镇前中学九年级英语第二次月考
to her boyfriend here and there. Luckily, she found him in a club for the disabled. She rushed to him and gave him a big hug. From then on, the girl realized the importance of love.
( )46. A. except B. besides C.including
( )47. A. because B. though C. if
( )48. A. anyone B. someone C.everyone
( )49. A. world B. future C. gift
( )50. A. excited B. surprised C. glad
( )51. A. hoped B. agreed C.refused
( )52. A. later B. ago C. before
( )53. A. talked B. said C. told
( )54. A. seeing B. watching C.reading
( )55. A. look after B. look for C. look at
Ⅳ.阅读理解。（40分）
(A)
Most people in Britain live in small family groups. More than a
quarter of homes in Britain have only one person living in them. Some of these persons are old but some are of twenty to thirty who choose to live alone. 35% of homes have two people living in them, and another 17% have three people. 15% have four people living in them, and the other homes have five or more.
The families in Britain are small. It is unusual for parents to
have more than two children. When children are about eighteen or nineteen, they leave their parents’ home, and they often go to other cities. Sometimes they only visit their parents two or three times a year. 根据短文内容，判断正(T)误( F)。
( )56.The passage is a report.
( )57.35% of homes in Britain have 3 people living in them.
( )58.The families in Britain are large.
( )59.Some are people of twenty to thirty who choose to live
alone.
( )60.The passage mainly tells us the population in American.
(B)
When Mencius(孟子) was a little boy, his father died. Mencius
and his mother were quite poor. One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth. It was very beautiful and expensive.
“How much of the book have you read today?” Mencius’ mother