题目内容
In a garden filled with bushes and grass，there appeared a white rose.Everyone who saw her spoke well of her.But the flower couldn't ______ herself，and she thought of herself as a common grass.She had no idea how ______ she was.She spent the few days of her life，until wilting(凋零)set on，without knowing that all around her were ______ by her beauty.She was not ______ about herself and slowly bowed her head.
One hot，sunny day，a girl was walking through the ______，thinking about how many lovely things Mother Nature has given us, ______ she suddenly saw a white rose in a ______ part of the garden.The rose was beginning to wilt.“If the rose stays here till tomorrow it'll ______ ”，she thought，“ I'll take it home and put it in the lovely ______ .”And so she did.With all her ______，she put the wilting white rose in water，and carefully placed it by the ______.The reflection(映像) from the glass meant that，for the______ time，the rose got to see herself and what she ______ like.
“Is that me？” thought the rose.Little by little her leaves began to______.When she was back to her best she looked at her reflection and saw that she was ______ a beautiful flower.She thought，“Wow! Till now I hadn't ______ who I was.How could I have been so ______ ？”
The rose came to realize she had spent her days without appreciating her ______，unable to see herself，unable to______ who she really was.If you really want to know who you are，forget everything that's ______ you，and just look into your heart.
1.A. hear B. see C. touch D. save
2.A. poor B. weak C. pretty D. lonely
3.A. surprised B. annoyed C. bothered D. encouraged
4.A. careful B. worried C. confident D. crazy
5.A. school B. yard C. forest D. garden
6.A. when B. and C. so D. but
7.A. dark B. forgotten C. dirty D. good
8.A. grow B. complain C. fall D. die
9.A. house B. bottle C. box D. bag
10.A. strength B. heart C. love D. power
11.A. bed B. window C. house D. tree
12.A. first B. last C. worst D. right
13.A. smelled B. sounded C. tasted D. looked
14.A. sing B. drop C. cry D. rise
15.A. almost B. really C. always D. never
16.A. realized B. remembered C. forgot D. doubted
17.A. beautiful B. nervous C. blind D. cheerful
18.A. beauty B. personality C. advantage D. quality
19.A. explain B. know C. accept D. guess
20.A. about B. on C. with D. around
C. turn out D. get aroundAt the beginning of the twentieth century，many people thought that the American family was falling apart.A century later，we know that this was not the case.However，although the family is still alive in the United States，its size and shape were very different 100 years ago.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s，there were mainly two types of families in the United States: the extended and the nuclear.The extended family usually includes grandparents，parents，and children living under the same roof.The nuclear family consists of only parents and children.
Today there are many different kinds of families.Some people live in “traditional” families，that is，a stay?home mother，a working father，and their own biological children.Others live in two?paycheck families，single?parent families，adoptive or foster families，blended families (where men and women who were married before marry again and combine the children from previous marriages into the new families)，childless families，and so on.
What caused the structure of the family to change? In the early 1900s the birthrate began to fall and the divorce rate began to rise.Women were suddenly choosing to go to college and take jobs outside the home.In the 1930s and 1940s，many families faced serious financial，or money problems during the Great Depression，when many people lost their jobs.During World War Ⅱ(1939－1945)，5 million women were left alone to take care of their homes and their children.Because many men were at war，thousands of these “war windows” had to go to work outside their home.
During the next ten years，the situation changed.There were fewer divorces，and people married at a younger age and had more children than the previous generation.It was unusual for a mother to work outside the home during the years when her children were growing up.Families began leaving cities and moving into single?family homes in the suburbs.The traditional family seemed to be returning.
In the years between 1960s and 1990s，there were many important changes in the structure of the family.From the 1960s to the early 1970s，the divorce rate doubled and the birthrate fell by half.The number of single?parent families tripled，and the number of couples living together without being married doubled again.In fact，the single?parent household，once unusual，has replaced the “traditional” family as the typical family in the States.If we can judge from history，however，this will probably change again in the twenty?first century.
The Changes of the American Family
Main comparisons | Contexts | |
Different 1. | There were two 2.types of families in the past， 3.，the extended and the nuclear. | |
Nowadays 4.types of families can be seen than before. | ||
Changes in different 5. | In the 1900s and 1940s | Many of the women had to work outside due to the 6.of money，thus causing the fall of 7. and the rise of divorce rate. |
In the 1950s | Divorce rate slide and there were more children.The families tended to be 8.again. | |
In the years between 1960s and 1990s | Different types of families 9..Traditional families are no longer the typical ones in America. | |
A trend worth noting Author's opinion on changes | Judging from what has happened in the past，it is 10.that the present structure will experience changes again in the near future. | |
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