While we are still children ,most of us live at home with our parents, more or less peacefully . But as we become teenagers , things change ,and we begin to grow apart from our parents . This means we are almost ready to leave the house where we grew up and make a new home of our own .
All humans must do this ,but they don’t all do it in the same way . If ,for instance ,you belong to a primitive tribe (原始部落) ，then as you grew up ,you’d learn the skills you needed as an adult---how to catch fish ,how to keep the house and look after children . You would be ready to marry in your early teens and you would build a house and live near your family in the village.
This seems a very old way of life , but it is what humans have been used to through hundreds of years. And it is what we are still used to in the 21st century ,for man hasn’t changed in the short time since he became civilized(文明的). But could you leave home and look after yourself during the teen years ? Most people would not do very well . Why ? Because although man hasn’t changed very much , the society he lives in has changed greatly ,which means that we have to learn more and more before we are ready to leave our parents’ shelter( 居所 ) and live alone .
However ,sometimes it is very frustrating to live at parents’ home . Parents can be very upset about late nights ,criticizing friends and always saying that we are noisy and dirty . But we still need our emotional (情感的) shelter till we finish our studies , and that is why we usually stay in our parents’ home until we feel grown up enough to deal with living alone .
【小题1】When does the relationship with parents start changing ?

I arrived at the airport about 30 minutes before checking in（办理登机手续）．The past three days was a very busy time because of lots of ___1___．So I was glad to have extra time to plan what to do the following days．Just then I was told that my __2___ had to be delayed（延误）because there was a problem with the plane．

As I sat ___3___ for my flight，my last meeting came to my mind．It was not a business meeting but rather a very ___4___ lunch with an old business friend．We had not seen for twelve years．We both laughed and smiled happily ___5___ we were talking about the good times and the experiences we had shared together．How much we had enjoyed it!

I realized ___6___ is important to have a chance to remind myself of good times in my life．It was somewhat（有点儿）like looking ___7___ an old photo album．Before my eyes there are lots of wonderful memories that take me back to times and places，and ___8___ to those people who are in the photos．

My flight was finally called three hours later．1 was not at all ___9___ about the delay in the flight，because I had been able to ___10___ the time recalling（回想）the nice experiences from the old days．

Do you have the same feeling like me?

1．A．classes              B．meetings           C．activities            D．parties

2．A．flight                B．train              C．bus               D．ship

3．A．cheering             B．caring             C．waiting             D．looking

4．A．extra                B．enjoyable           C．healthy             D．formal

5．A．before               B．till                 C．while                 D．since

6．A．it                   B．that               C．there              D．this

7．A．at                  B．for                C．after               D．like

8．A．specially             B．especially           C．differently          D．correctly

9．A．excited              B．crazy              C．clear              D．worried

10．A．waste             B．save                 C．forget               D．spend

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　　Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.

　　One morning, he got up very 1 because his clock stopped. He 2 to shave quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got blood all over his 3 . So he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean 4 ironing. While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for water. After he paid the water 5 and showed the man out, he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he 6 he couldn't go to work by bus. He 7 for a taxi to take him to work, the taxi arrived and Harry 8 in.

　　In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman 9 a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry's taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry's shirt, and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o'clock p. m. 10 the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about 4p. m., his boss took a look at him and told him to find another job.

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　　I belong to a small film club(俱乐部)which meets at our village hall once a week.

　　There are about forty members, all of whom are interested in the history of the cinema.

　　The film society gives us the chance to see old films which are seldom shown in other places.

　　Last week, just before the Showing of a very old film, the club president(主席) said that John, our projectionist had suddenly fallen ill. He asked if any of us knew how to run the machine. A young man said that he would be glad to serve us, though he pointed out that it was already many years since he had shown a film.

　　Then he went into the box, and after turning here and there, the film started. We were all puzzled by the film as none of us could understand what was happening.

　　When the film was over, we asked the young man.“The film doesn't make any sense(意义)to us. What happened?”“I'm sorry about that,”said the young man,“I put the last part in first.

　　After it had been running for a few minutes, I realized that I had made a mistake, but I didn't know how to stop the machine.”

1．We had the film club to ________.

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A．study old films

B．get together for fun

C．enjoy all kinds of films

D．operate film machines

2．In the cinema a projectionist is needed to ________.

[　　]

A．work in darkness

B．see the film

C．operate a machine to show the film

D．stay there till the end

3．People didn't like the film because ________.

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A．it was too old

B．nobody had seen it before

C．it was shown in the wrong order

D．only the last part was shown

4．The young man made a mistake and he ________.

[　　]

A．could have corrected it

B．could not correct it

C．didn't know what was wrong

D．ran for a while