题目内容
【题目】A number of people on the square. The number of them about 2,000.
A.is; areB.is; isC.are; areD.are; is
【答案】D
【解析】
句意：许多人在广场上。他们的数量大约是2000。
本题考查a number of; the number of. A. be动词单数形式和复数形式；B. be动词的单数形式； C. be 动词的复数形式；D. be动词的复数形式和单数形式。a number of 后接people，people是前一句的主语，谓语动词用复数形式; the number of them 中主语是number，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。故选D。.
【题目】从方框中选择正确选项，完成短文（方框中有两个选项是多余的。用备选单词前的字母填空）。
A. children B. from C. watch D. talk with E. and F. easily |
It seems that everywhere around the world, people are sending more time at work less time with their families and friends. People are than ever before!
In the past in many countries, the father worked and the mother stayed home, took of the children, and did the food shopping, cooking and cleaning. At present, in most of the families, parents need work on weekdays, so they have to do the shopping, cooking and cleaning in their free time. Parents don't have as much time with their , however, they often had time in the past. There are also many single-parent（单亲的）families. In these families, the single parents has to do everything.
These days ,many children come home school to an empty apartment or house .A lot of children spend many hours day in front of the television .Even the families are together, it is common for families members to do things by themselves. For example, they programs on separate TVs in different rooms, they use the Internet, they friends on the telephone, and they do other individual by themselves.
Isn't it strange? Thanks to technology（科技）, people are able to communicate so with people far away, but sometimes they don't communicate with people their own homes.