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摘要： British people always talk about wether. A. the; the B. / ,/ C. /; the D. the; / key: C

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LONDON---Life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent fast-forward.

Their full school day and her job as a lawyer’s assistant are busy enough. But Hangner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her daughter at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.

Often，the exhausted family doesn’t get home until 7 p. m. There is just time for a quick supper before homework

In today’s world， middle-class American and British parents treat their children as if they are competitors racing for some finishing line.

　　Parents take their children from activity to activity in order to make their future bright. It seems that raising a genius has become a more important goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.

　　"Doctors across the country are reporting a growing number of children suffering from stomachaches and headaches due to exhaustion and stress, "says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.

　　Teachers are dealing with exhausted kids in the classroom. It’s a very serious problem.

Many children attend after-school clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also create an explosion of activities. They include sports， language， music and math classes for children as young as four.

　　"There is a new parenting trend under way which says that you have to tap all your child’s potential at a young age; otherwise you will let him down，" says Terry Apter， a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist（青少年精神病专家）.“It isn’t entirely new: there have always been pushy parents. But what was previously seen as strange behavior is now well accepted.”

1．From the second paragraph of this passage we can find that ________.

　　A．Hanger wastes much time helping her children’s lessons

　　B．Hanger doesn’t spend much time on her full time job

　　C．Hanger is interested in sports and music

　　D．Hanger busies herself by following a trend

2．British parents， as the writer described in this passage， ________.

　　A．treat their children as sports players

　　B．pay no attention to their children’s lessons

　　C．bring up their children in a simple way

　　D．give their children little time to develop freely

3．The writer’s opinion of after-school clubs is that _________.

　　A．activities in the country are too competitive

　　B．children should attend four clubs at a time

　　C．some clubs lead to competitive pressures

　　D．clubs should have more subjects for school children

4．The last paragraph tells us that in Britain______

A．parents used to take their children to every club.

B．parents used to be wise on how to raise children

C．parents have all benefited from children’s clubs.

D．parents have come to know the standard of education

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　　For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub．Traditionally, the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, where the people gather together to socialize and exchange news．

　　As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved．Many of them have become historic sites．The most famous example is the pub in the city of Nottingham called “Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem”, which dates back to the year 1189 AD and is probably the oldest pub in England．

　　However, British pubs are not just for kings and queens; they welcome people from all classes and parts of society．On a cold night, the pub's landlord or landlady can always find a warm place for you by the fire．There is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drinks available at an affordable price．

　　That's how things used to be．Things are beginning to change．It is said that the credit crunch(信贷紧缩)is causing 39 British pubs in a week to go out of business．People do not have enough spare money to spend on beer．Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may also have affected the number of customers going to pubs．

　　This decline is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the UK government started to allow pubs to stay open after 11 p．m．．Previously, with 11 p．m．as closing time, customers would have to drink quite quickly, meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly．The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as “binge drinking”, and it causes long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities．

　　In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market．British pubs now offer something for everyone．A lot of pubs used to be “Working Men's Clubs”, meaning that women could not usually enter．Today, however, women can freely enter 99％ of pubs without experiencing any problems．Perhaps things are changing for the better after all．

(1)

The passage mainly tells us something about _________．
[　　]
A．	the past and present of British pubs
B．	the decline of British pubs
C．	the long history of British pubs
D．	the importance of British pubs

(2)

Why do British people have the habit of gathering in the pubs?
[　　]
A．	To get drunk．
B．	To enjoy the historic sites．
C．	To make more friends．
D．	To socialize and exchange news．

(3)

Which may NOT be the cause of the decline of British pubs?
[　　]
A．	The credit crunch．
B．	The present closing time．
C．	The ban of smoking．
D．	Having no spare money．

(4)

We can infer from the passage that _________．
[　　]
A．	British people used to like drink slowly
B．	closing the pubs early will reduce social problems
C．	binge drinking means drinking less beer
D．	British government aims to discourage people from binge drinking

(5)

We can see from the last paragraph that the author _________．
[　　]
A．	is against the admission of too many women to the pubs
B．	holds an optimistic attitude towards the British pubs
C．	thinks that women in the pubs will cause less social problems
D．	thinks that British pubs should offer everything you need

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　　British people have a lot of customs and habits．Being English learners，the middle school students should learn something about them．Three“INGS” are the most famous．The three“INGS” mean betting（打赌），drinking，tipping．The ending for each of which is ING．

　　We know that the British people are great lovers of betting．They bet on many things，but they bet mainly on sports activities，such as horse-racing．It is a gambling sport（赌）．This means that they will risk money on a race or on some other events of which the result is doubtful．Not only the amount of the betted money but also the number of the people who take part in it is very large．

　　Drinking is another habit of the British people．Most men have the habit of drinking beer，wine and so on．They also drink tea．Their drinking habits are so normal that they have it in pubs，inns，and restaurants from 11∶00 a．m．to 3∶00 p．m．and again from 5∶00 p．m．to 10∶30 p．m．But usually the hours are different in different places．Every day they have two twenty-minute tea breaks，one is in the morning，the other in the afternoon，during which people stop their work and drink tea．It is reported that the British people use up a quarter of the world total of the tea goods．

