【题目】 Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs,its people are by now almost entirely an urban society Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林业),and most of the rest live in or around towns,small and large.Here the traditional picture is changing:every small town may still be very like other small towns,and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country,but most Americans do not live in small towns any more.Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England,let alone France.The statistics(统计)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day.As the rush to live out of town continues.rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses,so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment.

【1】If now America has 250 million people.how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

A.About 25 million.

B.More than 25 million.

C.Less than 25 million.

D.Less than 225 million

2Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

A.United States.

B.Germany.

C.France.

D.England.

3What’s the meaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?

A.Of a large city with its suburbs.

B.Of small and large towns.

C.Of urban areas.

D.Of rural areas.

4According to the passage,what can we learn about small towns in the United States?

A.Most small towns become gradually crowded.

B.Small towns are still similar to each other.

C.As the traditional picture is changing,towns are different.

D.Small towns are turning into large cities.

【题目】 根据根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能坡入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项。(请将此部分答案填涂到答题卡1-5题相应位置)

Although it is fashionable to say that everyone should share the housework equally, in many homes parents do most of it. __【1】_

It is true that young people spend most of the day at school or college and they also have large amounts of homework to do when they come home. 【2】_ In my view, family life is more pleasant when everyone shares the responsibility for cleaning and tidying because it takes less time.

_【3】_ But in my opinion, young people should learn to do them as preparation for the future.

Teenagers should share the housework because learning how to do it will help them when they have you look after their own family in the future. _【4】_ But if they learn to do some basic housework when they are old enough to do it, they wont be worried about doing the housework in their new grown-up life.

Finally, housework is boring if you do it alone. But when families do it together, it gives parents and children a chance to talk to each other about the things that matter to them. _【5】_

For all these reasons, I think that everyone should share the housework.

A. In fact, sharing the housework equally is impossible.

B. They think they have an important role in their family.

C. On the other hand, parents go out to work and come home tired.

D. People often argue that parents do the cooking and cleaning better.

E. In my opinion, I believe people of all ages should do their fair share.

F. Too many young adults leave home without knowing how to cook or clean.

G. This greatly improves family life and makes young people more responsible.

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