

called

D.

cared

(10)

[  ]

A.

begged

B.

examined

C.

blamed

D.

que stioned

(11)

[  ]

A.

turn

B.

action

C.

silence

D.

order

(12)

[  ]

A.

shocked

B.

puzzled

C.

frightened

D.

embarra s sed

(13)

[  ]

A.

college

B.

hou se

C.

office

D.

company

(14)

[  ]

A.

spotted

B.

witne s sed

C.

watched

D.

scanned

(15)

[  ]

A.

gra sping

B.

enjoying

C.

taking

D.

preparing

(16)

[  ]

A.

Since

B.

Once

C.

Becau se

D.

Unle s s

(17)

[  ]

A.

train

B.

play

C.

perform

D.

practice

(18)

[  ]

A.

to

B.

with

C.

for

D.

at

(19)

[  ]

A.

suddenly

B.

fortunately

C.

ea sily

D.

partly

(20)

[  ]

A.

situation s

B.

effect

C.

memorie s

D.

language

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