5). Which of the following is TRUE about June and Pete's house? D. It generally please them. 9、Crime Prevention Initiatives
1). This passage mainly focuses on ________.
A. how to avoid crimes both at home and in the street
2). If you want to guarantee your safety at home, you should _________. B. never leave the keys with workmen since they can easily make copies
3). Based on the passage, if you notice someone following you, it's better for you to _________. D. go to public places
4). Why should you have a telephone in the bedroom?
C. Because it's convenient for us to report to the police in case there is a burglary. 5). From the passage, we can infer that we might be victims if _________. A. we cannot part with the money when being attacked
10. There have been changes in all sorts of different areas of British society. In recent years in the UK we have had a very large increase in the number of couples who get divorced. After 1969 and the Divorce Law Reform Act we had a very rapid increase in the number of divorces.
………………………………… 1). What does the passage mainly discuss? D. Trends in …
2). During the last ten years, __________. A. the marriage …
3). According to the passage, B. soar
4). According to the passage, A. The highest….1969. 5). The last paragraph tells us … D. the birth rate ……
11. STUDY WHEN AND WHERE YOU WANT WITH DIRECT COURSES Do you want to improve your skills and boost your job prospects? ………………
1). The passage is… the purpose of ________. A. informing ……
2). Which of the …about the Direct? D. It requires … skills. 3). Based on the passage…… A. meet the tutors on line
4). We can infer from the passage that
C. we needn't have …… 5). According to the passage, C. simply go to the …
12. A funny thing happened on the way to the communication revolution: we stopped talking to each other.
………………………………
1). The author's experience of walking in a A. unhappy
2). According to the author, human contact in D. both A and B
3). According to the author, the more C. more disconnected
4). What are the examples the author gives to D. All of the above.
5). What is the unintended result of B. It actually creates a distance between …
13. When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued. ……………………………………
1). This passage mainly tells us __________. C. the author and her brother had an… 2). According to the passage, her mother B. on Saturdays
3). Their mother told them to go to the post A. She wanted to give them a surprise. 4). What does the sentence \ B. We were extremely happy about it. 5). What is the best title for this passage? D. A Memorable Experience in Collecting
14 . May you wish upon a thousand stars? May you catch a million fireflies? Get started with choosing a motorhome or a travel trailer. And then you may realize just how much you learn when you look at life through the eyes of a traveler. ………………………………
1). From the passage, we know for sure that Don C. husband and wife
2). In the third paragraph, when Mary said,
D. her motorhome
3). Which of the following sentences do you A. They learn a lot more than ordinary school 4). At the end of the fourth paragraph, the B. Global Positioning System
5). The family consider themselves lucky A. their life is rich and they stay closer
15. When companies need new employees, they usually place advertisements in newspapers in order to attract as many applicants as possible. …………………
1). What kind of companies are the best choice C. Larger, well-known companies. 2). Which of the following is not true? A. A person looking for a job should only 3). When people are looking for jobs, what C. A resume and a cover letter.
4). If you send your resume to a company that D. The company might write back and tell you 5). According to the author, ____________. B. it is always a good idea to send in one's
16. Anna is our only daughter. My wife and I have two sons, and Anna is the youngest in the family, but she's twenty-five now. Anna was not well when she was little. ……………………………
1). According to the passage, when Anna A. got an illness
2). It can be inferred from the passage B. mainly a woman's responsibility 3). What does \ C. look like
4). My daughter and I have little in D. character
5). From the passage, we can see the D. affectionate
17. A 15-year-old boy, who was first found guilty of theft at the age of 12, was convicted of stealing 22 charity boxes yesterday from local shops. ………………………………
1). The boy was caught stealing while he C. dressed up as a woman representative 2). Which of the following is NOT true D. He had been arrested and thrown into 3). Why did one of the shop owners call C. Because the boy answered the call in 4). According to the judge, why did the B. Because he came from a single-parent 5). What does the title of the passage B. The boy who pretended to be a woman
18. PALO ALTO, California – ―Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter – even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,‖ US researchers said last week. ………………………………… 1). The author tries to tell us in the D. children will get fatter if they 2). According to the passage, the time A. is more than four hours a day 3). The time the group of children in the C. three hours
4). Which one of the following is right? B. Children usually eat more while 5). Why can watching TV increase kids' D. Both A and B.
19. Until the twentieth century cigarette smoking was not a widespread habit. ……………… 1). When did cigarette smoking begin to C. When cigarettes were made in large 2). Among which age group of people are B. People in their thirties.
3). Which of the following has little to D. How long he has worked.
4). Which of the following is true B. Women with high family incomes and 5). What does the author mean by saying C. Family income and education have much
20. The Extended Family
Mrs Sharp, a large, red-faced woman in her late sixties, has lived in Greenleas, a 'new town' in the countryside outside London, since 1958. ………………………………… 1). Why did Mrs. Sharp have to move to C. Because her house in the downtown area was 2). When she got married, she lived D. together with her parents for some time 3). How did she know so many people? B. Because they were either her relatives or 4). The sentence \ C. I had one neighbour who always showed 5). What does this passage mainly deal with? A. What the extended family is like. 21. The British School System
Children in the UK have to go to school from the age of five for 11 years. …………………………… 1). Which of the following basic subjects D. Dancing and music.
2). Which of the following statements is TRUE A. State school students study subjects 3). It can be inferred from the first two B. primary and secondary schooling 4). According to the last paragraph, why do B. they will acquire some western ideas as 5). What is the author's attitude towards to D. Objective
22. Every day, the news of the world is relayed to people by over 300 million copies of daily papers, over 400 million radio sets, and over 150 million television sets. Additional news is shown by motion pictures,
……………………………… 1). People learn about what happens in the D. both A and B
2). According to the passage, the expression D. every man belongs to some society 3). The passage suggests that newspapers have D. 400 years