阅读理解

　　In the Ituri forest of America live many tribes(部落), one of which is Pygmy. Most of the Pygmies in the tribe are not taller than four feet. They weigh only about eighty pounds each.

　　In spite of their small size, they are the best hunters among all the jungle people. Even the great elephant can be caught by them. They can shoot three or four arrows so rapidly that often the last one Leaves the bow before the first has hit its mark. If an arrow should miss its aim, the impatient Pygmy may become very angry, breaking his arrows and stepping on them.

　　Since they do not plant any crops, Pygmies are constantly moving around. They seldom sleep in one camp for more than a few days. In their camps there is not furniture at all except for some weapons such as spears, bows and arrows. There are no cooking pots either. Food is eaten uncooked or smoked over a fire. So when the tribe moves to a new camp there is nothing to carry except these weapons and babies too small to walk.

　　Pygmies can move on the tree tops almost as skillfully as monkeys. Often they travel great distances through the branches without touching the ground.

　　One of the surprising facts about these small men and women is their great appetite(食欲). A Pygmy can eat up sixty bananas at a single meal besides quantities of meat. After eating, they will lie on their hard earth bed and groan(呻吟)in all night. But in the morning, they are ready to eat the same amount of food or fight among themselves.

(1)Pygmies are small in size, but they are brave in ________.

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A．hunting　　　　B．shooting

C．eating　　　　 D．fighting with their enemies

(2)Why do Pygmies move from place to place continuously? The main reason is that ________.

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A．that want to look after wild animal

B．they have no furniture

C．they have no crops

D．Their possession are easy to move

(3)Pygmies are so skillful that ________.

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A．they never walk on the ground

B．they always walk with sticks

C．they can hang from the branches

D．they can move on the top of trees

(4)The writer wrote this article so as to ________.

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A．ask people to learn from Pygmies

B．help Pygmies go out of the forests

C．tell us the world is big and wide

D．let us know the local condition and customs of the Pygmies

阅读理解

　　In the Ituri forest of America live many tribes(部落), one of which is Pygmy. Most of the Pygmies in the tribe are not taller than four feet. They weigh only about eighty pounds each.

　　In spite of their small size, they are the best hunters among all the jungle people. Even the great elephant can be caught by them. They can shoot three or four arrows so rapidly that often the last one Leaves the bow before the first has hit its mark. If an arrow should miss its aim, the impatient Pygmy may become very angry, breaking his arrows and stepping on them.

　　Since they do not plant any crops, Pygmies are constantly moving around. They seldom sleep in one camp for more than a few days. In their camps there is not furniture at all except for some weapons such as spears, bows and arrows. There are no cooking pots either. Food is eaten uncooked or smoked over a fire. So when the tribe moves to a new camp there is nothing to carry except these weapons and babies too small to walk.

　　Pygmies can move on the tree tops almost as skillfully as monkeys. Often they travel great distances through the branches without touching the ground.

　　One of the surprising facts about these small men and women is their great appetite(食欲). A Pygmy can eat up sixty bananas at a single meal besides quantities of meat. After eating, they will lie on their hard earth bed and groan(呻吟)in all night. But in the morning, they are ready to eat the same amount of food or fight among themselves.

(1)Pygmies are small in size, but they are brave in ________.

[　　]

A．hunting　　　　B．shooting

C．eating　　　　 D．fighting with their enemies

(2)Why do Pygmies move from place to place continuously? The main reason is that ________.

[　　]

A．that want to look after wild animal

B．they have no furniture

C．they have no crops

D．Their possession are easy to move

(3)Pygmies are so skillful that ________.

[　　]

A．they never walk on the ground

B．they always walk with sticks

C．they can hang from the branches

D．they can move on the top of trees

(4)The writer wrote this article so as to ________.

[　　]

A．ask people to learn from Pygmies

B．help Pygmies go out of the forests

C．tell us the world is big and wide

D．let us know the local condition and customs of the Pygmies

阅读理解

　　In the early days of America, the family held together for economic reasons. Father, mother and children all worked together to build the pioneer family or family business. But today, about one out of three marriages ends in divorce, and more and more of them involve children. The divorce rate in America is still the highest in the world, but 75% of the women and 83% of the men who divorce remarry within 3 years. The children from the broken families join up to produce a new kind of unit called the blended family. But 18 million children are now living with their stepbrothers and stepsisters in such an arrangement.

　　Perhaps the most significant trend today is toward the single-parent household. Of all children under 18, 17% are now living with only one parent. More divorced men feel that they are capable of bringing up their children and are fighting for custody rights. John Wilcox, who has recently won custody of his two little girls, believes he's doing a good job in raising his kids in spite of the rising cost of it.

　　Business and government officials are looking for new ways to help parents meet their family responsibilities as well as to increase their income. One of them is to increase government support for nationwide day-care centers which allow single parents to find full-time jobs. Clearly enough, this hardly seems enough.

1．How many marriages end in divorce in the USA?

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2．If you have a stepbrother, one of your parents must have ________.

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3．By “custody rights” (Para. 2), the author means the rights to ________.

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4．It can be inferred from what John Wilcox believes that ________.

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A．he is not sure of bringing up his children all by himself

B．he is not sure of taking good care of his children because of the rising cost

C．he is sure that he is able to raise his children as most mothers do

D．he is sure that he can get a good job and take good care of his children