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 see 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 food．The bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and cooked their meals on a single stove．Paul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniform．The children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn't know about then unusual home life．Joyce 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 Joyce'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

阅读理解

　　The Goldfish

　　My husband and my three-year-old son went fishing last Sunday. They came back home with six goldfish.

　　My husband put the fish in a big red plastic tub(桶)full of water because he wanted the fish to live. However, my little son hoped that they would die immediately and then he could bring them to our neighbour’s lovable spotted cat.

　　They both took great care of the goldfish. My husband changed water once every day and watched them whenever he was free. My son was also busy examining them and asked,“Mum, why are they still living?”

　　The hours passed very slowly for several days. To my son’s delight, one fish finally seemed to be dying. My son immediately wanted to give it to the spotted cat.

　　How disappointed my son was! Because, suddenly, a strange thing happened. The fish seemed to come back to life and began to swim around very quickly.

　　After two days, the fish finally died. My son and I took it to the spotted cat at once. My son threw it on the ground to attract the cat, but the cat neither caught it nor smelled it. The owner of the cat said, “Our cat never eats uncooked food.”

1．According to the story, which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．The writer’s son wanted the fish to die slowly.

B．The writer also watched the fish whenever she was free.

C．The writer’s son had the same idea as his father did.

D．The writer doesn’t like fish.

2．That one fish finally seemed to be dying made the little boy ________.

[　　]

3．The writer’s son was disappointed because ________.

[　　]

A．the fish would die

B．the fish seemed to come back to life

C．the fish finally died

D．the cat finally ate the fish

4．The story ________ that the writer agreed to give the fish to the spotted cat.

[　　]

A．gives us no idea

B．doesn’t give us the idea

C．tells us the idea

D．doesn’t tell us the fact

5．After reading the story we may realize that the spotted cat eats ________.

[　　]

　　Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. In that country they celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day,but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain,where this fesival is called“Harvest Festival”,people celebrate earlier in the year,in September.

　　A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground. In North Ametica, Europe,and England,harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit,flowers,and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.

　　The first thanksgiving service in North Ametica took place on December 4,1610 when 38 English people arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journey. They next year,many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter,but fortunately the harvest was good. They decided to celebrate with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also came to the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.

　　A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time,but not always on the same day of the year. Then,in 1789,President George Washington named 26 November as the Day of Thanksgiving. Almost a hundred years later,President Abraham Linvcoln changed the date,and said that the last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.

　　Nowadays,North Americans around the world get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.

　　1．The story is about________.

　　A．festivals

　　B．an American festival

　　C．English people in America

　　D．giving thanks for everything

　　2．The fourth Thursday in November is________.

　　A．a festival in every country in the world

　　B．Thanksgiving Day in the United States

　　C．the day farmers pick fruit from the trees

　　D．the day the first English people came to America

　　3．On Thanksgiving Day people________.

　　A．plant their crops

　　B．celebrate a safe journey

　　C．thank God for a good harvest

　　D．harvest their fruit and crops

　　4．At the first thanksgiving service in North Ametica,the people________.

　　A．shot a lot of small animals

　　B．thanked God for a safe journey

　　C．thanked God for a good harvest

　　D．had a big dinner outside their houses

　　5．The date of Thanksgiving Day________.

　　A．is always in December

　　B．has always been the same

　　C．is the same all over the world

　　D．is always in November in the U. S.

【2011·河南许昌新乡平顶山第三次调研】

A

In many cultures, the wealthy hired servants or kept slaves to take care of their children．This is a true story of an ex-slave．

My mother was a cook in the house for about twenty-two years．She cooked for from twenty-five to thirty—five, taking the family and the slaves together．The slaves ate in the kitchen．After my mistress's （女主人） death, my mother was the only woman kept in the house．She took care of my master's children, some of whom were then quite small, and brought them up．One of the most trying senses I ever passed through, when I would have laid down my life to protect her if I had dared, was this: after she had raised my master's children, one of his daughters, a young girl, came into the kitchen one day, and for some unimportant things about the dinner, she struck my mother, who pushed her away, and she fell on the floor．Her father was not at home．When he came, which was while the slaves were eating in the kitchen, she told him about it．He came down, called my mother out, and, with a wooden stick, he beat her fifteen or twenty strokes, and then called his daughter and told her to take her satisfaction of her, and she did beat her until she was satisfied．Oh! It was dreadful, to see the girl whom my poor mother had taken care of from her childhood, thus beating her, and I must stand there, and did not dare to protect her．

56．From the second sentence in the second paragraph we can know _____．

       A．the age Curry's mother was when she was a cook．

       B．the number of people Curry's mother cooker for．

       C．the years during which Curry's mother cooked．

       D．a system of measurement not used nowadays．

57．Which word can best replace the underlined one "trying” ?

       A．Troublesome．                                       B．Daring．          

       C．Secure．                                           D．Painless．

58．By saying "take her satisfaction of her", the author means "_____"．

       A．please her                                   B．punish her until contented

       C．show her the correct way                  D．calm her