Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp(营地). There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.

At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask,“Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.”In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job-taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.

In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.

Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean, they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.

1.From this passage we can see in the United States.

A. women want to work outside the home

B. working wives do most of the housework

C. hushands do as much housework as their wives

D. women do not like to stay at home with their families

2.At Mother’s Camp, women can’t .

A. watch TV B. read newspapers

C. swirn in the lake D. bring their husbands and children

3.Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because .

A. they don’t like their husbands and children

B. they have to work full-time

C. they are too busy to relax themselves

D. they want a new life

4. is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States.

A. Housework B. Working outside the home

C. When to take a vacation D. Looking after their children

5.What’s the best title(标题)for this passage?

A. Busy Working Mothers B. Welcome to Mother’s Camp

C. Mothers Relax Away from Home D. Mothers in the US

Our factories and homes burn coal and oil. Every year we have forest fires somewhere. Many scientists believe that the weather is changing.

The earth will perhaps be warmed by about 7℃ at the South Pole(极) and the North Pole. The ice will be melt(融化). The sea level(平面) will rise by about 7 meters. As a result, water will cover cities like London, Tokyo and New York. Some ports(港口) and towns along the coasts will disappear under water.

Some other scientists think that the dust, smoke and pollution from coal, wood and oil fires will block out(封闭) the ultraviolet rays(紫外线). Then the earth will become colder and great sheets of ice will cover Europe and North America.

When chemicals in the air mix with rain, we have acid(酸) rain. Acid rain can bring us great harm. It destroys(破坏) forests and kills life in lakes and rivers.

People are beginning to see how serious the problem is. They find it important to work with nature instead of against it. They are trying to save the earth in many different ways. But one of the most important things to do is to make people understand that saving the earth is saving ourselves.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案,并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.Some scientists believe that.

A. the earth is growing warmer

B. we have to burn down the forests every year

C. we can find oil in our forests

D. we need coal in our forests

2.Ice at the poles willif the earth gets warmer.

A. become thicker by seven meters

B. cover cities like London and Tokyo

C. raise the sea level by 7 degrees

D. become water and make the sea rise

3.Acid rain can.

A. bring great changes in our weather

B. kill pests(害虫) in lakes and forests

C. kill the fish in rivers and lakes

D. cover Europe and North America

4.What can we learn from the third paragraph?

A. The dust together with pollution from coal, wood and oil fires will bring us more heat from the sun.

B. The ultraviolet rays will come more because of the dust and pollution from fires.

C. According to the scientists, the change in weather hardly has anything to do with the pollution.

D. As a result of the dust and pollution from coal, wood and oil fires, the earth will become colder.

5.Which sentence is TRUE?

A. The weather is changing just because of the acid rain.

B. People have come to know the importance of working with nature.

C. All the scientists agree that our earth is sure to become warmer and warmer.

D. The sea level will rise if the earth gets colder.

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