　　Tipping is the last of the three．It means you should give a certain amount of money to the person who has served you．The number of the money depends on the type and extent（程度）of the service you have received．In the hotels，a service charge of 10 to 15 percent will be added to your bill，and you might give something extra to the porter（侍从）who carries your bags，and you might give some more money to your taxi-driver besides your payment for the travel．

1．From the habit of betting，we can see that the British people ________．

[　　]

A．are fond of riding horses

B．are interested in sports activities

C．make a decision by betting

D．enjoy arguing what will happen by betting

2．Which of the following is right？

[　　]

A．All the British people have the habit of drinking beer，wine and tea．

B．The British people spend 8 hours drinking in pubs，inns and restaurants every day．

C．The British people have a break for tea at work every day．

D．The British people drink only twice a day．

3．In Britain you should give a certain amount of money to the ________if he has served you．

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The opening ceremony of this famous yearly competition(比赛)will begin at 11∶30 a．m．There will be music groups, rappers and children’s chorus．12∶25 p．m．sees the introduction of the eaters who come from all over the world．At 12∶40 pm．, the historic 12-minute all-you-can-eat competition will begin．The world record stands at over 50 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes．Will anyone beat the record this year?

Viewing is available on a first-come-first-served basis．Television are invited to use a two-tiered(两层)stage three meters from the main stage．The area in front of the main stage is kept for photographers and television cameras without tripods(三脚架)

Few periods in history are as exciting as the time when the Vikings(北欧海盗)were known－and sometimes feared－through-out Scandinavia, the British Isles, Russia, all the Mediterranean, Africa and even America．

Froj?l is a family-based society, which aims to relive and describe the Vikings from a harbor-Froj?l, on the Swedish island of Gotland．Froj?l was one of the richest trading centers in the Viking world．

The members of the society aim to recreate the clothing, weapons, tools, jewellery, games, food and furniture of that long-gone period．They want to enjoy an escape to a simpler, more relaxed time, with like-minded people．They will also use the items they have made to relive that age at various public entertainments．

(1)

According to Advertisement I, the famous yearly competition is ________．
[　　]
A．	a music competition
B．	an eating competition
C．	a cooking competition
D．	a picture-taking competition

(2)

People who come to watch the competition earliest may ________．
[　　]
A．	get the best watching position
B．	get the best food
C．	watch whatever they want to
D．	take good pictures

(3)

The best title for Advertisement II would be ________．
[　　]
A．	The Vikings
B．	Reliving of the Vikings
C．	Froj?l
D．	A Viking Reliving Society

(4)

From the advertisement we know that Froj?l used to be ________．
[　　]
A．	a Viking club
B．	a family-based society
C．	a European island
D．	a trading centre

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People of the World Celebrate the New Millennium（千年）

　　Early in 1994, Britain established a millennium committee for planning and arranging celebrations. Of the 185 projects devised by the committee, “the Millennium Dome--British Exhibition Hall 2000”is the most spectacular. The Dome, the largest building of its kind in the world, has been constructed in Greenwich, a city bisected by the prime meridian. Ten million tourists attended the 2000 celebrations.

　　New Zealand was among the first countries to ring in the new millennium. From 5 o'clock in the afternoon on December 31, 1999 to 4:04 in the morning of January 1,2000, New Zealand held mass carnivals in Wellington and on Pitt Island, a Chatham island that lies 800 kilometers east of Wellington. According to London Royal Geography Society, the first rays of dawn shone on top of a Pitt Island mountain. A family's home sits atop the mountain, and so the government paid the family NZ $200, 000 to make use of the surrounding property for millennium festivities.

　　Supposedly, France celebrated the millennium for 18 months. Two 60-meter-tall towers were built upon the summit near Notre Dame, and a 33-ton copper bell named“The World Peace Millennium Commemorative Bell”was casted. The French launched a“Green Meridian Program”by planting several thousand trees along the meridian in Paris.

　　In Berlin, Germany, 1,000 opera stars sang on New Year's Eve. Starting last September, Germany's postal services have been running a program called“2000 Space Postal Matters”. Two thousand representative letters and postcards were selected to be sent into space via rocket. The rocket was launched from a Brazilian launching pad on New Year's Eve. After the rocket landed, the letters were mailed. Both writers and receivers got certificates, proving that their letters and postcards had been sent through space.

　　In the United States a ceremony entitled “Joining Hands to Celebrate the Future” was held on October I at Disney World. A Year 2000 sign sat atop the Epcot Center to mark the occasion. In New York, the millennium celebration lasted from 7:00 p.m. of December 31, 1999 until 7:00 p.m. of the New Year's Day. About 1 million people attended.

　　Australia's Sydney held a 24-hour“Millennium Sydney” celebration along with invited guests from all over the world. Five tons of fireworks fired.

　　In China's Shenzhen and Hong Kong, 2000 couples participated in a collective wedding ceremony on the first day of the new century. Participants included well-known overseas Chinese. Television stations from 50 countries save live broadcasts of the ceremony and ensuing celebrations. （from china Today, January, 2000）

（1）Which of the following statements is NOT true?

[　　]

A. Britain began to plan the celebration of the millennium earliest.

B. The family who live atop a Pitt Island mountain are very lucky.

C. Four thousand people got certificates for their letters and postcards in Berlin.

D. A collective wedding ceremony was held in Shenzhen; another one was held in Hong Kong on the first day of the new millennium.

（2）On which city the topic of celebration of the millennium is about nature?

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