3. Families in the US are ____________.

2. How many American families own a cat?

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1. According to (根据) the passage, where do most Americans live?

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10. Why did Henry say that he was deaf?

a. Because he wanted to have a joke with the judge.

b. Because he wanted to get the judge's help.

c. Because he wanted to find another piece of work.

d. Because he didn't want to pay for the accident.

(C)

Here are some facts about homes in the United States and the people who live in them.

In the early 1990s, about fifty percent of the Americans own their homes and the rest rent (租) their homes. The rented homes are usually apartments (公寓).

74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country. Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US. About half that number have cats.

Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average, 2.64 people lived in a home in early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.

Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms.

An American moves, on the average (平均), twelve times in his or her life. In Japan a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times.

根据短文回答下列各问题。

9. The driver was afraid to ________, so he drove off to the side.

a. hit Henry b. hurt himself

c. fall behind d. lose the bag

8. Henry ran across the street ________.

a. to get the bag

b. because he felt so cold that he wanted to do some exercise

c. because the truck almost hit him

d. to hear the driver whistle

7. Mr King wanted to send Henry away because ________.

a. Henry was very lazy

b. Henry hoped to be rich

c. Henry finished middle school

d. Henry sold few books

6. From the text we know that Mr King was a ________.

a. driver b. doctor

c. policeman d. shopkeeper

5. Which of the following is right?

a. It's wrong to say that Little Smart is smart.

b. Scientists are trying to make Little Smart smaller.

c. Little Smart will be better in the future.

d. People will change Little Smart into a mobile phone.

(B)

Henry found a job in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn't do anything but wanted to get rich. Mr. King thought he was very lazy and was going to send him away. Henry was afraid and had to work hard.

It was a cold morning. It was snowing and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.

"It must be full of expensive things." Henry said to himself. "I have to get it, or others will take it away."

He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle (鸣笛), but he didn't hear it and went on running. The man drove to the side, hit a big tree and was hurt in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court (法庭). A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.

"But you've heard me this time," said the judge.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Now I can hear with one ear."

"Cover the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf (聋的) one. Well, can you hear me?"

"No, I can't, sir."

根据短文内容选择正确的答案：

4. The underlined word "handset" in the last paragraph means "_________".

a. the hand bag b. speaker

c. service d. the outer part of a mobile phone