56. 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　　

答案：

55. 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

54. 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

53.B。[解析]推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二自然段可以推断出本题选B。

Passage 12

(10·陕西C篇)

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 se 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”

52.A。[解析]细节理解题。由第三自然段的首句可知本题选A。

51.D。[解析]细节理解题。根据第二自然段的最后一句可知本题选D。

50.C。[解析]推理判断题。根据第五自然段的首句可知本题选C。

53. When was duet most probably found to be the very hero?　　　　

A. The day when he was leaving for home.

B. A couple of days after the girl was rescued

C. The first day when he was in New York

D. The same day when he was interviewed.

答案：

52. Who divide after Duret into the river to save the little girl?　　　　

A. David Anderson　 B. A passer-by　　 C. His girlfriend　　 D. a taxi driver.

51. What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?　　　　　　　

A. He was interviewed by a newspaper

B. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes

C. He went to the hospital in the ambulance

D. He disappeared from the spot quickly